Raven viper 4+ User manual

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Viper 4+ with 600S
Operaon Manual
Revised 10/18/2019

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Viper 4+ with 600S
Setup Manual
Secon Descripon Page
1Reference (common instrucons) 3
2Spraying with Scout Groups 4
3Running a Self Test 7
4Remote Support 8
5Mapping with a Viper 10
6File Manager 13
Appendix A (Field Boundary naming and colors) 16
Appendix B (Error Messages) 17
Appendix C (Common Widgets) 18

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Secon 1 Reference:
Pages
The Viper 4+ Field Computer funcons similarly to an iPad or other computer where you can
swipe across mulple pages. For the purpose of this manual we will refer to page number
starng with page 1 as the rst page on the le and
numerically increasing for each page to the right.

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Secon 2
Spraying with Scout Groups
Make sure you have the correct tractor selected.
Click Start Job icon
Touch the generic Job Name to rename your spray job.
Turux recommends naming spray jobs for beer
reference later. Click on the label with the generic
name to the right of ‘Job Name’ to open the keypad for
entering the name you want to use.
You should name you job something you will recognize
if you have to go back to the job for any reason. Also
use the date in the name so when you go to clean up
les you can idenfy older jobs to be deleted.
Hit the Green check to connue.
At this point you will want to select your Scout Group.
This will be the group of eld boundaries that you plan
to spray. (Note: If you are planning to spray without
maps in the ‘As Applied’ mode you will not select a
scout group.)
Click on ‘None’ next to Scout to select the group
Touch the dropdown box and change it to the Scout
Group you want to use.
Click on OK once the group is selected.

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Next you will need to enter your applicaon rate. Click
on the buon under the Rate Mode to enter the rate.
Enter your desired rate on the number pad, and then
hit the Green Check to save it.
Double check your Job Name, Scout Group, and
Applicaon Rate. Hit the green start buon once
everything is correct.
There is one more step required before starng your
spray applicaon. You will need to touch and hold the
Individual Product Control widget unl the Product
pop-up window appears.
The default posion for this widget is in the ‘O’
posion. Touch the buon under the word ‘Auto’ to
change your product control to automac.
Then hit the green arrow at the top right of the pop-up
window.

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Verify that all of the switches shown on your ‘On
Screen Switch Box’ widget are set to Accu.
Your sprayer has also been equipped with an individual
mechanical Master Switch. Be sure that this switch is
turned on and you are now ready to spray.
(Note: The Master Switch is also an easy way to turn
everything o, even while operang in an acve Job,
and back on when ready to connue.)

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Secon 3 Running a Self Test
(Note: You need to be in a Job to run a self test.)
Touch and hold the GPS Status widget.
The GPS Status (Health) screen will open up.
Touch the number eld to the right of ‘Test Speed’
near the boom le of the GPS Health screen.
When the number pad opens up enter your test speed
and then hit the green check.
The GPS Health screen will show the speed you
entered.
(Note: When the vehicle moves the test speed will be
return to 0 and the sprayer will revert back to actual
speed.)

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Secon 4 Remote Support
There are 2 ways to access Remote Support. If you are
not in an acve Job you can access Remote Support by
touching ‘Administrator at the top of your screen. (If
you are in an acve Job—see below)
Touch the ‘System Manager’ icon on the Administrator
screen.
Your screen will open up to Tab 1 of the System
Manager Sengs. Touch Tab 4 with the frog jumping
over a Slingshot modem.
Hit the ‘Request Support’ buon near the boom right
of the screen.
You will get an Operator Liability Warning. Read the
warning and click ‘Yes’ if you agree with the terms.

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A Service Code will be displayed in the Remote Support
area of the screen. You may need to provide this
number to Raven or Turux personnel for them to
access your screen.
Remote Support (while in a Job)
If you are already in an acve Job you can access
Remote Support by touching and holding the ‘Slingshot
Connecon Status’ widget.
This will open to Remote Support tab. On the boom
right of the screen touch the ‘Remote Support’ buon.
You will get an Operator Liability Warning. Read the
warning and click ‘Yes’ if you agree with the terms.
You may get a Service Code number that you will need
to provide to Raven or Turux personnel.
Once support is acvated you will see the message
‘Support is currently Acve’

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Secon 5 Mapping with a Viper
Mapping is best done by antenna posion. Change to
the Mobile Mapping conguraon before you start
mapping. Hit the current machine icon (top le), or if
the Mobile Mapping conguraon is already selected
skip ahead to Start your mapping Job (see below)
Choose the Mobile Mapping conguraon to highlight
the icon.
Hit the start buon on the boom right.
Start your mapping Job
Make sure you have the correct tractor selected.
Make sure your GPS icon is green (if you just changed
tractors it will take a few minutes to reset)
Click Start Job icon
Turux recommends leaving the generic name in the
Job Name eld for any mapping jobs. It is not important
to save these jobs, you only need the eld boundaries
you create with these jobs.
Click green triangle buon to begin.
You should be back to main screen
Touch scout group widget

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If you are adding boundaries to an exisng group,
touch the Acve Group name and select the exisng
group, or hit the Plus Sign (+) to the right of Acve
Group to start a new group.
If you are entering a new Acve Group (using the plus
sign), you will be prompted to enter name for scout
group, otherwise if using an exisng group skip to the
next step.
Naming each boundary
Leave Scout Feature Type as Field Boundary
Change the Name and Color of the boundary you will
be mapping (See the Turux recommended Field
Boundary naming format in Appendix A)
Leave the remaining elds at their default:
Hit record
The “ready to record” widget displays, replacing the
spot where your Scout Widget was posioned.
Drive to where you want the boundary to start and hit
the red record buon

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While recording your widget changes to a stop, pause
buon.
You can pause at any point on the boundary you are
making and then restart again at a point further along
the boundary. Restarng will create a straight line from
the point where you paused and the point where you
restart.
If you want to create a long straight line it is be best to
start with that line by hing record and then pause at
your start point, eecvely recording a point, then
drive to the end point of your long line to and hit
record. Drive from there to create the rest of the
boundary.
At the end of making your boundary stop short of your
start point and hit Save (The icon with a diskee)
Once the boundary is completed, the record icons
disappear and you will see the Scout Group icon on the
screen again.
If you want to create more boundaries, touch the Scout
Group icon and connue back on the “Naming each
boundary” step above.
If you are nished with mapping:
Hit the Home icon on the boom right of the screen
Hit End Job (Red Buon) to end your mapping job.
Note: If you are nished mapping and
going to be spraying you need to change
the Machine Conguraon back to your
sprayer.

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Secon 6 File Manager
Copying and deleng les such as Scout Groups, Jobs,
or Screenshots is done through the File Manager
First click on Administrator at the top of your screen.
Click on the File Manager icon
Aer a Viper 4+ has been in use for a while there may
be many les stored in memory so you may wish to
lter your selecon before copying or deleng les.
Click on the funnels icon to bring up the lter menu or
skip the next step and select your les individually. You
can also use the double arrows to Select All. You may
need to check your lter if the les you want to copy or
delete do not appear.
On the lter opons screen you can select a single le
type, such as Scout Groups, or select the blank opon
to get all le types in you results.
Note that in golf we do not use Grower, Farm, Field so
you can select No Grower, No Farm, and No Field, or
leave these blank
The les available to copy or delete will be shown on
the le hand column. (If you have chosen lter opons
then only the ltered les will show.) You can either
select the double arrow to select all, or individually
select the arrow to the right of each le to move them
to the right hand column. (You may need to scroll down
to see more les.)

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The les shown on the right hand side are the ones that
can now be copied or deleted. To copy les to a USB,
insert the USB in one of the USB ports on the side of
the Viper, and then click on the folder icon with and
arrow poinng out, at the top of the right column.
(For deleng les skip ahead in these
instrucons)
Choose ‘USB’ Media
Then choose ‘Copy’
(You could also choose ‘Move’ if you want to remove it
from the Viper and copy it to the USB drive.)
Then choose ‘GFF Structure’
Then choose ‘Export’

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Once the les have been successfully copied to your
USB you will get a ‘Transfer Complete’ message.
Click ‘OK’
Deleng Files
(Before deleng les you may want to copy them to a
USB drive, using the procedure above, in case you
accidentally delete a le you may sll need.)
If you are deleng the les you have selected (and
moved to the right hand column) you will click on the
trash can at the top of the right hand column.
CAUTION
(This will delete every le that was moved to the right
hand column. You might need to scroll down to see
addional les that were moved to the right hand
column)
You will be prompted with a warning that you are
about to delete les. Click ‘Yes’ to conrm.

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Appendix A
Field Boundary naming and color format
CAUTION: Regardless of whatever format you use to name your Field Boundaries,
it is best to avoid symbols in the eld boundary name. Somemes symbols can
cause issues when copying and backing up your les.
(Turux recommendaon)
1. If the golf course has more than 18 holes, use a single leer as the rst digit to signify the
naming of each 18 or 9 hole loop. (For example North and South course use N and S, Red,
Blue, and Gold 9s use R, B, G, etc.)
2. Either follow the 9/18 course leer with a 2 digit number corresponding with the hole
number, or for 18 hole courses start the name with the 2 digit number for the hole number.
3. Follow the 2 digit number with:
• Grn - for greens
• Fwy - for Fairways
• T- for Tees
• A- for Approachs
A. For Tees, follow the leer “T” with one of the following formats based on the customer’s
number and naming of tees.
• F, M, B for Front, Middle, Back, or
• 2 leers for colors, Bu (blue), Bk (black), Rd (red), Yw (yellow), or
• Some type of naming that makes sense to the golf course
(For example: 36 hole course (North & South 18s), Black Tee on #3 North = N03TBk, or
18 hole golf course, #9 Green = 09Grn
It helps when your Scout Groups are complete to also dierenate boundary types by color.
Turux recommends using:
• Green for greens
• Blue for Fairways
• Red for Tees
• Yellow for Approaches
• Magenta for NO Spray Zones

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Appendix B - Error Messages
These are typical error messages that you may encounter
with an explanaon as to how they occur and what to do
when they do occur.
Forward Direcon Cannot be Determined
This message you can just hit “Ignore”
Reverse Alarm sounds or displays on screen
You should have a Reverse Sensing widget on your screen.
Just hit the widget to turn o the reverse sensing alarm.
Hit “Yes” to conrm

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Appendix C
Common Widgets
Typical Sprayer Screen
Seq Name Widget
Screen
1Scoung (Scout Group) 1
2Forward Override 2
3GPS Status (Health) 2
4Vehicle Speed 2
5AccuBoom Override 8
6Secon Status Widest 8
7On-screen Switch Box 8
8Liquid Pressure 9
9Product Levels 9
10 Tally Registers 9
11 Individual Product Control 10
12 Slingshot Connecon Status
(remote support)
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12
1
3
46
1
11
10
8
7
5
2
9
2
34
5
6
7
89
10 11
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