MJC-8 Q400

PILOT/PRO EDITIONS
Version 1.0

System Panel Guide

Copyright Majestic Software 2012-2015

Contents

1. Introduction .................................................................................................. 3
2. General usage ............................................................................................. 4
3. Network connection and the Configuration file ............................................. 5
4. Extending the System Panel application ...................................................... 6

1.

Introduction

The system panel is a standalone windows application dedicated to remotely

monitoring the MJC8Q400 aircraft systems status and the manual triggering of
the selected system failures.
The system panel is accessible from Windows Start menu under Majestic
Software->MJC8Q400 and is physically residing inside the "/syspan" folder
within the aircraft installation.
If desired, the System Panel application can be copied to a different computer
by copying the folder /syspan with all of it's content. In that case the application
can be used as remote instructor station. Please note, that the System Panel
application is fully self-contained and does not have to reside on the PC where
MJC8Q400 aircraft is installed.

2.

General usage

The application screen is sectioned into "tabs", 1 tab per system. When clicking
on the tab, system components will be presented in schematic form.

Components use outline color coding to show the status as following:

No outline

component inactive

Green outline

component is operating normally

Red outline

component has failed

Clicking with left mouse button selects the component for subsequent failure
selection (if supported). The list of failures can then be selected from the failure
selection checkboxes on the right bottom side of the screen. Depending on the
failure logic, it might be possible to select several failures at once. Once
activated, the failure status for the component is instantly transmitted to the
MJC8Q400 aircraft. Clicking on a component with a single available failure type
will instantly trigger the failure.

3.

Network connection and the Configuration file

The System Panel is using a 2 way UDP protocol connection to communicate

the data with the host MJC8Q400 application. Upon the installation, the network
setup is as follows:
BOTH APPLICATIONS ON THE SAME PC
127.0.0.1

SYSTEM
PANEL

127.0.0.1

127.0.0.1:49240

0.0.0.0:49240
UDP

0.0.0.0:49230

127.0.0.1:49230

MJC8
Q400

APPLICATIONS ON THE DIFFERENT PCs

<IP ADDR2>

<IP ADDR1>

SYSTEM
PANEL

<IP ADDR2>:49240

0.0.0.0:49240
UDP

0.0.0.0:49230

<IP ADDR1>:49230

MJC8
Q400

The network configuration is defined by the configuration file which is located in

the /ini folder of the application.
UDP_BROADCAST_MASK and UDP_RECEIVE_MASK specify the actual
network configuration.
UDP_BROADCAST_MASK=127.0.0.1:49240
IP address and the port number of the computer where the MJC8Q400 is
installed (or 127.0.0.1 if used on the same computer). The port number must
correlate with the port number specified in the [UDP_CONNECTOR_2] section,
UDP_RECEIVE_MASK field specified in the ini/mjc84.ini file of the MJC8Q400.
UDP_RECEIVE_MASK=0.0.0.0:49240
Port number for receiving the data from the MJC8Q400. This must correlate to
the port number specified in [UDP_CONNECTOR_2] section,
UDP_BROADCAST_MASK field specified in the ini/mjc84.ini file of the
MJC8Q400.

4.

Extending the System Panel application

The application is fully extendable. Additional pages can be added in order to

include the systems and the failures. Please see the SYSPAN Page Format
description for more detailed description