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Precision Planting 20/20 SeedSense Planter Monitor

Precision Planting has released a Windows driver to allow any industry standard (FODM) compliant GPS mapping software to import and view data gathered by the 20/20 SeedSense planter monitor. FODM compliant software can also export configuration data directly to the 20/20 SeedSense display unit.

Currently, MapShots EASi Suite and Farmworks sotware support the 20/20 SeedSense FODM driver. AgLeader SMS will support the driver in a future release.

In addition, a free GPS Mapping Viewer developed by MapShots, Inc. is also available. The viewer allows growers without an existing or FODM compliant farm management tool to import and view their 20/20 SeedSense data.



FODM Windows Driver 


The Precision Planting Field Operation Device Driver (FODD) supports reading logs from the 20/20 SeedSense planter monitor.
  • Precision Planting 20/20 Field Operations Device Driver: (3.5 mb) Version 1.11.5 -- Jun 29, 2009.

    This FODD provides access to all available data calculations, with data summarized across all rows associated with each variety. Data is also available for the averages of the Row Unit Modules (RUMs). A Diagnostic option in the FODD will optionally publish calculations for each individual row.

    1.11.5 -- Added a new Is2020Card interface to the fodPrecisionPlantingReader class so that a client application can more easily test for a valid 2020 card, w/o needing to process all files.

    1.11.4 -- Updated the manner in which domains are created such that support is now included for field names that are only unique within a farm, rather than unique within the monitor. Added support for automatic heading calculation when the GPS receiver does not supply heading. And, compiled the FODD in X86 mode to ensure that it will work with 64 bit development environments.

    1.11.3 -- Fixed issue where reading 2008 data failed due to inconsistent active_rows and planter_rows in FieldMap file.

    1.11.2 -- Added support for SOR48 planters and updated the Farm device property to publish "Unknown" rather than an empty string for default farms.

    1.11.1 -- RUM data on diagnostic rows was skewed by one row. Updated some units for parameters in the diagnostic data. Added support for four hybrids. Fixed a bug that caused ODD and EVEN active row settings to disable half the planter. Changed the recursion value so that all data can be read by pointing to the root of the USB drive. Removed a leading '.' from the filename extension.

    1.10.2 -- Supports a Detailed mode for exploring data for individual rows.

    1.10.1 -- Updated to support the new Version 10 firmware, and corrected the way the engaged status was set for the overall machine on each GPS site.

    1.0.0.22 -- Added serialization support so that the FODD can run on a background thread on multicore processors and web servers.

    1.0.0.21 -- Corrected a scaling error on the RUM data vacuum reading.

    1.0.0.20 -- Handles situations where there are more rows assigned to a variety than there are rows on the planter. Also traps errors on single files such that all other files can still be processed.

    1.0.0.19 -- Corrects a problem with multiple row segments for a single variety.

    Note -- Version 1.0.0.18 that was posted on May 28 was inadvertently version 1.0.0.17. The link was corrected the morning of Jun 2. We apologize for this confusion.

    Version 1.0.0.18 Includes support for printing maps from the FOViewer. It also filters out small files with less than 30 or so records, and it corrects an open issue with split-row planters.

    Version 1.0.0.17 included support for populating the FODM domain objects so that the data would be more comparable to that published by other field devices. It also includes improved support for split-row planters.

    Version 1.0.0.16 Supports reading data when both varieties were assigned to All rows, and the resolution is increased on some of the seeding statistics.

    Version 1.0.0.14 Resolves a problem with duplicate filenames across folders.

    Version 1.0.0.13 Supports reading data where varieties were assigned w/o assigning rows.

    Version 1.0.0.12 Supports reading data files where no seed variety information was entered. It also populates the TargetPopulation device property with the list of defined setpoints.

    Version 1.0.0.11 Excludes RUMs without downforce sensors from the average downforce calculation, corrects the "loss per acre" calculation, and updates the the Margin calculation.

    Version 1.0.0.10 includes a 20' inline offset for the planter from the GPS receiver, along with elevation (for firmware version 2.1.13 or newer). It also supports the new row-number syntax for planters with an extended number of rows.

    This FODD is distributed and supported by Precision Planting.



Mapping Viewer 


The Field Operations Viewer is a simple stand-alone application that can be used to read and display the data logs from the 20/20 SeedSense planter monitor.  The data that has been read can also be exported to shapefile, csv, or other formats. 

  • Field Operations Viewer: (16.8 mb) Version 3.10.11 -- May 28, 2008.
  • NOTE -- Please be sure to install the latest FODD (above), as the FODD changes frequently based upon feedback from the field.

    3.10.11 enabled the map 'print' button when the 2020 FODD is installed.

Support for the Field Operations Viewer will only be provided via e-mail, or through a discussion forum. You may use:

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