The Boeing Company
Bus data monitor

Abstract:

Disclosed is a bus data monitor ("BDM") for use with a MIL-STD-1553 data bus ("1553 bus"). The BDM includes one or more processing units and a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium includes encoded thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the one or more processing units to receive data from the 1553 bus in signal communication with the BDM, access a rule set from a computer file stored on the computer-readable medium, compare the received data from the 1553 bus against the rule set, and determine if the received data violates any of the sub-rules defined in the rule set, where the rule set includes a plurality of defined sub-rules.