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Thank you, Robin Wiesneth, for your comment. You win the first giveaway! I'll send you a copy of Now, Louie! I'll decorate the envelope with the last of my 2001 USPS American Illustrator postage stamps and maybe a Young Elvis.
For this installment, I wanted to share how I made Now, Louie! I'll start with the writing even though as an author-slash-illustrator the writing and illustrating happens more or less simultaneously.
1. Writing
The idea for Now, Louie! came from a game I'd play with my nephew. I'd tell him to not do something, he'd do it, then I'd grimace, pace, shake my fists at the sky, bury my face in my hands and so on. The routine had the makings of a story so the jump from that game to a picture book wasn't hard. I never had a single document with the full Now, Louie! story on it but a script more or less existed on several different pieces of paper.
What was a constant was that Louie was a cat. He was never anything but a cat. Why, I'm not sure. It might have to do with one of my earliest memories. I can remember pretending I was cat meowing and crawling up my parents' bed. I want to say I was nine or ten at the time. Joking. Based on the house in my memory, I was between three and four.
Here's the first drawing of Louie as he would appear in the final book.
I must have felt this drawing was pivotal because I signed and dated it. I don't do that nearly enough. In fact, hardly ever.
2. Illustrating
I started with some thumbnail sketches. Then, because I never learn, I beat myself up for a day or two trying to duplicate the spontaneity in that doodle on a larger scale. Eventually, I did what I should have done from the beginning and scanned the little drawing, scaled it up to final art size and inked it over a light table.
The inking was done with Winsor and Newton black India ink and a size 1 brush.
And here is some of the finished art:
You can see white out where I cleaned up some of my lines. In the case where I needed a bigger fix, I would cut and paste a fix over the original.
I haven't looked at these drawings in over ten years and I have to say I like them (I've come to realize it takes at least that long for me to become comfortable with my work). My favorite in this set were the last two drawings I inked. These were for the endpapers.
All the drawings were scanned and colored digitally.
3. Mocking up
After finishing the artwork, I printed up and assembled a dummy.
In retrospect, I should have done that at the sketch stage but I had probably made enough thumbnails to envision how the book would work. Still, working on a dummy is my favorite part of the picture book process.
3b. A Word on Page Count
I knew that books were assembled in sets of 8 pages and I think I knew that 32 pages was 'the usual'. I didn't realize that 32 was an industry standard and artistic form (explained very well here) and I didn't know the difference between a self-ended and separate-ended book (difference detailed here). All this time I've been calling Now, Louie! a 32-page book but in fact it's a 40-page self-ended book.
4. Editing
I never joined a critique group, informal or professional. But I did go for dinner with a friend I respected and asked her to read my story. Her only suggestion was to replace "What the?!" on the cake page with something less… potentially controversial. That was tough. I didn't want to let What The go but I trusted her advice. My next favorite expletive was "Desi Arnaz!" followed closely by "Holy Moley!"
In the end I settled on this:
Ay ay ay.
And that's how I wrote and illustrated Now, Louie! That post was more fun than I thought it would be. I hope you enjoyed it. Next up, I'll talk about my choice to self-publish.
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Last time I did this I got one comment which is one more than you can expect for not broadcasting the blog post. Same deal this time. Comment below and be entered to get a free book.
I had a headache on Friday so I asked a robot to give me a book idea. The robot said:
The story is about a teacher. It takes place on a world of magic in a magical part of our universe. The crux of the story involves someone taking a bath. A major element of this story is when technology becomes indistinguishable from magic.
I missed the first line, there's no teacher in my story. But there is a wizard trying to give his dragon a bath. Here they are:
I didn't give myself as much time on this one as I did on the last two challenges. I did clean it up a bit by pasting it into a new version of my thumbnail template.
Need to figure out the best way to share these. I've been spending more time scanning and posting than I have on the actual challenge. At any rate, #bookeveryfriday.
Last week when I was working on the sea turtle story, this line popped into my head:
Bogberry blue, bogberry green
Bogberry biggest one you've ever seen.
My brain tried to run with the rhyme, but I knew I was going to want to use it as a starter for this week. So, I fought hard to keep from carrying on and when I finally sat down to start the challenge on Friday I let it all out. I wrote about three pages (not realizing until about halfway through the second page that I was cribbing from "Peas Porridge Hot") and then started on a storyboard. Here it is:
It was at the top of the second page where the characters and setting took shape. I see the protagonists being three characters who live in a swamp. Maybe a bayou? They're definitely part of North American mythology. Maybe these guys use human artifacts for tools like the Borrowers do–and I only just realized I drew one of the characters with a tail in one panel. That's all stuff to figure out. For now, I'm liking the dynamic between the characters and am particularly fond of the pacing in these three spreads.
And this sketch, a direct reference to Roy McKie, pleases me.
Alright, that's the second #bookeveryfriday.
I must be excited for this challenge, I was up at 4:30 this morning. I didn't let myself out of bed, though, it's the first day of summer and I knew I'd want to be well rested for the afternoon.
Here's a peek at what I made in the morning.
And here's what I helped make in the afternoon.
I tried to take a nap in that tent but it didn't happen. Then home, then dinner, then back to the drawing table.
Not as complete as the sea turtle story but I think it qualifies for a legit #bookeveryfriday. Usual scan and post coming in the next couple of days.
So, why this challenge? For fun, really. But also because I'm trying to break out of a bad habit.
I let ideas sit in my mind too long. Far too long. I work and rework these ideas in my mind until I get to where I see a finished book. It's a book with a proper beginning, middle and end, with catchy refrains, delightful page turns and unexpected twists. It's a book with a snazzy cover, a cute dedication and maybe even a hidden reference to classic kid lit. But it's only in my mind. And then, instead of being a welcome and exciting creative experience, the prospect of getting the story, this picture book that's already finished, out onto paper becomes a tedious chore.
In order to Marie Kondo my brain space (spark joy!), I've committed myself to getting a number of those stories out and onto paper this year and have made headway on a few titles. Still, my progress has been unreliable and I realized I need to do something important: change my outlook and remind myself that making books is fun. And that's why this challenge.
So, on the morning I decided to go with this I saw a post on my Instagram feed that was tagged #worldseaturtleday and I thought, "I like turtles."
I started with a sketch.
It's always gotten me down that seagulls, scavengers that can and will eat anything, feast on turtle hatchlings. I remember watching nature documentaries as a kid and feeling a sense of gross injustice as the little turtles scrambled desperately for the water while seagulls sauntered lazily along the beach and picked them off. In this drawing, the protagonist is telling the seagull to lay off the turtles.
That led to this:
There was a lot I liked about this, but it wasn't feeling right. So, I switched it up.
I would actually like to read a non-fiction story about the sea turtle life cycle from a turtle's eye view and I really liked the two two-page spreads of the turtles coming out of the sand but I wasn't so sure I wanted to write that book. At least not during this challenge. I stopped again and went back to the idea of a human protagonist, two protagonists, actually. Two penpals. I worked this time directly in a little book I cut and folded out of copy paper.
It took me the remainder of the day to draw the story. I mapped it out on the fly and had a couple stops and starts while I tried to balance the idea that while wildlife conservation is complicated and often disheartening, it's not impossible and can have a happy ending. I wrote the story as pictures and only jotted down a few lines. Most of the text was in my head, it wasn't until I scanned the drawings that I forced myself to put those ideas to paper. It feels a bit like filler, but I needed to start somewhere.
All that's left is to share it with you. Here it is:
I set myself a challenge to see if I could make a book in a day. I mean, I figured I could, I wanted to see if I could have fun making a book in a day.
I did. It took a better part of the day and it's going to take me a while yet to scan the pages but once I do, I'll post it here.
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Eloise can go wherever she wants in The Plaza Hotel, but her favorite place is a secret room. Here she can do whatever she wants!
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|Jan 27, 1998
|Filing date
|Apr 15, 1996
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|Apr 15, 1995
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|Horst Weigelt, H. H. Wippersteg, Stefan Boettinger, Thilo Steckel
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|Claas Kgaa
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|Patent Citations (12), Referenced by (89), Classifications (21), Legal Events (4)
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The present invention relates to a method of using agricultural machines, and, more particularly, to a method of optimizing the operation and use of a number of agricultural machines.
Over the years many different apparatuses and machines have been used in agriculture to perform required seasonally changing tasks. Besides working the ground and planting seeds also applying fertilizer and cultivating as well as harvesting and transporting operations are to be performed. Moreover improvements of the land surface are performed as well as important observations made in field work and rough work tasks are performed (stone bracing, weeding, damming, etc.). In past decades the engineering concepts for these apparatuses and machines were so extensive that operational improvements can only be achieved now with exponentially increasing expense and effort with additional applications always becoming less.
Optimization using electronic devices particularly played an ever increasing role in past years in addition to the mechanical improvement of the apparatuses and machines. A good synopsis of the current state of the art is provided by the book written by Hermann Auernhammer, Electronics in Tractors and Machines, BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, Munchen 1989 in which the applications, operations and developments of electronics are described. Thus it is known to equip agricultural machines and apparatuses with sensors, processors and controllers, which perform monitoring and control operations. The electronics is also in the position to detect operating conditions, evaluate operating conditions and to optimize machine adjustment to the measured operating conditions with the aid of a predetermined characteristic curve. Besides the automatic optimization of the individual machines the electronics can also diagnose variations of the operating state from a predetermined set operating state, to make suggestions for machine operation and to collect data, which can be used in later operating steps by other machines. Auernhammer on page 74 of the above-cited Book suggests use of machine determined data as the basis for guiding operations. Moreover they must be put in the required form for that and guidance of the operations must be performed. The measured data from the tractor--as suggested by Auernhammer--should be further processed according to the suggestions in a manner which is known in itself. Auernhammer described data transfer between the operating processor and the individual machines on pages 99 to 102 by fixed cable, a so-called RAM box or a chip card as communication agent.
Auernhammer at the beginning of Chapter 7 of the above-cited book states that the information obtained from the electronics must not be considered isolated, but must be viewed as a whole and the highest goal must be flow of information. Auernhammer requires consideration of the electronics in a complete system. Auernhammer develops a hierarchical order of electronic applications in agriculture, in which process control is at the lowest level, operational guidance at a middle level and at the highest level the combination or coordination of operations in a central processor. On page 166 of the above-cited book Auernhammer mentions 1. agriculturally suitable accessible physical connections(cable conductors) 2. uniform data formats and 3. definite data content as prerequisites for problem-free communication between the indicated levels.
German Patent Application DE 43 22 293 describes a method for electronic management of agricultural machines in which telemetry data are exchanged between the machine and a computer station. For example in this application it is explained that in planting or tilling operations based on new actual data from a stationary computer station and/or a processor of a harvesting machine this new data are transmitted from the respective computer processor to the tilling or planting machine and thus the tilling or planting process is controlled by telemetric data exchange from an exterior source.
To maintain a stated data base for control of several agricultural machines by a computer station it is necessary to collect and process as large an amount of data as possible. However since the memory and data transmission capacity are limited and/or expensive, in unstructured data collection and transmission the problem arises that insufficient memory space or transmission capacity is available and thus either capacity must be augmented at great expense or the amount of data to be transmitted must be reduced which impairs the operation of the entire system.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for telemetric data exchange for agricultural machines, in which the memory capacity and telemetric transmission of data are optimized so that the collection of a sufficiently effective amount of data with a minimum consumption of memory space and data transmission capacity is possible and the data exchange is used to optimize the performance of the entire group of agricultural machines and apparatuses participating in the data exchange with the controlling processor.
According to the invention, this object is attained by a special organization of data flow and a particularly advantageous localization of the stored data. The central element used for the optimization of the group of machines is the controlling processor. In this controlling processor the actual positions of the machines and devices to be optimized are stored, the actual operating conditions are stored, the consumption or required amounts of auxiliary and operating materials (e.g. fuel, seed materials applied, fertilizer applied and other chemicals applied) are transmitted and the expected time point and amount of replacement materials and required maintenance work are signalled. These data which are supplied by the machines and devices are distributed by the controlling processor in such a way that a continuous processing of this data is permitted. These data input from the machines are compared with the application device data and logistic application possibilities, so that the required adjustments of the operating parameters of the individual machines and devices are determined and appropriate adjusting commands are conducted to the concerned machines and devices.
Also external data available for the controlling processor can be included in the determination of the optimum operating parameters. For example, regional weather forecasts, replacement part and maintenance information for the agricultural machines, chemical soil or ground water analysis or fertilizer plans and/or prepared application amounts for liquid manure, sewage materials, compost and other materials can be included in the external data. The external data can be input to the controlling processor on demand of the controlling processor and are integrated in the processing performed by the controlling processor for optimization of the operating parameters of the entire machine system.
Furthermore the data available in the controlling processor can be requested by an external host computer or data bank and processed by the information systems available there, which again are useable by the controlling processor for optimization of the harvesting machine systems controlled by it.
The data produced in the on-board or controlling processor must first be categorized. The first category criterion suggested is whether or not the data in question must or must not be transmitted to another processor. The data which must not be transmitted, are processed in the processor in which they are produced. The data, which however must be transmitted to another processor, must be sorted additionally according to the urgency of transmission and that data which is most urgently needed by the other processor must be transmitted before less urgently required data. Because of that, it is guaranteed that the transmission capacities are weighted preferentially for the more important data.
Also the data must be categorized according to the storage location for categorization of the need for transmission. Besides that data which, because of its significance and value, must be immediately transmitted to the controlling processor and stored there, other data quantities still reside in the respective individual machines, which are required only for optimization of the individual machines or can be temporarily stored by storage media such as diskette and then at a later time transmitted to the controlling processor telemetrically or by plug connection devices.
An optimum availability of the respective data is to be strived for in the categorization of the storage locations with the least possible loading of the transmission and memory capacity. Thus it is meaningful to provide data to the machines and devices, to the controlling processor or to the external data banks according to the type of data. Basically the following control is provided for data localization: in so far as some data are required only for internal regulation of an individual machine or an individual apparatus, and not for optimization of the entire system, that data should be kept in the individual machines or devices. However as soon as this data can influence the optimization of the entire group of machines, this data should be transmitted to the controlling procesor. As soon as other data present in the controlling processor are used or needed externally, the data for the external computer should be made available. A flexibility in the data localization varying from this basis is suggested in that at a higher data request rate by another computer than that in which the more frequently requested data are stored the data statement is now transmitted to the more frequently requesting computer varying from the basic rule so that the transmission bands will not be overloaded. This shift of data localization can be performed automatically by the software or under the command and control of an operator.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention the on-board processor of an agricultural machine arranged in the complete group of machines is connected with and works with a CAN-bus system. The bus system allows a cost effective integration of the on-board processor in the machine electronics as well as a standardized and reliable communication with all components, sensors and actuating devices connected to the CAN-bus system. One such CAN-bus system integrated in the agricultural machine is, for example, described in German Patent Application P 44 31 824.3. To provide the telemetric data transmission the operating module should not be directly connected to the on-board processor, but instead arranged as an individual module with separate access to the CAN-bus system. This type of arrangement allows a bidirectional communication of the CAN-bus system with the controlling processor independently of the on-board processor and external access to the CAN-bus system. Furthermore the operating module may be easily subsequently provided without redesign of the on-board processor in this arrangement.
The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will now be illustrated in more detail by the following detailed description, reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of a system for optimizing use of agricultural machines according to the invention; and
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic view of an agricultural machine with a CAN-bus system in which an operating module has been installed with separate access to the CAN-bus system.
The agricultural machines 2 to 7 are continuously exchanging data with a controlling processor 1 by a telemetric data connection. The agricultural machines 2 to 7 can be any of a variety of different agricultural machines. For example, they can be the above-mentioned tractor with built-in working devices such as plows, saw devices, spraying devices, tanks for application of liquid manure, sewage plant materials, etc., composite applying devices, mowing devices, rotary devices, vaporizing devices, presses, loading carts, auxiliary conveying devices, or self-powered machines such as harvester threshers, field chopping machines and beet digging machines or hauling equipment of every type. These machines could exchange data in arbitrary numbers and combinations with the controlling processor 1.
Each individual agricultural machine is equipped with an on-board processor 8 which controls the optimization process in the individual machine. The internal optimization process is shown in FIG. 1, for example, in machine 3. The on-board computer 8 receives data from a number of sensors 9, which it evaluates. Additionally to the sensor data the on-board computer 8 processes the position data, which for example a GPS-receiver produces. The operating state resulting from the measured data for the individual components of the machine 3 is indicated on the operator's console 10 to the machine operator. Both data streams are compared with a predetermined characteristic curve or criterion from the on-board processor 8, which describes the operational optimum for the individual machine according to certain input data. If deviations of the transmitted data from the given characteristic curve or criterion occur, the on-board processor 8 emits an adjusting signal to one or more actuating devices 12.
Because of these features, it is guaranteed that each individual machine is itself in an operational optimum on the basis of internal data available to it. The position data obtained from the GPS-receiver can be incorporated in the optimized control, since the determined position data are compared with other position-related data present in the on-board processor 8 and are evaluated.
Additionally to the above-described internal regulation the on-board processor 8 of a machine exchanges data with the controlling processor 1 via a telemetric data exchange. The controlling processor 1 receives data 13 from the machines 2 to 7 transmitted telemetrically. The controlling processor 1 produces a duty description of the machines 2 to 7 from the transmitted data and additional data available in the controlling processor 1. The controlling processor 1 can determine from the duty description with the aid of a predetermined characteristic curve in what way the operation of the individual machines 2 to 7 can be optimized.
For example the controlling processor 1 could calculate a position dependent fertilizer application profile from the available data, which provides an economically and ecologically required optimum depending on for example the ground condition, drying tendencies, moisture and cultivation. The controlling processor 1 can transmit this profile telemetrically to the fertilizer machine, and the on-board processor 8 of the machine can determine with the aid of this predetermined fertilizer application profile, whether the actually applied amount of the fertilizer is too high or too low and, if necessary, input this result into the internal machine control cycle. With the aid of the amount of applied fertilizer carried in an applying device and continuously determined by the on-board processor 8, the controlling processor 1 can process using a set or desired fertilizer amount to determine with a safety margin when a hauler must resupply the fertilizer machine with fertilizer to guarantee continuous operation of the fertilizer machine. Should the controlling processor 1 establish that the fertilizer supply of the applying vehicle is being exhausted at constant working speed faster than the available fertilizer can be resupplied thus the controlling processor 1 can inform the applying vehicle for reduction of the fuel consumption, to reduce the vehicle and applying speed, to halt the application and to start another application or to reduce the amount applied according to a new application profile with only small error so that no resupply of fertilizer is required. The controlling processor can transmit the instruction, of what is to be done, according to choice either to the machine operator of the fertilizer spreader or to the operator of the controlling processor as a suggestion for operation or the controlling processor can decide for itself how it is to be processed.
During operation of a harvesting machine the controlling processor 1 can determine what conveying capacity must be prepared for taking on the harvested quantity of grain. With the aid of operating data from the hauler the controlling processor 1 can determine when the required transport capacity is available at the earliest. The controlling processor 1 can transmit transport orders according to choice automatically or at the command of the controlling processor 1 to the driver of the transport unit. According to the availability of the transport capacity the controlling processor can inform the on-board processor 8 of the harvesting machine or the operator of the harvester to reduce the grain loss and the fuel consumption by reducing the travel speed. With the aid of the moisture detected by the sensor 9 of the harvesting machine the controlling processor 1 can estimate the probable drying needs of the grain and compare them with the drying capacity. If the drying capacity is exhausted, the controlling processor 1 can command the harvesting machine to cease operation on the wet grain field and conduct further processing in the dry areas.
The continuous data transmission from the agricultural machines 2 to 7 to the controlling processor 1 allows the work to be performed and the yield positioned in an applying device to be accurately monitored. Geographic and soil structure data of the respective fields are stored in a coordinate array the applying device or cart. With the aid of sensors in the harvesting machine yield amounts, soil and grain moisture, weeding, stone stemming or other work, etc can be detected and input with the existing data in the controlling processor 1. By comparison of the actually determined data with the existing data it is possible to produce immediate relationships, e.g., between ground working, fertilizer applications, plant protecting work, watering and harvest yield, to test the sensors with improbable new data and as needed to identify the new data as false. With the aid of transmission of position data it is possible to preselect the travel track by the controlling processor so that multiple passes over the same ground surfaces are prevented during a growing season or period in order to avoid to high a soil compaction.
Furthermore it is conceivable that anomalies during operation of an agricultural machine are reported to the controlling processor 1 by the machine. These "anomalies" include interruptions in the drive (excessive operating temperature of oil and cooling water), operating material losses as a result of leakage, implausible signals from sensors or malfunctions of actuating devices. The controlling processor can analyze these anomalies and the operation or use of the machines 2 to 7 can be changed according to these results. At the same time the controlling processor 1 can influence the capacity planning of the work place and inform the machines 2 to 7 of required maintenance and repairs.
For all other agricultural machines, which are connected to the controlling processor 1, equal or similar improvements in operation of the machines can be provided by a data exchange with the controlling processor 1. In order that the amount of data exchanged does not become excessively large, a system must be found, with the aid of which the data to be exchanged is classified and according to the classification stored in different places and/or further processed and reworked.
According to the invention the data obtained by the on-board processor 8 is first analyzed in the on-board processor 8. Next the collected data are evaluated to determine whether they must be transmitted to another processor or not. As long as the obtained evaluated data are usable only for internal machine optimization and are processed to obtain a command fed to an actuating device 12, no further transmission of this data occurs to the controlling processor 1. When the controlling processor 1 however needs the data present in the on-board processor 8 to be able to prepare a duty plan, the on-board processor 8 conducts this data further to the controlling processor 1. For example this latter type of data includes data for the worked areas, the actual position, harvested goods amounts, sensor data regarding the state of the harvested goods, consumed or still present consumable material and operating material. These data are however not transmitted in sequence of occurrence or other sequence but are transmitted arranged according to urgency or priority. Because of that, the clogging of transmission frequencies with less important data can be avoided. To reduce the data stream it is suggested that only a short reference to certain data categories at present be transmitted instead of a longer data statement so that the controlling processor 1 can automatically selected which data statement it requires. Thus for example troublesome interference can be reported by a general warning signal, after which the controlling processor 1 can seek further data. When the data reported to the controlling processor 1 no longer needs to be maintained in the machines 2 to 7, the on-board processor 8 can erase this data from the working memory.
The controlling processor 1 processes the transmitted data into a duty plan. The duty plan shows the actual work required of the respective machine, the duty steps and the subsequent application plan. The duty plan is actualized by the data from the machines 2 to 7. Besides the duty plan preparation the controlling processor 1 also stores transmitted data in application devices, which allow an actual position signal for the processing to be performed including associated operating data(e.g. application, harvest amount, other sensor data), as well as the further processing of the input data for analysis, calculation, plausibility check, etc. In so far as the data required for the duty plan preparation are incorporated in the duty plan, they can be erased from the controlling processor 1. The remaining input data are stored in the memory device available in so far as they are needed for further processing. It is possible to obtain data stored centrally on-line without additional loading of the radio bands with additional amounts of data for data comparison in the machine circuits controlled by the controlling processor 1 because of this central data storage in the controlling processor 1.
The controlling processor 1 is also connected by known telecommunication devices with an external data bank, with host computers and central data banks as well as with the telemetric connection with the machines 2 to 7. The controlling processor 1 can receive data in compressed form from an external communication partner for transmission of the compressed data. Thus it is conceivable for example to send data received by optical sensors regarding weed conditions by means of the controlling processor 1 to an expert system which evaluates the weed condition and transmits a command derived from the evaluation back to the controlling processor 1 for making and applying amounts of a plant protecting chemical composition. Also the controlling processor 1 conveys on-line questions of the expert systems to the agricultural machines and thus provides a rapid current evaluation of the plant protecting measures being performed from the expert system to the agricultural machine. By an intervening comparison with the data state present in the controlling processor 1 it is also possible to convey the weeding evaluation externally for certain areas known to be thickly weeded so that special solutions for these problem areas can be suggested.
Further it is conceivable that the controlling processor exchange data with a host computer, which sets up a weather and agricultural moisture forecast. Thus the controlling processor 1 can supply the weather and moisture data, e.g. ground and grain moisture, as forecast data to the host computer as one of many processor sources. The controlling processor 1 can however receive an indication of weather changes and moisture condition changes from the host computer. The controlling processor 1 can change forecast information into command information for the machine application planning and adjustment of the individual operating parameters. Thus the wind conditions can influence the planning of spraying or fertilizer applications and the ground and grain moisture influence the threshability, the ability to travel over the field or the action of the plant protecting agents.
As an additional application of the system according to the invention it is conceivable to retrieve actual measured values of soil load levels and of fresh supplied ground water as well as ground water flow models from an expert system to avoid exceeding certain ground water-limiting values and to permit production of suggestions for fertilizing and plant protection from the expert system, which prevent an increase of the ground water-load values above the established limiting values. Furthermore records can be prepared regarding the actual amounts applied by the controlling processor 1 which can be used as application information or other information for well organized farming against the governmental agencies and water works. The data prepared in the desired form can similarly be transmitted to the receiving entity from the controlling processor 1.
In an additional embodiment of the invention when a signal of operating disturbances or troubles is generated in an on-board processor 8 of one of the machines 2 to 7 the controlling processor 1 can transmit the signal to the manufacturer of the concerned machine for analysis by an expert system. By using the controlling processor 1 a remote diagnosis with simultaneous repair and replacement part preparation (including ET-availability check) is possible. Repair or necessary maintenance suggestions can be made directly to the machine operator by the expert system via the controlling processor 1.
It is not meaningful to equip the controlling processor with the required software, weather prediction model and data used by the expert system. It is sufficient to accomplish these tasks for the controlling processor 1 to use telecommunication means for a connection to the expert system.
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic view of an agricultural machine equipped with a CAN-bus system. The controller ST has a microprocessor network available with the bus B. The on-board processor 8, which comprises the display unit V, the controlling keyboard TA, the calculator panel F and the memory and output device C and to which a position finding unit (GPS) is connected, is installed in the driver's cockpit. Several different microprocessors 8, M2, M3, M4 and MN are connected via the interfaces SS to the CAN-bus system B. The microprocessor M5 is the operating module and is connected by a separate access means to the CAN-bus system B via the interface SS. The operating module M5 receives signals from the remaining microprocessors connected to the CAN-bus system, selects the data which are to be transmitted to the controlling processor 1, compresses this data into a format adjusted to the capacity of the general or internally available radio transmission bands and sends it to the controlling processor 1. If the operating module M5 receives data transmitted from the controlling processor 1, it decompresses it, addresses it and sends it by the CAN-bus system B to the connected microprocessors. The subsequent equipping of an existing CAN-bus system B with an operating module M5 is easily possible without additional adjustments of the remaining bus components because of the simple connection to be made of the operating module M5 to the CAN-bus system B. Machines for which an operating module has not previously been available can be integrated in the entire machine system controlled by the controlling processor 1 without additional great effort in this way. The bidirectional communication of the operating module M5 does not only allow data to be transferred from an agricultural machine 2 to 7 to the controlling processor 1 but it is also possible to transmit from the controlling processor 1 directly to the CAN-bus system B. Thus it is also conceivable that critical limited time applications and operations be controlled directly by the controlling processor via the operating module M5. Thus the controlling processor 1 can address, e.g. certain desired commands or suggestions, directly to individual microprocessors connected to the CAN-bus system B.
Also it is possible to directly perform a diagnosis of machine components controlled by the microprocesors connected to the CAN-bus system by the controlling processor 1, if necessary under the direction of an external host computer or expert system. The controlling processor 1 can suggest to the machine operator the performance of maintenance or repair work via the operating module M5, the CAN-bus system B and the on-board computer 8 and support the resulting work by transmission of video images, sketches and work information. Such supporting image and text information could however be required by the machine operator by means of the on-board processor 8 from the controlling processor 1 which transmits that information by a storage device (CD-ROM, Diskette) or reads or retrieves it from an external host computer or expert system.
To transmit information, which the controlling processor demands or needs, the operating module M5 can either retrieve a data statement which the on-board computer 8 has prepared, or it can collect and itself prepare the required data via the CAN-bus system B. In this way the operating module M5 can convert a certain basis set reportable from the controlling processor 1 to information such as the actual position, filling degree of the storage or transport devices and diverse machine operating parameters and then actualize operation.
While the invention has been illustrated and described as embodied in a method of optimizing utilization of a group of agricultural machines, it is not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention.
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I have an iPad 2. Up until last Friday, I could send and receive email with no problem using the Apple email app (not the Xfinity app). All of a sudden, I can receive emails, but I cannot send. I don't receive and error message and the email looks like it was sent. Only the recipient of the email never gets the email.
I have tried everything. I was on the phone with Apple care and at the Apple store twice. I even went to the customers service office at Comcast to have someone try to fix this.
Just so you know, my server numbers are correct- outgoing is smtp.comcast.net and port 465. Incoming is mail.comcast.net and port 995.
I also added my husband's comcast account to my ipad as a test to see if the issue was my account or the iPad. I could send and receive emails from his email account on my ipad. I cannot send emails from my account on the same device.
I've been on the phone with tech support at comcast and that lead nowhere. I am currently chatting with another tech support person who seems to think the issue is the fact that I have two accounts on one iPad. That is not the case.
Does anyone know how to resolve this issue when the server ports are correct and another comcast account works just fine?
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I am having the exact same issue...and, from what I can see on line...there are a lot of people experiencing the same thing. Mine started right after I changed my password on my comcast email. I update the password on my mail app on the ipad. Now I can receive email, but not send.
I tried manually entering the new password on both the incoming and outgoing mail server areas. I've deleted the account and re-entered everything. No luck.
I am gradually moving everything over to gmail.
We are having the exact same issue, but with a twist. We both use the same home email with Comcast, and then have separate gmail accounts. Comcast mail on my iPad (3) works. Hers quit working on an iPad 2 after a password change but I also had to change it on mine. In addition, she can no longer send from her Android mobile but my iPhone is working. Makes no sense at all.
Maybe this can help someone, but it's obvious in the forums that solutions which work for one user may not be applicable to the next. I remembered that both of the problem devices were running Xfinity mail client which also provides Comcast email in addition to the native email client. I removed it as well as the Comcast sync account, shut down the device, reinstalled the mail account and it worked first attempt.
I've been documenting a similar problem in another thread. Worked for a bit, then stopped in July. I called support and it started working a few days later. Stopped working yesterday. Chat support was useless. I have changed nothing. it appears to be specific to my user account, as my wife's account works just fine on the iPad (as does gmail IMAP).
I find it interesting that my iPad email inbox messages stop at 7/4/2012, which is the exact date that I last had the problem. All the emails from that date have mysteriously disappeared from my iPad email inbox.
Despite Comcast denying the issue, I feel it must be rooted in their system. I had the problem on my IPad (2) and my husband's IPhone AND my Blackberry. The BB is the one that makes me know the problem is bigger than Apple. I am able to temporarily fix the problem by hand deleting and re-entering the email address and the password on both set up screens. It will then verify, send all waiting outgoing emails, download new stuff and then lock up again. There is a major glitch that is totally annoying. I was considering leaving Comcast, this will probably seal the deal. Luckily, I already have an AOL account I can step right into.
Just like last time, it started working again. I have no idea what happened and why it now works. I did nothting on my end.
I am having the same issue but not on an iPad - mine is on a laptop using the website e-mail. On my desktop there are no issues at all, but I'm using outlook there. Tried to call last night but waits were longer than usual - larger issue?
Make sure your Outgoing Mail Server is set to: smtp.comcast.net
Click on that to take you to next page so that you see "Primary Server" smtp.comcast.net On >
Click on that line to take you to the next page so that you see:
Server = ON
Outgoing Mail Server
Host Name = smtp.comcast.net
User Name = WhatEverYouChose
Password = EnterYourPasswordAgain
Use SSL = ON
Authenication = Password >
Click on "Done" at the top of the page
That should do it.
I checked all that before. Everything is set correctly. It still won't send mail.
I had the same problem; could not send email from my Comcast account on the Iphone. I recreated the account but changed the name field to my name (it had been Comcast) and kept just the description as Comcast. Voila, mail started going through. I then changed the name field back to Comcast and mail once again was not being delivered. It seems to be an issue with emails from a user called 'Comcast' being blocked (most likely spam). Whatever the reason, this fixed my issue.
Same impossibility of composing Comcast email on my ipad3. Noticed it today
When I refresh mail on my iPad 2 Comcast is only giving me two messages!
There might actually (when I check my PC) be dozens of new ones BUT it's
Only delivering TWO to the iPad!?
I have checked and triple checked my settings and they are exactly like all the forum techs say.
Don't tell me to use the Xfiinity app!
It drops ZERO emails in that! It is all set up correctly but while it will load the main, never used
Email accounts seldom recetied mail it won't give me the account we always use!
My mistake. Seems I had missed "Compose". Sorry 'bout that.
I have also had my Comcast mail not being sent from my iPad2. So I tried your suggestion about changing the name field and VOILA! It worked! A big hi-five to you buddy!
So, all you people who can't get their comcast mail to send on their iPads, go to settings/mail/comcast acct and change the name field right now! Yay!
Had the same issue used the name change and it works fine now. Thanks
Please, please tell customer support to tell us to change the name. A hour on the phone wasted
This thread has pictures of iOS 6 screenshots I made of mail settings:
Note that the name needs to be something other than Comcast. Use your real name or what you want people to see as your name.
The "description" field can be "Comcast", but the "name" field is what goes along as the easy to read text of who the messsage is from. It can be part of the spoofing of email, and Comcast seems to be checking that it isn't looking like the email came from them.
I had tried everything suggested here and nothing worked.
I changed my password using my laptop, then on my iPad, I changed the password on the actual Server page and anywhere it asked for the password.
For now it worked! We'll see how long it lasts.
Anneakay, on your iPad (and your laptop if it's a Mac), you need to change the password on both the incoming mail and the outgoing mail. Set it in two places.
You're welcome. For people who are reading this later, the Apple email clients need the password set in two places - incoming and outgoing. This ends up being a feature and not a bug. For example, I use my Comcast account for outgoing for some of my accounts on other email servers.
This setting of the password in two places is for the Mail app on Mac OS X (desktops and laptops) as well as the built-in email client for iOS for iPhone, iPod, and iPad.
Thx!!!!! This worked for me.
I had a problem of not being able either send or receive comcast email on my iPhone5 after a password change despite being able to successfuly change the password on my iMac, iPad and Macbook air. The Genius Bar tech had me log on to the xfinity (comcast) site using Safari on the device (in this case my iPhone). Why don't you try this from your iPad? Then after successfully loggin on via Safari, go back to your mail program and try again. He said you may need to do this 4-5 times. For some reason after a password change doing this makes comcast recognized your device as legitimate.
Why can I not send E-Mails from my I-Pad2?
maryloufaso wrote:
Why can I not send E-Mails from my I-Pad2?
Have you tried the seetings I showed in the screenshots? Have you set the password for both incoming mail and outgoing mail? Is the NAME field something other than Comcast?
Changing the account name did the trick for me too. Thank you for the tip
I had to change my password as the ipad password had to have one uppercase letter. I am now able to receive and send from my ipad. Thank you. Mary C Faso.
Thank you so much! Such a simple solution to a crazy headache!
Mine worked until I tried to sync accounts. Why doesn't Comcast just have an app for email. I will probably have to go to gmail too so I can manage mail on iPhone and computer.
For Iphone, IPad, and IPod, you can use the xfinityConnect application for email.
Thanks cmgreer3! This worked for both my iPad 3 and my iPhone 5! (copied from the instructions since it didn't link it like I thought it would.
This is what cmgreer3 said to do:
Make sure your Outgoing Mail Server is set to: smtp.comcast.net
Click on that to take you to next page so that you see "Primary Server" smtp.comcast.net On >
Click on that line to take you to the next page so that you see:
Server = ON
Outgoing Mail Server
Host Name = smtp.comcast.net
User Name = WhatEverYouChose
Password = EnterYourPasswordAgain
Use SSL = ON
Authenication = Password >
Click on "Done" at the top of the page
That should do it.
Follow the link below to see screenshots showing that info:
Note that the name field cannot be Comcast.
You may need to change your Comcast password everywhere to have both uppercase and lowercase letters. And maybe a digit.
Apple email clients need to have the password set in two places - incoming and outgoing.
YES! ..It worked. I believe I found 3 places for passwords. Also I changed my iCloud mail password to the same password When I set up my account at the apple store. Thanks sooooo much.
Thanks so much, I entered my password under outgoing and it worked! It worked fine without for some time so Comcast must have changed something.
my issue has been resolved. Not sure what I did, but it now is sending and receiving mail. Thanks
I use comcast email on a laptop and on a new ipad and iphone. Works fine on laptop, but on Iphone and ipad I can't send email. Looks like other people have had the same problem. I've tried everything written and a few things that aren't, but nothing helps. I just have a line-up of emails that can't be sent. Help
Are you positive that
- for smtp.comcast.net you are using port 465 with SSL and password authentication
- the name field is your name and not Comcast
- the username is your Comcast user name without the @comcast.net
- the server setting is ON
- your password is typed correctly and contains an upper and lower case letter as well as a digit
- you don't have a signature with a phone number or web address in it (sometimes the mail server drops mail silently if there is something that triggers a spam filter; but you said the mail just doesn't go out)
Have you force quit Mail and started it again?
Apple email clients need to have the password set and saved in two places - incoming and outgoing - and the ports are different.
Outgoing settings should look like this:
After looking further in the forums, I went to settings and found several places for my password. I made sure all passwords were the same for incoming and outgoing mail. So my problem is solved,thank you.
i deleted my yahoo server account, deleted my comcast server accound then reentered the comcast info and now it works. who knows why!
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