In providing turnkey system solutions for our customers, ASTi can provide a variety of high-fidelity, simulated radio control panels.

From a complex radio such as SINCGARS to simple controls like an Action Alarm button, our custom panels are configured to meet your specifications. Whether you need a generic intercom control panel, or a fully operational simulated aircraft radio, our panels are your solution.

Not only do ASTi's custom panels look like the actual equipment, they operate just as fielded equipment, too. Working in conjunction with ASTi's Model Server platform (where needed), each panel is monitored by its own state-machine program. When you change a setting, or flip a switch, the associated state machine relays the panel's "switchology" to the Model Server, and the necessary effects (such as "Radio On," "Volume Change," or "Press-to-Talk Activated") are performed by the Model Server platform immediately and efficiently to keep network bandwidth at a minimum.

Looks pretty good, eh? And it's fully functional. While some of our custom panels require a separate Model Server platform (as described above), the functionality for our high-fidelity, simulated SINCGARS panels is built directly into our Model Builder software. The Model Builder software responds to every switch setting, change and parameter with the necessary output. Analog sound output is modified to match the "switchology," intercom nets are subscribed to or excluded, and the panel's display shows the same information as the real SINCGARS radio.

Don't worry about a tangled mess of wires pouring from the back of these panels, either. For most simulated panels, the control signals are distributed to the DACS system via a single modular plug cable.

The real-world look and feel of our simulated panels, along with their embedded functionality, combine to provide your simulation with the highest reality user control available.

Not in the market for a high-end, simulated panel? ASTi's Radio Hand-Held Terminal unit provides all the functionality of a standard radio control panel for a fraction of the cost of custom equipment.

See the links in the right-hand sidebar for additional operator interface options.