Patent ID: 8554378

Claim:
A controller configurable to operate different mobile hydraulic equipment according to requirements of different applications, the controller comprising: a housing, wherein the housing is mounted on the mobile hydraulic equipment; a receiver mounted at least partly within the housing and configured to wirelessly receive a plurality of transmitted control signals from a remote transmitter; a processor mounted within the housing and operatively connected to the receiver to receive the control signals and generate a plurality of output signals for operating the mobile hydraulic equipment; a memory device mounted within the housing and operatively connected to the processor, the memory device storing a plurality of adjustable parameters corresponding to control of the mobile hydraulic equipment; a display mounted to the housing and operatively connected to the processor, the display configured to provide a visual indication to an operator of the plurality of adjustable parameters; a plurality of terminals operatively connected to the processor and selectively configured to operate in one of a plurality of modes; a user interface mounted to the housing and configured to receive input from the operator based on the requirements for the mobile hydraulic equipment to adjust at least one of the plurality of adjustable parameters on the display and to select one of the plurality of modes of at least one of the plurality of terminals; and a temperature sensor providing a signal to the processor corresponding to a real-time measurement of an ambient temperature in which the mobile hydraulic equipment is being operated, wherein a portion of the plurality of terminals are configured to provide the plurality of output signals to the mobile hydraulic equipment and wherein the plurality of output signals are compensated by the processor as a function of the ambient temperature.