FM-CUT PRO

FEATURES INCLUDE:

• Holds 16 Jobs.
• Download all jobs into office computer.
• Area Calculator.
• Job report screen.
• Job, Sub and Total area counter.
• Job and Total distance counter.
• Max and Average speed log.
• All jobs are date and time stamped.
• Large graphically displayed numbers, easy to see.
• 3 buttons at top of device, for simple operation.
• Backlit display for night time working.
• Dust sealed and moisture resistant.
• Strong Aluminium Case.
• 55mm(w) x 85mm(h) x 25mm(d)
• 25mm x 35mm graphical menu display.
• All electrical inputs are high voltage protected.
• Stores data with a 20 year retention without power.
• Internal alarm buzzer.
• Bright light indicators.
• Easy fit mount sticks to tractor window.
• Quick transfer from tractor to tractor.
• Automatic Data Backup.
• Help Desk Phone number display.
• C-tick (#Z874) certification.

UNIT RESOLUTION:

• Area 9999.99 Hectares
• Distance 9999.99 km
• Speed 99.9 km/hr
• Measurement calculated in millimeter units.

Here is how to get your Field Mate FM-CUT PRO working:

SETTING UP THE METER MOWING CONDITIONING, WIND-ROWING, HARVESTING ETC...

1. Install the meter into the tractor.
2. Fit the magnet to a non driven wheel on the cutting machine, the sensor is mounted ensuring the magnet passes opposite it each time the wheel is turned. (see manual)
3. Fit a magnet on to a pivot point on the cutting machine, to detect when the machine is not cutting, the sensor is mounted opposite the magnet. This sensor is used to detect when the machine is not cutting (HOLD mode). (see manual)
4. Enter the cutting WIDTH into the meter.
5. Enter the DISTANCE travelled by the cutting machine per sensed wheel revolution.
6. Enter the DATE and TIME into the meter.

CUTTING YOUR PADDOCK....

1. Get to the paddock ready for cutting.
2. RESET the job in the meter. (This will ensure that the last cutting job has been cleared)
3. START the job in the meter. (Can be any job that is not used eg: XX.XX.XX as the date)
4. Job is now started. The meter is in RUN mode when cutting (machine down in crop) and is in HOLD mode (cutter is lifted above the crop, pivot sensor meets magnet). Begin cutting and at any time you can easily see
   • how much land has been cut
   • rate of cutting
   • time taken to cut
   • distance
   • speed etc..
5. Job Complete !
6. Down load in office when ready, or see job report by going to the Report Menu.
7. Ready for next job.

INFORMATION SCREENS:

At a press of a button, any of the following information Menus are displayed by the FM-DRILL PRO.

1. JOB menu
2. OPERATE menu
3. AREA menu
4. DISTANCE menu
5. SPEED menu
6. CALCULATE menu
7. INFO menu
8. REPORT menu

JOB menu : Allows user to reset, start, name, get job report. Applies to any of the 16 jobs.

• JOB RESET, Do this before starting a new job.
• JOB START, Job starts and gets date and time stamped.
• JOB NAME, name or job ID can be entered here as needed.
• JOB VIEW, can view a job report of the current job if required.
• JOB STOP, stop job here.

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OPERATE menu : The most relevant information is here, relating to the current job.

• AREA drilled, for current job.
• SUB AREA drilled, area drilled since this counter was reset. A good way to know when the seed drill needs a fill-up. Reseting this sub counter has no effect on the main drilled area.
• DISTANCE drilled, distance travelled while drilling.
• RATE drilled, amount of hectares drilled per hour.
• Drilling SPEED.

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AREA Menu : Has 3 Area values displayed.

• Drilled AREA, Area for current job being worked.
• SUB AREA drilled, area drilled since this counter was reset. A good way to know when the seed drill needs a fill-up. Reseting this sub counter has no effect on the main drilled area.
• TOTAL AREA, This area count is a running total of all area drilled for all jobs. (Can be reset if required.)

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DISTANCE Menu : Distance drilled in km.

• DISTANCE drilled, distance drilled for current job.
• TOTAL DRILLED distance, is the total distance travelled while drilling for all jobs.

SPEED Menu : Displays speed in km/hr, plus at the bottom of the screen various information as noted below.

• RATE, is the current drill rate in hect/hr.
• RUN time, is the time spent drilling for the current job.
• HOLD time, is the time spent not drilling for the current job.
• TOT (Total) total time spent drilling combines run and hold times.
• MAX Speed, is the Max speed the drill got to.
• AVE Speed, is the Ave speed of the drill.
• TEMP (Temperature) inside tractor.
• TIME, current time.
• DATE, current date.
• AREA, is the area drilled for the current job.
• DIST (Distance), is the distance travelled for the current job.
• WIDE (Width) is the working width for the currenT job.
• SPEED, large digits.

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CALCULATOR Menu : Allows user to Calculate area of square or rectangle shaped paddocks. This can be done at the start / middle / end of a job if required without affecting any of the area totals for the current job.

This can be done by:

• Driving the field length boundary in LENGTH mode. (Measures while drill is in RUN or HOLD mode)
• Driving the field width boundary in WIDTH mode. (Measures while drill is in RUN or HOLD mode)
• Switch to AREA mode in the menu to get the Area calculation for the recently measured LENGTH and WIDTH measurement. Area is displayed in hectares. Resetting any of these values has no effect on the main area counters for the current job.

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SETUP Menu: This allows the meter to be configured to suit your drilling operation.

• Screen 1:
  • CONTRAST, allows display clarity to be adjusted.
  • DEBOUNCE. allows meter to monitor extremly slow colter gearbox input shafts, typically set to 10%.
  • RUN / HOLD, the meter will go into HOLD mode as defined by the setting here. For drill colter shaft monitoring, use the “SPEEDO” set up for run/hold setting. When the drill gearbox input shaft stops, speed will switch to zero at the same time as the meter will go into hold mode.
  • WHEEL SIZE, is the distance travelled by the drill each time the drill gearbox input shaft turns one rev. This number is used to work out area, distance and drilling speed.
  • WIDTH, is the drilling width of the drill. This number is used to work out area drilled.
• Screen 2:
  • DATE, set date here.
  • SUPPORT, enter a HELP DESK phone number here of who to ring for Area Meter support.
  • UNIT ID. Allows the meter to be named. This name is displayed every time the unit starts up. Allows easy identification of a Meter.
  • REPORT DATA. Allows a Short or Long Job report format to be printed out.
  • TIME, Set time here.
• Screen 3:
  • SEED STATE. If a low seed alarm sensor is fitted to the drill, adjust this setting to allow the meter to decide if the seed sensor has activated or not. Some sensors may switch high with low seed, some switch low with low seed. This feature is optional and can be added to the meter at any time. (Optional*)
  • SHAFT'S 1-3 RPM. Optional extra used to sound an alarm if shaft 1-3 slows below a set rpm. Set alarm RPM level here, if the RPM of the shaft drops below the set level during drilling the alarm sounds. (Note**)
  • BALE COUNTER. Setting for Hay Baling operations. Sets the time delay between triggering of the hay bale sensor. Not required for drilling setup. (Note**)

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• Screen 4:
  • TRAM TYPE. Used on the Tramlining model Meters. Defines traming mode. Not required for standard drilling operations. (Note**)
  • TRAM SWATH. Used on the Tramlining Model Meters. Used to set when a tramling event will occur. Not required for drilling operations. (Note**)
  • SEED DEBOUNCE. Used when calculating the seed weight per hectare. This unit is in seconds and is used to prevent switch bounce when monitoring slow turning colter shafts. Typical value 5 sec. (Optional*)
  • SEED WEIGHT. Used when calculating the seed weight per hectare. This unit is measured in grams and is the amount of seed planted per coulter shaft rotation. This number is worked out by:
    • Filling the drill with seed
    • Turn the coulter shaft 1 complete rev and catch the seed output by the colter shaft.
    • Weigh the seed.
    • Enter the seed weight into this menu setting. The weight entered here is gram units.
      (Optional*)
  • SEED COMPARE. The user can enter a seed planted weight. Once that amount of seed has been planted, the alarm will sound for 5 seconds. The Seed Compare Weight typically would match how much seed has been put into the drill during a refill, use for seed refilling indication. The weight entered here is in 0.1kg units. (Optional*)
• Screen 5:
  • MULTI WIDTH. Multi Width can be used to detect and adjust accordingly the working width as needed with Dual Mower and spray boom set ups. This Setting when enabled can be used to turn the Multi width feature on or off. (Note **)
  • POLARITY. Is a setting that defines the active state of a Multi width sensors. Define if a width sensor is in RUN or HOLD according to sense voltage being high or low. (Note **)
  • WIDTH 1. Enter the multi width 1 size.
  • WIDTH 2. Enter the multi width 2 size.
  • WIDTH 3. Enter the multi width 3 size. (Note **)

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INFO MENU: Displays a variety of information that may be useful to the user, or in some cases a valuable tool in working out if the area meter is doing that job you want it to do. There is also low level information here that gives insight into the correct operation of the computer system that makes this area meter what it is. Information may prove to be a useful tool during installation.

• Screen 1:
  • HELP DESK PHONE, displays phone number to ring if support is required. This number would typically be the dealer who sold the meter to you.
• Screen 2: Speed calculation screen. This screen displays the internal workings of the meter that allows for speeds of over 100km/hr to be computed.
  
• RUN DEBOUNCE, is the debounce number for speed calculation that is worked out by the computer while the drill gearbox input shaft is moving.
• SET DEBOUNCE, is the starting debounce number as applied to the drill gearbox input shaft sensor at start up.
• Speed, drill speed
• WHEEL TURN, is a count of how many times the drill gearbox input shaft has turned since the meter has been turned on.
• SPEED CAP, is the amount of internal computer software timing ticks used by the software to work out drill speed.
• EXT 0 MODE, is the state the software is in when preparing to calculate drill speed.
  
• Screen 3: Model information
  • MODEL, displays meter model eg: FM-DRILL
  • SOFTWARE VERSION, eg: BUILD_1.0
  • POWERED, time that meter has been powered up.
  • RUNNING, time that unit has been turned on for.
  • LCD LEVEL, contrast setting as set in the setup screen.
  • B/LIGHT, displays voltage applied to the backlight circuit and the state on the back light control, eg on/off.

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• Screen 4: System Information
• TEMPERATURE, temperature of meter.
  
• AREA METER UNITS , states the unit of measurement used eg: Metric (Hectares, Km etc).
  
• INPUT VOLTS, is the voltage applied to the area meter.
  
• SER NUM, is the serial number of the area Meter.
  
• WIDTH COUNT, is the number of drill gearbox input shaft rotations used by the Area Calculator screen for the Width Number.
  
• LENGTH COUNT, is the number of drill gearbox input shaft rotation used by the Area Calculator screen for the Length Number.
  
• Screen 5: Software Operation.
• ASSERT. Software RTOS Error detection. 0 expected.
• DABT. Error detection system. 0 is the expected.
• PABT. Error detection system. 0 is the expected.
• UNDEF. Error detection system. 0 is the expected.
• SWI. Error detection system. 0 is the expected.
• IRQ. Error detection system. 0 is the expected.
• VICDEF. Error detection system. 0 is the expected.
• EECRC . Data Memory error checking detection count. Any time a data write check detects a data miss match the data write to memory is repeated, and this counter is incremented. Typically a count of 1 per 100 hours of operation is possible and is expected. This system ensures that data backup up is 100% correct.
• EEI2C. Detects error in the internal communication link inside the computer. 0 is the expect number here.
• BOD. Low power reset detection counter, expect to see a this counted up if meter is plugged into power quite often.
• EEFIX. No Used
• WDT. Detect if software stops and a restart is required. 0 is the expected count.
• PWR. Counts how many time the meter is powered up.

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• Screen 6: Software counters and controls
• AUTO SAVE. Count down for auto system data backup.
• AVE SPEED. Average speed number.
• TIME HELP. Total time running calculation higher number.
• TIME. Total time running calculation lower number.
• DISTANCE HELP. Used to calculate distance drilled, low number.
• DISTANCE. Distance drilled number.
• Screen 7: Software counters and controls
• RTC 1S INT. Control numbers from the Clock system inside the computer.
• REG. More clock information
• Run/H state. States if the Meter is in run or hold mode.
• R-AREA HELP. Area calculation low number.
• R-AREA. Is the drilled mid area number
• TIME. As calculated by the computer.
  
• Screen 8: Software counters and controls
  • BALE COUNTER. Counts number of bales in a hay baling setup.
  • AREA JOB. Area drilled number.
  • AREA HELP. Area drilled number.
  • AREA. Area drill lower number.
  • T-AREA HELP. Number used to make the total area drilled.
  • T-AREA. Is the total of all area drilled.
• Screen 9: Shaft monitoring information
• SHAFT 1-3 TICKS. Number of revs per second for shafts 1-3
• SHAFT 1-3 RPM. Speed of shaft's 1-3
• Screen 10: Software counters and controls
• JOB START BEEP.Every time a job starts the meter beeps to indicate this. This number reflects this event.
• FAULT BUZZER. Set to 1 when a fault occurs, eg: low seed,shaft rpm too slow.
• ROUND MATCH. Used to work out when round tramlining needs to lock on the colter clutch.
• MATCH SUB. Used to work out when round tramlining needs to lock on the colter clutch.
• ROUND CURRENT. Used to work out when round tramlining needs to lock on the colter clutch.
• CURRENT SUB. Used to work out when round tramlining needs to lock on the colter clutch.
• MATCH SUB. Used to work out when round tramlining needs to lock on the colter clutch.
• Screen 11: Options enabled on this meter
• SHAFT 1 MONITOR. Option enabled if on.
• SHAFT 2 MONITOR. Option enabled if on.
• SHAFT 3 MONITOR. Option enabled if on.
• LOW SEED DETECT. Option enabled if on.
• BALE COUNTING. Option enabled if on.
• MULTI WIDTH. Option enabled if on.
• SEED WEIGHT. Option enabled if on.
• Screen 12: System information to calculate Seed weight per hectare.
• RATE TICK. Colter shaft rotation count.
• TOTAL. Total amount of seed planted by drill.
• RATE. Amount of seed weight planted per hectare.
• UNIT. Weight of seed in grams planted per colter shaft rotation.
• COMPARE WEIGHT. Seed weight that has to be planted before meter sounds an alarm.
• COMPARE TICK. Colter shaft rotation count.
  

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REPORT MENU: Displays all work done under the current job. If required, any of the other 16 jobs can be viewed here as well.

• Screen 1:
  • Displays job number
  • Displays job name
    
• Screen 2:
  • Area Drilled
• Screen 3:
  • Distance Drilled
• Screen 4:
  • Time Drilling
  • Time not Drilling
• Screen 6:
  • Drill gearbox input shaft turns while drilling (Run mode).
  • Hold mode should always be 0.
• Screen 7:
  • Sizes used to calculate the area for this job.
• Screen 8:
• JOB Start date.
• JOB Start time

* Note: This feature is optional on the FM-DRILL PRO and can be added to the meter at anytime. See optional extras.
** Note: Not required for standard drilling operations.
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