Patent ID: 7931096

Claim:
A control apparatus for controlling a multi-phase rock drilling event carried out with a rock drilling rig, the control apparatus comprising a display, an input device for receiving user inputs, and a control unit for controlling information to be displayed on the display, wherein at least part of the display is reserved for information sources to be changed according to a rock drilling situation during a rock drilling event, and a rock drilling phase-specific definition is set in the control apparatus for at least one information source, information relating to at least one information source is to be displayed during said rock drilling phase, the control unit is configured to check the rock drilling phase-specific definition in response to an initiation of a rock drilling event or a transition in the rock drilling phase, the control unit is configured to select at least one information source suitable for said phase on the basis of said checked definition, and the control unit is configured, automatically, on the basis of a change of the working phase, to replace or rearrange at least display information relating to the at least one information source of the previous rock drilling phase with display information relating to the at least one selected information source during execution of the current rock drilling phase in said at least part of the display.