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Hydraulic systems are widely used in working actions of mobile machines. They offer good power to weight ratio, robustness and relatively good controllability. However, there has been growing interest on the energy efficiency of such machines during recent years. Load sensing proportional valve control is a typical solution for multi-actuator systems leaving a significant margin for improvement of energy efficiency. Digital hydraulic valve system enables independent metering and reduces losses significantly without a need of complete redesign of the hydraulic system of such machine. Digital hydraulic valve system consists of parallel connected on/off-valves and offers deterministic operation which is crucial for successful implementation of independent metering. Four different digital hydraulic valve control approaches are analyzed in the paper: four-edge-control, four-edge control with pressurized tank line, five-edge-control and six-edge-controlled three-chamber-cylinder.