AG-NAV GUÍA LITE Differential GPS Guidance System. OPERATOR S HANDBOOK Version Sept. 2017

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1 AG-NAV GUÍA LITE Differential GPS Guidance System OPERATOR S HANDBOOK Version Sept. 2017

2 INFORMATION AG-NAV INC. 30 Churchill Drive Barrie, Ontario L4N 8Z5 CANADA TOLL FREE: (800) 99-AGNAV TELEPHONE: (705) FACSIMILE: (705) WEBSITE: WARNING AGNAV PRODUCT(S) PROVIDED AS IS. To the maximum extent by law, the manufacturer (AG- NAV Inc. herein known as the company) and its suppliers disclaim all warranties, either express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchant liability and fitness for a particular purpose, with regard to the PRODUCT(S), the accompanying written materials, and any accompanying hardware. You may have other rights, which vary from state/jurisdiction to state/jurisdiction. NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. To the maximum extend permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the company or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever (including without limitation, direct of indirect damages for personal injury, loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of this product, even if the company has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In any case, the companies and its supplier s entire liability shall be limited to the amount actually paid by you for the AGNAV PRODUCT(S). Because some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. AG-NAV provides this manual as is, without warranty of any kind and reserves the right to make improvements and/or changes in the products and/or the programs described in this manual at any time and without notice. AG-NAV and Guía are the registered trademarks of AG-NAV Inc.

3 1. NAVIGATING THE GUIA PG 1 2. SYSTEM DISPLAY PG 2 3. TURNING ON/OFF THE SYSTEM PG 2 4. USING THE GUIA LITE PG 3 SETTINGS PG 3 SETTINGS - SYSTEM PG 3 SETTINGS - SPRAY PG 4 SETTINGS - LIGHTBAR PG 5 SETTINGS - GNSS PG 6 SETTINGS - DISPLAY PG 7 SETTINGS - TIME PG 8 5. FLYING NEW AREA (NEW JOB) PG 8 GUIDANCE PG 9 NEW AREA - AB LINE PG 9 NEW AREA - SPLIT PG 11 NEW AREA - ABC SQUEEZE PG 12 MAIN DISPLAY PG FLYING OLD AREA PG FLYING WAYPOINTS PG SYSTEM MENU PG UPDATING SOFTWARE PG 22 TABLE OF CONTENTS NOTICE Some features mentioned in this manual are not available in software versions prior to version Please contact AG-NAV INC, if you require further information on the version presently installed on your equipment. Please refer to Updating Software section for how to update the software in your Guia Lite. The AG-NAV GUÍA LITE, or GUÍA LITE for short, is simple to learn and use. This handbook is designed to help you get started flying quickly.

4 1. NAVIGATING THE GUÍA: BUTTONS: Exit Area, Back to Home Screen Settings Menu Start Flight New Area Next New Area Guia Lite System menu Old Area Remote Keys (Left/ Right/ Up/ Down / Center or Enter) Set Waypoint calculated based on the selected flight line. This line is also called the Locked Line in this manual. GUIDANCE: The guidance in the Guia Lite is 1 2. SYSTEM DISPLAY 3. TURNING ON/OFF THE SYSTEM When all wires/plugs are properly connected, the GUIA LITE will turn on when it receives power. The system will boot up and show the Home Screen. When you finish a flight or mission, power off the system to turn it off. Tips: Touch screen and Remote Keys can be used as an input device to operate Guia Lite. Some gauges can easily change the value by remote keys if it is hard to enter by touch screen. 1. Home screen 2. Status bar (top of screen) 3. Time 4. Appears when USB key is inserted 5. Number of satellites tracked 6. Date 7. Appears when LightBar is connected 8. USB port 9. Micro SD slot 10 SD card icon when SD card is present When a remote key is held, it repeats the operation every 200ms. Hold the remote Enter key for more than 3 seconds to return to Home screen. 2

To check or change the settings, tap button on the Home screen. The screen will open to the System Settings as below.

5 4. USING THE GUIA LITE SETTINGS - SYSTEM Before making the first flight, make sure the system is set correctly for your application. SETTINGS Language: Guia Lite supports the following languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Chinese. Choose the language which works best for you. To check or change the settings, tap button on the Home screen. The screen will open to the System Settings as below. Brightness: Depending on the flight time, you can drag the slider left or right to adjust the screen brightness. 3 Record Data to USB stick: if selected by a check mark, flight data in AgNav format will be recorded to the USB stick if present. Notes: Only remove USB stick after the system has returned to Home screen. If both USB and SD card are present at the same time, data will be recorded on both media. SETTINGS - SPRAY Press the Spray tab to open the spray parameters. Tips: If using an SD card, please choose one with 4 Giga bytes or less for better performance. Reset to factory default: If selected, this option will erase all current settings and old area info, and reset all settings to factory default values. Units: Select Metric for meters, km/h, liters; or US for feet, MPH, gallons. Tank Volume: Full tank volume in liters or gallons. To change a value, tap the digit you want to edit, use the up or down arrows to adjust. Ex: In figure above under Tank Volume, touch the digit 2 to adjust hundreds, 3 to adjust tens, 4

and 8 to adjust ones. This applies to all the editing boxes. Swath Width: Swath width of aircraft. Application Rate: Desired application rate.

5 Info: Flight information to be shown on the lightbar. To select, tap the arrow on each field to open the dropdown menu, then tap the desired item.

There are 3 sets of predefined settings for the XT bar: Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3. The chart of each set shows the XT values that correspond to the LEDs on the lightbar.

6 and 8 to adjust ones. This applies to all the editing boxes. Swath Width: Swath width of aircraft. Application Rate: Desired application rate. This is used to calculate the sprayed volume and adjust the tank gauge during flight. SETTINGS - LIGHTBAR Type of LBar: Bright Bar has 2 fields of numerical information. 889 LBar has 4 info. 5 Info: Flight information to be shown on the lightbar. To select, tap the arrow on each field to open the dropdown menu, then tap the desired item. Brightness: Move the slider left/right to adjust the lightbar brightness. XT Sensitivity: XT is the cross track distance from aircraft to the locked line. It is shown on the lightbar by the top bar. There are 3 sets of predefined settings for the XT bar: Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3. The chart of each set shows the XT values that correspond to the LEDs on the lightbar. The values are in feet or meters depending on the Unit setting. If you prefer your own LED settings, choose either one of the sets then tap anywhere on the value list fields. It opens the LED XT edit dialog as below, The GNSS Setting displays GPS data received from the GPS receiver and current GPS settings. Choose the corresponding LED from 1 to 24 which depends on the type of lightbar you chose and enter the XT value accordingly. Press button to accept the changes. SETTINGS GNSS Baud Rate: Must be the same as the baud rate set in your GPS receiver for data output. Other data communication settings are 8-N-1. This only applies to external receiver. Internal DGPS Enable: If selected, GPS differential corrections from SBAS (WAAS/EGNOS) will be used. Use External GPS/GNSS: Check this box if you use an external GPS receiver as a GPS source. Note: Only NMEA-0183 can be recognized by Guia-Lite. 6

7 SETTINGS - DISPLAY Tank Bar: Tank gauge indicator. Length Bar: Spray length of current locked line relative to the longest sprayed line. The settings here customize the information appears on the screen while in Spray mode. Tap the arrow on each info to show the drop down menu, then tap the desired item. The remote switches can be used here: Left/Right: Previous/Next highlighted box Up/Down: Change information If selected, the following will be shown on screen during flight: Compass: True North direction indicator. 7 Display Options Grnd Speed Swath Width Spr Area Spr Volume App Rate XTrack Grnd Hdg LLNum AOI A/B Hdg GPS Alt TAE[0/180] Tank Left Spr Time Spr T/Pass Ground speed Swath width Sprayed acres or ha Sprayed volume Application rate Cross-track error Ground heading Locked line number Angle of intercept A/B line heading GPS altitude Track angle error Material left in tank Total spray time Spr time per pass SETTINGS - TIME Adjust system clock to local time. The date and time are used to name a job and data file. Make sure the date and time are correct. 5. FLYING NEW AREA (NEW JOB) Guia Lite offers many methods to fly a new area or a new job. To start a new area, tap the Home screen. button on the Note: When selecting a method to make a new area, the remote switches can be used: Left/Right: Previous/Next item Up/Down: Change value ENTER (central key): Accept or Run. During flight: Left- Shift locked line to the previous line in the selected spray pattern. Right- Shift locked line to next line in pattern. Up- Enter a point without spray (A/B/C) Hold Down- Delete all previously entered points (A/B) and start a new job, it ONLY works before a pattern has been defined. Hold Up/Down- Dim lightbar Up/Down after making area. 8

Boom Switch: Contacts CLOSED when spray on, OPEN when spray off. Either the remote Up key or Boom Switch can be used to enter a point when making a new area. It depends how point A was entered.

If the same area name is used for the subsequent new area, area name will be appended with xx where xx is a number from 01 to 99.

locked line. On the lightbar, if the XT bar extends to the right, steer aircraft right. If the XT bar extends to the left, steer aircraft left.

To exit the area, tap the Exit button. NEW AREA - AB LINE Guidance: After entering the AB line or point C if required, follow the guidance to spray the 9 ArName: Tap ArName button to enter Area Name.

8 Boom Switch: Contacts CLOSED when spray on, OPEN when spray off. Either the remote Up key or Boom Switch can be used to enter a point when making a new area. It depends how point A was entered. Area Name: Area name is important for both data recording and identifying an old area. Please enter a proper name before you start flying. If the same area name is used for the subsequent new area, area name will be appended with xx where xx is a number from 01 to 99. Guia Lite flight data are saved and organized based on area name which are fully compatible with Guia Gold and Platinum. Old areas are named by Area Name and the date when the area was created. locked line. On the lightbar, if the XT bar extends to the right, steer aircraft right. If the XT bar extends to the left, steer aircraft left. The AOI bar indicates the difference between aircraft heading and AB line heading. (0.5 deg per LED for the first 6 LEDs, 1 deg per LED from 7 to 13, 5 deg per LED from 14). To exit the area, tap the Exit button. NEW AREA - AB LINE Guidance: After entering the AB line or point C if required, follow the guidance to spray the 9 ArName: Tap ArName button to enter Area Name. You can enter the area name before flying to the area. Guia Lite uses the Area Name every time you start a new area. If the same Area Name is used for the subsequent new area, name of the new area will be appended with xx where xx is a number from 01 to Side: If the spray area is on the left of AB line, select Left. If the area is on the right of AB line, select Right. -Pattern: Select desired spray pattern. For Race Track, enter the number of lines skipped in the pattern. -Swath: Verify swath width. The unit is defined by the Unit setting (Metric or US). Back&Forth Race Track = 4 Use the virtual keyboard to enter Area Name. Tap button to accept the name. When done, tap to start flying to the new area. The screen will show: 10

NEW AREA - SPLIT - Fly to the field. The AB < or AB > indicates the area will be on the left or right of AB line.

- When reaching the field, turn Spray On to enter point A.

-Verify swath width. When done, tap to start flying.

The system will lock to line 2 and provide guidance to spray this line. 11 -Fly to the field.

-Depending on the selected pattern, fly to the desired location, Spray On to enter point C.

For Squeeze pattern, the points ABC will be entered as follows: When done, the locked line will be at point C.

9 NEW AREA - SPLIT - Fly to the field. The AB < or AB > indicates the area will be on the left or right of AB line. If the Side option is wrong, push the remote key Left or Right to change the option. - When reaching the field, turn Spray On to enter point A. - When reaching the end of field, turn Spray Off to enter point B. -Select pattern: Boundary, Center, or Edge. -Verify swath width. When done, tap to start flying. Boundary Center Edge Note: The remote Up button can be used to enter the A, B points without spray. The system will lock to line 2 and provide guidance to spray this line. 11 -Fly to the field. -When reaching the field, Spray On to enter point A. -When reaching the end of field, Spray Off to enter point B. -Depending on the selected pattern, fly to the desired location, Spray On to enter point C. -Select pattern: Squeeze or Expand. -Verify the swath width. When done, tap to start flying. For Squeeze pattern, the points ABC will be entered as follows: When done, the locked line will be at point C. After finishing spray on this line, push the remote key Right to shift the locked line to the next line in the Split pattern. NEW AREA - ABC SQUEEZE -Fly to the field. -When reaching the field, Spray On to enter point A. -When reaching the end of field, Spray Off to enter point B. -Fly to the other side of field, Spray On to enter point C. 12 The locked line will be at point C. After finishing spray on this line, push the remote

10 key Right to shift the locked line to the next line in the Squeeze pattern. Notes: After an area is made, the AB line, spray pattern, sprayed lines, current locked line, sprayed acreage, and all information related to the area are saved to the Guia Lite memory when exiting to Home screen or entering another new area. This allows the pilot to continue the application on the same area in the next flight. Guia Lite can save up to 10 areas. When finishing spraying the area, to make another area using the same method, tap the Next Area button on the screen. 13 MAIN DISPLAY After an area is made, Guia Lite enters the Spray mode showing the guidance for pilot to spray the area. 1. XT Bar: Shown at the top of the screen. The full bar on the screen equals 10 LEDs on the lightbar. 2. Compass: Red needle pointing true North. 3. Tank Gauge: Material remaining in tank 4. Flight Lines: Shown as the row of numbers at the bottom of screen. The line locked for guidance is shown with white number. The lines already sprayed are marked in green 5. A/C Heading indicator relative to the AB line heading. It s pointing up when a/c flying parallel to the AB line, or AOI = The green T with a dashed line under a/c icon indicates spray on. 7. The information on the sides is determined by Settings Display. within 1.2 swath width, and red when XT greater than 1.2 swath width. When the a/c is outside the spray area indicated by length of the AB line, 2 red arrows are plotted at the top of the screen. If they point down, the area is behind you. If they point up, the area is ahead of you. If spray is stopped in the middle of the locked line, Guia Lite will remember the stop location. When flying back to the field to resume spraying the same line, a time countdown will appear on screen. Once the countdown hits 0, you are at the point where spray was last stopped on the locked line. In this picture, the a/c icon is plotted at the middle of screen. The thick vertical white line indicates the XT or distance from a/c to the locked line. The line is white when the XT is 14

To continue application on an area flown before, tap the Old Area button on the Home screen. Guia Lite will automatically bring up the last flight that you have made.

11 6. FLYING OLD AREA new area created after 10 areas have been saved, the oldest area will be removed. When you choose an area, for example Barrie_ , the spray information saved for this area will appear on the screen. To continue application on an area flown before, tap the Old Area button on the Home screen. Guia Lite will automatically bring up the last flight that you have made. The drop down box allows you to select an old area by area name, date and time when the area was created, for example Barrie_ The system can save up to 10 old areas. When a 15 SprLength shows line number and spray length. As shown above, 1562 meters was sprayed on line 10. Tap and buttons to navigate through all the lines. Tap the button to resume the area. The locked line used in previous flight is used again. If spray was stopped on the locked line, the time countdown is shown. Follow the guidance to continue the application. 7. FLYING WAYPOINTS 16 The Waypoint feature provides the guidance to fly from a/c to a destination waypoint. A waypoint can be any location such as spray area, home airport, or loading zone. Up to 10 waypoints can be recorded. Each waypoint is identified by a name, latitude and longitude. To enter or select a waypoint, tap the Waypoint button on the Home screen. Guia Lite will list all available waypoints as shown below.

To edit a waypoint: -Tap the waypoint you want to edit. For a new waypoint, tap a blank line. - Tap the button. -Select the Format for the Latitude and Longitude. -Tap the Lat box to edit Latitude.

-Tap the Name box. Enter a name for the waypoint with max 6 characters. 17 Note: If you want to enter the current position as a waypoint, tap the CurPos button when GPS position is available.

The main screen will show the guidance and the following information: DTG: Distance To Go from a/c to waypoint. TTG: Estimated Time To Go based on speed. WPT Hdg: Heading from a/c to waypoint.

12 To edit a waypoint: -Tap the waypoint you want to edit. For a new waypoint, tap a blank line. - Tap the button. -Select the Format for the Latitude and Longitude. -Tap the Lat box to edit Latitude. -Press 123 on keyboard to switch to numbers. -Enter the Latitude in the selected format. Use : to separate degrees, minutes and seconds. -Tap the Lon box. Edit Longitude in the same way as Latitude. -Tap the Name box. Enter a name for the waypoint with max 6 characters. 17 Note: If you want to enter the current position as a waypoint, tap the CurPos button when GPS position is available. -Press waypoint. on the keyboard to save the To select a waypoint to fly: -Tap the desired waypoint in the list. -Tap to select and start the flight. Guia Lite will enter the Waypoint mode. The main screen will show the guidance and the following information: DTG: Distance To Go from a/c to waypoint. TTG: Estimated Time To Go based on speed. WPT Hdg: Heading from a/c to waypoint. AOI: Difference between a/c heading and WPT Hdg. Guidance is based on this AOI. GS: Ground speed of a/c. GT: Ground track of a/c. 18 Also on the main screen, WPT name is shown, ex. AgNav. The WPT Hdg is used as the reference heading represented by the white line pointing UP with a red arrow. The a/c icon with a green line rotates based on the AOI. To get to the waypoint, steer a/c so that the icon rotates and lining up with the white line. When you re within 100 meters or 300 feet from the waypoint, a circle will appear around the a/c icon. The circle becomes bigger when you are closer to the waypoint.

8. SYSTEM_MENU -Tap icon on the top left corner of Home screen to active the System Menu.

The System Menu includes: Help: List all the abbreviations used in Guia- Lite. Definition briefly describes the Term. To do this, plug a USB stick to Guia Lite.

19 Copy Area to Guia Lite Tips: You can verify that areas have been copied properly to USB by simply running Copy Area to Guia Lite before unplugging the USB key.

13 8. SYSTEM_MENU -Tap icon on the top left corner of Home screen to active the System Menu. Copy Area to USB: This function copies Old Area Information saved in Guia Lite memory to a USB stick for future use or use in another Guia Lite. The System Menu includes: Help: List all the abbreviations used in Guia- Lite. Definition briefly describes the Term. To do this, plug a USB stick to Guia Lite. Select the area you want to copy from the drop down box, then tap the Choose one area a time. button. 19 Copy Area to Guia Lite Tips: You can verify that areas have been copied properly to USB by simply running Copy Area to Guia Lite before unplugging the USB key. If an area was copied properly, the same information should be shown. This function is used to copy Old Areas to Guia Lite to continue application on the areas. To do this, plug the USB key that has Old Area Information to Guia Lite. Select the desired area. Tap the Upload button on the right side of screen. If Guia Lite already has 10 areas in the Old Area list, the oldest area will be removed. 20

14 SD USB Tips: Each area has a folder to store its spray data. Area files have file extension.no1. Data folders have no extension. If an SD card is installed in the Guia Lite, area and spray data files will be saved to the SD card. You can transfer files from SD card to a USB stick by using SD USB. To do this, plug a USB stick to Guia Lite. Select the date, for example GL0918 for data recorded in GuiaLite on September 18. Select desired area name. Tap to copy the file UPDATING SOFTWARE To update the software in the GUIA LITE, do the following: When something wrong happened during software update, just repeat the steps above to update again. -Make a software update key. It s a USB key with the Guia Lite software update file inside the upgrade folder. -Turn off Guia Lite. -Press down the remote Enter key. -While holding down the Enter key, turn on Guia Lite. If done correctly, the boot loader screen should appear. -Once you are on the boot loader screen, plug in the USB update key. The system should automatically update the software. -When the update is done, the system will reboot. When the Home screen is shown, unplug the USB key. Notes: If for any reason you want to cancel the software update, just shut down the system when boot loader is running. 22

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