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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Lindsay Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);
Reece Robert Andrews, Arlington, NE (US);
Daniel James Pickerill, Milford, NE (US);
LINDSAY CORPORATION, Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
A system and method for overriding an alignment circuit of an electric center pivot irrigation system. The system may include a local controller wired to the alignment circuit and a remote control wirelessly communicating with the local controller. The remote control may receive an alignment fault alert from the local controller indicating that the alignment circuit has switched to the open circuit configuration. Next, the remote control may send an auto-alignment signal to the local controller. The auto-alignment signal may instruct the local controller to command a relay to switch to a bypass mode. In the bypass mode, signals between the local controller and operational elements of the electric center pivot irrigation system bypass the alignment circuit. The auto-alignment circuit may also command the operational elements to reverse travel directions of the electric center pivot irrigation system simultaneously while the alignment circuit is bypassed.