TrueNorth Introducing Integrated Cabin Voice and Data Transceiver

TrueNorth Avionics is introducing a new integrated cabin communications product line that offers a fully integrated dual-channel transceiver for voice and data.

The product line, called Simphone, comes in three versions: Solo, Duo and Chorus.

• Simphone Solo offers cabin communications via both Inmarsat and Iridium by providing all industry standard interfaces from POTS (plain old telephone service) to CEPT-E1 (a Conference Europeenne (des) Postes (et) Telecommunications standard referring to high-speed data rates).
• Simphone Duo has the features of Solo, but also includes a fully integrated dual-channel Iridium transceiver for voice and data, and has an "exclusive" digital interface to improve Iridium's voice quality.
• Simphone Chorus is the company's fully integrated system, which has features of Solo and Duo, but also provides integrated Wi-Fi, data-routing, and firewall capabilities for high speed data and future broadband.

TrueNorth also has an IP (Internet protocol), multi-media cabin handset, Alto, that features a "large" sunlight readable color display with a noise-canceling microphone.

Simphone is available for new and retrofit installations, and is a simple replacement option for Magnastar owners that increases capability without sacrificing cabin handset functionality and style, TrueNorth says.

The system uses a single 4 MCU (modular concept unit)-sized avionics LRU (line replaceable unit) that is qualified to DO-160E requirements for installations inside or outside an aircraft's pressured cabin.  All system setup and configuration is performed via a Web-based GUI (graphical user interface) and stored in an aircraft-mounted Simphone personality module.

TrueNorth says Simphone will be sold and supported through a worldwide dealer network using its dealer hotline and interactive Web-based portal.  04-08-2007.

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