@evranch wrote:
I just found out about Reach, maybe a bit late as this is our last year of field farming (planting the last fields down to hay) but there's still time to get some value out of it. We currently operate with no GPS just markers in the old fashioned style. I am thinking of pairing Reach with an Android tablet and running a software such as Agribus-NAVI to track overlap and misses while seeding and keep my lines straight over the hills.
So I have a few questions as to whether I should bother purchasing a pair and trying them out. We will be seeding in a week or two as well as building a lot of fence, which looks like a great usage case for this product.
Will it work mostly out of the box, i.e. slap the receiver on the tractor cab, pair with base station, pair with bluetooth and go, or is there a bunch of tinkering to do before I can operate with it? I have already tested the android device with other, inaccurate GPS devices and it works well other than the lack of accuracy.
I have a pair of 3DR radios, knockoffs unfortunately, that I use with a Pixhawk based UAV for telemetry. Will these work for the communications between base and rover, again without too much tinkering? Will the included cables in the kit suffice to hook these up?
What update rate and accuracy can be expected in RTK mode when traveling at field speeds (1-10mph)
Can the base station locate itself, i.e. with PPP or must it be placed on a survey marker? And for that matter, if I'm just using it to avoid overlaps in the field, can I just throw it down somewhere and allow it to operate in a relative mode?
What happens if communications are lost or lossy between base and rover? What kind of accuracy can Reach achieve in an un-linked state, anyway?
I know these are a bunch of questions to just toss out here but I couldn't find the answers in the documentation, at least not quickly. Thanks for any help.
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