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TTT321 GRADE Advanced

•Setup, Calibration
•Adjustments, Tuning
•Competitive Selling
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• Standard
– Stable Blade / Slope Indicate
– Cat® GRADE with Slope Assist
• Optional
– AccuGrade™ Ready Option
• IMU sensor improves GRADE performance ARO Gen1/2
• ARO Gen3 includes GRADE sensors
– Cat GRADE with 3D

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Stable Blade

• Stable Blade On/Off

– Certain materials, operators like to disable
– Older dozers- switch on right post/side
– Newer dozers, in display, Machine Settings
• Default On <D6N, Default Off D6T<

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Slope Indicate

• Displayed on home screen at startup

• D3-5K uses SA sensor, D6N< use Tranny sensor
• Calibrated at factory
– Can recalibrate in shop if necessary
– Park on level pad, measure pad, enter #’s into display

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Blade Response Settings

• Adjusts the response curve, from control to the valve

• Standard is typical Cat calibration, default
• Fine is slower blade, Fast is quicker blade
• Machine Settings, Blade Response

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Slope Assist
• D3K2-D5K2 – Packaged with Accugrade Ready Option
• Standard on D6K, N, T, D6
• Inertial Measurement Unit
– Located on blade
• Controls blade slope
– Fore/aft – Mainfall
– Side/side – Blade Slope

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Slope Assist Valve Cal

• D3-5K factory calibrated, D6K< dealer calibrated
• Enable Service Mode, K’s 32768, N< 1234
• ”Install” Grade Control feature, Key on, Engine off
• Valve calibrations
– Blade Solenoid, factory, ET, static>blade movement:Amps
• D3-5K2, D6N (early) require pressure sensor tool
– Tool Auto Valve Cal, dealer, Display, Amps:blade speed
– Calibration, Factory GC, Valve Calibration, Follow prompts

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Slope Assist Measure Up

• Measure up blade slopes, grousers, calibrate sensor

• Park on flat, level, consistent surface, concrete preferably
• “Factory” Cal in Service mode
• ”User” Cal in GC Settings

Grouser
Exposure
Grouser tip, blade edge in same plane

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Slope Assist Measure Up

• Digital Level- Left, Right uc, Blade Slope

• Tape measure- Grouser exposure, Cutting Edge to bolt
• Enter values in display, Calibrate
• Check- ~2% downhill on concrete surface

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Slope Assist Inc/Dec usage

• Inc/Dec buttons work in “Advanced” mode only

– Select Mainfall or Blade Slope target
– Click Inc or Dec button, blade moves
– Recall value does not change, Actual value does
– Change click precision in SA Settings

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Slope Assist Auto/Manual modes

• Next Gen 2019 Slope Assist

– ARO Gen3, D3-5K2 s/n 7000+, D6K2 s/n 3000+, D6/XE
– ”Both” - traditional operation, both dimensions in Auto
– Can select only one dimension in Auto, other in manual
– No box-manual, grey box-ready, green box-auto

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Slope Assist Valve Speed

• Valve speed settings for Slope Assist automatics

• Adjust in SA Settings, 3 dimensions

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Slope Assist Blade Wear

• Blade wear needs adjusted to maintain accuracy

• Grade Checker often alerts to error
• Rule of Thumb, adjust every ½” of wear, few weeks

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Slope Assist Tuning Mainfall

• Materials affect grouser bite, and thus mainfall

• Guide published, video on Tuning Mainfall
• Video
• ~1% accuracy

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Auto/Inc/Dec Button control

• Same buttons for Blade Shake, SA, AG, CGC, PPitch

• Home screen/CB460 off = Blade Shake, Power Pitch
• Home/CB460 on = CB460/CGC control
• Slope Assist Screen = Slope Assist control

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Cat Grade Control 3D Components

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GNSS Receivers
GNSS Antennas

Grade GNSS Radio

Control
Display

Position Sensing
Cylinders

IMU
Inertial
Measurement
Unit

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CGC Setup/Cal

• D5K2> Factory cal, dealer measure

• D6K2< Dealer cal, measure
• Basic procedure: Setup Slope Assist, ET Cals, Body
Sensor cal, Measure up….in that order

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CGC Setup/Cal

• ET Calibrations
– Position Sensing Cylinder – hold over relief
– Blade Solenoid Cal – D3-5K2, early D6N need pressure sensor
– Tool Auto Imp Valve Cal
• Body Sensor cal
– 3 stops, teardrop turn, same 3 spots opposite direction

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CGC Setup/Cal
• Measure up Antennas, Blade
– Set blade pitch, measure pin center dimensions
– Measure grousers
– Begin process in monitor “Enter Machine Measurements”
– Center blade per monitor
– Use Total Station to measure 2 antenna points, 6 blade points
– Antenna measurement tool, offset to base of antenna
• Check system accuracy

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CGC Body Sensor Adjustment

• Calibrates the “yaw” of the Body Sensor
• Follow procedure in GC Monitor
• Steepest slope you plan to be on, 3:1 or so
– Create design on slope, doze to design with left uphill
– Turn around, doze to design with right uphill
– Observe blade above/below design, adjust monitor + or -, 10/inch
– Repeat test after adjustments

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CGC Valve Speeds

• Speed of blade corrections, depends on material, moisture,

grading speed
• Choppy = too fast, Wavy = too slow
• Raise/Lower and Tilt dimensions

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CGC Autocarry
• Autocarry on/off button, indicators
• Hold 3 seconds to adjust
• More vs less aggressive
• Latch to Grade, Grade Protect

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CGC Track Mapping

• Records surface points
– Forward, Autos
• # of passes
• Cut/fill map
• Download to office

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CGC Grade Control Modes

• Grade Control mode- both tips on surface

• Rough Grade mode- center on surface, blade steer

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Common questions
• Snap to Grade vs Latch to Grade
• Not on grade accuracy
– PSC cal error
– Cutting edge length
– Antenna measure offset incorrect
• Right tip low, PSC cal error

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Trimble Earthworks
• “Mastless” grade control system
• Aftermarket retrofit, “portable”
• IMU based, 3 in system   Serial No. Prefix
KF2/FT3 (D3K2 XL )
Gen 2 ARO Available

KL2/LT3 (D3K2 LGP)

• Touchscreen display D3-D5K2

JPJ (D3K2 SLGP)
KM2/MT3 (D4K2 XL)
KR2/RT3 (D4K2 LGP)
All Prefixes
S/N 02000 & Up
KW2/WT3 (D5K2 XL)

• Requires Gen2 ARO KY2/YT3 (D5K2 LGP)

RRE (D5K2 SLGP)

JTR00721 & Up
JTR/EL7 (LGP)

• No Autocarry
DFR00450 & Up
D6K2 DFR/MGM
EL700182 & Up
(XL)
MGM00147 & Up
GB600522 & Up
GB6/ NJN (XL) MG501240 & Up
D6N
MG5/SGG (LGP) SGG00173 & Up
NJN00150 & Up

KMR/MEL (XL)
TMY/CG8 (XW)
D6T HTZ/SGT (LGP)
No Gen 2 ARO
(Build 18) WES/SGA (XL VPAT)
WRN/STE (XW VPAT)
RAD/CR3 (LGP VPAT)

NDY/2B3 (XL)
MB5/AK7 (XW)
D6T JML/SGZ (LGP) All Prefixes
(Build 19) HYT/2D2 (XL VPAT) S/N 00001 & Up
JNM/7C9 (XW VPAT)
MH7/K1R (LGP VPAT)
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Next Gen Cat GRADE with 3D

Customer Benefits
Performance as good or better than current system
Purpose built for D6 – factory or dealer installed
Intuitive Android-based 10” color touch screen display (same as next gen hex)
Easier service of GRADE system through interface
Faster finish grade performance with new sensors
Includes Slope Assist
Improves retrofit ability of GRADE system improving customer availability
Hardware Details
Inertial measurement units (IMUs) based system – no Position Sensing Cylinders (PSC) anymore
Brains of system in chassis IMU instead of display
Can be retrofitted to ARO Gen3
– D3-5K2 sn 7000+
– D6K2 sn 3000+
– D6/XE Next Gen Dozer

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GRADE Web Interface

• Configure, setup, measure, calibrate
• Add radio networks
• Allow certain functions in operator interface

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GRADE Startup/check

• Check all components, connectivity

• Setup Job, design
• Navigation

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GRADE Auto Modes, Autocarry

• Both Auto Modes available

– Snap to Grade, traditional Accugrade method
– Latch to Grade, CGC3D introduced, developed for Autocarry

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GRADE Valve Tuning

• Tune or Enable user access through Web Interface
• Tune through Auto Mode menu, Advanced Options

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GRADE In Field Designs

• Grade/Slope
• Alignment, Points

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GRADE Lane Guidance

• Select a lane/plane, extend

• Useful for narrow lanes

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GRADE Power Down Delay

• Choose length of time display stays active after key off

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The Topcon Dilemma

• Topcon base station communicates on Topcon network only 915mhz
– “Can set up” Trimble 926mhz radio on Topcon base
– Requires supervision
• 450mhz Topcon “can be” used by Trimble radio, CMR messages
– May need to set up competitive machines to use CMR
• Topcon releasing a rugged machine radio

GNSS Antennas

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Komatsu iMC Comparison

• Grade Control
– Single GPS antenna – less accurate on side slopes
– Does not perform well (3 S’):
• Speeds above 1.5, unstable
• Slopes 2:1 or steeper, crabbing
• Soft materials, unstable when pad contacts
– Dozing modes need tuning, machine stalls before blade lifts
– Limited applications, no ARO
– Needs PSC calibration after ever system startup
– Komatsu’s only offering…

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Deere SmartGrade, Topcon McMAX

• Integrated GPS (no masts)
• 2 receivers front, back
• 2 IMU’s (sensors)
• Introduced on 700K at 2016
WOC, 750K-850K today
• Support?
• No Grade Protect feature – can
cut below grade
• Gets confused turning on slopes
• Cables to blade sensor
• Doze/Load modes confusing
• Auto SmartGrade is rough
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