Nexans Tracking System. An indoor positioning system using Bluetooth Low Energy
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/7953Date
2015-06-01Type
Master thesisMastergradsoppgave
Author
Holm, Ragnhild KosmoAbstract
Nexans Rognan is a cable manufacturer located in Nordland County. Each
new cable order have a set of requirements provided by the customer. The
cable specifications change in terms of characteristics of fibre optical elements,
type and quality of cable armouring and dimension and amounts of electrical
conductors. Due to the variety in different cables produced, they also need
a wide array of different cable drums available at the plant. The drums are
stored in sporadic locations around the plant and the lack of organization of
the cable drums creates extra work for production workers. They estimate an
yearly cost of 2-3 FTE’s is lost searching for drums. This have created a need
for an indoor tracking system.
The main objective of this thesis is implementing a system which should follow
a cable drum from when it enters the factory for the first time, and until it is
disposed or shipped out to the customer. It uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE),
NFC, Android devices and Microsoft Azure for creating fully functional system
for cable drum organization. The system heavily emphasize the use of user
roles to personalize the web page for each user for creating a more seamless
work flow.
The system consist of different modules, performing different tasks. Three
different mobile applications, a web site, a middleware and a SQL database
have been created. Two of the mobile applications provides functionality for
tracking the cable drums inside the factory hall. The NFC application provides
functionality for identifying the drum, and for updating the information about
it. The middleware does most of the work within the system. It decides whether
or not the drum has moved, checks user privileges and implements methods
for adding, updating and deleting from the database. The web site provides
a simple user interface, and creates simple methods for a user to update the
backend with correct information.
The system have been designed and implemented from requirements set by
Nexans Rognan. Multiple smaller, fault prone and time-consuming tasks have
been adopted into the system. Users at Nexans have been included in the
testing, and they have provided feedback which have been implemented in the
system. Testing have shown that the system is mature enough to be used as it
is now, and the technology chosen does suit the environment at Nexans.
Publisher
UiT Norges arktiske universitetUiT The Arctic University of Norway
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