Patent ID: 11906565
Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method of testing a platform under test, the method comprising: providing a test device comprising a remotely operable switch, a controller configured to generate a control signal to operate the remotely operable switch, and a battery that is not a component of the platform under test, the controller being powered by the battery;
temporarily replacing a circuit breaker operable to provide power to complete a power circuit of a particular system in the platform with the remotely operable switch by disconnecting the circuit breaker from the particular system in the platform and connecting the switch to the particular system in the platform in place of the circuit breaker, so that the remotely operable switch is able to provide power to complete the power circuit of the particular system in the platform, and so that no element of the platform under test receives power from the battery;
operating the remotely operable switch to provide power to, or remove power from, the particular system in the platform as required;
performing a test; and disconnecting the switch from the particular system in the platform and reconnecting the circuit breaker to the particular system in the platform, thereby restoring the circuit breaker to being operable to provide power to the particular system in the platform, the switch, controller, and battery being thereby isolated from interacting with the platform under test.