How to: Create CFF names in FW for use the CFX‐750 FW Vers. 2013 CFX‐750 Vers. 1.9 ThisdocumentisintendedtoprovidecustomersofTriangleAg‐Serviceswithan
overviewofhowtocreateClient/Farm/Fieldnameswithgeo‐referenceddatain
FarmWorkstobringintotheirCFX‐750.FollowingthesestepswillallowtheCFX‐
750usertocreaterelationshipsbetweenClients,FarmsandFieldsandhavethose
relationshipsmaintainedinthedisplayandbeautomaticallylinkedbackintoFarm
Works.ThisdocumentisnotmeanttoreplaceanyTrimbleorFarmWorks
documentation,andwascreatedusingFarmWorksversion2013andtheCFX‐750
vs.1.90.
1. Decide what the Client, Farm and Field names should be. Write the names on your FSA maps or on another piece of paper before you sit down in front of the computer. * See field name suggestions at the end of this document. 2. Enter the CFF (Client‐Farm‐Field) names in your Farm Works project. Refer to Farm Work manuals or tutorials for detailed instructions on how to do this. 1 Client
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How to: Create CFF names in FW for use the CFX‐750 FW Vers. 2013 CFX‐750 Vers. 1.9 3. If there aren’t any geo‐referenced data, such as a field boundary, associated with the fields, then Add a Feature Point to each field in Farm Works. a. The point should be within the field area. To find that field area in Farm Works, turn on the Background Imagery (a good Internet connection is required), and then navigate on the image until you can add a point over the image of the field. You’ll see the latitude and longitude on the bottom of the screen, this is what creates a geo‐referenced point, so the CFX‐750 ‘knows’ where the field is in the world. b. Save the point and do this for all fields that don’t already have geo‐
reference data attached. If you’d rather go ahead and trace boundaries for the fields that will also work, there needs to be some geo‐referenced data created for that field to work easily in the Trimble CFX‐750 (this is also true of the EZ‐Guide 250 and EZ‐Guide 500, this step is not necessary for the FmX). 2 Latitude / Longitude
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How to: Create CFF names in FW for use the CFX‐750 FW Vers. 2013 CFX‐750 Vers. 1.9 4. Select Write Job Data in Farm Works and select the type as CFX‐750, the file location can be somewhere on your hard drive (keep track of where you put it) or directly to the USB. Note: Always clean old GPS data off the USB before loading new data from your computer or from the display. 5. The Write Job Data will create a folder structure that has your Client, Farm and Field names arranged so that the user will not have to select which Client a Farm is in or which Farm a Field should be in. Those CFF relationships are defined in Farm Works (step 2) and the user will Select Field by Name when starting a field in the CFX‐750 and navigate to the correct field to start the event. The user in the field should never use the Create a New Field selections in the display unless it’s ground that has not been added to the display using Farm Works. This also makes it easier to bring data back into Farm Works. If the CFF names are the same when the data is read into the software, the CFF name linking will be automatic. 6. If needed Triangle Ag‐Services has another document that describes how to add the names into the CFX‐750. 3 www.triangleag.com
How to: Create CFF names in FW for use the CFX‐750 FW Vers. 2013 CFX‐750 Vers. 1.9 *Decidewhatyouaregoingtonameyourfields
This is probably the hardest part of the process. Trimble gives you a way of managing your farm and field data. Become familiar with the Client, Farm, Field, Event naming heiarchy, also referred to as CFFE. This is a way to help you organize your information so you can find it back again. You can have many Clients, each Client can have many Farms and each Farm can have many Fields. 1. Keep the names short, you will regret long names such as “Small field north of the reservoir across from the house”. If your crop record keeping is successful than you will be printing out maps and reports, and long names can create problems in both. 2. Use common names such as seen in the example. Don’t use FSA tracts and fields, crop insurance units, or legal descriptions. FSA and crop insurance names/numbers change when you might not want them to. And when you or someone else on your operation sees information pertaining to a field you don’t want to have to figure out which field it is because you don’t intuitively know the name. A good way to decide on a field name is to ask yourself how you would tell someone in your operation to go to that field. For instance if there’s a breakdown and you call for help, do you say go to Sec 13, Township 30, Range 2? Or do you tell them to bring the tractor to the Rock Field on the South Farm? 3. Remember that these are crop records, for field work, not usually financial records. So generally it’s easier to group the field geographically rather than by ownership. Example: The North Farm has the Big Field, which is leased and Moms which is deeded. 4. It’s a good idea to write your names, or at least an outline, on a piece of paper first. This will help you think through the process. 5. What is a field? A piece of land that has a crop and practice that differs from the land next to it 3 out of 5 years. For example, if you have a block that you routinely need to break into two different crops each year, then the block is actually two fields. Your crop records will follow the field name. 7. If you split a field, the easiest way to track it is to add another field with a similar name. For example if you want to split a block into two fields for one year, then have one field named Block east and the other Block west. The crop history will be attached to those field names for that year. 8. If you have field numbers, such as Field 1, Field 2, add a unique name in front of the number to avoid having Field 1 in the North Farm and Field 1 in the South Farm. Instead name them North 1 or South 1. Exact name duplications may lead to other issues in the Farm Works data base. 4 www.triangleag.com