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SHOTPlus™ Beta Release Notes 6.4.0.0 - 6.9.2

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6.4.0.0 -

6.9.2

SHOTPlus™

Surface

Beta

Production

2021

Release notes for SHOTPlus™ Beta version 6.4.0.0 - 6.9.2. For further information on updating SHOTPlus™, please contact BlastIQ™ Support Team via support.blastiq.com.
6.9.2

Released 18th November 2021

  New

  1. SP6-1181: Ability to import the hole positions of open blasts from BlastIQ™.
  2. SP6-1492: Ability to compare 'Design' or 'Actual' hole track using the Hole Measurement Tool.
  3. SP6-1559: Strata Definition view added to Analytics View, enable users to visualise Strata as defined by Strata Rules.

  Improved

  1. SP6-1011: Enabled Undo and Redo buttons when using the Add Row to Baseline and Add Independent Row tools.
  2. SP6-1139: Find Holes dialog is now placed in the top left-hand corner of the scene explorer.
  3. SP6-1230: Distances for charge calculations in the Time Envelope Tool are now based on the centre of the charge, rather than the collar location of the blasthole.
  4. SP6-1286: EBS Adjust Intervals Tool now maintains previously set burden relief where possible.
  5. SP6-1409: Strata surface creation optimised.
  6. SP6-1562: Adjusted name of Edit Deck Measurements dialog.
  7. SP6-1564: Abandoned and Not Drilled holes can now be shown or hidden in Analytics View when using collar indicators.
  8. SP6-1565: Warning added when opening the Exclusion Zone Tool.
  9. SP6-1574: Users can now interact with the main scene explorer when using the Add Pattern, Add Independent Row, and Add Row to Baseline tools.
  10. SP6-1579: Added the ability to apply a WebGen™ encoder to a single hole1.
  11. SP6-1637: Exports to i-kon Loggers blocked where surface EBS detonators are present to prevent 'Internal Exceptions' on loggers.

  Information

    1. To apply a WebGen™ encoder to a single hole, select the hole with the encoder path tool open, right-click, and select 'Connect single hole only'.

  Fixed

  1. SP6-904: Add holes to the start of multiple existing rows not available. 
  2. SP6-1274: Hole table diagram now showing question mark for inferred length where appropriate.
  3. SP6-1577: EBS exception indicators not showing for WebGen™ primers after import of encoding information.
  4. SP6-1578: Splitting encoding paths causing a duplication of existing encoders.
  5. SP6-1606: AVM™ submission error resulting from certain hole locations with respect to the AVM™ domain boundary.
  6. SP6-1607: Holes with no in-hole detonator where incorrectly being exported to BlastIQ™ as type: "EBS".
  7. SP6-1608: Incorrect surface tie-up validation message.
  8. SP6-1610: Connecting an EBS lead in to a harness with Dummy Holes was causing a null object error.
  9. SP6-1614: Row Check View showing incorrect slice when checking along non-horizontal lines.
  10. SP6-1615: SHOTPlus™ incorrectly reporting changes to holes when importing from BlastIQ™.
  11. SP6-1617: Selected holes not recognised in Volume Overview Tool where holes were selected before opening the tool.
  12. SP6-1620: Undo not available after importing DXF files via the Standard importer.
6.8.7

Released 4th November 2021

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1561: BlastIQ™ Edit Deck Measurements was not showing the correct loading design state. 
  2. SP6-1605: Deck Horizon and Strata Horizon values were incorrectly showing 2 decimal places.
6.8.6

Released 3rd November 2021

  New

  1. SP6-869: Surfaces DXFs can now be exported as Face 3D.
  2. SP6-1006: Added the ability to save and load import templates when importing Profile values.
  3. SP6-1526: SHOTPlus™ imports "First Length" from BlastIQ™1.
  4. SP6-1530: "First Length" added as exportable parameter from SHOTPlus™ Text Exporter.
  5. SP6-1531: Added new data source to SHOTPlus™ FastReports - "First Length".
  6. SP6-1532: "First Length" added to Hole Table.
  7. SP6-1534: New auto surface based on First Lengths imported from BlastIQ™.
  8. SP6-1539: New "Text Tag" field available when importing Points or Polylines via the SHOTPlus™ Text Importer.
  9. SP6-1544: Display "First Length" in Edit Hole dialog box.
  10. SP6-1545: Display "First Length" property in Hole History parameters table.
  11. SP6-1533: Added "First Length" to Drilling Accuracy Analytics View.
  12. SP6-1546: Added "First Length" to Hole Depth Variance Analytics View.
  13. SP6-1558: Display Deck Horizons and Strata Horizons in Section View.

  Information

    1. "First Length" is the first length of hole recorded on a BlastIQ™ field device. First Length cannot be recorded by SHOTPlus™, it can only be imported from BlastIQ™. 

  Improved

  1. SP6-1005: Previous and Next arrows on SHOTPlus™ Hole Table now work regardless of hole selection.
  2. SP6-1008: SHOTPlus™ section tool updated:
    1. Sections can now be labelled with Alpha or Numeric characters.
    2. Labels can be set to increment of decrement.
    3. SHOTPlus™ warns user about duplicate section labels.
  3. SP6-1165: SHOTPlus™ now notifies users of successful submission of AVM™ jobs.
  4. SP6-1261: Auto-grade surface is now rendered, consistent with other auto surfaces.
  5. SP6-1516: When swapping detonators in Initiation Rules, products can now only be swapped like for like, this change has been made to prevent errors when exporting to BlastIQ™.
  6. SP6-1522: Surpac Exporter now allows users to adjust data fields.
  7. SP6-1525: Surpac Importer now allows users to adjust data fields.
  8. SP6-1571: Surface delay length mismatch error now limited to first 20 errors.
  9. SP6-1573: DXF export library updated.

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1537: Slice direction of holes was not being updated on the main scene explorer without selecting the screen.
  2. SP6-1547: SHOTPlus™ was not sending all required surface connector lengths, when exporting surface tie-ups to BlastIQ™.
  3. SP6-1548: Unhandled exception when importing a plan with holes that have null Hole Type and/or null Material Type.
  4. SP6-1549: SHOTPlus™ was included tie types not included in the tie-in when exporting surface tie-ups to BlastIQ™.
  5. SP6-1550: SHOTPlus™ was incorrectly setting the flag for initiator located below the toe of a blasthole when imported from a cBlast file.
  6. SP6-1555: SHOTPlus™ was exporting the incorrect EBS Hole time to BlastIQ™.
  7. SP6-1563: Users were unable to select object in the main scene explorer under certain circumstances.
  8. SP6-1572: SHOTPlus™ was not downloading product GUIDs when exporting to BlastIQ™ in certain circumstances.
6.8.4

Released 20th October 2021

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1548: Unhandled exception when importing a plan with holes that have null Hole Type and/or null Material Type. 
6.8.3

Released 18th October 2021

  New

  1. SP6-1265: SHOTPlus™ now exports surface tie-ups to BlastIQ™
  2. SP6-1496: Analytics View is now displayed in 3D.
  3. SP6-1497: All view tools added to the Analytics View window toolbar.
  4. SP6-1498: Hole tracks are now displayed in Analytics View1.
  5. SP6-1500: New 'Zone of Influence' view for Analytics View displays2.
  6. SP6-1502: Analytics View can now be synchronised with the main screen.
  7. SP6-1515: Exclusion Surface can now be calculated in standard or high resolution3.

  Information

    1. Hole track information can be turned on or off via the Visibility Manager on the main SHOTPlus™ window.
    2. The Zone of Influence view is not available when comparing design to actual powder factor or energy factor.
    3. The high resolution surface increases the number of points used to represent potential flyrock travel trajectories, and the sampling rate of these points used to generate the Exclusion Surface. Generating a high resolution Exclusion Surface, especially for larger blasts, can result in longer calculation times and may result in SHOTPlus™ being unresponsive for a period of time until the surface has been calculated and rendered.  

  Improved

  1. SP6-1190: Primers can now be placed in inert decks when manually editing a hole or a group of holes1.
  2. SP6-1501: 'Lasso' selection enabled in Analytics View.
  3. SP6-1508: Ranges within the Graphical Charging Tool can now be selected by clicking the desired Range on the graphical representation.
  4. SP6-1509: Decimals removed from diameter column of Graphical Charging Rule list.
  5. SP6-1510: Range and Sub Length makers in the Graphical Charging Tool are now interactive.
  6. SP6-1511: Deck weights are now shown, and are editable, when adjusting a Range or Sub Length in the Graphical Charging Tool2.
  7. SP6-1513: Deck lengths for Ranges and Sub Lengths in the Graphical Charging Tool with two defined decks now auto-adjust to achieve the desired length.
  8. SP6-1514: Sub Lengths in the Graphical Charging Tool can now be deleted3.
  9. SP6-1524: Unused 'deck comment' field removed from Analytics View.
  10. SP6-1526: Collar indicator colours in Analytics View changed to 20% transparency.
  11. SP6-1527: Exclusion Surface will no longer be limit to the extent of the registered Topography surface where the potential flyrock distance has been calculated to be beyond the limit of that surface.
  12. SP6-1542: Remaining length now live-updates as adjustments to deck length or weight are made for Length or Sub Lengths in the Graphical Charging Tool.
  13. SP6-1543: Charging diagram centered when editing a rule in the Graphical Charging Tool.

  Information

    1. Primers within inert decks can only be exported to BlastIQ™ when a hole is manually edited. Loading rules (Charging and Initiation) will not be applied to these holes within the BlastIQ™ system.
    2. Deck weights can only be entered for explosive decks.
    3. To delete a Sub Length right-click on the Sub Length tab or marker and select 'Delete sub length' OR open the dialog box for the Sub Length and select 'Delete length' in the bottom left hand corner.

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1512: Product name and weight could be hidden on the Graphical Charging Tool hole diagram where long product names where used.
  2. SP6-1517: Actual backfill decks added in the Edit BlastIQ™ Deck Measurements tool were not syncing with BlastIQ™ where no Design backfill deck was present.
  3. SP6-1518: Updates to previously recorded backfill deck measurements, made using the Edit BlastIQ™ Deck Measurements tool, were not being synced with BlastIQ™.
  4. SP6-1519: Unhandled exception was occurring when syncing the Edit BlastIQ™ Deck Measurements table under certain circumstances.
  5. SP6-1521: SHOTPlus™ calculation windows were only using nominal initiation times.
  6. SP6-1523: Zero length decks were being allowed to be set when adjusting loading using the hole diagram in the Graphical Charging Tool.
  7. SP6-1538: SHOTPlus™ loading rules were not correctly setting all required properties of an initiation rule, causing an unhandled exception in certain circumstances. 
  8. SP6-1541: Graphical Charging Tool view was incorrectly defaulting to the first range when a new range was added.
6.8.2

Released 7th October 2021

  New

  1. SP6-1168: SHOTPlus™ now allows the import of 'EBS Hole Time' via the text importer1.
  2. SP6-1221: Exclusion Zone Surface that represents worst case horizontal flyrock trajectories of given outputs2.
  3. SP6-1222: New registerable 'Topography' surface.
  4. SP6-1223: Maximum vertical distance added to the output summary for the Exclusion Zone Tool.
  5. SP6-1371: Implemented Blast File Encryption and Fingerprinting for WebGen™ 200 exports and imports.
  6. SP6-1461: Added 'Edit Deck Measurements' tool to manually enter 'Actual' deck measurements that can be synced with BlastIQ™.
  7. SP6-1479: Exclusion zone outputs can now be clipped to blast bench plane, or the registered topography surface.
  8. SP6-1506: New 'Exclusion Surface' default layer.

  Information

    1. EBS Hole Time sets the time for the hole, times for individual detonators within the hole will be equal to the EBS Hole Time plus any offsets defined in the initiation rules.
    2. For generation of the Exclusion Zone Surface, flyrock generated by Stemming Ejection and Cratering is assumed to have an initial trajectory of the sum of the hole angle and the dispersion angle, up to a maximum of 45°. Flyrock generated by Face Burst is assumed to have an initial trajectory of 45°.

  Improved

  1. SP6-1405: Strata intercepts are now only assigned based on hole track location.
  2. SP6-1490: Maximum constant radius distances when using the Exclusion Zone tool increased to 2,000 m.
  3. SP6-1480: Clip Exclusion Zone Tool outputs to the registered 'Topography' surface. 

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1259: Profile trace values were being incorrectly inferred and displayed for areas above the start of a trace.
  2. SP6-1263: Hole measurement tool was being hidden when used via analytics view.
  3. SP6-1299: SHOTPlus™ Reports were not being limited to 'Selected Objects Only' when option was selected.
  4. SP6-1365: Profile logging tool was not correctly displaying two traces simultaneously where the trace values had different scales.
  5. SP6-1385: 'Actual' Powder Factor and Energy Factor analytic views were not being displayed where holes did not have a loading design.
  6. SP6-1487: SHOTPlus™ was incorrectly loading blastholes with detonator lead lengths that were not selected as 'available' in the resource list.
  7. SP6-1488: Import a loading table template with a different number of defined decks was causing an unhandled exception.
  8. SP6-1489: 'Actual' hole tracks were visible behind opaque surfaces.
  9. SP6-1505: WebGen detonator information was not being shown in the EBS logging summary after import.
6.7.7

Released 29th September 2021

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1491: Initiation times displayed were not being limited to those within the horizon selected on the Status Bar.
6.7.6

Released 20th September 2021

  New

  1. SP6-1254: SHOTPlus™ now supports import of XML files from RHINO.
  2. SP6-1466: SHOTPlus™ now exports 'Depth to Wet Sides' values to BlastIQ™.

  Improved

  1. SP6-1163: Added dialog to notify users of successful exports to BlastIQ™.
  2. SP6-1207: BlastIQ™ Plan Level Notes moved to the 'BlastIQ™ Blast Management' dialog.
  3. SP6-1455: Charging rules not supported by the BlastIQ™ system no longer block exports to BlastIQ™ from SHOTPlus™ 1, 2.
  4. SP6-1456: Updated error, warning, information, and confirmation icons.
  5. SP6-1477: SHOTPlus™ will now 'batch' data when exporting to BlastIQ™, to support exporting large amounts of data without timeout issues.
  6. SP6-1481: Increased the automatic timeout when exporting a plan to BlastIQ™ to 150 seconds, to support the export of large plans.
  7. SP6-1483: SHOTPlus™ will now trim blank characters from Hole Type names on import.
  8. SP6-1485: 'BlastIQ™ Blast Properties' renamed to 'BlastIQ™ Blast Management'.

  Information

    1. Excludes charging rules without conditions or charging rules with tables of a single defined length.
    2. Unsupported rules will not be exported to BlastIQ™ and will not be applied to holes in the BlastIQ™ system. Hole loaded with these rules in SHOTPlus™ prior to export will be treated as manually loaded in the BlastIQ™ system.

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1078: Circles converted to polygons were being moved to the 'default' layer.
  2. SP6-1360: Temperature measurements entered into the Hole Table were not being saved or recorded against holes.
  3. SP6-1460: Incorrect initiation products available for selection under certain circumstances.
  4. SP6-1464: Extended Firing Data with Cosines export reporting incorrect number of decks.
  5. SP6-1465: Hole table export causing unhandled error.
  6. SP6-1472: Opening Edit Hole dialog was clearing water measurements from the hole diagram in certain situations.
  7. SP6-1478: SHOTPlus™ now allows imports of plans with blank tolerances from BlastIQ™.
6.7.5

Released 6th September 2021

  New

  1. SP6-1376: Added the ability to export fragmentation results and curves as a CSV. 
  2. SP6-1403: Added the ability to import temperature colour palette and temperature thresholds from a BlastIQ™ site via temperature Analytics View.
  3. SP6-1433: Added the ability to create and post Plan Level Notes to BlastIQ™ from SHOTPlus™.
  4. SP6-1434: Added the ability to view BlastIQ™ Plan Level Notes in SHOTPlus™.

Plan Level Notes KBA

  1. SP6-1436: Rounded item counts for packaged explosives are now shown in hole loading diagrams.

  Improved

  1. SP6-1400: Updated the default temperature colour palette to match BlastIQ™.
  2. SP6-1401: When setting BlastIQ™ site and resources, SHOTPlus™ now updates the temperature colour palette to match the selected BlastIQ™ site.
  3. SP6-1412: Increased the limit for Advanced Vibration Management (AVM™) submission to 5,000 holes.
  4. SP6-1414: SHOTPlus™ now correctly notifies users when Hole Type Tolerances are modified based on a BlastIQ™ Import.
  5. SP6-1416: When importing tolerances from BlastIQ™, SHOTPlus™ now imports and modifies reporting tolerances - Collar XY, Underdrill, and Overdrill.
  6.  SP6-1430: Added information to the 'Export Tolerances' option when importing from BlastIQ™.
  7. SP6-1431: Item count rounding setting now affects the item count sent to BlastIQ™.
  8. SP6-1437: Item count rounding setting is now used for calculating loading designs.
  9. SP6-1438: A message is shown when choosing 'Round to half package' option for item rounding that BlastIQ™ only supports whole numbers for item counts.
  10. SP6-1439: Updated SHOTPlus™ DXF library. SHOTPlus™ can now export DXFs in the following formats:
    1. SHOTPlus™ Legacy Format;
    2. AutoCAD 2000;
    3. AutoCAD 2004;
    4. AutoCAD 2007;
    5. AutoCAD 2010;
    6. AutoCAD 2013; and
    7. AutoCAD 2018.

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1415: Underdrill Hole Type Tolerance was resetting to 0.2 m in certain situations.
  2. SP6-1420: Redrill tolerance was not being adjusted when importing from BlastIQ™ when tolerance was disabled in BlastIQ™.
  3. SP6-1421: Blastholes added with 'Assume Wet Hole' turned on were assigned the incorrect design diameter.
  4. SP6-1422: Filter and search hole type drop down was incorrectly displaying Material types.
  5. SP6-1423: Manually edited primers were being added to the incorrect deck in certain situations.
  6. SP6-1425: Temperature measurements were not being reported when imported via the text importer.
  7. SP6-1426: Filter and search ignoring disabled backfill and redrill tolerances.
  8. SP6-1427: Filter and search incorrectly identifying redrill holes.
  9. SP6-1444: Top of Deck incorrectly being identified as outside of tolerances in Analytics View. 
  10. SP6-1445: Filter and search incorrectly selecting holes that were not visible.
  11. SP6-1448: Strata surface recalculation was not rebuilding surfaces in some instances.
  12. SP6-1450: Importing an Abandoned tag from BlastIQ™ was incorrectly setting the wet state for a hole.
  13. SP6-1451: When importing backfill decks via the text importer, missing rows were resulting in an unhandled error.
  14. SP6-1452: Design loading imported via SHOTPlus™ text importer was not being assigned to holes.
  15. SP6-1453: Reinstated line number in SHOTPlus™ log files.
  16. SP6-1454: SHOTPlus™ was not correctly sending Abandoned and Not Drilled information in certain situations.
  17. SP6-1459: Reworded error message related to exporting decks without sufficient information to BlastIQ™.
6.7.4

Released 12th August 2021

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1392 - Ability to export 'Actual' loading to BlastIQ™.
  2. SP6-1386 - Ability to tag holes as 'Abandoned'.
  3. SP6-1387 - Ability to tag holes as 'Not Drilled'.
  4. SP6-1379 - Restricted entering of 'Actuals' for holes marked as 'Not Drilled'.
  5. SP6-1200 - Ability to receive 'Abandoned' hole tags from BlastIQ™ 1.
  6. SP6-1355 - Ability to export 'Abandoned' and 'Not Drilled' Tags to BlastIQ™ 1.
  7. SP6-1203 - Ability to filter holes by the following tags:
    1. Abandoned; and
    2. Not Drilled.
  8. SP6-1358 - Made 'Not Drilled' and 'Abandoned' tags reportable properties.
  9. SP6-1166 - Ability to mark holes as 'Not Drilled' or 'Abandoned' via the Text Importer 2.
  10. SP6-1357 - Ability to export 'Not Drilled' and 'Abandoned' tags via the Text Exporter 2.
  11. SP6-1354 - Display 'Not Drilled' and 'Abandoned' tags in the Edit Hole dialog box.
  12. SP6-1206 - Ability to mark holes as 'Not Drilled' or 'Abandoned' via the Edit Hole dialog box.
  13. SP6-1356 - Display 'Not Drilled' and 'Abandoned' tags in the Hole Table 3.
  14. SP6-1389 - Ability to mark holes as 'Not Drilled' or 'Abandoned' via the Hole Table 3.
  15. SP6-1155 - Ability to filter holes that have an Intercept added by BlastIQ™

  Information

    1. Ability to mark holes as Abandoned is not yet available in the BlastIQ™ field devices.
    2. 'Not Drilled' and 'Abandoned' are selectable from the 'Measurements' tab on the Text Importer and Text Exporter.
    3. 'Not Drilled' and 'Abandoned' are visible under the 'Hole measures' tab in the Hole Table.

  Improved

  1. SP6-1367 - SHOTPlus™ excludes holes marked as 'Not Drilled' or 'Abandoned' from fragmentation predictions.
  2. SP6-1205 - SHOTPlus™ excludes holes marked as 'Not Drilled' or 'Abandoned' from Volume Overview calculations.
  3. SP6-1164 - Advanced Vibration Management (AVM™) export/import functionality now requires a bespoke licence key.
  4. SP6-1361 - Added ability to export text files without column headers.
  5. SP6-1362 - Added new field to Text Exporter - 'Title_HoleID' 1.

  Information

    1. The 'Title_HoleID' field exports the title of the blast, per the 'Blast Header Information', concatenated with HoleID.

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1395: The assigned delay time for i-kon™ detonators, in holes with Manually Edited loading, was being deleted in certain situations.
  2. SP6-1397: Hole states were incorrectly being updated to 'Updated Design' where tolerances had been changed and Loading Rules were reapplied.
  3. SP6-1408: Unhandled error given when opening 'EBS Logging Report' in a SHOTPlus™ file with no Electronic detonators present.
  4. SP6-1398: WebGen™ DRX units were not being included in the SHOTPlus™ Quantities Report.
6.6.11

Released 27th July 2021

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1377: Field nodes with no children were not appearing when importing text files.
6.6.10

Released 26th July 2021

  New

  1. SP6-1262: Added the ability to clear ‘Actual Drill Locations’ within SHOTPlus™ (does not impact actual drill locations recorded in the BlastIQ™ system).
  2. SP6-1345: Plans with loading rules containing packaged explosives can now be exported to BlastIQ™.

  Information

Re: SP6-1345 - Packaged explosive loading rules are not converted to BlastIQ™ loading rules and will not be applied in the BlastIQ™ system.

  Improved

  1. SP6-1306: Blank cells are now ignored for defined columns when using the SHOTPlus™ text importer.
  2. SP6-1335: Added information pop-ups to the BlastIQ™ Export dialog box.
  3. SP6-1339: Holes with packaged explosive no longer have to marked as manually edited to be exported to BlastIQ™.
  4. SP6-1351: Clarified warnings when exporting plans to BlastIQ™.
  5. SP6-1363: Variable deck indicators are no longer shown for manually edited holes.
  6. SP6-1364: Improved validation for Resource List matching between SHOTPlus™ and BlastIQ™.

  Information

Re: SP6-1339 - Packaged explosive loading rules are not converted to BlastIQ™ loading rules, holes with packaged explosives will be treated as manually loaded within the BlastIQ™ system.

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1314: Holes were incorrectly being highlighted in Analytics View – Hole Depth Variance.
  2. SP6-1319: The variable deck indicator was incorrectly being adjusted for manually edited holes in certain situations.
  3. SP6-1338: ‘Number of Items’ recorded for Packaged Explosives in BlastIQ™ Mobile was not being correctly imported into SHOTPlus™.
  4. SP6-1344: Initiation points with no booster were incorrectly failing validation and preventing plans from being exported to BlastIQ™.
  5. SP6-1353: Unhandled error when importing plans from BlastIQ™ that contained products not included in the SHOTPlus™ resource list. Error now correctly reported.

Task

  1. SP6-1320: SHOTPlus™ now validates that all backfill decks imported via the text importer are an inert product.
  2. SP6-1327: Align organisational trees for Text Import and Text Export fields.
  3. SP6-1342: Changed the hole ordering field for the Default Dip Sheet Report.
  4. SP6-1346: Added a confirmation prompt when deleting a blast via the BlastIQ™ interface in SHOTPlus™.
  5. SP6-1348: SHOTPlus™ now validates that all inert decks imported via the text imported are assigned either a deck horizon or a deck length.
6.6.8

Released 13th July 2021

  New

  1. SP6-1287: Backfill decks (‘Updated design’ and ‘Actual’) are now represented separately, under ‘Hole loading’, in Table View.
  2. SP6-1301: Added ability to export ‘Updated design’ loading from the SHOTPlus™ text exporter.

  Improved

    1. SP6-1281: Implemented warning where deck lengths, imported via text importer, exceed the measured hole length.
    2. SP6-1288: Added warning when trying to import a loading design with missing decks e.g., decks one and three, via the text importer.
    3. SP6-1300: Update in-hole initiation design when importing an updated loading design from BlastIQ™, and not automatically reapplying loading rules.
    4. SP6-1305: Improved check for existing Drill Actuals in BlastIQ™.
    5. SP6-1312: Estimate deck length when deck loading is imported via the text importer and length is not provided.
    6. SP6-1330: Ignore blank bulk explosive decks imported from BlastIQ™ when building 'Actual' loading.

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1278: Text exporter was not correctly exporting ‘Quantity’ for ‘Design’, ‘Updated design’, or ‘Actual’ loading.
  2. SP6-1316: In some circumstances, Manually Edited Loading was being adjusted when importing from BlastIQ™
  3. SP6-1317: Inert decks added in Loading tool were being incorrectly marked as backfill.
  4. SP6-1337: Importing packaged product actuals from BlastIQ™ was replacing existing packaged product decks with Air in some circumstances.

Task

  1. SP6-1271: Update text importer and text exporter to standardise available fields and order of parameters.
  2. SP6-1272: Backfill decks are now classified as a specific deck type for text imports and exports.
  3. SP6-1310: Updated WebGen™ ICD.
  4. SP6-1276: Implemented minimum validation for bulk product decks when importing ‘Design’ or ‘Actual’ loading via the text importer. Must now supply at least:
    • Deck No.
    • Product.
    • Length, horizon, weight, or any combination of the three.
  5. SP6-1313: Implemented minimum validation for packaged product decks when importing ‘Design’ or ‘Actual’ loading via the text importer. Must now supply at least:
    • Deck No.
    • Product.
    • Length, horizon, quantity, or any combination of the three.
  6. SP6-1321: Increase the number of decimal places used for converting between metric and imperial for coordinate transforms.
  7. SP6-1336: Warn users that holes loaded with packaged product must be manually loaded to export to BlastIQ™.
6.6.2

Released 24th June 2021

  New

  1. SP6-1198: Allow export of packaged explosives in manually loaded holes to BlastIQ™ (In-hole loading information only, loading rules for packaged explosives are not supported).

  Fixed

  1. SP6-1177: Certain detonator lead lengths were not being recognised as available.
  2. SP6-1253: Incorrect ‘duplicate hole ID’ warning shown when importing profile log information.
  3. SP6-1266: In certain instances BlastIQ™ exception handling was causing SHOTPlus™ to become stuck in a loop.
  4. SP6-1267: Exporting firing data with cosines not reporting correct error.
  5. SP6-642: Screen refresh issue after using ‘adjust EBS time intervals’ tool.
  6. SP6-1041: Holes loaded with packaged explosives incorrectly registered as misfires.
  7. SP6-1284: Graphical charging rules not calculating charge weights correctly in certain situations.
  8. SP6-2184: Graphical charging rule display was showing incorrect loading summary.
  9. SP6-1273: Charging diagram was not updating to current loading design when using the profile tool.
  10. SP6-1260: All imported Initiation Rules were being shown as Rule No. 0.
  11. SP6-1076: Test rules not correctly recognising wet state tolerance for hole types.
  12. SP6-1290: DRX ID not being updated when importing information from WebGen™ encoders.
  13. SP6-1289: Detonator status not being correctly updated in the EBS logging summary when importing information for WebGen™ encoders.
  14. SP6-1278: When exporting 'quantity' property from the text exporter, the number of packages was not being correctly reported.

Task

  1. SP6-56: Prevent 0 m/s velocity from being entered into vibration monitor ‘monte carlo setup’ dialog box.
6.5.2

Released 6th June 2021

  Improved

  1. [SP6-1185] - WebGen™ 100 - Include .csv export

  Fixed

  1. [SP6-1246] - Filter & Search - Wildcard option was not applying correctly
  2. [SP6-1247] - Initiation Rules - EBS offset was not applying when using WebGen™ resources
  3. [SP6-1236] - Drill to surface method was not applying correctly when no surface was registered
  4. [SP6-1250] - BlastIQ™ Deck Histories - First import was incorrectly displaying reference ID's in some instances
  5. [SP6-1252] - Volume Overview Tool - Incorrect calculation when a single row was present
  6. [SP6-1142] - WebGen™ Import - Exception error
  7. [SP6-1244] - WebGen™ 200 - Logging Summary Report - Det and Deck# are not being populated
  8. [SP6-1245] - WebGen™ 100 - Det & Charge number were not being correctly populated in the Logging Summary Report
  9. [SP6-1183] - WebGen™ - Encoder path - Multiple encoder paths were incorrectly able to be assigned to the same hole
  10. [SP6-1243] - WebGen™ - Enable encoder paths for all charges was not applying correctly
  11. [SP6-1255] - WebGen™ - Unhandled exception when changing blaster type from WebGen to i-kon™

Task

  1. [SP6-1184] - WebGen™ 200 - Product Updates

    Old Name

    New Name

    DRX™ S

    DRX™ Dev

    DRX™ L

    DRX™ Surface

    DRX™ P

    DRX™ Surface Pro

    DRX™ P

    DRX™ Underground Pro

    Pentex™ WS

    Pentex™ W Dev

    Pentex™ W M

    Pentex™ W Underground Pro

    Pentex™ W L

    Pentex™ W Surface

    Pentex™ W XL

    Pentex™ W Surface XL
6.5.1

Released 19th May 2021

Task

  1. Technical update to update User Interface.
6.5.0

Released 19th May 2021

  New

  1. [SP6-1136] - Exclusion Zone Calculator Tool

    Exclusion Zone Calculator KBA

  Improved

  1. [SP6-1228] - Polygons - Text tag for polygons moved to be in line with the polygon.

  Fixed

  1. [SP6-1080] - Unhandled Exception - Turning off face triangles in Profile Tool workbox caused an unhandled Exception

  2. [SP6-1234] - AVM Online Import - Some monitoring point variables were not being set when downloading from AVM Online

  3. [SP6-1217] - Initiation Rules – Diameter was being incorrectly converted from imperial to metric

    [SP6-1186] - Graphical Charging Rules - Max depth was not being set when adding a new range

6.4.2

Released 3rd May 2021

Task

  1. [SP6-1178] - BlastIQ Export - Added webview logging.
6.4.1.0

Released 22nd April 2021

  Fixed

  1. [SP6-1169] - Quantities Calculation was not refreshing under certain conditions.
  2. [SP6-1170] - Re-drill Status - 'Parent To' list not refreshing under certain conditions.

Task

  1. [SP6-1171] - EBS Hole Time - Prevent 'EBS Hole Time' from being automatically
    activated when using EBS Tools.
6.4.0.0

Released 22nd April 2021

  New

  1. [SP6-1021] - Text Import - Ability to import redrills, append a suffix or prefix to the hole ID, and associate a parent or child link for redrill holes.

  Improved

  1. [SP6-1140] - Edit Hole - Loading State - Wording updated to Designed / Updated Design / Actual.
  2. [SP6-1147] - Import Drill Data - Option to infer 'Drilled' toe values when user
    imports only Drilled collar X, Y, Z locations.
  3. [SP6-1151] - 0 m hole length holes are now prevented from being entered or imported
    to align with the BlastIQ™ System.
  4. [SP6-1150] - Not Drilled is now set by the BlastIQ™ system "Not Drilled" flag. 
  5. [SP6-1167] - i-kon™ Export - Numeric hole ID's are now exported to Logger II's.
  6. [SP6-1117] - Import first strata intercept from BlastIQ™.

  Fixed

  1. [SP6-1134] - Move/Copy Entity - Unhandled exception error.
  2. [SP6-1144] - BlastIQ™ Deck History - Deck History was not updating correctly
    in certain import scenarios.
  3. [SP6-1145] - Export - Drill Data not Being Sent (related to Improvement SP6-1147).
  4. [SP6-1148] - Section View - Blastholes could become unselectable after a surface
    was selected. 
  5. [SP6-1149] - Unhandled Exception - Text file import error when using Graphical
    Loading Rules.
  6. [SP6-1146] - BlastIQ™ Upload - Not drilled holes were failing BlastIQ™ validation.
  7. [SP6-1152] - Graphical Loading Rules - Deleting last range resulted in an exception
    error.
  8. [SP6-1154] - BlastIQ™ Export - Incorrect message displayed - Plan Could not Be
    Finalised in Time to Receive Drilling Data message.
  9. [SP6-1156] - Loading Rules - Exception Error when creating a new rule.
  10. [SP6-1131] - Export - Actual hole position values were not being exported in
    some scenarios.
  11. [SP6-1159] - Monitoring Point - Monte Carlo Model tab was incorrectly opening
    in a minimised state.
  12. [SP6-1157] - BlastIQ™ Import - Drill data positions were being incorrectly assigned
    upon import.
  13. [SP6-1162] - BlastIQ™ Export - Cord Tracing Validation was incorrect.
  14. [SP6-1158] - Drill Data Import - Design collar elevation was being incorrectly
    displayed after drill import.
  15. [SP6-1122] - BlastIQ™ Export - Initiation Rules - Uploads containing Direct Initiation
    by cord were incorrectly failing.

Task

  1. [SP6-1135] - BlastIQ™ API updated for inconsistencies in Naming Tolerances.
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