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John Deere

Operation Center

Guide

Table of Contents:

Navigating the Map:

Add Equipment:

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Creating a New Field:

Drawing the Boundary:

Creating a Job:

Adding a Product:

User Menu:

Notification Center:

Using the Tools:

Agronomic Report:

Field Analyzer:

Permissions Report:

Remote Display Access Report:

Prescription Creator by Agrian:

Menu Button:

Files:

Organization:

Terminals:

Setup Builder:

John Deere Software Manager:

John Deere Data Manager:

5 Ways to Upload Data:

Functionality of a Staff Member:

Set Staff Roles for Agronomic Data (My Files)

Set Staff Roles for Machine Data (My Equipment/JDLink™ telematics system):

Functionality of a Partnership:

Machine Optimization:

Agronomic Decision Making:

Work Collaborator:

Partnership Capabilities:

Navigating the Map: ● The icon is located in the top left hand side of the screen.

● At the upper right hand side of the map there is the option to have a Map layout or a

Satellite layout.

● There is a column of 4 boxes.

○ The top box allows you to see everything that is included in your operation.

■ All fields and equipment will be available to see on the map

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○ The second box has a plus sign in it, and that box allows the user to zoom in on

the map by clicking it.

○ The third box has a minus sign in it, and that box allows the user to zoom out on

the map by clicking it.

■ Zooming in and out can also be done by scrolling with your mouse.

○ The last black box called Map Layers allows you to choose what you want on

display on your field such as: Equipment, Location History, Fields, Weather, and

Jobs. The weather icon allows you to see the temperature, wind speed and

direction, precipitation levels, and a 5 day forecast ( click on the temperature and

wind speed)

● Add Equipment:

Non-JDlink equipment.

● Click on the tractor icon on the left

side of the map page

● Click the plus sign

● Fill out the following information

○ Equipment Name

○ Make

○ Type

○ Model

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● The click Add Equipment

● Creating a New Field:

Fields can also be added by uploading data

● When creating a new field.

● Locate your field on the map.

● Click the field icon on the left side

of the screen.

● Locate and click the plus sign.

● Under the field details you will need

to type a field name in.

● Click the client name (if the client

name is not there click add client).

● Click the farm and select the farm

(if the farm name is not there click

add farm name).

● Under the Boundary Information

(Optional) type in how the

boundary will be added: Ex: Drawn,

Implement.

● Drawing the Boundary:

● Draw a Polygon

Polygons work the best if your fields are oddly shaped.

○ To create a polygon, click to drop points around

the edge of the field

○ To complete the polygon, click on the first point

you made.

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● Draw a Circle boundary

○ Select the circle. Click the middle of the field,

more towards the edge of the field

○ Click when you have the circle the right size.

○ If at any point the circle is the wrong size you

can resize the boundary.

○ If you had the circle correct before you adjusted

the size of the circle a box with an arrow in it will

appear next to the boundary which will allow

you to undo your last adjustment.

● Drawing a Square Boundary

○ Select the box with a square in it, click

on the edge of the field to make the first

point, move the mouse to adjust the

size of the square until the square is the

correct size, click again to complete the

square.

○ At any point the square is the wrong

size you can resize the boundary by

clicking one of the little white circles in

the boundary and move them.

○ If you had a square that was the correct size before you adjusted the size

of the square. A box with an arrow in it will appear next to the boundary

which will allow you to undo your last adjustment.

● If you are not satisfied with the boundary you have made, you can click clear

boundary, which will allow you to make a new boundary.

● Once have made the boundary, click add field, and your field will now appear on

your map.

● Creating a Job:

● Before you can create a job you must

have a field set up on the map.

● Once you have done that you can click on

the jobs icon on the left side of the screen.

● Click on the plus sign, select what year

you did the job, select what type of job it

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is. Ex: Harvest, Seeding, Application, Tillage, Other.

● Select where the job is happening or what field.

● Then select your product that you are using.

● You then have the option to add a prescription, details, equipment/people,

guidance lines or notes. (None of these are required)

● Click Add to create the job.

● Adding a Product:

● Click the Product Icon on the left

side of the map screen

● Click the Plus sign

● Search for your product. If you

can’t find it, click the plus to add

a product.

● Add a Category Ex: Chemical/

Fertilizer, Variety

● Click Add Product

● User Menu:

● Go to MyJohnDeere Account: this

takes you back to the first page you get to after you login.

● Edit Profile: allows you to change your password, change your challenge

question ( If you forget your Password), Change Account Merge Preference,

Personal Information

● User Preferences: this is where you can set the Preferred Organization

○ If you have more than one or are a staff member for someone else’s

● Organization Preferences: Organization Details (Name, Address), Setting (Time

zone, Unit of Measure, Yield Preference, Support Partner Organization, Terminal

Retrieval Options, Manual Data Routing, and Field Detection) File Naming

(Selected Preset, Available Presets) Data Usage (Machine Data for John Deere

Use, Production Data to Provide You Services and for Anonymized Internal John

Deere Use, Anonymized Machine/Production Data for External Sharing.

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● Terms of Use: Terms and Conditions

● Create a New Organization: Make a New Organization

● Contact Us: Give Feedback

● Help: Takes you too John Deere Operation Center Guide, Click Operation Center

on the left side of page for more options

● Logout: Logout of your

profile

● Notification Center:

● The notification center lets you know when something changes inside of your

operation center.

● When you click on the bell, it will bring up the notification page.

● This page is color coded.

○ Red is high priority

○ Yellow is medium priority

○ Grey is low priority

○ Blue is information

● Inside the notification center is where you accept partnership requests or more

information requests.

● When there is a new notification, a red circle with a number will appear on the

bell.

● This number tells you have many new notifications there are on your account.

Using the Tools:

Located in the tools icon at the top left of the screen.

In the tools section, you will see options the icons Agronomic Report, Field Analyzer,

Permissions Report, Remote Display Access Report and Prescription Creator by Agrian. Each

of these tabs can be clicked on. Below are detailed descriptions of how to use each application.

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● Agronomic Report:

● To access your Agronomic Report, click on the Agronomic Report icon,

● Choose the report you want (choose from Agronomic Report drop down and crop

season dropdown)

● Choose the settings that you want (Date range, Fields, Products)

● Field Analyzer:

Visually compare field information between multiple fields.

● To access the Field Analyzer, click on the Field Analyzer icon.

● Choose what field you would like to look at.

● Change the operation and layer for the field. Ex: Yield, Yield Contour, Wet

Weight, and Moisture.

● If you want to compare one field with another, click the compare button and an

identical screen will pop up and you can choose a different operation or layer

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● Permissions Report:

● To access the Permissions Report, click on the Permissions Report icon.

● See who has access to what information of yours.

● Each column shows a different level of access. If someone has access to what

the column has described, there will be a check mark in the row of their name.

● You have the option to export to CSV or print. Exporting it will place it into an

excel document and printing it will allow you to print the report.

● Remote Display Access Report:

● To access the Remote Display Access Report, click on the Remote Display

Access Report icon

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● See how the remote display access is being used in your farm.

● See the user, start time, time used, which machine was used and other details

about your machine usage.

● Choose a date range to see the specific usage of a machine in a certain time

period.

● You can also export this report to an excel file by clicking Export to CSV.

● Prescription Creator by Agrian:

● To access the Prescription Creator, click on the Remote Display Access Report

icon

● By clicking on this tab, you are taken to the Agrian website.

● You may click login with MyJohnDeere and it will take you to create a

prescription.

● You must then select an organization,client, farm, field and farm boundary. If you

don’t have an option for one of these, YOU MUST CREATE IT IN THE

OPERATION CENTER.

● Then choose a layer. (Field Operation, Free Form Zones, or Soil Survey)

● Click Next, a screen will show you your field. You may see/edit the zones that

have been created in your field. (you cannot edit zones if you are using Soil

Survey layer)

● Click next again. Add a column, choose seeding or application and the rates that

you want to apply.

● Click save. A notification will pop up saying you may close out of this screen. Do

that.

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● After that, the prescription will be sent to your files in the Operation Center

waiting for you to send them to a machine for use.

● Here is a video to walk you through the process as well.

○ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fin5Or8JY8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fin5Or8JY8

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Menu Button:

● Files:

● In files, you can view your files.

● If you select a file, you will have the option to share, download, send to

equipment, or archive a file.

● There is also an option for adding a file manually.

● Organization:

Descriptions of each functionality for a staff/partner are detailed later in this document

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● In the organization tab, you can view/edit your staff or your partners.

● Staff

○ To add a staff member, click the plus button in the staff tab and type in

the email and choose what role you want the person to have.

○ To edit a staff member’s roles, click on the name of the person you want

to edit and choose edit roles. Proceed to choose what capabilities you

want them to have.

○ To remove a staff member, click on the name of the person you want to

remove and choose remove user.

● Partner

○ To add a partner, click the plus button in the partner tab. Then choose if

you want to share or request information and type in their email address.

○ You can then choose what capabilities you want to share/have with that

partner

○ You will not become a partner with them until they accept the invitation.

○ Once the partnership has been accepted you must logout and login to

make the partnership appear.

○ You can delete a partner at any time by clicking on the box by their name

and then the trash can.

■ DO NOT DELETE PARTNERSHIP WITH CUSTOMER IF THEY

OWN A TERMINAL. You cannot retrieve it after a partnership is

deleted.

○ When changing partnership permissions click on the partner you wish to

alter, then edit permissions in the machine optimization, agronomic

decision making and work collaborator tabs. Select what permissions you

want and click save.

○ Requesting More Access:

■ Click on desired partner’s name

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■ Choose partner access. Choose edit and click on permissions you

wish to receive.

■ Click save and a notification will be sent to the partner for them to

accept your request.

○ How to support your partners:

■ As a default, John Deere makes it so that you don’t support

partners. To change this:

● Click on organization preferences (right hand drop down).

● Click settings. Edit. Click on Organization supports

partners. Save.

● You will now be able to support your partners and access

the shared information

● Terminals:

Terminals must be transferred to customer account by dealer.

● In the terminal tab, you can view or transfer the terminals in your account.

● To transfer, click the check mark by the machine you desire then click the

transfer button near the top of the screen. (The Terminal must be apart of your

organization)

● It will ask you if you want to include machine data. If the machine is new, you

may click yes. If it is used, click no, don’t send because a previous owner's data

may still be on the machine.

● Choose what organization you would like to send it to.

● Click review. A screen will show up reviewing the transfer. If everything looks

good, click transfer. Otherwise click back and fix what is wrong.

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● Setup Builder:

You must have a product, machine and implement, and field to create.

● Go to the setup builder which is located in the dropdown.

● Select your product, your tractor and implement that you will use, your field that

you want to create the file for and then the operator that will be performing the

task (this doesn’t need to be done, but you can if you want.)

● Name what you want the file to be called in the Profile Name.

● Then select the monitor that your piece of equipment has so that it can make it

compatible with it.

● Press create file and the file will be automatically sent to tractor that you have

assigned.

● John Deere Software Manager:

● Go to John Deere Software Manager which is located in the dropdown.

● Download the application if not already done, otherwise open the application

● Once the download is complete, open up the application that was downloaded.

● Go through the installation process.

● Click download to download the latest files.

● Select the drive you want to be able to sync to a USB device. Click sync and it

will go onto the USB device.

● Remove the USB and place into the monitor that needs software.

● Install the software.

● Once Done,upload the software version to John Deere. Plug the USB back into

your computer and click upload inside the John Deere Software Manager

application

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● John Deere Data Manager:

● Go to John Deere Data Manager which is located in the dropdown.

● Download the application if not already done, otherwise open the application

● Once the download is complete, open up the application that was downloaded.

● Go through the installation process.

● Once done, it will prompt you to log in to your My John Deere account.

● It will bring you back to the John Deere Data Manager.

● Proceed to find the files you want to upload, then select who you want to upload

them too. Once done, click upload and the files will upload the that organization

on the Operation Center.

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● 5 Ways to Upload Data:

● WDT (Wireless Data Transfer)

○ Machine has active JDLink subscription

○ MTG (Machine Telematics Gateway) has to be connected to the 2630 or

4600 display with an Ethernet cable

● Apex backup

● Mobile Apps

○ Harvest Mobile

○ SeedStar Mobile

● USB stick

○ Have to have Data Manager downloaded

● MDT (Mobile Data Transfer)

○ This is a USB stick with WiFi

○ Have to download smartphone app and connect

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Functionality of a Staff Member: http://dlrdoc.deere.com/sales/salesmanual/en_NA/ams/2016/feature/my_jd/staff_roles.ht

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● Must be the original member to edit the profile

● Invite new staff members into the organization via email

● Set Staff Roles for Agronomic Data (My Files)

● None

● No authorization for agronomic data.

● No option to see files

● Can’t see fields

● Tools Available:

○ Remote Display Access and Prescription Creator

○ Can’t run prescription creator because you don’t have access to enough

information

● Logistics

● Authorized to upload, download, and send to machines setup and prescription

information. Not authorized to view documentation data or sharing relationships.

○ Can’t share information

○ Can still add information

○ Can’t access the setup builder

○ Can’t see the Job tab


○ Can see Remote Display Access Report and Prescription Creator

● Editor

● Authorized to take all actions on all production and agronomic data. Not

authorized to establish or request sharing relationships.

○ Meaning you can’t add,delete, or edit partners or staff members


○ Has access to all tools

● Admin

● Authorized to take all actions on production and agronomic data, and manage

the sharing permission relationships.


○ Access to all tools

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● Set Staff Roles for Machine Data (My Equipment/JDLink™ telematics

system):

● None

○ No authorization for agronomic data.

○ No option to see equipment

● Subscriber

○ Authorized to view settings, landmarks, driving directions for authorized

equipment, org preferences and staff.

○ Can view but can’t edit

● Manager

○ Authorized to view and change settings, landmarks, driving directions for

authorized equipment and org preferences and staff.

○ Meaning you can’t edit how the information is transferred from machine to

Operation Center

○ Can’t see the terminals

● Admin

○ Authorized to view and change settings, landmarks, driving directions, org

preferences and manage access to machine information.

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Functionality of a Partnership: http://dlrdoc.deere.com/sales/salesmanual/en_NA/ams/2016/feature/my_jd/partner_share

_permission.html

Approve access for partner organizations or request access from customer organizations-

partnerships can be requested and/or approved from either party wishing to enter the

partnership with these specific permissions available:

● Machine Optimization:

(All or none)

● By sharing machines, a partner is allowed to see basic details such as the

machine’s location, subscriptions, and connected display information. Machines

also must be shared in order to grant the partner extended abilities, such as

Remote Display Access, send files via Wireless Data Transfer, or view Location

History information. Each of these extended abilities can be granted within the

Work Collaborator permission settings.

● Agronomic Decision Making:

With all fields or field-by-field control.

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● All Fields and Production Data

○ By selecting the All Fields and Production Data option, the partner will

also be granted access to raw documentation files, including any Cotton

or TimberMatic files.

○ Selecting this option will automatically share any additional fields that are

added to the organization in the future.

○ Sharing fields grants a partner access to the associated boundaries,

guidance lines and operational data

● Individual Field

○ Sharing an individual field will not grant access to documentation files, but

will allow the partner to export shapefiles for that field.

○ Sharing fields grants a partner access to the associated boundaries,

guidance lines and operational data

● No Fields or Production Data

○ By not selecting this option, your partner will not have access to your

fields. They will also not be able to create a setup file or view, create, or

edit a job because a job requires a field to be associated with it.

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● Work Collaborator:

● Remote Display Access

○ Ability to remotely view capable onboard displays of machines for support

purposes. Requires machine permissions.

● View Location History

○ Access to see Location History lines for machines that have the capability

and have also been shared. Requires machine permissions.

● Send files to Machines

○ Ability to wirelessly send setup files and prescriptions to machines.

Requires machine permissions, view prescription for prescription files,

and create setup for setup files.

● View Prescription

○ Access to view, upload and download prescription files.

● Create Setup

○ Access to create, view, upload and download setup files.

● View Jobs

○ Ability to view jobs and Job Monitor for fields that have been shared.

● Create and edit jobs

Ability to create and edit jobs for fields that have been shared.

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Partnership Capabilities: ● No Fields or Production Data

Cannot create a setup with no fields

Cannot view, create, or edit a job without having a field to associate with a job

● machine optimization, send files to machine, create setup

○ can see setup files

○ can send files to machine

○ No option to see fields

● Machine optimization, send files to machine, create setup, remote display access

○ Can see setup files

○ Can send files to the machine


○ Can have remote display access

○ No doc files

● Machine optimization, send files to machine, create setup, view location history



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○ Can view location history

○ No doc files

● Machine optimization, send files to machine, create setup, remote display

access, view location history






○ No doc files


access, view location history, view jobs






○ No doc files

○ Job tab is available but no jobs show up


access, view location history, view jobs, create and edit jobs






○ No doc files


○ Can create/edit jobs, but still no jobs


access, view location history, view jobs, create and edit jobs, view prescription


○ Can see prescription file





○ No doc files


○ Can create/edit jobs, but still no jobs

● Machine optimization, create setup, create and edit jobs, send files to the

machine

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○ Can view, edit or create jobs

○ No prescription/doc files


○ No location history/display access

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● All fields and Production Data

● Machine optimization

○ view field analyzer

○ view doc files

● machine optimization & view prescription:

○ able to view Rx file

○ not able to send files to machine

○ Can see .doc file

● machine optimization & send files to machine

○ Can only see doc files, No Rx/setup

○ Can send doc file to machine

● Machine optimization & create setup

○ Can see setup/doc files

○ Not able to send files to machine

● Machine optimization, create setup & view prescription

○ Can see all files

○ Cannot send files

● machine optimization, send files to machine, & view prescription

○ able to view Rx/doc files

○ Able to send files to machine

○ not able to view setup files

● Machine optimization, send files to machine, view prescription & create setup

○ Can see all files

○ Cannot send files

● machine optimization & send files to machine

○ can only see doc files

○ cannot see Rx or setup files

○ Can send files to machine

● Machine Optimization & Remote display access

○ Can see doc files

○ Can view remote display access

● Machine Optimization & View Location History

○ Can see location history


● Machine Optimization, View Location History, & Remote Display Access



○ Has access to remote display

● Machine Optimization, view location history, remote display access, & Send files





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● Machine Optimization, view location history, remote display access, view

prescription & Send files

○ Can see doc and Rx files





prescription, create setup & Send files

○ Can see doc, setup and Rx files




○ Can create a setup


prescription, create setup, view jobs & Send files






○ Can view jobs


prescription, create setup, view jobs, create and edit jobs & Send files






○ Can view, edit and create jobs

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