| CPC D06F 34/20 (2020.02) [D06F 33/44 (2020.02); D06F 37/40 (2013.01); D06F 2103/04 (2020.02); D06F 2103/18 (2020.02); D06F 2105/46 (2020.02); D06F 2105/56 (2020.02)] | 16 Claims |
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1. A system for hardware detection in a laundry treatment appliance, comprising:
a sensor configured to provide data in relation to presence or absence of a removable agitator within the laundry treatment appliance and further to provide data regarding aspects of operation of the laundry treatment appliance;
a memory configured to maintain parameters for one or more cycles of operation of the laundry treatment appliance; and
a processor, in communication with the sensor, programmed to:
receive the data from the sensor,
identify a type of the removable agitator based on the data from the sensor,
identify a configuration of the removable agitator with respect to the laundry treatment appliance based on the data from the sensor, the configuration indicating at least the presence or absence of the removable agitator and, if present, the type of the removable agitator,
update settings of the laundry treatment appliance in accordance with the identified configuration of the laundry treatment appliance, including to retrieve, from the memory, parameters for a cycle of operation of the one or more cycles of operation, and alter one or more aspects of the parameters based on the identified configuration, the aspects including one or more of cycle time or agitation speed,
perform the cycle of operation using the updated settings, and
monitor aspects of the operation of the laundry appliance when performing the cycle using the data from the sensor.
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