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Safety measures for handling chemicals and agricultural products during operation.
Essential safety measures to follow when working on or around hydraulic systems.
Critical safety instructions regarding electrical components and connections.
Guidelines for properly routing and securing electrical harnesses to prevent damage.
Instructions for safe routing of fluid hoses, avoiding damage and environmental exposure.
An overview of the Raven Operating Software (ROS) capabilities and features.
Details on ROS platform features like user profiles, machine configurations, and product profiles.
Explanation of customizable screens, widgets, and dashboard for field operations.
Describes ROS mapping, tracking, and job report generation for field operations.
ROS interface with ISOBUS systems and task controller capabilities.
Information on obtaining and installing software and documentation updates for ROS.
Procedure for powering up the ROS device and checking the status indicator.
Steps to diagnose screen issues on the Viper 4+ using its built-in self-test.
Procedures for shutting down the ROS device and understanding icon border colors.
Setting initial language preferences and desired base and pressure units.
Guide on how to capture screen shots and export the data for file maintenance.
Process for creating and configuring machine settings for the ROS device.
Overview of the ROS device's home screen, panels, and navigation elements.
Details on using the on-screen keyboard for data entry and character selection.
Explains shift/caps lock, symbols, backspace, accept/cancel, and language selection.
Explanation of the status header, its indicators, and their meanings.
Accessing and using the Administrator or User Panel for device management.
Creating, editing, and managing user profiles for operator preferences and security.
How to access System Manager for updates and File Manager for file operations.
Functionality of the Machine Panel for configuring vehicle and equipment settings.
Details on configuring CAN system settings for vehicle and calibration information.
Setting up control channels and product information for field operations.
Accessing ISOBUS features via VT Panel and managing job profiles.
Using customizable displays, widgets, and view options for field operations.
Explains various ROS widgets for field operations, including accessory and GPS widgets.
Creating, editing, and managing user profiles for operator preferences and security.
Securing the ROS device with PINs and reviewing active profile information.
Procedure for recalibrating the Viper 4 touch screen for accurate input.
Setting the ROS unit to demonstration mode for display purposes.
Details on general user settings, display preferences, and security settings.
Entering operator contact and company location information, and setting language.
Configuring unit systems, pressure units, date/time formats, and system display settings.
Configuring audible, popup, and backup alarms for detected conditions.
Accessing administrator options, enabling user logins, and setting up PIN security.
Setting rate thresholds and colors for alerts during field operations.
Overview of System Manager utilities for viewing information, updating components, and activating features.
Viewing ROS version information and performing software updates or factory resets.
Procedure to revert to a previously installed software version on the ROS device.
Viewing firmware information for connected system components and performing updates.
Example procedure for downloading firmware updates for Raven CANbus components.
Steps to apply firmware updates to CANbus system components via the ROS device.
Procedure to recover a CANbus node that experienced a failed update.
Procedures for activating special or optional features using feature keys.
Information on obtaining and using temporary authorization codes for ROS features.
Accessing Slingshot Field Hub information and enabling remote support.
Accessing details about the ROS device hardware, including platform, OEM ID, and revisions.
Overview of File Manager utilities for editing, exporting, and managing files on the ROS device.
How to use file filters and rename files directly on the ROS device.
Procedures for selecting, deselecting, and managing files within the File Manager.
Utilities to create and manage Grower, Farm, Field (GFF) information and associations.
Steps to delete files from the ROS device using the File Manager.
Information on using the file export feature for job reporting and data transfer.
Exporting job reports and coverage data in various formats like PDF, JDP, SSA, and Shapefiles.
Exporting files like Rx Maps, Scout Groups, Guidance Lines, and Screen Shots.
Options for exporting GFF data to USB as ISO TASKDATA format.
Importing various file types like GFF, CAN Node Updates, Jobs, and Rx Maps from a USB drive.
Importing GFF folder structures from a USB flash drive to organize field data.
Importing CAN node firmware updates from a USB flash drive to the ROS device.
Importing job files saved or exported as a job data package (.jdp) from a USB drive.
Importing Slingshot Archive (.ssa) files from a USB flash drive.
Importing prescription or Rx map files from a USB flash drive.
Importing scout group files, including field boundaries, flags, and zones, from a USB drive.
Importing guidance lines from a USB flash drive for field operations.
Options for importing ISO TASKDATA from Slingshot or a USB stick.
Tracking and reviewing file transfer history via a Slingshot Field Hub.
Setting up file management features, particularly when a Slingshot Field Hub is connected.
Overview of the Machine Panel and its settings for configuring machine and implement profiles.
How ROS automatically detects and selects machine configurations based on connected equipment.
Managing machine configurations, devices, and implement profiles for field operations.
Creating and configuring profiles for self-propelled agricultural machines.
Configuring profiles for tractors, including their interaction with pull-type implements.
Creating and configuring profiles for pull-type implements.
Configuring section groups and individual section settings for implements.
Entering measurements for equipment setup, including offsets and dimensions.
Configuring section details like number, labels, width, and wiring for implements.
Navigating the Machine Panel and managing machine configurations.
Modifying machine configuration information, including guidance and offset overrides.
Entering general identification information for machines and implements.
Displaying and verifying GPS solution information, including message and correction data.
Procedure for redetecting serial devices if a GPS device is connected or changed.
Viewing GPS solution details like elevation, satellites, differential ID, HDOP, and GGA quality.
Accessing and understanding current warning or alarm conditions related to GPS.
Setting the differential correction type for non-Raven GPS sources.
Configuring compatible Raven receivers or integrated Raven devices via the ROS interface.
Resetting default settings for a compatible Raven receiver using the ROS device.
Configuring the differential source used for position solutions with the ROS device.
Adjusting GPS elevation mask and differential/RTK timeout values.
Reconfiguring NMEA output messages and message rates for GPS receivers.
Accessing GPS receiver model, serial number, and firmware version.
Unlocking additional features, including GS corrections, using authorization codes.
Procedures for updating the integrated device receiver firmware.
Configuring differential correction types like GL1DE, RTK, GS-Satellite, and SBAS.
Managing GS correction services, including satellite selection and subscription status.
Configuring OmniSTAR correction services with options for custom satellites and subscription status.
Configuring RTK correction sources, format, network type, and base station information.
Configuring GPS output messages, ports, baud rates, and SmarTrax settings.
Viewing detailed GPS receiver information including model, serial number, and firmware.
Entering authorization codes to unlock optional features for Raven receivers.
Reviewing detected serial devices and redetecting them if necessary.
Configuring external light bar display settings and port communication.
Connecting and setting up a weather station to record and display weather data.
Configuring GreenSeeker communication settings for application adjustment.
Understanding CANbus systems and how the ROS device detects nodes and versions.
Restarting CANbus communication to reestablish connection with a node.
Configuring multi-channel nodes or ECUs for product rate control.
Readdressing CANbus nodes to detect control channels and troubleshoot connectivity.
Resetting CANbus nodes to default settings, with a caution about data loss.
Viewing activated features and their status for the Raven CANbus control system.
Configuring the ROS device for connected speed sensors, including calibration.
Providing implement section status using physical or on-screen switch boxes.
Configuring the number of switches for implement section functions and mapping assignments.
Controlling implement status and sections using on-screen widgets.
Configuring on-screen or remote master switches for implement control.
Setting up control channel assignments and entering product information for field operations.
Saving and managing product configurations for common input or application operations.
Process for creating a new product configuration for the ROS device.
Modifying existing product configurations for control channels and field operation needs.
Selecting and assigning a product configuration for agX fields.
Entering product information for each control channel and setting up mix names.
Calculating carrier and mixed ingredient ratios for liquid control and tank mixes.
Adding products and ingredients to configurations, including creating new custom products.
Contains configured job profiles and jobs, allowing preconfiguration for fields.
Filtering jobs and creating or managing job profiles for future field operations.
Saving common field preferences like guidance, scouting, and GFF associations.
Steps for configuring a job profile for future field operations.
Selecting preferred guidance types, lines, and scout groups for job profiles.
Modifying existing job profiles or removing them from the panel.
Procedures for starting new field operations or resuming previously saved jobs.
Information on starting and managing agX jobs using recommendation files.
Procedures for closing active jobs and properly shutting down the ROS device.
ROS features customizable guidance displays using widget-based tools and utilities.
Selecting different views like 3D Guidance, Field Review, Widget View, and Web View.
Using zoom and view tools for monitoring field operations in 3D Guidance and Field Review modes.
Accessing and understanding active alarm notices and their details during field operations.
Reviewing alarm logs and configuring global alarm settings like audible and popup alarms.
Creating, copying, and deleting screen layouts for customized widget displays.
Adding, moving, and removing widgets to customize screen layouts for field operations.
Explains various ROS widgets for field operations, including accessory and GPS widgets.
Details on GPS widgets like Forward Override, GPS Status, GPS Summary, Heading/Speed, and Vehicle Speed.
Explains guidance widgets such as Light Bar, Distance from Guidance Line, Nudge, and AB Utilities.
Widgets for master switch, section status, and on-screen switch box control.
Widgets for Field Area, AutoBoom, Slingshot, ISO, Tally Registers, and Fan Speed.
Configuring bin chains for products assigned to multiple nodes, including auto chain setup.
Overview of guidance patterns including Straight (AB) Line and Pivot.
Using Fixed Contour for irregular boundaries and Last Pass for headlands and U-shapes.
Procedures for setting AB guidance paths using the AB Utilities widget.
Choosing guidance patterns like Last Pass, or selecting saved guidance paths.
Setting straight AB lines using two points or a compass heading.
Procedures for setting Pivot and Fixed Contour guidance paths.
Resetting existing guidance paths to correct GPS drift or adjust for implement width.
Saving active AB guidance paths for assignment to job profiles or field operations.
Loading previously saved guidance paths into the current field operation.
Making small adjustments to guidance paths using nudge features for implement alignment.
Setting nudge distance values for fine-tuning guidance paths during field operations.
Activating nudge distance and adjusting guidance paths using nudge controls.
Safety precautions when using the scout group manager and loading scout groups.
How ROS saves features like boundaries, zones, and flags as components of scout groups.
Using the scouting widget to record field boundaries, zone maps, and flags.
Managing scout groups and their features during field operations.
Steps to create a new group for scouting features in ROS.
Selecting, loading, deleting, and copying scout groups and individual scouting features.
Configuring ROS to record field features like boundaries, lines, or flags.
Procedures for automatically or manually recording field features and boundaries.
Using street maps for aerial views, downloading maps, filtering, and selecting jobs.
Specific instructions for using street maps with agX jobs.
Viewing volume and area tallies and understanding that they are running totals.
Procedures for resetting individual or all tally registers as needed.
Recommended initial speed calibration values for various sensor types.
Tuning and adjusting ROS for radar speed sensors using a distance measurement.
Calibrating wheel drive speed sensors, including adjustments for additional magnets.
Formulas to calculate boom or implement section widths for broadcast or band applications.
Calculating boom calibration values for liquid sprayers and adjusting for band spraying.
Calibrating section widths for granular application types.
Details on what the warranty covers, how to get service, and what Raven Industries will do.
Information on registering for the extended warranty and its coverage period.
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