Systems and methods for grouping hydraulic functions for an agricultural implement

A system for grouping hydraulic functions associated with agricultural implements, the system comprising:

• an agricultural implement configured to execute a plurality of hydraulic functions;
• a work vehicle configured to tow the agricultural implement and supporting a hydraulic sub-system, the hydraulic sub-system including at least two pumps configured to supply pressurized hydraulic fluid and a plurality of valve assemblies, each valve assembly of the plurality of valve assemblies being configured to regulate the supply of the pressurized hydraulic fluid used to drive a respective hydraulic function of the plurality of functions, the hydraulic sub-system further including a plurality of switching valves, with each of the plurality of switching valves being configured to control which of the at least two pumps supplies the pressurized hydraulic fluid to a respective valve assembly of the plurality of valve assemblies;
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• a computing system provided in association with at least one of the work vehicle or the agricultural implement, the computing system being configured to:
• access hydraulic parameter data associated with the pressurized hydraulic fluid used to drive the plurality of hydraulic functions of the agricultural implement;
• determine delivery pump pressures for the at least two pumps for each of a plurality of different pump/function combinations based at least in part on the hydraulic parameter data;
• determine a power parameter requirement for the at least two pumps for each of the plurality of different pump/function combinations based at least in part on the delivery pump pressures;
• select a desired pump/function combination of the plurality of different pump/function combinations based at least in part on the power parameter requirement;
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• control the operation of the plurality of switching valves such that the pressurized hydraulic fluid is supplied for driving the plurality of hydraulic functions in accordance with the desired pump/function combination.