CPC H04L 41/0876 (2013.01) [B64D 43/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01); H04L 69/329 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program configured to cause a computer to execute a method of automatic configuration of a communications interface of an aircraft data network, the method of automatic configuration comprising:
connecting an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) to the aircraft data network, the aircraft data network being one of a set of data networks defined by a communications data library defining a corresponding set of communications data library configurations;
attempting to open communication ports of the aircraft data network based on one of the set of communications data library configurations, defining a selected communications interface;
in response to attempting to open communication ports, receiving data from the aircraft data network;
determining, by a controller module, if the selected communications interface can interpret the received data; and
upon successful interpretation of the received data, operate the communications interface of the EFB in accordance with the selected communications interface.
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