Customer
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt

Business Case

Lufthansa offers a variety of self service terminals for airline travellers. The Quick Check-In Terminals allow for checkin with credit card or frequent flyer cards. Based on previous successful projects with Lufthansa, MicroDoc provided software design and implementation for the technical components of the terminal (multiple host sessions, non standard device control). Business components and UI are provided by another vendor. The system is in production at all major airports in Germany since 2001.

Technology

The Quick Check-In Terminal is based on a standard PC. The functionality requires simultaneous integration of multiple host sessions (IBM, Unisys) and non-standard devices like ticket printers and card readers. MicroDoc’s EDF (External Device Framwork for Java) was used to provide these low level interfaces.

A layered, distributed software architecture that follows the CUSS standard separates device access, business modules and graphical user interfaces for easy maintenance and future enhancements.

Operating System: Window NT
Programming Languages: Java, C

MicroDoc Contact Person
Hans Kamutzki