Aftek offers complete Transportation Framework under Integrated Transport Solutions!

Utilizing our broad experience in building end-to-end public bus transportation management and bus tracking solutions, Aftek now offers various transportation services under one complete framework, known as Aftek Transportation Framework (ATF)

ATF is advantageous for transport organizations and independent fleet operators alike, who are seeking expertise for deploying Integrated Transport Solutions (ITS), either partially or fully. ATF offers highly customizable and cost-effect IT solutions for public transportation and logistics sector. It also enables seamless exchange of information between all the concerned business entities.

Designed for scalability and future growth, the main components of ATF are depot manager, bus tracking system, passenger information system, automatic fare collection, smartcard management and driver console unit. Being highly configurable, these components can be easily integrated with third party devices and can also be customized to fulfill JnNURM compliance requirements. For convenience, access to all the framework components is offered by means of a unified portal application.

Aftek Ltd is also in a position to offer consultation and planning, scheduling and pilot testing, training and deployment along with support and maintenance for various ATF components. In essence, when you collaborate with Aftek, you not only partner with one of the highly experienced IT service providers but also get expert assistance for the deployment of the ITS, right from the consultation all the way to the maintenance stage.

To know more about Aftek’s Transportation Framework and its components, visit: http://its.aftek.com

AFTEK develops HMI Platform with Touch screen panel for Industrial applications

Aftek Ltd, a leading System developer in the market, today introduced a resistive touch screen enabled HMI platform supporting a variety of operating systems, powered by a 32-bit processor high performance Application processor. This platform is coupled with a LCD touch screen display ranging in size from 4.3-inch to 10-inch up to 2048 x 2048 resolution. The HMI platform is highly configurable and offers 128 MB of DDR2 SDRAM, 512 MB of NAND Flash, a variety of I/O ports, USB and Ethernet connectivity along with an SD expansion slot.

Continuing Aftek's tradition of offering cost-effective development and fast output to market, the HMI flash board is ideally suited for tablet-designed HMI panels. It can be readily used in the following application areas: Factory Automation, Process Automation, Packaging Industry, Water / Effluent Treatment, Injection Molding and more.

The flash board is powered by an 32-bit processor and be configured to run on a variety of operating systems.

Such as Windows CE 6.0, Linux 2.6 and QNX. The board comes with a TFT LCD touch screen offering WVGA resolution and is available in 7'' and with 400 cd/m2.The display offers LED backlight for easy readability and touch pad for fast navigation.

The HMI platform is supported with 128 MB of DDR2 SDRAM and 256 MB of NAND Flash storage, along with an SD expansion slot. It has built-in RTC and runs on 12 - 24 V DC. It also offers Ethernet 10 / 100 connectivity, one isolated RS485 port, two RS232 port, one USB 2.0 HS Host, one USB 2.0 HS device and one parallel printer port. It also provides multiple isolated digital input output ports.

The system offers highly modular design and can be configured according to specific requirements. Many optional I/O ports can be added / removed from the base flash board to suit a particular application area, making it a truly versatile HMI solution.

For more information, please contact us at: servicesinfo@aftek.com.

Aftek develops framework for attendance monitoring and control

Looking for a centralized, robust and efficient solution for employee attendance monitoring?

Look no further than Aftek's attendance monitoring framework! Benefitting from Aftek's seven plus years of expertise in attendance domain, this framework is developed to address your organization's employee attendance monitoring needs and more.

Aftek's attendance monitoring framework enables easy monitoring and control of day-to-day operations in time attendance, EDP and payroll departments. It can seamlessly incorporate complex and varying business rules and HR policies without hampering previous employee data.

Aftek's attendance monitoring framework records and maintains daily attendance of the employees and provides several features like leave management, shift schedule management, over-time, late arrival, out duty, compensatory offs, visitor tracking, canteen management, gate pass management with photograph and more. It can also maintain individual employee details such as passport-visa details, educational background, training records, organizational hierarchy, CTC details and appraisals feedback. Moreover, generation of various reports and logs is now literally put at your finger tips!

You can incorporate Aftek's device-independent attendance monitoring framework with any third party hardware reader, smart card reader or even with Bio-metrics reader. You can make use of its master import utility for filling up the master data quickly. Offline reader support is also provided where network connectivity is an issue. Additionally, all of the data can be exported in text, CSV, XLS, PDF and XML formats with the option of customizing rows and columns of the attendance roaster. This data can act as an input for payroll and ERP systems. You can also send the exported report through emails to the required audience, i.e. employees, HR department, accounts, management and so on.

A web-enabled workflow based application is offered to manage leave applications, out-duty details, and "forget to swipe (flash card)" details to reduce manual paper work. When a valid card flash is not found, the system can optionally send automated notification to employees for taking corrective actions. Additionally, a superior can sanction or reject these applications and can also delegate the sanctioning duty to his subordinate when required. An employee can also request a notification for his peer's leave to plan his work accordingly. Optionally, all of these features can be accessed using a Mobile interface.

To order an evaluation copy for your organization, contact us at: jayantw@aftek.com

Solution - Residential - Details - Security

Security
-Smart card based access for residents.
-Lobby light and pre-recorded greeting message
-Multiple motion detectors for complete security
-Stay / away modes and multiple security zones
-Alarm notification in case of intrusion to neighbors, society security gate, voice call to preset phone numbers, -SMS, e-mail
-Surveillance cameras
-View image of visitor at society gate or apartment door
-Voice communication with visitor at society gate or apartment door
-Stored images of visitors in the absence of flat owner can be viewed after he is back or over Internet, with date and time stamp.
-Door latch can be operated from the display unit or from any room.

There are many more possibilities. It is important to first understand and see the features in operation. Digihome would be glad to work closely with you and help you finalize the features that you should be offering to your customers, based on the layout of the scheme, flats and the price point.

More information
http://www.digihome.co.in/security.asp

AFTEK's Hardware design and development expertise

Aftek's substantial capabilities in hardware design and development gives a significant competitive advantage. Our customers from various segments of the industry have applied our expertise in hardware and software to build cost effective solutions; making us a true one stop shop.

Our applications cover a broad range of areas including: board design, analog and mixed signal applications, semiconductor chip validation systems, FPGA or CPLD based design and development, Analog-Digital Converter (ADC) and Digital-Analog Converter (DAC), video and audio interfaces, RF, Wi-Fi, ZigBee®, and other related technologies.

Aftek has provided services to many customers with comprehensive design cycles for a variety of projects. We have provided our esteemed customers with end-to-end design support as well as individual services for their developments.

-Requirement analysis
-Hardware architecture design
-Component and chip selection
-Schematic level designing
-PCB layout designing
-Board bring-up program
-System integration and testing
-Certifications and compliance

Infrastructure:
Aftek has up-to-date infrastructure for its teams to carry out its multifaceted services:
R&D lab: Full antistatic lab with SMD reworks station and highly skilled technicians
Instruments: Logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, DSO, DMM with data logger and similar such instruments
Tools: PADS Power PCB, Allegro PCB design and Allegro SI, XDS510, MultiICE and other tools

Intelligent Transport System

Intelligent Transport System
Intelligent Transport System (ITS) is designed for the urban / state / private road transport organizations (public and private RTCs). The system consists of a backend and a hardware component to provide an integrated solution for the driver console unit, electronic ticking machine, passenger information system and vehicle tracking system. ITS provides a single solution for transport companies to schedule and monitor buses with the help of advance technologies such as GPS, Wi-Fi and GPRS.


The Need
Road transport organizations typically have huge fleet of buses that operate from depots situated at remote locations. With the increase in population the public transport organizations need to improve their services to provide better facilities. Without having an intelligent transport system in place, it is very difficult to improve the service. ITS will enable the transport organization to get the required bus, schedule, route and passenger information very quickly to execute public queries in a very efficient manner. With the help of Vehicle Tracking System, people can get the current location of the bus without communicating with the staff members. The electronic ticketing machine stores information of each and every ticket issued to the passengers. This ticketing data is used for managerial decisions such as introducing new bus routes or allocating part-time buses to operate at crowded locations. To have a better up-time for bus, ITS provides a driver console to monitor the bus 'health'. With the increase in terrorist attacks, public security is critical. ITS also provides security cameras which record the audio and video inside the bus.

Solution
Intelligent Transport System (ITS) facilitates better public transport services by considering the bus earnings, public safety and security.

Driver console unit

A driver console unit (DCU) is a hardware device having Wi-Fi, GSM / GPRS, RS232, RS 485, USB, CAN BUS host interfaces, Digital IO, Analog IO for communication and interfacing with other devices such as LED display boards, GPS, Electronic ticketing machines, CAN bus, etc. The device has a touch screen enabled driver console application that displays the current stage and next stage details with audio visual alerts and vehicle engine CAN BUS parameters like temperature, engine speed, door status, etc. The bus stages are advanced automatically based on the GPS position. It can also control the security camera as well as vehicle rear camera units fitted inside and outside the bus.

Electronic Ticketing Machine
An Electronic Ticking Machine (ETM) is a hardware device capable of issuing passenger tickets and sending the ticket data over serial and GPRS interfaces. It is capable of automatic fare collection (AFC) using smartcards and recharging the smart cards. All these transactions will be stored on the ETM itself which are uploaded directly to the PC based application or on the driver console unit over a serial interface.

Passenger Information system
A Passenger Information System (PIS) consists of a DCU application which controls LED display boards fitted in the bus. The display board shows route and stage information on which the bus is currently plying. The internal display board is also capable of displaying advertisement contents as configured from the backend application.

Vehicle Tracking System
The Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) is integrated with the DCU unit to get the vehicle positioning data along with other information such as driver, route and stages. The VTS online map console shows the vehicle position with bus details. The VTS system provides powerful search criteria to drill down the search to the route level. Zoom in, zoom out, pan and identify features are provided for the user to view the map more conveniently.

Ground Booking Terminal
Ground booking terminal (GBT) for conductor-less buses, is an optional feature that can be used for issuing the tickets using ATM cards. It also acts as a query terminal to obtain information such as: buses between two stops, information about the nearby important places (bank ATM, Mall, historical places, etc) on the map.

More information please write to me @ jayantw@aftek.com

Jayant Wagh

Aftek presents SoC based Power Line Communication Transparent Modem

Aftek presents SoC-based PLC transparent modem that allows two-way data communication over existing AC power lines, without the need of adding / replacing data lines network. Offering reliable data communication, Aftek's transparent modem is a cost-effective solution ideal for building and industrial automation. It supports centralized data collection for AMR and enables centralized control for applications such as society and street lighting.


Sporting a small form factor, Aftek's PLC blank modem is based on ADD Semiconductor's highly integrated SoC. It is fully complainant with IEC61334-4-32, EHS and KONNEX. It offers selectable baud rate from 600 to 4800 bps. Additionally, it supports inbuilt isolated power supply and consumes less than 1W in active mode. Also, this PLC transparent modem optionally supports RS-485 interface for compatibility reasons.

More infromation : http://www.aftek.com/engineeringservices/power%20line%20communication.shtml

Protocol Converter

Aftek's Protocol Converter (APC) series provide a solution for reliable conversion of standard and proprietary protocols. It helps in integrating your system with third party systems.

The Need
The system needs to be integrated with third party devices to achieve production goals. It may also be helpful in using services of existing deployed systems to increase efficiency. For example, integrating of VRF air-conditioning system with a Building Management System (BMS) can help control and monitor the VRF system from a central location. Devices in these systems may communicate on different communication networks and different protocols. In such cases it is impossible for devices connected across these networks to communicate directly. To achieve this kind of communication, protocol converters are used.

Solution
Aftek provides APC (Aftek's Protocol Converter) series of protocol converters that convert protocols across same or different communication channels. APC helps to integrate the existing running system and new devices with minimum efforts. It minimizes integration time and cost. APC currently supports communication across RS-232, RS-485 and Ethernet networks. A user can configure communication parameters of APC using a simple desktop based configuration utility, which makes it easy to configure the system. This type of integration is required for many domains.

•Power generation
•Power transmission and distribution
•Oil and gas
•Automated meter reading (billing, monitoring and controlling)
•Remote monitoring applications
•Substation automation
•Building automation
•Process automation

APC supports various standard protocols
Device drivers have been developed for individual standard protocols. Apart from these standard protocols, Aftek develops drivers for proprietary protocols as per the requirements.

Components
A standard APC solution consists of protocol converter board, embedded software and configuration utility. The APC board has various communication interfaces; the board design can be changed as per the requirements. Embedded software, which runs on the board, uses drivers written for each protocol. As per the configuration, these drivers are selected and used at runtime.

Custom configuration

A simple desktop based configuration utility is provided to configure APC. This utility simplifies the work of the application engineer to a great extent. The application engineer can configure communication interfaces, communication protocol for each interface, and details of devices connected on each interface.

Along with these details, a user can configure map of the devices that communicate with each other. Custom protocol drivers

Along with drivers for standard protocols, Aftek also develops drivers for proprietary protocols to run on the APC board. As per the configuration, these drivers can be used readily for conversion among the respective protocols in any combination. For more details refer the case study.

Supported Protocols
•Modbus RTU
•Modbus TCP
•BACnet MSTP
•BACnet IP
•BACnet Ethernet
•LONWorks
•EtherCAT
•CAN
•Serial and other custom protocols
 
More information :
http://www.aftek.com/solutionfactory/protocol%20converter.shtml
http://apc.aftek.com/

AFTEK 's expertise: Porting of Android BSP for PXA270

AFTEK 's expertise: Porting of Android BSP for PXA270

Porting of Android BSP for PXA270

Hardware Offering - Intel PXA270Aftek have successfully ported Android on PXA270 platform. We have developed a hardware platform based on PXA270 processor and then customized Android BSP for it. Extensive experience of Linux BSP has enabled us to develop a variety of expert solutions based on Android BSP as well. The hardware supports various interfaces like Ethernet, touchpad, audio, video and USB host, facilitating a wide range of applications that can be run of PXA270.


Android BSP for PXA270

Google Android is an open source and configurable mobile handset platform based on Linux 2.6. Android offers a full stack including an operating system, middleware, and key mobile applications. Android also includes Dalvik virtual machine for Java application. PXA270 processor is widely used for mobile and portable applications. Aftek's distinct offerings include::

-Design and development of hardware prototypes based on PXA270 platform
-Customized Android BSP for PXA270 platform
-Enhanced boot loader with support for firmware upgrade
-Optimized root file system.
-Development of drivers for different interfaces including Ethernet, graphical display, touchpad, USB host with support for mass storage and HID classes, as well as flash memory.
Target Solutions
-The Android STB application offers extensive feature set such as online bill payment, news, e-shopping, weather forecast, integration with online services like YouTube, Google maps and more. Click here for more details
-Media applications like Digital media frame, offering high quality images and video / audio streaming
-Navigation systems based on GPS offering high quality MAPS with integrated audio alerts and SMS. Click here for more details
-Information Kiosk for shopping complexes and multiplexes displaying information about various products and other infotainment.

http://www.aftek.com/offerings/Androidmobileofferings-pxa-270.shtml

Aftek introduces SoC-based PLC transparent modem that allows two-way data communication over existing AC power lines. It is a cost-effective solution ideal for building and industrial automation, AMR and for controlling street / society lighting.

Aftek presents SoC-based PLC transparent modem that allows two-way data communication over existing AC power lines, without the need of adding / replacing data lines network. Offering reliable data communication, Aftek’s transparent modem is a cost-effective solution ideal for building and industrial automation. It supports centralized data collection for AMR and enables centralized control for applications such as society and street lighting. 

Sporting a small form factor, Aftek’s PLC blank modem is based on ADD Semiconductor’s highly integrated SoC. It is fully complainant with IEC61334-4-32, EHS and KONNEX. It offers selectable baud rate from 600 to 4800 bps. Additionally, it supports inbuilt isolated power supply and consumes less than 1W in active mode. Also, this PLC transparent modem optionally supports RS-485 interface for compatibility reasons.  

To know more about Aftek’s PLC expertise, please visit:http://www.aftek.com/engineeringservices/power%20line%20communication.shtml

Free Eval copy of Loyalty application

Need: 
To attract customers merchants come up with various schemes and offers to increase sales during festive seasons. These schemes and offers increase the sale in the season but have partial impact on the overall profit. Instead if the customer is rewarded for each purchase it would increase sales and attract the customer again and again. It works well for both the customer and the retailer, where customer is benefited for purchases and the retailer has increased sales.

It is difficult to keep track of all the transactions if the system is not automated. A smart card based solution is thus needed to maintain all the transaction records smartly.
  
One solution 
POS home card PDA developed by Aftek addresses the need. Aftek's home card Personal Data Assistant a POS (Point of Sale device) is an electronic hand held device.

Write to me if you are interested ?

Regards,
Jayant Wagh

jayantw@aftek.com

for more information Please visit : AFTEK's Loyalty card system
 

Android- Mobile device security solution- Get your eval your copy today

Android Mobile Security Application

Aftek introduces Android Mobile device security solution that guarantees peace of mind. Provides a "multi-factor" voice authentication system that can secure mobile devices. Currently the solution is available on Android phones only. A non-invasive voice biometrics algorithm is used to verify an individual's identity before secure transactions can proceed. This technology is completely spoken language independent. A patented technology based on two decades of Interpol funded research and used by European government as a means for criminal identification. Being based on voice forensic science ensures a true physical biometric of an individual and not just a statistical analysis.

The Need

Phone robbery cases are increasing at such an alarming rate that many Government had called for "Improved Protection Against Mobile Theft" According to FBI the reported mobile phone thefts increased almost 33 percent over last two years, from 60,100 to nearly 80,300. Mobile phones users in India suffer an annual loss of Rs 5 billion due to theft or misplaced handsets, industry experts suggest. Nearly three million Britons have had their phones stolen. Latest figures suggest that there are 228 mobile phone thefts every hour in the UK at present.

Solution

Install..register & Secured!!

Free evaluation copy please write to jayantw@aftek.com

 

AFTEK Depot Manager Framework

Aftek's depot manager Framework is designed for road transport organizations. It facilitates centralized data management, optimum fleet scheduling, fleet maintenance, crew management, cashless operations with smart cards, and MIS.

This framework reduces 50% MIS software development time. 

It is capable of handling multiple depots and buses at different geographical locations for any road transport organization. It has a centralized data repository which also generates MIS reports.

This Framework can be coupled with Electronic Ticketing Machines (ETM) helps to generate electronic data. Later, this data is available centrally for fleet fuel filling information, average running per liter of fuel, passenger loading, tickets, cash, revenue, and revenue per kilometer analysis. Various alerts like expiry of drivers' license, expiry of bus fitness certificate, expiry of bus road permit, expiry date of bus insurance, and expiry date of vehicle license.

More information 
http://www.aftek.com/solutionfactory/depot%20manager.shtml

  or you can write me on jayantw@aftek.com

Aftek at Droidcon 2010, Germany

Meet us at the Droidcon 2010, Berlin, Germany on May 26 – May 27, 2010! It's the premier European conference for the open mobile smartphone platform Android.

Aftek would be presenting the Remote Application Publishing (RAP) framework that would enable developers to maintain and manage the applications on the server. RAP Framework is integrated with Aftek's RTMP and AMF library. The device side code becomes minimal with no need to redistribute the application for upgrades. This would drastically reduce the development, testing and maintenance cost.

A case study of Set Top Box framework solution, which is developed using RAP framework would also be presented.

Aftek would also be presenting the innovative solution with "multi-factor" voice authentication for Android mobile device security and PLUG-N-PLAY framework for internet & mobile application security.

More Information- visit : http://www.aftek.com/media/droidcon-conference.shtml
 
Or write to jayantw@aftek.com

Jayant 
www.aftek.com

AFTEK infromation is on Wiki

Just visit : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftek

AFTEK VTS news in Loksatta

http://www.loksatta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61430:2010-04-10-14-46-40&catid=41:2009-07-15-03-58-17&Itemid=81

Aftek introduces Object Recognition System, another landmark in Video Analytics

With more than 20 years of established proficiency in hardware, BSP, embedded and application solutions, now introduces Material Identification System (MIS) as a subset of Object Recognition System (ORS).

Aftek has successfully developed and deployed a number of security systems such as video door phone, access control and more. Now with the focus on video analytics and image processing, Aftek has built a strong expertise in the field of computer vision and video and image analysis for tracking of specific data, behavior, objects or pattern. Using highly advanced feature detection and tracking techniques such as SURF algorithm, Aftek's MIS ensures instant and accurate results.

Aftek's MIS / ORS minimizes long delays in searching for production material in an assembly line, as well as eliminates errors associated with a manual search. Thus, MIS is perfect for store management domains as well as for small to medium scale manufacturing industries having assembly production line. Additionally, it proves immensely beneficial for inventory management. Furthermore, MIS integrates effortlessly with existing infrastructure of store management such as Kardex system.

With best possible economic deals on offer that separates Aftek from its competitors, we are poised as an ideal offshore partner for various Video Analytics solutions. The framework of Object Recognition System is customizable enough to be used for detection of automobile parts, surgical instruments and more. To know more about MIS / ORS and more, please  http://www.aftek.com/videoanalytics/material-identification.shtml

Aftek collaborates with ADD Semiconductor for the development of Smart Metering Solution.

Pune, March 17, 2010 - Aftek Limited (NSE: AFTEK), a full spectrum technology services company and Advanced Digital Design S.A. (ADD), a world leader in the development of SoCs for communication over Power Line, today announced collaboration to develop products for the Automatic Meter Management (AMM) market. Under the proposed terms of this deal, ADD Semiconductor will provide all data-sheets and technical material for their chips, along with technical support for integrating them in various solutions to be developed by Aftek. Consequently, Aftek will make use of ADD PLC chips and associated knowledge base to develop and / or enhance their home and building automation solutions such as Smart Grid, Digihome Solutions as well as Smart Metering Solutions.

ADD will also introduce Aftek to utility companies associated with ADD, while Aftek will provide help in establishing ADD presence in the Indian and global market. Being the founding member of 'PRIME', which is the core of "Open Meter" European initiative for a new Powerline standard, ADD will provide PRIME access to Aftek. This incredible collaboration between Aftek and ADD will help reduce BOM cost, development time and space of smart meters for AMR / AMM market. About Aftek Ltd. Aftek Limited is a listed company on Bombay (BSE: 530707) and National (NSE: AFTEK) stock exchanges of India, and has presence in India, US, Europe and far east. Aftek provides full spectrum technology services in hardware, BSP, embedded and applications. Aftek has vast experience in home and industrial automation, safety and security segments and provides cutting edge technology solutions. Additionally, Aftek also has deep expertise in product engineering services, SaaS, virtualization, migration and internationalization services. For more information, visit: http://www.aftek.com/media/pressrelease-collaboration-with%20ADD.shtml

About ADD
Established in 2001, ADD Semiconductor (Advanced Digital Design S.A.) is backed by ADARA Venture Partners and is the founding member of "Prime". They are one of the key associates of the prestigious OPERA consortium and the leader of Spanish consortium of WITNESS project, inside the EUREKA European program for R&D projects. Headquartered in Zaragoza (Spain), ADD has offices in Beijing, China and Pune, India. ADD is comprised of 40 highly qualified employees, 20 of which are solely dedicated to the R&D activities. ADD are a world leader in the development of low cost and high efficiency systems on a single chip (SoC) for communications and digital signal processing applications. Additionally, they are involved in an ambitious international development plan for Powerline standard. For more information, visit: http://www.addsemi.com/.

Aftek RTMP client library

Aftek is developing an Android RTMP client library which would enable Android application developers encash all the benefits of RTMP for Android applications. Our Android RTMP client library would support some add-ons that would help developers to deliver robust media solutions.http://www.slideshare.net/aftekandroid/android-rtmp-client-3464514

more information pl write to me @ Jayantw@aftek.com

Intelligent Transport System

Intelligent Transport System
Intelligent Transport System (ITS) is designed for the urban / state / private road transport organizations (public and private RTCs). The system consists of a backend and a hardware component to provide an integrated solution for the driver console unit, electronic ticking machine, passenger information system and vehicle tracking system. ITS provides a single solution for transport companies to schedule and monitor buses with the help of advance technologies such as GPS, Wi-Fi and GPRS.
The Need
Road transport organizations typically have huge fleet of buses that operate from depots situated at remote locations. With the increase in population the public transport organizations need to improve their services to provide better facilities. Without having an intelligent transport system in place, it is very difficult to improve the service. ITS will enable the transport organization to get the required bus, schedule, route and passenger information very quickly to execute public queries in a very efficient manner. With the help of Vehicle Tracking System, people can get the current location of the bus without communicating with the staff members. The electronic ticketing machine stores information of each and every ticket issued to the passengers. This ticketing data is used for managerial decisions such as introducing new bus routes or allocating part-time buses to operate at crowded locations. To have a better up-time for bus, ITS provides a driver console to monitor the bus 'health'. With the increase in terrorist attacks, public security is critical. ITS also provides security cameras which record the audio and video inside the bus.
Solution : http://www.aftek.com/solutionfactory/its.shtml

Aftek launches touch-screen based Integrated Device Controller - a GPS / GPRS / WiFi enabled Vehicle Mounting System with GSM calling facility

Aftek’s Integrated Device Controller offers seamless integration with a variety of peripheral devices and works effectively as a multi-function Vehicle Mounting System

Aftek Limited (NSE: AFTEK), a 22-year old full spectrum technology company today announced launch of its rugged and durable, touch-screen enabled GPS / GRPS / WiFi / GSM enabled Integrated Device Controller (IDC). It offers seamless integration with a variety of peripheral devices, such as taxi fare meter, receipt printer, credit card payment terminal, smart card reader for automated fare collection and more. As part of Intelligent Transport System, IDC can also be interfaced with a vehicle engine, LED sign board and live DVR / CCTV camera in a public transport vehicle to operate as a multi-function Vehicle Mounting System (VMS).

Running on Windows CE operating system, IDC offers user-friendly 7” TFT touch-screen interface and comes with 2 GB of storage (expandable up to 32 GB). It is equipped with two RS232 ports, one RS485 port; one CAN port along with USB host and client. Furthermore, IDC offers multimedia functionalities by means of a microphone and audio line-out jacks for external audio amplifier and for other infotainment devices. Coupled with ten analog input, five digital input and five digital output channels, IDC can be interfaced with virtually any peripheral device for control and management.
IDC can make and receive GSM calls to predefined restricted numbers and send emergency SMSs using its quad band GSM / GPRS module. It can also operate on a manual mode in low connectivity areas and supports internal battery backup. Additionally, IDC can be configured to send automated alerts for vehicle over-speeding, unscheduled stops, geo-fence crossing, fuel-level drop, engine over-heating and more. Moreover, using IDC’s CAN interface, bus monitoring can be done at server side and it comes with pre-loaded software for on-the-fly trip management. Using this software, one can easily validate the route, trip, conductor ticketing machine and more. Combining diverse functionalities in one compact unit, IDC / VMS offers unmatched services for transportation and logistics sector. more information : http://www.aftek.com/solutionfactory/its.shtml