INTELLISTEER™ AUTOMATIC STEERING SYSTEM

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  Working in parallel lines with full attention on the implement.

  While the steering of the tractor is managed by the New Holland designed and developed IntelliSteer™ Automatic Steering System, tractor operators can drastically improve their field performance by concentrating fully on the proper performance of their implement. Using DGPS technology, and fully integrated tractor control systems, IntelliSteer helps ensure parallel passes when working either in straight lines, on curves, on pivots, or on undulating ground. When planting, seeding, cultivating or tilling, in difficult weather conditions or at night, the operator can focus on the operation of the implement without any risk of overlap or missed ground.
  
  
  

  No need to follow markers!

  Once the guidance pattern has been selected and the implement width programmed, the operator merely needs to indicate the start and finish points of the first pass as it is completed. IntelliSteer will then provide a visual indication of the subsequent passes to aid tractor placement on the headland. When the next row is approached and automatic mode is selected, IntelliSteer takes over the task of steering and guides the outfit parallel to the original track.

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  As accurate as you wish

  The GPS, Global Positioning System, determines the location of a vehicle by comparing the distances between its receiver and a minimum of 4 out of 24 satellites travelling in a predictable orbit around the globe, at an altitude of some 20,000km. The accuracy of the free GPS signal is between 5 and 15m. The accuracy varies because the GPS satellites are moving relative to the earth and the signal that they transmit is distorted by varying atmospheric conditions. As farming applications require a higher accuracy, correction signals are used. These differential signals, upgrading GPS to DGPS, are available from different sources
  -Using a ground station and a DGPS satellite, several providers offer a correction signal that increases accuracy to a range between 10cm and 25cm.
  -Using a personal base station, an RTK signal (Real Time Kinematic) achieves an accuracy of less than 2cm.

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  Universal colour displays

  For increased customer convenience, New Holland will progressively introduce from Harvester Season 2007 onwards a common colour display for tractors, combines, balers, self-propelled forage harvesters etc. The 17.8cm IntelliView II monitor will have a rotary encoder and buttons along the screen to control the monitor. The 26.7cm IntelliView II Plus monitor (not available on New Holland combines) will use a touch screen. Whatever the application, the screens are presented in a similar way so that the operator is familiar with the different screens, independent from equipment or implement. The IntelliView II monitor has three camera input channels and USB connection. All screens are sunlight readable.