Patent ID: 8149092

Claim:
A device for managing maintenance of a number N of items of equipment EQ i built into a system, i designating an index identifying the item of equipment EQ i and lying between 1 and N, the system furthermore comprising a main computer RC, the equipment EQ i exchanging data with the main computer RC through a communication network, the equipment EQ i being capable of being built into the system or of being removed from the system, each item of equipment EQ i being protected by a protective housing BP i , the communication node N j occupying a position internal to the housing BP i and being devised to exchange data with the radio tag ET i , the radio tag ET i being fixed securely to the housing BP i and being devised to exchange data through a contactless link, wherein the housing BP i comprises: an electromagnetic isolation unit of the communication node N i which protect the item of equipment EQ i from electromagnetic emissions produced by the communication node N i ; a removable plugging unit configured to mask the radio tag ET i with respect to the exterior of the housing BP i , the plugging unit being in a closed state or in an open state, wherein, when the removable plugging unit is in the closed state, the removable plugging unit prevents the radio tag ET i from delivering data outside the housing BP i ; wherein the communication node N i and the tag ET i are inside a cavity formed by the electromagnetic isolation unit and the removable plugging unit, the cavity is sealed when the removable plugging unit is in a closed state.