System and method of operating a positioning mode actuator to operate a material dispersal device

A method for implementing an operation of a body of a machine, the method comprising:

• receiving, using one or more processors, first data indicating a lever pivotally mounted on an actuator base of a positioning mode actuator is disengaged from a center detent within the actuator base;
• determining, using the one or more processors, an operating direction of the lever relative to the center detent according to the first data and a moving direction for moving the body according to the operating direction of the lever;
• causing a hoist system to actively move the body in the moving direction;
• detecting, using one or more sensors, a position of the body as the body moves in the moving direction;
• and
• causing the hoist system to stop actively moving the body in the moving direction at a second position and passively move the body in the moving direction from the second position to a third position, in response to determining that:
• the moving direction corresponds to a lowering motion of the body,
• the lever remains disengaged from the center detent and the operating direction of the lever continues to correspond to the lowering motion, and
• the body is located at the second position.

A machine comprising:

• a frame;
• a cab mounted on the frame and configured to accommodate a user;
• an engine mounted on the frame;
• a body attached to the frame configured to hold material;
• a material dispersal device configured to move relative to the frame to move the material from the body;
• a positioning mode actuator in the cab configured to actuate a dispersal device actuator to move the material dispersal device;
• a sensor configured to detect a position of the material dispersal device;
• and
• a controller operatively connected to the positioning mode actuator, the dispersal device actuator, the sensor, and the engine,
• wherein the material dispersal device is one of the body and an ejector positioned in the body, and
• wherein the controller is configured to access the sensor and determine the material dispersal device is the one of the body and the ejector according to position data obtained from the sensor, and
• wherein the controller is configured to set a control mode for operating the material dispersal device actuator according the material dispersal device being the one of the body and the ejector.