Wireless Network Machine Control or a Hydraulic System
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1. A hydraulic machine control system, comprising:
- a hydraulic machine having a plurality of actuating devices coupled to a manifold for controlling a plurality of hydraulic mechanisms coupled to said manifold;
an electronic network of at least first, second, and third nodes, each said node including a processor circuit board in wireless communication with each other node in said network;
whereineach said processor circuit board comprises at least a CPU having a plurality of individually addressable serial I/O ports, and a communications transceiver;
said serial I/O ports include a plurality of electrical inputs and outputs, at least one input port of each said node connected to a sensor device on said processor circuit board;
each said output of said first node connected to a corresponding actuating device for a hydraulic mechanism in said hydraulic machine control system; and
each said processor circuit board including at least one user-operable switch device coupled to said CPU for initiating execution of at least one operation of machine control in said system.
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Abstract
A machine control system, comprises at least first and second nodes of a wireless network in communication with each other, each node including a three axis accelerometer having a data output coupled to a respective sensor input of the node; and a hydraulic machine having a manifold and a plurality of hydraulic mechanisms coupled to respective outputs of the manifold, the manifold being responsive to electrical actuating signals provided from respective electrical outputs of the first node.
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1. A hydraulic machine control system, comprising:
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a hydraulic machine having a plurality of actuating devices coupled to a manifold for controlling a plurality of hydraulic mechanisms coupled to said manifold; an electronic network of at least first, second, and third nodes, each said node including a processor circuit board in wireless communication with each other node in said network;
whereineach said processor circuit board comprises at least a CPU having a plurality of individually addressable serial I/O ports, and a communications transceiver; said serial I/O ports include a plurality of electrical inputs and outputs, at least one input port of each said node connected to a sensor device on said processor circuit board; each said output of said first node connected to a corresponding actuating device for a hydraulic mechanism in said hydraulic machine control system; and each said processor circuit board including at least one user-operable switch device coupled to said CPU for initiating execution of at least one operation of machine control in said system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A machine control system, comprising:
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at least first and second nodes of a wireless network in communication with each other, each said node including a three axis accelerometer having a data output coupled to a respective sensor input of said node; and a hydraulic machine having at least one manifold and a plurality of hydraulic mechanisms coupled to respective outputs of said at least one manifold, said manifold responsive to electrical actuating signals provided from respective electrical outputs of said first node. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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