APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING SIMULATOR INSTRUMENTS TOA CONTROL SYSTEM

摘要

An apparatus and method for connecting simulator instruments to a simulator host computer includes a plurality of panel modules, a data bus having a connecti on to each panel module, and a control computer connected to the data bus and to the ho st computer. Each panel module further comprises at least one simulated instrument and a local computer. The local computer runs a computer program is adapted to the instrument or instruments controlled by that panel module, so that the local computer communicates with the data bus for bi-directional communication between the instrument an d the control computer. Each panel module has a unique address on the data bus.