This document defines the interfaces required between the fleet management (FMS) and autonomous haulage (AHS) systems for dispatch of haul trucks and coordination of production information, including communication protocols, message structures, telemetry signals, map sharing and task assignments.


This document applies to surface mining. It specifies requirements and recommendations to achieve the following:


—     realtime computer system communication;


—     message definition and semantic;


—     mine map sharing;


—     truck dispatching;