Digi-Shot Plus.4G Manuale utente

DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander System

UTM-00339 |Rev 19

DigiShot® Plus 4G Commander SVN 45232G

CE4 Tagger SVN 45232G

DigiShot® Plus 4G Detonator

2021/06/14

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List of Figures.......................................................................................................................................10

List of Tables........................................................................................................................................10

1USERS OF THIS MANUAL ................................................................................................. 11

1.1. Purpose of this manual ..............................................................................................................11

1.2. End User......................................................................................................................................11

1.2.1. Requirements..............................................................................................................................................11

1.3. Training .......................................................................................................................................11

2DIGISHOT®PLUS 4G COMMANDER SYSTEM PRODUCT SAFETY ............................... 12

2.1. DetNet Safety Philosophy ..........................................................................................................12

2.2. User Safety..................................................................................................................................12

2.3. Product Safety ............................................................................................................................12

2.4. Equipment Usage and Handling................................................................................................13

2.5. Information in case of emergency.............................................................................................14

2.6. Warning, Caution, and Note Statements...................................................................................14

2.7. Disclaimer ...................................................................................................................................14

2.8. RF compliance - FCC (USA) and ICES (Canada) ......................................................................15

2.8.1. Unauthorised Changes................................................................................................................................15

2.8.2. Radio Interference.......................................................................................................................................15

2.8.3. RF Exposure................................................................................................................................................15

2.8.4. FCC Class B digital device notice...............................................................................................................15

2.8.5. Labelling Requirements for the Host device ...............................................................................................16

2.8.6. CAN ICES-3 (B) / NMB-3 (B) ......................................................................................................................16

2.8.7. Use of Tablet or Handheld devices on the bench with the CE4 Commander control equipment...............16

3DIGISHOT®PLUS 4G COMMANDER SYSTEM INTRODUCTION..................................... 17

3.1. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander Basic System Description.....................................................17

3.1.1. Direct Blasting Configuration.......................................................................................................................18

3.1.2. Remote Blasting Configuration....................................................................................................................19

3.1.3. Remote Blasting via a Repeater Configuration...........................................................................................20

3.2. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander General Description...............................................................21

3.3. CE4 Tagger General Description...............................................................................................21

3.4. DigiShot®Plus 4G Detonator General Description...................................................................21

3.5. Near Field Cards (NFC) General Description............................................................................22

3.5.1. The White Information Card........................................................................................................................22

3.5.2. The Yellow ActivateCard.............................................................................................................................22

3.5.3. The Red BlastCard......................................................................................................................................22

3.6. Harness Wire...............................................................................................................................23

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3.7. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander System Tablet Blast Application...........................................23

3.8. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander System User Application.......................................................24

3.8.1. Users that deploy simple blast patterns. Basic (B) Tagging Option...........................................................24

3.8.2. Users that follow a paper plan. Advanced (A) Tagging Option..................................................................24

3.8.3. Users that follow a plan. Planned (P) Tagging Option...............................................................................24

3.9. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander System Limits and Specifications ........................................25

3.9.1. CE4 Tagger System Limits..........................................................................................................................25

3.9.2. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander System Limits...........................................................................................26

4DIGISHOT®PLUS 4G DETONATOR .................................................................................. 28

4.1. Components................................................................................................................................28

4.1.1. Crimp Plug...................................................................................................................................................28

4.1.2. Printed Circuit Board (PCB).........................................................................................................................28

4.1.3. Fusehead.....................................................................................................................................................29

4.1.4. ProtectiveH-Plug.........................................................................................................................................29

4.1.5. Connector....................................................................................................................................................29

4.1.6. Down-linewire.............................................................................................................................................29

4.2. ConnectingUp.............................................................................................................................30

4.2.1. Connector....................................................................................................................................................30

4.3. Application of Detonator............................................................................................................31

4.4. HandlingPrecautions .................................................................................................................31

4.4.1. Storage........................................................................................................................................................31

4.4.2. DigiShot®Plus 4G Detonator Care..............................................................................................................31

4.5. Specifications .............................................................................................................................32

4.5.1. Number of DigiShot®Plus 4G Detonators...................................................................................................32

4.5.2. Automated detonator capacity check..........................................................................................................32

4.5.3. Decking........................................................................................................................................................32

4.5.4. Maximum delay times and increments.........................................................................................................32

4.5.5. TemperatureLimitations..............................................................................................................................32

4.5.6. Storage Life and Equipment Life .................................................................................................................32

4.5.7. Electrostatic Discharge, Over Voltage, Over Current and EMP Immunity..................................................32

4.6. Safety...........................................................................................................................................33

4.7. SafetyWarnings..........................................................................................................................33

4.7.1. User and Safety Tips ...................................................................................................................................33

4.7.2. Risks............................................................................................................................................................33

4.7.3. Destructionof4G Detonators.......................................................................................................................33

5CE4 TAGGER...................................................................................................................... 34

5.1. CE4 Tagger General Information...............................................................................................34

5.2. CE4 Tagger Components...........................................................................................................35

5.2.1. Harness wire terminals................................................................................................................................36

5.2.2. Pogo pins.....................................................................................................................................................36

5.2.3. LEDs............................................................................................................................................................36

5.2.4. LCD Screen.................................................................................................................................................36

5.2.5. SoftKeys......................................................................................................................................................36

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5.2.6. Navigation and Numerical keys...................................................................................................................36

5.2.7. Enter key .....................................................................................................................................................36

5.2.8. Backspace Key............................................................................................................................................36

5.2.9. On/Off key ...................................................................................................................................................37

5.2.10. Esc key........................................................................................................................................................37

5.2.11. Function key................................................................................................................................................37

5.2.12. USB connector port.....................................................................................................................................37

5.2.13. Battery.........................................................................................................................................................37

5.2.14. Audio Tones ................................................................................................................................................37

5.2.15. Vibration Signals .........................................................................................................................................38

5.2.16. Visual Signals..............................................................................................................................................38

5.2.17. Real Time Clock (RTC) Function ................................................................................................................38

5.2.18. NFC.............................................................................................................................................................38

5.3. Power CE4 Tagger ON and OFF.................................................................................................39

5.3.1. CE4 Tagger Power-ON...............................................................................................................................39

5.3.2. CE4 Tagger Power-OFF .............................................................................................................................40

5.4. CE4 Tagger Menu Navigation ....................................................................................................41

5.4.1. CE4 Tagger Common User Interface Conventions ....................................................................................41

5.5. CE4 Tagger Menu Quick Reference...........................................................................................43

5.6. CE4 Tagger Accessories............................................................................................................46

5.6.1. External Battery Pack..................................................................................................................................46

5.6.2. Replaceable Top Connectors......................................................................................................................47

5.6.3. Surface Harness Wire .................................................................................................................................48

5.7. CE4 Tagger Battery.....................................................................................................................49

5.7.1. Charging the CE4 Tagger (Wired) ..............................................................................................................49

5.7.2. Wireless Charging.......................................................................................................................................49

5.7.3. Low Battery..................................................................................................................................................50

5.7.4. Battery Information......................................................................................................................................50

5.8. CE4 Tagger Storage Mode .........................................................................................................51

6CE4 TAGGER SYSTEM INFORMATION............................................................................ 53

6.1. System Info.................................................................................................................................53

6.1.1. Regulatory Info............................................................................................................................................53

6.1.2. System Info - Battery...................................................................................................................................53

6.1.3. System Info - Temperature and the Relative Humidity ...............................................................................53

6.1.4. System Info - Hardware Serial Number and SW Release Number ............................................................54

6.1.5. System Info - GPS Detail ............................................................................................................................54

6.1.6. Regulatory Info............................................................................................................................................54

6.1.7. System Info –User ID..................................................................................................................................54

7CE4 TAGGER CONFIGURATION SETTINGS.................................................................... 55

7.1. CE4 Tagger 4G Setup Configuration.........................................................................................55

7.1.1. Tag Option...................................................................................................................................................55

7.1.2. Site Setup....................................................................................................................................................56

7.1.3. Leakage Trigger ..........................................................................................................................................58

7.1.4. Test Single on Bus ......................................................................................................................................58

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7.1.5. Extra Info Bar ..............................................................................................................................................59

7.2. Device Setup...............................................................................................................................61

7.2.1. Contrast.......................................................................................................................................................61

7.2.2. Brightness....................................................................................................................................................62

7.2.3. Time Zone ...................................................................................................................................................63

7.2.4. Language.....................................................................................................................................................65

7.2.5. Units ............................................................................................................................................................66

8CE4 TAGGER ADVANCED SETUP.................................................................................... 67

8.1. Tagger ID.....................................................................................................................................67

8.2. Connections................................................................................................................................69

8.2.1. Connect Tagger to PC via Wi-Fi..................................................................................................................70

8.2.2. Connect CE4 Tagger to DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander via Wi-Fi ............................................................71

8.2.3. Connect CE4 Tagger to PC via USB ..........................................................................................................73

8.3. Remote View ...............................................................................................................................74

8.3.1. Select Remote View on CE4 Tagger ..........................................................................................................74

8.3.2. Initiate Remote View on PC ........................................................................................................................75

8.4. Clear Tags...................................................................................................................................76

8.5. Device Password ........................................................................................................................77

8.6. Read All Detonator Data.............................................................................................................78

8.7. Maximum Wire Length................................................................................................................79

8.8. Reconciliation.............................................................................................................................80

9CE4 TAGGER FACTORY SETUP....................................................................................... 81

9.1. Factory Setup Menu Options .....................................................................................................82

10 TAGGING OPERATIONS.................................................................................................... 84

10.1. COMMANDER SYSTEM TAGGING PRINCIPLE.........................................................................84

10.1.1. Basic............................................................................................................................................................84

10.1.2. Advanced.....................................................................................................................................................85

10.1.3. Tag by Plan .................................................................................................................................................85

10.2. BASIC (B) TAGGING OPTION ....................................................................................................86

10.2.1. Mark Detonators..........................................................................................................................................88

10.3. PLANNED (P) TAGGING OPTION...............................................................................................90

10.3.1. Selecting a ViewShot design plan...............................................................................................................90

10.3.2. Connect the CE4 Tagger to the PC ............................................................................................................93

10.3.3. Download the Plan (via ViewShot 3D) ........................................................................................................94

10.3.4. View the downloaded design on the CE4 Tagger.....................................................................................100

10.3.5. Select Start Position..................................................................................................................................101

10.3.6. Tag by Plan Screen...................................................................................................................................102

10.3.7. Assigning ViewShot...................................................................................................................................104

10.3.8. Verify Plan.................................................................................................................................................104

10.3.9. Verify Delays .............................................................................................................................................104

10.3.10. Show Results ............................................................................................................................................105

10.3.11. Merge Plan................................................................................................................................................105

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10.3.12. Reconciliation Menu..................................................................................................................................106

10.4. ADVANCED (A) TAGGING OPTION .........................................................................................108

10.4.1. Advanced Mode ........................................................................................................................................108

10.4.2. Edit the Hole configuration........................................................................................................................110

10.4.3. Delete the Hole Configuration...................................................................................................................111

10.5. Advanced (A) Tagging Screen Info..........................................................................................113

10.5.1. Advanced Tagging Screen SoftKey Icons.................................................................................................114

10.5.2. Toggle Increment Direction.......................................................................................................................115

10.5.3. Inter Hole Delay.........................................................................................................................................116

10.5.4. Absolute Detonator Time...........................................................................................................................116

10.5.5. Autotag / Manual Mode.............................................................................................................................117

10.5.6. Test Single Detonator................................................................................................................................118

10.5.7. Tagged Detonators....................................................................................................................................119

10.5.8. Review Tag Detonator Screen Parameters ..............................................................................................120

10.5.9. Advanced Screen Manual Adjustments ....................................................................................................121

11 TEST MENU ...................................................................................................................... 122

11.1. Test All.......................................................................................................................................122

11.2. Test String.................................................................................................................................123

11.3. Test Single Detonator...............................................................................................................124

11.4. Leakage Test.............................................................................................................................125

11.5. Untagged Test...........................................................................................................................126

11.6. Search Detonators (Binary Search).........................................................................................127

11.6.1. Search Function Results ...........................................................................................................................127

12 VIEW PLAN ....................................................................................................................... 128

12.1. List Detonators .........................................................................................................................128

12.1.1. Search Filter..............................................................................................................................................129

12.1.2. Info SoftKey...............................................................................................................................................130

12.1.3. Sort Detonator list......................................................................................................................................131

12.1.4. ViewShot Plan Summary (Heading)..........................................................................................................133

12.2. List Missing detonators............................................................................................................134

12.3. List New detonators..................................................................................................................137

12.4. List Bad Status..........................................................................................................................138

12.5. Duplicate Location....................................................................................................................139

12.6. Blast Summary..........................................................................................................................140

12.7. Tracking Detonators.................................................................................................................141

13 MARK DETONATORS ...................................................................................................... 143

14 COMMANDER................................................................................................................... 144

14.1. General Information..................................................................................................................144

14.2. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander Components.........................................................................144

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14.2.1. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander Body.......................................................................................................145

14.2.2. Internal antenna ........................................................................................................................................145

14.2.3. Detonator Communication Channels (1 - 4)..............................................................................................145

14.2.4. E-paper display .........................................................................................................................................145

14.2.5. NEXT (FUNCTION) button........................................................................................................................145

14.2.6. POWER button..........................................................................................................................................145

14.2.7. Mini-USB connector port ...........................................................................................................................146

14.2.8. BlastCard (NFC) Sensor ...........................................................................................................................146

14.3. Power DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander ON and OFF ..............................................................146

14.3.1. Power DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander ON...............................................................................................146

14.3.2. Power DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander OFF.............................................................................................147

14.4. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander Accessories..........................................................................148

14.4.1. Battery.......................................................................................................................................................148

14.4.2. Charging the DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander...........................................................................................149

14.4.3. Storage......................................................................................................................................................149

14.4.4. Differential Global Positioning System (D-GPS).......................................................................................149

14.5. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander Process Description ............................................................150

14.5.1. Start-up......................................................................................................................................................150

14.5.2. Shutdown...................................................................................................................................................150

14.5.3. Bootloading................................................................................................................................................150

14.5.4. Data Transfer Mode ..................................................................................................................................150

14.5.5. Pairing .......................................................................................................................................................151

14.5.6. Aborting.....................................................................................................................................................151

14.5.7. Blasting......................................................................................................................................................151

14.6. Connecting CE4 Tagger to DigiShot® Plus 4G Commander via Wi-Fi..................................152

14.7. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander System Information..............................................................153

14.7.1. System Info –Regulatory Info...................................................................................................................153

14.7.2. System Info –Battery, Temperature and Relative Humidity.....................................................................153

14.7.3. System Info –Hardware Serial Number and SW Release Number..........................................................154

14.7.4. System Info –GPS Detail...........................................................................................................................154

14.7.5. System Info –User ID...............................................................................................................................154

14.7.6. System Info –Serial Number .....................................................................................................................154

14.8. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander LCD Screen Icons ................................................................155

14.8.1. DigiShot®Plus 4G Base Commander Mode Icons ...................................................................................155

14.8.2. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander Bench Mode Icons .................................................................................161

14.8.3. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander Repeater Mode Icons.............................................................................169

14.9. NEW DESIGN.............................................................................................................................173

14.10. TEST MENU ........................................................................................................................174

14.10.1. Test All.......................................................................................................................................................174

14.10.2. Leakage Test.............................................................................................................................................175

14.10.3. Untagged Test...........................................................................................................................................176

14.11. VIEW DESIGN .....................................................................................................................177

14.11.1. List Detonators ..........................................................................................................................................177

14.11.2. List Missing Detonators.............................................................................................................................179

14.11.3. List New Detonators..................................................................................................................................180

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14.11.4. List Bad Status Detonators........................................................................................................................181

14.11.5. Channel Summary.....................................................................................................................................182

14.12. Prepare for Blast ................................................................................................................183

14.12.1. Local Blast.................................................................................................................................................183

14.12.2. Remote Blast.............................................................................................................................................186

14.12.3. Remote Synchronized Blast......................................................................................................................191

14.12.4. Remote Non-Synchronized Blast..............................................................................................................195

14.13. Blast using 3rd Party Authorisation...................................................................................199

14.13.1. Prepare for Blast .......................................................................................................................................199

14.13.2. Local Blast - 3rd Party Authorisation enabled............................................................................................199

14.13.3. Remote Blast - 3rd Party Authorisation enabled........................................................................................202

14.13.4. 3rd Party Authorisation Fault Finding........................................................................................................208

15 DIGISHOT®PLUS 4G COMMANDER CONFIGURATION SETTINGS............................. 209

15.1. 4G Setup....................................................................................................................................209

15.1.1. Det Label...................................................................................................................................................209

15.1.2. Leakage Trigger ........................................................................................................................................210

15.1.3. Blasting Method (Base Station).................................................................................................................210

15.2. Device Setup.............................................................................................................................211

15.2.1. Time Zone .................................................................................................................................................211

15.2.2. Language...................................................................................................................................................212

15.2.3. Timeouts....................................................................................................................................................213

15.2.4. Units ..........................................................................................................................................................214

15.3. Long Range RF.........................................................................................................................215

15.3.1. Set RF Channel.........................................................................................................................................215

15.3.2. Set Encryption Key....................................................................................................................................217

16 ADVANCED SETUP.......................................................................................................... 219

16.1. Device ID ...................................................................................................................................219

16.2. Base Station Mode....................................................................................................................220

16.3. Base + Repeat Mode.................................................................................................................221

16.4. Bench Box Mode.......................................................................................................................222

16.5. Repeater Mode..........................................................................................................................223

16.6. Device Password ......................................................................................................................224

16.7. Last Det .....................................................................................................................................225

16.8. Toggle Auto Arm.......................................................................................................................226

16.9. Max Wire Length.......................................................................................................................227

17 FACTORY SETUP............................................................................................................. 228

17.1. Factory Setup Menu Options ...................................................................................................230

18 TABLET BLAST APPLICATION GENERAL DESCRIPTION........................................... 231

19 COMMANDER SYSTEM ON-BENCH DEPLOYMENT OVERVIEW................................. 232

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19.1. Blasting Overview.....................................................................................................................232

19.1.1. Local blasting ............................................................................................................................................232

19.1.2. Remote blasting ........................................................................................................................................234

19.1.3. Synchronized blasting (Multiple Commanders).........................................................................................235

20 DIGISHOT®PLUS 4G COMMANDER SYSTEM TROUBLESHOOTING.......................... 236

20.1. DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander System Troubleshooting: Reprogram required.................242

21 APPENDIX A –COMMANDER SYSTEM PRACTICAL TIPS AND HINTS ...................... 243

21.1. On Bench Delivery of Detonators............................................................................................243

21.2. Distributing Detonators on the Bench.....................................................................................243

21.3. Priming with DigiShot®Plus 4G Detonators ...........................................................................243

21.4. Lowering Detonators into Drilled Holes..................................................................................244

21.5. Charging of Drilled Holes.........................................................................................................244

21.6. Stemming of Charged Holes....................................................................................................245

21.7. Tagging of Charged Holes with DigiShot®Plus 4G Detonators.............................................245

21.8. Harnessing of the Blast............................................................................................................245

21.9. Testing of Blast Installation.....................................................................................................246

21.10. Testing lead-in wire and rolling out harness wire to Bench Commander position........246

21.11. Connecting Harness wires to Bench Commander...........................................................246

21.12. Setting Up RF Communication..........................................................................................247

21.13. Basic causes of leakage ....................................................................................................247

21.14. Leakage table......................................................................................................................248

21.15. Binary Search.....................................................................................................................249

21.16. High Leakage......................................................................................................................250

21.17. Leakage through conductive materials ............................................................................251

22 APPENDIX B –ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS ................................................... 252

22.1. Abbreviations............................................................................................................................252

22.2. Definitions.................................................................................................................................253

 
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Figure 1: DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander System Composition ...............................................................................17 
Figure 2: Direct Blasting ............................................................................................................................................18 
Figure 3: Remote Blasting of up to 16000 detonators...............................................................................................19 
Figure 4: Remote Blasting via a Repeater.................................................................................................................20 
Figure 5: CE4 Tagger Component Identification.......................................................................................................35 
Figure 6: CE4 Tagger External Battery Pack ............................................................................................................47 
Figure 7: CE4 Tagger Top Connector ......................................................................................................................47 
Figure 8: Surface Harness Wire ................................................................................................................................48 
Figure 9: DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander Part Identification...................................................................................144 
Figure 10: DigiShot®Plus 4G Base Commander Mode Detail Screen ...................................................................156 
Figure 11: DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander Bench Mode Screen............................................................................162 
Figure 12: Repeater Detail Screen..........................................................................................................................169 
Figure 13: Local Blasting .........................................................................................................................................232 
Figure 14: Remote Blasting.....................................................................................................................................234 
Figure 15: Synchronized Blasting via Multiple Commanders..................................................................................235 
 
 
 
 
Table 1: Component Description...............................................................................................................................18 
Table 2: CE4 Tagger Icon Shortcut Keys and Commander Icons ............................................................................42 
Table 3: CE4 Tagger Menu Reference......................................................................................................................43 
Table 4: CE4 Tagger Main Menu Reference.............................................................................................................43 
Table 5: CE4 Tagger Configuration Menu Reference...............................................................................................44 
Table 6: CE4 Tagger SoftKey Icons –Select Position.............................................................................................101 
Table 7: CE4 Tagger SoftKey Icons –Tag By Plan” Option ...................................................................................103 
Table 8: CE4 Tagger SoftKey Icons –Advanced Tagging......................................................................................114 
Table 9: DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander Base Station Screen Icons.....................................................................156 
Table 10: DigiShot®Plus 4G Commander Bench Mode Screen Icons ...................................................................162 
Table 11: Repeater Screen Icons............................................................................................................................170 
 
 