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- Integrated System for Remote Monitoring and
Control of Airfield Equipment.
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- Navigation
and Landing aids (ILS, DME, DVOR, NDB)
- Airfield
Lighting
- Radar
Systems, Communications Equipment
- Power
Systems & Ancillary Services
- Fire
& Intruder Alarms
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indications and detailed engineering information
can be made available to any user on the AIMS network. |
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- Summary
status indicator banner for ATC
- Detailed
maintenance monitoring information for engineers
- Comprehensive
alarm event logging for record purposes.
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This
integrated approach both minimises the number of different
systems for controller to refer to and also allows
the engineer to work from just a single PC workstation.
Data from each item of monitored equipment is presented
in a simple, easy to follow format that is consistent
regardless of the actual equipment being monitored,
using simple status indicators, dials and bar graphs
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Field
equipment is generally interfaced to the system via an ARMS
Outstation. These are industrial programmable controllers
that connect to the field equipment through a serial communications
channel and/or combinations of digital and analogue input
and output signals (the configuration depending on the particular
field equipment) and transfer the data back over a serial
path back to the main ARMS server PC. Some field equipment
(such as modern navigation and landing aids) can also be connected
to the PC using a direct serial communications link. The outstation
approach is particularly useful when there are also other
signals (digital or analogue) at the same field location.
Communications links with an ARMS outstation can be RS485,
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Facilities
include the ability to temporarily mask an alarm (useful for
intermittent alarms before they have been repaired), or to
disable an alarm if the equipment is out of service. These
functions can be restricted to specific personnel by the use
of passwords and access rights. |
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