Developed for Roberts Express, this project resulted in a robust interface connecting the Roberts Express Order Entry and Logistics System with the system at Qualcomm for communicating with the onboard satellite terminals deployed in all Robert Express trucks. The two-way synchronous interface provided a real-time link between to the two systems. Designed to allow messages flowing both directions to be exchanged on a single line or to segregate outbound traffic from inbound traffic on different lines, the system provided optimum scalability and redundancy. With this interface, background business logic could be deployed to allow much of the communication of dispatch, arrival and departure events to be handled completely automatically thus greatly reducing staffing requirements for service agent who now only need to respond to exception events.
| Technologies deployed: | 30 C routines including IP socket control logic, IP socket to RS-232 interfacing, two-part asynchronous double confirm application level protocol with DBMS storage for intermediate lookup | |
| Tasks performed: | Detailed Interface Design, Software Development and Testing | |
| EIS Team size: | 1 engineer | |
| Project duration: | 6 months |