Radioactivity sensors
What are radioactivity sensors?
Radioactive sensors will detect radioactive material inside of a truck. When radioactive materials are detected, a specialised department needs to be contacted and the truck cannot be unloaded by the normal operators.
This flow is common when handling waste.
A radioactive sensor will detect radioactivity when you drive past it. It is important to drive at a good speed (not too fast, but not too slow as well) for a good detection.
Can you integrate radioactivity sensors with Peripass?
There is no out of the box integration with Peripass.
However, if your system is capable of communicating with 3rd party applications, an integration flow can be set up using Triggers & Actions in Peripass.
Flow combined with weighing
Truck drives on the weighing scale.
While driving on the weighing scale, the radioactive detection is executed.
Truck driver identifies using the PIN pad on the weighing scale
Peripass initiates for this visitor:
a weighing
a request to the radioactive station to receive the status of the last measurement (providing visitor ID of Peripass)
The radioactive station updates the visitor in Peripass (using the ID) with the result of the measurement (OK or NOT OK)
Based on the result, Peripass can automate next steps
Most common next steps are to either inform the driver to continue (in case of OK) or to redo all the steps for a second measurement (in case of NOT OK). In case a second measurement returns in a new NOT OK, an operator needs to be informed.
Implementation hints
Most radioactive stations have no built-in integration module to provide us with the information above, so some 3rd party development might be needed to facilitate the flow above. This 3rd party development should:
Receive the visitor information from Peripass
Then capture the last measurement by the radioactive station
Then interpret the result
Then, based on the results update the Peripass visitor with the correct Radioactive status using the public API
It is advised to create a process step in Peripass, to indicate the radioactive status: “Radioactive status”, with options OK or NOT OK. When the status is changed by the radioactive station, Triggers & Actions can be used to decide on follow up actions.
To follow up upon a second measurement, it is advised to use a custom helper field: “Radioactive first result” with options, No first measurement, OK or NOT OK. The result of the first measurement is copied in this field. This way, when a second measurement is happening, you can verify both the first and the second measurement. If both are NOT OK, an operator needs to be contacted.
Distance from weighing scale.pdf RPM training installation hints.pdf