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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Lonny E. Johnson, Peoria, IL (US);
James Mason, Peoria, IL (US);
Timothy Felty, East Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A controller implemented method of remotely operating a machine includes determining, for each of a plurality of operating conditions of the machine, a predetermined configuration of a machine instrument array and removably mounting a portable computing device on a remote control console. The method further includes defining a configuration of a console instrument array of the remote control console in which, for each of the plurality of operating conditions, the configuration of the console instrument array is generally identically to the predetermined configuration of the machine instrument array. A system is also disclosed.