Kverneland Group Mechatronics B.v.

Caspar Hubert Wim Van Zon

Benno Mosterd

An agricultural machine having a tractor and an implement hitched thereto and a method for operating same. The method comprising connecting a control device on the tractor and a control unit on the implement to a data bus. The control device processes a plurality of implement operation parameters and the control unit is assigned to a functional element of the implement. Furthermore, establishing data communication between the control device and the control unit through the bus, comprising, transmitting a response data message from the control unit to the control device indicating the control unit being configured to provide present parameter values for only a subset of implement operation parameters, but not a subset of remaining implement operation parameters. Further, future data collecting messages transmitted from the control device to the control unit are limited to requesting present parameter values for the subset of implement operation parameters.

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Sassenheim, Netherlands

Caspar Hubert Wim Van Zon