Case IH AFS Pro 700 - 1 - GENERAL; Introduction; Layered architecture; Framework

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Introduction
TheAFSPro700displaycanserveastheoperatorinterfacefor:
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Precisionplanting,harvesting,andspraying
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Vehicle-specicapplications–forexample,yieldmonitoring,“asapplied”orprescriptionplanting,performance
monitoring
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AFSAccuGuide™
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Thevirtualterminalforvehicles,implements,andsystemsthatconformtotheISO11783standard
Layeredarchitecture
Thedisplayusesalayeredsoftwarearchitecturetogreatly
simplifythelearningcurveforanyoperator.Eachlayer
inheritsthecapabilitiesofthepreviouslayer.Thiscreates
standardresources,tools,andscreensforallapplications
onthedisplay.
Framework
Sharedresources,tools,andscreens–the“Framework”
layerintheillustration–meanthattheoperatorcanspend
lesstimelearningandmoretimeusingtheapplicationson
thedisplay.
Sharedresourcesmaybeoperatorpreferences,imple-
mentdescriptions,croptypes,grower-farm-eld-task
structure,etc.Theoperatorentersthisinformationonce.
Theinformationisthenavailableinanyapplicationon
thedisplay,eveniftheoperatormovesthedisplaytoa
differentvehicle.
Standardpop-upkeypadsandoptionswindowsareex-
amplesofsharedtools.Thesametoolsareusedtocreate
lists,selectoptions,andenternamesorvalues.Theop-
eratoronlyneedstolearnthesetoolsoncebecausethey
arethesameineveryapplicationonthedisplay.
Commoniconsand"Home"screenorganizationsimplify
navigationthroughallapplicationsonthedisplay.
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Vehicle
Increasingly,theAFSPro700displaywillbeanopera-
tor’sprimarytoolforinterfacingwiththevehicle,whether
atractor,combine,orsprayer.Onmanyvehicles,theop-
eratorcontrolsautomatedsteeringwiththedisplay.On
somecombinestoday,theoperatornotonlymonitorshar-
vestoperations,butalsocontrolsthemdirectlyfromthe
display.
Thevehicleusesthedisplaytocommunicateitsunique
controlandmonitoringneedstotheoperator,whileoffer-
inggreaterperformancecontrolandfeedback.
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