Abstract: A digging implement including: a digging head (16); a substantially elongated main shaft (12) extending from the digging head (16); a main handle (14) secured to the main shaft (12) substantially opposed to the digging head (16); and an auxiliary handle assembly (140) and a footplate assembly (160) both mounted to the main shaft (12) between the digging head (16) and the main handle (14), the auxiliary handle assembly (140) and foot plate assembly (160) being each mountable to the main shaft (12) at different longitudinally spaced apart positions therealong.

Abstract: A rolling assembly, the rolling assembly including: a body; one or more surface rollers rotatable with respect to the body; and at least one rotatable sweeping device including: an elongate member rotatable with respect to the body; and a sweeping head located over the elongate member and rotatable with respect to the elongate member, wherein the sweeping head is configured to engage with the one or more surface rollers such that the rotation of the one or more surface rollers rotates the sweeping head.

Abstract: A system for removing seeds includes a track, one or more carts moveably disposed on the track, one or more sensors, a removing device, and a controller. The controller includes one or more processors, one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to determine a location of one or more of one or more contaminated seeds and one or more contaminated plants on the one or more carts based on information received from the one or more sensors and instruct the removing device to remove one or more of the one or more contaminated seeds and the one or more contaminated plants based on the location.

Abstract: A work vehicle (1) comprises a coupling apparatus (18) for coupling an attachment to the forward end (8) of the work vehicle (1). The coupling apparatus (18) comprises a three point linkage mechanism having a pair of lower coupling elements (19) and an upper coupling element (25). A first carrier element (22) is pivotally coupled to a forward chassis part (14) of the work vehicle (1) by a pair of main transverse pivot shafts (35) which define a main transverse pivot axis (33). A second carrier element (23) carries the lower coupling elements (19) and is pivotally coupled to the forward chassis part (14) about the main transverse pivot axis (33) and about a main longitudinal pivot axis (45).

Abstract: An agricultural work vehicle according to an aspect of the present invention, which can adaptively adjust the velocity profile of the hitch according to the weight of the work machine, is characterized by comprising: a hitch on which an work machine is mounted; a weight calculation unit that calculates the weight of the work machine when the work machine is lifted following a first lift of the hitch; and a hitch controller that firstly lifts the hitch according to a reference velocity profile comprising a constant-velocity section (T) and, when calculation of the weight of the work machine is completed, generates an updated velocity profile comprising acceleration sections (a1, a2), constant-velocity sections (b1, b2), and deceleration sections (c1, c1) according to the weight of the work machine, and secondly lifts the hitch according to the updated velocity profile.

Abstract: A swath tracking system for an off-road vehicle includes a control system with a processor and a memory. The control system is configured to receive a plurality of vehicle location points and a current vehicle state, wherein the current vehicle state comprises a current vehicle location, generate a planned vehicle path through one or more of the plurality of vehicle location points, generate a correction path from the current vehicle location to a point along the planned vehicle path ahead of the current vehicle location along a direction of travel, generate a blended path by blending the planned vehicle path and the correction path based at least in part on an assigned weight, wherein the assigned weight is based at least in part on a heading error, a distance between the current vehicle location and the planned path, or a combination thereof, and guide the off-road vehicle along the blended path.

Abstract: A control system of an agricultural work vehicle system includes a controller configured to receive a set of swath paths, and separate each swath path of the set of swath paths into a set of half swaths. Also, the controller is configured to determine multiple possible connecting paths, and each connecting path of the multiple possible connecting paths connects one half swath of a first half swath of the set of half swaths to a second half swath of the set of half swaths. Moreover, the controller is configured to determine a cost for each possible connecting path of the multiple possible connecting paths. Further, the controller is configured to select a chosen connecting path from the multiple possible connecting paths based on the cost, and output a signal indicative of a travel path for an agricultural work vehicle.

Abstract: A planning system for an autonomous work vehicle system includes a controller configured to determine a plan for the autonomous work vehicle system by reducing a cost function, and to output one or more signals indicative of the plan and/or instructions to execute the plan. The plan includes a route of the autonomous work vehicle system through a field, and the cost function includes multiple costs associated with operation of the autonomous work vehicle system.

Abstract: A path planning system for a work vehicle includes a controller configured to determine an initial path between an end point of a first swath and a starting point of a second swath. In addition, the controller is configured to identify a restricted region positioned along the initial path and to determine, in response to identifying the restricted region positioned along the initial path, a first bounding point of the restricted region. Furthermore, the controller is configured to determine a first waypoint based on the first bounding point and to determine an updated path that intersects the first waypoint. The controller is also configured to output signal(s) indicative of the updated path and/or instructions to direct the work vehicle along the updated path.

Abstract: A path planning system for a work vehicle includes a controller configured to determine an initial path between an end point of a first swath and a starting point of a second swath. In addition, the controller is configured to identify a restricted region positioned along the initial path, and to determine a first bounding point of the restricted region. The controller is also configured to determine a first waypoint based on the first bounding point. A distance between the first waypoint and the first bounding point is greater than or equal to half of a lateral extent of the work vehicle and less than half of a lateral extent of an implement. Furthermore, the controller is configured to determine an updated path that intersects the first waypoint, and to output signal(s) indicative of the updated path and/or instructions to direct the work vehicle along the updated path.

Abstract: A system for dispensing multiple low rate agricultural products, includes an agricultural product metering system, a number of agricultural product tubes, and an agricultural product metering system. The agricultural product metering system is operably connected to sources of low rate agricultural products. The agricultural product tubes are operatively connected to the agricultural product metering system. The agricultural product metering system is configured to dispense liquid low rate agricultural products at a low rate defined as below 3.7 fluid ounces per 1000 row feet.

Abstract: A multiple variety seed meter is provided for multi-variety row crop planting. The seed meter includes a segmented sump that may include an active sump segment and an inactive sump segment. A seed switching arrangement is used to select which seed variety is available in the active sump segment for exposure to a seed disk for singulation by a seed disk for delivery onto the agricultural field while planting.

Abstract: In one example embodiment, a seed sensor is disclosed adapted to fit a conventional mounting location in existing seed tubes that provides improved performance by providing a wide light source (more LEDS), a wide photodetector and a current profiling scheme for the LEDs that provides more light at the opposite ends of the LED array. A result of such an arrangement is to improve seed resolution and to reduce seed spatial variability within the seed tube.

Abstract: A system for electronically pulsing agricultural product with seed. A seed transport mechanism is affixed to a seed planter row unit having a seed metering system, operating at a high speed configured to dispense seed. The seed transport mechanism includes a conduit for introducing agricultural product with seed. The agricultural product is configured to be introduced with the seed after output from the seed metering system. A seed sensing device is operably connected to the seed transport mechanism and configured to sense a dispensation of the seed from the seed transport mechanism. The agricultural product conduit is configured to dispense agricultural products into the seed transport mechanism to provide dispensing of the agricultural products with the seed as the seed and agricultural product exit the seed transport mechanism. The agricultural products comprise chemical granules.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for depositing plant seeds are provided herein. Some embodiments include a seeder head device that includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end spaced a distance from the proximal end, a bore extending through an interior of the body from the proximal end to the distal end, a first hold arm disposed within the bore and coupled to a first actuator, and a second hold arm disposed within the bore and coupled to a second actuator. The bore includes a proximal opening at the proximal end and a distal opening at the distal end, and is shaped and sized to receive seeds at the proximal opening. The first hold arm and the second hold arm are movable to selectively allow one or more of the seeds to fall under force of gravity (or other force) to the distal opening of the bore.

Abstract: A meter roller for an agricultural metering system includes a spindle having a driven shaft, a first ring, and a second ring. The first ring and the second ring are rigidly coupled to the driven shaft, and the driven shaft is configured to engage a drive shaft to facilitate rotation of the spindle. The meter roller also includes a sealing ring longitudinally disposed between the first ring and the second ring. An outer diameter of the sealing ring is less than or equal to an outer diameter of the first ring and an outer diameter of the second ring, and the sealing ring is formed from a material having sufficient resilience to enable the sealing ring to stretch to facilitate disposition of the sealing ring between the first ring and the second ring.

Abstract: A system for implementing modified recipes in a plurality of grow pods includes a processor, and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium including a computer readable and executable instruction set, which when executed, causes the processor to receive a modified recipe from an assembly line grow pod, compare output results of the modified recipe from the assembly line grow pod with expected characteristics for the modified recipe, determine that the output results of the modified recipe are within the expected characteristics for the modified recipe, and in response to determining that the output results of the modified recipe are within the expected characteristics for the modified recipe, store information associated with an incentive to be provided to a user associated with the assembly line grow pod.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-moving device moving and working in a work area defined by a border, includes: a housing; a moving module, mounted in the housing, and driven by a drive motor to drive the self-moving device to move; a control module, controlling the self-moving device to move and work; a satellite navigation device, receiving a satellite signal; at least one position sensor, detecting a feature related to a position of the self-moving device; and a fusion processing unit comprising at least two inputs, one is the satellite signal, and the other is an output of the position sensor; the fusion processing unit performs operation on the satellite signal and the output of the position sensor, and outputs position information of the self-moving device; and the control module controls the moving module to drive the self-moving device to move based on the position information.

Abstract: A user device, that is remote from a combine harvester, receives setting information, indicative of a set of settings on the combine harvester. A display controller controls a display device on the remote computing system to display an interface showing the combine harvester settings, along with an adjustment actuator. A settings adjustment input is received through the settings adjustment actuator on the displayed interface. A settings adjustment message is generated, and a communication system on the remote computing system is controlled to send the settings adjustment message to the combine. A verification notification is received at the remote computing system, showing the adjusted settings on the combine.

Abstract: A display controller controls a display device in a harvester to display an interface showing adjustments to combine harvester settings, received from a remote computing system, along with an adjustment actuator. A settings adjustment is made based on user actuation of the adjustment actuator input is received through the settings adjustment actuator on the displayed interface. A verification notification is sent to the remote computing system, showing the adjusted settings on the combine.

Abstract: Operating conditions corresponding to a harvesting operation being performed by a mobile harvesting machine are detected along with a priority of a first performance pillar metric relative to a second performance pillar metric. An operating characteristic of the mobile harvesting machine is detected and a performance pillar metric value is identified for the first performance pillar metric based on the detected operating characteristic. A performance limitation corresponding to the first performance pillar metric is identified based on the detected operating conditions and an aggressiveness setting is detected that is indicative of an operating settings change threshold.

Abstract: A header is supported by a pair of hydraulic float cylinders, where a float pressure to the cylinders is directly controlled by an electronic control supplying a variable control signal to a PPRR valve arrangement to maintain the float pressure at a predetermined value. At the set pressure a predetermined lifting force is provided to the header. A position sensor is used to generate an indication of movement and/or acceleration and/or velocity. The electronic control is arranged, in response to changes in the sensor signal, to temporarily change the control signal to vary the lifting force and thus change the dynamic response of the hydraulic float cylinder. A lift force greater than that required to lift the header can be provided by a lift cylinder and can be opposed in a controlled manner to apply a controlled downforce by the back of the same cylinder or by a separate component.

Abstract: A harvester head may include a frame, a roller configured to support a draper belt and at least one tracking correction arm. The roller has a rotational axis and is pivotably supported by the frame about at least one pivot axis nonparallel to the rotational axis. The at least one tracking correction arm is coupled to the roller and may include a first belt bump stop and a second belt bump stop. The first and second belt bump stops contact portions of the draper belt such that mistracking of the draper belt relative to the roller pivots the roller about the pivot axis until the draper belt is automatically moved back into a tracking relationship with the roller.

Abstract: A harvesting system is provided. The harvesting system includes a track, a cart configured to move along the track, the cart including an upper plate configured to support a plant, one or more sensors, a lifter, and a controller. The controller includes one or more processors, one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to: receive information from the one or more sensors, determine whether the plant in the cart is ready to harvest based on the information, and send to the lifter an instruction for tilting the upper plate by a degree in response to determination that the plant in the cart is ready to harvest.

Abstract: A threshing and separating system including a rotor cage, a first vane rail movably connected to the rotor cage, and a first vane portion with a first constrained end pivotably connected to the rotor cage and a first movable end linked to the first vane rail. The threshing and separating system further including a second vane rail movably connected to the rotor cage, and a second vane portion with a second constrained end pivotably connected to the rotor cage and a second movable end linked to the second vane rail, the second vane portion and the first vane portion together define a substantially continuous vane.

Abstract: A self-cleaning sump for an agricultural harvester may include a collection chamber defining a top end and a bottom end. The self-cleaning sump may also include a sump door positioned at the bottom end of the collection chamber, with the sump door being movable between an opened position and a closed position. Additionally, the self-cleaning sump may include a cleaning device movable within the collection chamber between a raised position and a lowered position and an actuator coupled to the cleaning device. The actuator may be configured to actuate the cleaning device between the raised and lowered positions independent of the sump door. When the actuator is activated, the cleaning device may be configured to contact collected material contained within the collection chamber as the cleaning device is moved within the collection chamber between the top and bottom ends of the chamber.

Abstract: A tubular for processing crops can include a body having an outer surface and protrusions extending outwardly from the outer surface. The protrusions can be arranged in bands that are spaced apart along the outer surface to define gaps therebetween that form grooves extending around a circumference of the body. Each band of protrusions can be positioned offset with respect to at least one adjacent band of protrusions such that the protrusions form a spiraling configuration around a longitudinal axis of the body.

Abstract: A concave includes a frame and an array of threshing elements supported by the frame, the threshing elements being spaced apart and extending generally parallel to one another. The threshing elements each have formed on an upper portion thereof disposed adjacent to an upper portion of the frame a longitudinally-extending notch respectively defining an aggressive threshing edge. The threshing edges faces a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of a harvester rotor. The notch is recessed into the bar and disposed adjacent to the upper portions of the opposite members of the frame and facing opposite to a direction of movement of the rotor. The notch has a channel along an outer edge of the notch, the channel being filled with filler material having a differing hardness than a hardness of the bar.

Abstract: A paddle for a grain elevator of a combine harvester includes a plate and a leg. The plate is configured to be coupled to a chain at a first location on the chain. The plate has a top side for carrying grain, a bottom side opposite the top side, and a lip that extends along a perimeter of the top side of the plate for retaining the grain on the top side. The leg extends from a bottom side of the plate for releasably contacting the chain at a second location that is spaced from the first location.

Abstract: A transition device for a combine harvester includes a body having an inlet end and an outlet end. A plurality of vanes are positioned on an interior facing surface of the body for guiding crop material through the transition device. Each vane has a first end positioned either on or adjacent the inlet end of the body and a second end positioned either on or adjacent the outlet end of the body. An arc length between the first ends of two adjacent vanes of the plurality of vanes is less than or equal to an arc length between the second ends of the two adjacent vanes of the plurality of vanes, such that the crop material can expand between the two adjacent vanes upon travelling along a trajectory from the inlet end to the outlet end of the transition device.

Abstract: Herein a blade arrangement (6) for a hand-held power tool (2) is disclosed. The blade arrangement (6) comprises a driving member (16) configured for being driven to reciprocate along a driving direction (18), an elongated cutting blade body (12), and a clamping member (26). The clamping member (26) is configured to engage with the driving member (16) and the elongated cutting blade body (12) so as to press the driving member (16) against the elongated cutting blade body (12) at least partially in the driving direction (18).

Abstract: A system for utilizing waves in an assembly line grow pod includes a plurality of carts, a wave generator and a master controller. The plurality of carts carries a plurality of plants including a first plant and a second plant. The wave generator generates sound waves having a different range of frequency. The master controller is communicatively coupled to the wave generator and comprising a processor and a memory storing a wave recipe and instructions. The wave recipe correlates the plurality of plants with different characteristics of sound waves including frequency. The wave generator generates a first sound wave having the characteristic correlated to the first plant and a second sound wave having the characteristic correlated to the second plant.

Abstract: An image capture system for a grow pod includes a master controller that has a processor, a memory, and cameras that are communicatively coupled to the master controller and positioned to capture images of plants or seeds. The memory stores a grow recipe and a logic. The grow recipe defines instructions for growing the plants or seeds and expected attributes corresponding to the instructions. The logic, when executed by the processor, causes the master controller to perform at least the following: receive, from the cameras, the images of the plants or seeds, determine attributes of the plants or seeds from the images, compare the attributes of the plants or seeds from the images to the expected attributes defined by the grow recipe, and adjust the instructions of the grow recipe for growing the plants or seeds based on the comparison of the attributes to the expected attributes.

Abstract: A method for applying recipes in a plurality of grow pods includes receiving a first modified recipe from a first grow pod, the first grow pod including a first physical parameter, receiving a second modified recipe from a second grow pod, the line grow pod including a second physical parameter that is different than the first physical parameter, receiving a request from a third grow pod for a modified recipe, determining that the third grow pod includes the first physical parameter or the second physical parameter, in response to determining that the third grow pod includes the first physical parameter, implementing the first modified recipe at the third grow pod, and in response to determining that the third grow pod includes the second physical parameter, implementing the second modified recipe at the third grow pod.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a soil remediation and soil pore stabilising composition comprising at least one electrolyte and at least one cofactor.

Abstract: The present disclosure is in the technical field of photon delivery. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a fixture and method for delivering both full and supplemental lighting or photon delivery for use cases such as horticulture, circadian rhythm manipulation, task lighting, and other uses.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flower pot saucer. The flower pot saucer includes a base with a sidewall extending upwardly therefrom. The base has an upper surface and a lower surface. An aperture is disposed in the base. A screen covers the aperture and is affixed to the upper surface of the base along the periphery of the aperture. In some embodiments, the screen covers the aperture and is affixed to the bottom surface of the base. A plurality of wheels are affixed to the bottom surface of the base. A tube configured to direct the drainage of water that flows through the aperture is attached to the bottom surface of the base. The tube has a curve that redirects the water out and away from a side of the flower pot saucer. The flower pot saucer is both easily transpositioned and allows for proper water drainage.

Abstract: A seed level managing system includes a seed tank configured to contain seeds, a plurality of seed level sensors placed on a sidewall of the seed tank, a surface detecting sensor, and a controller. The controller includes one or more processors, one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to receive first information from the plurality of seed level sensors; receive second information from the surface detecting sensor and determine a number of the seeds in the seed tank based on the first information and the second information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are precision seeder heads and seeder components that include precision seeder heads. According to some embodiments, a precision seeder head includes a seed queue tube having an inside circumference that is sized to accommodate one seed at any vertical location, a first seed hold that selectively blocks the seed queue tube when located in a default position and selectively unblocks the seed queue tube when located in the release position, and an optical sensor positioned at a vertical position below the first seed hold, the optical sensor adapted to detect seeds dispensed from the seed queue tube.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for providing and operating crop control hardware are provided herein. Some embodiments include an assembly line grow pod having a master controller with a plurality of bays and being communicatively coupled to components of the grow pod, a crop control module within one of the bays such that the crop control module is communicatively coupled to the master controller and the components of the grow pod, and a second control module in one of the bays, which is removably insertable such that it is removable from the bay without altering the assembly line grow pod functionality. The crop control module is programmed to sense a removal of the second control module, determine control signals necessary to maintain an operation of the grow pod and the components of the grow pod, and provide the control signals to the grow pod or the components of the grow pod.

Abstract: An assembly line grow pod includes a seeding region, a harvesting region, a track that extends between the seeding region and the harvesting region, a cart including a tray for holding plant matter, and a wheel coupled to the tray, where the wheel is engaged with the track, and a weight sensor positioned on the cart or the track, where the weight sensor is positioned to detect a weight of the plant matter positioned within the cart.

Abstract: A cart having a wheel, a drive motor coupled to the wheel such that an output of the drive motor causes the wheel to rotate and propel the cart, a cart-computing device communicatively coupled to the drive motor; and one or more sensors communicatively coupled to the cart-computing device, the one or more sensors generating one or more signals in response to a detected event. The cart-computing device receives a communication signal and electrical power via the wheel. The communication signal corresponds to one or more instructions for controlling an operation of the cart. The cart-computing device receives the one or more signals from the one or more sensors. The cart-computing device generates and transmits a control signal to the drive motor to cause the drive motor to operate based on at least one of the one or more signals generated by the one or more sensors or the communication signal.

Abstract: A method for pressurizing an assembly line grow pod system is provided. The method includes arranging a dual wall including an outer wall and an inner wall, controlling, with an air pressure controller, first air pressure in the first sealed area and second air pressure in the second sealed area, and controlling, with a master controller, operations of the air pressure controller. The first air pressure of the first sealed area is controlled to be higher than pressure of an exterior area to the outer wall by a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A molecular air control system is provided. The system includes a shell including an enclosed area, a cart moving on a track within the enclosed area, an air supplier configured to output air into the enclosed area, and a controller. The controller includes one or more processors, one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to: identify a plant on the cart; determine a target carbon dioxide concentration level for the identified plant based on a molecular recipe for the identified plant; receive a current carbon dioxide concentration level from a carbon dioxide sensor; compare the target carbon dioxide concentration level with the current carbon dioxide concentration level; and adjust carbon dioxide concentration level of the air output from the air supplier based on the comparison.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including: a fresh air damper configured to receive outside air via an input plenum; a mixing chamber configured to receive the outside air from the fresh air damper and exhaust from one or more chillers, where the outside air and the exhaust are mixed in the mixing chamber; a blower section comprising a blower, where the blower section is configured to receive mixed air from the mixing chamber, and where the mixed air from the mixing chamber is received through a mixing damper; and a relief damper connected to at least one of: the mixing chamber and the blower section via a relief ducting, where the relief damper allows a release of at least one of: the fresh air, the exhaust, and the mixed air to an ambient environment

Abstract: A light control system includes a lighting device, a cart configured to move along a track under the lighting device, and a controller. The controller includes a processor a memory module storing lighting recipes, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory module that, when executed by the processors, causes the controller to identify a plant in the one or more carts, retrieve a lighting recipe for the identified plant from the one or more memory modules, and control operations of the one or more lighting devices based on the lighting recipe for the identified plant.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a grow pod are provided herein. One embodiment of a system includes a cart that moves on a track of the grow pod, where the cart receives a seed for growing into a plant. The system may also include a human-machine interface (HMI) that is coupled to the grow pod and a pod computing device coupled to the HMI. The pod computing device stores logic that, when executed by the pod computing device, causes the system to receive a grow recipe for the seed in the cart, wherein the grow recipe includes actuation of at least one environmental affecter and provide a user option to alter functionality of the grow recipe. In some embodiments, the logic may also cause the system to receive a user selection of the user option and in response to receiving the user selection, alter functionality of the grow recipe.

Abstract: An apparatus for growing vegetables, mushrooms, ornamental plants and the like, includes a containment framework associated with at least one technical compartment, forming internally at least one cultivation area and having at least one respective support and containment tray designed to accommodate the seeds of vegetables, mushrooms or plants to be cultivated, and elements for controlling the cultivation parameters. The control elements include elements for controlling the climate of each cultivation area; irrigation elements; and lighting elements, there being moreover management elements adapted to act on the control elements in order to control the cultivation parameters as a function of the type of vegetable, mushroom or ornamental plant to be cultivated during the germination step and during the growth step.

Abstract: A temperature control system includes a shell including an enclosed area, one or more carts moving on a track within the enclosed area, an air supplier within the enclosed area, one or more vents connected to the air supplier and configured to output air within the enclosed area, and a controller. The controller includes one or more processors, one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to: identify a plant on the one or more carts, determine a temperature recipe for the identified plant, and control a temperature of the air output from the one or more vents based on the temperature recipe for the identified plant.

Abstract: A distributed control system for use in an assembly line grow pod includes a master controller and a hardware controller device. The master controller includes a first processor and a first memory for storing a first set of instructions that dictates plant growing operations and a second set of instructions that dictates a plurality of distributed control functions. The hardware controller device is coupled to the master controller via a plug-in network interface. The hardware controller device includes a second processor and a second memory for storing a third set of instructions that dictate a selected control function of the plurality of distributed control functions. Upon the plug-in connection, the master controller identifies an address of the hardware controller device and sends a set of parameters defining a plurality of tasks relating to the selected control function.