Farm Works Mobile Software

USER GUIDE

Farm Works Software? Solutions

Farm WorksTM Mobile Software

USER GUIDE

Farm Works Software? Solutions

FarmWorksTM Mobile Software

Version 2011 and Later Revision D October 2011

Contact and Legal Information

Contact Details

Farm Works Information Management A division of Trimble PO Box 250 Hamilton, IN 46742 USA

USA Canada

+1 800-282-4103 +1 888-309-4990

Other countries +1 260-488-3492

Europe Australia New Zealand

+44 1786-465100 +61 (3) 8680-7222

Legal Notices

Copyright and Trademarks

? 2011, Trimble Navigation Limited. All rights reserved. Trimble, Farm Works, AgGPS, EZ-Guide, FmX, GreenSeeker, Juno, and Nomad are registered trademarks of Trimble Navigation Limited, registered in the United States and in other countries.

Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Release Notice

This is the October 2011 release (Revision D) of the Farm Works Mobile Software User Guide.

Product Limited Warranty Information

For applicable product Limited Warranty information, please refer to Legal Notices in the License Agreement for this product, or consult your local Farm Works authorized dealer.

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Contents

Contact and Legal Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Simple user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Field records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mapping and scouting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Soil sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Variable rate application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using a mobile device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Establishing a device / computer partnership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Installing to a mobile device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Registering the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3 Synchronizing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Synchronizing records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Linking new information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Synchronizing GPS mapped data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Data logged in the field software using the Automatic File Naming option . . . . . . . . 17 Data logged in the field software without the Automatic File Naming option . . . . . . . 18

4 Configuring the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Connected Farm configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 The Sync icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Configuration sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Coordinate System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 GPS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Errors and Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Exporting Log Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Auto logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Sample IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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