Seed Hawk AIRCART 2014 - Manual (Page 35)

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7.7.1 Engage Drive
• There must be an implement
width entered.
• There must be a meter applica-
tion rate entered.
• There must be a meter calibration
rate entered.
• Forward travel speed must be
present.
• The drive must be engaged.
The monitor requires several pieces of information for field operation.
To engage the drive press the ACK button. The drive icon in the upper center
portion of the screen will turn solid. Engaging the drive will cause the furrow
openers to lower to seeding position and with travel speed present the rate
meters will begin to turn.
At the end of a seeding pass, Press the
ACK button again to disengage the
meter drive. This will stop the applica-
tion rate meters and raise the furrow
openers. This will also stop the field
area accumulation register.
NOTE: The fans must be
running before engaging the
drive. If the fans are not
operating normally, an alarm
screen will display, alerting
the operator to the problem.
7.7.2 Disengage Drive
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7.7.3 Adjust Application Rate
7.7.4 Shank Pressure
The hydraulic down pressure applied to the opener shanks is controlled by a
closed loop system that allows you to enter the desired pressure. The operator
can enter the amount of down pressure applied on the monitor. The monitor
controls a down pressure valve that maintains the pressure setting on the open-
er shanks through the control module. A pressure sensor measures the actual
hydraulic pressure and feeds it back to the control module. The control module
adjusts the down pressure valve to maintain the system setting. As the openers
move up and down with the terrain constant force is applied to all equally.
The meter rate can be quickly adjusted while seeding by pressing the Meter
Rate key. This brings up the meter rate setting screen.
1. Select the meter rate to adjust turning the Toggle knob to highlight the
meter desired. Meter 1 is the default meter.
2. Press the Up/Down keys to incrementally adjust the application rate. The
rate will immediately adjust for the selected meter. To adjust another meter
navigate to it with the
Toggle knob and adjust it up or down.
The Soft Keys will show all active meters. Pressing the Soft Key for a meter
will turn them on and off individually.
Press the Meter Rate key again to return to the main operating screen.