The RCP-5000 is designed for cockpit panel installation and provides the test pilot or instrumentation engineer with control and monitoring capability for a flight test instrumentation (FTI) system.
Key Features
- Recorder control panel for the ADSR, nREC, and AIM recorder families
- Controls up to 16 recorders
- Ethernet and half-duplex multipoint RS-485 recorder control and % remaining
- Operates from +28VDC +/-4VDC at 7W
- Reverse polarity and overvoltage protected
- 9 Illuminated switches capable of full brightness or dimming
- 9-switch matrix that provides operator and external control capabilities
- 4-digit and 2-digit 7-segment displays for system information
- PCM frame correlator input with four discrete isolated outputs
- Up to 16 PCM parameters can be tested with the results enabling any combination of the isolated outputs
- Mounts in 5.375” DZUS® rails
Applications
- Flight test instrumentation
- Cockpit control system
- Remote monitoring
The MSSR Chapter 10 multiplexer with solid-state recorder is used in demanding applications such as airborne instrumentation recording.
The ADSR-4003 range are instrumentation recorders with a built-in file server capability.
RCP-5000-X Network Recorder Control Panel
The RCP-5000 is designed for cockpit panel installation and provides the test pilot or instrumentation engineer with control and monitoring capability for a flight test instrumentation (FTI) system.
It is powered from 28VDC. A 9-switch matrix provides operator and external system control capabilities.
A 4-digit 7-segment display is provided to display the percent of storage remaining. A 2-digit 7-segment display is also provided to display which recorder is being accessed. The brightness of the switch legends and the 7-segment displays can be controlled by the external brightness potentiometer or by varying the voltage to the switches. The RCP-5000 has two separate control switches – one for Ethernet and one for RS-485.
- The RCP-5000-1 completely separates the Ethernet and RS-485 for Classified and Unclassified control and display.
- The RCP-5000-2 combines the Ethernet and RS-485 to display the recorder with the least percent remaining.
- The RCP-5000-3 can show the recorder percentage remaining and the ability to view/change the active recorder mode via the Mode Select button.
QrNexus Brochure
There is a growing need for a small form factor, rapidly installable, all-in-one instrumentation recorder for flight test and other airborne applications. For this need, Curtiss-Wright developed the QrNexus product family. This recording system leverages our legacy breadth of products to produce a best-in-class solution that allows users to capture, record, and output data based on their unique requirements. The QrNexus product family consists of a range of advanced data server and recorder (ADSR) products. These are ideal for many uses, including a mission data recorder, mission file server, digital video recorder, or instrumentation network recorder.
Modern, High-Speed FTI Recorder and Switch Requirements and Use Cases
Flight test instrumentation (FTI) architectures are increasingly migrating to airborne “network” systems, comprised of distributed sub-systems of data acquisition, processing, and recorders. One result is that the network switches forming the network switch fabric for these architectures become more critical, as do the FTI recorders that must acquire large amounts of data from different data sources in formats suitable for ground processing. This white paper discusses the factors influencing switch and recorder unit design for a distributed FTI system and a single recorder alternative.