Kenny is going to call, as a side note there have been multiple pan replacements and broken or missing RFID’s on front loads around campus. I think to get a real count on what locations don’t have RFID’d the functioning system will have to go around dumping and it should geolocate as unreadable and with that info we will know the location not tagged or broken.

Thank you,

Dan

217.300.8545

From: Richard Boyovich <richard@loadman.com>
Sent: Friday, June 2, 2023 2:57 PM
To: John Cramer <john@loadman.com>; Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Cc: Baarla, Naveen <nbreddy2@illinois.edu>; Larry Santi <larry@loadman.com>
Subject: Re: Restarting Loadman at UIUC

Hello Daphne

If you could get someone to call me from in the cab of said vehicles, I can provide technical assistance without any cost. Not sure what parts were shipped to you for repairs, but I can figure this out quickly once I have someone to speak with. Understand, these systems have very sophisticated troubleshooting features. I can typically know what the issue is in less than 15 minutes. You can give my mobile number out to anyone that works with the front loaders, and I work on Saturdays, no problem. 

Thanks, 

Richard Boyovich

Mobile 206-898-7801

From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 2, 2023 12:02:12 PM
To: John Cramer <john@loadman.com>
Cc: Baarla, Naveen <nbreddy2@illinois.edu>
Subject: Restarting Loadman at UIUC

Hi John,

I work as the zero waste coordinator at the University of Illinois, and I wanted to reach out regarding the Loadman service that we previously used. We had just begun this initiative under Shantanu Pai (who has since left) and as I understand it, things fizzled out after the pandemic hit. We’re very interested in restarting this initiative!

Currently, we have two frontload trucks that have the Loadman equipment. There were parts that had broken, so parts were ordered to replace the broken ones. However, we have not yet installed these pieces. We are thinking that a site visit from Loadman might be helpful in getting everything back up and running again.

Wanted to reach out to you, introduce myself, and see what next steps would be best to take.

Thank you!

Daphne

DAPHNE HULSE (she/her)

Zero Waste Coordinator
Facilities & Services | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
+1 (217) 333-7550 | dlhulse2@illinois.edu

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From: Hiser, Daniel William <dwhiser@illinois.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 9:25 AM
To: Trimble, Syd <sydneyt2@illinois.edu>; Varney, Peter W <pvarney@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Sensor Pilot Update?

*Update

I don’t have access to the app that would allow me to program the RFID tags. The tags were purchased from atlasRFIDstore.com and the watch that is supposed to do something with them is SLS RFID Solutions www.slsrfid.com. I took a minimal amount of time to try to piece those clues together with no success and have not returned to the subject. The system is still just a pilot and will remain as such until we have a dedicated Zero Waste Coordinator.

The arm system on our truck had the ARM400 and power cable go bad on it so between calls with loadman to diagnose the issue and for them to finally get us the parts resulted in a 3-month lapse in data and the parts are evidently not covered under warranty (not that it's significant other than I think they should be) The system itself when working “properly” requires frequent calibration and it “learns” the driver. This is not good for us as drivers change and the results are frequent negative loads and misreadings.

I think you can get data from these trucks to an extent, but at the same time I would be hesitant to use it as a method to charge customers or with great certainty know the weights are accurate. At this time we are not equipped to consistently troubleshoot the system or have garage staff on standby to fix issues with the system as they arise. Long story short, it's almost good at what it's supposed to do but it will require more babysitting than I am willing to put into it at this time.

Thank you,

Dan Hiser

F&S Fleet Operations

Direct (217) 300-8545

From: Sydney Trimble <sydneyt2@illinois.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2021 2:22 PM
To: Hiser, Daniel William <dwhiser@illinois.edu>; Varney, Peter W <pvarney@illinois.edu>
Subject: Fwd: Sensor Pilot Update?

Sounds like we gotta talk about this pretty soon. Dan, hopefully you got the time to come up with an update on this?

Best,

Syd

From: Janssen, April Lynn <alj5@illinois.edu>
Date: Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 1:55 PM
Subject: Sensor Pilot Update?
To: Trimble, Syd <sydneyt2@illinois.edu>
Cc: Samaras, Zach <zsamaras@illinois.edu>

Hi Sydney,

I hope this new semester and planning for your October audit is going great!

Quick question for you, we know from Shantanu (and keep referencing admirably) that F&S is/was implementing a six-month pilot program with weighing sensors installed on the lift arms a waste hauling truck, and that the weight recording, paired with the bar codes on each dumpster, enabled the University to track the weight of material collected from each dumpster. You know this story.

The point - could you provide us a brief update on how that’s going? Is the pilot over or is this now a standard practice? Is it Sensoneo technology or another? I definitely want to stop by next time I am in Champaign and see how this all works 😊  We just spoke with a hauler on that services a university here in Chicago and they could definitely benefit from this technology.

Enjoy your weekend!

April   APRIL JANSSEN MAHAJAN
Sustainability Specialist
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Prairie Research Institute
Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

217-244-0469 | alj5@illinois.edu
www.istc.illinois.edu
 
 

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From: Pai, Shantanu <spai@illinois.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 1:16 PM
To: Varney, Peter W <pvarney@illinois.edu>; Patterson, Shawn L <spttrsn@illinois.edu>; Hiser, Daniel William <dwhiser@illinois.edu>; Sinn, Macie Anne <sinn1@illinois.edu>
Subject: RFID tag installation spec sheet

All,

As discussed please find enclosed the RFID tag installation specification sheets. This is a rough draft and look forward to your edits. Additionally, I have these maps from the Fall that I don’t know if they were ever verified, thus adding this to the requirements as someone will be there any way.

I still don’t have access to the share drive so right now just email your edits to me, I will start moving stuff on the share drive once I have access.

Regards,

Shantanu

SHANTANU PAI

Assistant Sustainability Researcher
 
Illinois Sustainable Technology Center Prairie Research Institute 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1010 Jorie Blv| Oak Brook, IL 60523 |630.586.9168 | spai@illinois.edu | www.istc.illinois.edu/zerowaste
 
 

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From: Pai, Shantanu <spai@illinois.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 8:21 PM
To: John Cramer <john@loadman.com>
Cc: Larry Santi <larry@loadman.com>; Calvin Cotton <Calvin@loadman.com>; Duda, Patrick Raymond <pduda@illinois.edu>; Bulbule, Kanchan Krishna <kanchanb@illinois.edu>; Hiser, Daniel William <dwhiser@illinois.edu>; Varney, Peter W <pvarney@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Load Manager Real-Time Export to local database

John,

Thank you so much for your demonstration yesterday and your willingness to accommodate our needs. I am looping in Patrick and Kanchan, who would appreciate the offer you all have graciously made more than I would. We are certainly moving forward with the Loadman system. A PO has been issued to Randy and Dan on our team is working with him to schedule the installation and deployment. The Facilities staff would need about 6-8 weeks from when Randy can come down and train our drivers to be operational with the RFID tags on the containers. I am hoping that once we have a timeline set with Randy, I will have a clear timeline but I would say we don’t need a ready solution for at least the next 8 weeks.

Shantanu

From: John Cramer <john@loadman.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 6:49 PM
To: Pai, Shantanu <spai@illinois.edu>
Cc: Larry Santi <larry@loadman.com>; Calvin Cotton <Calvin@loadman.com>
Subject: Load Manager Real-Time Export to local database

Hi Shantanu,

When we did the last webinar, we discussed real-time export of data in the cloud to a locally hosted database. We also discussed the web API that could be used to fetch records and provided you with the API documentation.

I wanted to let you know we are planning to write a client application using the web API to fetch records from the cloud and store those records in a database. When it is complete, it will function much the same as the real-time export that we discussed but without the complexity of SQL Server queries over the Internet and the security concerns of having open SQL ports in the University firewall.

If you plan on moving forward with the Loadman system, could you let us know the timeframe of when you would be looking for the export capability? Also, let us know if you need any particular features. As a prospective “launch” customer for this application, you can make sure that your requirements are considered for being included in the product.

Thanks,

John Cramer

Software Engineer

john@loadman.com

Phone: 425-235-4335

Fax: 425-235-4937

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