System and method for controlling the operation of a harvesting implement

A system for controlling the operation of a harvesting implement, the system comprising:

• a plurality of hydraulically driven implement components positioned on a harvesting implement and configured to receive a flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid from a harvester base vehicle, the harvester base vehicle configured to tow the harvesting implement;
• an implement-based pressure sensor positioned on the harvesting implement and configured to generate data indicative of an implement maximum pressure value, wherein the implement maximum pressure value is a maximum pressure value of the plurality of hydraulically driven implement components;
• and
• an implement-based computing system positioned on the harvesting implement, the implement-based computing system communicatively coupled to the implement-based pressure sensor and a vehicle-based computing system positioned on the harvester base vehicle, the implement-based computing system configured to:
• determine the implement maximum pressure value based on the data generated by the implement-based pressure sensor;
• and
• transmit the determined implement maximum pressure value to the vehicle-based computing system.

A method for controlling the operation of a harvesting implement, the harvesting implement including a plurality of hydraulically driven implement components configured to receive a flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid from a harvester base vehicle, the harvesting implement also including a fluid reservoir and a pump configured to pump hydraulic fluid between the fluid reservoir and the plurality of hydraulically driven implement components, the method comprising:

• receiving, with an implement-based computing system, implement-based pressure sensor data indicative of an implement maximum pressure value, wherein the implement maximum pressure value is a maximum pressure value of the plurality of hydraulically driven implement components;
• determining, with the implement-based computing system, the implement maximum pressure value based on the received implement-based pressure sensor data;
• and
• transmitting, with the implement-based computing system, the determined implement maximum pressure value to a vehicle-based computing system.