Patent ID: 11949558
Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 19:
20. A communications device for communicating with an unknown avionics specific data network, comprising:
a memory; and
a controller module, wherein the controller module is configured to execute a set of instructions stored in the memory, the set of instructions including:
upon connection of a communications interface with the unknown avionics specific data network, select a known communication interface configuration;
attempt to open communication ports of the unknown avionics specific data network based on the selected known communication interface configuration;
receive data from the unknown avionics specific data network;
determine if the selected known communication interface configuration can interpret the received data; and
upon successful interpretation of the received data, operate the communications interface in accordance with the selected known communication interface configuration.