User's Manual

Collision Avoidance System: CAS-CAM/RF® Operating Instructions
Document Number: CAS-CAM_RF Operating Instructions (with FCC
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Figure 1: Typical Visibility Map for a Large Haul Truck (QMITAB 1998)
2.2 Performance Capabilities
The key performance capabilities of the CAS-CAM/RF
®
System are as follows:
• Warning to the driver of the Heavy Vehicle when a vehicle, personnel or stationary
object is in the Heavy Vehicle’s path (visual and audible warning when an object is
detected within a programmed detection range)
• Warning to the “AT-RISK” personnel / vehicles / equipment in the case of an imminent
collision when the Heavy Vehicle is detected within a programmed detection range
(visual and / or audible warning)
• Programmable detection ranges for different object types from 0 – 80 m (accuracy of
+/-20%). Option for long range operation (typically 200-300m) for haul road crossing
warning light activation by approaching Heavy Vehicle or Heavy Vehicle to Heavy
Vehicle haul road fatigue management ‘wake-up’ alarms.
• Improved vision for the driver (i.e. video cameras)
• Mechanism for driver acknowledgment of alarms
• Reversing Alarm activated when personnel / objects are within the programmed
detection range of the Heavy Vehicle when in the reverse direction (optional)
• Default to existing warning system by notifying the driver of the Heavy Vehicle when
the system is not working and automatically activates the traditional reversing alarm
• Rugged construction for reliability in mining environments
• Reliable operation in adverse environmental conditions (e.g. dust, fog, smoke, hot, cold
and darkness)
• System aids and doesn’t inhibit current mine operations
• Coded identification of objects within programmed detection range displayed at all
times (i.e. Heavy Vehicle (HV), Light Vehicle (LV), Stationary Object (SO) / Fixed Plant,
Personnel Tag (PT), Test Station (TS))
• Data logging capability on all Heavy Vehicles and Light Vehicles for monitoring /
recording system operational performance & logging all anti-collision detections as a
safety audit trail (optional).
• Easy integration with existing Mine Fleet Management Systems (e.g. Modular Mining,
Tritronics, WENCO etc) either via the Display Unit serial interface using MODBUS
protocol or via the Expansion Unit RS-485 or CAN interface. This allows the transfer of