Controlling a digging operation of an industrial machine

An industrial machine comprising:

• a dipper;
• a crowd motor drive configured to provide one or more control signals to a crowd motor, the crowd motor being operable to provide a force to the dipper to move the dipper toward or away from a bank;
• and
• a controller connected to the crowd motor drive, the controller configured to
• determine an impact of the dipper,
• determine a crowd retract factor based on the impact of the dipper,
• compare the crowd retract factor to a threshold crowd retract factor, and
• set a parameter for the crowd motor drive based on the comparison of the crowd retract factor to the threshold crowd retract factor.