Introduction to AltaView

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Introduction to AltaView
MIL-STD-1553 ARINC-429 Innovation, Quality and
Service
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Signal Capture BM Panel
View Bus Voltage/Waveforms. Select from BM Panel
Bus Selection. Run Mode.
Customize Display
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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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1553 BC Control Panel
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1553 Playback Control Panel
Browse for File
File Information
Single or Repetitive Playback
Playback Progress
Start/Stop Playback
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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
• www.altadt.com
• 1-888-429-1553 or 1-505-994-3111