Plan before anyone travels
Start from the mine's location and have a first network design before the first site visit.
Private wireless design for open-pit and underground mines.
MineMapper takes a solutions engineer from a point on a map to a concept network design, before the first site visit. It then refines that design with measured data from the site.
Sign-in is for invited company users and Tangent Connect engineers.
How it works
One method takes a mine from a first look to an installed network. The design becomes more certain at each stage as real site data comes in.
Refine with the site's own data
Test the design against how the mine really works, and adjust it where the data shows gaps.
Hand over a design that can be built
Finish with a design the installation team can plan and build, for the surface and underground.
Modules
Each module is one step in the method. Companies hold licences per module, assigned to named users.
Design and plan
Step 1 of 4
Understand the site and design the network. Map the mine from open data, find where equipment can go and compare wireless options side by side.
You get design options and a design pack for each technology.
Ingest
Step 2 of 4
Bring in what the site already records: fleet movements, network logs and the equipment already installed. Compare the design with what was measured.
You get a design calibrated to the site.
Simulate
Step 3 of 4
Play a working shift against the design, from haul trucks to people on foot, and see where coverage holds and where it does not.
You get coverage and handover results for each type of machine.
Build
Step 4 of 4
Turn the chosen option into an installation bill of materials and a complete package for detailed design.
You get a bill of materials and a handover package.
Open pit and underground
Open pit.
Surface scan, haul road network, mast and pole positions, fibre on permanent roads only, power per point, growth of the pit and dumps over time.
Underground.
Import mine plans from Surpac or DXF (Deswik, Datamine, Vulcan). Model tunnel radio coverage, place nodes and backbone, include development faces, refuges and hazard zones, and view the whole mine in 3D with the open pit.
Technologies
MineMapper designs and compares three approaches, alone or combined. Tangent Connect is an authorised Cisco CURWB partner and an authorised Rajant partner.
Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (CURWB, URWB).
Fixed backhaul and mobile links with Fluidity handover for moving equipment.
Rajant Kinetic Mesh.
Mesh nodes on fixed sites and vehicles, designed to Rajant hop and channel rules.
Private LTE and 5G.
Cell sites, coverage and capacity per use case, with handover along the haul roads and drives.
Each design follows the country's regulatory profile for power and frequency.
Your data
- Client data stays on the engineer's computer. Nothing reaches the portal unless it is published with the client's agreement.
- The portal holds companies, named users, module licences, approved devices and published reports. Company admins manage their own users and devices.
- Multi-factor sign-in for admins. The desktop app works offline for 14 days on a signed licence.
Sign in to the MineMapper portal.
Manage users and module seats, approve the devices that run the desktop app, and open your published reports, planners and viewers. Access is by invitation.
Discuss a site with our engineers.
Send the mine's location and what the network must support. We will reply with how MineMapper can help.
contact@tangentconnect.com