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DISPATCH
TireAlert™ Module
User’s Guide

Revision B
June 2013

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 Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
TireAlert Features for Equipment Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
TireAlert Features for Mine Supervisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Managing TKPH/TMPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Configuring TKPH/TMPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using Averaged Tire Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using Individual Tire Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Generating the Tire Heat Summary Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Averaged Tire Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Individual Tire Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3 Managing Spillage and Dust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Generating Spillage and Dust Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Introduction
The TireAlert Module helps you manage tire operating conditions,
which can lead to significant cost savings in the form of increased tire
life.
To reduce premature tire degradation produced by excessive heat,
DISPATCH can generate an exception to notify dispatchers when the
running average TMPH exceeds a configurable maximum value. You
can manage TKPH/TMPH limits on a tire-by-tire basis or for the
average of all tires on a truck.
To reduce tire damage from rock cuts, truck operators can report
spillage and dust on haul roads via their onboard mobile field
computer. These roadwork events are GPS position-stamped and
transmitted to the central DISPATCH database. If your mine uses the
Auxiliary Task Management module, cleanup tasks can go directly to
an auxiliary equipment worklist.

TireAlert Features for When a truck operator sees rock spillage on a haul road, the operator
Equipment Operators presses the Spill button on the mobile field computer to report a
spillage event. The system relays the truck position in real time to the
central server and logs the spillage event to a database.

Figure 1.1 Operator Spill and Dust Buttons

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When a truck operator sees dust causing a potential or actual

visibility issue on a haul road, the operator presses the Dust button
to report a dust event. The system relays the truck position in real
time to the central server and logs the dust event to a database.

TireAlert Features for You can proactively monitor the TMPH of haul trucks and assign
Mine Supervisors equipment off high-TMPH haulage paths before tire temperature
becomes as issue.
When a truck operator reports a spillage or dust event, you can
respond to an exception and send auxiliary equipment to perform
clean-up activities. If your mine has the Auxiliary Equipment Task
Manager Module, the system can automatically send a task to the
closest auxiliary equipment that can perform the clean-up activities.
In MineGraphics, you can view plots showing truck positions where
operators reported spillage or dust events. Using this information, you
can look for patterns and determine whether to assign additional
roadwork.

Figure 1.2 Historical Dust Events Plot

Prerequisites The prerequisites for using the TireAlert Module are:

• Mobile field computer with TireAlert module for each
equipment unit that you want to monitor.

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• ModularReady interfaces configured for TireAlert events. Refer

to the ModularReady Interfaces User’s Guide.
• Auxiliary Task Management Module for automated cleanup
task assignment.

Benefits The benefits of using the TireAlert Module are:

• You can monitor truck TMPH to determine when the tires will
exceed TMPH limits and determine which assignments have
lower TMPH.
• Truck operators can report spillage and dust events with one
button press.
• You can use real-time, spillage and dust event reporting to
assign cleanup equipment. This allows you to keep areas clear
of obstacles that can damage tires and slow down your trucks.
• You can analyze historical plots of spillage and dust events and
determine corrective action for problematic areas. For example,
if there is excessive spillage on ramps, a shovel may be
overloading a truck or distributing too much rock on the rear of
the truck.

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Managing TKPH/TMPH
Heavy load hauling results in heat build-up inside haul truck tires.
Ton kilometer per hour (TKPH) and ton mile per hour (TMPH) are
weighted running averages that approximate haul truck tire
workload. If TKPH/TMPH exceeds the tire manufacturer’s suggested
maximum value, the tire can deteriorate prematurely, shortening the
life of the tire.
Each time a truck completes a production cycle action, DISPATCH
calculates a single TMPH/TKPH value. The calculation depends on
whether the truck is stopped, traveling empty, or traveling loaded.
Stopped = TKPH/TMPH Minimum value * Time Stopped

Travel Empty = Truck Speed * (Empty Size/6 tires) * Time

Traveling

Travel Loaded = Truck Speed * (Empty Size + (Truck Size*Load

Factor)/6 tires) * Time Traveling

DISPATCH averages this new calculation with the TKPH/TMPH

value over a time window defined by TKPH/TMPH Time. This weights
the running average so that the TKPH/TMPH values for longer hauls
count more toward the overall average.
DISPATCH displays this running average TKPH/TMPH value in the
Truck TKPH/TMPH Utility and the Tire Heat Summary Report.
DISPATCH can post an exception whenever the average TKPH/
TMPH value exceeds the TKPH/TMPH maximum value.
DISPATCH uses TKPH when the measurement system is metric and
TMPH when the measurement system is U.S.
Modular can configure DISPATCH to manage TKPH/TMPH data for
each individual tire or for the average of all tires on a truck.
TMPHBYTIRE configuration variable controls how the system
manages tire data and sets the version of the Truck TMPH Utility and
the Tire Heat Summary Report accordingly.
• TMPHBYTIRE = YES: The system manages TKPH/TMPH data
by tire.

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• TMPHBYTIRE = NO: The system manages TKPH/TMPH data

for all tires averaged together.

Configuring TKPH/ 1 From the DISPATCH Master Keypad, click TMPH. Alternatively,
TMPH from the FormView window or CTRL+F, enter the form name
TMPH.

Note: If the TMPH option is not available, contact your Modular

representative.

The Truck TMPH Utility appears. Depending on your system

configuration, the utility displays averaged tire data or individual
tire data.

2 To continue, see “Using Averaged Tire Data” on page 10 or “Using

Individual Tire Data” on page 13.

Using Averaged Tire Below is the Truck TMPH Utility that shows averaged tire data.
Data

Figure 2.1 Truck TMPH Utility - Averaged Tire Version

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1 The top section of the Truck TMPH Utility lists all trucks in the
DISPATCH system. If you don’t want to use default settings for a
particular truck, enter the Empty size and TMPH Max for the
truck.

Table 2.1 Truck TMPH Configuration Data - Averaged Tire Data

Field Definition

ID Truck ID

Empty Size Weight of the truck when empty.

TMPH/TKPH Max Tire’s maximum allowable tons/kilometers-per-

hour or tons/miles-per-hour, according to the tire
vendor warranty.

TMPH/TKPH Avg Average current tons/kilometers-per-hour or tons/

miles-per-hour for the truck’s tires.

2 The bottom section of the Truck TMPH Utility contains the default
configuration settings. To change these values, contact your
Modular representative.

Table 2.2 Truck TMPH Config. Settings - Averaged Tire Data

Field Definition

Empty Gross vehicle weight in tons of an empty truck. DISPATCH

Size uses this value for trucks that do not have an empty size
defined in the top section of the Truck TKPH/TMPH
Utility.

Generate YES = The system will generate an exception when a

Exception truck’s TKPH/TMPH value is greater than the TKPH/
TMPH max value.
NO = The system will not generate an exception when
TKPH/TMPH is exceeded.

Max Tire’s maximum allowable tons/kilometers-per-hour or

TKPH/ tons/miles-per-hour, according to the tire vendor warranty.
TMPH DISPATCH uses this value for trucks that do not have a
TKPH max defined in the top section of the Truck TKPH/
TMPH Utility.

TKPH/ Tire’s workload when the truck is idle and empty.

TMPH
Min

TKPH/ Time window in seconds for the TKPH/TMPH running

TMPH average.
Time

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Table 2.2 Truck TMPH Config. Settings - Averaged Tire Data (Continued)

Field Definition

Max YES = A truck that exceeded the max TKPH/TMPH will

Assign still receive an assignment.
NO = A truck that exceeded the max TKPH/TMPH will not
receive assignments until TKPH/TMPH falls below the
max TKPH/TMPH.
Note: This field only has an effect if Generate Exception
is YES.

Tons Percentage of truck load size that a measured load size

Deviation generated by an interface on truck can deviate from the
truck load size and still be used in the TKPH/TMPH
calculation. A value of zero indicates that the measured
load size from an interface system is not to be used in the
TKPH/TMPH calculation.

Use load YES = Use the material, truck type, and shovel type that
size did the loading to calculate loaded tons to be included in
the TKPH/TMPH calculation.
NO = Use truck size from the TRUCKMOD Utility.

Vol. Value used in multiplication to convert truck size to tons in

Factor the TKPH/TMPH calculations if truck size is in another
unit than tons.

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Using Individual Tire Below is the Truck TMPH Utility that displays individual tire
Data data.

Figure 2.2 Truck TMPH Utility - Individual Tire Version

The top section of the Truck TMPH Utility lists all trucks in the
DISPATCH system along with each tire.
• Tire 1 = Front Left
• Tire 2 = Front Right
• Tire 3 = Rear Outside Left
• Tire 4 = Rear Inside Left
• Tire 5 = Rear Inside Right
• Tire 6 = Rear Outside Right

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1 For each truck in the top section, enter the Empty size. For each
tire, enter the TMPH Max, % of Load, and Tot Empty.

Table 2.3 Truck TMPH Configuration Data - Individual Tire Data

Field Definition

ID Truck ID

Empty Size Weight of the truck when empty.

TMPH/TKPH Max Tire’s maximum allowable tons/kilometers-per-

hour or tons/miles-per-hour, according to the tire
vendor warranty.

TMPH/TKPH Avg Tire’s current tons/kilometers-per-hour or tons/

miles-per-hour.

% of Load Percentage of the truck’s load distributed to this

tire when the truck is loaded.

Total Empty Percentage of the truck’s load on this tire when

the truck is empty.

2 The bottom section of the Truck TMPH Utility contains

configuration settings. To change these values, contact your
Modular representative.

Table 2.4 Truck TMPH Config. Settings - Individual Tire Data

Field Definition

Empty Gross vehicle weight in tons of an empty truck. DISPATCH

Size uses this value for trucks that do not have an empty size
defined in the top section of the Truck TKPH/TMPH
Utility.

Generate YES = The system will generate an exception when any

Exception one of a truck’s tire’s TKPH/TMPH is greater than the
TKPH/TMPH max value.
NO = The system will not generate an exception when
TKPH/TMPH is exceeded by a tire.

Max Tire’s maximum allowable tons/kilometers-per-hour or

TKPH/ tons/miles-per-hour, according to the tire vendor warranty.
TMPH DISPATCH uses this value for tires that do not have a
TKPH max defined in the top section of the Truck TKPH/
TMPH Utility.

TKPH/ Tire’s workload when the truck is idle and empty.

TMPH
Min

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Table 2.4 Truck TMPH Config. Settings - Individual Tire Data (Continued)

Field Definition

TKPH/ Time window in seconds for the TKPH/TMPH running

TMPH average.
Time

Max YES = A truck with a tire that exceeded the max TMPH
Assign will still receive an assignment.
NO = A truck with a tire that exceeded the max TMPH will
not receive assignments until TKPH/TMPH falls below the
max TKPH/TMPH.
Note: This field only has an effect if Generate Exception
is YES.

Tons Percentage of truck load size that a measured load size

Deviation generated by an interface on truck can deviate from the
truck load size and still be used in the TKPH/TMPH
calculation. A value of zero indicates that the measured
load size from an interface system is not to be used in the
TKPH/TMPH calculation.

Use load YES = Use the material, truck type, and shovel type that
size did the loading to calculate loaded tons to be included in
the TKPH/TMPH calculation.
NO = Use truck size from the TRUCKMOD Utility.

Vol. Value used in multiplication to convert truck size to tons in

Factor the TKPH/TMPH calculations if truck size is in another
unit than tons.

Generating the Tire The Tire Heat Summary report displays either individual TMPH/
Heat Summary TKPH information for each truck’s tires, or averaged TMPH/TKPH
information for all the tires on a truck.
Report
The report version is controlled by the TMPHBYTIRE field.
• TMPHBYTIRE = YES: The system performs TKPH/TMPH
calculations by tire.
• TMPHBYTIRE = NO: The system performs TKPH/TMPH
calculations for all tires averaged together.
To run the report, on the StandardReports page, click Maintenance
> Tire Heat Summary.
Depending on your system configuration, a version of the Tire Heat
Summary Report appears. See “Averaged Tire Version” on page 16 or
“Individual Tire Version” on page 17.

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Averaged Tire Version If the system calculates data for the average of a truck’s tires, the
averaged version of the Tire Heat Summary report appears.

Figure 2.3 Tire Heat Summary Report - Averaged Tire Version

Table 2.5 Tire Heat Summary Report - Averaged Tire Data

Field Definition

ID Truck ID

Empty Size Weight of the truck when empty.

Max TMPH/ Truck’s maximum allowable tons/kilometers-per-

TKPH hour or tons/miles-per-hour, according to the tire
vendor warranty.

Current TMPH/ Truck’s current tons/kilometers-per-hour or tons/

TKPH miles-per-hour.

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Individual Tire If the system calculates data for each truck tire, the TMPH/TKPH
Version Summary report contains a separate column for each tire.
• Tire 1 = Front Left
• Tire 2 = Front Right
• Tire 3 = Rear Outside Left
• Tire 4 = Rear Inside Left
• Tire 5 = Rear Inside Right
• Tire 6 = Rear Outside Right

Figure 2.4 Tire Heat Summary Report - Individual Tire Version

Table 2.6 Tire Heat Summary Report - Individual Tire Data

Field Definition

ID Truck equipment ID.

Empty Size Weight of the truck when empty.

TMPH Max Tire’s maximum TMPH or TKPH.

TKPH Max

TMPH Avg Tire’s average TMPH or TKPH.

TKPH Avg

% of Total Empty: Percent of the total truck weight that the

tire carries when the truck is empty.

Max: Percent of the total truck weight that the

tire carries when the truck is loaded.

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Table 2.6 Tire Heat Summary Report - Individual Tire Data (Continued)

Field Definition

Note: By default, the report assumes that the weight of the truck, empty
or full, is distributed evenly across all six tires: 100%/6=16.6667%.
Users can customize the % of Total Empty and Max values for each tire
on each truck. However, if the user does not change the default values,
the value for each tire on each truck in the report defaults to 17%.

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Managing Spillage and Dust
You can view spillage and dust events in MineGraphics.
Spillage events identify areas where a truck operator reported
spillage. Spillage events appear in MineGraphics as purple dots.

Figure 3.1 Historical Spillage Events Plot

Dust events identify areas where a truck operator reported dust. Dust
events appear in MineGraphics as seashell-white dots.

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Figure 3.2 Historical Dust Events Plot

When you hover the mouse over a spillage or dust event, a tooltip
displays the following information:

Table 3.1 Spillage/Dust Event Tooltip Information

Item Description

Timestamp Date and time the system recorded the spillage/dust

event.

ID ID of the equipment unit.

Operator Operator who reported the spillage/dust event.

X, Y, Z Coordinates of the equipment position.

Speed GPS speed of the equipment at that particular time.

Generating Spillage 1 In the MineGraphics Configuration Panel, under Position

and Dust Plots Tracking, select Historical movement mode.

Figure 3.3 Historical Movement Mode Selected

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2 In the Start Time and End Time fields, enter the time period
that you want to plot.

a Type the start and end dates in the date fields or select the
dates from the calendar.

Figure 3.4 Calendar Icon

b Type the start and end times in the time fields. You can also
select the hour, minute, or AM/PM and then use the arrows to
change the values.

For example, below we selected AM and then clicked the arrow

to toggle to PM.

Figure 3.5 Position Tracking Time Selection Fields

3 Select Dust events or Spillage events from the Show geotagged

events menu.

Figure 3.6 Show Geotagged Events Menu

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4 Select the Use equipment filter check box to show only specific
equipment units or all equipment units of a specific equipment
type selected in the Equipment section of the MineGraphics
Configuration Panel.

Figure 3.7 Equipment Section in MineGraphics Configuration Panel

5 Click Apply.

A spinning wheel appears on the top left corner of the current view
port to indicate the system is retrieving the data.

Figure 3.8 Data Retrieval Indicator

The plot appears on the mine map.

Note: You can turn off icon displays for dumps and other items and then
zoom in to your area of interest to improve the view of the plot.

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Revision Date Comments

A 2008 First issue.

B June 2013 Updated for DISPATCH 6.x.

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