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Cat® Health 4.0
Release Notes
Contents
Table of Contents
Change History 7
Overview 8
New and improved features 8
Platform 8
Installation 8
Deprecated features and functionality 8
Fleet on-board system changes 8
Resolved issues 8
Enhancements 8
Known issues 8
New and improved features 9
Health 10
Health web-based user interface 11
Measure Groups 13
Corporate Data Share and VIMS File Upload 14
Configuring VIMS or HIM to send events in real time 15
To configure VIMS 3G/HIM to send events to the office via communicator 15
To configure VIMS/HIM to send events using the Configure VIMS Wireless Messaging Health
job 15
To configure VIMS to send events to the office in real time 16
Configuring Pollable Channels 17
Support for larger fleet diversity 18
Fleet web client 19
Opening the web client 19
Closing the web client 19
Remote Foreman's Terminal 20
Site Map 21
Travel Progress Monitor 22
KPI Dashboards 23
Production 24
Material Moved 24
Cumulative Material Moved 24
Utilization 26
Loading 27
Shift Average 27
Rolling Average 28
Cumulative Duration 28
KPI Configuration Tool (Time Usage Model) 29
Real-time KPI Persistence 31
Update KPI Summaries XML 31
Run makeDataStores 31
Review KPIGen.properties 31
Update the Customer's KPI Summaries Universe 32
Create Dashboards or Reports that access real-time KPIs 32
Delays 33
Email notification of delays 33
Delay Category Finder 34
Field Delay Type View 35
Delay Type Finder 36
Delay Type Editor 37
Site Monitor 38
Destination Assistant 39
Delay Work Order References 40
Delay Activities 43
Delay Activity Types 43
Delay Activity Classes 43
Attaching a Delay Activity Class to a Delay Type 44
Creating a Delay with Delay Activities 44
Splitting Delays with Delay Activities 45
Merging Delays 45
Delay Activities database changes 46
Tables 46
Safety Checklist 47
Safety Check Record 48
Shift Change 49
Shift Change Finder 50
Java 88
Memory sizes 89
GeoServer 90
Web Client 91
BusinessObjects 4.0 93
Knowledge Network 94
Hardware Requirements 95
KPISUM universe 96
Universe split for VIMS 97
Support SQL Server 98
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) 99
Changed Reports 101
General changes affecting all reports 101
Specific report changes 101
New Reports 103
Validation 103
System Health 103
Health 103
Template Historical 103
Changed Objects comparison 104
Real-time KPIs 105
BORefresh end of life 106
Command for hauling Reference Implementation BIAR 107
107
Oracle RMAN 108
Third Party tool changes 109
Windows Task Scheduler 110
FTP Server 111
Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2 112
Running Fleet on SQL Server 113
VM Snapshot - Known Issue 114
Installation 115
Installation procedure 116
Upgrading from release 3.x to release 4.x 116
29 April 2013 Updated Resolved Issues for build M9-1. K Wilson Draft
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Overview
Welcome to the release notes for Cat® Fleet and Cat® Health release 4.0 which delivers functionality
and other improvements over those delivered in Fleet 3.1 and 3.1.1.
Platform
This section comprises new and updated platform information for Fleet 4.0, such as GeoServer and Busi-
nessObjects 4.0.
Installation
This section describes changes to, and requirements for, the Fleet 4.0 install process.
Resolved issues
This section provides a lit of resolutions completed in Fleet 4.0 for previously identified issues.
Enhancements
This section provides a list of enhancements in Fleet 4.0.
Known issues
This section comprises the known issues in Fleet 4.0.
Health
The following sections describe the new features relating to Health.
New viewers can be configured by users to display specific selections of health events, trend, cumu-
lative and channel data from devices and the specific configuration stored and recalled by any other sys-
tem user.
Timeline Viewer
The Timeline Viewer provides a graphical view of real time (as it occurs on-board) and historical data, for
multiple channels.
Spatial Viewer
The Spatial Viewer provides a graphical view of spatial, real time (as it occurs on-board) and historical
data, for multiple machines.
The Event Monitor Viewer provides two views of health events; one view presents event activation and
deactivation in line with sensory data, the other view presents the data in tabular form. The location at
which events occur is also automatically plotted on the adjoined site map.
For more information, refer to the online help, or see the Heath chapter in the Fleet User manual.
Measure Groups
With the introduction of the Health Monitor, a new concept of Measure Groups has been introduced to
simplify the management of health monitors.
You are able to define groups of trends, cumulative and channels, and provide the group with a custom
name.
Groups are visible to all users system-wide and can be used to simplify the creation of new health mon-
itors around commonly targeted channels, trends and cumulative.
Scheduled regularly, this job simplifies VIMS file management and processes required to send files to
Caterpillar, Dealer or alternative customer sites.
1. Configure each machine by connecting to the web server (communicator) embedded in each device
and setting the office IP address.
2. Run the Configure VIMS Wireless Messaging Health job to send TMAC message to machine to
alter its configured IP address.
3. Run a system command to send TMAC message to the machine to alter its configured IP address.
Note: See your VIMS 3G or HIM setup manual for more detailed instructions.
VIMS 3G and HIM 2.x come with an embedded web server often referred to as communicator. You can
configure the device to send events to the office via communicator by setting the Office IP address.
4. Click Apply.
2. On the Standard Options tab, select the machines you wish to configure.
3. Click Run.
For example:
mstarrun com.mincom.integ.field.handler.util.SendBroadcastSet
tmac://192.168.1.44:51889 172.30.44.34
4. Monitor the Field Communications Monitor for an outgoing CmnBroadcastSet2 request and a
corresponding CmnBroadcastSet2Response response.
5. Monitor the machine for VIMS events, using Health Event Monitor.
e.g.
mstarrun -b healthChannelSetup T01,T02
Release 4.0 removes this limitation through some underlying data storage structural changes. As a res-
ult, the profile database storage size, performance of VIMS file import and BusinessObjects reporting dif-
fer from prior versions of Health. The exact difference depends on many factors and is dependant on the
specifics of the installation; in some cases improvements will be observed while in others a performance
reduction will be observed.
See the Compatibility Matrix document for more information on application sizing and performance
guides.
Select the Language you wish to view the software in, and enter the Username and Password that has
been given to you.
The web client opens displaying the Site Map as the default desktop. You are able to open other
desktops such as Travel Progress Monitor and KPI Dasboards.
RFT can either be installed on individual laptops or accessed through a web browser.
Installing on a laptop is recommended when low bandwidth support is needed. Any updates to the client
are downloaded automatically on opening the client. For instructions on how to install and use the
Remote Foreman’s Terminal, refer to the Fleet web client online help.
• Site Map
• KPI Dashboard
• Travel Progress Monitor
• is read-only.
• will work on small screen laptops, for example, a Panasonic Toughbook™ with a screen resolution of
1024x768.
• will work in low-connectivity wireless networks and function with a low bandwidth.
• will work in both very high and very low light conditions.
• provides accompanying online help.
Site Map
The Site Map shows the current position and relevant information of machines in near real time. It allows
a foreman to search and follow individual machines, and in the case of loading tools and processors, see
which machines are on-route and queuing.
• truck travel direction has been swapped. Machines now travel right to left.
• the timeline has been split, showing 0 to 10 minutes and then 10 minutes to the longest ETA.
• when machines are on delay they are organized by their last known location.
KPI Dashboards
The KPI desktop displays dashboards showing different KPIs.
• Production
• Utilization
• Loading
Production
On the Production screen you can choose to view Material Moved or Cumulative Material Moved inform-
ation. On both screens you can filter by Loading Tool and Material, or choose to display All Loaders and
All Materials.
Material Moved
This view displays information relating to the number of tonnes (or the appropriate unit of measurement
for your mine site) of material moved within the current shift. It indicates the following.
• The actual amount of material that has been moved for the current shift.
• An estimate of how much material will be moved on the current shift, projected from the current
progress and time remaining for the shift.
• An hour-by-hour breakdown for the current shift, showing the amount of material that was moved per
hour.
• For the current hour, an indication of the likely figure at the end of the hour, estimated from current
production and time remaining.
You can filter the data by machine and material by selecting the desired option from the filter buttons
above the graph. These are shown below. Units may vary depending on the type of material selected. If
multiple materials are selected the Mass unit is shown. For a single material, the unit is based on the
type of material selected. For example, if set up correctly, Waste could be shown as BCM (Bank Cubic
Meter).
The quantity of Prime and Rehandled material is displayed on an hour- by-hour basis.
You can filter the data by machine and material by selective the desired option from the filter buttons
above the graph. These are shown below. Units may vary depending on the type of material selected.
Utilization
This screen displays the KPIs relating to the loading tool availability and utilization as a percentage
within the current shift. The loading tool names are listed on the left of the graph, with the percentages
along the bottom of the graph.
Average availability and utilization are displayed as a line dropping down to the average percentage.
Note: Only those loading tools which Cycles and KPIsummaries have determined have production
numbers are displayed.
Loading
This screen displays loading tool specific KPIs. You can choose between the following three options:
• Shift Average
The average Load, Hang, Queue and Spotting times for the loading tools across the entire shift.
• Rolling Average
The average times for the loading tools across the last five cycles only.
• Cumulative Duration
The total time the loading tool spent in each state for the shift.
Note: Only those loading tools which Cycles and KPIsummaries have determined have production
numbers are displayed.
Shift Average
Rolling Average
Cumulative Duration
From release 4.0, you are able to use the Time Usage Model page in the office software to build the
model graphically and then export the model as a generated piece of XML, rather than directly modifying
the KPI Summaries definition file. This can then be incorporated into and used by the CyclesKpiSum-
maries engine.
The Time Usage Model page is an Expert Mode page, and once you are in Expert Mode can be found by
clicking Contents > Platform > Time Usage Model Finder.
The Time Usage Model Finder allows you to create new models, view and open existing models, and
delete models.
An example of the opening screen of the Time Usage Model Editor page is below.
• The top left panel is the Model Hierarchy Editor, which shows the model as a tree view.
• The top right panel is the Model Attributes Editor.
• The bottom panel shows a graphical representation of the structure of the time usage model. This only
updates when a node in the tree is selected.
For more information on the Time Usage Model Finder and Editor, refer to the Fleet User manual.
Run makeDataStores
makeDataStores must be run after inserting or modifying KPISummaries.xml with the new KPI Sum-
maries entries. Running makeDataStores creates the necessary database tables and views to allow
third party software to access real-time KPI's. Below is an example of a view that will allow access to
the real-time KPI's.
SQL> desc cycle_k_truckcycleinfo;
Review KPIGen.properties
After makeDataStores is run, the KPIGen.properties file contains entries that can be used to update the
KPI Summaries universe at the customer site to expose real-time KPI's for use in reports and
Delays
There are two new delay pages.
The following pages have changed. They are either delay pages, or have a delay option on them.
Note: Any addition or deletion of Delay Categories impacts KPI summaries. Please liaise with your
MineStar support personnel before making this type of change.
• preview which delay type hierarchies are being sent to which machine classes in the field.
• ensure that the delay types are being sent out to the machine in the correct order.
Note: The Field Delay Type View page presents a snapshot of the delay type hierarchy at the time it is
opened. The page does not update dynamically.
Field Delay Type View can be found by opening Delay Type Finder and clicking the Field View button.
The hierarchies displayed on the page should exactly match the hierarchy displayed on the on-board dis-
play of the machine of the associated class.
Delay Types and Delay Type Groups are presented in the same order as they are in the Delay Type
Finder.
A Delay Type is displayed in the tree for that machine class when that machine class is selected on the
Associations tab for the Delay Type in the Delay Type Editor.
Any groups that are empty are removed from the hierarchy before being sent to the field.
When you close Delay Type Finder and reopen it, everything displays in the order in which you left it.
Use Field Delay Type View to check the ordering before the new delay configuration is sent to the field.
Selecting Available From Field indicates that when the list of delay types is sent out to the machines,
that delay type is included in the list for all types of machine it is associated with. Selecting and clearing
this check box will change the results shown in Delay Type trees for the associated machine classes on
the Field Delay Type View page.
Site Monitor
You are now able to right-click destinations and road segments and put them on delay.
Destination Assistant
You are now able to right-click a destination in Destination Assistant and put it on delay using Delay
Editor.
Work order references are not mandatory, so you can leave the field unpopulated. The work order ref-
erences are visible in reports TH030 and TM020.
Delay Editor
When creating or editing a delay from the Delay Monitor or Delay Type Assistant, the Work Reference
field is on the Duration tab in the Delay Editor, as shown in the screenshot below. You can enter the work
order reference number for the delay in this field. Saving the delay stores the work order reference
against the delay under the historical database schema.
Delay Splitter
When splitting a delay, the work order reference from the delay being split is populated into both work
order fields. Each field is attached to one of the two delays that the original delay is to be split into. You
can change either, both, or neither of these fields. The work order field does not have to be populated.
Merging Delays
When merging two or more delays in Delay Assistant the Delay Merger screen displays as shown below.
The Work Order Reference field displays as a drop-down list, which is pre-populated with any work order
reference that was set on any of the original delays.
Note: If none of the delays to be merged have a work order reference set, the Work Order field will not
be displayed at all.
If a number of delays are being merged into a single delay, you can only set a single work order ref-
erence. You can select one of the already attached work order references from the drop-down list or you
can type an entirely new work order reference in the text box beside the drop-down list.
Note: When you enter a new work order reference into the text box, the drop-down box is disabled.
Clicking Save attaches either the selected work order reference from the drop-down list, or the new work
order reference in the text box to the merged delay.
Delay Activities
Delay activities, also known as Maintenance Bay activities have been added to the Delay functionality in
release 4.0, Delay activities can be configured and stored in the system for reporting purposes. The main
purpose for delay activities is for the determination of Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF).
For example, a delay of type Scheduled Down Time may have a delay activity class of Minor Service.
Minor Service may have a number of associated delay activity types, for example, Change Oil, Change
Coolant, Clear Air Filter etc. When you create a delay you can add a number of delay activities to the
delay.
Delay activities can have delay activity types that are valid for the delay activity class attached to the
delay type.
New delay activity types are created by going to Contents > Production > Delay Activity Type Finder.
Clicking New or Open displays the Delay Activity Type Editor, where you can enter a Name, Description
and Code. This then displays in the Delay Activity Type Finder.
New delay activity classes are created by going to Contents > Production > Delay Activity Class Finder.
Clicking New or Open displays the Delay Activity Class Editor. An example screenshot with some delay
activity types already entered is shown below.
This displays a list of ALL delay activity types that have been created, and selecting the Selected check
box attaches the delay activity type to the delay activity class.
Note: This functionality is restricted to Controller, Builder and Maintenance Engineer roles.
You can create and modify delay activities in the Delay Editor, from either the Delay Assistant or Delay
Monitor.
On the Delay Editor, the Delay Activities tab is disabled until a delay type with an associated delay activ-
ity class is selected. An example is shown below, in the first screenshot the delay type Wait for Space
does not have an associated delay activity, in the second screenshot the delay type Wait for Labour has
a delay type call Minor Service associated with it.
Note: The tab changes its name to that of the delay activity associated with it.
To add a new delay activity, click New, then click in the Activity column. A drop-down list provides the
activity options to choose from. Double-click the Duration field and set the length of the delay in the
popup dialog that displays. If you set the duration of the activity to be longer than the delay duration you
are given a warning and asked if you wish to continue or not.
You are also able to add a Work Order Reference number and a Description of the activity if necessary.
Merging Delays
When merging delays the merge takes each delay activity where the delay activity type is equal and add
the duration. If there is a delay activity of the same activity type in each of the delays to be merged the
work order reference defaults to the work order of the delay activity in the first delay. If the work orders on
each of the delay activities in each of the delays is different, they will display in the Work Order field in a
drop-down list. You are then able to select one of the work orders to use. The descriptions for each delay
activity of the same delay activity type are concatenated. If the delay type is changed for the merged
delay, only the delay activities of types that are present in the delay activity class for the delay type are
active for merging.
All other delay activities are grayed out to indicate they will not be included in the merged delay.
• DELAY_ACTIVITY_CLASS
• DELAY_ACTIVITY_CLASS_TYPES
• DELAY_ACTIVITY_TYPE
DELAYCLASS
DELAY_ACTIVITY
DELAY
V_DELAY_ ACTIVITY_CLASS
V_DELAYACTIVITYTYPE
VM_DELAYDELAYACTIVITES
Safety Checklist
The following improvements have been made to Safety Checklist Finder and Safety Checklist Editor in
release 4.0.
• The column heading on Safety Checklist Finder has changed from Machine Categories to Machine
Classes.
• The tab name on Safety Checklist Editor has changed from Machine Categories to Machine Classes.
• Selecting a category and clicking Apply or Save creates entries for the safety check item against all
machine classes in that category.
• When on the Machine Classes tab, you can hold down the Ctrl key and click on all of the machine
classes you wish to apply the safety check item to.
• All
Displays all records regardless of whether they have a status of Good or Bad. Good results are displayed
in green, Bad in red.
• Bad
Displays all records that have a status of Bad regardless of whether or not they have been actioned. Res-
ults are displayed in red.
• Unactioned
Displays all records that have a status of Bad and have yet to be actioned. Results are displayed in red.
Shift Change
This section documents numerous improvement made to Shift Change in release 4.0.
Select the type of error message you wish to view. Click Display Message Types to display all mes-
sage types.
• The Error check box is selected by default. When creating a new shift change there should not be
any Error messages.
• Selecting Warning or Information will display messages of that type. Each group of errors relates to
the table on a particular tab, for example Loading Tools.
• Each error row identifies the row number and column on the table of the particular tab in which the
error occurs.
In the screenshot below, the Operator column on the Loading Tools tab has an warnings on rows 1, 2, 3
and 4.
1. You can either open the Destination Finder and select a destination, or double-click the Destination
in the Destination column on the Tie-down tab that you wish to change the load state for.
3. Click Save.
When Assignment performs the evaluations to assign a truck it will consider any scheduled assignments
that are within range. All locations on that scheduled assignment are considered where the destination
load state matches the current load state.
For a scheduled assignment to have a valid station to assign the truck to, the truck load state must
match at least one of the destination load states for the scheduled assignment. An example of this is
shown in the tables below.
Truck 1 OK Not OK OK
(Loaded)
Truck 2 Not OK OK OK
(Empty)
Scheduled
Truck 1 B None
Assignment 3
Scheduled
Truck 2 A, B and C B and C
Assignment 1
On the Shift Change Editor, the Tie-Downs tab has a Penalty column in the tie-down table, which allows
you to configure a penalty duration, given normal circumstances, for an operator to travel from the tie-
down station to the line out or dry room. The value should be an average duration. Penalty durations for a
station are not mandatory, and can be left at zero.
2. Double-click the Penalty column for the relevant tie-down destination. A dialog displays with day,
hour and minute duration field settings.
4. Double-click the Trucks cell for the destination you have just set the penalty on.
5. Select the Trucks to apply the tie-down penalty to. The penalty duration selected shows in the
Penalty Column for the relevant destination. The Count column displays the number of vehicles
the penalty applies to. An example is shown in the screenshot below.
The penalty duration in the example above now defines that when the selected trucks are to tie-down at
station FUELINT0 at shift change, the assignment engine must consider a penalty duration of 20
minutes, which corresponds to the travel time between FUELINT0 and the line out area.
8. Open Scheduled Assignments Finder. The Destinations column shows the additional penalty
duration.
Note: Double-clicking a row with a destination tie-down penalty displays the Scheduled Assignment
Editor. If you click the Browsebutton beside the Stationfield, you will notice that the pop-up dialog
also contains the Penaltycolumn. You can double-click the Penalty column to change the penalty dur-
ation.
• Required At
• Arrive After
• Arrive Before
Note: It is important to note that the scheduled assignment period window is for the scheduled assign-
ment as a whole.
Penalty durations greater than zero may be different for each destination or location defined in the sched-
uled assignment, for example, Workshop may have no penalty duration and FUELINT may have a 15
minute penalty. Assignment applies the penalty duration to these times at runtime when the assignment
engine is determining which tie-down location to assign the trucks to. The diagram below shows how the
scheduled assignment window is adjusted.
Assignment looks at the scheduled assignment for the truck and for each location in that scheduled
assignment it applies any penalty duration to effectively shift the scheduled assignment’s window of
activity forward in time. Assignment then uses this time period to calculate the best assignment for the
truck.
Tie-Down Assignments
When a truck has an active scheduled assignment to travel to its tie-down station at shift change it will
not receive any further assignments until the tie-down has ended. If the truck goes off-course during its
travel to the tie-down station, it will not receive any further assignments.
When the scheduled assignment for the shift change tie-down allocation becomes active, the machine
operator receives the following message: “Current assignment is scheduled tie down. No further assign-
ments for shift” to which the operator must respond “OK” to acknowledge the message. This is captured
in the OFFICEMESSAGE historical table for future reference.
This column displays Yes with the cell colored red if a machine is on delay, and No with the cell colored
green if the machine is not on delay. This is shown in the screenshot below.
On this page, the outbound office message timeout and retry is now configurable, with the default
timeout before resend being set at 10 seconds, and the number of retries for sending the message has
the default setting of 5 retries.
You are now able to add priority servers which display in the order you set them, before all other servers.
The priority servers are saved with the page configuration.
The machines will display in the order you set them. If you filter by another fleet and the machines you
selected are not in that fleet they will not display. However, they will remain as priority servers in the fleet
you selected them from.
2. Click the truck you wish to assign to a different loading tool, drag it to that loader, and release the
mouse button.
The Truck Assistant for the dragged truck opens displaying the Assign tab.
The loading tool is preselected, and displays in its compatibility color. Loading tools are colored
based on their suitability.
Empty trucks
Two new check boxes have been added to the Empty Trucks Tab in Travel Progress Monitor. The Load-
ing Tool Annotations panel now has the Coverage and Productivity check boxes.
Selecting these check boxes will display the Coverage and Productivity statistics with the Loading Tools
on Travel Progress Monitor.
Loaded trucks
Two new check boxes have been added to the Loaded Trucks Tab in Travel Progress Monitor. The Pro-
cessor Annotations panel now has the Productivity and Destination check boxes.
Selecting these check boxes will display the Productivity and Destination statistics with the Processors
on Travel Progress Monitor.
Station trucks
Station trucks is a new tab, displaying a reduced set of the same options as the other tabs as shown
below.
Personnel Editor
On the Personnel Editor, the Licenses in the License drop-down box are now sorted alphabetically, and
then alphabetically / numerically by class. For example, in the screenshot below, Truck comes after
Shovel, and within Truck, the 793s are before 797s, and Cs are before Ds.
When the Upload all DXF files to the Surface option is run from the Actions > Background Files win-
dow, or by clicking on the toolbar, the current Surface is automatically backed up, and the backup
Each additional change is appended to the list, up to a maximum of ten changes. When this limit is
reached, the oldest file in the list is deleted when the next change is uploaded.
To revert to an earlier version of the Surface, select the Load backup surface option from the Background
Files window, then click OK.
The current backgrounds in Site Editor are replaced by the selected file. To use this data as the new Sur-
face, open the Background Files window again, select Upload all DXF files to the Surface and click OK.
The previous Surface will be backed up, and the file you have loaded will be set as the new Surface.
Cycles
Dragline operational states, e.g. Walking, Digging and Power Off, are used to generate Dragline Cycles.
Dragline Cycles can be viewed, merged, split and edited.
Delays
Draglines may be placed on delay. Dragline delays can be viewed, merged, split and edited.
When you select this option, the capabilities of the machine's class are inherited by the machine, in this
case the truck.
Once you have selected the Use Class Capabilities check box, the Capabilities check box is grayed out
so you cannot select specific capabilities for the machine.
You can clear the check box to enable the different capabilities for the machine.
Once a machine type is selected the Operator Interface field on the Onboard tab will be populated.
Note: This field was previously called the Category drop-down list on the General tab.
Destination Chooser
Clicking the Destination field on a Machine Assistant page, e.g. Loading Tool Assistant, or Machine
Editor page, e.g. Loader Editor, now displays the Destination Chooser, which allows you to filter, search
for, and select a destination.
Blue - within 500m of the machine. See Supervisor, Options > System Options > Machine Tracking >
Destinations to change the default distance.
If your site has a lot of destinations, you can click in the Type field and select a Filter to reduce the list.
Select one of
You can also find a destination by starting to type the name of a destination in the Search field. The panel
underneath the field dynamically updates as you type.
The Destination Chooser can also be found on the Mining Block Editor when selecting a Stockpile or a
Locked Destination. The Chooser is the same as for machines, except that the filter options are as fol-
lows
Cycle Editor
When viewing the Cycle Editor screen for an auxiliary or truck cycle, the office software now shows the
truck activity, and that it is traveling on an unknown road if the machine loses the GPS signal, rather than
leaving the columns blank. This makes it easier for you to correct the cycles.
Also, the Start Waypoint and End Waypoint columns have been renamed Start Position and End Pos-
ition.
In earlier releases, on-board hardware was configured by choosing the corresponding on-board platform.
These platforms could represent the application of the machine, software and hardware combination,
software and version or related capability set. Furthermore, it was only the Detect-only based machines
which could be configured to have camera and radars.
From release 4.0, the machine's on-board system is selected by choosing from the list of relevant oper-
ator interfaces and add-ons, then specifying the custom configuration.
Operator interface
An operator interface is the physical on-board hardware that is installed on the machine, including
• CMPD
• Navigator
• G610
• Autonomous
• PC
The operator interfaces available for a machine are based on the office software license, and machine
category, e.g. Haul Truck, Scraper, Shovel, etc of the machine’s class.
• Cameras
• Radars
• Proximity Awareness
The custom configuration and add-ons available are also based on the office software license and
machine category of the machine’s class and the operator interface selected.
Example
Office software which is licensed for Fleet and Detect, allows a Haul Truck to have No (None), or a
CMPD operator interface. If CMPD is selected as the operator interface, then the available add-ons are
Camera, Radars and Proximity. The custom configurations options are VIMS, TPMS, GPS or Detect.
As part of the upgrade process from release 3.x to release 4.0, the office software migrates existing con-
figurations to the new approach. Any configurations that could not be migrated are highlighted in the log
files and in the Mine Model Query. Typically, machines that could not be migrated have inappropriate con-
figurations or the machine category is not correct for the actual machine type, or the onboard is no longer
supported.
For step-by-step instructions for configuring a machine, refer to the Fleet User manual.
When this is selected the Mining Block Finder page shows all mining blocks that can be archived, i.e.
they are inactive. Only inactive mining blocks can be archived.
Inactive blocks display as a red icon.
The columns on Mining Block Finder can be ordered in ascending or descending order, so you can see if
the mining block is suitable for archiving.
Data Share
Data Share provides you with an open interface for integration with your other mining information sys-
tems. Closely integrated systems remove the need for duplicate data entry and allow business pro-
cesses to span systems and provide greater value to your operations.
The interface is built on open industry standard protocols (i.e. JSON data interchange, over REST web
services), and integration can be achieved by using off-the-shelf components. As such there are no pro-
prietary libraries or program files to integrate, reducing development costs and time to deploy.
Using the Data Share, systems external to the office software can send and receive data about oper-
ators, machine location, machine activities and materials as well as share text messages.
For example, business processes implemented in fleet management systems (FMS), enterprise
resource planning (ERP) and corporate reporting systems can commonly benefit through integration with
high precision guidance and control processes implemented by the office software.
• the ability to integrate your existing HR systems with Operator Management within the office
software.
• the ability to integrate third party fuel management systems with Fuel Management within the office
software.
For more information on Data Share, contact your Cat Implementation and Deployment teams.
• Job Codes
• Operators
• Delay Codes
• Machines
The tables below show which information will be synchronized for each of the entities as listed in the
code.
Job Codes
Fleet Terrain
Name Name
ID ID
Operators
Fleet Terrain
Archived Archived
MacPassword Password
Name Name
OID ID
Delay Codes
Fleet Terrain
Archived Archived
Duration DefaultDuration
ID ID
Name Name
Machines
Currently only the four machines classes shown below are common between Fleet and Terrain, therefore
these are the only ones you can synchronize.
Fleet Terrain
You should not enable these check boxes unless you are running Terrrain v1.3 or later.
Fleet has two check boxes in Supervisor which must be selected to enable or disable data syn-
chronization, Initial Sync and Live Sync. To enable data synchronization, do the following.
Selecting Initial Sync then starting the client will pass the information for the entities mentioned above
from Fleet to Terrain, and Terrain will then pass its information to Fleet. This process will occur every
time you start Fleet if data has not been synchronized before.
If you select Live Sync, Fleet and Terrain automatically synchronize any changes you make to any of the
four entities. Only the change made will be re-synched.
Note: If you change either check box, e.g. you clear Live Sync, you must restart Fleet to activate the
change.
Machine associations
Both the Delay Type Editor and Job Code Editor have an Associations tab, associating machines with
delay and job codes. Only the four machine classes mentioned earlier are able to have their delay and job
code information synchronized.
Platform
This section provides information on new and changed platforms used in conjunction with release 4.0.
Java
The office software operates with Java 1.6, and will install a copy for its own use. If you are installing
another version of Java, it must be compatible with the office software requirements. Check the Java_
Home directory to see which version you are running.
The office software, as currently configured, does not support Java 1.7, and it should not be
installed, used or configured.
Memory sizes
JVM heap size settings can now be set using Supervisor.
• SMALL is for demonstration or test systems only, and should not be used for production.
• MEDIUM requires a machine with a minimum of 16 GB memory, and may be a suitable initial
configuration for a medium mine site.
• LARGE requires a machine with a minimum of 24 GB memory, and may be a suitable initial
configuration for a large mine site.
Note: As requirements and JVM needs vary considerably between sites, the Implementation and
Deployment teams should review and adjust the JVM heap configuration according to their current
best practices and knowledge. The Supervisor configuration is provided as a convenience to set an ini-
tial coarse configuration.
Any additional site-specific adjustments to the JVM heap sizes should be via editing the files in the
MSTAR_CONFIG\catalogs directory.
GeoServer
From release 4.0, all capability sets make use of a GIS Server. A GIS Server allows users to share GIS
resources and provide Google Maps style capability.
The GIS Server distributed with the office software is GeoServer version 2.2.2 at the time of writing.
GeoServer is installed and configured automatically as part of the office software install, and creates a
service called “M*GeoServer”.
Web Client
For release 4.0, a new client is available through the web browser.
The available functionality is based on the license you have. For further detail on the individual features
please refer to the relevant User manual.
• Site Map.
• Dashboards.
To ensure there are no issues with Window security, it is recommended the web client is added to the
safe web site list.
5. Click Sites.
• If the option to add the website is not available then Click Advance.
7. Click Add.
8. Click Close.
BusinessObjects 4.0
Note: From release 4.0, only BusinessObjects 4.0 is supported.
The following sections highlight the changes and new features in BusinessObjects 4.0. Refer to the Fleet
Install manual for more detailed information.
Knowledge Network
The Knowledge Network is a resource for sharing the following BusinessObjects-related topics between
Caterpillar Employees and Dealers. We encourage you to subscribe to this site to receive updates.
https://kn.cat.com/cat.cfm?id=15440
4. Success stories
Hardware Requirements
The BOXI 4.0 architecture is substantially different and requires more memory. In addition, the way that
BusinessObjects and MineStar interact leads us to recommend the following server hardware require-
ments.
• Minimum Server Hardware Requirements (Updated) 4 x 2.0 GHz Core CPU 16 GB RAM minimum /
recommended 32 GB. If you are a Dealer you may wish to add more RAM.
Note: Sizing Companion for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) 4.0 states: “In terms of
typical hardware in an enterprise scale deployment of BI 4.0, a node in a BI 4.0 cluster would typically
be an 8 core machine with 16GB minimum or equivalent.”
Note: Compiled binaries of SAP BusinessObjects BI software is supported on versions of the Win-
dows operating system running on CPUs made by AMD or Intel
With the removal of Desktop Intelligence from the BusinessObjects 4.0 reporting suite, there is a greater
reliance on Java plugins, which require a reasonable level of available RAM to operate with.
Note: For full Fleet hardware requirements, please refer to the Fleet 4.0 Compatibility Matrix.
KPISUM universe
Please note that the KPISUM universe in the standard BIAR file is a reference implementation universe
only. There are several changes in the following sections which you will want to update in your cus-
tomized KPISUM_XXX universe.
Note that Oracle and SQL server work differently when it comes to Daylight Savings Time (DST). For
example, the function displayLocalTime() in Oracle does not work in SQL Server. SQL Server has a func-
tion DisplayUTCTime() which can be used.
Custom functions required a universe change where objects were prefixed with “dbo.” e.g. dbo.validDate
and dbo.interpolatedSMU
There are 405 new UTC objects in the MSTARGE3 universe and 20 in the KPISUM reference universe.
The prompts have also been updated for UTC time, and all standard reports.
Note: Your KPISUM_XXX universe will need to be updated as well as all your custom reports.
For BO reporting to work, the query against the database should be based on UTC variables, while the
data displayed in the report should reflect the local time equivalent.
Below is an example of the one-off changes needed to the “where” clause of every query.
WHERE
AND
WHERE
AND
Refer to Coordinated Time (UTC) in the BO XI 4.0 chapter of the Fleet Install manual for more inform-
ation.
Changed Reports
General changes affecting all reports
The following changes affect all reports.
• All remaining Health reports have been converted from Deski to Webi.
• All reports are now "translation ready", where the variable GetLocalised() is wrapped around strings
so that they can be recognized by the translation tool as being a textual string to be translated. At the
time of release no translations have been exported to the repository. This is phase two of the project.
• Standard reports have been updated for UTC.
• Reports with an "&" in their title have been renamed as they cause errors in BOXI 4.0.
• Using MACHINE_N or PRIMARYMACHINE_N in the query condition of the report causes
performance degradation. Therefore, you should replace the name object with MachineOID in your
Custom reports to improve performance.
Application improvements to “Worst Value” allows better reporting of this in BusinessObjects to match
VIMS PC. In addition two objects were added; “Worst Value Unit” and “Worst Value Description”.
HE002p-All Events
Application improvements to “Worst Value” allows better reporting of this in BusinessObjects to match
VIMS PC. In addition two objects were added; “Worst Value Unit” and “Worst Value Description”.
Application improvements to “Worst Value” allows better reporting of this in BusinessObjects to match
VIMS PC. In addition two objects were added; “Worst Value Unit” and “Worst Value Description”.
Context updates to include objects <Condition-TD> and <SampleRate-TD> so that data is not aggreg-
ated e.g.
HE010p-Trends-By Machine-Detail
Context updates to include objects <Condition-TD> and <SampleRate-TD> so that data is not aggreg-
ated.
Context updates to include objects <Condition-TD> and <SampleRate-TD> so that data is not aggreg-
ated. Wildcard query conditions based on legacy VIMS values. Equivalent IDs were obtained for VIMS
3G and added to the queries.
Wildcard query conditions based on legacy VIMS values. Equivalent IDs were obtained for VIMS 3G and
added to the queries.
New Reports
Validation
• VD001_validateTruckCycles
• VD002_validateShovelCycles
• VD003_validateAuxCycles
System Health
SH001p-GWM Duplicates Information Shift
This report helps the proactive monitoring of average duplicate record message count and percentage for
each shift.
This report helps the proactive monitoring of the On-board hardware file version information for each shift.
This report helps the proactive monitoring of service restart information for each shift.
Health
• HE004-VIMS Version and Port Numbers
Template Historical
• TH150-Shift Change Allocation
Real-time KPIs
Real-time KPIs provide functionality for you to define and capture KPI data to be monitored and analyzed
in real time. They are defined in xml files in MineStar, which allows the data to be persisted to the data-
base and used in BusinessObjects or other third party dashboards. The real-time KPIs are updated every
few seconds, allowing you to monitor your mine in real time.
Oracle RMAN
Oracle Recovery Manager allows you to backup and recover your Oracle databases, and has the ability
to
The process for implementing Oracle RMAN has been added into the Install manual as an appendix.
Windows Task Scheduler is used to control the scheduled tasks that help maintain Fleet functions, and
perform routine housekeeping tasks. Windows Task Scheduler provides the same features as Splin-
terware System Scheduler to enable you to schedule tasks, and the ability to enable, disable and res-
chedule scheduled tasks.
Refer to the Fleet Install manual for more information and details on configuring Windows Task Sched-
uler.
FTP Server
Transferring VIMS report files to the office software for new-generation VIMS units requires a local FTP
server for the files to be transferred to. The transfer type is also optionally available on the latest HIM ver-
sions.
Refer to the VIMS compatibility matrix for machines with VIMS 3G.
Release 4.0 provides limited support for SQL Server 2008 R2 as the system database. The following lim-
itations apply.
• The SQL Server cannot be set up remotely, that is, the mstarrun commands checkDataStores,
createDataStores and makeDataStores must be run locally on the database server machine.
• The matarrun commands for database import and export may require the installation of third-party
tools.
• The GeoServer feature of the office software (installed with the office software installer) only works
with the office software’s coordinate system when in an SQL Server-only installation. You cannot use
custom coordinate systems. The impact of this is that images imported into the office software need
to be in the local coordinate system not in another coordinate system. Furthermore, any integration
with third party systems should use the local coordinate system.
• The mstarFiles folder on the database server should be shared over the network, with read and write
access to the network users.
• The SQL Server windows service should be run using a domain account which has read and write
access to the MineStar shared folder over the network and admin access in the database windows
server.
The process for installing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2 has been added
into the Install manual as an appendix.
Installation
The following sections describe changes to, and requirements for, the install process.
Installation procedure
Caterpillar recommends backing up the data from your current model before upgrading. Refer to the Fleet
Administration manual for backup instructions.
Note: Step 2 is only applicable for systems with a Detect license, or those running the pre-release ver-
sion of the Remote Foreman's Terminal.
7. Select makeDataStores.
Note: This process may take more than ten minutes to complete.
11. To make use of GeoServer, you need to configure the following setting in Supervisor. See the Fleet
Administration & Configuration manual for more information.
Systems migrating from release 3.1.1 with a Detect license or a pre-release version of
Remote Foreman's Terminal, should select "Update existing spatial stores".
Note: The mine model is synched with GeoServer when the M*MineTracking service starts.
The Zip Upgrade option is only applicable if you have already installed MineStar 4.0.
6. Change the Current Build to match the release. The build should follow the format mstarx-xx-x.
For example, the MineStar 4.0 M4-3 build will be 4.0-M4-3.
7. Click Apply.
9. If you have installed patches for the previous build, you will be asked to decide if you want to keep
these patches when you install the new build. By default, patches are removed when a new build is
installed.
If you want to keep a particular patch, select it from the Uninstall list and use the arrows to move it
to the Keep list, then click OK to confirm your selection.
10. After the task has run, click OK. Supervisor closes.
Note: This process may take more than ten minutes to complete.
Note: The desktop icons for MineStar and Supervisor do NOT get updated in this process. You need
to update them from the new \mstarFiles folder.
Troubleshooting GeoServer
Users and office software administrators should NOT need to access GeoServer.
For troubleshooting purposes, the office software instance of GeoServer can be accessed by doing the
following.
2. Go to http://<servername>:7070/geoserver/
Note: For systems migrating from 3.1.1 with a Detect license or a pre-release version of the Remote
Foreman's Terminal, the default password is “geoserver”.
4. Once logged in, the MineStar Stores, Layers and Layer Groups can be accessed.
4. Review the MINESTAR work space detail (Services WCS, WFS and WMS only).
6. Select the MINESTAR work space check box, and click Remove selected workspace(s). A dialog
displays displaying the objects in the work space you are about to delete.
8. Click Logout.
Note: Oracle Database XE is a free product that does not require licensing. However, it is con-
strained in performance and data size. Therefore, release 4.0 can only support installations with low
performance requirements and small data quantity. Furthermore, the data storage of the database
must be located on a high performance I/O device. Oracle strongly advises against network share
drives, compressed or virtualized partitions for database storage.
See the Compatibility Matrix document for more information on application sizing and performance
guides.
PitLink
The PitLink install is aimed at remote customer sites, and facilitates download and on-forwarding of
VIMS files. This install option leverages Oracle Express and Corporate Data Management
Basic Health
Basic Health is a low-end Health install for existing Terrain and Detect customers. It extends PitLink
with the addition of the Health web -based user interface.
Site Health
Site Health is a high-end Health install for existing Fleet and Command customers. It extends Basic
Health with the addition of Advanced Reporting and Alarms.
MVRS
makeDataStoresHealth
It is no longer necessary to run mstarrun makeDataStoresHealth after initial installation, or after receiv-
ing a VIMS definition update.
Refer to the Initializing Health section of the Initial Fleet Configuration chapter of the Fleet Administration
chapter for more information.
Early versions of VIMS 3G for 793F-series haul trucks, version 7.2. and below, contain a distinct down-
load job that is separate to the standard VIMS file download job. A new release of VIMS 3G for 793F-
series haul trucks is available which no longer requires this separate VIMS file download job and there-
fore to avoid confusion the job has been deprecated.
For more details on compatibility between VIMS versions and the office software see the compatibility
matrix.
BusinessObjects 3.x
BusinessObjects 3.x is not supported with release 4.0. Release 4.0 will require BusinessObjects 4.0.
Deski Reports
Deski is not supported by BusinessObjects 4.x, therefore the office software no longer provides support
reports in Deski. All reports are now delivered in Webi.
BORefresh
The BORefresh tool is now end of life. This is because BORefresh only works with Deski, and as Busi-
nessObjects 4.x does not support Deski, there is no longer any support for BORefresh.
BusinessObjects Report Scheduling and Publications are the preferred tools you should use as a viable
alternative. If these do not provide all the functionality that you require, please contact BusinessObjects
customer support with details of your required enhancements.
Oracle 10g
Oracle 10 g functionality is not supported in release 40
Display Deprecation
Fluid Transaction
New functionality has been added to allow a machine operator to record fluids dispensed to another
machine. You can configure Tope to include a new fluid transaction window. You can select the cat-
egory, specific type, and quantity of fluids being dispensed from this window, as well as the SMU at
which the fluids were dispensed.
Pressing the ID field displays a list of machines, as shown below, from which you can select the
machine receiving the fluid(s).
• Cables previously utilizing RJ45 sockets have been replaced with 6-position Deutsch DT connectors.
Harnesses with these connectors will make durable environmentally-sealed connections with other
Caterpillar networking hardware utilizing compatible connectors. Adapters are available for making
durable connections to RJ45 cables.
• The coaxial cable for making the connection from the GPS receiver to the GPS antenna has been
replaced with an improved armored two-piece design. One cable will connect to the GPS antenna at
one end and has a bulkhead connector at the other. The bulkhead connector allows for locating a
connection point near the antenna mount. The second cable will connect from the GPS receiver to the
second cable. Providing a disconnect near the antenna mount will improve serviceability of the cables
and machine.
• New harnesses are available to improve installation on select machines utilizing VIMS 3G.
• A new harness is available to support dual GPS receivers on rotational machines running Tope.
• The need for a display adapter harness on machines running Fleet and Object Detection has been
eliminated.
Display deprecation
The CD550 running Tope 1.X and CMPD 2 running Tope 2.X will not be supported for use with Fleet 4.0.
Machines utilizing a CD550 or CMPD 2 should upgrade to Tope 3.X running on a CMPD 3.
Resolved issues
The resolved issues below are those for build M8-2.
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
MSTAR- TSC- PitLink: The exception caused by Loadout Unit Class when gen-
10564 / 10073-13 Machines & erating the machine type files has been resolved. Also
FLT-31 Fixed Plant added a guard to bypass some failures by machine
classes (if there are any) so as to continue the processing
of files.
MSTAR- GIS The layer groups in Geo-Server are now created with the
10065/ dp-prefix and namespace in their name. eg MS_
FLT-9 MINESTAR_MODEL
FLT-53 Infrastructure Data mismatch between Oracle and SQL server for the
tables R_CALENDAR and R_PROPERTY_FACT is
fixed. R_CALENDAR table was not getting dropped every
time MDS is run which caused the mismatch depending
upon the number of times MDS is run.
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
HLT-30 Fixed the problem with missing data due to identical chan-
nel name in critical trend reports (HE410Ad-Crit-
icalTrends).
HLT-35 Air Filter and Parking Brake channel and trend data are
now decoded correctly.
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
FLT-15 TSC- User Interface Fixed the problem with scheduled jobs being stacked up
04281- when a job takes a long time to run e.g. VIMS Import
12, TSC- Job. The job is now skipped if another instance is still
0766-13 running. Users can configure this feature in Supervisor.
FLT-106 User Interface Corrected the coverage map generation job so that it
does not throw NullPointerExceptions if there are no
.gwm files to process.
FLT-131 TSC- Infrastructure Preferred machines are now being saved with ordering
08775-12 details.
FLT-135 TSC- User Interface In Personnel Finder, when trying to edit the records, and
10080-13 also when trying to open/preview the archived records
they now display correctly on Quick view.
FLT-158 Infrastructure Default dates are now based on the offset in the shift
format pattern set in Supervisor for the selected shift
type in the dropp-down list. {0} = start date {1} = finish
date {2} = instant after finish date {3} = halfway between
start and finish dates {4= 24 hours after start {5} = 24
hours before finish {6} = 7 days after start {7} means 7
days before finish Also for an offset of 1 against the 12
hour night shift or the 3rd 8 hour shift the Roster Editor
will display based on the shift finish date, which for any
given day, displays the night shift first i.e. the night shift
finishing on that day.
FLT-160 User Interface Loading tools are now valid destinations for shift change
and when enabled can be used as a tie down location for
all machines.
FLT-167 TSC- Saving the page config from the Onboard Files Assist-
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
10736-13 ant now maintains the correct page config that was
used to create it.
TSC- The Delay Type tree in the Delay Editor Page now
FLT-179 Services
10473-13 opens up collapsed as per MineStar v3.1.
FLT-194 TSC- Services When the KPI Summary engine was processing an
10421-13 update to a cycle (for example a Loader cycle may be
updated when the truck that was loaded completes it's
Truck cycle), the engine was not correctly removing the
old KPI values before adding the new ones. This was
resulting in some instances incorrect realtime KPI val-
ues.
FLT-197 TSC- User Interface The Split Cycle Wizard now displays the Start/End Pos-
10794-13 ition Name instead of the XYZ coordinate.
TSC- When trucks are put on delay the icon in the site monitor
FLT-202 Services
10423-13 now correctly turns grey to show the truck is on delay.
FLT-206 Architecture Fixed the issue while running exportDataStores for his-
torical and summary DB from client machine.
FLT-210 TSC- The infrastructure layer is for command and has been
10703-13 removed for fleet-health licenses.
FLT-226 TSC- User Interface With a Fleet license, the default Create item in Site
10920-13 Editor is a road, not a DXF poly line. When creating
roads the default shapes are ignored and the user needs
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
FLt-239 Architecture A migration script has been added to detect and correct
invalid data in the DELAY_GROUP_SUBDIR table that
would prevent database constraints from being created.
FLT-277 TSC- Assignment Manual assignments are now considered active which
09863- means scheduled manual assignments are properly
13, TSC- handled when determining if an assignment is locked. A
09309-13 truck's assignment is locked when the truck is in the
same the lane/waypoint which requested the previous
assignment. For example, if a truck's state changes at
the same waypoint which prompts two assignment
requests, then the truck's first assignment will not be
overridden.
-include <machines>
Only simulate the specified machines
-exclude <machines>
Do not simulate the specified machines (i.e .-ignore)
FLt-72 User Interface The errors when opening some of the Delay Monitor
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
FLT-85 User Interface Now able to select the delay types while creating
Manual or Automatic scheduled assignments when
using Scheduled Assignment Editor.
HLT-35 Air Filter and Parking Brake channel and trend data is
correctly decoded.
Service
Issue Com-
Ticket Description
Number ponent
Number
CMD-115 User Inter- Added support in Machine Configuration for the Terrain
face (Web) Mobile product.
Infrastructure The licence cache now reloads before checking for the
FLT-168 licences. This allows operators to log in as soon as
machine is created in MineStar.
FLT-192 TSC-10797- Services The cycle editor and wizard now listen for events where
13 a cycle has been deleted so that users editing a deleted
cycle can be notified that the record is no longer avail-
able.
FLT-204 TSC-10836- User Inter- Snapping a waypoint to the surface no longer looks for
13 face (Java) autonomy services that are not running.
FLT-282 TSC-11376- User Inter- Updated the kpi labels to be unit agnostic i.e. Bank
13 face (Java) Volume. Also updated units.xml so that imperial bank
densities default to the correct units.
Service
Issue Com-
Ticket Description
Number ponent
Number
FLT-347 Architecture The Audit History page has been removed from the cli-
ent.
FLT-378 User Inter- Fix updates of the active status of grade blocks.
face (Java)
Service
Issue Com-
Ticket Description
Number ponent
Number
13
FLT-387 TSC-07321- Assignment The assignment event logger will now not show unable
12 TSC- to assign messages unless an assignment has been
11540-13 requested by the controller or the truck.
TSC-12017-
13
If periods e.g. Day, Week, Month etc are set with the off-
set of 1 (finish date) then period selections will organise
by shifts finishing in the selected period. This will allow
Infrastructure, the period selectors to work correctly where periods are
FLT-402
Services specified by finish time rather than start time. Also the
shift label in the shift change editor defines the start and
finish times of the shift to avoid ambiguity where sites
have the finish time offset (1).
Service
Issue Com-
Ticket Description
Number ponent
Number
TSC-11890-
FLT-436 Services Nightly snapshots no longer fail.
13
FLT-443 Infrastructure The machine licence name was not properly compared
with a person with that machine licence in Machine
Licence Adaptor. This fixes issues for determination of
the difference between licence names "licence" and
"licenceShovel" in Machine Licence Adaptor.
Service
Issue Com-
Ticket Description
Number ponent
Number
HLT-73 VIMS Event files with CID/MID or FMI values can now
be imported.
TSC-07205-
Assignment:
MSTAR- 12, On Arrival delay for Manual Scheduled Assignment is
Scheduled
10095 TSC-10947- now working correctly.
Assignments
13
UX-9 Server The Site Map within the Web Client is now available for
Service
Issue Com-
Ticket Description
Number ponent
Number
UX-28 Server, User Simplified the use of the monitoring collection by having
Interface fully typed data and making the code more readable.
RFT, User
UX-42 Site bounds are now shown using GeoServer.
Interface
Server, User Finding AStop device ID's < 10 using smart search is
UX-47
Interface now possible
UX-59 Server Added cumulative hang time for machines on the KPI
screen.
UX-150 Map Modified the web client Map's road style to only show
the name up to 1:1900 scale, removing some clutter
when zoomed out.
Enhancements
The enhancements below are those for build M8-2.
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
MSTAR- Platform: Sys- FTP file transfer will work on both Linux and windows dir-
10328/ tem Admin ectory listing. Also the current directory selection based
FLT136 on customer code is removed.
MSTAR- TSC- Production: The cycle generator has been modified to store travel at
9020 03173-12 Cycles source and sink in the cycle road segments.
FLT-38 Infrastructure Improved the fluid and SMU validation, so that error mes-
sages between the two are not shared. Instead, the val-
idation messages are separated, telling the user what the
error is and hence what to fix.
FTP file transfer will work on both Linux and windows dir-
FLT-136 Architecture ectory listing. Also the current directory selection based
on customer code is removed.
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
UX-8 RFT The KPI Dash-board screens for Utilization and Loading
Times will only show loading tools that Cycles/KPI
determine to have production numbers.
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
MSTAR- Health: Health A check box has been added in Supervisor, Options >
10518 Data Mgmt System Options > Health > VIMS Import, to enable the
backup of files prior to importing. This option is disabled
by default. The same check box has also been added
into the office software on the VIMS Data Import job
page. When selecting the check box in Supervisor, it is
also selected in the office software.
Health: Health
MSTAR- Store VIMS Hardware and Software version information
Data Man-
10402 during import.
agement
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
MSTAR- Health: Health Import VIMS files for new machines will now trigger a
10215 Data Mgmt re-import of machine measure limits.
MSTAR- RFT, Web Cli- The user name has been added into the About dialog.
10189 ent
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
MSTAR- Machine: The mining block tree now displays Layers dialog in the
10069 Travel Network Site Monitor and Site Editor.
MSTAR- RFT, Web Cli- A more specific icon is being displayed in the selection
10084 ent panel within the thin client's site map to represent a
machine. The new icon will be a side view cor-
responding to the machine icon selected for the
machine. In cases where no side view icon is available
a generic machine icon will be displayed instead. The
Travel Progress Monitor of the thin client will now also
display the appropriate icon for loading tools to improve
clarity to the user.
MSTAR- Health: User Event lines in the Flex client are now ordered by
9976 Interface machine name, then event names.
MSTAR- PitLink: Oper- The Message Group Editor now allows the same asso-
9996 ator Messaging ciation list as is available in the Machine State Editor.
MSTAR- Health: Web The rendering speed of Health Events has been
9930 Client improved.
MSTAR- Production: A new tab has been added to the Delay Editor for man-
9891 Delays aging delay activities. This tab is only available if the
selected delay type has a delay activity class asso-
ciated with it.
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
MSTAR- Health: Web The Server version number has been added to the
9718 Client About dialog.
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
Platform:
The default Oracle 'Server' template has been updated
MSTAR- Installation
to reflect common current production, and minimizes
9555 Platform: Con-
the usage of the recommended hardware.
figuration
MSTAR- Health: Health UTC columns have bee added to V_OIL_SAMPLE for
9504 Data Man- each timestamp field.
agement
Production: Time Usage Model Editor now has the ability to export
MSTAR-
KPIs & Sum- the visual representation of the Time Usage Model as
9473
maries an Excel spreadsheet file.
MSTAR- Health MineStar Health and Pitlink only licence options are
9343 available which reduce the default started services and
reduce the menu items and pages available to the
required functionality provided by the respective
license.
Production:
MSTAR- Executing mstarrun generateKpiSummaries no longer
KPIs & Sum-
8960 needs MineTracking to be running.
maries
MSTAR- Health: Health Improved handling of VIMS PC definition data and load-
8683 Data Mgmt ing into MineStar Schema.
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
MSTAR- Health: Health Support for the creation of VIMS long version header
8587 Data Mgmt (VIMS version 10.5+) on download of file.
MSTAR- Production: New application to build Time Usage Models and gen-
8550 KPIs erate KPI Summaries XML.
& Summaries
MSTAR- Platform: Con- SSMA Migration tool need to be used to migrate the
8514 figuration data from Oracle to SQL server.
MSTAR- Platform: 3rd The Sun proprietary code has been replaced by using
8319 Party the Base64 class from Apache Commons Codec.
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
MSTAR- Health: Health Corporate data management has been added into
2261 Data Mgmt Health.
Known issues
Service
Issue
Ticket Component Description
Number
Number
MSTAR- CMD IL 3572 Platform: Security When launching a client from anywhere other
10568 / FLT- than the MineStar application server itself, the
28 user does not get any notification that their
MineStar license is going to expire. The only
time any client notification occurs is if the
MineStar client application is launched from
the server which it is not supposed to be.
MSTAR- CMD IL 3556 PitLink: Machines & There is no icon tab for Machine Class Editor
10544 Fixed Plant when running a Fleet/Detect License.
MSTAR- Assignment:
Compatibility confusion in Mine Model Query.
10439 Assignment Controls