KUHL Quantron E2 User manual

Original instructions
RC015AGB A
OPERATOR’S MANUAL
Control box
Quantron E2
RC015AGB A
- English - 04-2012

Foreword
Dear customer,
By purchasing the control unit Quantron E2 for the mineral fertiliser spreader AXIS, you have
shown confidence in our product. Thank you! We want to justify your trust. You have purchased
a powerful and reliable control unit. Our customer service is always at your disposal, should any
problems arise.
Please read this operating manual carefully before commissioning the mineral fertiliser
spreader and follow the advice given.
This manual could also describe equipment and options that are not included in your control unit.
You should be aware that damage caused by incorrect operation or improper use may not be co-
vered by warranty claims.
Technical improvements
We are continuously improving our products. Therefore, we reserve the right to make any
improvements and changes to our machine that we consider necessary without notice.
This constitutes no obligation to make such improvements or changes on machines that
have already been sold.
We will be pleased to answer any other questions that you might have.
Yours sincerely
KUHN S.A.
Farm Machinery
nCAUTION
Note the serial number of the control unit and of the machine
The control unit Quantron E2 has been calibrated at the factory for the mineral
fertiliser spreader with which it was supplied. It cannot be connected to another
mineral fertiliser spreader without requiring calibration.
Please enter the serial number of the control unit and of the mineral fertiliser
spreader here. When connecting the control unit to the mineral fertiliser sprea-
der, these numbers must be checked.
Serial number control unit: Serial number mineral fertiliser
spreader:
Year of manufacture:

Table of contents
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Foreword
Technical improvements
1 User instructions 1
1.1 About this operating manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Notes on the depiction of information in this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2.1 Significance of warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2.2 Instructions and procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.3 Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Layout and function 5
2.1 Overview of the supported AXIS versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2 Layout of the control unit - overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3 Control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.4 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.5 Structural overview of Easy Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.6 Structural overview of Expert Mode menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3 Attachment and installation 13
3.1 Requirements for the tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2 Connections, sockets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.1 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.2 7-pin plug connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3 Connecting the control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.4 Preparation of metering slide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4 Operation of the Quantron E2 21
4.1 Switching on the control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.2 Weighing-trip counter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.2.1 Trip counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.2.2 Determining the applied fertiliser quantity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.2.3 Remaining fertiliser quantity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.2.4 Weigh quantity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.2.5 Machine tare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.2.6 Telimat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.3 Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.4 Fertiliser settings in Easy mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.5 Fertiliser settings in Expert mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.5.1 Application rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.5.2 Working width. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.5.3 Flow factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.5.4 Drop point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.5.5 Telimat quantity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.5.6 Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.5.7 Fertiliser chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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4.6 Machine settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.6.1 Speed calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.6.2 AUTO/MAN mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.6.3 +/- appl. rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
4.6.4 kg counter cradle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
4.7 Fast emptying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
4.8 Field data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4.8.1 Selecting a field data file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4.8.2 Starting recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
4.8.3 Stopping recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.8.4 Importing and exporting field data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.8.5 Deleting field data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.9 System/Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
4.9.1 Setting the language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.9.2 Display config. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.9.3 Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
4.9.4 Test/Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
4.9.5 Data transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
4.9.6 Total data counter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
4.9.7 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4.10 Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4.11 Special functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
4.11.1 Text input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
4.11.2 Input of values using the cursor keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5 Alarm messages and possible causes 91
5.1 Meaning of alarm messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5.2 Clearing a fault/alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.2.1 Acknowledging an alarm message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.2.2 Resolving problems with the flow factor regulation (only AXIS W) . . . . . . . . 95
6 Special equipment/options 97
7 Guarantee and warranty 99
8 EC Declaration of Conformity 101

User instructions
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1 User instructions
1.1 About this operating manual
This operating manual is a constituent part of the control unit Quantron E2.
The manual contains important instructions for safe, proper and economic use
and maintenance of the control unit. Adherence to the manual helps to avoid
dangers, reduce repair costs and downtime and to increase the machine's relia-
bility and service life.
The operating manual is a part of the machine. The complete documentation
must be kept in an easily accessible location close to where the control unit is
used (e. g. on the tractor).
The manual does not replace your own responsibility as the operator and op-
erating personnel of the control unit Quantron E2.
1.2 Notes on the depiction of information in this manual
1.2.1 Significance of warnings
The warning instructions in this manual have been structured according to the de-
gree of danger and the probability of their occurrence.
Danger signs and symbols inform the user about other construction-related and
unavoidable remaining dangers that may be encountered when operating the
control unit. The safety warnings are structured as follows:
Example
Signal word
Icon with Explanation
n DANGER
Description of the sources of danger
Description of the danger and possible consequences.
Ignoring these warnings will result in very serious or even fatal
injury.
Measures to prevent the danger.

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Warning severity level
The degree of danger is indicated by the signal word. The levels are classified as
follows:
n DANGER
Type and source of danger
This note warns of a danger posing an immediate threat to the
health and life of persons.
Ignoring these warnings will result in very serious or even fatal
injury.
Always observe the measures described to prevent this
danger.
n WARNING
Type of hazard
This note warns of a possible dangerous situation for the health of
persons.
Ignoring these warnings will result in very serious or even fatal
injury.
Always observe the measures described to prevent this
danger.
n CAUTION
Type of hazard
This note warns of a potentially dangerous situation for personal
health or of material and environmental damage.
Ignoring these warnings can result in damage to the product or the
general area.
Always observe the measures described to prevent this
danger.
NOTICE
General information containing application tips and particularly useful informa-
tion do not constitute a hazard warning.

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1.2.2 Instructions and procedures
Action steps that the operator must carry out are shown as a numbered list.
1. Instruction for action step 1
2. Instruction for action step 2
Instructions involving only one step are not numbered. The same applies to ac-
tion steps that do not have to be carried out in a specific sequence.
A bullet is placed in front of these instructions:
Instruction.
1.2.3 Listings
Listings without a specific sequence are shown with bullet points (level 1) and
dashes (level 2):
Property A
- PointA
- PointB
Property B

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