Embraer Opts For Honeywell Ovation Select Cabin Management
System
Embraer has chosen Honeywell’s Ovation Select Cabin
Management System (CMS) for its new family of Legacy 450/500 jets,
providing passengers with state-of-the-art connectivity for work
and leisure.
Legacy 500
“Honeywell’s Ovation Select is a highly innovative
system taking the in-flight experience to the next level,”
said Mauricio Almeida, vice president, program – Executive
Jets, Embraer. “Its seamless connectivity and high-definition
capabilities perfectly complement our Legacy 450/500 aircraft to
create the optimal on-board passenger experience.”
Honeywell’s Ovation Select features an enhanced intuitive
interface that enables passengers to stay informed and connected
with their business operations while travelling. With Ovation
Select, in-flight connectivity is seamless and easy – whether
travelers are connected via their BlackBerry or laptop, using their
iPad, iPod or iPhone or watching a Blu-ray movie. An additional
updated feature is the 3D high-definition moving map application
JetMap HD, which allows passengers to view their flight path from
up to 18 different perspectives and zoom in close on the terrain
below. Honeywell’s Ovation Select is on track for a planned
certification in July 2011.
“The second generation Ovation Select digital cabin system
delivers unprecedented connectivity to meet the expectations and
needs of today’s business passenger,” said Rob Wilson,
president of Honeywell Business and General Aviation.
“Moreover, it is scalable to satisfy the growing bandwidth
demands of tomorrow’s high-tech communication
devices.”
The modular, lightweight and flexible cabin management system
provides high-quality, crystal-clear surround sound audio, vivid
full high-definition (1080p) video and digital communication
distribution throughout the cabin, which can be tailored to any
business or entertainment need. Accessing and controlling the total
cabin environment is accomplished through enhanced icon-based,
touch-screen interfaces that offers a similar look and feel,
whether it’s the full-size monitor, drink-rail-mounted
personal control units or wireless hand-held remote.
To further enhance the passenger experience, JetMap HD, hosted
by the system’s Media Interface Unit, provides
high-definition 3D moving maps with worldwide 15-meter satellite
imagery resolution. This high-resolution map capability is easily
customizable and allows users to view their flight path from
different perspectives, such as the view from the cockpit,
passenger window or from an aerial surround view of their jet. Its
superior and unrivaled zoom capabilities also allow users to zoom
in on street-level details below.
In addition to controlling the system’s entertainment and
productivity components, Ovation Select also puts lighting, seats,
temperature, galley and window shade controls at the
passengers’ fingertips.
Ovation Select is built on a 100-percent digital architecture
and Ethernet backbone, which reduces installation time versus
competing systems, and facilitates the standard end-to-end
self-diagnostic and troubleshooting capability. It has been tested
to the current industry standard for greater resiliency of
environmental and electromagnetic effects. In addition, Ovation is
virtually immune from external aircraft interference. The
architecture is scalable from general aviation aircraft up to and
including air transport category business and personal
aircraft.
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