Patent ID: 7487024

Claim:
Apparatus for controlling settings of an adjustable crop residue spreader of an agricultural harvesting machine, comprising: a memory containing information representative of predetermined spreader settings for at least one header connectable to the harvesting machine; a detector element operable for automatically identifying a header connected to the machine and outputting a signal representative thereof; a controller automatically operable for receiving the signal outputted by the detector element and retrieving the information representative of the predetermined spreader settings for the header connected to the machine from the memory, and responsively controlling a crop residue spreader connected to the machine as a function of the retrieved information; and an input device connected to the controller and usable for inputting commands to the controller for adjusting the spreader as a function of the inputted commands, wherein the controller is automatically operable for storing a value in the memory representative of at least a last of the inputted commands, further wherein the controller is automatically operable for adjusting the spreader as a function of the stored values representative of the last of the inputted commands after shutdown and upon subsequent commencement of operation of the spreader.