Mobile App Guide

Introduction

The FieldView Yieldkit Mobile app is the primary way of communicating with the FieldView Yield ECU and FieldView Yield Moisture Sensor. The mobile app is typically used for monitoring live yield and moisture data, calibrating the yield monitor and moisture sensor, changing crops and headers. This document features two separate user guides; a Mobile Quick Setup Guide designed to help you begin harvesting with minimal steps, and the Detailed Mobile Guide which provides additional information on all aspects of the app.

Compatibility

The FieldView Yieldkit Mobile app is compatible with most mobile devices. Android devices are required to have Android 4.4 or newer. iOS devices are required to have iOS 8 or newer. The devices used must have Bluetooth™ connectivity, and internet/cellular data. GPS is preferred but not necessary on most devices. Below is a condensed list of the general devices that can be used.

•iPhone

•iPad

•iPod Touch

•Android Phone

•Android Tablet

•Amazon Fire Tablet INSTALLATION iOS Install

1. Open the Apple App Store

2. Search “ FieldView Yieldkit”

3. Go to “ FieldView Yieldkit”

4. Press “Get” to install Android/Amazon Fire Tablet Install

1. Open the Google Play Store

2. Search “ FieldView Yieldkit”

3. Go to “ FieldView Yieldkit”

Mobile Quick Setup

The Mobile Quick Setup Guide will direct you through the necessary steps to begin harvesting. For additional information, please refer to the Detailed Mobile Guide. Accept End User Service Agreement

1. Read and agree by checking the box in the bottom right side of the screen

2. Press the “Continue” button; this will bring you to the Connection Screen Connect to Your Yield Monitor

1. If Bluetooth is turned off during start-up, you will be prompted to turn Bluetooth on

2. Press in the top right corner

3. Press the “Connect” button on the desired Yield ECU and wait for the connection steps to complete

4. You will be prompted to update firmware if your yield monitor is not up to date a. Press “Ok” b. Wait for the update to complete. Do not disconnect from the Yield ECU or turn off your device. This will take several minutes depending on your device c. You will need to reconnect the Yield ECU after the update (go to step 1 above)

5. If the Moisture Sensor’s firmware is not up to date, you will be prompted to update on connection a. Press “Ok” b. Wait for the Transfer and Update to be completed c. You will need to reconnect the yield monitor after the update (go to step 1 above) d. If you are asked to update the Moisture Sensor’s Firmware again, turn the harvester’s power off for 60 seconds and attempt to reconnect to the yield monitor

6. When connection is successfully established, you will be automatically directed to the Live Harvesting screen

Configuring Live Harvesting a. Type your desired username in the text box b. Press “Save”

1. You will be prompted to create a user profile when first opening the app. Selected layout, values, and units are saved to the user profile.

2. Changing tile layout a. Press the icon and select “Edit Mode” b. Choose the desired layout

3. Changing displayed values a. Long press the tile you would like to change until a menu appears b. Select the value you would like to be displayed

4. Changing units a. Press the current units on the card you want to change b. Select desired units from the menu

Add Headers

1. Navigate to Add/Edit Headers by using the icon

2. Press in the top right corner

3. Enter header name, type, and width. Width can be entered in meters or feet

4. Press “Save”

5. Repeat for all headers the harvester will be using Add Crops

1. Navigate to Add/Edit Crops by using the icon

2. Press in the top right corner

3. Enter Crop Name, Crop Category, and Market (Dry) a. The crop can be saved once the crop name is entered. Default values will be used for all other fields if not specified by the user.

4. Press “Save”

5. Repeat for all crops in your farm’s rotation

Calibrate Sensors

1. Navigate to Device Calibration using the icon

2. Press “START CALIBRATION” under Sensor Calibration

3. Press the box beside each condition (checkmark will appear) once each condition is met

4. Press “Ready” to start the calibration

5. When the calibration has finished, press “Complete”

6. If calibration was unsuccessful, an error message will appear a. Check that your optical sensors are properly installed, your harvester is stationary and running at full throttle, and the threshing clutch is engaged b. Press “try again”

Set Processing Delay

1. Press “Edit Delay” in Device Calibration

2. Enter the processing delay in seconds

3. Press “Save”

Crop Calibration

1. Navigate to Crop Calibration using the icon

2. Ensure that all listed conditions are met and press their associated boxes on the checklist

3. Press “Start Calibration”

4. Begin harvesting

5. Press as soon as harvest is unloaded

6. Enter measured weight and/or volume, along with measured moisture

7. Press “Complete”

Calibrate Moisture Sensor

1. Obtain a moisture sample while harvesting

2. Press “Edit Average” on the Crop Calibration screen

3. Enter the measured values from the sample

Detailed Mobile Guide

APP BAR

The App Bar is the horizontal, blue bar on the top of most screens in the app. It contains functions that are accessible throughout the app, such as navigation, yield monitor connection status, notifications, help messages, and the day-night mode toggle button.

App Navigation

The navigation drawer allows for easy navigation throughout the app.

1. Press in the top left corner

2. Select the page you would like to go to by pressing on it

Bluetooth™ Connection

The Bluetooth connection status indicates whether a yield monitor is connected to your device. This is shown beside the navigation drawer.

• If a yield monitor is connected, the Bluetooth™ symbol will appear blue and the yield monitor’s name will be shown.

• If there is no yield monitor connected, the Bluetooth™ symbol will appear grey and “Disconnected” will appear instead of the device name.

Notifications

Notifications are typically error messages from the yield monitor indicating that something is not functioning properly. The notification center will indicate the number of notifications there are to read.

1. Press the icon

2. All notifications will be shown in order of how recent they are

3. Pressing “Clear” will delete all current notifications and leave the notification center

4. Pressing “Dismiss” will leave the notification center

Day-Night Mode

The FarmTRX Mobile App has two separate modes, day mode and night mode. Day mode displays black text on a white background to increase visibility in bright daylight, whereas Night mode displays white text on a gray background to reduce eye strain when harvesting in low light conditions.

1. Press in the top right corner

2. Press “Day-Night Mode” to toggle between day and night mode

Help Messages

To guide the user though the app, most screens have help messages. Help messages provide tutorials and explanations to assist users.

1. Press on the specific part of the app where you would like assistance

2. Press the right side of your screen to progress through the tutorial

3. Press the left side of the screen to go back to a previous step

4. The “skip” button closes the tutorial CONNECTION

This section of the app is used to search for, connect to, and disconnect from Yield ECU.

Searching for Yield Monitors

Searching for yield monitors can be done by pressing the refresh button in the top right corner

Connecting to a Yield Monitor

1. Press the “CONNECT” button beside the device you would like to connect to

2. Wait for all connecting steps to complete; this may take a moment

3. You will be redirected to the Live Harvesting screen

Disconnecting from a Yield Monitor

1. Press on the Yield Monitor currently connected; a disconnect button should appear below its name

2. Press the disconnect button

Live Harvesting

Live Harvesting is used to observe real-time harvest data, such as area covered, current yield, average yield, volume harvested, and weight harvested. Additional harvester information such as speed, rate and uptime are shown. If you have a moisture sensor, current and average moisture will also be available. Crop type and header can be changed on the Live Harvesting screen, as well as userspecific preferences such as layout, values shown, and units.

Changing Units

All values can be shown in a variety of units. To change units:

1. Press the units you would like to change

2. Select desired units

Changing Displayed Values

Each card on the Live Screen can be changed to display values the user desires. To change values:

1. Press and hold the card you would like to change; a menu appears showing available values after about 1 second

2. Select the value you want displayed on that card

Changing Crop

The Yield Monitor needs to know what crop is being harvested to display accurate data. To change crop type:

1. Press Crop in the bottom left corner

2. Select desired crop

Changing Headers

The Yield Monitor needs to know what header is being used to display accurate yield data. To change header:

1. Press Header in the bottom right corner; a menu with all headers saved on the device will appear

2. Select desired header

3. To prevent accidental header switching, we require the user to confirm that they want to change headers. Press “Yes” to save your header change

Changing Moisture

Live Harvesting operates in different modes depending on if a FarmTRX™ Moisture Sensor is connected. If there is no moisture sensor connected, the app allows a manual moisture value to be entered. This allows the user to view the approximate market yield.

If a FieldView Yield Moisture Sensor is connected, live moisture readings are shown. The user may notice a difference between the moisture on the live screen and what is being reported by a bench moisture sensor. This is typically the result of incorrect calibration of the moisture sensor. To calibrate the moisture sensor and manually enter moisture:

1.If a FieldView Yield Moisture Sensor is connected: a. Long press the blue “Current Moisture” or “Average Moisture” tile in the top center of the screen b. Use the left Plus/Minus buttons to increases or decrease the adjustment by 1.0 c. Use the right Plus/Minus buttons to increase or decrease the adjustment by 0.1 d. The new moisture value will be shown under “New” in the top right e. Press “SAVE” when the moisture is properly adjusted

2. If there is no moisture sensor connected: a. Long press “User Set Moisture” b. Use the left Plus/Minus buttons to increases or decrease the adjustment by 1.0 c. Use the right Plus/Minus buttons to increase or decrease the adjustment by 0.1 d. The new moisture value will be shown under “New” in the top right e. Press “SAVE” when the moisture is properly adjusted

Market (Dry) Values

Live Harvesting allows the user to view their harvested dry yield volume and weight. The dry values are calculated using the average moisture input by the user.

1. Swipe left on Yield, Volume or Weight

2. The card will turn orange and display the dry values

Monitoring Moisture

Both average and current moisture can be seen on the Live Harvesting screen when a FieldView Yield Moisture Sensor is connected.

1. Live Harvesting will default to show the Current Moisture

2. Swipe left on the tile displaying moisture to view Average Moisture

Crop Calibration

Crop calibrations are done to ensure that the volume and weight measured by the optical sensors of the yield monitor are accurate for each specific crop type.

1. Select the crop that is being calibrated by pressing on the current crop; a list of crops should appear, press on the desired crop

2. Press “START CALIBRATION”

3. Confirm that all conditions specified are met; press the boxes beside each condition

4. Press “READY” when you would like to begin the calibration run

Calibration Monitoring

The user can observe elapsed time, area, volume, and weight while completing their calibration run from the calibration screen. They may also use the Live Harvesting screen to monitor the harvest but must remember to return to the Crop Calibration screen to complete the calibration run.

Complete Calibration

Once is pressed, the state of the calibration run is saved allowing the user to navigate elsewhere in the app while waiting for the calibration volume/weight measurement values. It is crucial that the user does NOT press the icon when returning to the Crop Calibration screen to enter calibration values, as this will discard the saved values. After the calibration is complete, the calibration value can be applied to the previously harvested crop.

1. Await measurements for volume and/or weight, and moisture

2. Enter measurements and press “COMPLETE” to apply the calibration  Only weight or volume needs to be entered but both is preferred

3. You will be prompted to apply the calibration values to previously harvested area. Choosing to apply calibration to previously harvested crop will apply the calibration value to any yield values made since the last crop change

Device Calibration

Calibrating the FieldView Yield ECU and Moisture Sensor system is important to ensure that precise harvest data is gathered by the Yield ECU hardware.

Sensor Calibration

Sensor Calibration determines a baseline measurement of the clean grain elevator to ensure accurate data is gathered from your specific machine.

1. Navigate to Device Calibration using

2. Press “START CALIBRATION” under Sensor Calibration

3. Check the boxes associated with each condition when they are met

4. Press “Ready” to start the calibration

5. When the calibration has finished, press “Complete”

6. If calibration was unsuccessful, an error message will appear: a. Check that your optical sensors are properly installed, your harvester is stationary and running at full throttle, and the threshing clutch is engaged b. Press “try again”

Processing Delay

Processing delay is the amount of time it takes for the grain entering the system to reach the clean grain elevator. If the delay is not known, a default of 10 seconds will be applied.

1. Press “EDIT DELAY”

2. Enter the machine specific processing delay in seconds

3. Press “Save”

Moisture Sensor

To ensure that the moisture sensor is reporting accurate values, calibrations may need to be done. Users may adjust the moisture sensor’s measurement offset by editing the average moisture. This screen also shows the Moisture Sensor’s firmware version and if the firmware requires an update.

1. Edit average: a. Press “EDIT AVERAGE” b. Enter the new average moisture in the “New (%)” field c. Press “Save”

Updating Moisture Sensor Firmware

1. Press “UPDATE FIRMWARE” under Moisture Sensor

2. Wait for the transfer to complete

3. Wait for update to complete

4. If the current firmware version does not match the latest firmware: a. Power the harvester off for 60 seconds b. Turn the harvesters power back on c. Reconnect to the yield monitor

5. If you are unable to press “UPDATE FIRMWARE”, there are no further firmware updates currently available

ADD/EDIT HEADERS

The yield monitor needs to know what width of land is being harvested for the yield calculation. To avoid requiring the user to enter the header width every time the header is changed, all headers used by the harvester can be entered and saved beforehand. The user can select a header on the Live Harvesting screen.

Adding a Header

1. Press the + icon in the top right corner

2. Enter desired Header Name

3. Choose Cut Mode

4. Enter Cut Width

5. To save, press the “Save” button in the top right corner

Deleting a Header

1. Select the header you would like to delete by pressing on it. The area around the header’s name should turn blue

2. Press the icon in the top right corner

3. Press “Yes” if you would like to delete the selected header

Editing a Header

1. Select the header you would like to edit by pressing on it. The area around the header’s name should turn blue

2. Press the icon in the top right corner

3. Enter the desired changes

4. To save, press the “Save” button in the top right corner

ADD/EDIT CROPS

The crop list stores several important pieces of data for accurate yield data:

 Specific volume is the volume/weight ratio

 Yield calibration is the crop specific calibration value that is calculated by Crop Calibration. This can be entered manually but that is not advised

 Field Average Moisture is the moisture content measured by the user and is used to show the dry yield, volume and weight in Live Harvesting

 Market Moisture is the maximum moisture content that is considered dry by the elevator

Adding a Crop

1. Press the + icon in the top right corner

2. Enter the name of the crop species

3. Select the category the species belongs to (Cereal, Oil Seed, Pulse, Corn, Other)

4. Enter specific volume; if nothing is entered a default value will be used

5. Enter yield calibration if known; if not a default value will be used until a calibration run is completed

6. To save, press the “Save” button in the top right corner

Deleting a Crop

1. Select the crop you would like to delete by pressing on it; the crop box should turn blue

2. Press the icon in the top right corner

3. Press “Yes” if you would like to delete the selected crop

Editing a Crop

1. Select the crop you would like to edit by pressing on it; the crop box should turn blue

2. Press the “edit” icon in the top right corner

3. Enter the desired changes

4. To save, press the “Save” button in the top right corner

Advanced Settings

Advanced Settings allow the user to change machine-specific settings such as the harvester name, enable detailed logging, and change the system language. The user can also restore their device’s crops, headers, and name to the default values. Advanced settings also provide an alternative way to reset the totals that appear on the Live Harvesting screen.

Override device language

1. Select “Override device language” putting a tick

2. Select your language from the drop-down menu

Editing Yield Monitor Name

The yield monitor name that is displayed on the Connection Screen and App Bar can be changed to make it easier to identify for the user.

1. Press the

2. Enter the desired name in the text box

3. Press “Save”

Resetting Yield Monitor Name

The yield monitor’s name can be returned to the default Device ID.

1. Press the

2. Press “OK” if you would like to reset the device name to default

Reset Live Harvesting Totals

The Live Harvesting totals can be reset without changing the crop type. Doing this will reset Area, Volume, Weight and Average Yield to zero.

1. Press “RESET TOTALS”

2. Press “OK” if you would like to reset the Live Harvesting totals

Restore Configurations

This will reset all configured values and preferences on the yield monitor, essentially resetting it to factory defaults. The values that are reset include crop selection, machine name, processing delay, Live Harvesting totals, Logging level, and Tare.

1. Press “RESTORE CONFIGS”

2. Press “OK” if you would like to reset the values outlined above

Restore Crops

The yield monitor’s crop list can be reset to the 10 default crops and their associated yield values. These crops are: Barley, Canola, Corn, Flax, Lentils, Oats, Peas, Sorghum, Soybeans and Wheat.

1. Press “RESTORE CROPS”

2. Press “OK” if you would like to restore your crop list to default

Restore Headers

The yield monitor’s header list can be reset to the 3 default headers and their associated widths. The defaults are 10m straight cut, 25’ swath and 30’ row headers.

1. Press “RESTORE HEADERS”

2. Press “OK” if you would like to restore your header list to default