Truck Fleet Data Display for Burlington Department of Public Works University of Vermont Senior Experience in Engineering Design

The Team University of Vermont Undergraduates: Yago Alonso Garcia – Electrical Engineering Kenn Austin – Computer Science Matt Clark – Mechanical Engineering Alex Estey – Mechanical Engineering University of Vermont Faculty Advisor: Jeff Frolik – Electrical Engineering Burlington Department of Public Works: Norm Baldwin – Assistant Director of Public Works

The Customer Burlington Department of Public Works (BDPW) Responsible for approximately: 240 lane-miles of road 220 miles of sidewalk 14 Full time employees working within the Right of Way (R.O.W.) workgroup Fleet: 10 Full-sized Trucks with Wing Plows 3 Mid-Sized Trucks 3 Bucket Loaders 12 Sidewalk Tractors

The Problem Develop an operational tracking system for BDPW’s fleet of Snow Removal and Deicing Vehicles System must be real time Collect data for: Position (GPS) Speed Salt Spreading Temperature (Road and Ambient) Plow Engagement All data sent back to BDPW real-time Data Displayed in Easily Readable Format For BDPW Customer Support and Management

Motivation For Tracking System No Real-Time Accountability For Road and Sidewalk Clearing Better Response Customer Inquiries Alter Deployment to Respond to Varying Conditions Analyze Clearing Schemes For Improved Response

New North End

South End

Potential Solution: Data Collection Cirus Controls SpreadSmart RxTM Collects Data For: Position via GPS Speed Salt Spreading Temperature (Road and Ambient) Plow Engagement Drive-By Download of Data via Wi-Fi Router Not Real-Time Scalable Maintainable Long-Term

Potential Solution: Data Collection Motorola Digital Mobile Radio Tracks Location (GPS) Sends Data Over Digital Radio Channel Real-time Service Charge to use radio network Limited capabilities for integration with other sensors Scalable

Our Solution: Data Collection Integrate Cirus Controls Logger System with Broadband Enabled Ruggedized Tablet PC Real-Time Sensor Integration with Logger Already Established Ruggedized Tablet PC to withstand harsh operating environment

The Demonstration Unit 5 3 4 6 1 2 1) Temperature Sensor 2) GPS Antenna 3) Cirus Logger 4) Cirus LCD Display 5) Cirus Keypad 6) Tablet PC

GPS Antenna Located on Top of Truck Cab

Temperature Sensor Attached to Side-View Mirror

LCD Display & Controls In Cab To The Right of Driver Control Box Used in Truck Different From Demo Unit

Logger and Tablet PC Logger Is Mounted In the Cab Next To The Drivers Seat In a Housing Box Tablet PC To Be Mounted In Cab In Location Visible To Driver

The Data Flow: Collection Sensors: Location (GPS) Speed Salt Spreading Temperature Plow Engagement Cirus Controls Logger Tablet PC

The Data Flow: Distribution Verizon Wireless Broadband Network Card Tablet PC MySQL Database On City of Burlington Server BDPW

Software Overview Both In-Truck and Customer Service Applications Developed Using Visual Basic .Net MS Visual Studio 2005 Customer Service Application Uses ArcEngine Software Development Kit (SDK) to Display Truck Information ArcGIS Shapefiles Created By Automatically Running Cirus Controls' Shapemaker Software From the Command Line In Customer Service Application MySQL Database Connections Made Using MySQL Connector/Net 5.2 Libraries

Why MySQL? Familiarity More Elegant and Easier to Use Than FTP Future Possibility of Parsing Raw Data and Storing It Into More Precise Fields For Improved Searchability and Long Term Data Tracking Allows For an Easy Transition Between Desktop and Web Based Technologies

Why ArcEngine? BDPW Utilizes ESRI's Products For Many Other Applications Most Seamless Integration Into Their Current Computing Environment Powerful With Tools For Multiple Programming Languages SDK is Fairly Inexpensive

Complete System Cost Itronix Duo II – Tablet PC: $5608.27 Verizon Wireless Broadband Card: $48.95 a Month Complete Cirus Controls Logger System with GPS, Temperature, Salt and Plow Sensors: $7,000 ArcGIS Enterprise License Agreement (ELA): $12,000 ArcGIS Software Development Kit (SDK) $1,500 Ethernet Crossover Cable: $15 Software Development: $13,500 Total per Truck: $12,675.19 and $48.95 a Month

Testing – The S74 BDPW’s S74 Truck Outfitted With Complete Cirus Logger System December 2007 Logger Salt Spreader Temperature Sensor GPS Speedometer Sensor Generated Sample Data Used for Customer Service Application Utilized Drive-By Download System to Relay Data

Testing - Cirus Demo System Acquired Demonstration Cirus Logger System From Tenco New England March 2008 Allowed For Testing of Logger to PC Interface Originally Attempted Serial Port Connection - Failed Successful in Drive-By Download Interface (Wi-Fi) Successful With Ethernet Cross-Over Cable Collected Sample Data GPS Originally Gave Coordinates Located In Taiwan Test Drives Allowed For More Generated Data and Test of Live Logger to Tablet PC Interface

Sheraton Test Run Votey YOU ARE HERE

Demo!

To Do List Finish Development & Testing of In-Truck Upload Software Live Testing With Multiple Trucks Interface Usability Feedback & Improvements Phase Out Cirus' Shapemaker Application and Have the Customer Service Application Create the Shapefiles it Requires by Itself Create Usage Documentation Determine Specific Licensing Requirements For Use

Possible Expansions Develop Public Web Application for Data Display Alleviate Customer Support Inquiries Data Already Stored on Internet Accessible Server Utilize Tablet PC To Relay Information to Drivers Display Route Display Plowing Statistics

Special Thanks University of Vermont Burlington Telecom Jeff Frolik Steve DiStasi Burlington Telecom Kevin Burke Jim Wemette City of Burlington Clerk Treasurer’s Office Pat Schmitz Dana Baron Burlington Department of Public Works Rob Greene Tenco New England Cirus Controls LLC

The Norm Slide If It Wasn’t For Norm Baldwin We Would Not Have Been Anywhere Close To As Successful As We Have Been Thank You Norm!

Questions?