PECTAB Editor reads, edits and mocks up AEA PECTABs — the printer format tables that airline host systems down-line-load to ATB boarding-pass printers and BTP bag-tag printers.

It is for the people who write and maintain those tables. Paste one in and it explains every element in plain English, shows where each will print on the stock, and lets you move things about without counting rows and columns by hand.

What it covers

Both AEA device families — ATB, with its optional Template and Logo loading, and BTP — following the AEA specifications for ATB element numbers and data messages, the PECTAB header and down-line-loading commands, the Template format, logo down-line loading, and the bag tag format.

Not yet

Logo artwork.
RFID data in bag tags.

Changelog

v.20260930

Element rows are labelled with badges instead of symbols.
Element num expansion beyond FF (G0-Z9).
Conversion table.

v.20260923

Elements and the mock-up became one editor: click a glyph to select its form input, drag either to move the element, and duplicate or remove elements as needed.
Barcodes are encoded for real on both devices instead of drawn from a picture.
Added a Feedback page.

v.20231123

Template drawing bugfix.

v.20131214

Reworked the boarding pass and bag tag parsers.
Template parsing reached beta.

v.20130716

PECTAB and data parsing reached beta.

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