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To Begin Your First Swath
1. Make sure the GPS antenna has a good view of the sky and the system is operating
with NO alarm conditions. Using a visible site as a point of reference, steer a straight
line parallel to your intended swath paths as you mark your reference points A and B.
Important
The Smartbar will establish all subsequent swaths as parallel to the AB line, so
make sure no GPS alarms are present while establishing the A-B line.
2. Press the MENU button until you see the “SET A” display.
3. When you are lined up on the first swath, press the SELECT button to enter the “A”
mark. ‘SET B’ is displayed.
4. Continue to the end of the first swath path and press the SELECT button to enter the
“B” mark. You can also use a temporary mark B to cause the Smartbar to guide you
along the A-B line. After marking A, you can press the DOWN button to set a tempo-
rary B. The Smartbar will guide you along the new A-B line until you press the DOWN
button to create a new temporary A-B line or you press the SELECT button to set the
final A-B line.
5. Turn toward the next swath path. Press the SELECT button to set the direction if DIR
is set to MAN. If DIR is set to AUT, the direction is set automatically as the machine
turns past 75
o
. The display will indicate swath 2.
6. Once you reach the end of swath 2, you may press the SELECT button to advance to
the next swath (for BF). You can also select a lower numbered swath by using the
DOWN button. With the SNP swath type selected, the swath number is automatically
advanced or decreased, as you become closer to a given swath than any other swath.
7. The red offset distance LED’s indicate the direction you must steer to reach the swath
number you have selected. Simply steer in the direction of the LED’s. That is, if the
LED’s to the right of the center are on, steer right. If the LED’s to the left of center are
on, steer left. The distance (feet or decimeters) to the selected swath is shown on the
right side of the screen.
8. The Guidance Status LED’s in the center of the Smartbar work as described in Basic
Swathing, Headland Swathing, and Saving Your Present Position.
9. Offset in degrees provides an approximation of the angle at which you are approach-
ing the selected swath. The number of LED’s on the bottom row will increase as your
angle of approach to the selected swath increases. For example, if you are approach-
ing the selected swath at a 50
o
angle, the maximum number of bottom-row LED’s are
on. If however, you are parallel to the selected swath, these LED’s will all be off and
your distance to the next swath will not be changing. If you turn away from the
selected swath at a sharp angle, the number of LED’s will again increase and, of
course, your distance to the selected swath will be increasing. When used together,
the angle indicator and offset LED’s will help you judge your approach to the selected
swath. This provides the best indication of when to begin your turn onto the selected
path.
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