XMAN II-a real time maintenance training aid

Author

Miller, Lawrence ; Lewis, Damon ; De Hoff, Ronald

Author_Institution

Syst. Control Technology, Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

21-25 May 1990

Firstpage

1360

Abstract

The experience gained through two separate applications of an expert troubleshooting tool to US Air Force and Marine aircraft is described. The tool used is XMAN II. XMAN II can be used to evaluate the data from the onboard engine monitoring systems (EMS) and, at the same time, assist the maintenance technician in troubleshooting reported discrepancies. XMAN II is resident on a portable microcomputer at the maintenance sites. The XMAN II software interfaces directly with the EMS and upline, maintenance management information systems. The major issues encountered as the system was fielded and highlights of the training benefits to the maintenance unit are presented. Recommendations, in the form of lessons learned. form the roadmap for the use of expert systems as maintenance training aids in organizational level on-the-job training programs

Keywords

aerospace computing; aerospace engines; automatic test equipment; computerised monitoring; expert systems; maintenance engineering; management information systems; microcomputer applications; military systems; real-time systems; training; ATE; Marine aircraft; US Air Force; XMAN II; aerospace; expert troubleshooting tool; maintenance management information systems; maintenance technician; on-the-job training programs; onboard engine monitoring systems; portable microcomputer; real time maintenance training aid; roadmap; software interfaces; turbine engine; Aircraft propulsion; Engines; Management information systems; Management training; Medical services; Microcomputers; Military aircraft; Monitoring; On the job training; Software maintenance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1990. NAECON 1990., Proceedings of the IEEE 1990 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1990.112973

Filename

112973