Patent ID: 8132345

Claim:
A method of operating a work machine, the method comprising: monitoring the position of an operator input device, activating an auto-control mode in response to displacement of the operator input device to an activate-auto zone relative to a neutral position of the operator input device, the auto-control mode for automatically controlling performance of a hydraulic function in a predetermined manner independent of the position of the operator input device so as to move an object of the hydraulic function to, and stop the object of the hydraulic function at, a predetermined target position, determining if the operator input device is positioned in the activate-auto zone as the object of the hydraulic function approaches the predetermined target position, and if the operator input device is so positioned, overriding the auto-control mode by commanding movement of the object of the hydraulic function past the predetermined target position, wherein the overriding comprises commanding movement of the object of the hydraulic function at a constant speed from an approach side of the predetermined target position through the predetermined target position to a departure side of the predetermined target position.