Vibration control system, apparatus, and method for compactor

A system for enabling project specific features on an asphalt compactor, comprising:

• a remote setting device configured to remotely set a vibration force of the asphalt compactor by enabling a first group of selectable amplitudes of the vibration force for a first predetermined amount of time;
• and
• a control system configured to:
• receive, via a secure connection with the remote setting device, the setting to enable the first group of selectable amplitudes of the vibration force for the first predetermined amount of time,
• operate the asphalt compactor during the first predetermined amount of time by selecting one or more vibration amplitudes from among only the selectable vibration amplitudes of the first group and apply the vibration force to asphalt at the selected one or more vibration amplitudes, and
• at expiration of the first predetermined amount of time, change the setting of the vibration force by enabling a second group of selectable amplitudes of the vibration force that is different from the first group of selectable amplitudes,
• wherein a first total number of the selectable amplitudes of the first group of selectable amplitudes is greater than a second total number of selectable amplitudes of the second group of selectable amplitudes.

A method of managing asphalt compactor features, comprising:

• receiving, via secure access, a first setting to allow access to a first number of selectable amplitudes of a vibration force and a first number of selectable frequencies of vibration to be applied by the asphalt compactor to an asphalt surface for a first predetermined duration;
• operating the asphalt compactor during the first predetermined duration by applying amplitudes and frequencies of vibration force, selected from among only the first number of selectable amplitudes and the first number of selectable frequencies of the vibration force, to the asphalt surface;
• and
• at expiration of the first predetermined duration, changing the first setting to a second setting to allow access to a second number of selectable amplitudes of the vibration force and a second number of selectable frequencies of the vibration force that are different from the first number of selectable amplitudes of the vibration force and the first number of frequencies of the vibration force, respectively.