AUTOMATIC ARTICULATION MACHINE STATES

摘要

A controller monitors groundspeed in an articulated machine and selectively disables an automatic articulation control function when the groundspeed is at or near zero. If there is an indication that an operator may not be aware that the automatic articulation control function is active by comparing when a on switch was activated compared to a machine power cycle or an operator not being present, the automatic articulation control function may be inactivated until the on switch is toggled. If the articulated machine is in neutral and the groundspeed is at or near zero, the automatic articulation control function may disabled. If the groundspeed is at or near zero but the transmission is not in neutral, the machine may simply be stalled to due working conditions and the automatic articulation control function may be maintained.

主权项

1. A method of managing articulation in an articulated machine using an electronic controller, the method comprising:
determining, at the electronic controller, that the articulated machine is operating at a groundspeed below a minimum threshold speed; and responsive to determining that the articulated machine is operating below the minimum threshold speed, disabling, at the electronic controller, an automatic articulation control function when one of either a first state or a second state is true, the first state being a transmission of the articulated machine being in neutral and the second state being a mode selector set continuously on from prior to a machine key cycle, a machine power cycle, or an ‘operator not present’ state.