IATA ticket handling system.
Rapid product development effort
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Contract signed in January
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Preprod delivery of 20 units in April (Yes that is 4 months!)
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Production deliveries starting in Sept.
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First customer installation was Renfe (Spanish railway) in Spain in Oct.
System features
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25 ATB ticket hopper capacity
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Retraction by system command of unaccessed tickets
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Integration onto IER 457-04 ATB ticket printer
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Ticket count and delivery verification
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Microprocessor controlled logic
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150 ticket retract and reject capacity
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Key locked retract ticket access door
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Ticket present detection
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Ticket hopper door open detection
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Tickets ready indicator lamp
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Lit ticket hopper bin
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ATB insertion refeed support
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ATB insertion solenoid gate
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Application Specific refeed option plate
Project gating items were processor board and firmware development. Managed design team of 6 people working 60+ hours per week for 6 weeks. Supply chain management was crucial in this success. The surprise problem was static electricity build up that would cause tickets (moving paper) to stick and not dispense. Grounding and static wipes solved this problem with final static reduction components catching up on first few deliveries.
IATA handling system Integrated onto IER printer
Tested preprod systems waiting for boxing and shipment.