How do you track mining equipment without a mobile network?

Each machine carries a Wi-Fi-enabled IoT device that records GPS and CAN-bus data to local memory rather than streaming it. Devices exchange their buffers when they come within Wi-Fi range of each other, and haul trucks carry the accumulated data out of the dead zone to a gateway, where everything uploads at once.

How delayed is the data?

Ten to fifteen minutes on average, governed by how often a dumper completes a cycle past the gateway. Short-cycle operations land at the lower end. Every record keeps its original timestamp, so reports are accurate even though delivery is delayed.

What happens if a machine never leaves the dead zone?

It does not need to. Shovels, drills and dozers that stay on the bench offload to any fitted dumper that comes within range during normal loading, and the dumper carries the data out. Only a machine that sees no other fitted machine at all would hold its buffer, and it continues recording until it does.

No. Records are written to on-board memory first and only cleared once transfer is confirmed. The buffer holds enough for several shifts, so a gateway outage or a machine kept on the bench for a full shift does not cost you data.

Does this need new infrastructure?

It needs one Wi-Fi gateway at a point every truck already passes, such as the weighbridge, crusher, workshop or fuel bay, plus a device on each machine. No towers, no trenching, no leased line to the bench.

Can it run alongside cellular where coverage does exist?

Yes. Where a machine has signal it uploads directly and the relay simply is not used. The same device handles both, so a fleet crossing in and out of coverage needs no separate hardware.

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Mine telematics without mobile network: track HEMM in GSM dead zones

Many mining benches have no GSM coverage. Minocular's Wi-Fi IoT devices keep recording GPS, fuel, RPM, ignition and idle time on every HEMM anyway, then pass the data machine to machine until a dumper carries it to a gateway. The dashboard catches up within 10 to 15 minutes, with every record on its original timestamp.

Check your site's coverage How the relay works

Store · carry · forward

          NO GSM
        

OFFLOAD ON PASSING

Haul truck carrying data out of the no-network zone

          EXCAVATOR · DEAD ZONE
          DUMPER → GATEWAY
        

BUFFER → SYNCED 10–15 min

Average lag from event in the dead zone to the record appearing on the dashboard.

Definition

Peer-to-peer mine telematics is a store-carry-forward method of collecting machine data where there is no cellular coverage. Each machine carries a Wi-Fi-enabled IoT device that records GPS position and CAN-bus data (fuel level, engine RPM, ignition state and idle time) to on-board memory. When two devices come within Wi-Fi range, the stationary machine offloads its buffer to the moving one. Haul trucks then act as data mules, carrying the accumulated records out of the dead zone and syncing everything the moment they reach a Wi-Fi gateway near the workshop, weighbridge or crusher.

How it works

The dumper is the network.

No towers to build, no leased line to the bench, no VSAT. The fleet already drives from the face to the crusher on every cycle, and the data rides with it.

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What the device records

What it replaces

Where it earns its keep

Dead zones you already know about.

Honest limits

Near real time, not real time.

Store-carry-forward trades latency for coverage. It is the right choice for production, fuel and utilisation reporting. It is the wrong choice for anything that must act within seconds.

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Mine telematics without mobile network: track HEMM in GSM dead zones

The dumper is the network.

Dead zones you already know about.

Near real time, not real time.

Mining without coverage, answered

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