Truesight is a feeler-based row guidance control system. It feels rows of stalks and guides the combine down the row.

All Truesight systems include the following basic components:

1. Crop sensor – mounts on header
2. Wheel angle sensor - mounts on rear axle
3. Main wiring harness
4. Base controller – sits on cab floor
5. Remote controller – serves as operator interface
6. System-specific mounting and installation hardware.

Yes, in fact, many of our customers appreciate Truesight the most in their worst conditions. We have not yet found conditions where Truesight will not work as long as the header snout tips stay below the crop. Truesight will continue to guide the combine based on the bases of the stalks – even when the operator cannot see the rows. In down corn conditions the operator may want to consider our exclusive Foresight technology for optimum performance.

There are three ways to engage Truesight:

1. Press the 'steering-wheel' button on the remote controller
2. Press the footswitch
3. Lower the header (if auto-engage is enabled)
   The system may be disengaged in the same three ways – also by operator override (moving the steering wheel).

Truesight will work with most steering valves or motors from any major manufacturer. It has not yet been released for use with the JD AutoTrac Universal steering wheel unit. Common systems are JD AutoTrac, CIH AccuGuide, NH IntelliSteer, Trimble AutoPilot and EZ-Steer, Outback Edrive, and AutoFarm Ontrac. If you have any questions about your specific system, please contact Headsight.

Existing steering valve systems (Example JD AutoTrac, CNH AccuGuide)

Truesight tees into the OEM guidance harness between the controller and the steering valve. The signal from the existing controller is then routed through the Truesight controller so that Truesight decides whether the existing controller or Truesight has control of the steering valve. When Truesight is engaged, it has control, when it is disengaged, the existing controller has control of the steering valve.

Truesight controls the steering motor directly. The Truesight harness will have a connection to plug the motor into, when using Truesight, unplug the motor from the OEM guidance harness and plug it into the Truesight harness. When using GPS guidance, plug the motor into the OEM guidance harness.

No, Truesight does not need any GPS receiver or controller; it is an independent control system. If the combine is equipped with a GPS steering system it will have full and ordinary control whenever Truesight is disengaged. When Truesight is engaged, it takes over control of the steering operation.

Truesight is designed to be a corn row-guidance control system and we currently have limited support for other applications. We have had several customers who have adapted the system for use in other crops.

There are three main reasons that we chose to use a single crop sensor.

1. Performance – our testing found that a single sensor works better in down, lodged, or weedy crop. The two arms acting on a single sensor forces its way though tangled conditions more evenly (and therefore straighter) than a dual-sensor design.
2. Simplicity – there are fewer components to install with a single sensor design.
3. History – the single sensor design is based on the successful Tri-R Innovations design (which Headsight has purchased). Tri-R pioneered corn row guidance more than two decades ago.

There is a reverse spring trip mechanism that, in combination with the poly sensing arms, prevents damage to the sensor – much like the Headsight corn height control systems.

All parts and components are covered for one full year.

Availability is good. We plan to ship any current orders by mid-summer. Many common systems are in stock; custom systems will require a few week lead time.

You will need to know the following to place an order:

1. Combine make and model
2. Combines existing auto-guidance system (if any)
3. Header make, model, and row spacing (and possibly model year)

Like all Headsight products, you may purchase Truesight at your local combine or technology dealer, or directly through Headsight.