- Change between as-built surfaces to be displayed on the monitor display.
- Change the selection of as-built surface to update.
- Enable the sending of ore status snippets to the office.
Note: If the as-built surface does not exist, the Automatic Ore Status Maintenance feature will create the feature.
The functions that can be automated are dependent on which of the following modes is selected for the Automatic Ore Status Maintenance feature:
- Group defined by the primary ore design
- Elevation at which the machine is working, defined by regular intervals
- Elevation at which the machine is working, defined by irregular intervals
Table 1 summarizes how the automated functions are enabled according to the Automatic Ore Status Maintenance mode that is selected.
| Automated Function | Selected Mode | |
| Group of Primary Ore Design | Regular or Irregular Elevation Interval | |
| Display of Ore Status | (1) | When machine moves between elevations |
| Selection of as-built surface to write to | (1) | (1) |
| Enable Snippet sending | (1) | (1) |
| (1) | When the "Prime" design is selected by operator |
When "Automatic Ore" status is enabled, the on-board software does not allow the manipulation of an ore status under the following conditions:
- On-board using a file selection function
- Remotely by office-based supervisors using office software
Manipulation includes renaming, activating, or deactivating the file.
Note: Use AOSM when in material design mode and not in GIS mode. In GIS mode the software automatically locates the correct bench.
When an ore design is transferred to a machine from Cat MineStar System, the option is provided to associate a group with the design. If the Automatic Ore Status Maintenance feature is configured to use the group method, the as-built surface and snippets will be assigned the same group ID as the primary ore design. This process consists of the following actions:
- An ore design is assigned a group ID of 5 when the design is sent from the office (Cat MineStar System) to the machine (Terrain on-board software).
- At some point, the operator selects the ore design with the group ID of 5 to be the primary ore design.
- The Automatic Ore Status Maintenance feature writes data to an as-built surface file that has the group assignment of 5. If this file does not exist, the file will be created.
- The Automatic Ore Status Maintenance feature creates snippets with a group ID of 5.
- The snippets are sent to the office.
- At the office, the snippets are sorted into the appropriate location for group 5.
Note: The writing of data to the as-built surface will not be affected by the geographic location of the machine. If a machine is working in the area covered by design 7, but has the design 5 ore design set to "Prime", the data will be written to the as-built surface for group 5.
If the operator selects another ore design with a different group assignment, for example 7, the Automatic Ore Status Maintenance feature reacts as follows:
- The as-built surface will automatically select to display with the group ID of 7.
- The as-built surface will be written to the file with the group ID of 7. If this file does not exist, the file will be created.
- The Automatic Ore Status Maintenance feature creates snippets with a group ID of 7.
- The snippets are sent to the office. At the office, the snippets are sorted into the appropriate location for group 7.
Should the operator return to a previously selected ore design, the as-built surface associated with the ore design will retain the information from the previous use.
Note: Retention of information is subject to the setting defined for the Ore Status Maint Retention setting.
When the Automatic Ore Status Maintenance feature is configured to use levels, the on-board software will display different as-built surfaces depending on the elevation at which the machine is working.
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Illustration 1 shows a machine moving from
Once the machine has been within the new elevation range for a specified amount of time, one of the following occurs:
- The on-board software creates a new ore status file.
- The on-board software sets a previously generated ore status file as the primary file.
The operator will then need to set the ore design file associated with the new elevation to the primary file.
"Ore Status Maint Enable" - This setting specifies whether the on-board software will use the group method or elevation method for Automatic Ore Status Maintenance.
"Ore Status Maint Retention" - This setting specifies how many ore status files will be retained. For example, if the value is set to 3, the machine can go between three different areas and the as-built surfaces will be saved. Should the machine go to a fourth location, the as-built surface for the location that has existed the longest time since being visited is discarded.
Elevation Values for Elevation Mode
Note: The settings in this section are required to configure the Automatic Ore Status Maintenance feature in elevation mode only.
"Elevation Residency Threshold" - This setting specifies the number of seconds that the elevation of the machine must be within a specified range before the on-board software will recognize the machine as having changed to the new elevation range. This setting prevents the on-board software from changing over to another elevation when the machine accidentally crosses into another elevation range momentarily.
The following settings set the base and offset of regularly incrementing elevation values:
"Elevation Base" - This setting sets a base elevation value from which regularly incrementing elevation levels specified by the Elevation Offset are determined.
"Elevation Offset" - This setting sets the increment from the base elevation specified by the Elevation Base to a regular interval for each elevation level.
For example, a base elevation of
The following settings set elevation levels at irregular intervals:
"Elevation Level" - This setting specifies an elevation about which is configured a range to define the working area for a machine.
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| Illustration 2 | g01175454 |
In Illustration 2, the Elevation Level setting would be used to set a 300 foot level (2) and a 100 foot level (3).
"Elevation Level Range" - This setting specifies the range of elevations between the elevation above and the elevation below that are considered valid for the specified elevation.
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| Illustration 3 | g01175455 |
In Illustration 3 the Elevation Level Range setting is set to 75%. The on-board software considers the machine to be at the 1200 ft current bench if the machine is between 1650 feet (4) and 1150 feet (5) current elevation.
(4) 600 x 0.75 = 450, 1200 + 450 = 1650
(5) 200 x 0.75 = 150, 1000 + 150 = 1150
If there is no elevation above or below, the on-board software considers the machine as being at the closest elevation.
Note: A combination of regular and irregularly spaced elevations cannot be configured. Users must select to either use the regular intervals or the irregular intervals.