SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING AND LIGHTING ELECTRONIC DETONATORS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
First Claim
1. System for programming and firing a plurality of electronic detonators (1) with each of which is associated an inherent identification parameter (IDdet), the system comprising:
- at least one programming unit (20) comprising a memory (280) and designed to determine the identification parameters for electronic detonators (1) and to associate with them individually, in memory, a firing cue (Tdet), so as to form a firing plan (FP);
a firing unit (10) designed to retrieve, from the memory (280) of the at least one programming unit (20), said firing plan (FP) made of the associations between the identification parameters (IDdet) and the corresponding firing cues (Tdet), and to command a firing sequence for the detonators on the basis of the firing plan retrieved;
characterized in that at least one programming unit (20) comprises;
a passive tag (28) with radiofrequency reading/writing fitted with a chip (280) operating as memory for the storage of the firing plan (FP), anda radiofrequency reader (27) designed to read and write passive tags, including said passive tag (28) of the programming unit (20).
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Abstract
A system for programming and lighting electronic detonators (1) each having an identifier (IDdet) associated therewith, includes: a programming unit (20) arranged to determine the identifiers of the detonators (1) and to associate the detonators individually, in memory, with a lighting time delay (Tdet) in order to form a blasting pattern (PT); a blasting unit (10) arranged to recover the blasting pattern (PT) from the memory (280) of the programming unit (20), and to control a blasting sequence of the detonators according to the recovered blasting pattern; and the programming unit (20) includes: a passive RFID tag (28) provided with a chip (280) acting as a memory for storing the blasting pattern (PT), and a radiofrequency reader (27) arranged such as to read/write passive tags. A corresponding method is also described.
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1. System for programming and firing a plurality of electronic detonators (1) with each of which is associated an inherent identification parameter (IDdet), the system comprising:
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at least one programming unit (20) comprising a memory (280) and designed to determine the identification parameters for electronic detonators (1) and to associate with them individually, in memory, a firing cue (Tdet), so as to form a firing plan (FP); a firing unit (10) designed to retrieve, from the memory (280) of the at least one programming unit (20), said firing plan (FP) made of the associations between the identification parameters (IDdet) and the corresponding firing cues (Tdet), and to command a firing sequence for the detonators on the basis of the firing plan retrieved; characterized in that at least one programming unit (20) comprises; a passive tag (28) with radiofrequency reading/writing fitted with a chip (280) operating as memory for the storage of the firing plan (FP), and a radiofrequency reader (27) designed to read and write passive tags, including said passive tag (28) of the programming unit (20). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. Programming method for the firing of a plurality of electronic detonators (1) with each of which is associated an inherent identification parameter (IDdet), the method comprising:
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a step of determination, by at least one programming unit (20) comprising a memory (280), of identification parameters (IDdet) of electronic detonators (1); a step of association, in memory of the programming unit, of a firing cue (Tdet) with each determined identification parameter, so as to form a firing plan (FP); a step of acquisition, by a firing unit (10) able to command a firing sequence for the detonators, from the memory of the at least one programming unit, of said firing plan made of the associations between the identification parameters and the corresponding firing cues; characterized in that the association step comprises a writing by radiofrequency of said association, into the memory of a passive tag (28) with radiofrequency reading/writing. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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