Software to emulate Remote Terminals for three independent
bus controllers were designed and developed for Avionics Test Rig to test the embedded
software of the Main Computer. These sub-systems were
emulated using a 1553 IBM AT interface card under DOS environment. The remote terminals
consists of sensors, cockpit instruments and data loading and retrieval sub- systems.
These sub-systems were emulated using powerful graphics co-processor cards and touch
sensitive screens. The emulation consists of implementation of 1553 bus transitions as per
the interface control document (ICD), functional emulation and powerful error injection
facilities.
The following remote terminals were emulated
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MFK, Multi-Function Keypad |
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FSP, Function Selection Panel |
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SGU (HUD, LMFD and RMFD) Symbol Generator Unit |
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EMS, Engine and Electrical Monitoring System |
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DHMS, Digital Hydraulic Monitoring System |
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DFMS, Digital Fuel Monitoring System |
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ECS, Environment Control System |
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RALT, Radio Altimeter |
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VUHF, Very Ultra-High Frequency |
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IFFG, Identify Friend or Foe air to ground |
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CCU, Command Coding Unit ( Backup Bus Controller ) |
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These remote terminals support extensive error injection
and miscellaneous facilities to study the behavior of the embedded bus controller and
operational flight software of main computer under abnormal conditions. The various
facilities provided apart from the functional emulation of the remote terminals are
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Disabling and Enabling of Channels |
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Display of System Related Data like Minor Frame
and Time |
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Disabling and Enabling of Status word bits |
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Message History |
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Edit and Display of identification data |
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Continuous display RT status like channels and
status word bits |
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Edit and Display of power-on configuration |
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Display and editing of mode and status words |
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