30 September 2014

Clyde Court Hotel
Dublin, Ireland
30th September 2014
08:45 Registration with tea and coffee
09:00 Charles Falardeau: Introduction and Welcome
09:20 Alan Cooke - The Next Generation of Metadata Standards for the FTI Community
Alan outlines that history and evolution of metadata standards for the flight test community. He talks about
the strengths and weaknesses of various metadata standards, what the current state of the art is and about
the possible emergence of new standards.
10:00 Pat Quinn and Alan Cooke - Upgrading from KSM-500 to DAS Studio
Pat discusses aspects of upgrading from KSM-500 to DAS Studio. What this involves, in addition to
describing some of the major benefits to be gained from using the new DAS Studio, are presented.
10:40 Hands On Demonstration Session 1
11:10 Tea and coffee break
11:25 Philipp Schweighardt, Airbus Defence & Space
11:45 David Buckley - New Modules & Roadmap
David Buckley delivers an update on new Acra KAM-500 modules and provides an update on the current
roadmap for FTI Products.
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Bruno Merle & Gerald Escriva, Snecma
13:50 Michael Doherty - Enhanced Flight Data Monitoring Unit (EFDMU)
Michael presents a short summary of an exciting Acra product that will be installed on a new commercial
aircraft. The unit is based on the Acra KAM-500 and will collect data and video from the aircraft systems and
send it to two Curtiss-Wright crash protected recorders.
14:30 Demo Session 2
15:00 Tea and coffee break
15:10 Paul Hart - Low Airspeed Measurement Technology
Paul gives an overview of how the (Low-Air Speed Probe) LASP can be used to extend test coverage in
rotorcraft and light-aircraft flight trials.
16:00 Meet the Experts
17:30 Drinks Reception in the Clyde Court Hotel bar
1st October 2014
08:45 Reception with tea and coffee
09:00 Pat Quinn - Addressing the Challenges Created by Large Ethernet Networked FTI Systems
Pat discusses the challenges presented by very large Ethernet based systems and the methodologies
developed to address these during a recent application.
09:40 Tom Melia - Signal Processing Applications for the KAD/MAT/101
The Acra KAM-500 has been used by the aerospace community for 20 years to perform data acquisition and
signal conditioning. To perform further processing of parameters the traditional approach requires an offnetwork dedicated computer. With the introduction of the KAD/MAT/101 processing module it will now be
possible to perform “digital signal processing” (DSP) tasks within a KAM-500 chassis. Tom explores this new
modular DSP architecture and some of the aerospace signal processing applications that are now possible.
10:20 Gustavo Dias, Critical Materials
10:40 Hands On Demonstration Session 3
11:10 Tea and coffee break
11:25 Alan Cooke - Future Software Directions: Running DAS Studio on Multiple Platforms
Alan presents some options for the future of software. Specifically, he talks about deploying DAS Studio on
other platforms such as Linux, Android, iOS and on the Web. He discusses some of the motives for doing
this, the problems that need to be overcome and the techniques and technologies that make a multi-platform
DAS Studio possible.
12:05 Diarmuid Corry - Data Recording in a Networked World
Diarmuid Corry discusses the impact of the move to networked systems on the data recorder. Looks at the
features of a flight test instrumentation recorder and explores how standard systems such as Network
Attached Storage (NAS) might be used in a flight test world.
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Diarmuid Collins - Next Generation FTI Switches
Diarmuid Collins discusses challenges facing future FTI networks, including hybrid PTP V1 and V2 networks,
built in health monitoring, multi-layer filtering and instant configuration switching during different flight phases.
How these requirements can be met using a next generation FTI switch is examined.
14:10 Richard Ketcham, LORD Microstrain
14:40 Hands On Demonstration Session 4
15:10 Tea and coffee break
15:25 Ben Jakubowski, Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group
15:55 David Buckley - Migrating to an Ethernet Backbone for Rotor Applications
David looks at a rotor application where an existing PCM system was upgraded to Ethernet. Some of the
challenges included transmitting Ethernet over slip rings and running pre-flight checks on the bridge
channels via the network.
16:30 Diarmuid Corry – Workshop Wrap Up
18:45 Meet at Hotel Reception for Conference Dinner

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