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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2007
Philippe Guichard, Chabeuil, FR;
Philippe Guichard, Chabeuil, FR;
Thales, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;
Abstract
The subject of the invention is a device for managing configuration and for managing maintenance of apparatus. It relates to a device for managing configuration and maintenance of a number N of items of apparatus EQintegrated into a system, i denoting an identification index for the apparatus EQand lying between 2 and N. The system includes a main computer RC. The apparatus EQexchanges data with the main computer RC through a communication network. The apparatus EQbeing able to be integrated into the system or to be removed from the system. According to the invention, the device includes at least one data concentrator C, N radio tags ET, each tag ETis fixed securely to the apparatus EQi, a number M of communication nodes Nj, where j denotes an identification index for the communication node Nj, j lies between 2 and M, M is less than or equal to N. According to the invention, a communication node Nhas a fixed position related to the system () and the node Nis devised so as to exchange data with radio tags ETthrough a contactless link, all the nodes Nare linked to a data concentrator C by a wired link.