Title :
777 Maintenance Access Terminal and Side Displays
Author_Institution :
Collins- Air Transport Div., Rockwell Int. Corp., Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
fDate :
30 Oct-3 Nov 1994
Abstract :
The Maintenance Access Terminal (MAT) and Side Display (SD) are powerful processing resources with high resolution liquid crystal displays, networked to other airplane systems with a fiber optic communication interface. They provide a common resource for night crew and maintenance personnel to access information from other airplane systems, such as initially the On-Board Maintenance System (OMS). The MAT/SD are designed as an open architecture, avionics ruggedized, 486 diskless workstations. They are designed for a single user, with sufficient processing power and memory to run third party application software. The MAT consists of a display/processor unit, which is identical to the Side Display, a cursor control device (trackball) and keyboard for user interface, a 3.5" floppy disk drive, and an optional hard disk drive. Each of these items are line replaceable modules that install into a MAT cabinet. This paper overviews the system development, design, and functionality of the 777 MAT/SD
Keywords :
LAN interconnection; aircraft computers; aircraft displays; aircraft maintenance; computer architecture; optical fibre couplers; system buses; user interfaces; 3.5 in; 486 diskless workstations; 777 maintenance access terminal; BITE processor; GUI; On-Board Maintenance System; UNIX; X Windows; architecture; avionics; cursor control device; fiber optic communication interface; floppy disk drive; keyboard; line replaceable modules; liquid crystal displays; maintenance personnel; night crew; open architecture; optional hard disk drive; side displays; third party application software; user interface; Aerospace electronics; Airplanes; Application software; Computer architecture; Keyboards; Liquid crystal displays; Optical fiber communication; Personnel; User interfaces; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1994. 13th DASC., AIAA/IEEE
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2425-0
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.1994.369489
