Patent ID: 8584690

Claim:
A method of determining one or more operational parameters of a washing system having a wash tank to which water and material are added, and a dispenser for dispensing the material, the method comprising: establishing a communication link between a sensor and a controller, the sensor positioned in the wash tank and configured to transmit a signal indicative of a material concentration, the controller configured to receive the signal; adding material to water in the wash tank during a first time period; receiving, by the controller, data indicative of an amount of material dispensed by the dispenser during the first time period; monitoring the material concentration during operation of the washing system over the first time period and stopping the material addition upon the material concentration reaching a predetermined material concentration; determining, by the controller, an operational parameter indicative of the amount of material that has been added to reach the predetermined material concentration during the first time period; storing the operational parameter; and later controlling the washing system using the operational parameter during a second time period.