In this episode, we're going to be talking about a John Deere Combine feature called Remote View and Adjust - allowing you to remotely view and adjust a variety of combine settings for all the machines in your fleet.
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With that, let's dive into the show. Like I said, we are going to be talking about remote view and adjust. Now some of you may be very familiar with this, some people may have no idea what I'm talking about, and that is exactly why I felt this was beneficial to do an episode on.
Now we may have touched on this in previous episodes talking about Operation Center Mobile, or maybe some combine technologies, but I felt it was necessary to do an episode right on this. Now we're kind of right in the thick of harvest.
We've got people that are still combining small grains, we have people that are done with small grains. And those in other parts of the United States or world, they, you guys may be on to soybeans and corn and many other crops out there. But yeah, just wanted to talk a little bit about remote view and adjust.
Now going back, we have had the ability to remotely access a display or remotely view a display referred to as remote display access or RDA. Now with RDA, we do not have the ability to manipulate that display. We cannot change any settings, we cannot push any buttons.
It's just a kind of helpful tool or a helpful feature for anybody that is supporting your operation, or maybe it's you yourself supporting some of your hired hands. It's a way to view the display and kind of know rather than saying, "Well, okay, what are you looking at now?"
Or, "What page are you on?" You can see exactly what they're seeing in the machine. Now remote view and adjust takes that to the next level when it comes to combine settings. And when I talk about combine settings, I'm talking about the five major settings. So we're talking thrashing clearance, thrashing speed, fan speed, Chaffer and Sieve settings.
So with those, we have the ability to do just that, is remotely view them and make adjustments. Now some of you might be saying, "Well, why would I need to do that? That's the job of the combine operator."
Now whether you're a large operation with maybe you got a field foreman or a field manager, or you've got multiple machines, or even if it's you, you're owner operator, but you have a hired hand that runs the combine in the fall, this is an awesome way to be able to check losses and grain quality and things like that without being in the cab of the machine or making adjustments to all of those settings to better your harvesting outcome, harvest outcome without being in the cab of the machine.
Now I can speak specifically to that where I was combining some field trials with one of the customers that we partnered with, I was in the combine and he was running his grain setup. And as I was combining along, he of course was pulling grain samples off the truck as it was going through the dryer or into the bin.
And he was able to see the quality of grain that was coming in. Now what he was able to do as the owner of the farm, he was able to go in and view what my settings were and make adjustments based on what he was seeing at the dryer shack or back at the farm at the grain setup. So there's a lot of benefits to this, a lot of different reasons why you would utilize this.
The next one is maybe like I said, maybe you're a owner operator, or maybe you have a fleet of combines with a couple hired hands and they're out there and you follow behind the combines and you're looking for crop loss or cracked grain or things like that.
You, again, have the ability without making that phone call or without having to climb up into the cab or whatever, you can make adjustments to that machine right from your phone. So there's a lot of different use case scenarios and why you would utilize this, but it is definitely an efficiency productivity. All of that plays into this and being able to make those adjustments.
So like I said, we can make adjustments to thrashing clearance, thrashing speed, fan speed, chaffer and sieve clearance, and all of that can be done right from your phone. So that's kind of the first piece of the puzzle that we need is going to be... Well, I guess, this is kind of the last piece of the puzzle. We need certain levels of machines and technology, but then it is all done on the Operation Center Mobile app.
So on the podcast we've talked about Operation Center Mobile, we've talked about the benefits of that app and everything that you can do with that app, but that is where we're going to make these adjustments. You cannot do it on the Operation Center web platform, so from a computer, it has to be done on the app.
So taking those different reasons, not having to call the operator, not having to have him stop and climb up in the cab to say, "Hey, open your thrashing clearance or close down your Chaffer a little bit, this can all be done right from our phone. Now that being said, there is some limitations to what kind of equipment we have or what kind of equipment we need.
So first things first, model year 2018 or newer S700 series combines. So that is as far back as we can go is model year 2018 S700s. Those of you out there with the new X series combines, we can do model year 21 and newer on the X series combines because of course, model year 21 was the first year the X series combines came out.
Other things we need, we need to make sure we have that active operations center account, we need to make sure that our machines are connected via JDLink. So we have to have that JDLink connection. Again, as a reminder, JDLink is of no cost. You just have to make sure that you have at least a 4G terminal or 4G modem in that machine.
And then making sure that you've gone through the process to enable the John Deere connectivity. Next thing, we need to make sure we have GPS receiver, of course, on that machine. And then we need gen4 displays. So some out there are maybe running 2630s in their S series combines.
We need that gen4 display in order to utilize these changes. And from there, we just want to make sure we have the latest software bundles. Got a notification this week that software bundle 22-2 came out, so making sure we get the latest software on our displays. And then also making sure we have the latest app software.
So we have the Operation Center Mobile downloaded, making sure that's updated and that is current on what software app or what app software we have. So if we have all of that, if it all lines up and we have these capabilities, it is really, really easy to do. So you go into your Operation Center Mobile app, and on the homepage you notice you have active equipment if there's equipment running in the field, of course.
What you would do is you would select one of those combines in that active equipment list. And you'll notice there's kind of a tray, information tray on the bottom of the page. If you slide that up a little bit so you can see a little more, you have choices.
So right now it's on right now. So what is happening right now? You've got today information, work information, alerts, and setup. But if we go back to right now and you scroll down, you have the ability to see harvest settings. So this specific machine that I'm looking at, it's got a thrashing clearance of three, fan speed of 1200 RPM.
12. Yeah, 1200 RPM. Thrashing speed is about 1100 RPM. We've got 15 Chaffer and six Sieve settings or adjustments clearance. But from there now that I know what the combine is set at, I can select adjust harvest settings. And that's going to bring up a page. From there, I can open or close my Chaffer and Sieve, I can increase or decrease my thrashing clearance, increase or decrease my fan and or my thrashing speed.
Once all that's said and done, I hit send adjustments. Now this isn't going to take hold unless the operator in the cab accepts it. So what will happen is the operator in the cab is going to get a notification saying, "These adjustments have been recommended" or "A remote manager would like to make the following changes" is actually the exact words it will say.
And they can see exactly what those changes are. So you'll see current settings and then you'll see the new suggested settings. From there, they can either hit accept or decline. Now, hopefully as the farm manager or owner operator or whatever you may be, hopefully your operators are agreeing with what you're doing, but they would just hit accept and all of those changes would be made automatically.
They do not have to go in. So if you were to make a phone call and you were to say, "Hey, open up your Sieve a little bit and increase your cleaning fan a little bit," and all of that, they would need to go into each one individually. Here, they just hit accept and it's going to make those changes for them.
That is how easy it is to utilize this. And it will adjust it. I've seen it work in person. It is crazy cool how simple it is with that remote manager. Like I said, whether it's somebody back at the dryer shack or the bin setup, or maybe it's maybe you're driving truck, or maybe it's a farm or a field foreman that's watching all the combines roll.
Lots of different reasons you could utilize this, but I just wanted to take the time to kind of explain what the feature is, what the requirements are, so what the compatibility is. Again, that model year 18 or newer S700 series, or we've got the model year 21 or newer X series or X9 combines.
So those are what is needed along with the gen4 JDLink connectivity, and then your Operation Center org making sure your machines are connected, making sure the machines are moved into your org from the dealer orgs and making sure you have all of that visibility.
So hopefully this helps. Like I said, I do feel that this is a very beneficial feature when it comes to productivity, efficiency. You don't need to climb up into the cab and make those adjustments, you don't need to make 10 phone calls or those farms that are still utilizing businessman or two-way radios.
You don't need to make any of those communications anymore. It can all be remotely viewed and adjusted right from your phone. So again, hopefully this was helpful. If you have, or if you have compatible equipment, if you have the right stuff that is needed, hopefully you can utilize it. Try it.
If you've never seen it before, try it. Make changes. Hopefully, you'll have the opportunity to utilize it this harvest season. So again, thank you for listening. We'll catch you on the next one. Please take a moment to subscribe to this podcast if you haven't already.
You can subscribe to the show on the many different podcasting apps that we're streaming this out to such as Apple podcast, Google podcast, Spotify, as well as many others. While you're out there, drop us a review. We'd love to hear what you think about the show. Lastly, make sure to follow RDO Equipment Company on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and catch all of our latest videos on YouTube. You can also follow me on Twitter @RDOTonyK.Speaker 1: (00:35)
With that, let's dive into the show. Like I said, we are going to be talking about remote view and adjust. Now some of you may be very familiar with this, some people may have no idea what I'm talking about, and that is exactly why I felt this was beneficial to do an episode on.
Now we may have touched on this in previous episodes talking about Operation Center Mobile, or maybe some combine technologies, but I felt it was necessary to do an episode right on this. Now we're kind of right in the thick of harvest.
We've got people that are still combining small grains, we have people that are done with small grains. And those in other parts of the United States or world, they, you guys may be on to soybeans and corn and many other crops out there. But yeah, just wanted to talk a little bit about remote view and adjust.
Now going back, we have had the ability to remotely access a display or remotely view a display referred to as remote display access or RDA. Now with RDA, we do not have the ability to manipulate that display. We cannot change any settings, we cannot push any buttons.
It's just a kind of helpful tool or a helpful feature for anybody that is supporting your operation, or maybe it's you yourself supporting some of your hired hands. It's a way to view the display and kind of know rather than saying, "Well, okay, what are you looking at now?"
Or, "What page are you on?" You can see exactly what they're seeing in the machine. Now remote view and adjust takes that to the next level when it comes to combine settings. And when I talk about combine settings, I'm talking about the five major settings. So we're talking thrashing clearance, thrashing speed, fan speed, Chaffer and Sieve settings.
So with those, we have the ability to do just that, is remotely view them and make adjustments. Now some of you might be saying, "Well, why would I need to do that? That's the job of the combine operator."
Now whether you're a large operation with maybe you got a field foreman or a field manager, or you've got multiple machines, or even if it's you, you're owner operator, but you have a hired hand that runs the combine in the fall, this is an awesome way to be able to check losses and grain quality and things like that without being in the cab of the machine or making adjustments to all of those settings to better your harvesting outcome, harvest outcome without being in the cab of the machine.
Now I can speak specifically to that where I was combining some field trials with one of the customers that we partnered with, I was in the combine and he was running his grain setup. And as I was combining along, he of course was pulling grain samples off the truck as it was going through the dryer or into the bin.
And he was able to see the quality of grain that was coming in. Now what he was able to do as the owner of the farm, he was able to go in and view what my settings were and make adjustments based on what he was seeing at the dryer shack or back at the farm at the grain setup. So there's a lot of benefits to this, a lot of different reasons why you would utilize this.
The next one is maybe like I said, maybe you're a owner operator, or maybe you have a fleet of combines with a couple hired hands and they're out there and you follow behind the combines and you're looking for crop loss or cracked grain
You, again, have the ability without making that phone call or without having to climb up into the cab or whatever, you can make adjustments to that machine right from your phone. So there's a lot of different use case scenarios and why you would utilize this, but it is definitely an efficiency productivity. All of that plays into this and being able to make those adjustments.
So like I said, we can make adjustments to thrashing clearance, thrashing speed, fan speed, chaffer and sieve clearance, and all of that can be done right from your phone. So that's kind of the first piece of the puzzle that we need is going to be... Well, I guess, this is kind of the last piece of the puzzle. We need certain levels of machines and technology, but then it is all done on the Operation Center Mobile app.
So on the podcast we've talked about Operation Center Mobile, we've talked about the benefits of that app and everything that you can do with that app, but that is where we're going to make these adjustments. You cannot do it on the Operation Center web platform, so from a computer, it has to be done on the app.
So taking those different reasons, not having to call the operator, not having to have him stop and climb up in the cab to say, "Hey, open your thrashing clearance or close down your Chaffer a little bit, this can all be done right from our phone. Now that being said, there is some limitations to what kind of equipment we have or what kind of equipment we need.
So first things first, model year 2018 or newer S700 series combines. So that is as far back as we can go is model year 2018 S700s. Those of you out there with the new X series combines, we can do model year 21 and newer on the X series combines because of course, model year 21 was the first year the X series combines came out.
Other things we need, we need to make sure we have that active operations center account, we need to make sure that our machines are connected via JDLink. So we have to have that JDLink connection. Again, as a reminder, JDLink is of no cost. You just have to make sure that you have at least a 4G terminal or 4G modem in that machine.
And then making sure that you've gone through the process to enable the John Deere connectivity. Next thing, we need to make sure we have GPS receiver, of course, on that machine. And then we need gen4 displays. So some out there are maybe running 2630s in their S series combines.
We need that gen4 display in order to utilize these changes. And from there, we just want to make sure we have the latest software bundles. Got a notification this week that software bundle 22-2 came out, so making sure we get the latest software on our displays. And then also making sure we have the latest app software.
So we have the Operation Center Mobile downloaded, making sure that's updated and that is current on what software app or what app software we have. So if we have all of that, if it all lines up and we have these capabilities, it is really, really easy to do. So you go into your Operation Center Mobile app, and on the homepage you notice you have active equipment if there's equipment running in the field, of course.
What you would do is you would select one of those combines in that active equipment list. And you'll notice there's kind of a tray, information tray on the bottom of the page. If you slide that up a little bit so you can see a little more, you have choices.
So right now it's on right now. So what is happening right now? You've got today information, work information, alerts, and setup. But if we go back to right now and you scroll down, you have the ability to see harvest settings. So this specific machine that I'm looking at, it's got a thrashing clearance of three, fan speed of 1200 RPM.
12. Yeah, 1200 RPM. Thrashing speed is about 1100 RPM. We've got 15 Chaffer and six Sieve settings or adjustments clearance. But from there now that I know what the combine is set at, I can select adjust harvest settings. And that's going to bring up a page. From there, I can open or close my Chaffer and Sieve, I can increase or decrease my thrashing clearance, increase or decrease my fan and or my thrashing speed.
Once all that's said and done, I hit send adjustments. Now this isn't going to take hold unless the operator in the cab accepts it. So what will happen is the operator in the cab is going to get a notification saying, "These adjustments have been recommended" or "A remote manager would like to make the following changes" is actually the exact words it will say.
And they can see exactly what those changes are. So you'll see current settings and then you'll see the new suggested settings. From there, they can either hit accept or decline. Now, hopefully as the farm manager or owner operator or whatever you may be, hopefully your operators are agreeing with what you're doing, but they would just hit accept and all of those changes would be made automatically.
They do not have to go in. So if you were to make a phone call and you were to say, "Hey, open up your Sieve a little bit and increase your cleaning fan a little bit," and all of that, they would need to go into each one individually. Here, they just hit accept and it's going to make those changes for them.
That is how easy it is to utilize this. And it will adjust it. I've seen it work in person. It is crazy cool how simple it is with that remote manager. Like I said, whether it's somebody back at the dryer shack or the bin setup, or maybe it's maybe you're driving truck, or maybe it's a farm or a field foreman that's watching all the combines roll.
Lots of different reasons you could utilize this, but I just wanted to take the time to kind of explain what the feature is, what the requirements are, so what the compatibility is. Again, that model year 18 or newer S700 series, or we've got the model year 21 or newer X series or X9 combines.
So those are what is needed along with the gen4 JDLink connectivity, and then your Operation Center org making sure your machines are connected, making sure the machines are moved into your org from the dealer orgs and making sure you have all of that visibility.
So hopefully this helps. Like I said, I do feel that this is a very beneficial feature when it comes to productivity, efficiency. You don't need to climb up into the cab and make those adjustments, you don't need to make 10 phone calls or those farms that are still utilizing businessman or two-way radios.
You don't need to make any of those communications anymore. It can all be remotely viewed and adjusted right from your phone. So again, hopefully this was helpful. If you have, or if you have compatible equipment, if you have the right stuff that is needed, hopefully you can utilize it. Try it.
If you've never seen it before, try it. Make changes. Hopefully, you'll have the opportunity to utilize it this harvest season. So again, thank you for listening. We'll catch you on the next one. Please take a moment to subscribe to this podcast if you haven't already.
You can subscribe to the show on the many different podcasting apps that we're streaming this out to such as Apple podcast, Google podcast, Spotify, as well as many others. While you're out there, drop us a review. We'd love to hear what you think about the show. Lastly, make sure to follow RDO Equipment Company on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and catch all of our latest videos on YouTube. You can also follow me on Twitter @RDOTonyK.
