John Deere – GreenStar™ 3 2630 – PrecisionSpecs.com (2024)

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)

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