Part 1
ARINC 661

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The standard

 

The ARINC 661 standard for commercial aircraft cockpit displays normalizes the definition of a Cockpit Display System (CDS) as well as the communication between the CDS and User Applications (UA).

The ARINC 661 working group was formed by the Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) in response to increasing costs resulting from the increasing complexity of Cockpit Display Systems. The objective of the standard is to minimize both direct and indirect costs to the airlines by: minimizing the cost of acquiring new avionic systems by controlling the cost of CDS development, minimizing the cost of adding new display functions to the cockpit during the life of an aircraft, minimizing the cost of managing hardware obsolescence in an area of rapidly evolving technology, introducing interactivity into the cockpit, thus providing a basis for airframe manufacturers to standardize the HMI in the cockpit.

Recent major commercial programs have adopted the standard, including Airbus on the A380 and A400M and Boeing on the 787.

VAPS XT 661 Module

 

For developing cockpit display systems, we offer a model-based development tool that includes automatic code generation functionality. The approach used allows the modeled design to be shared across different teams in order to obtain feedback from all stakeholders and maintain design consistency.

Automatic Code Generation ensures that any changes needed can be implemented and re-tested in the shortest amount of time possible, without having to hand-code every time. For projects requiring ARINC 661 Part 1 compliancy, customers can implement the VAPS XT 661 Module. Introduced in 2004, this module allows for the rapid implementation of ARINC 661 Part 1 compliant graphics. 

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It provides a quick and easy way to specify and design any cockpit display system that requires compliance with the new ARINC 661 Part 1 aviation standard.

With VAPS XT 661 Module, you can define the graphical representation and behavior of widgets according to the look and feel specified by the Style Guide of any given aircraft manufacturer.

Teams of HMI developers use VAPS XT 661 Module to jointly develop the look and feel of avionic subsystems and Cockpit Display Systems with User Applications. Through new display modeling technology, VAPS XT 661 offers unprecedented flexibility and time savings for creating user-defined objects and displays.

Part 2
ARINC 661

ARINC 661 Part 2 allows the definition of the look and feel of graphical items in a standard way. A standard syntax allows the creation of graphical appearance and behaviour for the HMI. Using a component based approach new HMI items can be created from one or many components. Logic and data connection for these components is modelled within the standard so provides a complete look and feel.

 

VAPS XT ARINC 661 Part 2

 

PACE offers VAPS XT, a model-based development tool that includes automatic code generation functionality.

VAPS XT was the perfect starting point to support the new standard as an object orientated approach to development and modelling which matches the ARINC 661 Part 2 standard.

Building on the core VAPS XT functional development environment the ARINC 661 Part 2 Module consists of an updated editor, ARINC 661 Part 2 Components and Primitives and updated execution engine to match the ARINC 661 Part 2 standard. With support of loading and saving the industry standard format XML files in addition to the Presagis file formats. The approach used allows the modelled design to be shared across different teams in order to obtain feedback from all stakeholders and maintain design consistency. Automatic Code Generation ensures that any changes needed can be implemented and re-tested in the shortest amount of time possible, without having to hand-code every time.

Functionality
Toolset

VAPS XT 661 Part 1 Module offers the following functionality

  1. incredible flexibility and extensibility for developing user-defined objects/widgets,
  2. an easy-to-use graphical editor that speeds up ARINC 661 Part 1 display design,
  3. powerful Object Model based architecture,
  4. display layout files that are saved in an extensible human-readable XML format,
  5. a vast amount of out-of-the box ARINC 661 Part 1 widgets

VAPS XT ARINC 661 Part 2 tools

VAPS XT ARINC 661 Part 2 tools allows users to build models without need to understand the ARINC 661 Part 2 XML file formats in high level design environment.

  1. Creation of Part 2 models compliant to specification
  2. Provided with library of Part 2 Primitives, Interfaces and components
  3. Execution of model within WYSIWYG editor
  4. Code generation of Model for Desktop and Embedded System
  5. Connection to 3rd Party tools (DOORS, Mathworks Simulink)

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