Caterpillar Inc.

Nicholas Dodge

Christopher Lewis Wynkoop

David Pavlik

Sandeep John Verghese

Andrew Saxsma

F Walter Duren

A method for identifying a sensor among as plurality of identical sensors on a machine is disclosed. The method includes comparing, by a controller, a unique value of a parameter detected by the sensor with a predefined value of the parameter. The unique value of the parameter is detected in a predefined stationary state of at least one part of a plurality of parts of the machine. The method further includes associating, by the controller, the unique value of the parameter detected by the sensor with the at least one part when the unique value of the parameter matches with the predefined value of the parameter. The predefined value of the parameter corresponds to a value of the parameter attained by the at least one part in the predefined stationary state of the at least one part.

Method and system for identifying sensors on machines

A control system for a machine with a rotatable operator station includes sensors to produce data indicative of suitability and unsuitability of the machine for initiating and completing adjustment, respectively, between a first control configuration where the operator station is at a first orientation and a second control configuration where the operator station is at a second orientation. A control device in the control system transitions the control system between a locking state for inhibiting rotation of the operator station and an unlocking state for permitting rotation, based on the suitability data and the unsuitability data.

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Nicholas Dodge