ITC/USA 2007 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Third Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 22-25, 2007 / Riviera Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / The development of network-based data acquisition systems has resulted in a new architecture for
supporting flight instrumentation that has the potential to revolutionize the way we test our aircraft.
However, the inherent capability and flexibility in a networked test architecture can only be
realized by the flight engineer if a sufficiently powerful toolset is available that can configure and
manage the system. This paper introduces the concept of an instrumentation configuration and
management system (ICMS) that acts as the central resource for configuring, controlling, and
monitoring the instrumentation network. Typically, the ICMS supports a graphical user interface
into the workings of the instrumentation network, providing the user with a friendly and efficient
way to verify the operation of the system. Statistics being gathered at different peripherals within
the network would be collected by this tool and formatted for interpretation by the user. Any error
conditions or out-of-bounds situations would be detected by the ICMS and signaled to the user.
Changes made to the operation of any of the peripherals in the network (if permitted) would be
managed by the ICMS to ensure consistency of the system. Furthermore, the ICMS could
guarantee that the appropriate procedures were being followed and that the operator had the
required privileges needed to make any changes. This paper describes the high-level design of a
modular and multi-platform ICMS and its use within the measurement-centric aircraft
instrumentation network architecture under development by the Network Products Division at
Teletronics.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/604484 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Roach, John |
| Contributors | Teletronics Technology Corporation |
| Publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Proceedings |
| Rights | Copyright © held by the author; distribution rights International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Relation | http://www.telemetry.org/ |
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