Sensor for loading and unloading
For one of our clients – a general contractor for road infrastructure – we have adapted the Xway system to the task of monitoring the spreading of substrates on road construction sites.
Trailing and unloading sensor mounted on the trailer
The modification of the system includes the implementation of an automatic sensor of trailer loading and unloading and the adaptation of the xway.online application for cooperation with this sensor along with a series of changes to facilitate the use of the system for this group of customers, including the introduction to the chainage system.
Visualization of incoming loading and unloading signals on the map from the xway.online application
This solution allows you to fully automate the process of building road surfaces. It consists of two parts:
- cabin part, powered from the cigarette lighter socket, which is a GPS/GSM module,
- the external part, which is the actual sensor that generates automatically the signals of loading and unloading.
Both parts communicate by radio using BlueTooth 4.0 technology.
Sensor for loading and unloading
The loading and unloading sensor itself was built using an electronic gyroscope and extremely energy-saving electronics, which allows it to work for more than 3 years on a single set of batteries.
Data from the sensor go to the xway.online server, where the user has access to incoming data and to analytical tools allowing monitoring and settlement of goods moving on the construction site.
Sample report using automatic loading and unloading signals
Sample report using entries to defined places of loading and unloading
The solution we propose also allows you to work without a loading/unloading sensor. In this case, the loading and unloading moments can be marked by pressing the buttons on the cabin terminal or you can define the loading and unloading places (POIs for loading and unloading, respectively) and generate a report of entries into such defined zones.
In the development of the Xway.online project, we benefited from EU funding under the Measure OP IR 2.3.2 Innovation for SME program, project number POIR.02.03.02-14-0014 / 1-01, „Development and implementation of the GreenWay internet platform together with reading tachographs and driver cards and a notification module.”