Case study: LaunchPADS project, 2018

Kangaroo Island Airport – PADS4 Integration and Tablet Control

PADS4 integration for the check-in counter, flight status and passenger-information screens in a new airport terminal, with tablet-based control of PADS4.

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At a glance

Project at a glance.

From the LaunchPADS project record and the owner.

  1. Client

    Kangaroo Island Airport

  2. Location

    Kangaroo Island, South Australia

  3. Delivered by

    LaunchPADS, who also supplied the hardware

  4. Our role

    PADS4 integration for check-in counters, flight status and passenger-information screens, and tablet-based control of PADS4

  5. Platform

    PADS4, with a custom web control portal

  6. Completed

    April 2018, 18 screens

The challenge

One system, many operators.

Kangaroo Island Council’s airport upgrade included a new terminal, completed in March 2018. Its screens had to serve several businesses at once while the airport kept overall control.

According to the project record, Qantas, Rex, Budget and Hertz each had colour themes that couldn’t be altered, and general advertising and TV feeds also needed a common look.

Screens above the Hertz and Budget hire-car desks at Kangaroo Island Airport, each in the company’s own colours, with the Budget screen listing today’s pickups
Budget and Hertz screens above the hire-car desks at Kangaroo Island Airport. Delivered by LaunchPADS, 2018.

Our contribution

Check-in, flight status and passenger information.

We handled the PADS4 integration for the check-in counter screens and the flight status and passenger-information screens.

We also set up tablet-based control of PADS4, so the screens could be managed from a tablet.

Check-in counter screens at Kangaroo Island Airport, one showing a Rex “Check in closed” message and the other the airport logo
Check-in counter screens at Kangaroo Island Airport. Delivered by LaunchPADS, 2018.

The solution

Shared screens, clear rules.

The project record describes a web-based control portal with user-level security, so each business could edit its own screens. PADS4 combined the feeds from the portal with a set of rules to show each change as required.

Advertising took over automatically when general signage wasn’t in use, and emergency messaging was built into every screen. The screen design used the airport’s “island sparkle” logo.

A flight information screen set into a wayfinding wall in the Kangaroo Island Airport terminal, with the check-in counters and their screens behind
A flight information display in the terminal’s wayfinding wall. Delivered by LaunchPADS, 2018.

Outcome

Ready for the
new terminal.

The project record lists the work as completed in April 2018, ahead of the new terminal opening to passengers in July 2018.

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