“If there’s a way to do something better, find it!” inventor Thomas Alva Edison once said. As always, individuality is the key to economic success — including in public transportation. For this reason, the software manufacturer AMCON from Cloppenburg will present the expanded UFHO system at the 6th IT-TRANS in Karlsruhe, the international trade fair for IT trends and innovations in public transport, from March 6 to 8, 2018, at booth B2.
Highlights from AMCON
A special highlight of the expanded UFHO system is the control of interior and exterior displays via the innovative IBIS Bluetooth adapter. For controlling the individual vehicle components, the Bluetooth/IBIS adapter developed specifically for this application by ÖPNV-Service GmbH is used. It operates the standardized interface to the vehicle systems and is unique in its form on the market.
Sales data from the bus is transmitted via WLAN or mobile network to the associated UFHO backend system in the AMCON cloud, and the timetable data in the VDV452 standard is processed and visualized for the driver on the tablet. This was not previously possible with tablet solutions. The devices can also be integrated into the driver’s workstation in a space-saving and ergonomic manner. Thanks to hardware independence, tablets from various manufacturers can be used and configured individually. The first projects with the IBIS Bluetooth adapter have been running productively since early 2017.
New Product Innovations at the Trade Fair Booth
At the AMCON booth, trade fair visitors have the opportunity to try out individual components of the UFHO system directly on various mobile devices and experience the system’s intuitive usability. Another new feature is the messaging function enabled by the UFHO system. The driver can send standard texts generated by the backend system, so no text input is required from them. For example, if there is a route closure, a PDF file with a detour map can be sent directly from the control center. Furthermore, AMCON has expanded its sales channels with a webshop that is fully integrated into the UFHO system, thus avoiding isolated solutions.