• SmartTrash™ Compactor Monitor
Wireless SmartTrash™ System
The Technology
American Trash Management's (ATM) SmartTrash™ hardware is installed on or near the compactor's control panel. The SmartTrash™ System timestamps, records and analyzes all compactor activity: energy utilization, directional valve shifts, safety door switches and the pickup and return of the unit. Then all this data is relayed via wireless network from virtually anywhere in the world to ATM's Data Center. No phone or data lines are necessary.
The Service
Compactor data from SmartTrash™ unit is relayed to ATM's Data Center where it is processed and evaluated by ATM's complex algorithms and a trained technician. SmartTrash™ requires a human interface between the compactor and hauler, because no computer program can consistently project a compactor's optimal pickup time. There are too many data anomalies, unforeseen events and outside factors such as holdays, sales ,weather and trash hauler requirements. That is why ATM combines the latest in technology with the best computer in the world - the human brain - to make the final compactor pickup decision. Once a decision is made, ATM's personnel contact the hauler by phone and/or email or fax to schedule the trash service. This same group is available toll free at 800-48TRASH to troubleshoot problems, dispatch repair services, audit bills and shop for lower waste hauling rates.
The Result
Putting Advanced data telemetry systems in the hands of a trained technician enables SmartTrash™ service to reduce compactor pickups without causing "packouts", expensive weekend or overtime pickups or other hauling problems. Add in all the additional services ATM's technicians provide, and the results is the most sophisticated moneysaving and hassle-reducing trash management service available today.
SmartTrash™ System: Services
Standard Services
• on-site automated collection of compactor data
• remote access of information via wireless or phone modem
• information processed in ATM's Data Center
• information analyzed by an ATM technician
• determination of the optimal times to schedule a compactor pickup
• issuing of haul orders (with order #) by phone, email and/or fax
• savings reports
• system hardware and software upgrades as needed
• hardware maintenance including repair and replacement of ATM-supplied equipment if needed
• interface with hauler
Additional Services
• bill audits
• competitive bidding of hauling services
• troubleshooting equipment problems
SmartTrash™ System: Benefits
• reduced hauling costs
• less wear and tear on your property
• more efficient operations by better scheduling of services and by avoiding pack outs
• lower labor costs by reducing your employees' responsibilities for trash
• minimizes hauler interface for you staff
• higher return on capital investment
• cleaner environment--less air pollution, due to reduced truck traffic
SmartTrash™ System: Technology
• Small Size: 8" x 8" x 4" (20 x 20 x 10 cm) all-weather Nema 4x polycarbonate plastic enclosure
• Remote Logging Computer with phone access (RLC) or Remote Control Computer with wireless IP packet access (RCC) with
• embedded microprocessor using a 10 bit analog to digital converter for real time telemetry collection
• current sensor input and 5 digital inputs for monitoring compactor control status (2 powered RCC only)
• world wide power supply 120/240V 50/60 Hz (RCC only)
• normally open/normally closed 10 ampere contact relay (RCC only)
• optional second RS 232 serial port (RCC only)
• Battery backed memory with 10 year data life in event of power failure
• Remote program update capabilities for revision of onboard algorithms (RCC only)
• On board watchdog system to reboot CPU & communication devices in the event of a program freeze due to a brown-out or power failure
• Always on IP Packet Data Wireless System (if digital wireless IP Packet network is unavailable, SmartTrash can utilize SMS wireless messaging system, RCC only)
• Utilizes advanced CDMA 1xRTT or GSM-GPRS wireless technologies to allow deployment in most locations (RCC only)
• Operates at 824-894 and 1850-1990 mHZ wireless frequencies for worldwide deployment (RCC only)