HOW TO USE NEXT GEN DOZER MONITOR

Optimize use of your Cat® Next Gen dozer monitor by understanding its comprehensive displays and functions. Use Next Gen Monitor to its fullest potential to boost productivity up to 50%, increase fuel efficiency up to 35% and cut maintenance costs up to 12%.

Access your dozer’s features and vital machine information at the touch of a button with your Cat® Next Gen Monitor.

Main Menu Navigation Overview

It’s easy to get started. Use Next Gen Monitor to access gauges, Slope Assist and the back-up camera. Also, change settings for your dozer, check out your service parameters and enable or disable the machine’s bi-directional and set speeds. The Totals screen displays fuel consumption and allows you to keep an eye on idle time, working time, distance traveled and reverse distance traveled.
 
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Use Next Gen Monitor

 

Use Next Gen Monitor to find these convenient shortcuts:

  • AutoShift chooses the best gear for your operating conditions.
  • Traction Control uses GPS and tractor load sensors to sense if your dozer is slipping its tracks. If it is, traction control will automatically detorque to reduce track slip.
  • Stable Blade smooths out your blade when in manual grading applications.
  • AutoCarry picks up the blade if your machine starts to slip when used with Cat Grade with 3D.
  • Fan purge reverses the engine fan to purge debris.
 
This video provides more details about these shortcuts
 
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To understand how to use Next Gen Monitor better, here are nine more features.

Doing some finish work? Enter the Machine screen in the settings menu to switch on features like blade float and quick drop, or to set blade response and turn on AutoCarry or AutoCarry Load Factor.

Use Next Gen Monitor settings to enable and customize bi-directional speed, turn on or off your dozer’s AutoShift, choose Powertrain oil type for your AutoShift and turn on your dozer’s lights.

Watch this video for more details about the many machine settings that help you efficiently complete the job at hand.

 

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Machine Settings

The Totals menu on your monitor reports everything maintenance and service techs will need to optimize dozer use. Easily view total idle fuel, engine idle time, average fuel rate, lifetime hours of your dozer and distances traveled in forward and reverse.

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Totals Menu

Slope Assist is your dozer’s two-dimensional grade-control system. View the Slope Assist screen on your monitor to see current slope values. Control Slope Assist using the yellow Blade Auto button on the machine’s right joystick. Want to turn Slope Assist off and return to manual? Click the button again.

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Slope Assist is your dozer’s two-dimensional grade-control system.

Use the Slope Assist menu to set your mainfall and blade slope modes to indicate basic or advanced. If both dimensions are set to advanced, you can also choose which mode you would like your joystick increment/decrement to control.

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Use the Slope Assist menu to set your mainfall and blade slope modes
  • Watch this video to learn about setting Slope Assist modes.
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Watch this video to learn about setting Slope Assist modes.
  • Watch this video to see how Slope Assist Indicate displays slope readings.
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Watch this video to see how Slope Assist Indicate displays slope readings.
  • Setting Slope Assist Increment and Decrement settings is as easy as one click of a button. Watch these videos for more instructions on customizing increment and decrement.
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Setting Slope Assist Increment and Decrement settings
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Setting Slope Assist Increment and Decrement settings is as easy as one click of a button.

Your dozer’s parking brake and hydraulic lock automatically activate upon shutoff, and the parking brake also switches on anytime the operator exits the seat. When you turn on your machine, the monitor displays indicator lights to remind you these are activated.

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Parking Brake & Hydraulic Lock

Your dozer has four preset bi-directional speeds as well as a custom bi-directional speed function for setting your own forward and reverse speeds. Use the standard presets based on your application or activate the custom setting to set forward and reverse speeds for the precision you need.

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Bi-Directional Speeds

Watch this video for information about bi-directional speed selection on your Next Gen Monitor.

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Bi-directional speed selection on your Next Gen Monitor.

Switch on the intermittent reversing fan to clear debris buildup and optimize engine operation. The fan reverses for 20 or 30 seconds every 20 minutes before it automatically reverts to its standard forward speed.

Need to change the duration or interval of your reversing fan? Do this through the machine settings menu.

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Reversing Fan

Don’t worry about forgetting to buckle up. As soon as you turn the dozer on, you’ll see a warning light and hear a chime that reminds you to put on your seatbelt.

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Seatbelt

The blade load monitor tracks in real time how much load you have on your blade. It helps you see how much more material you can get on your blade to be as efficient and effective as you can without overloading your dozer.

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Blade Load Monitor

The Service menu displays information necessary for maintenance, including codes that may arise while operating your dozer. Use Next Gen Monitor to also access regen control, engine sensor readings, fluid monitors and ECM summary, which shows software and serial numbers.

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Service Menu

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