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SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING AND LIGHTING ELECTRONIC DETONATORS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD

  • US 20120299708A1
  • Filed: 01/28/2011
  • Published: 11/29/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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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:

  • 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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