Toro 03708N - Operating Characteristics

7.The“inputsdisplayed”LED,onthelower
rightcolumnoftheDiagnosticACE,shouldbe
illuminated.Ifthe“outputsdisplayed”LEDis
illuminated,pressthetogglebutton,onDiagnostic
ACE,tochangeLEDto“inputsdisplayed”.
TheDiagnosticACEwillilluminatetheLED
associatedwitheachoftheinputswhenthatinput
switchisclosed.
8.Individually,changeeachoftheswitchesfrom
opentoclosed(i.e.,sitonseat,engagetraction
pedal,etc.),andnotethattheappropriateLED
onDiagnosticACEwillblinkonandoffwhen
correspondingswitchisclosed.Repeatthisforall
switchesthatyoucanchangebyhand.
9.IfaswitchisclosedandtheappropriateLEDdoes
notturnon,checkallwiringandconnectionsto
theswitchand/orchecktheswitcheswithanohm
meter.Replaceanydefectiveswitchesandrepair
anydefectivewiring.
Note:TheDiagnosticACEalsohastheabilityto
detectwhichoutputsolenoidsorrelaysareturned
on.Thisisaquickwaytodetermineifamachine
malfunctioniselectricalorhydraulic.
VerifyingOutputFunction
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface,lowerthe
cuttingunits,stoptheengine,andengagethe
parkingbrake.
2.Removetheaccesspanellocatedbeneaththefront
oftheseat.
3.Locatewireharnessandconnectorsnearcontroller.
4.Carefullyunplugloopbackconnectorfromharness
connector.
5.ConnecttheDiagnosticACEconnectortothe
harnessconnector.
Note:Makesurecorrectoverlaydecalispositioned
onDiagnosticACE.
6.TurnthekeyswitchtotheONposition,butdonot
startmachine.
Note:Theredtextontheoverlaydecalrefersto
inputswitchesandthegreentextreferstooutputs.
7.The“outputsdisplayed”LED,onlowerright
columnofDiagnosticACE,shouldbeilluminated.
Ifthe“inputsdisplayed”LEDisilluminated,press
thetogglebutton,ontheDiagnosticACE,to
changetheLEDto“outputsdisplayed”.
Note:Itmaybenecessarytotogglebetween
“inputsdisplayed”and“outputsdisplayed”several
timestodothefollowingstep.Totogglebackand
forth,pressthetogglebuttononce.Thismaybe
doneasoftenasrequired.Donotholdthebutton.
8.Sitontheseatandattempttooperatethedesired
functionofthemachine.Theappropriateoutput
LEDsshouldilluminatetoindicatethattheECMis
turningonthatfunction.
Note:IfthecorrectoutputLEDsdonotilluminate,
verifythattherequiredinputswitchesareinthe
necessarypositionstoallowthatfunctiontooccur.
Verifycorrectswitchfunction.
IftheoutputLEDsareonasspecied,butthe
machinedoesnotfunctionproperly,thisindicatesa
non-electricalproblem.Repairasnecessary.
Note:Ifeachoutputswitchisinthecorrectposition
andfunctioningcorrectly,buttheoutputLEDsarenot
correctlyilluminated,thisindicatesanECMproblem.If
thisoccurs,contactyourToroDistributorforassistance.
Important:TheDiagnosticACEdisplaymust
notbeleftconnectedtothemachine.Itisnot
designedtowithstandtheenvironmentofthe
machine'severydayuse.Whendoneusingthe
DiagnosticACE,disconnectitfromthemachine
andconnectloop-backconnectortoharness
connector.Themachinewillnotoperatewithout
loopbackconnectorinstalledontheharness.Store
theDiagnosticACEindry,securelocationinthe
shop,notonthemachine.
OperatingCharacteristics
Practicedrivingthemachinebecauseithasahydrostatic
transmissionanditscharacteristicsaredifferentthan
manyturfmaintenancemachines.Somepointsto
considerwhenoperatingthetractionunitandcutting
unitsarethetransmission,enginespeed,loadonthe
cuttingbladesandtheimportanceofthebrakes.
Tomaintainenoughpowerforthetractionunitwhile
operating,regulatethetractionpedaltokeeptheengine
RPMhighandsomewhatconstant.Agoodruleto
followistodecreasethegroundspeedastheloadon
thecuttingunitsincreases,andincreasetheground
speedastheloaddecreases.
Therefore,allowthetractionpedaltomovebackward
astheengineRPMdecreases,anddepressthepedal
slowlyastheRPMincreases.Bycomparison,when
drivingfromoneworkareatoanother,withnoload
andcuttingunitraised,havethethrottleintheFast
positionanddepressthetractionpedalslowlybutfully
toattainmaximumgroundspeed.
Anothercharacteristictoconsideristheoperation
ofthepedalsthatareconnectedtothebrakes.The
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