Paving machine with operator directed saving and recall of machine operating parameters

摘要

A paving machine including an adjustable screed assembly is provided. Actuators adjust the screed assembly into the plurality of different configurations. Sensors sense a respective configuration parameter indicative of the configuration of the screed assembly. A controller is configured to save a first set of parameters including the configuration parameters and save a second set of parameters including the configuration parameters in response. The controller is configured to recall one of the first set or second set of parameters, and adjust automatically the configuration of the screed assembly to correspond to the configuration parameters included in the recalled first set or second set of parameters.

主权项

1. A paving machine comprising:
a screed assembly having a plurality of adjustable components, the plurality of adjustable components being configured to adjust the screed assembly into a plurality of different configurations; a plurality of actuators, each actuator being associated with a respective adjustable component of the screed assembly and being supported and configured to adjust the respective adjustable component into different configurations; a plurality of sensors each configured to sense a configuration parameter of a respective adjustable component of the screed assembly indicative of the configuration of the respective adjustable component; and an operator input device configured to allow an operator of the paving machine to enter a first save command, a second save command and a recall command; and a controller in communication with the operator input device and the sensors and configured to control operation of the actuators, the controller being configured to:
save in memory in response to the first save command a first set of the configuration parameters sensed by the plurality of sensors and corresponding to the configurations of the adjustable components of the screed assembly that exist at the time of entry of the first save command in association with a first paving operation;save in memory in response to the second save command a second set of the configuration parameters sensed by the plurality of sensors and corresponding to the configurations of the adjustable component of the screed assembly then being used that exist at the time of entry of the second save command in association with a second paving operation;recall one of the first set or second set of the configuration parameters from memory in response to the recall command in association with a third paving operation; andadjust automatically the adjustable components of the screed assembly in associate with the third paving operation to correspond to the configuration parameters included in the recalled first set or second set of the configuration parameters.