Software configurable aircraft audio control panels (ACPs) and methods for configuring such ACPs are disclosed. An ACP in accordance with the inventive concepts disclosed herein may include a display configured to provide a visual indication of a list of available voice channels and a list of navigation channels. The aircraft audio control panel may also include a plurality of channel-independent hardware control elements configured to receive a channel selection input from a user. The aircraft audio control panel may further include at least one processor in communication with the display and the plurality of channel-independent hardware control elements, the at least one processor configured to process the channel selection input and update the visual indication of the list of available voice channels and the list of navigation channels based on the channel selection input.
Software Configurable Aircraft Audio Control Panels
2017-01-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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