Compacting machine and method of monitoring compacting member of compacting machine

A compacting machine for compacting a material, the compacting machine comprising:

• a frame;
• a compacting member, the compacting member mounted to the frame, the compacting member having a ground-engaging surface;
• a monitoring system, the monitoring system supported by the frame and including:
• a sensor, the sensor arranged with the compacting member to sense a parameter of the ground-engaging surface, the sensor configured to generate a surface parameter signal indicative of the parameter of the ground-engaging surface sensed by the sensor,
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the non-transitory computer-readable medium bearing a compacting member monitoring program,
• a controller, the controller in communication with the sensor to receive the surface parameter signal from the sensor, the controller in operable arrangement with the non-transitory computer-readable medium such that the controller is configured to execute the compacting member monitoring program contained thereon, and
• an interface device, the interface device in communication with the controller,
• wherein the compacting member monitoring program includes a ground-engaging surface monitoring module and a messaging module, the ground-engaging surface monitoring module configured to monitor for a piece of the material being adhered to the ground-engaging surface based upon the surface parameter signal from the sensor satisfying a condition, and the messaging module configured to produce, through the interface device, an indicator that the piece of the material adhered to the ground-engaging surface once the surface parameter signal satisfies the condition.