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2024 Operation Center Training Videos
As the industry’s leading cloud-based farm management system, Operations Center is designed to be easy to use. To make it even easier, we’re producing a series of “How To” videos to help you get the most out of Operations Center. Check back often as we’ll be adding more videos throughout the year.
Here you can find step by step instructions for all things Operations Center.
Video 1: Operations Center Overview 2025
Get a full overview of John Deere Operations Center to start your 2025 season strong. This video kicks off a tutorial series, highlighting key features like the new Home dashboard, Map view, rainfall tracking, and location history. You’ll learn how to access and navigate tools like Setup, Work Planner, Field Analyzer, and Work Analyzer, plus how to streamline field planning, monitor machine movement, and stay informed throughout the season.
Video 2: Managing Fields and Boundaries in Land 2025
Easily create new farms, fields, and boundaries in John Deere Operations Center to streamline your setup before hitting the field. This AKRS Equipment tutorial walks you through manually drawing boundaries, generating them from past coverage maps, and editing shapes for accurate use with prescriptions, AutoPath, and other field operations.
Video 3: Managing Guidance Lines through Land 2025
Learn how to create, edit, and organize guidance lines in John Deere Operations Center for seamless field operations. This AKRS Equipment tutorial covers naming best practices, archiving unused lines, and setting up custom A+ heading tracks to ensure precision planting and streamlined display setup.
Video 4: Creating Autopath from Boundaries in Land 2025
Create accurate AutoPath guidance lines in John Deere Operations Center with this step-by-step tutorial from AKRS Equipment. This video walks you through selecting field boundaries, setting headlands, adjusting track spacing, and optimizing pass angles to generate efficient, field-ready AutoPath lines for planting and other operations.
Video 5: Managing Machines and Implements through Equipment 2025
Easily add, edit, and organize your machines, implements, and devices in John Deere Operations Center to streamline field setup and save time in the cab. This AKRS Equipment tutorial walks through archiving old equipment, adding new tractors and implements, managing JDLink transfers, and entering accurate offsets to improve documentation and automation.
Video 6: Managing Varieties and Chemicals in Products 2025
Keep your John Deere displays organized and efficient by updating active seed varieties, chemicals, and fertilizers in Operations Center before the season starts. This AKRS Equipment tutorial walks through archiving outdated products, adding new ones from the database or custom input, and explains why a clean product list simplifies fieldwork and minimizes input errors.
Video 7: Creating Tank Mix loads through Products 2025
Streamline your spraying documentation by creating and managing tank mixes in John Deere Operations Center. This step-by-step tutorial from AKRS Equipment shows how to build custom chemical recipes, calculate application rates, and print fill sheets to ensure accurate records and efficient field operations.
Video 8: Creating Setup Files through Setup File Creator 2025
Easily transfer setup information from John Deere Operations Center to your Gen 4, G5, or 2630 display using the Setup File Creator. This step-by-step tutorial from AKRS Equipment covers how to organize and export fields, equipment, products, and operator data for seamless in-cab functionality using USB or wireless transfer methods.
Video 9: Establish a Live Connection utilizing Data Sync 2025
John Deere Data Sync offers a real-time connection between your in-cab displays and Operations Center, streamlining data flow across your entire fleet. This AKRS Equipment tutorial walks through how to prepare, clean, and enable Data Sync for seamless updates to farms, fields, and guidance lines—eliminating the need for setup files and manual transfers.
Video 10: Simplify Field Startup utilizing Work Plans 2025
John Deere Work Plans simplify your in-field setup by automatically loading crop type, variety, prescriptions, guidance lines, and equipment settings when crossing a field boundary. This video from AKRS Equipment demonstrates how to build field-by-field work plans in Operations Center, saving time and minimizing setup errors during planting, spraying, or harvest. Operators can view detailed instructions and start work immediately—no more manual setup required.
Video 11: Creating Variable Rate Prescriptions through Work Plans 2025
Create and manage variable rate prescriptions in John Deere Operations Center using Work Planner for seamless seeding and liquid fertilizer applications. This AKRS Equipment tutorial walks through drawing zones, setting rates, matching prescriptions across applications, and sending plans directly to your equipment for precise field execution.
Video 12: Analyzing Maps through Field Analyzer 2025
Dive into Field Analyzer within John Deere Operations Center to turn years of documented field data into actionable insights. This in-depth tutorial from AKRS Equipment covers how to compare map layers, customize yield legends, analyze planting rates, and post-calibrate yield data for more precise, profit-driving decisions.
Video 13: Farm Reporting through Work Analyzer 2025
Work Analyzer in John Deere Operations Center offers a powerful way to review, report, and post-calibrate seeding, application, harvest, and tillage data across your entire operation. This AKRS Equipment tutorial demonstrates how to generate field summaries, export custom reports, and simplify post-calibration tasks for more efficient data management and decision-making.
Video 14: Uploading Prescriptions into Files to Send to Machines 2025
Importing agronomist-created prescriptions into John Deere Operations Center is quick and USB-free. This video walks through uploading Rx files from a USB or desktop, selecting them in the Files tab, and wirelessly sending them to connected equipment. Once received, operators can import the prescription from the display’s file manager and get to work—no more running around with flash drives.
Gen4 G5 Displays Managing Run Pages through Layout Manager
Learn how to efficiently manage and customize run pages on Gen 4 and G5 displays for planting, tillage, and other operations in this detailed tutorial. This video from AKRS Equipment provides step-by-step instructions to create and switch between run page sets, optimize shortcut bars, and export configurations for seamless use across multiple machines.