Vaderstad Spirit R User manual

Quick Start
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Spirit R
STR 300S
S/N STR0000101 -

This Quickstart does not replace the instruction manual!
Installation of electrics and hydraulics 3
Settings 4
E-Control 9
Attachments
Sowing seed 18
Seed table 18
Loading new software 19
Table of contents
This QuickStart does NOT replace the instruction manual that contains much
more detailed information!

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1. Yellow circuit – The main circuit for lifting, lowering, bout marker arms and opera
tion of front tools.
2. Black circuit - Circuit for fan operation, drill coulter pressure and following har
row pressure.
3. White circuit – Operation of CrossBoard.
4. 3/4” hose - Free return
Circuit Function Requirements
Approx. 40 l/min
approx. 30 l/min.
with variable flow
(preferably priori-
tised).
approx. 20 l/min
NOTE: Max. 5 bar
in counterpres-
sure.
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1. Electrical installation in tractors
2. Installation of hydraulics
Connect the GateWay cable if the tractor has an ISOBUS terminal.
Lock the terminal using the locking bolt (A).
If the tractor is not equipped with an ISOBUS switch, tractor cabling is available (Accessories, parts no.
172447).
Use the heavy cables and connect in and after the main power switch.
Installation
Tractor main
switch
The tractor’s main power
switch

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Settings
NOTE: The frame must be parallel with the ground when the basic settings are entered!
1. Front tool System Disc
If the front and rear discs have different distances to the ground, adjust the push rods (A) in order to bring
the front and rear discs to the same distance to the ground.
A
2. CrossBoard
The relationship between CrossBoard and SystemDisc can be set to three different values:
• ACrossBoard far up in order to go deeply with SystemDisc.
• BNormal position.
• C CrossBoard far down if you do not want to use SystemDisc.
NOTE: If the machine is equipped with a track eradicator, this must also be rest when the CrossBoard is
adjusted. See next page.
A
B
C

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Settings
3. Track eradicator
If the machine is equipped with CrossBoard and a track eradicator there
will be two control plates by the arm attachments.
When the relationship between CB and SD has been changed, the track
eradicators must also be changed in or-
der to achieve the correct angle of attack.
The screws must be set at the same sym-
bol in both of the attachments.
4. Spill prevention plates
The relationship between SystemDisc
and the spill prevent plates can be ad-
justed. The basic setting is in the centre
position and this does not usually need
to be changed.

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5. Radar
B
It is often beneficial to calibrate the radar for an exact report. Look in the instruction manual.
The radar angle must be adjusted. The angle must be 35° ± 1° in relation to the soil surface. The angle of
the radar is optimal when the surface (A) is parallel to the soil surface. Remove the screws and adjust the
bracket along the oblong holes (B).
35░° ± 1°
A
6. Repacking/Transport wheels
In humid conditions, on adhering soils you can move two of the wheels 90 mm backwards for greater clearance to
the frame.
The machine is more stable with the wheels in the standard position (greater offset).
5.5 cm 14.5 cm

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Settings
8a. Following harrow - “Heavy” model
The weight of the “heavy” following harrow is relived from E-Control. The following harrow can also be set
with different angles of attack to the soil:
Normal position
Light conditions/a lot of straw Hard conditions/no straw
7. Light soil kit (accessory)
Adjust the rubber rods so that they are away from the bank that can form between the repacking wheels on light
soils.

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8b. Following harrow - “Light” model
Tighten the nut in order to give the following
harrow more weight.
Tighten the nut to achieve a more aggressive
angle for the following harrow.
9. Bout marker arms
300 cm
156 cm
The scribed line from the
bout marker arm must be
3 metres from the centre of
the machine or 1/5 metres
plus half a seed row from
the outermost furrow
opener.

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1. Setup, see next page.
2. Drive checks (page 15).
3. Half machine shut-off:
4. Manual selection of bout marker arm (Left, Right, Both or None).
5. Tramlining (page 17). See the instruction manual for how to change the cycle.
6. Monitoring, seed amount, adjustable sensor, on and off, fan speed.
6a. Buttons that can select: Deep SystemDisc, Coulter pressure, Area, Area/hour and Speed.
7. Information menu. Alarm history and service menu.
E-Control
Before each season, you should connect your iPad to the Internet and open E-Control to check whether any new
updates have been released. See attachment 2.
9. Scraper
>5 mm
E-Control
Home screen (Drive menu)
4.
6.
5.
1.3. 2.
7.
6a.

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1. Setup
Press Setup to access:
a. Calibration of delivered seed
b. Calibration of radar
c. Basic Settings Front Tools
d. Basic Settings Drilling Unit
e. Basic Settings Sequence Control
See the instruction manual for general settings:
General (Machine basic settings)
Tramlining.
Alarm settings
Basic settings of coulter pressure.
If you access any of the calibration menus, a pop up will appear:
NOTE: Feed output stops if you access any of the calibration menus!
Select Yes.
A number of things need to be considered before commencing the calibration:
Refer to Attachment 1 for Calibration and setting of sowing depth.
• Which seed box roller is suitable for the crop that is to be sewn (Refer to the calibration table)?
Spirit R i supplied with three different rollers for the seed feed housing as standard:
Grain roller 400 cc (e.g. wheat, etc.) , grass roller 120 cc (grassland, flaxseed, etc.) and an oil plant roller
(rape, etc.).
NOTE: When changing roller: Clean the seed feed housing internally where the roller is to sit and external-
ly around the flange at the motor so that the new roller can be properly installed!
Grain roller 400 cm³ Rapeseed roller 18 cm³Grass roller 120 cm³
1a. Calibration of delivered seed
• Is the low level sensor in the correct position?
• Refer to Attachment 1 for other sowing settings.
Special rollers can also be purchased for the machine.

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1b. Radar
It is always beneficial to calibrate the radar for an exact report. Refer to the instruction manual.
3. Enter the required seed application rate (
kg/ha)
4. Enter the required increase/decrease of variable
application rate in %.
5. Place the calibration bag on the selected seed feed
housing.
6. Press pre-fill (1) to fill the feed roller.
5. Empty the calibration bag and put it back onto
the seed mater.
6. Press Run (2) to fill the bag with grain.
Pulses are now counted for as long as the button
is pressed in.
7. Weigh the contents of the bag.
8. Enter the value (3) and E-Control will calculate
the number of pulses per kilo (4).
It is also possible to manually enter the number of pulses
per kg by selecting Calibration value (4) and then chang-
ing it to the selected value.
Refer also to Attachment 1, Sowing depth for further
advise and calibration table.
1. 2. 3.
4.
Contd. from previous page.
1. Selection of which side you would like to calibrate
on (Left/Right).
2. If you know that both of the output boxes produce
the same number of pulses per kilo, you can choose
to conduct a calibration on one side (Väderstad rec-
ommends always calibrating both). The value that
is entered will then be automatically saved for both
of the sections.

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1c. Basic settings front tools
- Begin by configuring the scale values for
the front tool.
1. Lower the front tool so that the discs
exactly touch the ground.
Press:
and enter the current scale value.
1.
3.
2.
0.50
Current scale
value.
2. Fully raise the front tool, press:
and enter the current scale value.
3. Measure the distance between the front
tool discs and the ground in centimetres.
Press:
Enter the height to the ground in cm.
Return to the front tool calibration by pressing:

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- The Low-lift position is now
set!
1d. Basic settings Drilling unit
Setting of low-lift position for the drilling unit.
Lift the drilling unit with the yellow circuit to
the desired low-lift height.
- Press Low-lift.
- Enter the current scale value
(10.0).
Current
scale value.
After the configuration has been complet-
ed, the ground level will be equal to 0,
above ground will be minus and below will
be positive (in the example next to this
SystemDisc is therefore approx. 1
cm above the ground).
The activation time indicates
how long the depth setting for SystemDisc
is active in the run menu.
- Lift SystemDisc to the intended low-lift
position.
- Press
- Enter current scale value.
- Lower SystemDisc to the intended work
ing depth.
- Press
- Enter current scale value.
- Finished!
Current scale
value.
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1e. Basic Settings Sequence control
With the sequence control active the whole seed drill does not need to be up on the headland before lifting
and when it is lowered the front tool will be lowered first, followed by the seed coulter.
Option to deactivate seed coulters and
front tool so that they stop upon lowering.
- Time from the front tool leaving the low-lift posi-
tion until the drilling unit begins to be lowered.
- Time from the front tool leaving the working
depth until the drilling unit begins to be raised.
- Distance from the front tool leaving the low-lift
position until the drilling unit begins to be low-
ered.
- Distance from the front tool leaving the working
depth until the drilling unit begins to be raised.
Both time and distance are used, and it is the one that is first reached that activates the sequence.
For example, if you reverse out into a corner in order to begin stagnant sowing, it is therefore time that starts the
sequence.
For the above setting it would therefore be:
The drilling unit begins to be lowered 0.5 m
or 0.5 seconds after lowering commences.
When lowering
When raising The drilling unit begins to be raised 1 m or
1 second after raising commences.

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2. Then press on the plus or mi-
nus sign a number of times until
the required pressure for the
following harrow is reached.
- As a guide a value of 20 can
correspond to the tare weight.
1 is maximum relieved and 0 is
fulfilled.
- If you want the following har-
row to remain raised all the time
you are driving, go to the basic
settings menu and set Following
harrow type to Off.
Headland Furrow
1. Select the symbol for headland or furrow. It will then be marked in green.
C. Hydraulic following harrow.
Press the button to access an adjustment menu for the following harrow.
This menu allows you to have different following harrow pressures for headland and furrows.
2. Drive checks
A. Manual feed output.
If you want to start feed output from a stationary position, e.g. in a corner, or during output verification,
press and hold the button marked in green.
Speed can be pre-selected in Setup/General/Manual start.
B. Lift stop.
For retracting the bout marker arms without lifting the machine, e.g. around wells or posts.
Press the button and use the lifting ram to pull in the bout marker arms.
When you have passed the obstacle, use the lifting ram to extend the bout marker arms again
Press the button again otherwise it will return to its switched off position after 30 seconds.
The button remains green as long as this is activated.
A.
B.
C.
E.
F.
G.
D. H

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F. Low-lift
The button lights green when low-lift is activated.
Deactivate low-lift if the following furrow needs raising, e.g. for reversing.
Low-lift active.
Tramlining active. Tramlining
stopped.
G. Tramlining
Automatic progression of tramlining program and bout takes place when the button is white.
Press the button (it will then become green) when you wish to prevent progression.
H Seed coulter pressure
NOTE: The fan must be started!
- Select the symbol for the coulter pressure in
the monitoring display.
- Increase or decrease the coulter pressure
using the buttons.
Current coulter pressure
Current control value
E. Automatic bout marker switching
The symbol is green when automatic bout marker switching is activated.
The symbol above shows which bout marker arm is activated.
Two of the buttons in the monitoring display are optional:
- Choose to display the symbol for the current depth front tool.
- Press (D in Drive checks).
- Raise or lower using the lifting circuit (Yellow circuit).
- Press in order to deactivate the option. It will then
be deactivated after the set activation time (refer to 1 c Basic
settings Front tool).
D. Depth setting for SystemDisc
Current cultivation
depth.

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Attachments
Press current sown amount, and a pop up will appear, make changes using the drop-down list depending
on whether you want to increase or decrease the sown amount. Press Done..
Select actual sown amount again, and then Reset to return to the original sown amount.
6. Adjustment of the sown amount
5. Tramlining cycle
The green tractor pattern is
displayed when tramlining
is taking place.
Selected tramlining programme
(18 m in this case).
Actual driven pass in the
tramlining cycle.
6. Monitoring of seed
Press the axe button to temporarily switch
off the feed output. The button will then
be greyed out and STOP will appear in the
display.
Refer to the instruction manual for how
to change the tramlining program and
the track width.

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Sowing seed
The following should be considered when setting the drilling depth:
• Soil type?
• Moisture?
• Plant residues that could cause resistance?
• Quality of seedbed?
Deep sowing 5-9 cm
Shallow sowing 0-2 cm
Normal sowing 1-5 cm
Normal sowing 3-7 cm
There are three settings that together affect the drilling depth:
1. Clips. The cips is the first and most important setting.
2. Coulter pressure. Do not use more coulter pressure than the conditions in the soil
require. Usually 50 bar is sufficient to ensure good seed sowing. In dry and difficult
conditions and/or for deep seed sowing it may be appropriate to increase the coulter
pressure.
3. Positioning of the wheel The
coulter arm wheel can be set to
four (4) positions. For normal
drilling depth ( ~1 - 5 cm) no
adjustment needs to be made. If
you are sowing peas or beans,
or deeper sowing is required
(e.g. early summer dry soils(,
the results may be better if all
of the coulter arm wheels are
used. Refer to the image below.
~
Attachment 1.
• The sowing table below is only a recommendation! Something to START with!
• The seed sowing MUST be studied and decided in the field! Ascertain the seed amount and measure the
sowing depth!
• Too high a fan speed will result in uneven depth of sowing.
• Too low a fan speed will increase the risk of the seed blocking the seed hoses.
• It is also important to check to ensure that the correct seed amount is being put out in the field (therefore
that the calibarion was correct). Advise If the actual sown amount in the field is, for example, 10 % too
high, increase the pulses per kg by 10 %.
Roller option
Feeder roll-
er/colour

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Attachments
Attachment 2
Before the season
Connect the iPad to the Internet and select the E-Control app.
Select Search for updates.
Updating Ipad
Info on how to start up E-Control for the first time is available in the instruction manual.
If there are any available updates, these will be downloaded.
Connect the iPad to Gateway to see the following question:
Select OK
Updates will now be downloaded in Gateway, which will re-start when done.
DONE!
A message will appear telling the update was successful.

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