Systems and methods for hot-swap connectors of a wireless harness automated measurement system
According to some embodiments, a system includes a wireless test module (WTM) side hot-swap connector located between a chassis of a first WTM and a variable front end of the first WTM. The variable front end of the first WTM may mate to an aircraft connector. The WTM side hot-swap connector may mate to a front end side hot-swap connector of the variable front end of the first WTM. The WTM side hot-swap connector includes a female connector, an alignment peg configured to couple to the variable front end of the first WTM, a slip ring configured to secure the first WTM in place, and an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) read/write wire integrated on a circuit board operable to read/write data of the aircraft connector.
1 . A system comprising:
a wireless test module (WTM) side hot-swap connector located between a chassis of a first WTM and a variable front end of the first WTM, the variable front end of the first WTM operable to mate to an aircraft connector, the WTM side hot-swap connector operable to mate to a front end side hot-swap connector of the variable front end of the first WTM, the WTM side hot-swap connector comprising:
a female connector;
an alignment peg configured to couple to the variable front end of the first WTM;
a slip ring configured to secure the first WTM in place; and
an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) read/write wire integrated on a circuit board operable to read/write data of the aircraft connector.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the WTM side hot-swap connector is operable to attach the variable front end of the first WTM to the chassis of the first WTM.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the WTM side hot-swap connector is operable to detach the variable front end of the first WTM from the chassis of the first WTM.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the WTM side hot-swap connector is operable to transfer the data to the first WTM when the chassis of the first WTM and the variable front end of the first WTM mate.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the WTM side hot-swap connector is a universal connector located at an end of the chassis of the first WTM that is attached to the front end side hot-swap connector located at an end of the variable front end of the first WTM.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first WTM is operable to wirelessly communicate, using a wireless transceiver, with a computer system to transfer the data stored on an EEPROM associated with the EEPROM read/write wire.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the female connector includes a plurality of contacts in a range of 48 contacts to 128 contacts.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the EEPROM read/write wire is configured to couple to the chassis of the first WTM.
9 . The system of claim 1 , the WTM side hot-swap connector further comprising:
a jumper harness configured to couple to the first WTM.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the WTM side hot-swap connector is operable to swap to a second WTM with address information updated automatically in real time when the first WTM malfunctions.
11 . A system comprising:
a front end side hot-swap connector located between a chassis of a first wireless test module (WTM) and a variable front end of the first WTM, the variable front end of the first WTM operable to mate to an aircraft connector, the front end side hot-swap connector operable to mate to a WTM side hot-swap connector of the first WTM, the front end side hot-swap connector comprising:
a male connector;
an alignment peg configured to couple to the chassis of the first WTM;
a thread configured to couple to a slip ring of the WTM side hot-swap connector; and
an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) integrated on a circuit board operable to store data of the aircraft connector.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the front end side hot-swap connector is operable to attach the variable front end of the first WTM to the chassis of the first WTM.
13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the front end side hot-swap connector is operable to detach the variable front end of the first WTM from the chassis of the first WTM.
14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the front end side hot-swap connector is operable to transfer the data to the first WTM when the chassis of the first WTM and the variable front end of the first WTM mate.
15 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the front end side hot-swap connector is a universal connector located at an end of the variable front end of the first WTM that is attached to the WTM side hot-swap connector located at an end of the chassis of the first WTM.
16 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the male connector includes a plurality of contacts in a range of 48 contact to 128 contacts.
17 . The system of claim 11 , the front end side hot-swap connector further comprising:
a plurality of connectors configured to couple to a wire jumper of the aircraft connector.
18 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the first WTM is operable to wirelessly communicate, using a wireless transceiver, with a computer system to transfer the data stored on the EEPROM.
19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the data on the EEPROM is automatically incorporated into a testing software of the computer system without human data entry.
20 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the front end side hot-swap connector is operable to swap to a second WTM with address information updated automatically in real time when the first WTM malfunctions.