AG-NAV GUÍA LITE ®

Differential GPS Guidance System

OPERATOR’S HANDBOOK
Version 1.0.5
February 2016
INFORMATION

AG-NAV INC.
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L4N 8Z5 CANADA

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. NAVIGATING THE GUIA – PG 1
2. SYSTEM DISPLAY– PG 2
3. TURNING ON/OFF THE SYSTEM – PG 2
4. USING THE GUIA LITE – PG 3
 SETTINGS – PG 3
 SETTINGS-SYSTEM – PG 3
 SETTINGS-SPRAY – PG 4
 SETTINGS-LIGHTBAR – PG 4
 SETTINGS-GNSS – PG 5
 SETTINGS-DISPLAY – PG 6
 SETTINGS-TIME – PG 7
 FLY NEW AREA (NEW JOB) – PG 7
 NEW AREA-AB LINE – PG 8
 NEW AREA-SPLIT – PG 9
 NEW AREA-ABC SQUEEZE – PG 10
 MAIN DISPLAY – PG 11
 OLD AREA – PG 13
 WAYPOINT – PG 14-16
 UPDATING SOFTWARE – PG 16
 NOTICE
Some features mentioned in this manual are not available in software versions prior to
version 1.0.5. Please contact AG-NAV INC. if you require further information on the
version presently installed on your equipment.

The AG-NAV GUÍA LITE®, or GUÍA LITE for short, is simple to learn and use. This
handbook is designed to help you get started flying quickly.
1. NAVIGATING THE GUÍA:

BUTTONS:

Settings Menu Exit Area, Back to Home Screen

New Area Start Flight

Old Area Next New Area

Set Waypoint

GUIDANCE:
calculated based on the selected flight line.
The guidance in the Guia Lite is This line is also called the Locked Line in this
manual.
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2. SYSTEM DISPLAY 3. TURNING ON/OFF THE SYSTEM

When all wires/plugs are properly connected,

the GUIA LITE will turn on when it receives
power.

The system will boot up and you will see the

GUIA Home Screen.

When you finish a flight or mission, power off

the system to turn it off.

1. Home screen
2. Status bar (top of screen)
3. Time
4. Appears when USB key is inserted
5. Number of satellites tracked
6. Date
7. Appears when LightBar is connected
8. USB port
9. Micro SD slot

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4. USING THE GUIA LITE SETTINGS-SYSTEM

Before making the first flight, make sure the

system is set correctly for your application.

SETTINGS

Brightness: Depending on the flight time, you

can drag the slider left or right to adjust the
screen brightness.

To check or change the settings, tap

button on the Home screen. The screen will
automatically open to the System Settings.

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SETTINGS-SPRAY
Swath Width: Swath width of aircraft.
Press Spray tab to open the spray parameters. Application Rate: Desired application rate.
This is used to calculate the sprayed volume
and adjust the tank gauge during flight.

SETTINGS-LIGHTBAR

Units: Select Metric for meters, km/h, liters;

or US for feet, MPH, gallons.
Tank Volume: Full tank volume in liters or
gallons.
Type of LBar: Bright Bar has 2 fields of
To change a value, touch the digit you want to numerical information. 889 LBar has 4 info.
edit, then use the arrows up or down to adjust. Info: Numerical information to be shown on
Ex: In figure above under Tank Volume, touch the lightbar. To select, tap the arrow on each
the digit “2” to adjust hundreds, “3” to adjust field to open the dropdown menu, then tap the
tens, and “8” to adjust ones. desired item.
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Brightness: Move the slider left/right to adjust The GNSS Setting displays GPS data received
the lightbar brightness. from the GPS receiver and current GPS
XT Sensitivity: XT is the cross track distance settings.
from aircraft to the locked line. It is shown on
the lightbar by the top bar. There are 3 Baud Rate: Must be consistent to the actual
predefined settings for the XT bar: Fine, Baud Rate of the external GPS receiver. Serial
Medium and Coarse. The chart of each setting data format MUST be in 8-N-1. This only
shows the XT values that correspond to the applies to external receiver. The internal GNSS
LEDs on the lightbar. The values are in feet or receiver always runs at 115200 Baud Rate.
meters depending on the Unit setting.
Data Output Rate: For internal GNSS
SETTINGS-GNSS receiver only. Value should be 5Hz.

Enable DGPS: For internal GNSS only.

Enable SBAS such as WAAS/EGNOS for GPS
differential corrections source.

Check the bottom box if you use an external

GPS receiver. Note: Only NMEA-0183 can be
recognized by Guia-lite. Please contact AG-
Nav if otherwise.

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SETTINGS-DISPLAY The following can also be selected to show on
screen during flight.

Compass: North direction indicator.

Tank Bar: Tank gauge indicator.
Length Bar: Spray length of current locked
line relative to the longest sprayed line.

Display Options
Grnd Speed Ground speed
The settings here, customizes the information Swath Width Swath width
that appears on the spray guidance Spr Area Sprayed acres or ha
screen.(Page 9). Tap the arrow on each info to Spr Volume Sprayed volume
show the drop down menu, then tap the desired App Rate Application rate
item. XTrack Cross-track error
Grnd Hdg Ground heading
The remote switches can be used here: LLNum Locked line number
Left/Right: Previous/Next highlighted box AOI Angle of intercept
Up/Down: Change information A/B Hdg A/B line heading
GPS Alt GPS altitude
TAE[0/180] Track angle error
Tank Left Material left in tank

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SETTINGS-TIME Note: When selecting a method to make a new
area, the remote switches can be used:
Adjust system clock to local time.
The date and time are used to name a job and Left/Right: Previous/Next item
data file. Make sure the date and time are Up/Down: Change value
correct. ENTER (central key): Accept or Run.

FLY NEW AREA (NEW JOB) During flight:

Left- Shift locked line to the previous line in
Guia Lite offers many methods to fly a new the selected spray pattern.
area or a new job. Right- Shift locked line to next line in pattern.
Up- Enter a point without spray (A/B/C)
Hold Down- Delete all previously entered
points(A/B) and start a new job, , it ONLY
works before a pattern has been defined.
Hold Up/Down- Dim lightbar Up/Down after
making area.
Boom Switch: Closed when spray on. Open
when spray off.

To start a new area, tap the button on the Either UP remote key or Boom Switch can be
Home screen. used to enter a point, all other points must be

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entered in the same way the first point was - Side: If the spray area is on the left of AB
entered. line, select Left. If the area is on the right of
AB line, select Right.
Guidance: -Pattern: Select desired spray pattern. For
After entering the AB line or point C if Race Track, enter the number of lines skipped
required, follow the guidance to spray the in the pattern.
locked line. On the lightbar, if the XT bar -SW: Verify swath width. The unit is defined
extends to the right, steer aircraft right. If the by the Unit setting (Metric or US).
XT bar extends to the left, steer aircraft left. Back&Forth Race track
The AOI bar indicates the difference between
aircraft heading and AB line heading.
(0.5° per LED for the first 6, 1° per LED 7 to
13, 5° per LED from 14)

NEW AREA-AB LINE

When done, tap to start flying. The
screen will show:

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 NEW AREA-SPLIT

- Fly to the field. The “AB<” or “AB>”

indicates the area will be on the left or right of
AB line. If the option is wrong, push the
remote key Left or Right to change the option. -Select pattern: Boundary, Center, or Edge.
- When reaching the field, turn Spray On to -Verify swath width.
enter point A.
- When reaching the end of field, turn Spray When done, tap to start flying.
Off to enter point B. Boundary Center Edge

UP remote key can be used to enter a point

without spray.

The system will lock to line 2 and provide

guidance to spray this line. -Fly to the field.
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-When reaching the field, Spray On to enter
point A. -Verify the swath width.
-When reaching the end of field, Spray Off to
enter point B. When done, tap to start flying.
-Depending on the selected pattern, fly to the For Squeeze pattern, the points ABC will be
desired location, Spray On to enter point C. entered as follows:

The locked line will be at point C. After finish

spraying this line, push the remote key Right to
shift the locked line to the next line in the Split
pattern.
-Fly to the field.
NEW AREA-ABC SQUEEZE -When reaching the field, Spray On to enter
point A.
-When reaching the end of field, Spray Off to
enter point B.
-Fly to the other side of field, Spray On to
enter point C.

The locked line will be at point C. After finish

spraying this line, push the remote key Right to

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shift the locked line to the next line in the MAIN DISPLAY
Squeeze pattern.

Notes: After an area is made, the AB line,

spray pattern, sprayed lines, current locked
line, sprayed acreage, and all information
related to the area are saved to the Guia Lite
memory when Exit Area or Next New Area
button is pressed. This allows the pilot to
continue the application on the same area in
the next flight.

When finish spraying the area, to make another 1. XT Bar: Shown at the top of the screen.
area using the same method, you can tap the The full bar on the screen equals 10 LEDs on
the lightbar.
next area button on the screen. 2. Compass: Red needle pointing North.
3. Tank Gauge: Material remaining in tank.
4. Flight Lines: Shown as the row of numbers
at the bottom of screen. The line locked for
guidance is shown with white number. The
lines already sprayed are marked in green.

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5. A/C Heading: Indicator relative to the AB When the a/c is outside the spray area
line heading. It’s pointing up when a/c flying indicated by length of the AB line, 2 red
parallel to the AB line, or AOI = 0. arrows are plotted at the top of the screen. If
6. The green T with a dashed line under a/c they point down, the area is behind you. If they
icon indicates spray on. point up, the area is ahead of you.
7. The information on the sides is determined
by Settings> Display. If spray is stopped in the middle of the locked
line, Guia Lite will remember the stop location
of the current locked line. When flying back to
the field, a time countdown will appear on
screen(make sure the locked line is of the
stopped line). Once the countdown hits 0, you
are at the point on the lock line where the spray
was last stopped.

In this picture, the a/c icon is plotted at the

middle of screen. The thick white line indicates
the XT or distance from a/c to the locked line.
The line is white when the XT is within 1.2
swath width, and red when XT greater than 1.2
swath width.
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OLD AREA

Tap the button to resume the area.

When opening Old Area, the system will The same locked line is used. If spray was
automatically bring up the most previous flight stopped on the locked line, the time countdown
that you have made. The drop down menu will will be shown. Follow the guidance to
let you select a recent flight by date and time continue the application.
when the area was created. The system can
save the last 2 areas. When you choose one,
the spray information will appear on the
screen.

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WAYPOINT -Tap the “EDIT” button.

The Waypoint feature provides the guidance

to fly from the a/c to a destination waypoint.
A waypoint can be any location such as spray
area, home airport, or loading zone.

Up to 10 waypoints can be recorded. Each

waypoint is identified by a name, latitude and
longitude.
-Select the Format for the Latitude and
To edit a waypoint: Longitude.
-Tap the waypoint you want to edit. For a new -Tap the “Lat” box to edit Latitude.
waypoint, tap a blank line.
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-Press 123 on keyboard to switch to numbers. DTG: Distance To Go from a/c to waypoint.
-Enter the Latitude in the selected format. Use TTG: Estimated Time To Go based on speed.
“:” to separate degrees, minutes and seconds. WPT Hdg: Heading from a/c to waypoint.
-Tap the “Lon” box. Edit Longitude in the AOI: Difference between a/c heading and
same way as Latitude. WPT Hdg. Guidance is based on this AOI.
-Tap the “Name” box. Enter a name for the
waypoint with max 8 characters.
-Press enter ( ) on the keyboard to save the
waypoint.

*If current position is the location of the

waypoint click CurPos to enter the current
Lat/Long (when GPS position is available)

To select a waypoint to fly:

-Tap the desired waypoint in the list. Also on the main screen, WPT name is shown,
ex. “AGOFFICE”. The WPT Hdg is used as
-Tap to select and start the flight. the reference heading represented by the white
line pointing UP with a red arrow. The a/c
icon with a green line rotates based on the
The main screen will show the guidance and AOI. To get to the waypoint, line the green
the following information: line up with the white line.
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When you’re within 100 meters or 300 feet of
the waypoint, a circle will appear around the
a/c icon. The circle becomes bigger when you
are closer to the waypoint.

UPDATING SOFTWARE

To update the software of the GUIA LITE, do

the following:
-Make a software update key. It’s a USB key
with the system update file inside the
“upgrade” folder.
-Turn off Guia Lite.
-Press down the remote Enter key.
-While holding down the Enter key, turn on
Guia Lite. If done correctly, the boot loader
screen should appear. *If for any reason you want to cancel the
-Once you are on the boot loader screen, plug software update, just shut down the system
in the USB update key. The system should when boot loader is running.
automatically update the software.
-When the update is done, the system will *If something wrong has happened during
reboot. When the Home screen is shown, update, just repeat the steps above to
unplug the USB key. update again.

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