Managing simulator wiring information and deriving system continuity

The authors provide an overview of the air transport engineering simulator electrical wiring design, maintenance and use processes and describe some of the information management challenges and problems inherent in that environment. They focus on the problem of maintaining conformity, throughout the simulator´s service life, of the as built or component-oriented documentation with the as-used or aircraft systems-oriented documentation of the simulator´s wiring, at the wire/signal level. A detailed description of a partial solution (the wiring information system at the Boeing Flight Systems Laboratory) for the as-built vs. as-used problem is presented. The additional work needed to complete the solution is defined. Future directions are sketched