8 Vehicle guidance setup Autopilot system
Autopilot calibration
After you configure the vehicle make and model, calibrate the system for your vehicle. The
calibration process records additional details about your vehicle which helps the system to steer the
vehicle more accurately. For high accuracy systems, all settings must be correct.
All vehicle types
Four calibration items are required for all types of vehicles:
l Controller orientation (page 172): Correctly associates the outputs of the Autopilot controller
sensors with the direction of the vehicle.
l Manual Override Sensitivity calibration (page 173): Required for platforms that employ a
pressure transducer for the manual override function. Change the default only if the operation
of the manual override function is acceptable.
l Roll / antenna compensation calibration (page 181): Compensates for antenna height and static
roll caused by minor variations in the Autopilot controller and the GPS receiver mounting.
l Line acquisition aggressiveness calibration (page 185): How aggressively the vehicle approaches
the guidance line
Articulated and front-wheel-steered types
For articulated and front-wheel-steered vehicle types, additional calibrations are required:
l Steering angle sensor calibration (page 175): Converts the sensor output into commands for
steering full left, full right and any position in between.
l AutoSense calibration (page 174): Orients Autosense.
l Automated Deadzone calibration (page 176): Required to learn the vehicle's steering deadzone.
l Proportional steering gaincalibration (page 179):Required only if system steering performance
is not satisfactory.
Tracked tractors
For tracked tractors, there are several calibrations required. See Tracked tractor calibrations (page
185).
Version 9.25, Revision B FM-1000 Integrated Display User Guide 171
To Next Page
Loading...