Operators, parts manuals and X20/X30 monitor updates are available in the service section under product downloads. Also manuals for older equipment are one step further under other products.
Three power wires from tractor harness plus power harness for X20 hook direct to 12 volt batteries.
Tractor harness hooks to interface box (large white plug).
9 pin serial cable hooks interface box to X20 monitor port 3.
How to check the monitor version or firm ware version on interface and MDECU
In the seeder screen, touch the Topcon logo in upper right corner and it will display the software version and if the unit is registered.
How to set the monitor up for air tank and width of the drill
Download the Topcon X20 setup manual. This is a step-by-step manual on how to set-up your monitor.
How to select a product for each tank
Touch the tank you would like to put product in and on the right hand side there will be a spot to select product.
How to fill tanks
Touch the tank you would like to fill and on the top right there will be a fill button. Touch this button and you can fill or add desired weight.
How to set seeding rates one and two and increment
Touch the tank you would like to set rates on and on the right hand side the rates will come up and if you touch them, they will allow you to change the rates.
Tanks calibrations of product
Make sure proper gear ratio is entered 2 for direct drive and 16 for slow speed drive. Make sure hair pin is in proper location on transmission. Directly on orbit motor for direct drive and opposite location for slow speed.
Tank that you what to calibrate has to be shut off and a desired application rate must be entered into preset rate 1 before you can calibrate. Touch the tank you what to calibrate and on the top right hand side a cal button will appear. Touch this button and it will allow you to start calibration. With the run reset switch on the tank.
Turn to run. This will prime the metering wheels.
Turn to stop.
Press and hold the rest button. This will reset the monitor test weigh back to zero.
Place empty collection tray under tank and turn switch to run and fill 3/4 full.
Weigh box and minus empty box weight and go enter into monitor.
Do at least twice or until satisfied.
You will never get it to a percentage difference of zero.
How to add a product to product list
In the change and view configuration menu you can adjust product lists.
How to hook up GPS from other monitor
The X20 monitor needs a GPS input of 5 hertz and 19200 baud rate with VTG and GGA NMEA strings. Match baud rate to GPS.
The 9 pin serial connector will be plugged into the y cable into coms 1 and 2.
How to activate blockage on monitor
In the change and view configuration menu under monitoring.
How to add cameras to X20 monitor
Have the steering and guidance icon open on startup screen.
Allow unit to open.
Have Ag Cam USB plugged into X20.
Press the exit / off button in the steering guidance screen.
Press register button.
Register Ag Cam.
A code will come up and you will have to have your dealer call this code into Morris and wait for a password.
The X20 cannot be shut off till you enter the password. If the monitor is shut off, the code will change and a new password will be needed.
You can run the seeder screen white waiting for the password.
How to perform a firm ware update
Place USB stick into port.
Turn on monitor and at the progress bar press stop.
Press upgrade.
If USB is not detected, try another port. There are four.
Select yes to all.
Topcon X30
How to install monitor including IB1
Power and ground must hook direct to battery. NOTE: Some tractors are 24 volt systems on one side. Do not hook to the 24 volt side as this will burn out the monitor.
Make sure all wires are free of pinch points and are tied up and put away where they won’t get stepped on or caught in someone’s feet.
The IB1 needs to be put away where it will not get stepped on or kicked / tripped over, but easily accessible.
How to check monitor version or firm ware version including IB1 and MDECU
Turn the X30 monitor on.
When it powers up, touch on the Topcon Logo off the seeder page and the firm ware page will come up and tell you the X30, IB1 and MDECU and 30S firm ware version.
How to set monitor up for air tank and width of drill
You will need to go to your Operator’s Manual and go to the section labeled that describes your air cart: two, three, or four tank.
First you need fan hydraulics running then use flow divider to shut the fan off. This allows the VRT block to still get oil flow to run.
Then make sure there is product in tank and entered in the monitor and there is also a rate 1 and 2 entered.
On the monitor you will have to go to Global Home Screen and pick Calibration screen then make sure you have a manual speed and symbol is green. If symbol is grey then it is not active. Touch the manual speed button and it will turn green then activate the tank.
Then you want to calibrate. Calibration symbol then Automatic Calibration. Then just do what the screen says and follow yellow arrows.
Next screen makes sure the state is on (GREEN). Keep following the arrows.
Go to implement, then seeder, then monitoring the blocked head monitor, then enable the block head monitor.
Then block head sensor type (STNDARD), then head monitoring, then select single-shoot or double-shoot (select whatever system you have).
Then enable head systems (select both seed and fertilizer, or just seed, or just fertilizer).
Then number of distribution heads, and enter the number of divider heads.
Then on the right hand side of screen, one or two columns seed heads and fertilizer. Touch on the name head and rename to whatever works for the individual.
Wiring schematics (part numbers for new pins and connectors)
Operators, parts manuals and X20/X30 monitor updates are available in the service section under product downloads. Also manuals for older equipment are one step further under other products.
Monitor is on but not reading any of the sensors
Note: Wire harnesses use 3 wires. On the plug ends they are marked A, B, and C. Terminal A may be white or red and is the POSITIVE wire. Terminal B is a black wire and is the GROUND. Terminal C is a green wire and is the COMMUNICATION wire.
Check to see if the continuity is through each circuit on each wire harness. We can test the harness with a continuity tester. Use probes at each end of a colored wire, for example the white wire. If we get the buzzing noise or 100% reading, this is a good wire.
Continue testing next with the black wire and then the green wire.
This should be checked on each wire on each wire harness from the tractor to the air cart.
If there is no reading on a wire, this indicates a bad wire.
Wire schematics wanted for 6/7/8 and 9 Series Air Carts
Contact your local Dealer’s Parts Department for parts breakdown.
Monitor is reading the acre count even when implement is switched off
Tillage work switch wires are not hooked together properly. Check that the colours match on plug ends.
Also, the Y-cable could be hooked up backwards. This Y-cable is located where the drill hooks up to the air cart.
Hydraulic assist for the conveyor/auger not pairing
Unhook the power from the control box under the air tank.
Leave for 10 to 15 minutes.
Hook the power back up, turn on the remote and hold-down the F1 and reset buttons.
How to tell the sensors apart
Fan sensor has a magnet on the end of the sensor.
Speed sensor has four wires coming off the sensor.
Shaft sensors have three wires coming off the sensors – green, white and black.
Metering/Trans
How to change from slow speed to direct drive
If you look in the transmission bodies you will see a hair pin located in either the smaller sprocket or the larger.
NOTE: Do not utilize two hair pins as this will damage the meter drive.
Clutch is slipping
Check the voltage with the clutch engaged on the back side of the plug. 12.5 volts is required.
Also check that there is a good clean ground.
At the beginning of the season there may be a thin layer of rust between the discs. The manufacturer suggests that you drive around the yard with no product and engage and then disengage, up to 10 times, to help burnish the clutch surfaces.
Metering shaft is hard turning and broke the shear bolt on the drive shaft
Metering shafts should be checked at the beginning of the season. They should roll by hand and with under 50 in / lbs rolling torque.
If you cannot do this, disassemble and clean.
Seed shaft is alarming when driving down the field
Check the speed sensor to drive sprocket gap on the right hand side of the metering body. This should be at 30,000 or under.
Relearn sensors to make sure that all sensors are accepted.
Check that the blue wire on the wheel drive speed sensor is hooked up.
Meter roll range is jumping in percentages (Topcon)
This can be the result of restriction on the seed rollers caused by a buildup of fines from fertilizer or seeds.
Calibration charts do not match the seeding rates
Note: This is intended as a guide for a starting point. Tire sizes affect the calibration.
Doing manual calibrations of seed and fertilizer will ensure your seeding rates are accurate.
Air/Flow
Plugging with product in primary hose
There can be multiple reasons why you are plugged. Go through this check list.
Check primary hoses for cracks, breakage and for sag.
Check air cart for air leakages around tank lid seals, foam gaskets on metering bodies, couplers on primary pipes on cart, and on divider head inspection doors.
Make sure fan speed on monitor is sufficient for the amount of product being applied.
When starting in the morning, pre-run fan while tractor is warming up. This allows the air system to dry out. This is necessary because fertilizer causes moisture to be drawn into the system.
If using double-shoot system, be sure that the air plenum is adjusted correctly. Refer to the Owner’s Manual for product you are seeding as it may be moved.
Seed treatments that are moist or staining will play a bit of a factor with this problem.
Fine seeds are seeding erratic
Check for air loss around the seals, metering body gaskets, pipe couplers, etc.
Check for ease of turning of the seed rollers. Fines could be building up from fertilizers and seeds.
Oats is bridging
Check for air leaks.
Peas are plugging the primaries
At today’s high rates of peas and large seed pulse crops, speed has to be slowed down to less than 4.5 mph.
When seeding, make sure there is a good stream of air being blown on the pea run.
Be sure that the seed run is into the ground to prevent air loss. (When using side band openers, it may be advantageous to push the peas through the fertilizer run allowing a direct path into the ground). If using paired row, this is not as much of an issue.
Check for voltage with clutch activated. 12.5 volts is required to engage the clutch.
Clutch is not engaging
Check for power and a for a good ground.
If this is at the beginning of the season, clutch discs may have a thin layer of rust on them. Try to burnish the clutch discs or disassemble and clean or replace.
Clutch is working but the monitor says it is not working
Check the power on the clutch engagement that power is able to be switched off, not the ground wire being switched.
Clutch does not hold 100 ft/lbs of torque on the 7 Series
Being that this is slow speed application, the manufacturer’s torque is actually 40 ft/lbs.
Can the 7 Series clutch be replaced with a heavier clutch fro the 8 Series
Yes
What voltage is required to run the clutch
12.5 volts is required to engage the clutch.
Openers
One opener keeps dragging back on my Contour Drill
Bleed hydraulic system for the openers. Refer to Owner’s Manual.
After bleeding the openers, if the condition persists, it may be best to check for an internal cylinder leakage of the openers. Refer to Assembly School document.
Openers are dropping from lifted position on my C2 Contour Drill
Raise cylinders then lower cylinders all the way into the ground.
Shut tractor off.
Reposition lever in the tractor to raise the cylinders, then start the tractor.
Get out of the tractor and engage the hydraulic opener lock valve.
Openers are not running at the same depth, but are set the same on my C2 Contour Drill
It is important that the opener mount brackets sit secure and tight against the main frame. If there is a gap on the lower rearward side of the mount, the opener will go deeper. Note 1/6th of an inch gap can allow the opener to go an inch deeper. It is important that the bolts are torqued to 170 ft/lbs evenly on each opener.
Packer Arm Adjustment: Morris has found differences in depths caused by packer arm adjustments. Place openers into the ground and loosen the four bolts on the packer arm mount. When you feel a slight movement, retighten the nuts. Refer to torque chart settings in the Owner’s Manual.
Opener Pressure does not show on display
If the screen is black then the transducer on the bottom of the hydraulic accumulator is probably the issue.
Openers are not staying in the ground
Bleed opener hydraulic system. If the problem persists, there may be an internal cylinder leakage. Refer to the Assembly School document.
Plugging
Primary Pipes are plugging quite often
There can be multiple reasons why you are plugged. Go through this check list.
Check primary hoses for cracks, breakage and for sag.
Check air cart for air leakages around tank lid seals, foam gaskets on metering bodies, couplers on primary pipes on the cart and on divider head inspection doors.
Make sure the fan speed on the monitor is sufficient for the amount of product being applied.
When starting in the morning, pre-run the fan while the tractor is warming up. This allows the air system to dry out. This is necessary because fertilizer causes moisture to be drawn into the system.
If using double-shoot system, be sure the air plenum is adjusted correctly. Refer to the Owner’s Manual for the product you are seeding as it may have moved.
Seed treatments that are moist or staining will play a bit of factor with this problem.
Plugging secondary runs
Check for pinched secondary hoses from the divider heads to the seed boot.
Plugging on the outside runs
Again check for air leaks on the air cart, primary hose and divider head inspection doors.
Check the air equalizers at the couplers between the drill and air cart.
Plugging seed boots
Check for the positioning of the secondary hose into the seed boot. If the hose is pushed too far in, it will cause a blockage at the bottom of the boot.
Levelling
How do I level my Maxim / Maxim II / Maxim III
Select the Model of your Maxim for information on how to level your drill.
Contour Drill: My truss rod has broken, can I run with it
No. These rods are used to help spread the load on the frame. Using this when broken or loose will result in damage to the frame (i.e. cracks developing in the frame).
Sensors
Vansco Sensors
Is there a way I can tell if the sensor is working
Yes.
First, check the gap between the sensor and the pickup wheel. Gap should be no higher than 30,000.
Next, try to re-learn the sensors. Note: If the system does not recognize the sensor, you have a bad sensor or wiring.
In the event the sensor is still not working, relocate the sensor. I.e. Bin shaft sensor #1 is not working. Take bin shaft sensor from #2 tank (known to be working), and relocate onto #1 tank shaft. If this sensor continues working on the monitor as shaft 2 (even though it is now on #1 tank), we know that this sensor is working. Therefore, the sensor is the problem. But, in the event that shaft #2 sensor is not working, this would indicate a wiring issue.
