ISO 11783 standardises the interoperable communication between agricultural machines. However, the current ISO 11783‑10 standard does not fully support scenarios in which multiple GNSS sources operate simultaneously. This paper addresses two gaps in the current standard. At runtime, implements that read GNSS data cannot determine which receiver is the source of the data or where that receiver is located on the machine. In post‑processing, TaskLog files provide no means for the Task Controller to identify which GNSS receiver produced each logged position, preventing the Farm Management Information System from reconstructing as-applied maps reliably. Two enhancements to ISO 11783‑10 are proposed. The first introduces a new XML attribute, NavigationReferenceElement, in the Position element to associate each logged position with the correct NavigationReference. The second introduces a method for runtime identification of GNSS sources by binding each receiver’s ISO NAME to its NavigationReference.
Samuel Brodie
Precision farming ISO 11783 Task Controller FMIS Multi-GNSS