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Changing the backlight brightness, Changing the led brightness, Getting gps corrections – Ag Leader EZ-Guide 500 Getting Started Guide User Manual

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Changing the Backlight Brightness

To change the strength of the screen backlight, select Configuration / Backlight.

Changing the LED Brightness

To adjust the brightness of the LEDs on the lightbar, select Configuration / LED Brightness.

In bright sunlight, increase the brightness to make the LEDs more obvious.

In darker conditions, for example driving at dusk, you can lower the brightness settings so the LEDs are
less intense.

Getting GPS Corrections

By default, the EZ−Guide 500 lightbar is configured to receive the following free corrections:

REGION

CORRECTION

North America

WAAS

Europe

EGNOS

These corrections provide 15 cm−20 cm (6 in−8 in) pass−to−pass accuracy.

To change the GPS corrections (for example, to configure RTK or OmniSTAR VBS/HP/XP), select
Configuration / GPS Setup / GPS Correction Source.

External Receiver Support

The EZ−Guide 500 lightbar can recieve GPS positions from TSIP−compatible recievers. This enables you to use
any of the correction types available on your receiver, including OmniSTAR, Beacon, and RTK.

The following TSIP−compatible recievers are supported by the EZ−Guide 500 lighbar:

Trimble

Case IH Ag Leader New Holland

AgGPS 252 AFS 252 GPS 5100

NH 252

AgGPS 332 −

To enable TSIP messages as the correction source:

Connect the receiver to the lightbar and then turn them on.

1.

Select Configuration / GPS Setup.

2.

Change the GPS Correction Source option to Ext. TSIP.

3.

Select Continue and press

. The Connecting to External Receiver screen appears. The lightbar

connects to the TSIP receiver. The message Connection Established appears.

4.

Press

. The External DGPS Source screen appears, showing the available corrections on the reciever.

5.

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