Great Plains DICKEY-john MVT Monitor Operator - Manual (Page 47)

OPERATOR’S MANUAL
IntelliAg MVT
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38 / MATERIAL SETUP
MATERIAL CONFIGURATION
After creating a material name that appears at the top of the Material
Configuration screen, material parameters are entered that include:
• Type
• Units
• Preset Method
• Seeds per Revolution
• Disc Low/High Limits
• Alarms
• On/Off Pattern
To Define Material Parameters:
1. At the Materials screen, use the rotary button to highlight each yellow
input box.
2. Push in the rotary button to select or change the value.
3. Press the More button for additional parameters.
Figure 36
Planter Control Setup Screen - Preset Method Disabled
TYPE
Type establishes the desired type of application control channel used for a
specific material. This step is very important. Material type must
correctly match Control type.
NOTE: Refer to the Operate section for
setup and operate instructions. MONITOR ONLY
Monitor Only is typically used for ground drive applications to monitor
population with high and low alarms. All seeding control channels MUST be
disabled in this configuration and/or no rows assigned to those seeding
channels.
IMPORTANT: In monitor only mode, a material name must be selected at
the Row Monitor Setup screen to activate high and low
population alarms.
Type Used for
Planter Control seeding on a row crop planter
Monitor Only population monitoring only