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21st January 2014

FLIDAS version 1.11.0 has been released. This version primarily enhances analysis and replay of GNSS navigation data and introduces support for the UDP protocol (within Ethernet frames).

Commercial version:

Analysis and replay of navigation data from NMEA 0183 (on UART or inside UDP packets). This includes a map view and some instruments for parameter visualization
Ethernet communication summary enhanced to also summarize IP4 and enclosed UDP packets
Added bus -> Message hierarchy in Arinc 429 and Ethernet Communication summary
General payload export from UART and UDP packets. This exports any payload and can be used for example to extract videos streamed over UDP or NMEA 0183 sentences enclosed in UART or UDP. This replaces the NMEA 0183 to text Exporter with a much more general one.
The NMEA 0183 to CSV export is now also possible for UDP packets
Some means to overcome missing or wrong subchannel definitions within TMATS using Communication Summaries

Free version:

Exports are now taking place in the background and you can continue working

The new version also integrates some smaller bug fixes.

We have also stopped to refer to GPS when referring to navigation data and use the term NMEA 0183 at most places now. This accounts for the fact that this protocol can also support Galileo, GLONASS and Beidou GNSS.

See the FLIDAS page for more details.

11th December 2013

FLIDAS version 1.10.0 has been released. This version primarily introduces a unified time stamp type. There are also some new usability features and bug fixes. These are the new features:

Commercial version:

Almost every table visible on the GUI can be exported to a CSV text file (Communication summaries, Packet and Packet Entry Views, Channels and Buses View ...). This allows sharing snapshots of what you see with colleagues or processing data in other applications like Microsoft Excel.

Free version:

All time stamps now include year and month. This was done to make sure the time stamps in different parts of the chapter 10 file can be related to each other.
If a Packets data type is undefined in IRIG 106 chapter 10, it can still be made to show up as an unknown Packet. This shall support people using their own specialized recording hardware for Protocols not yet included in the standard.
Exports can now also be started from the Channels and Buses View
Some bug fixes further increased robustness against heavily corrupted chapter 10 files

See the FLIDAS page for more details.

7th November 2013

FLIDAS version 1.9.0 has been released. This version primarily adds features for verifying problems inside chapter 10 files by locating Packet errors. Therefore it supports chapter 10 SW and recorder developers and users of SW and recorders that want to validate their procurement. These are the new features:

Commercial version:

Packet view can be limited to all Packets with Packet errors
Navigation between Packet errors in Packet View
Feature to navigate from a selected Packet in a filtered Packet View to an unfiltered Packet View
Communication summaries show which Packet errors influenced the summary

Free version:

Loading of a file can be cancelled to see data processed so far.
Loading of files has been made very robust to support corrupted files: After almost any kind of error during loading the data processed so far will be available and there are several options to continue after errors occurred.
Time stamp calculation now ignores RTC out of sync Packets
Channel & Buses View shows 2nd header presence and data checksum type
All General Information Group TMATS attributes are now available
Error counts for various Packet error types in the General File Properties

See the FLIDAS page for more details.

30th September 2013

FLIDAS is going to provide an export function to Cassidan's (EADS) real time test system AIDASS 2000 (AIDASS is a registered trademark of Cassidian Germany). Due to the same format this will also support MaTE and SYGAM which makes it relevant to several Cassidian, Airbus and Eurocopter projects and commercial customers outside the EADS group.

The first version will support Milbus 1553 and ARINC 429 but other formats can be added when there is a demand. It will be a separate plug-in to the commercial version.

The data will be converted to the trace format (TRF) and can be used for analysis of protocol errors and data content including engineering value interpretation with an ICD. Replay capabilities for Milbus 1553 exist to review the data or to build realisic test scenarios. With existing tools from Cassidian 1553 files can also be converted further to the RDF format which allows analysis in Origin or UDI. Similar tools may later be added for other protocols by Cassidian.

We are in discussion with Cassidian how more features can be implemented with changes in FLIDAS or AIDASS.

Support for other test systems or bus analyzers can be provided on request.

9th September 2013

FLIDAS version 1.8.0 has been released. This version primarily adds features for verifying problems inside chapter 10 files. Therefore it supports chapter 10 SW and recorder developers and users of SW and recorders that want to validate their procurement. These are the new features:

Commercial version:

Dedicated Packet Property viewers for all Packet types (even unsupported Protocols) and display of raw channel specific data words
All common Packet Properties are available from Packet header, secondary header and trailer in interpreted and raw format. This includes some derived Properties like delta time values to previous/next Packets and calculated checksums.
"Hex editor" style display for each Packet including corrupted Packets. Different sections of the Packet are color coded.
Ethernet communication summary (message types, periods, error counts)

Free version:

The properties of all Packet types (even unsupported Protocols) are now available in a simple format
Increased robustness against corrupted files
Improved readability of Properties
Improved time stamp calculations (better RTC drift compensation)
A lot of internal refactoring in order to release an API mid term
Some bug fixes

See the FLIDAS page for more details.

13th August 2013

FLIDAS version 1.7.0 has been released. The new features are listed below:

Free version:

Detection and display of lost Packets based on the sequence counter
Display of the 10 MHz relative time counter and sequence numbers of Packets
Time stamps:
- Definition of start/end time of recording changed slightly
- Time stamps based on the 10MHz relative time counter now take drift between two time Packets into account.
- FLIDAS locks to one time channel and doesn't use further time Channels as reference
*.c10 files can now also be loaded (not only *.ch10)
Means to fix a broken window arrangement
Some fixes for smaller bugs

Commercial version:

Introduction of communication summaries to show message types, periods, error counts and more for:
- Milbus 1553
- Arinc 429
- UART
GPS Protocol viewer now operates as background job and can be cancelled

See the FLIDAS page for more details.

10th July 2013

FLIDAS version 1.6.0 has been released. The new features are mainly adaptations to the new 2013 release of the IRIG 106 standard:

Free version:

Adapt to the new release of IRIG 106-13:
- Support for new Protocols CAN and AFDX (down to message decoding)
- Allow suppression of dynamic imagery Protocol Packets
- New Ethernet Protocol error conditions
- Support for changes in XML TMATS
- Support for the new extended relative time counter (ERTC)
Some bug fixes including:
- Problems parsing last Packet in some rare situations.

Commercial version:

Export of analog subchannels to Matlab (MAT format 4)
Packet Entry Viewer for CAN and AFDX

See the FLIDAS page for more details.

20th June 2013

FLIDAS version 1.5.0 has been released. The new features are mainly in the video area and in the handling of corrupted files. It also adds some first PCM features:

Free version:

Support for all video formats now as transport and program stream. All video packets will be decoded into MPEG packets. Harmonization between the different video formats led to a single exporter for all formats.
Added limited support for PCM. Channel Properties and Packet attributes are available. Decoding to minor frames is not yet publicly accessible.
In case of corrupted data, FLIDAS can be configured to search for the next Packets.
Channel and Bus Properties are now available in a dedicated window (for free version only general properties)
Information on how to create a portable version (e.g. on USB stick)
Added time Packet attributes
Full decoding of all UART TMATS attributes
Restructured Channel and Buses View
Protocol filters for Recording Events and indices
Save column setup of Channel and Buses View and Recording Events definitions View
Display of recording index entries
Some smaller improvements
Some bug fixes including:
- Packet Entries' time stamps will relate to the closest time Packet before the Packet instead of the last one.
- Take into account case insensitivity of ASCII TMATS values

Commercial version:

Dedicated Channel and Bus Property dialogs for some Protocols
Packet Entry Viewer for Recording indices
Save column setup of GPS Protocol Viewer

See the FLIDAS page for more details.

4th June 2013

FLIDAS version 1.4.0 has been released.

All Exporters have an improved speed when exporting a time slice.

Free version:

Focus Packet View on one Channel
Support for Recording Events:
- Show Recording Event Definitions from TMATS
- Show Recording Events Packet Entries
- Select time slices for Exporters based on Recording Events
Improved Milbus Protocol error handling
Option to suppress checksum checking
Export TMATS records as text file
Rework of whole manual to separate Tutorial, Concepts and Reference and more context sensitive help

Commercial version:

Export analog data to WAV
Show graph of analog samples within one Packet
Red color coding for protocol errors in Packet Entries on Milbus 1553, Arinc 429, Ethernet and UART
Support for GPS on UART Bus (NMEA 0183 standard)
- Show all GPS messages in sequence
- Export to CSV
- Export to text

See the FLIDAS page for more details.

14th May 2013

A FLIDAS version 1.3.0 has been released.

Improvements of the free version:

Show TMATS attributes and further properties for the whole File, Channels and Buses
Support for XML TMATS files
Support for analog channels
Audio playback
Removed old TMATS tree for G and R tree (replaced my individually parsed data)

Commercial version:

Dedicated viewer for analog packet entries

See the FLIDAS page for more details.

29th April 2013

A FLIDAS version 1.2.0 has been released. After adapting to an application framework in the last version, this one ends with the limitations in the supported file sizes.

See the FLIDAS page for more details.

24th April 2013

A FLIDAS version 1.1.0 has been released. The main change is that it now uses an application framework for future growth.

Improvements of the free version:

Changed whole GUI to use the Eclipse RCP framework for more modularity, possible integration in existing Eclipse versions and easier support for different operating systems
Support to suppress all types of protocols
Improved GUI speed
Packet and Packet entry display has been separated
Support for several files at the same time
Online + context sensitive help
CRC checking of packets

Commercial version:

Individual displays for protocol details on the packet entry level

There is also a separately downloadable PDF manual now in addition to the online help.

See the FLIDAS page for more details.

8th April 2013

The IRIG 106 Chapter 10 View has been renamed to "FLIDAS - Flight Data Studio". It has been released in a version 1.0.0 in a free and now also in a commercial version.

These improvements are offered in the free version:

Significant performance increase in reading files
Ethernet decoding to GUI
A time slice filter for exporting Video formats 0 and 1
Export of video format 1 program streams (if no intra packet time stamps used)
Improved protocol filter configuration
Manual

The commercial version also offers three additional export options (Ethernet to PCAP and Milbus 1553 and ARINC 429 to CSV) and persists its configuration.

See the FLIDAS page for more details.

13th February 2013

There is a new area of development to support the IRIG 106 Chapter 10 file format. These files contain flight recordings of various interfaces. It will be possible to import these data to GSS100e/r but there should also be standalone products.

One result of the studies on this file format is the free tool IRIG 106 Chapter 10 View to display the content of these files. It also has some export capabilities. Feel free to comment on the tool and raise any requests. New features will be integrated in the free version over the next time and it will form the base for other, COTS or customer specific products. Write us an email if you want to be informed about new releases.

15th January 2013

Data Bus Tools will be present at the Avionics Europe 2013 exhibition from 20th to 21st February 2013 in Munich in Germany. You can visit us at the MBS Electronics booth D26.

13th January 2013

The ARINC 429 data bus analyzer GSS100e/r has already been on the market for some time. Until now information was limited to the MBS website but now there will also be a section here. Due to these changes many pages of the website have been adapted.

4th April 2012

There is updated information about Eclipse in the Avionics industry. The old document has been downloaded often. Here is the update.

12th March 2012

Data Bus Tools will be present at the Avionics Europe 2012 exhibition from 21st to 22nd March 2012 in Munich in Germany. You can visit us at the shared MBS Electronics / GSS Avionics booth C34.

The main part of the demonstration will be the new GSS100c Arinc 429 and Mil 1553 bus analyzer. This is a windows based frontend for the analyzer. A second frontend based on the Data Bus Tools approach of platform independent Eclipse integration will be available soon. You can also have a first look at this GSS100r/GSS100e frontend at the exhibition.

10th December 2011

Data Bus Tools is now cooperating with GSS Avionics in a SW development project for a new range of data bus analyzers for a broader market. It will incorporate existing well-proven GSS base technology and usability and follow the Data Bus Tools objective of platform independency, obsolescence reduction and integration with other tools. More details will be available next year.

05th July 2011

There is a new ISIMO release available. It contains some bug fixes and minor improvements. Some more details can be found in this document (link no longer available).

21st June 2011

During the Paris Air show JTelec and Data Bus Tools agreed that ISIMO will be distributed by JTelec in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland (French speaking part).

JTelec has 20 years of experience in retailing high-tech electronic devices, also in the avionic bus field. Since JTelec is selling MBS products, ISIMO and the needed hardware is available from one source.

For sales in other countries, directly contact us.

4th June 2011

Understanding the importance of the Eclipse platform for todays market und making use of the benefits is one of the keys to using ISIMO. There is a new presentation featuring some facts and statistics about Eclipse with a focus on the avionics software development. You can download it with the link or view it directly in your browser.

24th May 2011

There is a new ISIMO release available. The main improvement is the stimulation of engineering values for ARINC 429. Besides that there are some usability improvements and bug fixes. Some more details can be found in this document (link no longer available).

31st March 2011

There is a new ISIMO release available. The main improvement is the stimulation of ARINC 429 raw data. Besides that there are some usability improvements and bug fixes. Some more details can be found in this document (link no longer available).

You can see ISIMO live at the Aerospace Testing 2011 from 5-7 April 2011 in Hamburg, Germany. Visit the MBS electronics booth 4D10-F.

The ISIMO software can be seen on two international exhibitions in the next months:

The MBS electronics representative in India Comint Systems and Solutions will present MBS products on the AERO INDIA 2011 from 9-13 February 2011 in Bangalore, India. MBS staff will also be there and can show ISIMO to an interested audience. Comint will be located at the booth G3.
Data Bus Tools will participate at the MBS electronics booth 4D10-F at the Aerospace Testing 2011 from 5-7 April 2011 in Hamburg, Germany.

After more than one year of development and planning Data Bus Tools released the first commercial version of the ISIMO "Interface SImulation and MOnitoring" software.

Besides the raw data monitoring and recording features for ARINC 429 previously released in the free version (see the download section (link no longer available)), commercial modules now offer:

Decoding of ARINC 429 raw data to engineering values
An extension of the supported receive channels to more than two

Some more details about the new features, also about the free version can be found in this document (link no longer available).