NIK service team advises: 5 easy steps to ensure quality sowing with Trimble

Step 1

Signal checkThe first and most important thing for precision spring sowing with an accuracy of 2 cm is to check what signal you are working with. To do this, it is necessary to perform a check of the settings by checking if the RTK signal is active and activate the option xFill- with it you will ensure a longer operation time in case of possible loss of signal.

Step 2

Control system checkIf everything is in order with your signal and you have successfully passed step 1, then the next step is to check the control system. It begins with a view of the nodal points along the electrical wiring of the control - this is where the power supply, bushings and relays are included. If everything is fine with them and you have not found weak connections or any other worrying and atypical phenomenon, then you can proceed to check the rest of the system.Here it is important to check the condition of the steering system of the tractor for gaps and leaks, and if you notice a problem to fix it in a timely manner. An important part of pre-season preparation is to test the machine and check how it performs the basic commands - whether it enters a line in a line, the time to enter the navigation line and the observance of line spacing.

Step 3

Inventory checkFor the third step, you will need to remove the roller shutter and go outside the tractor cab to check the inventory to it and adjust the settings.Since you have most likely used the tractor for other processing it is a good idea to check that it is centered and that the new inventory is set correctly. Thus, we will check that there is no curvature due to incorrectly set settings.

Step 4

Preparing the displayPreparing the Trimble navigation display involves transferring unnecessary data and checking the correct arrangement of parcel data - names, boundaries, lines. This preparation is extremely important for follow-up operations such as hoeing, fertilizing, spraying and strip-till processing and will provide you with precise post-treatments.

Step 5

Sectional control checkIf your planter is ISOBUS compatible, with TUVR connectivity or you have a section control system Field IQ,Then this advice is for you! Often, mechanizers forget to pay attention to the sectional control of the planter, which can lead to unwanted overlaps and omissions when sowing. With the right settings, we guarantee the accuracy of operation of the sectional control and good results when the crops sprout.These were the 5 easy steps from NIK service specialist Jantsislav Gospodinov for a successful season and trouble-free sowing with Trimble precision technologies!