Emulator
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorSteven Paul SMITH
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Abstract
An emulator configured to emulate an automated aircraft assembly jig supporting an aircraft assembly is disclosed. The emulator connectable to an automated equipment module and configured to: send a first signal to an automated equipment module, wherein the first signal is representative of a communication to the automated equipment module; and receive a second signal from the automated equipment module representative of a communication from the automated equipment module, wherein the automated equipment module is arranged to operate autonomously on an aircraft assembly.
Claims26
An emulator configured to emulate an automated aircraft assembly jig supporting an aircraft assembly, the emulator connectable to an automated equipment module and configured to:
- send a first signal to an automated equipment module, wherein the first signal is representative of a communication to the automated equipment module;
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- receive a second signal from the automated equipment module representative of a communication from the automated equipment module,
- wherein the automated equipment module is arranged to operate autonomously on an aircraft assembly.
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A method of validating an automated equipment module for connecting to an automated aircraft assembly jig, the method comprising:
- connecting the automated equipment module to an emulator, wherein the emulator is configured to emulate an automated aircraft assembly jig;
- adjusting a setting of the emulator, wherein the setting is representative of a setting of the automated aircraft assembly jig;
- sending a first signal from the emulator to the automated equipment module representative of a communication to the automated equipment module;
- and
- receiving a second signal at the emulator from the automated equipment module representative of a communication from the automated equipment module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.