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Customer

HIM is part of the hardware sold

with Minestar FC that are added

to the truck. HIM is programmed

to download and transmit VIMS

underscore files to the Minestar

Server. The frequency of

downloads needs to be

determined?

Machines to be Equipped with

Third Party Radio System (TBD)

Minestar Fleet Commander

onboard hardware consists ofonboard display,GPS and HIM

VIMS Underscore files

VIMS underscore files sent by the HIM box are

placed into a unprocessed folder on the Minestar

Server. MQ file transfer program is installed to

send copies of the files to the Dealer/Caterpillar?

This has to be decided?

All Downloads will also be saved on a back up

file at the mines server.

Condition Based Reporting

Condition Monitoring

CMS merges new

files received

every hour

Automated Reports will beGenerated and delivered to

help plan PMs and

schedule Work Orders.

Service Manager

communicates technician

findings to CM thatvalidates repair process.

Work Order Generated

and Assigned

Service Mgmt meet daily

on planning and

prioritization of

recommendations.

DLR Technician prov ides the

Expertise to Carry Out theRecommendations report back

results to Service Manager.

Upcoming Plan and Job Completion

Repair made at the pre-determined time.

Developing a plan

for most efficient

utilization of

equipment, parts

and resources.

DEALER Condition

Monitoring also tracks

completed jobs and

identifies Best Practices

HIM Module/

Communicator

Caterpillar CMS

Server

Key Process

Dealer Condition Monitoring

Analysis of multiple elements of CM

are turned into recommendations.

Learning from failures will be logged

for Continuous Improvement.

CMS allows

multiple dealer

users to see the

same dataset forvalidation of

recommendation

Key

Process

Key Process

Minestar FC, events, payload,

channel polling, location for

Rosemont take action on

application or operationalissues.

DEALER NAME

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Cell Modem Amp + Antenna Cell Tower

Laptop running the

VIMS3G downloadscript in Peoria. This is

temporary until

Communicator/ XIM

functionality is

imbedded within

VIMS3G.

Est. Oct 2010

CMS Server Dealer FTP or

M* Server

VIMS 3G Electronic Data Flow Interim & To Be Process

Interim Process

Corrected Process

Users

Dealers

Engineers

Product Support

Users

Dealers

Sites

Upon release of New

VIMS3G Est Oct 2010

with imbedded

Communicator/HIM

functionality will allow

push or pull to any

server internal or

external. Just like the

previous VIMS versions

with Communicator/

XIM does today.

Affected Products

793F,795F,797F

Corrected ProcessInterim Process

MQ File

Transfer

FTP to FTP

File Transfer