Patent ID: 6957707

Claim:
A method for controlling a drilling sequence of a rock drilling apparatus, the rock drilling apparatus comprising: a base, at least one drilling unit arranged onto the base, the drilling unit comprising a drilling boom, a feeding beam connected to said drilling boom and a rock drill, which can be moved in relation to the feeding beam, and the rock drilling apparatus further comprising a control unit, the method-comprises: forming a drilling plan on the basis of the number, location and dimension of planned drilling holes before drilling, and storing the drilling plan together with drilling parameters associated with drilling control into the memory of the control unit; forming a drilling sequence in the control unit on the basis of the drilling plan and the drilling parameters, where the drilling order of the holes is determined and the drilling unit is selected for each hole; drilling in accordance with the drilling sequence the drilling holes determined in the drilling plan in the rock, monitoring the operation of each drilling unit during a drilling period, and updating the drilling sequence in the control unit on the basis of the monitoring during the drilling period.