Patent ID: 6718881
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: F41A,F42B,F42C,F42D

Abstract:
An ordnance control and initiation system comprising:a plurality of ordnance devices comprising a plurality of sets of the ordnance devices, each set of the ordnance devices comprising at least one of the ordnance devices and an ordnance device interface; a controller for issuing state commands; a master ignition control module operatively coupled to the controller to receive the state commands and re-transmit the state commands; a plurality of slave ignition control modules, each of the slave ignition control modules being associated with one of the sets of the ordnance devices and being operatively coupled to the master ignition control module and optically coupled to the ordnance device interface of the one of the ordnance device sets of that slave ignition control module, each of the slave ignition control modules configured for receiving the state commands and re-transmitting the state commands to the ordnance devices of the one of the ordnance device sets of that slave ignition control module.