APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND SENDING MESSAGES
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1. A method of providing a status report from a health management system of an aircraft comprising multiple systems coupled to a data network and outputting status messages, the method comprising:
- generating an input array from the status messages, with the input array comprising a list of at least some of the status messages;
loading at least some of the input array into a memory associated with a message processing unit;
generating a configuration table comprising a plurality of equations corresponding to status requirements of the aircraft, with at least some of the equations having variables corresponding to the status messages;
loading the equations into the message processing unit;
executing the equations in the message processing unit using the input array for the variables to generate results to the equations; and
generating a status report specified by the status requirements from the results of the executed equations.
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Abstract
A health management system for an aircraft capable of generating a status report and a method of providing such a status report from such a health management system of an aircraft, where the aircraft has multiple systems connected to a data network and the multiple systems output status messages regarding the multiple systems.
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1. A method of providing a status report from a health management system of an aircraft comprising multiple systems coupled to a data network and outputting status messages, the method comprising:
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generating an input array from the status messages, with the input array comprising a list of at least some of the status messages; loading at least some of the input array into a memory associated with a message processing unit; generating a configuration table comprising a plurality of equations corresponding to status requirements of the aircraft, with at least some of the equations having variables corresponding to the status messages; loading the equations into the message processing unit; executing the equations in the message processing unit using the input array for the variables to generate results to the equations; and generating a status report specified by the status requirements from the results of the executed equations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A health management system for an aircraft comprising multiple systems coupled to a data network and outputting status messages, the health management system comprising:
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a health management software application communicating over the data network and configured to receive the status messages and generate an input array from the received status messages, with the input array being configured as a list of the status messages in a predetermined order; a configuration table comprising a plurality of equations corresponding to status requirements of the aircraft, with at least some of the equations having variables corresponding to the status messages; and a report generator having a processing unit with corresponding memory, with the memory configured to receive at least a portion of the input array, and the processing unit configured to receive and execute the equations using the input array as variables to the equations to generate an output array indicative of a status report specified by the system requirements; wherein the configuration table is independent of the health management software application such that the configuration table may be updated without updating the health management software application. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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