Patent ID: 7400959

Claim:
A control system for customizing a relationship between an operator input at an input controller and a corresponding response of a work machine, comprising: an input controller operable to receive an operator input and generate a corresponding control signal; a hand-held programmable device having parameters stored therein, the parameters being adjustable to control responsiveness of a component of the work machine over a range of inputs at the input controller, the hand-held programmable device being operable to adjust the parameters in response to an input from an operator; and a control module disposed on the work machine, the control module being operable to receive signals from the hand-held programmable device, the signals being representative of a desired relationship between an operator input to the input controller and a corresponding response of the work machine, wherein the control module is further operable to receive the control signal from the input controller and process the control signal based on the signals from the hand-held programmable device.