The problem arose due to the fact that deere. & Company, as well as other manufacturers, began to ban "unauthorized" repair of their technology. But often farmers cannot wait for an authorized specialist, and the necessary details will arrive in the service center. After all, all this can take a very long time. In addition, the owners of the technique are seriously afraid that the manufacturer at any time can be deleted to turn off their tractor, and nothing can be done with it.
Licensed john Agreement Deere, dated October 2016, really prohibits the owners of agricultural equipment almost any repair and modification of technology. The company also reliably defended itself from possible lawsuits, as the agreement removes any responsibility from the manufacturer for the "loss of crop, the loss of profits, reputational losses, the loss of equipment performance" and so on.
At the underground forums, the researchers discovered hacked versions of the John Deere Service Advisor diagnostic-calibration tool; John Deere PAYLOAD files required for programming and configuration of certain machine components; John Deere Electronic Data Link drivers that allow the computer to "communicate" with the tractor. Also on forums, free or for money, you can find licensed key generators, speed limit modifiers and even special cables for connecting to tractors.
On the one hand, such a modification is clearly illegal. On the other hand, according to the amendments made to the Digital Millennium Copyright ACT in 2015, and the paragraph relative to vehicles (tractors are subject to this category), allowed: "Modification of computer programs that are part of and control the functionality of mechanized land vehicles, including, personal cars, trucks or mechanized agricultural vehicles ... If it is a necessary step taken by the legal owner vehicleTo carry out diagnostics, repair or permitted modification of the vehicle functions. " In fact, it turns out that the use of third-party, pirate firmware is legally, as long as the regulations of pollutants emissions are not violated.
That is why recently, representatives of John Deere forced buyers to sign the above-mentioned license agreement. Indeed, in this case, the farmer can be attracted to the court not even for the use of a pirate Ukrainian firmware, but for non-fulfillment of the terms of the agreement. That is, the company still retains the pressure lever in its arsenal. Representatives of Deere & Company declared journalists of the publication that "the modification of the software increases the risk that the equipment will not function as if it should." According to them, the use of third-party firmware threatens not only the operation of the car, but also its owners serving its mechanics and other people, and the machine itself can no longer be considered relevant decisions and labor protection laws, safety and environmental protection laws.
Modern agricultural machinery is not just a workhorse, but also a rather complicated computer system. Moreover, often computer functions are not at all boly for the end user. Thus, American farmers are forced to put up with significant restrictions that tractors manufacturers (John Deere and others) are laid in computer systems its products.
For example, a farmer cannot independently fulfill a simple repair of the tractor or entrust it to employees of the nearest workshop. For this, you certainly need to call an authorized employee service Center. Otherwise after independent repair The tractor will simply stop working. According to farmers, during the period of intensive agricultural work, they have no time to wait for the wizard from the manufacturer. In addition, in many cases, repairing new equipment is reduced to downloading the updated firmware. In addition, at its discretion, John Deere can remotely deactivate the tractor, and the farmer can do nothing with it.
The John Deere license agreement, which has become mandatory for signing from October last year, introduces a ban on almost all repairs and modification of agricultural equipment. In addition, it prohibits farmers to submit to the court to the manufacturer due to possible "crop loss, lost profits, loss of value, loss in the use of equipment ... which were due to the work or inaction of any kind software" The agreement applies to anyone who turns the key or otherwise uses the John Deere tractor with embedded software. Only dealers John. Deere and authorized repair workshops can carry out work with new tractors.
If the farmer need to repair the tractor, for example, replace the transmission, and it will turn to the nearest workshop, then the tractor will not be able to leave the workshop. For the resumption of the performance of the John Deere tractor, will require the amount of $ 230 and additional payment for the services of its technique in the amount of $ 130 per hour. And all he needs to do is connect special equipment to the USB port of the tractor to authorize the equipment.
Farmers do not intend to put up with such draconic restrictions and fight for their rights. They intend to judicially achieve the abolition of the current license agreement. In the meantime, the question is in suspended state, farmers resort to third-party masters, which are bypassing the limitations of manufacturers of equipment using John Deere, which was hacked and modified ukrainian hackers. Local mechanics buy such software on closed forums, where you can only get by invitation. Then they use the software to bypass the tractor protection system. Farmers such an approach more souls, since in the event of equipment breakdowns, they do not need to wait for a certified John Deere mechanic, which is 40 miles or more from the farm. And the local mechanic with hacked can be only one mile from the requirement of the tractor service.
Most of the software distributed in such closed forums, hacked by craftsmen from Eastern European countries, such as Ukraine and Poland. But buyers are mainly farmers and mechanics from the United States. On the forums you can also find instructions for bypassing the built-in firmware, cables for connecting the tractor to a computer, license key generators, speed limit modifiers.
On the one hand, the use of such hacked software can be equated to computer piracy. However, in 2015 (Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA). As a result, actions to change the firmware electronic devices Condimated to be considered violations of the law on copyright protection. In particular, it was allowed to modify "Computer programs that manage the work of a motorized land vehicle, such as personal car, commercial car Or a mechanized agricultural vehicle ... when the bypass is a necessary step taken by the authorized owner of the vehicle for diagnostics, repair or legitimate changes in the vehicle function. " This means that the modification of the embedded software is legitimate, if after that the vehicle still may comply with the requirements for the emissions of harmful substances.
Probably because John Deere has made changes to the license agreement. Now the use of modified software is not a federal crime, but may be regarded as a violation of the license agreement and John Deere will be able to make complaints and claims to its customers.
John Deere itself declares that customers, being owners of technology, have the opportunity to conduct its diagnosis, repair, maintenance. At the same time, the use of modified software increases the risk of equipment failure or its work is not as planned. As a result, the equipment can cease to comply with safety and ecology standards.
To circumvent the blocking of software from John Deere, American farmers crack their tractors with the help of a naked Ukrainian firmware, which is sold at various forums.
IN modern tractors There are a lot of electronics, and when problems start with technology, you need to call the service to repair. It is very expensive and for a long time, and most farmers are used to everything alone. In order for no additional breakdowns, the tractor software blocks any possibility of independent repairs, but very often the technique breaks suddenly, and many farmers are trying to bypass the blocking to fix everything with their own hands.
According to the farmer from Nebraski Danny, glad, when the tractor breaks, there is a chance that we will not wait for us while the employee of the representative office comes and fix the situation. In addition, in the case of "unauthorized" repair, many American agrarians fear that John Deere can remotely turn off the tractor, and the farmer will not be able to do anything about it.
All that we have to repair the tractor is a hacked Ukrainian software John Deere, which our techniques bought in the black market
says to bend.
For such radical measures of farmers, licensed agreement with John Deere
Such a breakdown of software equipment is completely legal
On the one hand, piracy is illegal, but in 2015 there was a precedent, according to which you can modify
computer programs that are contained and controlling the work of the agricultural vehicle when bypass is a necessary step undertaken by the authorized owner of the vehicle for the diagnosis, repair or legal change in the function of the vehicle.
This means that the modification of the embedded software is legal, since it can still meet emission requirements. But after the subsection entry into force, John Deere began to demand that farmers sign license agreements.
Hacked John Deere Pld Files version.
