John Deere GreenStar™ 3 2630 Display Specifications

GS3 2630 Displays were Manufactured by John Deere from 2010 to 2018?

Previous Model: GS2 2100/2600 Display

Newer Model: Gen 4 4640 Universal Display

Also in Series: GS3 Command Center

Operators Manual: Search techpubs.deere.com for “AMS 2630” or OMPFP22481

Online Display Simulator displaysimulator.deere.com

Display

A 10.4 inch? Touchscreen
(50% smaller bezel, 30% brighter screen, in comparison to 2100/2600)

C LED Light: Green (powered on normal operation); Orange (shutting down, standby, out of temperature range); Red (display not operational)

800 MB Internal Flash Memory

Approximate Physical Dimensions: 10.5 in length, 9.75 in height, 3 in depth; weight 4.85 lb

Serial Number / Tag / Hardware Revisions

Product Label with Serial Number and Date code is located in the backside of the display

Date Code is the date of manufacture (or remanufacture): First two digits year of manufacture, Last two digits week of manufacture. Example: Date Code 1504 was manufactured in 2015 on the fourth week of the year

Hardware Revision is indicated by the seventh digit in the serial number

Software

3.36.1073 (18-1) Latest release
Spring 2018, no longer under active development

StellarSupport may show newer updates, however this is not display software, it is updates for connected controllers such as StarFire™ GPS Receivers and GreenStar™ Rate Controllers
Download 2630 software from StellarSupport.com

Prior versions: 3.34.2001 (DTAC release 2017), 3.4.1338, 3.34, 3.33.1455 (16-2), 3.32.1226 (16-1), 3.28.1186 (15-1), 3.25.1152 (14-2), 3.22.1095 (14-1), 3.16.1174 (13-1), 3.10.1320 (12-2), 3.10.1390 (12-1), 3.4.1338 (11-2), 3.1.1475 (11-1)

Pricing and Activations

Activations are a one-time fee. Users can purchase activations from their John Deere dealer or used in the secondary market and have a dealer transfer them. User provides dealer display serial number and challenge code, dealer generates a 26-digit activation code, user enters 26-digit code into display. Most activations had 15 hours of demonstration time from the factory.

$5,895 MSRP w/ BASICS activation only

• BASICS (required for all operation of display, cannot be purchased)
• AutoTrac™ $3,500
  AutoTrac™ SF1 Upgrade to AutoTrac™ Activation $350
  No longer offered: AutoTrac™ SF1 $3,000, AutoTrac™ SF2 $5,250 differential pricing was changed to just AutoTrac™ in 2014 to accommodate any signal level)
• John Deere Section Control $3,000
• RowSense™ $3,000
• iTEC™ Pro $2,500
• Machine Sync $1,500
• iGuide™ $1,000
• Surface Water Pro™ $2,995
• Surface Water Pro™ Plus $3,245
• PivotPro $1,500
• GreenStar™ 2 to GreenStar™ 3 Activation Upgrade $350 (transfer of any activation from a 1800/2100/2600 display to a 2630 display or GS3 Command Center)
• N Sensing / Greenseeder $Free
• iSteer™ (No longer offered: now Active Implement Guidance activation located on Application Controller)

Connections

B/E (2) USB 2.0 Ports (right side, for data transfer, reprogramming, computer mouse or keyboard)

A (2) Display mounting holes for mounting bracket (accommodates M6x12 metric wing bolts)

B Secondary navigation buttons – up/down, accept/cancel, screenshot/reset

C Display connector – connects display to machine wiring harness for power and communication

D Video connector – connects up to 3 wired NTSC cameras to the display

F Ethernet connector (M12 industrial) – additional machine communication and cloud connectivity

G USB connector (M12 industrial) – factory use only

Speaker (user replaceable)

Data

Setup Data and Recorded Data is structured for import or export to a USB Flash Drive as follows:
GS3_2630 folder -> ProfileName folder -> RCD folder

Power

• Operator Power (regular operation) 6a max, <1.0a typical
• Standby 0.5a max
• Hibernate 1.0ma max

Attachment / Add-ons

• Display Control remote PF80856
• GreenStar™ Lightbar
• Display harnesses PF90687 / PF90688
• Dual display bracket for mounting a GSD4 / Brownbox display side by side PF90430
• FieldDoc Connect add-on RS232 serial port harness
• Cornerpost bracket
• Outdoor Cover – South America PFP13002

Limitations / Known Issues

• Operating Temperature -4 F to 158 F
• Storage Temperature -40 F to 185 F
• Meets ISOBUS 11783 VT3 Compatibility Standard (newer display software increases functionality)
• Only one USB drive may be inserted at a time
• Recommend 32GB or less USB drive (FAT/FAT32 File System), large flash drives take longer to be recognized
• Will not work with AHD cameras
• Maximum of 16 sections for Section Control
• Maximum of 20 characters for shapefile zone rates and names
• Maximum of 254 rates allowed in one shapefile
• Maximum of 125 shapefiles per UDSB Flash Drive
• Special symbols such as !@#$%^&* and even ‘(apostrophe) created in desktop software may cause file corruptions in recording, these symbols are generally greyed out on the on-screen keyboard
• Task Templates (group setting of machine, implement, task, etc.) may not function properly. Task Templates created in Apex™ generally start with a “v” at the beginning of the task name
• Touchscreen air bubbles / fluid leaking – John Deere Remanufacturing (repair service began in 2018), AgExpress, or other third parties can repair. Revision K and higher displays changed from optical bonding material to air gap design to reduce touch screen longevity issues
• Red X when loading data to or from flash drive – flash drive may be going bad or have corrupt files, try another
• Display loses activations – your John Deere Dealer can re-activate, recommend software update
• Slow performance – delete all data off display and re-load setup data, ask your John Deere Dealer about a Field Reprogram or Factory Reprogram
• Certain functions are greyed out – always use accept or cancel buttons on pop-up windows, Menu – GreenStar may bring pop-up back, or warm/cold boot display
• Maximum mapping size for a single field/operation: Generally 1,000-1,500 acres, may be as little as 250 acres with SideKick Pro ISO, 530 acres with 8R30 Corn Header
• Settings not saving at shutdown – settings are saved upon display shutdown, ensure unstitched power is available and not removed until 10 seconds after complete shutdown
• Wireless Data Transfer does not transfer last field map – WDT transfers upon changing fields, operator did not change out of the last field
• Video image from camera flickers, only 1 camera and ethernet cable recommended to be connected at a time
• ISOBUS AEF Certification mode disables Original GreenStar™
• Access Manager forgotten passwords can be recovered via a diagnostic address, see your local John Deere Dealer
• Display will lock up if pulling SeedStar™ planter with hydraulic drive in down position and not actually planting
• Flags cannot be deleted on display individually, only on desktop software
• Display is not rated for open station or outdoor use, however part number PFP13002 was available in some regions
• Should USB ports become inoperable, dealer may be able to recover data through DTAC
• Revision J requires at minimum 16-2 software
• Revision H requires at minimum 16-1 software
• Operating SeedStar™ 2 Planters requires at minimum version 10 software on SeedStar™ controllers / wedgeboxes
• Factory reprogram will reset display hours to 0