gle/kTools

Overview

gle/kTools is a software package designed to supports PCM data visualization and EU parameters monitoring through the USB based PCM decoder gle/UPD/001

It is directly compatible with XidML configuration format used by ACRA CONTROL^(*) and offers a QuickLook parameters visualization in CVT multi- base format with minimum setup effort.

It supports the definition of virtual channels and EU conversion calculated in real-time, including masking and shifting operations.

Different PCM decoders may optionally be supported, i.e.: PCMCIA based - SAM/DEC/007 or others.

gle/kTools offers a dedicated section for the calibration of the entire conditioning and data acquisition chain.

This is done by logging a set of reference values that can also be processed with moving average, the resulting calibration points can be stored in ASCII format.

Ethernet IENA^(**) data stream may optionally be decoded and visualized directly. In this case gle/kTools offers the capability to automatically build the IENA packets configuration starting from a PCM frame defined with the XidML schema.

gle/kTools software can be customized adding further capabilities like, just for example: CVSD real-time voice decoding; data storage in binary, ASCII or other third-party formats; graphical parameters display …

^(*) ACRA CONTROL is a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Controls Avionics & Electronics (www.cwc-ae.com/acra-control).

^(**) IENA is an AIRBUS acronym that stands for “Instrumentation d'Essais des Nouveaux Avions”.  It is a full-networked FTI concept where this particular Ethernet data format has been developed (http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public/PubFullText/RTO/MP/RTO-MP-SCI-162/MP-SCI-162-10.pdf).