Cockpit controller-pilot datalink communications mock-up

EUROCONTROL, in collaboration with Rockwell Collins, developed a simulation of the controller-pilot datalink communications ground automated test (CPDLC GAT) tool connected to a Rockwell Collins CMU-900 avionics equipment. The tool itself, delivered by the EUROCONTROL Experimental Center, provides the avionics community with datalink support from equipped aircraft.

The cockpit CPDLC mock-up simulates the exchange of Context Management (CM) logon and Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) messages uplink and downlink via a realistic interface.

The mock-up helps pilots making datalink first nature by allowing them to exercise and get familiar with CPDLC. At the same time, it can be helpful to anyone who would like to understand how CPDLC works form a cockpit human-machine interface, including avionics and air traffic control engineers, and ATC controllers.