Tech Specs

InfoConnect Desktop for Airlines

• Tech Specs InfoConnect Desktop Pro for Airlines

  Enterprise system support

  • ALC to:
    • Galileo/Apollo Travel Services
    • Sabre NOFEP
    • HP Shares
    • Worldspan
    • Amadeus
    • MATIP hosts
    • InfoConnect Airlines Gateway

  • UTS to ClearPath Dorado system
  • 3270 to IBM Z (System z mainframe)
  • 5250 to IBM System i (iSeries, AS/400)
  • UNIX/Linux and OpenVMS
  • HP 3000

  Emulation support

  • ALC/TPF
  • UTS
  • VT/Telnet/SSH
  • 3270
  • 5250
  • HP 700/9x

  Security

  • NEW TLS 1.3 (and earlier) and SSH encryption
  • NEW Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) for TLS 1.3 and SSH encryption
  • NEW Admins can access, set, and lockdown individual security settings via Group Policy or Permissions Manager
  • NEW Administrators can lock down TLS settings in a granular fashion for IBM and VT session types
  • NEW Ability to select custom ciphers for TLS connections
  • NEW Ability to select from multiple certificates during connection process
  • NEW Data redaction for host screens
  • Single sign-on to Dorado applications via x.509 authentication
  • Support for multi-factor authentication to MSS via x.509 certificates on smart card
  • Support for sending intermediate CAs along with the user certificate (SSH)
  • Trusted Locations
  • Reflection Secure FTP Client with enhanced data protection to meet strict security standards
  • Encryption of CASL and Basic macros

  Productivity

  • Plus UI modernization for IBM host screens
  • Workspace with ribbon, browser, classic, touch interface modes
  • Office features
    • Spell Check
    • AutoExpand
    • AutoComplete
    • Recent Typing
  • Scratch Pad
  • Integration with Microsoft Office, including color schemes visually similar to Office
  • Support for the InfoConnect 9x method of performing multiple print screens of host data
  • Ability to merge 3270 host print data with a predefined Rich Text Format (RTF) file and output it to Word or PDF document
  • Status bar indicator when loading sessions or importing legacy session files
  • Cut/copy/paste improvements
  • Search feature added in Classic mode
  • Ability to save layouts in Classic mode
  • Search utility
  • Single application framework
  • Customizable user interfaces
    • Full color editing
    • Customizable toolbar
    • Dynamic HotSpots
    • Keyboard mapping
  • QuickPads
  • File transfer support

  Programming and automation

  • NEW Ability to share VBA macros
  • NEW Business-user-oriented macro language (Express Macro Language for IBM hosts)
  • .NET API
  • Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
  • Events Mapper
  • Legacy API support (HLLAPI, ADK, SDK, and OLE)

  Administrative tools

  • Micro Focus Host Access Management and Security Server (MSS)*
    • Web-based console for central administration of settings files
    • Web-based deployment of settings files and updates
    • NEW Enable MSS administrators to update users’ session settings while preserving customization users have previously made to the session files
    • NEW Administrators can centrally modify workspace (global) settings without disrupting existing end-user configurations
    • NEW Support for SAML as MSS authentication method
    • Centralized certificate management for IBM host systems
    • Option to require MSS authentication before granting host access
    • Enhanced automated sign-on to IBM mainframe (ASM) implementation
  • MSS add-on components*
    • Security Proxy Add-On: Deliver end-to-end encryption and enforce access control at the perimeter with patented security technology
    • Advanced Authentication Add-On: Enable multifactor authentication to authorize access to your valuable host systems
    • Automated Sign-On for Mainframe Add-On: Enable automated sign-on to IBM 3270 applications via your identity and access management system
    • PKI Automated Sign-On Add-On: PKI-enable automated application sign-on to your critical enterprise systems
    • Terminal ID Management Add-On: Dynamically allocate terminal IDs based on username, DNS name, IP address, or address pool.

  Operating Platforms

  • Windows 10 Enterprise**
  • Windows Server 2019 Remote Desktop Services
  • Windows Server 2016 Remote Desktop Services
  • Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services
  • Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenApp)
  • Microsoft App-V
  • VMware

  *Requires additional license(s)
  **64-bit editions only

• Tech Specs for InfoConnect Desktop for Airlines PTR

  Available enterprise system support

  • Galileo/Apollo Travel Services
  • Sabre
  • HP Shares
  • Worldspan
  • Amadeus
  • MATIP hosts
  • InfoConnect Airlines Gateway

  Host connectivity and protocol options

  • TCP path – used for an LPD connection on a Windows print server
  • 2200 protocols – used for all data from Unisys Dorado systems over TCP
  • ALC transports – used to support ALC terminals to TPF hosts
  • IPv6

  Output options

  • Printer port or Print Manager
  • Disk file
  • User-written Service Library filter
  • User-written accessory
  • Third party print facility

  Supported peripheral connections

  • Serial ports
    • COM 1–99
  • Parallel ports
    • LPT 1–4

  Printing

  • 100 print routes
  • Supported print queues
    • COM 1–99
    • LPT 1–4
    • Spooled or redirected
  • PTR accepts input from
    • Bar code scanners
    • Passport readers
    • Magnetic stripe readers
    • Boarding gate readers
  • PTR generates output to
    • ATB2 ticket printers
    • Baggage tag printers
    • Miscellaneous line printers

  Platforms

  • Windows 10 Enterprise*
  • Windows Server 2019 Remote Desktop Services
  • Windows Server 2016 Remote Desktop Services
  • Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services

  • Common Use Certification Options:
    • CUTE (ARINC, RESA, SITA, ULTRA)
    • CUPPS

  *64-bit edition only

• Tech Specs for InfoConnect Airlines Gateway

  Recommended server operating system platforms

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012

  Compatible client operating system platforms

  • Windows 10 Enterprise*

  *64-bit edition only

  Server hardware requirements

  • Processor
    • 1.6 gigahertz (GHz) or faster
  • Memory
    • 4 GB RAM
  • Hard disk space
    • 100 MB available disk space

  Supported GDS connections

  • Worldspan
  • Amadeus
  • Sabre
  • Apollo/Galileo
  • HP Shares
  • MATIP Concentration
    • Worldspan (WSE MATIP)
    • Amadeus (MATIP)
  • Address Pooling
    • Worldspan
    • Amadeus
    • Sabre
    • Apollo/Galileo
    • HP Shares