System and method for determining alignment faulted mobile irrigation tower

A control system for a mobile irrigation system having a plurality of mobile towers supporting a plurality of spans, the control system comprising:

• a plurality of safety switches each positioned on or near one of the mobile towers and configured to change from a closed position to an open position;
• a plurality of passive RFID transceivers each associated with one of the plurality of safety switches, positioned on or near one of the mobile towers, and configured to transmit an identification signal upon a corresponding safety switch being in the open position and an excitation signal being transmitted to the passive RFID transceiver;
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• a central controller including an active radio frequency identification device (RFID) transceiver configured to transmit the excitation signal, the central controller being configured to receive the identification signal such that the safety switch in the open position is identified based on the identification signal.

A control system for a mobile irrigation system having a plurality of mobile towers supporting a plurality of spans, the control system comprising:

• a plurality of safety switches each positioned on or near one of the mobile towers and configured to change from a closed position to an open position;
• a plurality of active RFID transceivers each associated with one of the plurality of safety switches, positioned on or near one of the mobile towers and, configured to transmit an identification signal to the central controller upon a corresponding safety switch being in the open position;
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• a central controller for receiving the identification signal such that the safety switch in the open position is identified based on the identification signal.