Mon, Apr 04, 2011
Console Is First Graphical Touch Screen Display Manages Cabin
Communications
In what it says is the industry's first touch screen graphical
telecom display facilitating communications management for large
aircraft, TrueNorth Avionics this week introduced the Simphone
Master Console ... a full-color, touch-screen graphical
display of all communications links and stations, enabling active
management of all aircraft telecommunications functions for large
aircraft. Initial installations are being performed on a variety of
Airbus business aircraft by Gore Design Completions, San Antonio,
TX.
"We've actually found a way to design a system that lets
aircraft operators manage all their in-flight cabin communications
from a single station, including all links and over 100 onboard
handsets," noted Mark van Berkel, TrueNorth's president. "While not
for every type of aircraft, it's a clear demonstration of the power
of our Simphone system."
A related device recently introduced by the company is the first
FAA-approved and DO-160 qualified wireless telephone handset using
a new high-capacity Lithium-Ion (Li-I) battery technology. The
company says the new battery meets the stringent TSO criteria while
delivering "unprecedented" energy density, resistance to 'memory
effect' and slow charge loss when not in use. In addition to the
battery TSO the light and compact handset has been tested and
passed the stringent flammability tests and rigorous environmental
testing that is required to be able to be certified by the FAA and
other worldwide airworthiness authorities.
True North says the handset is currently being installed on a
number of aircraft types but notably an Airbus A318 Elite aircraft
completed by Lufthansa Technik, and the Airbus Corporate Jet Centre
has also ordered units.
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