Datalink application test tools

Remote interoperability test of air and ground CM, CPDLC and ADS-C.

Access conditions

The aeronautical telecommunication network (ATN) manual air and ground test tools support Contact Management (CM), controller-pilot datalink communications (CPDLC) and Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Contract (ADS-C) applications.

Functionality

Our testing tool supports: 

  • ATN B1: CM, CPDLC v1 compliant with EUROCAE ED-110B,
  • ATS B2: CM, CPDLC v2, ADS-C v1 compliant with EUROCAE ED-228A/ED-229A

Benefits

The tools allow ANSPs and avionics industry to benefit from a remote Interop Testing capability at CM, CPDLC and ADS-C application layer.

The air and ground CM applications manage CM Logon, CM Contact and CM User Abort functionalities. CM exchanges are captured in a trace window, and all uplink and downlink exchanges are also logged for further analysis.

The air and ground CPDLC test tools support:

  • CDPLC  connection handling (CPDLC Start, CPDLC End, CPDLC User Abort),
  • ATN B1 and ATS B2 message sets handling, sending and receiving,
  • Capability of generating error situations (sending invalid message identifiers or references, sending invalid message sequences, sending Invalid Application Message Integrity Check, not sending the LACK …),
  • Automatic generation of erroneous messages.

CPDLC messages are captured in a trace window, and all uplink and downlink exchanges are also logged for further analysis.

The air and ground ADS-C Test tools support:

  • management of ADS-C connections,
  • capability to configure and establish demand, periodic and event ADS-C contracts,
  • capability to send and receive ADS-C reports,
  • capability to cancel the ADS-C contracts.

ADS-C exchanges are captured in a trace window, and all uplink and downlink exchanges are also logged for further analysis.

Access conditions

In order to request usage of the ATN manual test tools, please send an email to the Datalink Test Facility manager.

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