1. Introduction to AltaView™
MIL-STD-1553 & ARINC-429
Innovation, Quality and Service 1

2. Presentation Outline What is AltaView™ ? Main Application Window
1553 Bus Monitor Tools
Discovery
Archiving
Snapshot
Current Value Views
Signal Capture
1553 Remote Terminal Tools
1553 Bus Controller Tools
1553 Playback Tools
Summary
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3. What is AltaView™?
AltaView™ is an avionics data-bus analyzer software tool for Microsoft™ Windows (2000, 2003, XP, Vista).
Built with the latest Microsoft™ .NET technology.
Uses the Microsoft™ Office 2007 User Interface style.
Uses XML format for configuration files.
Used to control Alta Data Technologies hardware to interface with the data-bus.
Currently supports MIL-STD-1553.
Planned to support ARINC-429 in 2008.
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4. The Top-Level Window 1553 Bus Monitor Tools/Signal Capture
1553 Remote Terminal Tools
1553 Bus Controller Tools
1553 Playback Tools
Language, Clock and Temp
PDF Documentation
Microsoft™ Office 2007 UI Logo-button and Ribbon Bar
Help/About
Device Selection Tabs
Stop All
Start All
Device Information Panels
Network Capability
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5. 1553 BM Control Panel Discovery Tree Control Tab Statistics Tab
Frames Tab
Filters Tab
Message Frequency Information
Activity Viewer
Detailed Statistics
Snapshot Viewer
Right-Click a SA Node for Current Value View
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6. 1553 BM Snapshot Viewer Convert to ASCII Text Search Tool
Message Display
NOTE:
The same tools are provided in the BM File Viewer for analyzing BM data recorded to file.
Timing Calculator
Statistics
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7. 1553 BM Activity View RT Level Shows Bus Loading by RT Address
(Click on an RT to go to SA Level for that RT)
SA Level
Shows Message Frequency by SA and Transmit or Receive
(Click on any SA to go back to RT Level)
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8. Signal Capture – BM Panel
View Bus Voltage/Waveforms.
Select from BM Panel
Bus Selection.
Run Mode.
Customize Display
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9. 1553 RT Control Panel
RTs are “wrapped” on all SA by default until the user allocates SA/buffers for the RT.
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10. 1553 BC Control Panel
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11. 1553 Playback Control Panel
Browse for File
Single or Repetitive Playback
File Information
Playback Progress
Start/Stop Playback
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12. Summary
AltaView ™ represents the next generation of avionics data-bus analyzers.
Built with the latest Microsoft ™ .NET technology.
Uses the Microsoft ™ Office 2007 User Interface style.
Uses XML format for configuration files.
Contact Alta Data Technologies: or
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