Claas has widened the operating spectrum of its S10 terminal to include the new Section Control and Task Management Isobus functions, meaning that it’s now possible to control all Isobus functions via a single screen.
The Claas S10 is the precision farming terminal from Claas. In addition to operating steering systems and cameras, it’s also possible to use this universal terminal to control Isobus devices.
Although in the past the S10 terminal could be used to control, adjust and optimise Isobus compatible implements during use via the S10 display with the aid of the Isobus UT function, the additional control functions now available provide the operator with an even greater range of options when using the tractor.
With the newly integrated Section Control function, unwanted overlapping is prevented by automatic section control switch-off, regardless of whether a crop sprayer, fertiliser spreader or seed drill is being used. There are also individual adjustment options available for working awkwardly shaped sections on the headland and in the main field.
The integration of Isobus Task Management into the control system of the S10 terminal will be of particular interest to contractors and managers of larger operations. Claas offers TC Basic and TC Geo options for the Task Management function.
Detailed jobs for working on individual fields can be created using the customer’s farm management program on the office PC and transferred to the tractor in question. If necessary, the operator can change and optimise the task data via the S10 terminal at any time. Cross compliance-relevant documentation can easily be taken care of simultaneously by using this in conjunction with farm management software.
A new “lite” version of Farmplan’s Gatekeeper application – Gatekeeper Claas Essentials – is now available to install on the farm computer to use with the new terminal. This costs about £500 (correct at November 2016), which is about a quarter of the cost of the full program.
In addition, the Task Management TC Geo enables the creation of georeferenced job data. That may be a planned application map for seed, or fertiliser, or the recording of an as-applied map as work is carried out.
One example is the use of the Claas Crop Sensor Isaria in conjunction with an Isobus fertiliser spreader. In this scenario, the S10 merges the control of the two Isobus devices and simultaneously processes geo-referenced application maps.
All the new features on the S10 are available for any existing terminals in the market. No changes in hardware are required. A software update, and the purchase of the chosen options is all that’s required.
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