horsch DrillManager ME User manual

HORSCH DrillManager
HORSCH DrillManager ME
ME
Operating instructions
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03/2007
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receiving the machine:
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Table of contents
Introduction.................................................3
Foreword ......................................................3
Warranty claims ............................................3
DrillManager ME .........................................4
Description....................................................4
Computer ...................................................4
Wiring loom of machine ..............................5
Installing the DrillManager ..........................6
Monitor ........................................................7
Operation.....................................................7
Monitor and system setting...........................8
Screen display work mask ............................9
Function symbols........................................10
Bout marker and hydraulic control ............11
Half side shut-down ..................................12
Seed calibration ..........................................14
Rotor selection ..........................................17
Seed Check ..............................................19
Performance data .....................................19
Input of machine data ..............................20
Tram line rhythm .......................................26
Seed 󻉔ow monitoring .................................34
Entering sensor numbers for FGS ............34
Setting the sensitivity ................................35
Seed 󻉔ow monitoring ................................35
Alarm message .........................................36
Seed 󻉔ow diagnose ..................................36
Diagnostics program...................................37

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Introduction
Foreword
Before operating the machine, read the opera-
ting Instructions carefully and follow these. The
purpose of the instructions is to describe how
the DrillManager is operated and its mode of
operation and, thus, to facilitate its use.
As a result, accidents are prevented, repair costs
and downtimes are lowered and the reliability
and service life of your machine and equipment
increased.
Pay attention to the safety instructions!
HORSCH will not accept any responsibility for
any damage or malfunctions resulting from fai-
lure to comply with the operating instructions.
The operating instructions are to be used by
any person working with or on the machine or
responsible for the machine.
Examples:
operation and transport (including prepa-
ration, remedying of faults in the operating
sequence, servicing),
maintenance (maintenance and repair).
The right is reserved to change illustrations as
well as information regarding technical data
and weights in these operating instructions for
the purpose of improving the machine or the
additional equipment.
In accordance with its intended purpose, the
HORSCH DrillManager may only be used to
control and monitor seeders and their compo-
nents and to apply liquid fertiliser.
Any further usage shall be deemed not be in
accordance with its intended purpose.
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Warranty claims
Warranty claim forms must be sent through your
local HORSCH dealer to the HORSCH Service
Department in Schwandorf.
It is only possible to process claims which have
been correctly completed and submitted no later
than four weeks after the damage occurred.
Exchange parts, which require the old part to be
returned, are marked with an "R".
Please clean and empty such parts and return
them within 4 weeks, along with a claim form and
an exact description of the fault, to HORSCH.
Exchange parts, which do not require the old
part to be returned. Please keep such parts for
12 weeks until a decision has been made on the
action to be taken.
Warranty repairs, which are to be carried out by
a third party company, or which are expected
to take more than 10 working hours, must be
agreed upon in advance with the Customer
Service Department.

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DrillManager ME
The HORSCH DrillManager ME is an electronic
control unit for drills and their components.
It regulates, monitors and controls all connected
assemblies in the drill.
You should only start up the DrillMan-
ager after you have read the operating
instructions and are familiar with the
operation.
Strict compliance with the applicable accident
prevention instructions and other established
regulations concerning technical and industrial
health and safety is mandatory when working
with the DrillManager.
Description
The HORSCH DrillManager ME is a complete
system in which the modules included in the
equipment must only be activated.
The complete system consists of the following
components:
Computer
Monitor
Modules, depending on machine type and
equipment, for:
one or two metering drives or one metering
drive and one liquid fertiliser control
hydraulic control for raising, wings and track
indicator control
half-side control
Sensors for:
Fan
travel speed (radar)
tank empty indicator (2 channels)
Connection for work signal
O󻉒-switch
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Computer
All components and sensors are connected to
computer and monitor by means of the wiring
loom.
The computer uses a bus system or the ISO
bus system to communicate with the individual
components and sensors.
It receives the information, evaluates these and
displays the operating states and data on the
monitor.
If entered or 󻉓xed default values are exceeded
or fallen short of, or in case of malfunctions the
monitor display is interrupted and the fault is
indicated.
The monitor thereby identi󻉓es the correspond-
ing component or the limit value that has been
exceeded.
Computer
The computer is installed in a suitable place on
the machine.
Stickers on the computer inform about the hard-
ware and software status.
Do not clean the computer with a high
pressure cleaner or a direct water jet.

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Wiring loom of machine
The wiring loom is adapted to match the corre-
sponding machine type and prefabricated with
plugs for all equipment variants.
In order to avoid malfunctions caused by dirt,
all open plugs must be closed with blind caps
or similar.
Wiring loom
Pin assignment in all 3 pole plugs
1 - ground cable, white
2 + plus cable, brown
3 signal cable, green
Plug designations:
T Hopper
B Bridging metering unit
G Fan
D1 Speed monitoring, shaft 1
D2 Speed monitoring, shaft 2
K Ball valve (liquid fertiliser)
D Flow sensor (liquid fertiliser)
2 pole Flat plug with diode - shut-o󻉒 valve
Cable 8 pole automatic tram line control set to
"Magnet".
1 + Wings right
2 + Wings right
3 + Wings left
4 + Wings left
5 + Pre emergence markers right
6 + Pre-emergence markers left
7 - Ground all
8 - Ground all
Cable 8 pole automatic tram line control set to
"Motor".
1 + / - Motor right
2 - / + Motor right
3 + / - Motor left
4 - / + Motor left
5 + Pre emergence markers right
6 + Pre-emergence markers left
7 - Ground
8 - Ground
6 pole hydraulic control, raising, wings and track
marker.
1 + Track marker left
2 + Track marker right
3 + Lifting / lowering
4 + Wings
5 - Ground all
6 - Ground all
5 pole half-side control
1 Adjustment motor + / -
2 Adjustment motor - / +
3 Signal right
4 Signal left
5 Signal output
S Signal half side control middle position

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Installing the DrillManager
For all machine with a DrillManager drill control
the basic equipment must 󻉓rst be mounted to
the tractor in case of initial installation.
The cables for the basic equipment must be
directly connected to the tractor battery.
The cables must be protected against cha󻉓ng
and the insulation must not be damaged.
The battery connections must have good con-
tact. Assembly faults will lead to voltage drop
and unde󻉓nable error messages and failures.
The cables must under no circum-
stances be connected to any other
plugs in the cab.
DrillManager Müller (ME)
The basic equipment is delivered with two 6
mm² and two 2,5 mm² cables for electric power
supply.
For deliveries up until approx. May 2006 only the
two 6 mm² cables must be connected (there is
only one 50 A fuse installed).
From around May 2006 all cables must be con-
nected (there is an additional 10 A fuse for the
red 2.5 mm² cable).
The monitor should not obstruct the
󻉓eld of vision to the road
Installation:
Basic equipment with monitor
Assemble the monitor bracket in a suitable
place within the view and the operating range
of the driver.
Route the thick cable to the battery, extend
it if necessary.
Connect both fuse holders tightly and durably
with the cable.
Connect the two red cables tightly with battery
plus and the two black cables with battery
minus.
Fasten the monitor bracket to the back of the
monitor and plug the connecting cable in at
the bottom of the monitor.
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Operation
Switch on
Press the On / O󻉒 button momentarily.
After a new start and after changing or repro-
gramming of the computer the data will be
loaded from the computer.
Before initial start-up some settings must be
made in the system.
Setting and changing numerical values
When making settings the desired numerical
group is selected with the + / - keys. For this
purpose press the buttons, until the correspond-
ing number is highlighted by a frame.
Then press the "Return"-key.
The number appears marked and the numbers
1 - 10 with two arrows and OK are displayed
underneath.
Changing numerical values
If the number is not to be changed press "Re-
turn", if a change is required select the desired
number with the + / - and con󻉓rm with "Re-
turn".
The system will automatically change to the
next number.
With the arrow keys the desired cipher can be
directly selected.
If various terms have been predetermined, these
will also be highlighted with the + / - keys and
con󻉓rmed with "Return".
Monitor
The monitor is plugged on the pre-assembled
bracket in the tractor and connected to the com-
puter by means of a cable.
Monitor with display and keyboard
On / O󻉒 button
System control changeover for drill program or
service
Membrane keyboard and display
Keys to select, set and change numerical values
and functions.
The keys (3) on the display have no 󻉓xed func-
tions assigned to them. They will always switch
the function currently displayed.
The displayed screen contents may
vary from the illustration depending on
the respective program version.
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Monitor and system setting
Press key (1) to switch over to the system
control, press keys (2) +/- to select service and
con󻉓rm with "Return".
Press arrow keys (3) and (4) to scroll through the
menus and make the corresponding settings.
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2
4
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Menu 1
Display of display version, e.g. 3.14.
The drill program software version is displayed
in diagnostics.
Menu 2
Screen settings for "Brightness and Contrast",
use the membrane keyboard to set accord-
ingly.
Menu 3
Set date and time.
Menu 4
Information about available memory in computer
and monitor.
In case of reprogramming or when replacing
the computer delete the monitor memory (X) by
pressing key (5). In case of a restart the program
is reloaded from the computer.
Deleting the memory

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Menu 5
Language selection
Language selection
Press the "Return"-key to open the list with pos-
sible languages. Use the + / - keys to select the
language and press "Return" to con󻉓rm.
Then switch the monitor o󻉒 and on again. The
new language will be loaded from the computer
into the monitor.
The following 12 languages are currently avail-
able:
German de
English en
French fr
Danish da
Polish pl
Czech cs
Romanian ro
Spanish es
Swedish sv
Hungarian hu
Serbian sr
Russian ru
Press the system change-over key (1) to return
to the selection, press the + / - key to select the
drill program and con󻉓rm with "Return".
Screen display work mask
After switching on the work mask will always
appear as initial page.
The displayed image will always depend on the
setting and the available equipment.
Work mask 󻉓rst page
I.e.:
Switched tram line, hydraulic bout marker control
and two metering units.
Work mask second page
Bout marker in post mode and seed monitor-
ing.

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Function symbols
The symbols in the display represent the func-
tions of the corresponding keys.
Stop button for tram line:
The key prevents switching over
of the rhythm after hydraulic lifting
of the machine. The function is
indicated with STOP between the
tracks.
The tram line rhythm is o󻉒set by
one track with every operation of
the key.
The track number is displayed be-
tween the tracks.
In case of a tram line track the
switched tracks are black under-
laid.
In addition, the closed shares no
longer appear in the display during
the sowing.
If the machine is equipped with the hydraulic
bout marker control, the symbol for the alter-
nating bout marker will appear instead of the
"Tram Line +" symbol when pressing "STOP
Tram Line".
This button can now be used
to change the side for the bout
marker.
In standstill but with switched on
drill function the metering unit will
start up over a speci󻉓ed time. If the
computer receives a speed signal
during this period, the computer will
take over the control.
Post mode:
The post mode disables the hy-
draulic "Lifting" function.
When operating the control unit only the track
marker will be hydraulically triggered. The ma-
chine remains in working position. The work
signal is hydraulically blocked and the tram line
will not switch further.
Seed quantity 100 %:
If the seed quantity had been
adjusted with the +% or -% keys,
pressing this key will switch back to
the default seed quantity in kg/ha.
With the adjustment keys +% or
-% the seed quantity can be set
and reset in several steps. The
seed quantity is displayed in % by
the display above the hopper. The
percentage step can be changed in
the machine data. There you can
also select whether only the seed
quantity is to be changed, or also
the fertiliser quantity.
Switching the drill function ON /
OFF:
With the drill function switched o󻉒
the display will show STOP under
the drill.
If the drill function is switched on,
the drill is lowered to work position
and the computer receives a speed
signal, the computer will start the
control process.
Continue to next page:
If the hydraulic bout marker control
or the half side control is activated,
the next page will show the menu
for bout marker control, lifting and
folding of the machine half side
switch o󻉒.

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Bout marker and hydraulic
control
Menu image second work page - hydraulic functions
The enabled functions appear in the display
next to the drill.
Both bout markers are lifted out
or lowered together with the ma-
chine.
Only the left hand bout marker will
be operated.
Only the right hand bout marker will
be operated.
Alternating mode: Left and right
hand boud markers lift and lower
alternately.y
This is the normal drill work
mode.
When switching on this track marker control
also always activates the hydraulic "Lifting"
function.
Folding the machine
With all foldable machines this key is used to
switch the hydraulic valve block over to "Fold-
ing".
The functions "Lifting / Lowering" and the drill
function are switched o󻉒.
Lifting and lowering the machine.
The function "Lifting / Lowering" is automati-
cally activated when activating the bout marker
function. If the bout marker is switched on, the
󻉓rst actuation of the key will switch o󻉒 the bout
marker and the second actuation will disable the
"Lifting / Lowering" function.
"Wet hole" function
In certain situations, e.g. if the machine sinks in
at very wet patches in the 󻉓eld, this function can
be used to raise the machine. The work signal
is thereby not interrupted and the tram line will
not switch further.
Return to the normal drill function by pressing
the key again and by pressing the key for the
desired bout indicator function.
Continue to next page:

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The signals for both end positions are transmit-
ted from the motor to the computer. The signal
for middle position is switched by the sensor on
the metering unit.
Continue to next page:
Half side shut-down
After selecting the half side shut-
down in the machine con󻉓guration,
the two symbols for left and right
hand on the second work page.
As soon as a key for shutting down a half side
is pressed, the corresponding half side will 󻉔ash
in the displayed graph, until the sensor sends
a signal to the computer when end position is
reached.
In end position the closed half side is hidden.
The seed quantity is reduced by half, the seed
quantity display in kg/ha remains unchanged, be-
cause the working width has also be halved.
After pressing the same key again the total
working width is available again and the display
shows the complete machine.

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Turning o󻉒 solid fertiliser (twin hop-
per version)
Machine data
Back to 󻉓rst page
Result display
Turning o󻉒 seed
Third page with seed ow monitoring
Depending on the design of the drill, e.g. with
twin hopper, liquid fertiliser facility or seed 󻉔ow
monitoring, further symbols will appear on the
third "work page".
This contains the displays that are not perma-
nently needed during sowing and these keys can
be used to switch to further functions.
Available displays:
The number of the tram line rhythm from the
table - not the number of bouts.
The setpoints for seed and fertilizer quanti-
ties in kg/ha or, for liquid fertiliser, in l/ha.
Hopper 1 - 󻉓lling level indicator for seed and
fertiliser hopper.
Hopper 2 - monitoring of bridging in metering
unit.
RPM-meter for two shafts.
Sensitivity setting for seed 󻉔ow monitoring.
Display of amount and numbers of clogged
seed hoses.
Plus and minus key to set the sensitivity of
seed 󻉔ow monitoring.
Switch-over to the seed flow monitoring
diagnostics.
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From this page you can switch to further
menus.
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Calibration
Seed calibration - metering unit 1
Fertiliser calibration - metering
unit 2
Press key "Calibration metering unit 1".
The menu for turning o󻉒 the seed is displayed.
The display reminds you about the setting of the
metering unit calibration speed and the 󻉓lling of
hopper and metering unit.
Calibration speed?
The calibration speed can be selected with the
"Return"-key and set with the + and - keys.
The default setting is 60 revolutions per minute.
This is su󻌗cient under normal conditions.
If work is carried out mainly at high metering
speeds, the calibration speed should be in-
creased to enable almost similar 󻉓lling of the
metering cells.
Seed calibration
Before starting the seed calibration the setpoints
for seed and metering quantities must be entered
to enable calculation of the working speed.
The metering unit must have the correct rotor
installed.
Rotor selection
The rotor is dependent on seed quantity. working
speed and working width of the drill.
The following tables show the minimum and
maximum seed quantities ate various working
widths and the available rotor sizes for working
speeds of 5, 10 and 15 km/h.
Other rotor sizes for special applications are
available on request.
The setting tables are based on 1 kg/litre With
all types of seeds the speci󻉓c weight must be
taken into account and according to this, e.g. a
larger rotor must be installed in case of a lower
seed weight.
Entering the setpoint
At "Setpoint" select the metering unit for seed
and fertiliser and enter the required seed or fer-
tiliser quantity in kg/ha with the + and - keys.

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Starting calibration
Place a container or attach a calibration bag
under the metering unit, depending on the ma-
chine.
Press the tra󻌗c light button to start.
A second page "Calibration" appears.
With the "ESC"-key you can abort the process
at this point and start it anew.
The "Return"-key brings you back to the work
page.
Operate the calibration switch on the ma-
chine. The rotor turns and 󻉓lls the calibration
container.
After switching o󻉒 calibration the menu to
enter the calibration quantity appears.
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Metering unit lled?
The hopper must be su󻌗ciently 󻉓lled with seed
before starting the calibration process. However,
the hopper should not be 󻉓lled completely, this
applies particularly for 󻉓ne seeding, to enable
easier exchange of rotor if it had been incor-
rectly selected.
For correct calculation of the seed quantity all
cells in the rotor should be 󻉓lled when starting
the seed calibration.
For this purpose press the key "Metering
Unit".
The rotor will rotate as long as speci󻉓ed in the
"Con󻉓guration 3" menu under "prime rotor time",
or until the key is pressed again.
Calibration quantity
During the "Seed calibration" the computer re-
ceives the calculation information required for
exact metering control.
It requires the seed weight taken from the meter-
ing unit during seed calibration as input value.
In order to keep measuring inaccuracies low, as
much seed as possible should be withdrawn.

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Rotors
No. Size
cm³
Colour
1 20 yellow
not suitable for beans and
solid fertilisers
2 40 red
3 100 blue
4170 yellow /
alu
5 250 black
6320 yellow /
alu
7 500 yellow
8 800 metal
Size
cm³
Cell shape / cell size Number
of cells
3,5 half-round, radius 4 mm 10
7 2 cell discs 3.5 cm³ 20
5 Sinking approx. 19 x 3 mm 12
10 2 cell discs 5 cm³ 24
10 Sinking approx. 23 x 5 mm 12
20 2 cell discs 10 cm³ 24
Remove the calibration container and remove
any seeds that may have remained in the
venturi area.
Weigh the turned-o󻉒 seed.
Press the "Enter"-key to select "Calibration
quantity" and enter the weight with the + and
- keys.
After entering the calibration weight the pos-
sible speed range will be calculated and
displayed.
If the displayed speed range corresponds with
your desired drill speed, you may start the ferti-
liser calibration or, in case of single hopper, start
the sowing process.
If the desired working speed is not within the
predetermined range, the rotor must be replaced
by a bigger or smaller one, as required.
The calibration process must in this
case be repeated.
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