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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
James V. Leonard, St. Charles, MO (US);
Robert K. Menzel, Lake St. Louis, MO (US);
Richard E. Meyer, Florissant, MO (US);
Aaron L. Eggemeyer, Chester, IL (US);
William J. Ebert, Kirkwood, MO (US);
James V. Leonard, St. Charles, MO (US);
Robert K. Menzel, Lake St. Louis, MO (US);
Richard E. Meyer, Florissant, MO (US);
Aaron L. Eggemeyer, Chester, IL (US);
William J. Ebert, Kirkwood, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for testing the bus interface assembly in order to determine if the bus interface assembly is configured to interface with a data bus between an aircraft and a store. If the bus interface assembly is determined not to be properly configured, a troubleshooting routine can be deployed to more specifically identify a malfunction of the bus interface assembly, thereby facilitating the repair of the bus interface assembly. Moreover, the system and method may also program the bus interface assembly. By providing the capability to test and troubleshoot and, in some instances, program the bus interface assembly, the bus interface assembly may be more readily deployed and the performance of the bus interface assembly may be assured, thereby promoting the reliability of the bus interface assembly and the associated communications transferred across the data bus between the aircraft and the store.