Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com HXGN MINEPROTECT PERSONAL ALERT PRODUCT MANUAL Version Control Date Version Author Description 2017-04-12 0.5 MBY Initial draft version 2017-05-05 0.6 MBY CAS LEDs Description 2017-10-15 0.7 MBY Hardware 2018-05-18 0.8 MBY Small Improvements 2018-05-18 1.0 MBY Grammatic Improvements 2018-06-04 2.0 MBY FCC Compliance 2018-07-13 2.1 MBY Monitoring Update 2018-08-16 2.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com Table of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................2 2. Product Description .........................................................................................2 3. System Architecture ........................................................................................4 3.1. Overview ................................................
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com 1. Introduction This document is aimed for customers and sales and represents the basic functionalities for the HxGN MineProtect Personal Alert. It describes the technology used, the recommended applications and limitations of the system.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com Close Interaction Reporting/Notifications: Every close interaction alarm will generate an alarm that is transmitted to the monitoring/reporting server for immediate notifications or historical reporting for trend analysis. Personnel Tracking: All data is wireless transmitted to the server, which allows the personnel within range distance to a vehicle with CAS to be tracked on the Live monitoring web services.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com 3. System Architecture 3.1.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com The Personal Alert System (PA) consists of Vehicle Anchors and Pedestrian tags. The Vehicle Anchors contain a UWB ranging radio, a powerful microcontroller for distance computations and a CAN interface to transmit ranging information to the CAS.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com XXm CAN Extension Cables QT37X This harness provides the connection extension from the CAS unit to the Vehicle Anchors. CAN 6Branches Harness QD216 This harness is used to connect the Vehicle Anchors to the CANBus.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com 4. Main Features 4.1. Enabling Personal Alert and Geo-Fencing Functionalities In the default configuration Hexagon Mining Personal Alert is active mine wide. However, it is possible to mute the visual and audible alarms, as well as to adapt the detection zones depending on area or speed settings.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com 4.2. Personal Alert Detection Zones The detection zones are configurable distances around the Vehicle Anchors. When a Pedestrian tag is detected by a vehicle Anchor in the immediate proximity around the vehicle it processes the location of the Pedestrian Tag and its distance relative to the Vehicle Anchor.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com The following table describes the notification outputs from the PA user interfaces: Detection Zone Description Display Awareness/Alerting PEDESTRIAN TAG Awareness/Alerting Cabin Zone This zone determinates if a person with a Pedestrian tag is within the cabin of the vehicle. This matters to prevent unwanted alarms within drivers and other vehicles.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com 4.2.1. Notifications in Vehicle Operator (CAS LED Display): Several LEDs colors and sounds indicate different threat levels of a person to the vehicle operator. Depending on the distance to pedestrian tagged personnel and on the configuration parameters a visual and an audible alarm might be generated.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com Depending on the location configuration of the vehicle Anchor detecting the Pedestrian tag, the LEDs could be shown in different locations as shown below: Vehicle Anchor Location Detecting Pedestrian tag User Interface Right Left Rear Front Font-Right Front-Left Rear-Right Rear-Left Center Use PA Center position only with one single vehicle Anchor on a vehicle.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com 4.2.2. Notifications for Personnel (Pedestrian Tag): The LEDs on the front side of the PEDESTRIAN TAG show the status of the device and depending on the configuration, the LEDs will change colors if there is a possible threat by a vehicle equipped with CAS, also an audible or vibration alarm could be generated if the threat reaches a high-risk level.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com Close Zone (Danger Zone) Red (alternating left/right) LED Blinking Period (0.25s) Buzzer at High Frequency Vibration at High Frequency 4.3. Power, Battery Charging and Configuration 4.3.1. Heartbeat Indication Every 30s, the pedestrian tag LEDs shows a heartbeat signal. This is a short simultaneous blink on both LEDs, and only shows up when no other threat is around.
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Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com Battery status Indications Battery OK The left LED will be constantly on in GREEN colour. Battery End-of-Life The left LED will be constantly on in RED colour. When pressing the acknowledge button for 5 seconds while charging, the Pedestrian Tag proceeds to perform a hard reset. 4.4.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com If a vehicle moves out of range of the detection zones, it is forgotten by the pedestrian tag acknowledge function, so that if it reappears, it will cause a new alert. Alarm priorities: When the vehicle is in standstill, and up to a speed of max_pps_speed (default 8 km/h), PA alarms have priority over other CAS alarms. At speeds, faster than this parameter (If configured), Personal Alert alarms will be disabled. 4.4.1.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com Battery medium The right and left LEDs will glow in AMBER colour for 2 seconds. Battery low The right and left LEDs will glow in RED colour for 2 seconds 5. System Status 5.1. CAS+PA 5.1.1. Errors If the CAS Main Unit encounters an error of the Personal Alert System (PA) a combination of LEDs will indicate its findings on the display.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com If a PA installation presents connectivity issues check the cabling for the following best practices being applied: The CAN-bus cabling resembles a simple daisy chain. The M12-4 terminator pieces are installed at both ends of the CAN-bus. The CAN-bus cabling has no branches other than individual vehicle Anchor units and one CAS unit attached to it. The entire system must describe a bus.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com Battery End-of-Life (This error occurs only on the Charging Bay) Battery capacity is not sufficient anymore. Replace battery. If a PEDESTRIAN TAG presents connectivity issues check the batterie status for the following best practices being applied: The battery needs to be charged The firmware needs to be upgraded. The battery needs to be replaced.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com 5.3. Vehicle Anchor 5.3.1. Errors If the Vehicle Anchor is on an error state a combination of LEDs will indicates the status as shown in the table below: Indication Type LED Indication No power no indication System fault Red LED steady Powered and a Pedestrian Tag in range. NO CAS Communication. Amber LED Blinking Powered. NO CAS Communication.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com 6. Use Cases 6.1. Tire Handler Situations on where the operation requires close interaction between heavy machinery and personnel are the perfect application for the PA, providing audible notification to the operators in case of the interaction with the personnel gets to the high-risk level due to the low visibility of the environment and the high focus of the operators to the task process and not the environment.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com 6.2. Workshop/Field Maintenance, Regular Mining Operation After maintenance is performed, personnel is still around the heavy machinery but operators have a very limited field of view of the environment due to the dimensions of the heavy machinery (see graph 1).
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Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com 7. Monitoring and Reporting The HxGN TRACK is a browser-based software application where vehicles can be tracked in real-time anywhere in the world using any PC connected to the internet or local server. The SMTRACK allows the user to display vehicles on a satellite image or on a mine custom map, along with information about their current position, speed, and status.
Hexagon Mining Lindenstrasse 4 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.hexagonmining.com Tracking example: Every tag could be assigned to a specific person and it could be tracked at any time as long as it is close to a vehicle or an infrastructure anchor.
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