Patent ID: 7738979
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: E02F

Abstract:
1. A machine control system for controlling one or more actuators in a machine in response to installation of a tool to the machine, the control system comprising: a controller for controlling the one or more actuators; an alert device for detecting the installation of a tool to the machine and for transmitting a detection signal to the controller in response to the detection; and a configuration routine on a computer-readable medium associated with the controller operable by the controller and comprising instructions to display a prompt to a user of the machine in response to receipt of the detection signal and instructions for receiving and processing user input to the controller by the user in order to configure the operation of the controller with respect to at least one of the one or more actuators, wherein the instructions to display a prompt to the user of the machine in response to receipt of the detection signal further comprise instructions to present a selectable list of actuators to the user via a display device associated with the controller.