Combine Advisor is a suite of technologies designed to maximize harvesting profits. The features help the operator set and optimize the S700 Combine and then automates the combine to maintain performance target as conditions change. Purchasing Combine Advisor grants access to the Combine Advisor application, which houses three automation technologies: HarvestSmart™ system for automation of feed rate, Active Terrain Adjustment™ system for terrain change management, and Auto Maintain with ActiveVision™ cameras for crop condition change management.
Combine Advisor also provides easy navigation of the S700 set and optimize features: harvest settings application for initial set up and setting storage, VisionTrak system for monitoring losses, and Optimize Performance for step-by-step guidance of combine setting optimization. Once John Deere Combine Advisor is set into motion, the operator will experience ease-of-use benefits coupled with increased productivity.
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1962 |
Combine Advisor Base features, plus Active Terrain Adjustment and Combine Advisor. Includes ActiveVision cameras. Base features include Optimize Performance, TouchSet™ system, VisionTrak, HarvestSmart, and engine speed management. HarvestSmart and engine speed management only included with code 2020 (ProDrive™ transmission). Engine speed management only available with Final Tier 4 (FT4) engines. |
Combine Advisor hardware and software
Combine Advisor bundles are available for model year 2018 and future models. The bundles include ActiveVision cameras, harnesses, Auto Maintain, and software.
Dealer installation instructions are included, as weldments and drilling are required. The process will most likely take around 10 hours of labor.
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Description |
BXE11034 |
Combine Advisor retrofit bundle for S760 and S770 Combines Also requires BXE10948 Active Terrain Adjustment bundle if the combine is not already equipped with code 1961 (base features + Active Terrain Adjustment) |
| BXE11035 |
Combine Advisor retrofit bundle for S780 and S790 Combines Also requires BXE10948 Active Terrain Adjustment bundle if the combine is not already equipped with code 1961 (base features + Active Terrain Adjustment) |
Combine Advisor retrofit bundle components
Combine Advisor video
Combine Advisor application
Combine Advisor run page
The Combine Advisor application provides the tools needed to set the combine to get the most out of it and automatically adjust settings to maintain optimum performance. Inside this application on the 4600 CommandCenter™ Display, the operator will find many tools including easy-to-adjust current machine settings, sensitivity settings for automation, application status indicators, automation activity history overviews, and live feeds of grain analysis cameras.
Additionally, the operator can access Optimize Performance, activate the three automation technologies, and set the performance targets the machine will automatically adjust to maintain.
Feature benefits:
- Efficient combine operation with a one-page application for animation technologies
- Improved combine settings management with settings, sensitivities, and status information all on one reference page
- Reduced operator training and efficient, easy control of harvest settings through an intuitive run page and user interface
Functionality:
ICA2 run page, model years 2018 and 2019
Combine Advisor run page changes beginning with model year 2020
| ICA2 run page, model year 2018 |
Combine Advisor run page, model year 2020 |
| Section A (yellow highlight): takes the operator to the current settings for concave clearance, rotor speed, fan speed, chaffer clearance, and sieve clearance, giving quick access to critical combine adjustments. |
Section A (yellow highlight): takes the operator to the current settings for concave clearance, rotor speed, fan speed, chaffer clearance, and sieve clearance, giving quick access to critical combine adjustments. It also shows the currently selected preset. |
| Section B (blue highlight): the Optimize Performance button helps the operator optimize combine performance. |
Section B (blue highlight): the Optimize Performance button helps the operator optimize combine performance. |
| Section C (pink highlight): the HarvestSmart system automates ground speed control during harvest to maintain a constant crop load. |
Section C (pink highlight): the HarvestSmart system automates ground speed control during harvest to maintain a constant engine load. The Manage Target with Grain Loss setting enables an automatic target adjustment based on loss levels. |
| Section D (orange highlight): the Active Terrain Adjustment system produces better grain quality and fewer losses while controlling tailings volume when harvesting up and down hills. |
Section D (orange highlight): the Active Terrain Adjustment system produces better grain quality and fewer losses while controlling tailings volume when harvesting up and down hills. |
| Section E (green highlight): automation status |
Section E (green highlight): Combine Advisor system – HarvestSmart, Active Terrain Adjustment, and Auto Maintain. |
| Section F (red highlight): Auto Maintain monitors the combine and makes adjustments to maintain the performance at the operator-set performance target. |
Section F (red highlight): Auto Maintain monitors the combine and makes adjustments to maintain the performance at the operator-set performance target. |
Section G (purple highlight): Auto Maintain also uses the buttons in section G to allow a glimpse into live views of the clean grain and tailings elevators and allows operators to use an analyzer function to see what Auto Maintain is seeing. It also shows a list of adjustments made by Auto Maintain and Active Terrain Adjustment.
**In sections C, D and F select the screen area to see additional sensitivity settings for each system. |
Section G (purple highlight): Auto Maintain also uses the buttons in section G to allow a glimpse into live views of the clean grain and tailings elevators and allows operators to use an analyzer function to see what Auto Maintain is seeing. It also shows a list of adjustments made by Auto Maintain and Active Terrain Adjustment.
**In sections C, D and E select the screen area to see additional sensitivity settings for each system. |
| Section H (brown highlight): indicates the operator’s priorities for automation |
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- The automation features are highly dependent on the quality of the performance target sets. There are three ways an operator can achieve an optimal target:
- Use existing operator knowledge and experience
- Utilize Optimize Performance
- Work with a dealer support team
- Combine Advisor has been available as a factory-installed option since model year 2018 combines.
- Auto Maintain is compatible for corn, soybeans, wheat, canola, and barley.
- HarvestSmart is included only with ProDrive transmission code 2020.
- Active Terrain Adjustment is an optional feature that is orderable with codes 1961 or 1962.
- Auto Maintain must have Active Terrain Adjustment in order to work.
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Auto Maintain
Auto Maintain with ActiveVision cameras is technology that works to automatically adjust five primary S700 Combine settings to maintain the user set performance target. When harvesting corn, soybeans, wheat, canola, or barley, the combine will maintain the performance of everything from grain loss and grain quality, to foreign material in the grain tank. The ActiveVision cameras, along with grain loss monitors, are specifically designed to identify the impact of crop condition changes and adjust the combine to maintain the performance target, allowing the operator to focus on other challenges of harvest.
Feature benefits:
Simplify harvest by automating the critical workload of constantly managing combine settings when conditions change
Increase productivity by allowing ActiveVision cameras to identify and address tough-to-spot problems such as cracked grain
Provide flexibility in planning overall business and increase the efficiency of the combine independent of operator experience
Combine Advisor run page
Functionality
Auto Maintain looks at the level at which the combine is performing, sets that as the goal, and automates combine settings to continually hit the target performance goal over time. Auto Maintain uses existing sensor inputs along with the ActiveVision cameras to make decisions for accurate combine adjustments. It does not use grain moisture as an input, however. Auto Maintain is able to hit the target goal by automatically making adjustments to the threshing speed, concave clearance, chaffer clearance, sieve clearance, and fan speed. The ActiveVision cameras have been trained to analyze the clean grain and tailings material and input that analysis into the Auto Maintain system. Auto Maintain will show the operator how it has been performing with a constantly updating historical graph of losses, grain quality, and foreign material in the clean grain. The green-shaded area below indicates the performance targets set. The colored lines show the ongoing levels of losses and quality. For example, the green, purple, and orange lines below show a period of time outside of the green-shaded acceptable area. Auto Maintain recognizes this and makes the appropriate adjustments to meet the set targets.
Historical Auto Maintain performance graph
The ActiveVision cameras can detect broken and unthreshed grain. The cameras will also detect lightweight and heavy foreign material to make the appropriate combine settings changes. The system provides a live feed of both the grain and tailings cameras and will highlight the parameters outlined to make it easier to analyze. The live view and historical graphs update constantly, and the cameras will even tell the operator if there is debris on the lens.
Grain analysis live view
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Combine Advisor with Auto Maintain is available as a factory-installed option on combines since model year 2018. Auto Maintain is compatible in corn, soybeans, wheat, canola, and barley. Retrofit kits, BXE11034 and BXE11035 are available. Please refer to that section for more information. |
Additional Combine Advisor features