Bale identification system for an agricultural harvester

A method for facilitating bale identification, comprising:

• receiving, via a controller comprising a processor and a memory, a bale wrap assembly code from a bale wrap assembly scanner, wherein the bale wrap assembly scanner scans a bale wrap assembly identifier of a bale wrap assembly, the bale wrap assembly identifier comprises data indicative of the bale wrap assembly code, and the bale wrap assembly code comprises a bale wrap assembly identification code and a bale wrap segment end index;
• determining, via the controller, a respective bale wrap segment index for each bale wrap segment of a plurality of bale wrap segments of the bale wrap assembly based on the bale wrap segment end index and an order of bale wrap segment usage;
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• establishing, via the controller, a database comprising a plurality of entries, wherein each entry of the plurality of entries corresponds to a respective bale wrap segment of the plurality of bale wrap segments, and each entry of the plurality of entries comprises the bale wrap assembly identification code, the respective bale wrap segment index, and bale wrap segment information.

A bale identification system for an agricultural harvester, comprising:

• a controller comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the controller:
• receives a bale wrap assembly code from a bale wrap assembly scanner, wherein the bale wrap assembly scanner scans a bale wrap assembly identifier of a bale wrap assembly, the bale wrap assembly identifier comprises data indicative of the bale wrap assembly code, and the bale wrap assembly code comprises a bale wrap assembly identification code;
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• establishes a database comprising a plurality of entries, wherein each entry of the plurality of entries corresponds to a respective bale wrap segment of a plurality of bale wrap segments of the bale wrap assembly, each entry of the plurality of entries comprises the bale wrap assembly identification code, bale wrap segment information, and at least one of an ejection time of a bale wrapped with the respective bale wrap segment or a location of ejection of the bale wrapped with the respective bale wrap segment, the database is sorted by the ejection time or the location of ejection, the database enables a remote system to retrieve the bale wrap segment information based on a bale wrap segment code received from a bale wrap scanner of the remote system, the bale wrap segment code comprises the bale wrap assembly identification code and a respective bale wrap segment index, and the bale wrap segment index corresponds to an order of the plurality of entries.