Electric motor addressing for planters
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorsMatthew D. Goodon, Monte J. Rans, Paul M. Scott
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Abstract
An electric motor addressing system and method for a planter implement receives, at an electronic control unit (ECU), an address claim request from each motor of a plurality of motors coupled to the ECU via a first bus. Each address claim request includes a requested bus address and a binary value corresponding to a pin connector setting associated with a harness connector of the respective motor. The system associates the binary value with a physical address for each motor without reference to the bus address and maps each bus address to the physical address.
Claims18
An electric motor addressing method for a planter implement comprising:
- receiving, at an electronic control unit (ECU), an address claim request from each motor of a plurality of motors coupled to the ECU via a first bus, each address claim request comprising a requested bus address and a binary value corresponding to a pin connector setting associated with a harness connector of the respective motor;
- associating the binary value with a physical address for each motor without reference to the bus address;
- and
- mapping each bus address to the physical address.
An electric motor addressing system for a planter implement comprising:
- a wire harness comprising a plurality of connectors, each connector comprising a unique pin connector value, the wire harness providing a data bus for data communications;
- a plurality of devices coupled respectively to the plurality of connectors, each device comprising circuitry that can read the respective pin connector value and communicate the respective pin connector value over the data bus;
- an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the plurality of devices via the wire harness, wherein the ECU is configured to:
- receive an address claim request over the data bus from at least one of the devices, the address claim request comprising the associated pin connector value and a bus address;
- associate the pin connector value to a physical address of the at least one of the devices;
- map the bus address to the physical address;
- and
- communicate with the at least one of the devices over the data bus based on the physical address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.