{"id":26483,"date":"2019-06-05T15:02:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T05:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/?p=26483"},"modified":"2022-07-29T13:17:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T03:17:37","slug":"john-deere-announces-gen-4-software-machine-sync-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/john-deere-announces-gen-4-software-machine-sync-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"John Deere Announces Gen 4 Software &#038; Machine Sync Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Deere released its latest software update for their Generation 4 4600 CommandCenter and 4640 Universal Displays. Software update 19-1 looks to improve automation, documentation, functionality and security. It also enables Deere\u2019s Machine Sync harvest functionality on the Gen 4 platform.\u00a0That&#8217;s for both tractors and combines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to John Mishlery, Marketing Manager for Precision Ag Technologies at John Deere, \u00a0the update \u201calso enables Gen 4 Display compatibility with more <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/brand\/john-deere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Deere<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> equipment (including 8000- and 9000-Series Forage Harvesters), documentation of weather and field conditions, expands AutoTrac\u2122 functionality and automation on more equipment, and provides additional levels of security than before.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estimated Times &amp; Remote Monitoring<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the update, Gen 4 displays will now show area remaining and estimated time to completion for many field operations, giving you accurate time estimates throughout the workday. The software update has also doubled the number of legend colours on the display\u2014letting operators view yield, prescriptions and as-applied maps in greater detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26486\" src=\"\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/john-deere-2.jpg\" alt=\"John Deere tractor\" width=\"577\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operators will now be able to manually document weather and field conditions from the cab: often critical information for planting records. Recordable data includes: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wind speed &amp; direction<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weather<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soil &amp; field conditions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operators can also view information on the display on any web-connected device when used with JDLink Connect. This is through the John Deere Operations Center and MyOperations mobile app for remote monitoring and tracking. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an increase to machine security, the update gives owners and operators the ability to lock Gen 4 Universal Displays and StareFire 6000 receivers with a 4-digit pin. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Deere Gen 4 Machine 4 Sync<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with the 19-1 software update, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/brand\/john-deere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Deere<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has announced they are also expanding their Machine Sync feature. This synchronises tractor and grain cart speed and position with the combine for on-the-go unloading during harvest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operators using Gen 4 Machine Sync can also use In-FIeld Data Sharing to wirelessly share: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guidance lines<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coverage maps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Machine location<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grain tank fill level<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unloading auger status between machines<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 19-1 software update is now available, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/brand\/john-deere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Deere<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> customers are encouraged to download and install it on all of their Gen 4 Displays. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact your local dealer or read the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deere.com.au\/en\/our-company\/news-and-announcements\/press-releases\/2019\/may\/2019may20-gen4-software-and-machine-sync\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">original press release<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to find out more. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/browse\/farm-machinery\/tractors-88\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tractors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> available for sale here, or take a look at what <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/browse\/farm-machinery\/farm-machinery-auctions-4952\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">farm machinery is available at auction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Deere released its latest software update for their Generation 4 4600 CommandCenter and 4640 Universal Displays. Software update 19-1 looks to improve automation, documentation, functionality and security. It also enables Deere\u2019s Machine Sync harvest functionality on the Gen 4 platform.\u00a0That&#8217;s for both tractors and combines. According to John Mishlery, Marketing Manager for Precision Ag [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":26485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7836],"tags":[492,890],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-26483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-farming","tag-farming","tag-john-deere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26483"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29344,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26483\/revisions\/29344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26483"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=26483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}