The FendtOne operator interface has been expanded to more tractors in the Fendt lineup.
The system was released on the 700 Gen 6 last year, then during The Farm Progress show in Decatur, Illinois, this summer the company announced it will now also be a standard feature on the Fendt 300, Fendt 500, Fendt 900 and the Fendt 1000 series tractors.
Daniel Smith, senior marketing manager at Fendt, said FendtOne is the general overarching name for the complete operator interface.
“It’s basically a new upgraded armrest with more customizability, new displays and new software to replace that Vario terminal and architecture that we used to have,” Smith said.
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He said with FendtOne all controls the operator need, including tractor, hitch and implement controls, are on the armrest or multi-function joystick.
“Everything’s kind of like right at your fingertips for operating a machine, and now we’ve also got instead of just one display we’ve actually got up to three displays to visualize all that information that’s coming into the tractor from the implement, from all these different sources of information,”
He said customizability is an important feature so operators can decide which buttons engage specific functions and that the button controls are color-matched, and they appear on the tractor’s display using the same color-coding.
Within FendtOne, operators can buy a software package that can automate all the operations done at headland turns, including slowing the tractor down, changing engine rpm, disengaging and lifting the implement.
“TI Headland, the kind of overarching software within that, actually takes it one step further. It actually allows the tractor to be completely turned around and completely steered by the computer by GPS reference position as well,” Smith said.
He said he’s operated a tractor equipped with TI Headland and there was very little operator engagement required to perform tillage.
“I put the implement down in the ground and pushed go. I never touched the steering wheel or any of the controls until I got about eight passes of tillage. So, it’s a very automated way of getting work done with machines,” Smith said.
FendOne also helps operators manage their machine and agronomic data. Staff, machine use, and job orders can be logged into the system and the field boundaries and way-lines are recorded.
“The data is very important that we’re collecting and getting that data off, getting that data correct, is becoming an important aspect of what Fendt and Agco is all about.”
