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G-SMART: ADR – Aeroporti di Roma chooses our system for IoT monitoring and benchmarking of trolley collection areas.

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An IoT infrastructure for the active and continuous monitoring of the trolley collection areas at Fiumicino International Airport.

G-SMART is the GSE tracking system that combines different technologies (RFID, Bluetooth, ADS-B, GPS) to create the best performing solution depending on the application scenario.

IPS – indoor positioning systems – are systems that allow objects to be detected inside buildings where satellite navigation does not work very well/is not necessary; they work with both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) standards, as well as passive RFID technologies.

These systems are based on beacon or tag installed directly on the assets to be tracked; specific readers receive signals from these devices and send them to the server which processes the data obtained and makes it immediately available to the user, including information on the position of the object.

For the ADR project the system will use RFID technology for the identification and counting of baggage trolleys at the storage stations (bays) in Terminals T1 and T3 of Fiumicino International Airport, with the aim of reducing operational inefficiencies and to avoid inconveniences to the passenger relating to the search for a trolley to transport luggage.

RFID technology allows to monitor a large number of assets simultaneously and create a simple but efficient system with a reduced need for maintenance.

For the Rome Fiumicino airport we will create an IoT infrastructure made up of more than 5000 RFID tags applied directly to the trolleys (adequately mounted to avoid signal interference due to ferrous material), and an appropriate number of readers and antennas.

The data is shown in real time on a georeferenced map while a special Warning system sends alerts to operators if the number of trolleys in the bay reaches the minimum thresholds set; for each alert, a short video will be recorded from the streaming of the cameras which will then be associated with the warning notification.

The web-based software will also allow you to view and export the history of trolley movements between areas (this indicator generates the right KPIs to analyze and improve benchmarking between storage areas) and to export statistics, graphs and reports to daily management and planning support.

Finally, an improvement function is envisaged with a proactive estimate of the number of trolleys needed in the bay based on the flow of arriving passengers and baggage by connecting the tracking system to the ADR management systems.

With more than 44.4 million passengers in 2023, ADR knows how much a trolley tracking system can positively impact operational management and the Passenger Experience; in fact, a fluid trolley supply process reduces the risk of inefficiencies and delays for the passenger to a minimum, contributing to the achievement of those high performances which are worth the title of BEST AIRPORT IN EUROPE for 7 times.

India: Cochin International Airport chooses our noise monitoring system SARA

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India’s Champion of the Earth relies on Softech to monitor aircraft noise

With numerous international awards and recognitions obtained for its operational efficiency and green commitment, Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has chosen to rely on our SARA environmental monitoring system to monitor noise emissions from aircraft.

Equipped with fixed and mobile control units and the most recent version of the analysis software, the SARA system will automatically and continuously collect the acoustic data coming from the monitoring terminals and then correlate them with the aeronautical activities (radar traces), and return the fingerprint to the soil acoustic impact, reports and indices required by current regulations.

The pre-installation Noise Mapping activity and post-installation professional services complete the supply.

A great result also possible thanks to the support of our local partner Structural Solutions Private Limited

The Indian Champion of the Earth

Cochin was the first airport in the world to be completely powered by solar energy: CIAL’s solar energy systems generate approximately two hundred thousand units of energy per day, while the airport’s daily energy consumption is 1.6 hundred thousand units.
For this entrepreneurial vision and pioneering commitment to demonstrating to the world that it is possible for large energy consumers such as an airport to transition to a sustainable utility model for their energy needs, the airport won the coveted award in 2018 “Champion of the Earth“, the highest environmental honor established by the United Nations.

SARA Indoor: Riyad Airports Company (RAC) signs the contract for the supply of our system

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Sustainability and innovation: the project for monitoring the quality of the indoor environments at Riyad King Khalid International Airport has officially started

The management of indoor air quality (IAQ) in public spaces is assuming considerable importance.

Busy environments, such as airport terminals, are currently being considered as possible hot spots, and IAQ is a crucial element in the protection of passengers and staff, as well as a key aspect of the passenger experience at the airport.
Together with Hoshan Aviation and Defense, an important Saudi company specialized in the field of aviation and defense systems, we have developed a smart indoor monitoring system for the King Khalid international airport in Riyadh which, thanks to a widespread network of IoT-Lora sensors manufactured by us, allows you to know in real time the level of CO, CO2, H2S, noise, O2 temperature, humidity, PM 2.5 and PM10 and other pollutants in the air of terminals 2, 3, 4, 5, private 1 and 2.
The specially developed software allows real-time visualization of the data collected by the sensors on a 2D or 3D plan of the terminals; specific modules dedicated to their analysis allow the study and export of statistics, graphs and reports for specific uses. An alert system makes it possible to intervene promptly when certain thresholds considered dangerous for the health of passengers and airport operators are reached.
RAC’s requests included “the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of an accurate, state-of-the-art and highly reliable indoor air quality monitoring system”; our SARA Indoor system and design services were deemed up to par.

Advanced Air Mobility: officially signed the Memorandum between Softech and UrbanV, the Italian vertiport management company.

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Softech environmental systems chosen to monitor eVTOL acoustic emissions

The Softech environmental monitoring system was chosen by UrbanV to evaluate the effective sustainability of flying taxis inside vertiports, aerodromes equipped for the take-off and landing of eVTOLs (electric vertical take-off and landing), electric vehicles that therefore do not emit polluting substances and designed to also minimize noise emissions.
The signing of the memorandum of understanding between UrbanV and Softech is aimed at carrying out preliminary studies, acoustic measurements and the supply of the SARA system; the latter will be integrated into the IT platform developed by UrbanV for the management of vertiports.

Our thirty years of experience in the airport environmental monitoring sector will allow us to design and implement a performing system, adapted to the new needs of a mobility that did not exist before; a real challenge also for us who are particularly proud to participate in a project of this magnitude.
In Italy, the urban mobility revolution has already begun: it is estimated that in ten years, millions of Italians will have easy access to these platforms, and flying in the city will no longer be science fiction. The first flight (demonstration) took off from Fiumicino in 2022 and, already by 2024, the first air taxi from Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport to the center of Rome is expected.
It is a smart and green system, a more sustainable solution for urban transport: Ispra data reveal that the transport sector in Italy is responsible for a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions; of these, over 90% are attributable to road transport. Focusing on electric flying taxis could therefore represent a green turning point for urban transport as it is able to improve the accessibility and mobility of cities, metropolitan areas and territories, the quality of the environment, life and the safety of citizens.

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SARA-noise at the Abruzzo international airport

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The airport management company SAGA chooses our systems for noise monitoring and analysis

In addition to the most recent version of the SARA software, the airport will be provided with fixed and mobile control units and a series of pre- and post-installation ancillary services, including noise office and preventive and “fault-related” maintenance.

G-SMART: Milan Malpensa chooses our system for locating GSEs

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G-SMART has been recognized as an effective solution, able to meet the needs of one of the busiest international airports in Europe which alone handles around 70% of the goods in transit at Italian airports.

After 20 years of collaboration on environmental matters, Milan Malpensa international airport chooses to expand our partnership by equipping itself with G-SMART, our intelligent tracking system dedicated to GSEs, the aerodrome support equipment for ground aircraft operations.

The wide range of activities associated with aircraft ground operations leads to an equally large fleet of GSEs deployed over a large area and often in widely separated locations.

For an international airport like Milan Malpensa, which alone handles about 70% of the total goods in transit through Italian airports, knowing the position of certain ground support equipments (in this case especially the dollys) becomes essential to guarantee the necessary level of efficiency and speed of loading and unloading activities of aircrafts.

G-SMART was developed to support and combine different technologies (including: RFID, Bluetooth, LoRaWAN, GPS, ADS-B, etc.) in order to offer the best performing solution in every situation. In the case of Milan Malpensa, the most performing technology was identified after careful listening and analysis of the customer’s needs; we opted for a system based on RFID technology, capable of locating a very large number of items scattered over an equally vast area without however requiring complex installations and/or high costs: thousands of passive tags have been installed on as many dolly and more than 10 antennas in specific points identified by our technical experts following a careful study of the area.

The specifically developed software, perfectly integrated with the pre-existing system, collects and makes available to the end user the information on location and transits including direction of travel and dolly’s details. The supply also includes installation and maintenance of the system by our technical experts.

GSE tracking is an activity of significant importance at an organizational and process efficiency level. The ability to combine different technologies and to integrate into existing systems entails a significant advantage for the customer who is able to acquire a performing solution without excessive infrastructural and/or cost commitment.

G-SMART is an effective solution, able to meet the needs of one of the busiest international airports in Europe which alone manages around 70% of the goods in transit at Italian airports.

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Catania – Fontanarossa: once again, Softech is the choice!

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Officially signed the new maintenance contract on the environmental monitoring system

The maintenance of environmental monitoring systems is of fundamental importance for us; We periodically carry out preventive maintenance, technological upgrading and updating of our systems and software to always guarantee correct operation, quality and maximum efficiency.

Even a brief interruption in the functioning of environmental monitoring systems can be burdensome and require the use of resources, which is why we guarantee our customers timely on-site and/or remote assistance; a team of expert technicians and engineers with over 15 years of experience on our systems is available to always provide our best support.

In the Catania case, the maintenance activity will be performed on one of the most complete monitoring systems ever installed and will consist in the technical and operational management of the entire airport environmental monitoring system (with fixed and relocatable control units for noise and air  quality monitoring, environmental totems and ADSB receiver) and the related management software (complete with technical and public interface – Public Viewer).

Softech on the most important italian economic newspaper!

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On the number 31, the prestigious economic newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore talks about companies and innovative development models. Softech is among the 6 companies recognized as leaders in these new models.

Below the traslaction:

“Since 1991, Softech has been developing systems for environmental monitoring and motorway traffic supervision and management.
Strengthened by a know-how that has grown over time, it offers technologically advanced and highly customizable solutions; this, combined with the typical dynamism of the company size (small business) and a strong international vocation, lead it to be present today on the European, Asian, United States and countries in the MENA area (Middle East North Africa).
The presence on such different markets involves a continuous investment of resources in R&D to satisfy an ever-changing demand and to integrate its offer with ever-new experience.
Softech believes in the strength of the group: in Italy, where it collaborates with the main airports and motorway authorities, it participates in business associations and clusters, to increase know-how and implement shared projects. He also strongly believes in the strategic value of his human resources and for this reason he supports young graduates with expert collaborators, creating an experiential balance essential for giving innovative and effective answers to a sector that is constantly renewing itself
Its system of values includes sustainable development, product quality, safety and reliability, also attested by the ISO 14001 – 9001 – 27001 certifications.“

IoT: the paradigma that makes world smarter

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With Internet of Things (IoT) we refer to the process of connecting physical objects of daily use to the Internet; potentially, each object can acquire its own identity in the digital world.

The idea behind the IoT is to make objects “intelligent” by interconnecting them, in order to exchange information owned, collected and / or processed.

A borderless paradigma

The Internet of Things is a paradigm that does not know, potentially, application boundaries: from cars that communicate with the road infrastructure to prevent accidents (smart mobility), to household appliances that coordinate to optimize the use of power ( smart home), to the production plants that exchange data with the products for the management of their life cycle, etc.

Each object can be made intelligent, that is, connected and communicating. By becoming “talking”, things allow us to inaugurate a horizon of new services capable of improving the quality of our life and our work. Everything becomes smart: more intelligent, more comfortable and more useful.

The starring in the IoT network

The undisputed protagonists of IoT systems are sensors, that is all those devices that allow to collect data that are then analyzed and processed in order to produce the knowledge necessary to react and make decisions. Decisions that can also be made by the objects themselves (eg: Smart Building).

There is a wide range of devices that can be inserted into an IoT network: from video cameras, to light detectors, to motion and proximity sensors to sound sensors, and so on.

The data collected by the sensors are aggregated by the gateway which, through the network, transmits them to other devices; in order to “talk”, the sensors must be connected.

The connection at the base of the IoT network

Traditional networks, which we normally rely on to obtain connectivity (Wi-Fi or 3G / 4G) bring with them various problems; to better understand, we report some wireless technologies in a graph, grouping them by range of action and bandwidth.

Cellular communications (such as 2G, 3G, 4G, indicated in the orange area) transfer medium to large amounts of data over a wide range of coverage; they are certainly suitable for outdoor use. For the purposes of the IoT network, however, the cost of the technology appears excessive.

The wireless technologies (in green) are also suitable for communications of medium to large amounts of data but within a range of a few meters, therefore ideal for indoors. They do not require a subscription and therefore have a reduced cost. However they do affect the battery life which should be changed too often.

LoRa, on the other hand, is a Low power wide area technology, which facilitates the development of networks in which nodes require “low mobility” and very limited data exchange, and are characterized by very low energy consumption.

LoRa becomes LoRaWAN when to the physical layer we add the MAC (Media Access Control) layer necessary to extend the communication to the internet.

What is LoRaWAN?

The LoRa Alliance describes LoRaWan as “a Low Power, Wide Area (LPWA) network protocol designed to wirelessly connect battery-powered ‘objects’ to the Internet in regional, national or global networks and addresses the key requirements of the Internet of Things (IoT) such as two-way communication, end-to-end security, mobility and location services. “. The LoRaWAN protocol is a Low Power Wide Area Networking (LPWAN) communication protocol that runs on LoRa. The LoRaWAN specification is open so that anyone can set up and manage a LoRa network.

Main features:

  • Long range: allows a throw of up to 50 km.
  • Low battery consumption: LoRa technology allows to obtain a sensor battery life of over 10 years.
  • Bi-directional communication.
  • Geolocation: allows localization without the need for GPS.
  • Cost reduction: infrastructure, maintenance costs, the cost of sensors.
  • Interoperability: any LoRaWan sensor can be connected to an existing network.
  • Security: data is end-to-end encrypted.

Solutions by Softech

The IoT sensors developed by Softech communicate via the LoRaWAN protocol and are equipped with specific software for analyzing the data collected from a cognitive and / or predictive point of view.

In our portfolio of IoT solutions, systems dedicated to SMART CITY, thanks to which it is possible to detect data: on traffic, on the use of a certain service, on air quality, on vibrations and noises … but also data relating to the geolocation of infrastructures (such as parking for the disabled, charging stations for electric vehicles, etc.) or on the frequency of transit of means of transport or access to a digital platform, etc.

In particular, we have devised a SMART PARKING system that is particularly innovative because it is not intended for monitoring stalls, but aimed at facilitating control by the competent authorities and making the city areas safe.

Moreover

With the appropriate adjustments, the IoT can also be used for developments with a view to SMART BUILDING: and this is exactly what our SARA IoT system does, which allows you to monitor multiple factors (not only environmental ones) inside the airports, and to activate intelligent responses when certain thresholds are reached. The system can also be applied to contexts other than the airport, such as public offices and smart buildings.

Also on the motorway, with the same technology, we have created a system for SAFETY in parking areas which is characterized by reduced costs, ease of installation and the possibility of integration with sensors for other functions (click here to find out more).

A NEW IoT SOLUTION FOR SAFER HIGHWAY

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From the analysis of the data provided by the motorway radio rooms, arise that the overcrowding of service areas is a serious and shared problem, which goes well beyond the difficulties of accessing and managing spaces.

More often than one might think, congestions in the area put the motorist in a position to risk dangerous maneuvers for himself and for others; the danger is obviously aggravated if heavy vehicles are involved.

Heavy vehicles situation

There are frequent cases of trucks that, having taken the entrance ramp to the parking area, are forced to have to go out in reverse due to jams; other times, even if they manage to access, they are unable to stop and try to reach the exits but find them blocked by other vehicles. At this point they try to return to the highway in the wrong direction, directly from the entrance track, and then make very dangerous maneuvers to take the right direction on the roadway.

Some motorways are already equipped with systems that do not solve the problem: they merely dissuade from carrying out these maneuvers which, however, as mentioned above, are often necessary.

Softech IoT Solution

In partnership with A22 – Autostrada del Brennero, Softech has developed an ad hoc solution that aims to solve the problem simply by …preventing it!

The system, of which the experimentation has already started and almost completed, avoids the risk of saturation of the parking areas by monitoring them with a network of IoT sensors which, using the LoRa technology, allows to know the situation in real time; using dedicated software, the information is transmitted to the motorway radio rooms which can manage crowding by placing restrictions on access and / or by sending security personnel (traffic police) to the site.

The software can interface with third parties and communicate to commercial or not users, the situation of occupation of the parking areas; there are multiple communication channels that can be used: variable message panels, radio channels, applications for mobile devices, internet, etc.

The project was born in partnership with Autostrada del Brennero, a long-time user of our systems. For more information, contact us: marketing@softechweb.it or sales@softechweb.it