As the flight from Taipei, Taiwan slowly landed at the new and modern Hongqiao International Airport, close to a century of separation disappeared in a flash and the shortest distance in communicating was found. Shanghai´s Hongqiao International Airport uses the latest SUNIX Matrix serial card, helping to set up high standard airport facilities and witnessing a historic moment in cross strait direct flights.

Holding a certified inspection certificate from the Aeronautical Project and Design Institute, the technical support at SUNIX along with its distributors let out a sigh of relief. After three months of continuous hard work and challenges, this certificate was finally obtained. The Institute imposes very high requirements for international airports, demanding the best of every item in order to create a good image of the nation´s gateway. This project required 4 ports RS-422/485 serial cards linking to IO modules. The system is used to provide travelers with the most comfortable environment by controlling the temperature, humidity, lighting, etc. inside the airport, and for monitoring flight safety, such as the wind speed.

Flight safety requirements are extremely accurate with no tolerance for error. The same high inspection standard also applies to the facilities inside an airport. The SUNIX RS-422/485 serial card has two important designs that greatly impressed the Institute. One was the AHDC/CS™, which is to control the direction of signals directly from the hardware. This is state-of-the-art technology. Along with the auto detect and switching RS-422/485 design, the Institute was very pleased and excited after completing the inspection. SUNIX´s technical expertise and high quality serial communication products witnessed the historic moment of the first cross strait direct flight in a hundred years.