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Step by step guide for beginners

Operations/Getting Started

wilberttalen 3 Oct '19

1. Download and install AgOpenGPS on a Windows computer. See this Downloading

AgOpenGPS 702 section on the specifics or watch this quick video 2.2k for beginners.

2. When first running the program you will find that it is in simulator mode. Before you can
play around in the simulator you’ll have to start a field. Click the pen icon in the lower right
hand corner of the screen.

3. Now that your field is named it’s time to create a boundary. You’ll find this under the pen
icon as well. You can either record a boundary using the sim or load a .kml file you
created from Google Earth. You’ll notice that outer boundary is filled in by default. This is a
good place to start. You can think of the outer boundary as a physical barrier around a
real field that you don’t want any of your farm equipment to hit. To create this boundary in
the sim, pick which side of the implement you would like to use as the outside edge then
click record. You will have to use the sliders on the bottom left of the guidance display to
control the speed and steering angle or use the arrow keys on your keyboard. Click stop
when done.

4. Now that you have your field boundary in place try to set up your vehicle. You’ll find this
under the gear icon. Please measure your tractor accurately as your measurements
greatly affect the calculations that AgOpenGPS makes to control steering etc. Should you
decide to move beyond the sim in the future. A lot of these measurements can be found in
an owners manual. Save your vehicle once completed, this is found under the file drop
down menu at the top left hand corner of the screen.

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AiridasK Dec '20

Hello guys. I am a farmer from Lithuania and my interesting AGopenGPS. But i nothing to find
from i can buy pcb autosteer?

Larsvest 1 Dec '20

You almost found it

the next pcb version 2 is on the way. i hope it comes with a pretty box with place for
motorcontroller and f9p and 12 to 24 v converter. all soldered and ready…

if anybody in europe have interrest please use this form. you get information after it is ready.

https://www.autosteer.cc/produkt-kategorie/elektronik-teile/ 1.1k

Larsvest Dec '20

Or go here and make it yourself.

Also remember to download support folders and program to learn more. See link in the top post
in this thread.

AiridasK Dec '20

Thank you Larsvest.

Mueller Dec '20

Hi,
Quick question, i ordered a ride high senor but now i see it is a 2 pin plug. Is that going to work?
how do i wire it to the pcb, one wire to the 5v and one on the high?
thanks

Larsvest 1 Dec '20

You don’t tell which sensor you got(there are many ride high sensors). But with only 2 pins, it
could be a ordinary potentiometer and not hall sensor type. So you can measure ohm between
pins and see if it changes when turning arm on sensor. If it is a potentiometer then it doesn’t
matter which pin you put 5v, the WAS in/high

Mueller Dec '20

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 sorry this is the sensor,

except when I ordered it it was $31.70, that kinda why I was worried it might not work, thought
maybe I cheeped out and ordered a bad one.
the other night I did try to ohm it out but didnt see much. I had one of my young boys helping
me, I will try it again.

Larsvest Dec '20

Probably nothing wrong with it. You should write them an email and ask what/how those 2
pins/blades are used(Document and support)
https://www.dormanproducts.com/p-100524-927-009.aspx?origin=keyword 53

Mueller 3 Dec '20

Turns out this angle sensor uses an inductive coil. So it measures response time to read the
signal.

The one prong is low referance and the other prong is signal.

I tried putting the low prong to the low on the pcb and the signal to the high, but it doesn’t seem
to read anything.
I will probably just order a different one. Unless some one know what I can do to make it work.

I also realized that I don’t have the ads1115 chip in yet. (I missed it on the order)
So I guess I can’t read the w.a.s with out it?

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Siberian Feb '21

Hello. I am from Russia, a few months ago I became interested in AOG. Thank you very much
to everyone who created and is engaged in this project. I have great difficulties with translation.
Google Translate is a very good thing, but it translates some terms as “haystack” or “building
material”. Therefore, I immediately ask your forgiveness for many things that I do not
understand. I would be very grateful for your help.
I made a simulator and figured out how to set up the electric steering wheel motor. Then I
moved this simulator to a tractor and tried it on the training ground. I get a sure FIX on the GPS.
I am about 1 kilometer from the base station. The tractor goes straight and keeps the line from
passageway to passageway. I was very happy that I had a bunch of GPS-motor running. But
when I measured the distance between the aisles, I was sad. The distance between the aisles
ranges from 50 centimeters to 150 centimeters. The speed of the tractor did not exceed 9
kilometers per hour. What did I set up wrong? I can see the MMA8452 working in the arduino
code. When I tilt the board to the right, I have positive values. When I tilt it to the left, I have
negative data. How can I see BNO055 working? Why does the tractor yaw from side to side
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installing the “Stanle”? When installed, “Pure P” behaves well. Rides adequately. When

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 playing in the simulator, it was the opposite. What accuracy can I really get in the pass-to-pass
field without BNO055? Thanks.

Bwatts Feb '21

It looks to me like your problem is the wheel angle sensor. If it isn’t zeroed correctly you still
drive a nice straight line but not exactly where you are supposed to be. It will drive off the line
on one side or the other.

I went all last year without a bno55 just using fix to fix for heading and I thought it drove
extremely well.

Siberian Feb '21

Maybe you’re right. Tell me how to do this? The voltage for straight wheels is 2.4 volts. I think
this is normal.

Siberian Feb '21

When I go straight, I see a shift in one of the sides of about 20 centimeters. It’s always about
the same. It does not rotate around the zero position. And it turns about 40-20-0. Then it goes
back to 20.

Bwatts Feb '21

@Siberian Getting the wheel angle sensor set right for me was a matter of trial and error. My
first attempt at installation was out enough that the software couldn’t correct it (with the slider). It
just took a little adjustment of my sensor mount to get it physically centred better. Once it was
set correctly it worked like a charm.

Siberian Feb '21

Bwatts, thank you for the tip. I followed the same path as you. I also shifted the mounting of the
sensor to one side. Now the slider “Wheel Angle Sensor Zero” is around 74.

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 Siberian Feb '21

Tell me you have the same “noises” coming from the wheel sensor at the average position of
the wheels. When the wheels are turned, there is no such distortion. Maybe this is due to the
absence of the R7 C4 chain. I use a “spider” board instead - a mock-up assembly.

Siberian Feb '21

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 Larsvest Feb '21

“distance” between white lines shift automatic. In your first picture it is probably 1 degree
between lines and in second I think it is 0.1 degree between them. That is why you see the
noise better in second picture.
Noise probably comes from power supply, so capacitors helps.
What kind of WAS do you use, hall angle sensor or a potentiometer?

Siberian 1 Feb '21

I use a potentiometer. Perhaps this is due to the power supply, but then why are they not there
when the wheels are turned. They only work with straight wheels.

minorplanets Feb '21

Check the connection at the WAS. It should be stable at zero. I had similar trouble, and it turned
out I had knocked the cable and seemed to getting an intermittent connection. It got worse then
started to snake before I figured it out. The connector needs to be pushed in very hard.

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 Larsvest 1 Feb '21

The noise is still there but you can’t see them, because the y scale is not the same.
The Toyota sensor you found is probably a potentiometer, not a hall sensor.

Hansdampf 1 Feb '21

Hello, im new to agopengps and i cant find any information about, how much Mobile Data the
Programm needs for the Correction Signal.
Is it like 100mb an hour or more/less, could somebody tell me the general amount of Data that
is pulled from maybe the Hotspot of my Mobile phone?

NorthernFarmer Feb '21

About 1 Mbyte/hour from my private base (GPS/GLONASS). Tried one multi-constellation

modern EUREF base and got almost 10 MBytes per hour.

Hansdampf Feb '21

Thanks for the information, but what is a private base and do i need it to get stardet with
autosteering?

NorthernFarmer Feb '21

With “private base” I mean the RTK base station that I own myself.

You can use AOG to steer your tractor even if you did not have any RTK base station but the
accuracy is not that good. I believe the majority of AOG users run it on RTK accuracy. Depends
on the type of field work.

Some countries provide a free RTK correction signal. You would not need your own base then.
You might also purchase the correction signal from a neighbour or some specialised company.

Hansdampf Feb '21

Ok, i live in Bayern Germany and as far as iknow there is LFPS available all over Bayern, which
means i wouldn’t need my own Base Station etc.
Correct me if im Wrong.

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Siberian Feb '21

Yes, it seems that you are lucky. When you have a receiver, I advise you to first take a free trial
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period. For testing and configuration. Usually in geodetic companies, this is from one to three

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NorthernFarmer Feb '21

I thought SAPOS is free, why then a trial period?

Siberian Feb '21

Anmeldegebühr für drei Jahre 50,00 Euro

NorthernFarmer Feb '21

Thanks, did not find that page. I’ve only heard talks about free SAPOS. Comparing with
commercial (private sector) prices, one could still call it free.

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Tex Mar '21

hi, how are you doing

i am from
Skip to main grande prairie alberta and have already downloaded agopen on my laptop,
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this was a couple of months ago or more

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 at the time it seemed as if it went easily
i built my board and tested to laptop , seemed to work good but did not get the corrections
working yet.
anyway to go further i wanted agopen to be installed in a tablet for use on tractor instead of my
laptop.
i purchased a windows 10 tablet
and am trying to put agopen into it
when i go to github it does not shows the " releases " tab

i believe, and you might to verify that i want to download a file with " application " at the end of
the file
but I cannot find it

i do see following though,

AgOpenGPS_v4.3.10.msi
support files.zip
source code(zip)
source code (tar.gz)

I have been trying for a couple of days now and I thought I might ask your opinion

do I have improper settings on windows 10

maybe I dont have proper github
am hoping to get it all working, especially now that the snow is starting to go and spring work is
around the corner

what do you think

wwfarm Mar '21

The msi file should work to install aog.

Tex Mar '21

Thank you
Got running on tablet

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