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Interoperability
Safe Environment Engineering Interoperable Wireless Instrumentation
Solutions
Solving the problem of interoperability at the sensor/detector
level.
Many hazardous conditions are the result of a combination
of events that occur wherein each individual component may
not necessarily represent a hazard, but together create a
potentially serious condition.
The meters and detectors used to sense contaminants at these
incidents are designed for very specific functions (i.e.:
single gas, radiation, or single agent). However, a combination
of these substances is sometimes what creates the hazard.
An additional problem exists where even if the information
from multiple meters is available, the meters or detectors
are not designed to communicate with each other. In general
no two meters have the same connector, let alone present their
data in the same format.
To alleviate this problem Safe Environment Engineering developed
a wireless interface device called the Dongle. The Dongle
provides interoperability by converting different data formats
and styles to a consistent Standards Based data display. It
is capable of providing formatted data output for different
software applications in order to help present a fused data
solution to the decision maker.
The Dongle also addresses the interconnectivity problem between
meters and sensors by connecting to each individual connector
with a wireless interface that sends the data over a wireless
Standards Based network.
Since the data received from the devices is in a standardized
format, it can be combined and evaluated for potential hazards
including those created by an interaction. For example, a
subject matter expert’s ability to see a hydrocarbon
increase at dirty bomb incident may indicate a potential explosive
device if radiological and petroleum products have been detected.
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