Patent ID: 9198344
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a controller for a tractor; the controller including a processor, a memory device, a display, and a user interface, wherein the controller is configured to execute a plurality of configuration modules, each configuration module is associated with an agricultural implement operable with the tractor, and the memory device stores a configuration matrix defining operation of at least one of the agricultural implements; the method comprising the steps of: Automatically identifying each of the agricultural implements operatively connected to the tractor; Generating a first set of questions on the display corresponding to operation of the agricultural implements identified, wherein each of the first set of questions has a binary answer; Receiving from the user interface the binary answer to each of the first set of questions, the binary answers defining configuration data for the agricultural implements; Storing the configuration data in a configuration matrix; Executing each configuration module with the processor as a function of the binary answer from the first set of questions, and each configuration module generating a second set of questions on the display corresponding to the agricultural implements selected as a function of the binary answers to the first set of questions, at least a portion of the second set of questions having binary answer; Receiving from the user interface an answer to each of the second set of questions; Verifying that each configuration module was completed properly prior to enabling operation of the tractor.