Data-loading system, transportable data-loading device, and a method for loading software configurations into aircraft

摘要

The invention relates to a data-loading system and a corresponding method for loading software configurations into the electronic components of aircraft, said data-loading system comprising a databank system and a least one transportable data-loading device. Software configurations for at least one fleet of aircraft are stored in the databank system, and said data-loading device is configured to load, via a port, an allocated software configuration that has been obtained from said databank system into a data bus of an aircraft which corresponds to this software configuration. Said data-loading device is configured to load the latest individual software configurations of all of the aircraft of the fleet, from the databank system, and to store these on said data-loading device, this loading process taking place at a ground-based storing position by means of a data connection.

主权项

1. A data-loading system for loading software configurations into electronic components of aircraft, comprising:
a database system, wherein the database system is configured to store a plurality of software configurations corresponding to a plurality of aircraft; a ground-based storage position, wherein the ground-based storage position is connected to the database system; and at least one data-loading device, wherein each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device is transportable from the ground-based storage position to one or more aircraft of the plurality of aircraft, wherein the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device comprises a processor, wherein the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device is configured to connect to the ground-based storage position via a data connection such that the database system can transmit data to the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device, wherein the data-loading system is configured such that, when the plurality of software configurations are stored on the database system, and the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device is connected to the ground-based storage position via the data connection, the plurality of software configurations stored on the database system are transmitted from the database system to the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device via the data connection and the plurality of software configurations transmitted from the database system to the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device are stored on the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device, wherein, when the plurality of software configurations transmitted from the database system are stored on the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device, the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device is configured to connect to a transfer connection point of an aircraft of the plurality of aircraft such that either:
(i) the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device connects to the transfer connection point of the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft via a data bus connection and transmits a software configuration of the plurality of software configurations stored on the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device corresponding to the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft into a data bus of the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft via the data bus connection; or(ii) the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device connects to the transfer connection point of the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft via a data transfer connection and transmits a software configuration of the plurality of software configurations stored on the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device corresponding to the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft to a data loader installed on the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft via the data transfer connection, and wherein the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device is configured to identify the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft when the each data-loading device of the at least one data-loading device is connected to the transfer connection point of the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft.