L-1011 Trainer Installation: ARINC 429 Cabling Complete

We have reached another millstone with the L-1011 project. All of the cabling is complete for the ARINC 429 compatible devices. To test the correct installation of the cables and to make sure that there are no problems with the type of cable that we are using in the simulator we ran some tests by sending test data to the left hand side (captain's) ADI and HSI. Here is a short video showing ARINC 429 high speed and low speed data being transmitted to both instruments cabled to the same high speed and low speed bus.

Cable Type Used: AWG 24 2 Conductor Shielded

Over the next two weeks we will start sending all ARINC 429 labels needed for the simulator over a total of 16 TX and 16 RX lines. The instruments used in the L-1011 simulator that are ARINC 429 compatible are:

1. Attitude Direction Indicator (ADI)
2. Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI)
3. Altimeter (ALT)
4. Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)
5. Traffic and Collision Alert System (TCAS)
6. VHF Communication Radio Controller
7. ATC Transponder Controller

Ultimately we would like to replace the current RDMIs with ARINC 429 compatible ones.