Remote data concentrator
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsTimothy Todd, Thorsten Nitsche
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Abstract
A remote data concentrator (RDC) for an avionics network, the RDC comprising an input/output interface (I/O) for connection to one or more input/output devices, and a network interface for connection to a remote processor, wherein the RDC is operable to provide communication between the input/output device(s) and the remote processor, and wherein the RDC further comprises a set of instructions for autonomously driving an output device connected to the I/O. Also, an avionics network including the RDC; an aircraft including the RDC; and a method of operating the RDC.
Claims19
A remote data concentrator (RDC) for an avionics network, the RDC comprising an input/output interface (I/O) for connection to one or more input/output devices, and a network interface for connection to a remote processor, wherein the RDC is operable to provide communication between the input/output device(s) and the remote processor, and wherein the RDC further comprises a set of instructions for autonomously driving an output device connected to the I/O.
A method of operating a remote data concentrator (RDC) in an avionics network, the RDC comprising an input/output interface (I/O) and a network interface, the RDC I/O being connected to an output device, the RDC network interface being connected to a remote processor via a network, and the RDC being operable to provide communication between the input/output device(s) and the remote processor, the method comprising using a set of instructions stored in the RDC to autonomously drive the output device.
A method according to claim 19, in which the RDC generates the command by interrogating a configuration table, which stores one or more predetermined states for the output device, and selects one of the predetermined states for the output device according to the input signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.