Fendt Variotronic: next-generation electronics on the 800 Vario

With the new 800 Vario, Fendt is presenting an entirely newly designed and innovative electronic system: the Fendt Variotronic system.
The new terminal, available in two different versions, impresses with its user-friendly, flat-structure menu and the practical benefits of touchscreen technology.

For the first time, a single terminal combines tractor control, management of ISOBUS-compatible implements, VarioGuide guidance and VarioDoc documentation, also with a common control logic.

Fendt Variotronic: 100 percent Fendt

The new Fendt Variotronic system is 100% developed by Fendt. Customers' requirements for controls and electronic systems have increased significantly.

On the one hand, they want more adjustment options and functions; on the other, they want greater simplicity.

Fendt says it has succeeded in meeting these seemingly contradictory requirements. Because of the many ways a tractor can be used, Fendt offers two versions of the new terminal: the 7-inch Vario terminal and the large 10,4-inch Vario terminal, both following the same control logic.

Moving forward with everything under control

According to the German manufacturer, integrating the new terminal into the multifunction armrest ensures a high level of operating comfort and avoids unnecessary movements by the driver compared with the terminal. The new terminal can be operated via the touchscreen as well as via buttons and a control dial.

The driver therefore decides how to make settings: quickly and intuitively via the touchscreen or, on uneven ground or with dirty hands, via the buttons and the dial

For the first time, the large 10,4-inch Vario terminal integrates tractor control, control of ISOBUS-compatible implements, the new VarioGuide guidance system, the VarioDoc documentation system and an electronic user guide.

It thus offers consistent control logic through a flat menu structure.

It is also possible to display images from two video cameras, for example for reversing assistance or implement monitoring.

The flat menu structure results in a marked reduction in the number of terminal pages, while functionality is increased. The 10,4-inch screen has a display area more than three times larger and can show up to four applications at the same time.

The high-resolution screen and automatic brightness adjustment ensure optimal screen visibility in all conditions.

VarioGuide: always on the right track

The new VarioGuide guidance system, also 100% produced by Fendt engineers, has been fully integrated into the new terminal. In addition to the American GPS satellites, this system uses the Russian GLONASS satellite system and also meets the requirements for using the upcoming European Galileo system.

This ensures significantly higher signal availability.

In addition to the functions of the previous AutoGuide system, the new guidance system enables automated U-turns, activating headland management at the optimal moment. The driver no longer needs to intervene.

With the VarioGuide system, using the well-known OmniStar correction services and the mobile reference station is faster and more reliable, with a range of up to five kilometers.

Beyond that, other signal correction services are available: a stationary RTK beacon, whose signal has a range of 30 kilometers, as well as the NTRIP system, which receives correction signals via the mobile phone network.

This significantly increases the reliability of signal quality at all levels of accuracy.

Fendt VarioDoc: the professional farm management system

For farms, documentation is the main basis of modern business management. Furthermore, regulations such as the traceability principle make data recording mandatory.

VarioDoc makes it possible to record and document this data simply and in a minimum of time by integrating it into the Vario terminal.

Data is transmitted conveniently and securely via Bluetooth. Field records remain stored in the terminal until the transfer is fully completed.

VarioDoc is compatible with the field management software from BASF, Helm and now also agrocom and Landata-Eurosoft. Fendt thus becomes the first agricultural machinery manufacturer to offer a documentation system compatible with different management software.

Since communication is based on the ISOXML standard, compatibility with other software manufacturers will also be possible in the future.

At the higher equipment level (VarioDoc Pro), VarioDoc can also be equipped with GPS position recording as well as long-distance data transfer via the mobile phone network.