PS Engineering HUB50 On-Wing Configurability Put to the Test

PS Engineering begins shipping its all-new HUB50, a fully digital audio management system, and dealers and OEMs are putting the configurability scheme to the test.

After the first successful installation by Bridger Aerospace, its team agreed that configuration “on-wing” using an iOS application is a quick and easy way to enter all mission parameters into the system. The app’s speed and ease of use impressed users, including the ability to adjust all the volume levels easily and quickly using a fingertip slider to set levels precisely, as well as being able to save configurations within the app for later use on an iPhone or iPad.

Coryn Port and Ben Sieloff of Bridger Aerospace appreciated the HUB50 specifically because the app made resolving crew audio squawks fast and easy. Instead of using arrays of switches and potentiometers, the HUB50 uses proprietary iOS application to configure more than 250 different parameters, including switched and unswitched; input and output impedance; audio levels; music distribution; dimming levels and thresholds; CVR levels and outputs; sidetone levels; which stations hear which audio sources; and the HRTF locations for all eight com radios. These custom profiles can be stored, modified, reused and shared in the app. Configurations can be built away from the aircraft and then quickly loaded in the HUB50 at the hangar or on the ramp.

The unprecedented flexibility afforded by the app allows the audio systems to be configured easily for different mission profiles. This is very useful when an aircraft is leased for multiple uses, such as forestry and medivac. Access to the configuration mode is limited to line installer/maintenance personnel, who must be within 1 meter of the LRU and initialize the mode from the unit itself.

The HUB50 is compatible with a variety of the existing control heads offered by PS Engineering.

To learn more about the HUB50, visit www.ps-engineering.com/HUB50.