Frequentis announces the release of smartFPLconverter
Frequentis AG announces the availability of its smartFPLconverter, a flight plan and ATS message converter for those ANSPs who are not in a position to convert their Flight Data Processing Systems (FDPS) and/or client terminals to the new 2012 flight plan format due for adoption in November ofthis year.
The changes are recommended by ICAO in Amendment 1 of ICAO Document 4444.
John Fort, Frequentis Product Manager, commented that there are many impediments to adopting the new standard. Time is very short, the standards are still evolving, many regional variations and exceptions have been proposed, and many ANSPs are questioning the return on investment for this amendment.
smartFPLconverter allows an ANSP to defer local adoption of the new procedures, avoiding the potentially large cost of updating their Flight Data Processing Systems and other FPL handling systems. Local systems and personnel operate as before, while correspondent systems see ATS messages conforming to the new standards.
smartFPLconverter consists of a pair of servers installed as a turnkey project. It can interoperate with Flight Data Processing Systems from all manufacturers. Its unique conversion rules database enables it to concurrently handle variations of flight plans conforming to all regional variations of the November 2012 standard, including the EUR.NAT, AsiaPAC and FAA versions.
Destination Dependant Conversion (DDC) allows the system to perform whatever conversion (if any) is necessary to conform to the procedures and format adopted by the recipient of the flight plan. The easy-to-understand and easily modified rules database allows changes to be made by local personnel as the FPL format evolves.
smartFPLconverter is a flexible and cost-effective system that gives ANSPs additional time to conform to international standards.
John Fort, Frequentis Product Manager, commented that there are many impediments to adopting the new standard. Time is very short, the standards are still evolving, many regional variations and exceptions have been proposed, and many ANSPs are questioning the return on investment for this amendment.
smartFPLconverter allows an ANSP to defer local adoption of the new procedures, avoiding the potentially large cost of updating their Flight Data Processing Systems and other FPL handling systems. Local systems and personnel operate as before, while correspondent systems see ATS messages conforming to the new standards.
smartFPLconverter consists of a pair of servers installed as a turnkey project. It can interoperate with Flight Data Processing Systems from all manufacturers. Its unique conversion rules database enables it to concurrently handle variations of flight plans conforming to all regional variations of the November 2012 standard, including the EUR.NAT, AsiaPAC and FAA versions.
Destination Dependant Conversion (DDC) allows the system to perform whatever conversion (if any) is necessary to conform to the procedures and format adopted by the recipient of the flight plan. The easy-to-understand and easily modified rules database allows changes to be made by local personnel as the FPL format evolves.
smartFPLconverter is a flexible and cost-effective system that gives ANSPs additional time to conform to international standards.
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