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Rawlins County Kansas | We have 9600's, but have leased 9650's in the past and have used ONLY JDOFFICE (no APEX). As someone mentioned, only with 50 and 60 series combines with the new grain-tank mounted moisture sensor do you need Harvest Doc. So you will have to check on that with your 9650.
We have used even low-end Garmin handheld recievers without external antennas to yield map on our 9600's.
On the Mobile Processor Pin F is used for RS232 (serial port) communication. This wire can be hooked up to the TX wire from any GPS. Pin C is then used for the ground. I have spliced DB9 connectors on our combines because we are often needing the Starfire recievers for planting at the same time and that way I can use any gps on the yield mapping side of things.
I would call some other dealers up and see if you can still get a free copy of JDOFFICE. They gave it away for years, so I'm guessing there are still boxes full of copies somewhere, it's just a matter of finding a dealer willing to work with you. The first step is seeing where your moisture sensor is located. If it's on the grain-tank, then you may be out of luck (regarding the ability to use free JDOFFICE), however there should still be no problems using a non-JD gps receiver with this setup (unless JD has made a change to make things more proprietary).
Good luck,
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