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TTC offers a wide variety of cost-effective, rugged airborne recorder systems for use in avionics instrumentation and flight test programs.

RECORDERS & MULTIPLEXERS Teletronics Technology Corporation offers a large selection of cost-effective, rugged airborne recorder systems for use in avionics instrumentation and flight test programs.

PCM RECORDERS

Avionics instrumentation applications require rugged, reliable and accurate recording and multiplexing systems, and TTC recorders and multiplexers offer the industry’s best value. TTC systems are proven winners that support legacy PCM applications while bringing flight test recording to the 21st century. Legacy instrumentation recorders use digital single-track magnetic tape media and require a front-end multiplexer. Generally, the recorder and the multiplexer are separate units. Today, solid-state media allow recorders and multiplexers to be combined into a single highly efficient unit.

Solid-state PCM recorders are available in standard and miniaturized versions. The MSSR series of miniature solidstate PCM recorders are used for airborne applications that require a compact, serial PCM-compatible and environmentallytolerant unit. Two versions are available, a stackable unit that works with separate encoders, and a standalone unit with a power supply and CompactFlash memory cards. Both units are configured using a serial RS-232 connection.

TTC offers three categories of recorders and multiplexers, ensuring that there is a product combination for every customer application. We offer Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) products, and we customize recorder and multiplexer products to fit applications with special requirements. TTC manufactures, markets and supports many rugged, reliable and cost-effective recorders and multiplexers for avionics instrumentation and flight test applications. Our IP-based recorders use the network for recording and multiplexing functions which allows for real-time data acquisition and bidirectional data flow over Ethernet networks.

➤ TTC offers a full range of recorders and multiplexers that provide performance, reliability and value.

NETWORK RECORDERS

CHAPTER 10 COMPLIANCE

Network recorders are intelligent, processor-based units with one or more Ethernet ports. IP-based recorders with an embedded processor as part of a data acquisition network add tremendous benefit to the avionic data collection effort. Test data is retrieved in real-time, so results are tabulated, analyzed and acted upon while the test is in progress. If the test needs to be adjusted in any way, the ability to do so immediately saves money, equipment and time. Network-based recorders can also manage other devices and permit in-field software upgrades, adding value to the recorder and to other products on the IP-based network.

TTC has many Chapter 10 recording and multiplexing products available and all of our other products include support for IRIG-B, AC or DC time and IRIG Chapter 10 data time tagging. TTC offers multiplexer units with circuit board-based data acquisition capability and technology that combines multiple data streams into one. The single data stream can then be recorded to internal or external media or to both simultaneously. Most TTC multiplexers support the CAIS (Common Airborne Instrumentation System) bus interface. This interface allows single-point programming of all data acquisition and multiplexer units (including wideband units), single-point system auditing and monitoring and transmission of selected acquisition parameters for safetyof-flight data. TTC recorders and multiplexers support SCSI over Fibre Channel or have IEEE 1394 interfaces for communication with storage media. These same interfaces are used by ground support equipment to extract recorded data.

RECORDER AND MULTIPLEXER APPLICATIONS F-22 RAPTOR ➤ THE F-22 PROGRAM IS USING OUR HIGH SPEED MULTIPLEXERS AND RECORDERS TO ENABLE THE AIRCRAFT TO RECORD HIGH-SPEED FIBRE OPTIC AND AVIONICS DATA IN CONJUNCTION WITH REGULAR INSTRUMENTATION DATA AND VIDEO DURING RAPTOR TEST FLIGHTS.

➤ VIDEO IMAGING ➤ PCM DATA RECORDING ➤ SERIAL DATA RECORDING ➤ MIL-STD-1553 DATA RECORDING ➤ IRIG 106 CHAPTER 10-COMPLIANT DATA RECORDING ➤ IP-BASED NETWORK DATA RECORDING

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SYSTEM DIAGRAM: RECORDERS & MULTIPLEXERS

IRIG 106 CHAPTER 10 MULTIPLEXER The rugged TTC airborne multiplexers and recorders operate at data rates up to 1 Gbps and range in size from 159 to 351 cubic inches. Data can be acquired from a wide variety of data sources and our recorders use internal solid-state media, and/or external TTC recorders or COTS media such as JBOD or RAID.

Input 1394B Firewire Optical Fibre Channel Electrical Fibre Channel Video/Audio MIL-STD-1553 ARINC-429 Ethernet PCM

Gigabit Ethernet

AIRBORNE HIGH-SPEED RECORDER

GROUND STATION UNIT (GSU) OR GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE)

Network packet recorders are network nodes that store data received over the network. In addition to fulfilling the role of the primary data storage device, TTC network recorders support functions including simultaneous read and write operations.

The TTC Ground Station System (TTCGSS) server is the core of TTC’s distributed ground-based data analysis system. It receives real-time data from multiple sources, processes recorded and archived data for post-flight analysis, and it distributes acquired data from any source to a large number of GSS clients over a network.

Network Recorder nREC-6000

Network Recorder nREC-4000S-2

Network Recorder/Video Recorder/Server ADSR-4003-1

Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel

IEEE 1394 IRIG 106 Chapter 10 MUX/Recorder AIM-200XR MUX-300XR

TTC Ground Station System (TTCGSS)

Internal Media Fibre Channel Recorder MSR-200X-PS

Rackmount Receptacle RMSR-2002

USB or IEEE 1394 Recorder Cartridge

Input Video/Audio Ethernet ARINC-429 Analog MIL-STD-1553 PCM

Internal Media

CompactFlash

USB 2.0 Miniature IRIG 106 Chapter 10 MUX/Recorder MSSR-2010SA

Signal Conditioning Video Analog Avionic Bus Acceleration Temperature Vibration

IEEE 1394 Media Receptacle XMSR-100X-PS

Solid-State Recorder SMS-4000

Data Transfer Unit DTU-4XXX

PCM PCM

TTCWare TTCGSS TTCNMS

Internal Recorder Data Acquisition Unit (DAU) CDAU-20XX Miniature Solid-State Recorder SSR-100X (plug-in)

PCM ENCODER PCM encoders translate analog and digital signals into a PCM stream and support legacy data collection equipment.

Miniature Solid-State Recorder MMSM-2000

AIRBORNE PCM RECORDER PCM recorders store data that has been multiplexed by a PCM encoder.

PCMCIA or CompactFlash Card

GROUND DATA TRANSFER UNITS Data transfer units hold airborne data cartridges used for transferring data to a ground and archival system.

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RECORDERS & MULTIPLEXERS: SHORT CATALOG ETHERNET-BASED IP RECORDERS SOLID-STATE PCM RECORDERS TTC offers a wide selection of solid-state recorders. In addition to traditional solid-state units, we carry miniature recorders and economical data-transfer units. These systems are designed and manufactured to meet the needs of demanding applications including airborne instrumentation recording and have capacities from 8 to 128 GB. These units are programmed over serial RS-232 and control and status information is also provided over the RS-232 interface. PCM recorders range in size from 8.5 to 74 cubic inches and are available as either stackable or standalone units with internal power supplies.

Suggested systems

Network packet recorders are network nodes that store data received over the network. In addition to fulfilling the traditional role of the primary data storage device, a network recorder supports simultaneous read and write operations with data mining and now has only negligible impact on network performance. TTC offers the nREC-6000 and nREC-4000S-2 network recorders. The nREC-6000 supports high-capacity, high-throughput applications with up to 2.0 TB of storage at up to 200 MBps. The nREC-4000S-2 is a smaller, lower-cost recorder that has up to 256 GB of storage and up to 200 MBps throughput. TTC airborne IP-based recorders have dual Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, range in size from 139 to 346 cubic inches and use IEEE 1588 for accurate time distribution.

Suggested products

MSSR series

nREC-4000S-2

Miniature solid-state recorder with compactflash memory

200 MBps network recorder

nREC-6000

SSR series

200 MBps network recorder

CDAU pluggable solid-state recorder with PCMCIA memory

ADSR-4003-1 150 MBps network recorder

MMSM series Miniature solid-state recorder with PCMCIA memory

SMS-4000 Standalone solid-state recorder with IDE drive memory

COMMON AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM (CAIS)

IRIG 106 CHAPTER 10 RECORDERS Our rugged airborne multiplexers and recorders operate at data rates of up to 1 Gbps and range in size from 139 to 346 cubic inches. Data is acquired from a large number of data sources, and our recorders use internal solid-state media and/or external TTC recorders or COTS media including JBOD or RAID. Acquired instrumentation data is multiplexed into a single high-speed data transport stream that is carried using electrical Fibre Channel, IEEE 1394 or Ethernet to the recording media. Our multiplexers and recorders also operate as CAIS remote data acquisition units and provide selected data for safety-of-flight purposes.

Suggested systems MUX-300XR series IRIG 106 CH 10 multiplexer recorder system up to 50 MBps (media dependent)

AIM-200XR series IRIG 106 CH 10 multiplexer recorder system up to 200 MBps (1.6 Gbps)

MSR series Dual and single media receptacle for fibre channel drive(s)

XMSR series

Common Airborne Instrumentation System (CAIS) is an open-architecture command/response communications bus protocol that provides system-wide synchronization capability. The protocol supports data rates up to 5 Mbps. It was originally developed under the Department of Defense over 15 years ago in order to promote interoperability and standardization for the flight test community. CAIS allows avionic test and evaluation facilities to use the same airborne systems and ground support equipment.

IRIG CHAPTER 10 STANDARD The IRIG Chapter 10 standard defines the interfaces and operation specifications for digital flight data recorders. Once recorder technology advanced beyond tape-based to disk-based or solid-state, there was a need to define a digital data acquisition standard that was computer-compatible. There are five levels of interface specifications in this standard: ➤ DATA DOWNLOAD AND ELECTRICAL INTERFACE: THE PHYSICAL INTERFACE FOR DATA ACCESS. ➤ INTERFACE FILE STRUCTURE: THE DATA ACCESS ARCHITECTURE DEFINITION. ➤ DATA FORMAT DEFINITION: PACKET DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND TYPES OF DATA. ➤ RECORDER CONTROL AND STATUS: MEMORY DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, RECORDER INTERFACE STANDARDS AND RECORDER STATUS. ➤ THE IEEE 1394B INTERFACE ON THE RECORDER MEDIA: THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE HOST PLATFORM AND REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA. The IRIG Chapter 10 standard also specifies interfaces and operation of data storage and download processes. TTC has been an active member of the Chapter 10 working group since its inception.

Single media receptacle for IEEE1394 media drive

MSSR-2010SA Miniature IRIG 106 CH 10 multiplexer with a solid-state recorder up to 48 Mbps

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