Western Avionics has this C3 thing developed for quality control which is now being enhanced for other missions. In describing it, an article talked about user parameters and suddenly I realized that it sounded familiar. I watch something called Viewpoint that scans system logs for about 5 percent of what is written there by our systems that support critical money systems we have. I've had the experience of seeing what 100 percent looks like, and what it told me is that you can't VISUALLY pick out the 5 percent you need to care about. So we have people who set up filters so that all the systems can be monitored on one screen and that screen will show ONLY what the support experts say must not be missed.
This would work very well for a cockpit. I'm sure that aircraft generate just as much routine data on the flight data recorder as our systems do. For research purposes, it is all valuable data, but for safety purposes it is a data tsunami. You need to identify what is routine and not transmit it. But the moment something happens that could trigger tragic events, you need to copy that data to remote monitors where it can do some good. It sounds like this is what this C3 device can do. If so, it is a prototype of what all aircraft need to have now and in the future.
This would work very well for a cockpit. I'm sure that aircraft generate just as much routine data on the flight data recorder as our systems do. For research purposes, it is all valuable data, but for safety purposes it is a data tsunami. You need to identify what is routine and not transmit it. But the moment something happens that could trigger tragic events, you need to copy that data to remote monitors where it can do some good. It sounds like this is what this C3 device can do. If so, it is a prototype of what all aircraft need to have now and in the future.