AMHS Connector – AMHSCONNECT
The AMHS Connector is an ICAO SARPs compliant piece of software that performs the conversion of AFTN messages to AMHS and vice versa. The AMHS Connector is written in Java and can both run co-located with the AMHS Switch or it can run remotely.
The AMHSCONNECT is very similar to the AFTN/AMHS Gateway, there are several differences between the AMHS Connector and the AFTN/AMHS Gateway:
| AMHS Connector | AFTN/AMHS Gateway |
| Connects to an AMHS Server using X.400 P3 or X.400 P7 | Connects to an AMHS Server using X.400 P1 |
| It usually sends and receives on behalf of a single AMHS user account, or small group of AMHS user accounts | It sends and receives on behalf of all kinds of AMHS and AFTN users |
| It doesn't generate X.400 Delivery Reports | It generates X.400 Delivery Reports |
The AMHS Connector is ideally suited for ATC Data Processing System Suppliers that want to connect their AFTN interfaces to an AMHS network, for example, MET systems, FDP (Flight Data Processing) systems. It allows them to connect via AFTN to AMHS, without having to adapt their program to use X.400 or to convert the AFTN messages through a third party AFTN/AMHS Gateway.
Key Features
- Full ICAO Doc9880 compliance.
- A Monitoring and Management console to configure and monitor the operation of both ends of the connection
- Flexible AFTN ↔ AMHS address conversion, using either an ICAO compliant X.500 ATN Directory, or the EUROCONTROL AMC Tables with conversion information.
- Supports both XF and CAAS addressing schemes
- Supports the Extended ATS Message Handling Service
- Support of the generation and reception of messages in both Basic Encoding and Extended Encoding [IHE]
- Support the use of Directory [DIR]
- Support for the SEC functional group [SEC]