Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) Automated Technical Information (ATI) display system using ASCII data files

Author

Ludwick, Kenneth W.

Author_Institution

Naval Aviation Depot, Norfolk, VA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

20-22 Sep 1994

Firstpage

103

Lastpage

113

Abstract

The Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) Automated Technical Information (ATI) System used to display Technical Manuals and Test Program Instructions is a page turner system. Each page of a manual is a raster page (bitmapped graphics) displayable at 72 dpi. Selection of these pages is accomplished by using ASCII index files. Expanding the content and use of the ASCII index files and linking the indexes causes the CASS ATI to appear to the user as a form of an IETM with less graphic files required. This approach will save development dollars and make the CASS ATI more user friendly. The addition of duplicate Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) for each raster file makes the optical disk data used for CASS ATI totally updatable

Keywords

automatic test equipment; engineering graphics; military computing; military systems; ASCII data files; ASCII index files; Automated Technical Information display system; CASS; Computer Graphics Metafile; Consolidated Automated Support System; DoD; Technical Manuals; Test Program Instructions; bitmapped graphics; graphic files; optical disk data; Aerospace electronics; Automatic testing; Compression algorithms; Computer graphics; Costs; Displays; Indexing; Joining processes; Manuals; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON '94. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference. 'Cost Effective Support Into the Next Century', Conference Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1910-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.1994.381523

Filename

381523