System for real time simulation of the environment of an aeroengine

1. A system comprising:

at least one digital computer embedded in an aircraft and configured to control an engine in the aircraft, each digital computer comprising:

at least one input configured to receive data representative of a state of a sensor of the engine or of the aircraft;

at least one output configured to be connected to at least one actuator of the engine or of the aircraft; and

a regulation module configured to generate at least one command and send the at least one command via the output to the at least one actuator as a function of data received by at least one input;

the system further comprising:

a selection module included in the at least one digital computer and configured to switch the input either to the sensor or else to a substitution bus as a function of an instruction from an operator;

a real time simulator, embedded in the aircraft, for simulating at least some of an environment of the engine and of the aircraft, the simulator comprising:

a digital output configured to send at least one substitution item of digital data generated by the real time simulator over the substitution bus to the input of the at least one digital computer, wherein the regulation module is configured to generate and send the at least one command via the at least one output to the at least one actuator as a function of the at least one substitution item of digital data; and

a digital input connected to the at least one output of the digital computer and configured to receive the at least one command issued by the at least one digital computer, the real time simulator configured to simulate reaction of the engine and of the aircraft to the command; and

a verification module included in the at least one digital computer, configured to implement a verification procedure for preventing the at least one input of the digital computer from being switched to the substitution bus by the selection module when the aircraft is in flight.

2. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the selection module is implemented by a software module constituting an interface between the at least one input and the regulation module.

3. A system according to claim 1 , further comprising means for connecting or disconnecting the output that is connected to the actuator to or from the input of the simulator.

4. A system according to claim 1 , comprising two engines and two of the digital computers that are mutually interconnected by a physical connection, each of the computers configured to control one of the engines.

5. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the verification procedure is implemented as soon as the at least one digital computer is switched on, the verification module configured to:

verify that the input is switched to the sensor;

verify a determined code in a determined address of a memory of the system; and

verify that at least one determined frame is received in a determined time.

6. A system according to claim 5 , wherein the verification module includes means for overwriting the code in event of at least one of the verification steps failing.

7. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the substitution bus is a digital bus of a computer area network, Ethernet, or ARINC type.