EZ-Guide® 500 Lightbar Guidance System

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CONNECTING THE SYSTEM
Antenna
With keypad
Standard system

EZ-Guide 500 lightbar

LABEL
To power

LABEL
With EZ-Steer® system

To power Antenna cable

LABEL
(P/N 50449)
To power
Power cable
(P/N 60198)

LIGHTBAR LAYOUT
Offline guidance LEDs
When the vehicle is online, the center three green LEDs
Function buttons are lit. When it is offline, the lit LEDs move to the side. ESC button (back of unit)
These buttons perform
the functions indicated by Cancels changes and moves
the icons. up one menu level.

Buttons: OK, Up, Down

Swath lines The arrow key highlights an icon
The current swath is red. and the OK button selects it.
Adjacent swaths are blue.
Swath numbers are displayed at Coverage logging and overlap
the bottom of the screen.
Coverage is displayed when a
spray switch is on, when the
. bar coverage function button is enabled,
Tip
Vehicle icon or when an autosteering system
Provides information on how to
Shows the vehicle position and is engaged.
use the system.
heading relative to the current swath.

CCAUTION — Keep the lightbar dry. Do not spray it with any type of liquid as this may cause it to fail.
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EASY MODE APPLICATION USE
Easy mode enables you to access basic guidance more quickly. It is the default operation mode.

Reset guidance Configure the implement Select the pattern Map the AB Line Guidance

Select the icon Set the implement width, See GUIDANCE Drive and define the
and then press o. the overlap/skip, and PATTERNS. guidance line or headland.
the forward/back offset.
Note — If you select the A+ pattern, you are prompted to enter the heading of the master guidance line. If you select the
Headlands pattern, you are prompted to select the number of headland circuits.

Quick Start Wizard

By default, the Quick Start Wizard appears every time you turn on the
EZ-Guide 500 lightbar. It enables you to confirm or change important
system settings before you begin working.
To cancel the Quick Start Wizard and go directly to guidance, press .
Note — On the last screen in the Quick Start Wizard, you can choose to
hide the wizard during future startups.

Icons
Function (left side) Action (right side) Field definition (right side)
Icon Description Icon Description Icon Description
Displays information tabs Reset guidance Set Point A

Displays built-in help Nudge guidance line left Set Point B

Turns on or off coverage
Nudge guidance line right Start headland
logging
Return to map view Shift to here
Finish headland
(Menu and wizard screens) (Advanced mode only)
Return to previous menu Pause curve logging (record a
Change zoom level
(Menu screens) straight line segment)
Cancel changes Pause, and get guidance back
(Edit screens) to the pause position
Go back to previous screen Change views
(Wizard screens) (Advanced mode only)
Go to configuration menu

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ADVANCED MODE APPLICATION USE
Reset guidance
Select the icon and then
press o.
Create New Field / Add AB Line
Select Stored Field / Select AB Line

Confirm or change settings

Select field and AB line

Confirm or change field name

Select event option

Map the AB line

Get guidance

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ADVANCED MODE FEATURES
Function Details Function Details
Name fields Enter custom Client, Farm, Field, Configure implement Set up implement offsets and draft
and Event names settings
Add AB Lines to fields Add additional AB Lines to the Use Autopilot Use the AgGPS® Autopilot™ system
field
Select existing fields Go back to fields for subsequent View diagnostic status View GPS and satellite information
applications information and system faults
Shift swaths To correct for position drift or to Save configurations Use system and vehicle
offset swaths in following years configurations in different lightbars
Configure GPS settings Select GPS limits Export data to USB Use field data in other lightbars
Configure display settings Change view options Delete old data Clear space in internal memory

To change to Advanced mode, select Configuration / User Mode.

Data management
Use the Data Management menu to:
• Export field and event information to an external USB flash
drive, so it can be loaded into another EZ-Guide 500
lightbar.
Note — Never remove the USB flash drive while the lightbar
is turned on.
• Delete field and event information, or the coverage logging,
from events, to free space in the internal memory.
• Export system logs to an external USB flash drive.

System configurations
You can save and load system configurations. This is useful when
you want to use exactly the same settings on multiple lightbars,
or if you want to change settings on the lightbar when moving the
lightbar between vehicles for different applications.
To save, load, or delete a system configuration, select
Configuration / System / Save/Load Configurations.

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MAP SCREENS
Plan view Perspective view

By default, the view automatically switches to the perspective view when you enter a field. To set the view so it switches when
you engage an autosteering system or for manual view control, in Advanced mode select Configuration / System / Display /
View.

INFORMATION TABS
To display field, GPS, or other system information on a transparent tab, press the button on the left of the lightbar. Press
the button again to cycle to the next tab. For an example of an information tab displayed on the map guidance screen, see
below.

BUILT-IN HELP
The lightbar has a built-in help system. To view it, press the button.

NUDGE / SHIFT TO HERE

Use the and nudge buttons to correct for position drift
caused by GPS satellite constellation changes while driving in
the field. Nudge is always applied to the guidance line relative
to the vehicle heading. The total current nudge distance
appears on the tip bar at the bottom of the screen.
To configure the nudge options, in Advanced mode select
Configuration /System / Guidance.
In Advanced mode, you can use Shift to Here to:
• correct for GPS position drift when returning to the field for guidance, for example after pausing
• offset all swaths for applications in subsequent years
You can save the shifted swaths, which nudge does not allow.

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GUIDANCE PATTERNS
AB Line Center-pivot
Maps a straight AB Line B Set the A point, drive the pivot, and
for guidance. then set the B point. A
Set the A point at the For best results, follow the B
outermost wheeltrack of the pivot A
start of the line and the
B point at the end. arm. B
Note — To work from the center of
the field outwards, the initial pivot
must have a radius of at least two
swath widths and an arc length of at
A least four swath widths.

A+ Headland
Set the A point to create the Straight swaths automatically Single
line. fill the headland boundary. A
headland
The heading of the AB Line Enter the number of headland
equals the manually entered circuits you want before you
heading (defaults to start defining the field.
previous AB heading). B
Start the headland, define the
A guidance line, and then return
to the start circle or press A
to complete the headland.
Note — Additional headlands
are based on the first headland B Multiple
circuit. headland
Identical curve Adaptive curve
Guidance is based on the B Guidance is always based on B
initial curve. Any the last pass.
deviations are ignored. Auto U-Turn detection = On
Set the A point, drive the Each new swath is
curve, and then set the B automatically generated when
point. you turn.
A Auto U-Turn detection = Off A
Set the B point at the end of
each pass to create the next
swath.

© 2007. Trimble Navigation Limited. All rights reserved. Trimble, AgGPS, EZ-Guide, and EZ-Steer are trademarks of Trimble Navigation
Limited, registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. Autopilot is a trademark of Trimble
Navigation Limited. Version 1.00, Rev B. (February 2007).
P/N 66020-80-ENG 87298878

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