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UMD Projects & Case Studies

The following list provides a summary of only some projects UMD has undertaken. Some are also linked to more detailed UMD Project Summary sheets.

  • ACI Glass (Adelaide): Custom design and manufacture of a Low Volume Flow monitor. Flow monitors become non-linear when used for measuring flow below their limits. However, they are predictable. This device enables flow monitors to be used in this non-linear region, with appropriate callibration, which was also built into this device.

  • AAMI Stadium (BASS South Australia): Supply and integration of the UMD Venue Access System for Turnstiles (VAST) into their BASS ticketing system and stadium turnstile access entry system. Including supply of portable wireless terminals as a "mobile turnstile".

  • Australia Post (national): Supply of 4500 UMD Model 120-T Computer Cash Drawers with Integrated Trigger Interface, custom scale cable interfaces and POS printers as the major subcontractor to Unisys Australia.

  • AWA Gaming: Custom design and manufacture of a "Keno Betting Terminal" for a Hong Kong Tender.

  • CDS Worldwide: Custom design and manufacture of a smart card loyalty terminal (UMD Model 610) for the re-vamped Melbourne Central Shopping Centre.

  • CDS Worldwide: Customisation of the UMD Model 335 Custom Terminal into a POS terminal for car parking booths.

  • Champion Data: Custom design and manufacture of electronic whiteboard to collect football player match ups in real time. Based on iButton data capture technology.

  • Consultech Australia: Custom design and manufacture of the UMD Model 241 "V-Link" Viatel Keyboard Modem Terminal. This videotext system interfaced to the then Telecom's Viatel Service and incorporated modem, keyboard and display interface.

  • Department of Primary Industry: Custom design and manufacture RFID reader for pig feeder.

  • Dyco Products: Commissioned to design and manufacture the electronic upgrade to the Dyco's LIFE-SAVER, mobile traffic warning system.

  • Environment & Control Instrumentation (ECI): Design and manufacture of an Industrial Kiosk to dispense water for councils. Includes the integration of UMD Model 620 PXA Controller, Insert Type Card Reader, panel mount printer and Cardgate Credit Card Payment Gateway built into a panel assembly for easy mounting.

  • Faulding Warehouses (national): Supply of Intermec wireless infrastructure and wireless terminals for warehousing operations in 6 states.

  • GBC Scientific Equipment: Custom design and manufacture of digital pressure gauges. Used on spectrometers.

  • Godfrey Hirst: Supply and installation of wireless infrastructure, mobile computers and RFID equipment.

  • HAMB Systems: Supplied and integrated Cardgate Credit Card Payment Gateway into their medical benefits payment system.

  • Holden Engine Company: Customisation of the UMD Model 330 Custom Wall Mount Terminal into a production process control monitor. Utilises barcode inputs and ensures process is done in correct sequence.

  • Honeywell: Custom design and manufacture of a mil-spec keyboard for import product replacement.

  • Honeywell: OEM Custom design and manufacture of the "Honeywell High Security Manager" Security Control Panel. Though several hundreds of units were required, the volume was tool small for Honeywell to undertake inhouse.

  • Information Technologies Australia: Supplied and integrated Cardgate Credit Card Payment Gateway into their interactive voice response (IVR) payment system.

  • Invicta Carpets: Custom design and manufacture of a "Production Monitoring System" for "tufting (weaving)" machines. Based on Rockwell AIM65 microcomputer with integrated printer. Solution printed daily "usage" report of machines. Customer received return on investment in 2 weeks as they were able to identify "unproductive" downtime. This was UMD's first commercial project (1983).

  • Melbourne Racing Club: Supply and integration of the UMD Venue Access System for Turnstiles (VAST) system, as used in the Caulfield Cup.

  • Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB): Development and integration of the RFID Based Total Apparel Management System. This solution is base on UMD-Edge: Edgeware Application Development Platform.

  • Mobile Australia: Customisation of the UMD Model 264 Custom Keyboard into a combined petrol pump and POS keyboard for our strategic partner Breeze Software (now known as Radiant Systems)

  • NSW Department of Motor Transport (DMT): Custom design and manufacture drivers licence card engraving system, including signature and facial image data capture. Supplied as major subcontractor to ACI Computer Services & Cheque Printers & Encoder (CPA) Australia. Though system was developed and supplied, it was never deployed due to "privacy issues"!

  • NSW State Rail: Customisation the UMD Model 264 Custom Keyboard into a ticketing issuing keyboard for train stations. This included the custom legending of keycaps to match the exact requirements.

  • NHP Electrical Engineering Products: National Manufacturing and Distribution Facility William Angliss Drive - Laverton. Supply and install RF wireless infrastructure and wireless terminals.

  • PMSI Group: Custom design and development of the UMD Model 420 Universal Turnstile controller. These controllers are installed in PMSI's Australian manufactured turnstile entry systems and and used to control all operations of the turnstile and communication with the host system. These turnstiles have been deployed in many Australian venues.

  • Racing Victoria Ltd: Custom design and manufacture of portable RFID reader which has eventually evolved into the UMD Model 641A-02 Horse Identity Verifier. This reader is used to ensure the correct horse had been entered into the correct race.

  • Spotlight Stores (national): Supply of POS hardware including UMD Model 264 Custom Keyboards and POS printers.

  • The Australian Council of Livestock Agents: Design and development of a computerised interface for the livestock auctioning system known as the "Livestock Electronic Auctioning By Description (LEAD)"

  • Toyota (Adelaide): Customisation of the UMD Model 330 Custom Wall Mount Terminal into a production process control monitor. Utilises barcode inputs and ensures process is done in correct sequence.

  • United Energy: Supply and integration of the Cardgate - Credit Card Payment Gatetway into their IVR and Call center facilities.

  • Victorian Racing Club (VRC): Development of integration of the UMD Venue Access System for Turnstiles (VAST) into their stadium. (as used for the Melbourne Cup Carnival).

  • VicGrain: Custom design and manufacture of data capture terminals for grain harvest.

  • Wagga Wagga Livestock Sales Yard: UMD were contracted to solve the unreliable existing RFID reading system. The solution resulted in the custom design and manufacture of a synchronisation interface and controller to coordinate all 32 panels simultaneously thus eliminating the interference.