Inventors:
Peter Leslie Falck - Waterloo IA
Trent Lynn Goodnight - Waterloo IA
Stephen Paul Lang - New Hartford IA
Bruce Craig Newendorp - Cedar Falls IA
Michael Owen Youngblood - Cedar Falls IA
Carl Edwin Kittle - Cedar Falls IA
Assignee:
Deere & Company - Moline IL
International Classification:
G06F 770
Abstract:
A tractor includes various actuators or functions, such as a powershift transmission, a hitch and hitch control system, a PTO, a plurality of selective control valves, etc. , all controlled by one or more control units in response to sensed parameters and operator manipulated control devices, such as switches, knobs and levers. A function management system includes a programmed control unit which has a learn/save mode which is operable while the vehicle is moving. During the learn/save mode the operator performs a sequence of manual manipulations of the operator control devices, and the control unit records and then stores information pertaining to the sequence of operations, together with information pertaining to the distances traveled by the tractor between operations. The control unit also has an execute or replay mode, operable in response to an operator command signal, wherein the control unit automatically performs the stored sequence of operations so that the sequence of operations is performed at the same distance intervals at which they were learned, regardless of the speed of the vehicle.