ISOBUS sowing technology

ISOBUS communication for the Cirrus 03 trailed seed drills and the AD-P mounted seed drill combination

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For the modern communication between implement and tractor, the topic ISOBUS always comes up again and again in conversation. A simple ‘plug & play’ via the team work between an ISOBUS compatible tractor and terminal is the basic idea. For crop protection sprayers and fertiliser spreaders from AMAZONE, ISOBUS communication has been in place for quite some time. On these machines the particular theme of ‘operator-friendly software’ was always the main aim. The experiences gathered here are now carried over onto seed drills. Beside the high recognition value of crop protection sprayers, fertiliser spreaders and seed drills, for the AMAZONE ISOBUS software, the especially easy handling of the software and the plausibility of the layout have to be mentioned. Clear, easy to recognise symbols and, depending on the terminal, freely-configurable user interfaces offer the user the highest possible level of comfort. So, in the AMAZONE ISOBUS software now also on offer for seed drills, is the possibility to store three different user profiles. In this way, for example, the adaptation to different operating terminals that feature a different number of keys, is possible. Within the three profiles, all the operator functions can be placed to suit and so the user interface can thus be freely designed according to the needs of the driver. Thus the time when a frequently used function had to be recalled from some kind of submenu by cumbersome scrolling is now a thing of the past. Apart from the individual configuration of the operating functions, also the multi-function display for each user profile can be freely configured.

In addition, of course, numerous different Task Controllers are possible as applications in ISOBUS. Apart from the GPS-Switch function, the Task Controller function Geo deserves a special mention as this independently controls the machine‘s seed rate depending on yield or soil maps. Also documentation, either in the internal job menu or by data exchange, for example, via a USB stick, forms part of the standard equipment within the software.

The ISOBUS seed drills can be operated with the AMAZONE AMATRON 3, CCI 100 and AMAPAD ISOBUS terminals or with any other ISOBUS compatible terminal.

A special feature of the CCI terminal, in this application, is the automatic tramlining function. Here the tramline position is controlled via GPS with the aid of the parallel driving mode within the CCI terminal. Irrespective of the sequence in which the passes between tramlines are driven, the tramline is always created correctly. So, for a seed drill equipped with ISOBUS and CCI terminal the area can be sown in lands so that on the headland no tight turning manoeuvres are necessary, reducing the turn times and thus significantly increasing the work rate. In addition, the tramline is always there where it should be; too narrow or too wide tramline distances caused by the driver not paying attention are thus a thing of the past.

An additional advantage of ISOBUS communication is the free programming of ISOBUS compatible joysticks, such as, for example AMAZONE’s AmaPilot+ or the Fendt drive lever. In this way, the driver can carry out different operating functions, such as, for example, electric half-side shut-off, determining a seed rate change, stopping the metering, pre-metering or similar in a very comfortable manner via the multi-function joystick.

In addition, the AMAZONE Comfort Pack with the new TwinTerminal can be accessed via ISOBUS. Here, in this way, the highest level of operational comfort is offered to the user when it comes to calibration.