Connected Farm Software: Using the VarioDoc Account

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1 FAQ AGRICULTURE December 2013 Connected Farm Software: Using the VarioDoc Account This document describes how to access and use the Farm Works Software solutions and the Trimble Connected Farm software to access data collected using the Agco VarioDoc system. Logging in to the VarioDoc account in the Farm Works Software solutions 1. In the Farm Works software, select File / Preferences / Connected Farm: This document is for informational purposes only and is not a legally binding agreement or offer. Trimble makes no warranties and assumes no obligations or liabilities hereunder. Farm Works Information Management, A Division of Trimble, P.O. Box 250, Hamilton, IN 46742, USA 2013, Trimble Navigation Limited. All rights reserved. Trimble, the Globe & Triangle logo, Farm Works Software, and FmX are trademarks of Trimble Navigation Limited, registered in the United States and in other countries. Connected Farm and Farm Works are trademarks of Trimble Navigation Limited. The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Trimble Navigation Limited is under license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.. ID: Page 1

2 2. In the Connected Farm screen, select the VarioDoc tab and then enter your User name and Password. The User name and Password is provided by AGCO for the VarioDoc Pro system. For VarioDoc (Basic with Bluetooth only) the customer can select this. Make sure that the User name and Password entered into the software match the entries used in the VarioDoc Manager. 3. Select one of the following, depending on what you purchased: VarioDoc enables you to transfers non-gps records using Bluetooth wireless technology. VarioDoc Pro enables to you to transfer field records and GPS maps using a cellular modem. 4. Click Login and Refresh Features. The system verifies your User name and Password and confirms that the login was successful: 5. Click OK to confirm your changes. Note: You need to enter this information only once, unless you have to reinstall the software from scratch, for example, after a computer failure or on a new machine. Note: This documentation refers to VarioDoc data being sent via servers as is done with the VarioDoc Pro system. When VarioDoc (Basic with Bluetooth only) is used, data is sent from the display the computer using Bluetooth wireless technology. This does not involve the use of a server. Page 2

3 Connected Farm tab The Connected Farm tab in the Farm Works software shows all the remote devices that are linked via the Connected Farm software. This includes devices used with the Agco VarioDoc application: The following information is shown for each device: Column Name Inbox Outbox Device Inbox Description The name of each device. The name is the Vehicle Identification Number for the tractor that VarioDoc is being used on. The number of jobs completed on the mobile device, uploaded to the VarioDoc servers and sent via the Connected Farm software to be downloaded to your computer hard drive. These jobs are not added to your project until you click Process Inbox. Jobs are then removed from the Inbox and added to your project. To upload resources (Clients, Farms, Fields, Inputs, and A/B lines) to the VarioDoc servers via the Connected Farm software, click Resource List. The resources remain in the Outbox until they are sent to the VarioDoc server (typically, once a minute). If your desktop computer is not currently connected to the Internet, jobs remain in the Outbox until a connection is established. Once Resources or Work Orders are sent to the VarioDoc server, they are assigned to the Inbox for a specific device. They stay in the Device Inbox until that device has a valid wireless connection and is communicating with the VarioDoc server, at which time it downloads the items. To sort the mobile devices list, click a column header as follows: Header Name Inbox Outbox Device Inbox Action Devices are sorted alphabetically according to their device name. To reverse the order, click the heading again. Devices are sorted according to the number of jobs in that category: Those with the least number of jobs are listed first. To reverse the order, click the heading again. Page 3

4 Uploading resources Use the desktop software to create resources. Resources include: Clients, farms, and fields. Inputs, such as supplies and equipment. You can also use this option to limit which resources are uploaded, which is useful if, for example, you want to load only the fields for a certain client or farm that will be worked. 1. Do one of the following: Click the Write Job Data icon. Select File / Write Job Data. 2. The Write Job Data dialog shows third-party controllers and monitors to which that you can write VRA maps, inputs, field names, and boundaries. 3. From the AGCO option, select Agco (ISO Task) VarioDoc: 4. Click Resource List. 5. In the Farms/Fields tab, select the checkboxes for the Clients/Farms/Fields that you want to upload: Page 4

5 6. In the Inputs tab, select the checkboxes for the People/Equipment/Supplies that you want to upload: 7. Click OK to return to the Resource List and then click OK again to return to the main Write Job Data screen. 8. Click OK in the Write Job Data screen. 9. Select the Mobile Device(s) to upload the resources to and then click OK: The selected resources are added to the Outbox for the mobile devices that you selected. As soon as the software communicates with the server (typically, once a minute when you have Internet access), the data is uploaded and moved to the Device Inbox where it stays until the mobile device downloads the resources. Page 5

6 Sending a Work Order A Work Order consists of a planned job to be performed on selected fields. It can include people, equipment, supplies, and maps (such as variable rate and target soil sample maps). 1. Select the Jobs tab: 2. Select the planned job(s) that you want to send. To select multiple jobs, hold down the computer [Ctrl] key as you click each job. Planned jobs appear in brown text. 3. Right-click the jobs, select Work Order and then select the Console: 4. To send the planned job to the console, complete the procedure described in Uploading resources. Processing the Inbox As mobile devices complete jobs, they are uploaded to the VarioDoc server. The Farm Works software downloads these jobs as they are completed and saves them in the Device Inbox. This data can then be processed and imported so that you can print reports or maps, and analyze the data. To process the Inbox and read the job data into the software: 1. In the Connected Farm tab, click Process Inbox: If the jobs being imported include any new items such as Clients, Farms, Fields, or Inputs, the Linker dialog appears. The Operation Resources list shows the name of the item as it was entered on the mobile device. The Desktop Resources list shows available resources as they were set up in the desktop software. 2. To link these lists, select the appropriate item in each list and then click <-Link->. Page 6

7 3. Before you click Create, do one of the following: To use an existing Client or Farm, select it in the Desktop Resources list. If the item is new, select it from the Operation Resources list. In the Client/Farm and Field Properties dialogs that appear, enter information to create a new Client, Farm, and Field. 4. Once the jobs are read into the software, they appear in the Jobs tab and are associated with the correct field(s). Page 7