Topcon Agriculture adds ISOBUS communication to Opus A6 and A8 consoles

TURIN, Italy – November 13, 2017 – Topcon Agriculture adds industry-leading ISOBUS universal terminal and task controller functionality to the Opus A6 and A8 consoles.

The industry standard universal terminal provides compatibility with a wide range of ISOBUS compliant ECUs (electronic control units) and includes additional functionality such as AUX-N support. The Topcon task controller is designed to allow the control of multiple products with variable rate along with section control across multiple booms.

“The ISOBUS compatible Opus A6 and A8 provide farmers and OEMs extreme flexibility and unmatched control,” said Fabio Isaia, CEO of Topcon Agriculture.

For OEMs, the addition of ISOBUS to the Opus A6 and A8 is designed to add another dimension to the existing hardware and software development platform. It comes with multiple programming options, which cater to the OEM needs using the Opus Projektor.

For more information about Topcon Agriculture, visit topconagriculture.com.

About Topcon Agriculture Group
Topcon Agriculture Group is a division of the Topcon Positioning Group, headquartered in Livermore, California, USA (topconpositioning.com). The global Topcon Agriculture Group (topconagriculture.com) headquarters is located in Turin, Italy, with its North American regional headquarters in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Topcon Agriculture Group provides advanced IoT connected field and farm management solutions for aftermarket and OEM customers in the agriculture industry, integrating high-precision hardware, software and data to bring efficiency and enhance productivity to every phase of the farming operations. Its brands include Topcon, Digi-Star, RDS Technology, and NORAC. Topcon Corporation (topcon.com), founded in 1932, is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (7732).