Physical Object: Freight Equipment

Freight Equipment Monitoring

Overview

'Freight Equipment Monitoring' includes the on-board devices used to monitor intermodal freight equipment. These devices provide freight equipment location and status of the freight, container, or chassis equipment.

This functional object is included in the "Freight Equipment" physical object.

This functional object is included in the following service packages:

This functional object is mapped to the following Functional View PSpecs:

Requirements

# Requirement
01 The onboard freight device shall determine its location and status including container location and empty/full status.
02 The onboard freight device shall provide the container identification and location upon request as it approaches a terminal facility.
03 The onboard freight device shall provide freight equipment location and status of the freight, container, or chassis equipment.
04 The onboard freight device shall monitor the operating status of the container or other freight equipment, including the internal temperature, humidity, power and battery levels.
05 The onboard freight device shall provide status of the electronic seal on a container to the attached commercial vehicle, nearby emergency vehicle, fleet/freight management, or roadside equipment upon request indicating sealing time, location, and authority, and any openings or tampering.
06 The onboard freight device shall provide status of the freight to the attached commercial vehicle or fleet and freight management, indicating the internal temperature, humidity, power and battery levels.
07 The onboard freight device shall determine when a container is empty and ready for pickup to support load matching services.

Information Flows

Source Flow Destination
Border Inspection System container seal interrogation Freight Equipment
Border Inspection System request tag data Freight Equipment
Commercial Vehicle Check Equipment container seal interrogation Freight Equipment
Commercial Vehicle Check Equipment request tag data Freight Equipment
Emergency Vehicle OBE container seal interrogation Freight Equipment
Fleet and Freight Management Center freight monitoring parameters Freight Equipment
Freight Equipment container identification Intermodal Terminal
Freight Equipment container location Intermodal Terminal
Freight Equipment container manifest Border Inspection System
Freight Equipment container manifest Commercial Vehicle Check Equipment
Freight Equipment container manifest Emergency Vehicle OBE
Freight Equipment container seal status Border Inspection System
Freight Equipment container seal status Commercial Vehicle Check Equipment
Freight Equipment container seal status Commercial Vehicle OBE
Freight Equipment container seal status Emergency Vehicle OBE
Freight Equipment container seal status Fleet and Freight Management Center
Freight Equipment freight equipment information Commercial Vehicle Check Equipment
Freight Equipment freight equipment information Commercial Vehicle OBE
Freight Equipment freight equipment information Fleet and Freight Management Center
Freight Equipment tag data Border Inspection System
Freight Equipment tag data Commercial Vehicle Check Equipment
Intermodal Terminal container identification request Freight Equipment

Standards

Currently, there are no standards associated with the functional object itself though the interfaces may have standards associated with them.