Guide Mate
The guidance, or Guide Mate, module of Site Mate adds an on-screen lightbar and steering needle screen to Farm Site Mate. Guide Mate is the first product to provide an affordable guidance solution that works on industry standard Pocket PCs. Guide Mate was developed by Raven Industries based on years of experience in the GPS guidance market. Guide Mate is fully integrated with Site Mate so users can quickly flip between the lightbar display of Guide Mate and a coverage map generated with Site Mate.
Product Features include:
- Easy to follow guidance screen with a lightbar and intuitive steering needle
- Vary guidance sensitivity through 'Look Ahead'
- 'Mark/Return' feature to pick up previous location after break in work
- Headland guidance indications and numerous driving patterns
- Driving patterns include Straight A-B, Contour, Headlands options and more
- Switch to 'Last Pass' pattern at any time with the touch of a button
- Product usage displayed when used with either Trac Mate or Site Mate VRA
- Enter a value for on-screen 'Headland Warning'
- Runs on any Pocket PC operating a version of Windows
- Works with any GPS receiver that outputs NMEA 0183
(note that at least 5 hz output is recommended for best results)
- No external light-bar required (bluetooth MicroGuide lightbar option available)
- Can be used in conjunction with Raven lightbars with options to control the lightbar
- All guidance jobs and Site Mate coverage maps logged in ArcView Shape file format
- Upgrade Site Mate Basic to Site Mate Agronomy for advanced sampling features
or Site Mate VRA to log and vary application rates from a wide range of in-cab
controllers
