Newtrax Technologies Inc NEWTRAX, MineTrax Training Level 1 Specialized nodes

Newtrax Technologies Inc NEWTRAX, 2 | 1 November 2012 Topics Vehicle Modems [ Newtrax ] Caplamps [ Newtrax, Jannatec ] Gas detector [ Conspec Controls ] Ground Instruments [ MDT ] Advanced vehicle telemetry [ ISAAC Instruments ]

Newtrax Technologies Inc NEWTRAX, 3 | 1 November 2012 MineTrax Vehicle Modem

Newtrax Technologies Inc NEWTRAX, 4 | 1 November 2012 MineTrax Vehicle Modem

Newtrax Technologies Inc NEWTRAX, 5 | 1 November 2012 Caplamp To check if a caplamp is connected to the MineTrax network, simply ping the NetID of the caplamp from a MineTrax Gateway. – Be certain to have the caplamp outside of the charger otherwise the caplamp will not be responding to any commands. – This applies to Jannatec caplamp and GoldenFuture caplamp.

Newtrax Technologies Inc NEWTRAX, 6 | 1 November 2012 Caplamp When a Jannatec caplamp is removed from the charger, you should see 6 or 7 orange flashes on the caplamp LED. – A solid orange color may indicate a wiring problem in the Jannatec caplamp.

Newtrax Technologies Inc NEWTRAX, 7 | 1 November 2012 Conspec Gas Sensor The Conspec gas sensor calibration needs to be done regularly. When doing the calibration, take the occasion to change the battery.

Newtrax Technologies Inc NEWTRAX, 8 | 1 November 2012 Conspec Gas Sensor [Calibration] 1.Open the cover, connect the USB to Stereo cable and remove the magnet. 2.Install the gas cap over the sensor head and connect it to the zero gas bottle. Open the Zero gas bottle. 3.In Conspec’s CDI Software, use the Sensor Head Unit – Sensor Status on address 1 register 0. 4.Press Manual Calib and press Zero. A countdown from 500 should be visible. 5.Once the count reaches 0 or the ADC value does not move anymore, press Set. 6.Close the Zero gas bottle and switch the gas bottle to the span gas. Open the Span gas bottle. 7.Press Span and follow the same step as #5. 8.Once Set, press End to write the value to the sensor head.

Newtrax Technologies Inc NEWTRAX, 9 | 1 November 2012 Conspec Gas Sensor At the MineTrax gateway, you can troubleshoot a sensor by trying to read its sensor data by using these commands: – displayconspecmessages on – readconspecregister [NetID] Refer to the Conspec manual for a list of all the register you can read. (In the example above, we are reading register 0 to 5)

Newtrax Technologies Inc NEWTRAX, 10 | 1 November 2012 MDT RTU You can connect a MDT instrument to any ports of the RTU. A MDT RTU is considered an infrastructure node with instrument reading capability. At the MineTrax gateway, you can troubleshoot an instrument by trying to read its value by using these commands: – displaymdtmessages on – getmdtdata [NetID]

Newtrax Technologies Inc NEWTRAX, 11 | 1 November 2012 Vibrating Wire RTU At the MineTrax gateway, you can troubleshoot an instrument by trying to read its value by using these commands: – vw_displaymessages on – vw_getdata [NetID]

Newtrax Technologies Inc NEWTRAX, 12 | 1 November 2012 ISAAC An ISAAC modem is connected to a Vehicle modem using a 3 pin cable provided by ISAAC.

Newtrax Technologies Inc NEWTRAX, 13 | 1 November 2012 ISAAC At the MineTrax gateway, you can troubleshoot a ISAAC box by trying to read its ID by using these commands: – displayvtsmessages on – getvtsboxconfigid [NetID] A good connection is verified when a valid BoxID is received by the vehicle modem.