11.1 Overview

Figure 1.

A number of sensors (B) are connected to a box (A). For larger models, this is divided into a left and a right box. See the following example.

Figure 2.

Sensors supplied for the combi machines appear in brackets in the table below.

Table 1.

Machine

Row spacing, seed coulters (mm)

Number of sensors (seed)

Number of SeedEye-boxes

STR 300S

125

24

1

ST 600S

125

48

1

ST 600S

167

36

1

ST 800S

125

64

2

ST 800S

167

48

1

ST 900S

125

72

2

ST 900S

167

54

2

ST 600C

125

48 (24)

1 (1)

ST 800C

125

64 (32)

2 (1)

ST 900C

125

72 (36)

2 (1)

The SeedEye box has four LED lights. The meaning of the different colours is shown below:

Table 2.

POWER IN LED colour

Green

Sufficient voltage

Red

Voltage too low
Table 3.

CAN bus LED colour

Orange

Waiting for address

Green

Address ready, in operation

Blue

Updating software
Table 4.

X-LINE BUS LED colour

Orange

No contact with the sensors

Green

Contact with sensors OK

Red

Data bus error

Blue pulsating

Updating the software
Table 5.

POWER OUT LED colour

Green

Sufficient voltage

Red

Voltage too low

Each sensor has an LED light. The meaning of the different colours is shown below:

Figure 3.

Table 6. Sensor colours

Colour

Orange

Waiting for registration

Green

Registered, in operation

Red

Voltage too low

Orange pulsating slowly

Dusty

Red pulsating quickly

Blocked

Blue pulsating

Updating software

Testing communication with the sensors

Figure 4. Monitoring on the home screen