A615A NetLoader

ARINC 615A Ethernet Data Loader

Function Description

Login Screen – When the NetLoaderTM is started, the operator is at first prompted for his/her name, password and other procedural data by the Login screen. The entry fields can be customized by the administrator to accommodate individual airline conventions and rules. Among these airline-configurable field are items such as ID, employee, workteam, project or job card number.

Session Log and Event Log – All transactions including login are logged to a session log file at a highly detailed level. Additionally, all protocol level events are logged into an event log file again at a highly detailed level. For each session a new session log file as well as a new event log file are created. All stored session and event log files can be inspected in a viewer window. The content of the current session log is always visible to the user.

Data Loader Operation Selection Screen – This dialog contains a launch menu of the main data loader operations:
Information Operations

• Look for Target Hardware – This operation allows searching the aircraft network for Target Hardware Devices (LRUs) in order to check part number, accessibility, and other information supported by the ARINC 615A FIND protocol.
• Retrieve Target Hardware Configuration – This operation, which also searches the aircraft network for target hardware devices and displays them in a tree view, additionally allows the operator to select a device, download its software configuration information and view the configuration in a text window.

Upload and Download Operations

• Upload Target from Media – This operation allows the user to select a media type. The content of the media is scanned for load part numbers, which are then displayed in a tree view for selection. Additionally, the target hardware devices are searched on the aircraft network and displayed in another tree view. Now the operator needs to assign each of the LSAPs to be loaded to the appropriate target device. Upon confirmation, the compiled upload schedule is executed. Instead of manually configuring the LSAPs, the operator can use the Upload Target from Media Batch File operation to select a batch file defining which LSAPs on the media are to be loaded into which hardware targets. A detailed status report of each load is displayed.
• Download in Media Defined Mode – This operation allows the operator to select a media type. The content of the media is scanned for download definition files, which are then listed in a tree view for selection. Now, the operator needs to select the required download definition file, which specifies the LSAPs to be downloaded from the LRUs. A detailed status report of each download is indicated.
• Download in Operator Defined Mode – This operation allows the operator to specify the media to which the downloaded files are to be written. The aircraft network is scanned for attached LRUs, which are displayed in a tree view. When the operator selects a device, it will be examined for its software content. The detected LSAPs are displayed as a list of part numbers. From this list, the operator selects the LSAPs to be downloaded.

Configuration Library Operations

• Upload Target from Configuration Library – This function allows the operator to enter the Aircraft Tail Number. The aircraft network is scanned for attached LRUs, which are displayed in a tree view. When the operator selects an LRU for upload, the media set numbers valid for the selected LRU are retrieved from the active configuration library stored on the NetLoaderTM hard disk. Now the operator selects the required LSAPs and starts uploading.
• Browse Configuration Library – This function allows the operator to view the configuration libraries stored on the NetLoaderTM hard disk to check part numbers etc.

Test Operations

• Check Network Connections – This function allows the operator to verify that there is a working Ethernet connection. If the check is successful, the connection rate is displayed. If no connection is found, an error is displayed.
• Run Self-Test – This function allows the operator to run a NetLoaderTM selftest.
• For all operations, a detailed status report is indicated in the Session Log pane.