Patent ID: 7869385
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. A system configured to interface with a data bus of an aircraft via which operation of a store is controlled, the system comprising: a bus monitor assembly configured to capture data communications transferred across the data bus between the aircraft and the store, wherein the bus monitor assembly is also configured to prepare the data communications and monitor the data bus across which the data communications are transferred, the data bus being monitored based upon the prepared data communications; a bus interface assembly configured to interface with the data bus between the aircraft and the store; and a bus interface test assembly configured to determine if the bus interface assembly is configured to correctly interface with the data bus, the bus interface test assembly being further configured to perform a troubleshooting routine if the bus interface assembly is not configured to correctly interface with the data bus in order to identify a malfunction of the bus interface assembly.