John DeereAutoTrac® Introduction to Automatic Navigation System Products
Comparison of achievable different accuracies and functionalities
Value for money
AutoTrac ® Reduce errors and omissions in your field work. No matter what kind of field work you are doing, AutoTrac ® We can ensure that your homework results are more accurate and your homework profits are greater. The accessories for the ATU universal automatic navigation system include: a steering kit, a display screen, and a StarFireTM6000 signal receiver. The ATI integrated automatic navigation system only requires StarFireTM6000 signal receiver (7M2204 tractor also requires display screen). The touch type corn contra row auto drive system system is a device installed on the header of the harvester to achieve accurate and automatic contra row when harvesting corn.
One machine for multiple purposes
According to changes in seasons and demand, StarFireTMThe 6000 receiver can be easily uninstalled and installed on different machines.
John Deere AutoTrac®Performance characteristics of automatic navigation system
John Deere launched automatic navigation products in China, including ATU, ATI and touch corn opposite auto drive system, to achieve automatic opposite. Both ATU and ATI can use signals of different accuracy levels. The SF1 signal has an accuracy of 19-23 centimeters, and the newly provided SF3 signal has an accuracy of plus or minus 2.5 centimeters, while using RTK base stations has the same accuracy. ATU is a universal automatic navigation system driven by an electric motor, mainly used on 6B and 6J series tractors. It is easy to install and has strong versatility, and can be transferred from one machine to another in just 30 minutes. ATI is an integrated automatic navigation system that uses hydraulic drive. Advanced models such as 7M tractors, 8R tractors, S-series harvesters, and 8000 series silage harvesters have reserved quick interfaces for plug and play, making it more convenient and efficient. And it can achieve better steering control.
At present, the touch corn contra row auto drive system system is mainly used for R230 and C230 combine harvesters (equipped with John Deere original header), which can realize automatic contra row, improve the operating efficiency of the harvester, help reduce driver fatigue and loss, and can also harvest normally under low visibility conditions. John Deere AutoTrac®It can accurately control the turning of the machine in almost any land condition, mainly used for tasks such as ridging, sowing, harvesting, etc. It has the effect of walking in a straight line and can fully optimize the efficiency of the machine, reduce operator fatigue, greatly extend the driver's working time, and increase the workload. John Deere AutoTrac®The automatic navigation system optimizes the input of agricultural production, greatly reduces the overlap of agricultural machinery to the double track, saves time, fuel, seeds, fertilizers, and other agricultural production costs, improves the efficiency of land preparation, sowing, and harvesting machinery, thereby increasing the return on investment in machinery.
The all-new StarFireTMThe 6000 receiver has the following significant advantages
- Using SF3 signal with an accuracy of 2.5 centimeters
- SF3 signal has repeatability within one year
- Signal collection time less than 30 minutes
- Enhanced signal search capability after crossing the covered area
- Multi satellite tracking ensures signal stability
- USB fast programming only takes 3 minutes
Reduce overlap and gaps, save expenses
Research has shown that drivers have a 5% to 10% overlap tendency during a day's work, which will result in a 1.2-meter inter row overlap for 12 meter wide agricultural tools. John Deere AutoTrac®The automatic navigation system can help reduce 90% of overlapping tasks. Can improve homework efficiency, greatly save fuel, fertilizer, seeds, fertilizers, equipment wear and time (see table) using AutoTrac®The navigation system can save approximately 30000 RMB for every 400 hours of operation in the field.
Create more consistent rows and neat land
AutoTrac®It can help tractors maintain more consistent row spacing during sowing, reducing the possibility of crop damage during continuous field operations. Allow drivers to maintain ideal working speed while executing specific applications. For those applications that need to run at a high speed, such as spray, the continuous speed can spray more land at the same time to improve the work efficiency.
Higher homework efficiency
Higher homework accuracy means faster and more precise homework routes, which will bring you higher profits. AutoTrac®The system can help you reduce errors and omissions, which can increase field work efficiency by 14%, meaning you can earn more profits in a shorter amount of time.
Never stop working, extend effective working hours
The automatic navigation system uses satellite signals for device positioning, ensuring that you can work for a longer period of time in good weather and increasing the continuous working time during the working season. At the same time, with the help of an automatic navigation system, drivers can confidently create evenly distributed rows and columns in dusk, rainy days, dusty days, foggy days, windy days, and nighttime, ensuring that their work speed is not affected. This can increase homework efficiency by 5% and greatly improve driver productivity. John Deere AutoTrac®Equipped with an acre counter function, it allows you to easily and accurately calculate the workload, improving work efficiency.
Reduce driver fatigue and free up hands
AutoTrac®The system achieves autonomous driving by maintaining consistent accuracy and high efficiency, helping to reduce driver fatigue and allowing drivers to have more energy to optimize machine operations and increase profits. As is well known, exhausted drivers often make operational mistakes, resulting in unnecessary waste of time and cost. Research has shown that by using automatic navigation systems, the operating pressure of drivers can be reduced, thereby reducing the probability of errors.
Reduce land compaction
AutoTrac®Allow drivers to use tram route management methods to effectively reduce land compaction and protect soil.
John Deere AutoTrac®Eight advantages of automatic navigation system
project | John Deere AutoTrac®Automatic navigation system | Ordinary navigation products |
System integration degree | John Deere AutoTrac®The automatic navigation system is more integrated with John Deere tractors, with a lower failure rate and a cleaner cab after installation. The kit and wiring harness are all imported from the United States. | The navigation system and tractor are of different brands, with low integration. The cab is messy and the wiring harness is easily damaged by dragging. The components are not entirely imported. |
RTK signal stability | RTK signal is better and more stable. After losing RTK signal, John Deere AutoTrac®Can still maintain a precision of 2.5 centimeters for 15 minutes, and then maintain a precision of 5 centimeters for 14 days. | After losing RTK signal for 5 minutes, the accuracy of ordinary products decreases, and after 20 minutes, it drops to 50 centimeters. |
monitor | John Deere AutoTrac®The GreenStar 2630 monitor has a larger screen, reaching 10.4 inches (26 centimeters), making it more convenient to use and can also be used to monitor and control smart farming tools. | Either there is no such function, or the screen is too small. |
**Low driving speed | John Deere AutoTrac®The supported low driving speed is 0.5 kilometers per hour | The minimum driving speed supported by regular products is 1.6 kilometers per hour. |
Parking restart | John Deere AutoTrac®There is no need to restart the system within 45 seconds of parking, and there is still a signal when reversing. | Ordinary products require a system restart when parked, and there is no signal when reversing. |
Components and installation time | For the steering section, John Deere AutoTrac®Only 3 components, requiring only 30 minutes of installation and debugging time. | A regular product consists of 5 components, requiring 4 hours of installation and debugging, and the cabin is very messy. |
Accuracy without RTK signal | In the absence of RTK signals, John Deere SF2/SF3 signals provide a precision of 5 centimeters. If SF2/SF3 signals are unavailable, free precision of SF119-23 centimeters can also be provided. | In the absence of RTK signals, ordinary products have an accuracy of 50 centimeters. |
Universality | For the steering section, John Deere AutoTrac®It can be disassembled and installed for free on other machines. | Ordinary products require additional purchase of compensation modules and re adaptation before they can be installed on other machines. |
In the John Deere RTK system, the base station monitors the GPS satellite constellation and continuously calculates its position. Additionally, since the base station is stationary, errors can be calculated in real-time. Then, the RTK radio sends the correction signal to the StarFire equipped deviceTMThe vehicle of the receiver.
John Deere SF3 system via StarFireTMReceiver, accepts satellite GPS signals and achieves an accuracy of 2.5 centimeters.
John Deere AutoTrac®Main components: monitor, steering wheel StarFireTMreceiver. New StarFireTM6000 receiver, using SF3 signal with an accuracy of 2.5 centimeters, signal collection time less than 30 minutes, high work efficiency.
John Deere AutoTrac®The automatic navigation system is more integrated with John Deere tractors, with a lower failure rate and a cleaner cab. The kits and wiring harnesses are all imported from the United States.
Ordinary navigation products have different brands of navigation systems and tractors, with low integration. The cab is messy and the wiring harness is easily damaged by dragging. The components are not entirely imported.