Servers and WAPs
The WAvES CELL v2 media server pairs with a WiFi 6 wireless access point. WiFi 7 is also available.
One platform. One complete cabin system.
Your world.
At any altitude.
Entertainment, cabin management and passenger services—with software, firmware and hardware developed together.
Explore WAvESThe WAvES experience
The world outside.
Your world within.
Settle into your space. Explore the world. One system. Everything connected.
From moving maps to cabin controls, every WAvES product belongs to the same system. You work directly with the people developing it, with one coordinated approach to functionality, integration and future development.
VVIP / BUSINESS AVIATION / AIRLINES01 / Make yourself at home
Your space.
On your terms.
Entertainment, flight information and cabin functions.
An experience that feels like yours.
Entertainment, flight information and cabin functions come together on one home screen. An experience configured around your aircraft and the way you travel.
WAvES supports a wide range of interface languages, including Arabic. The language selection shown here is configured for this aircraft.
Click a sunrise or sunset time on Home to open its detailed solar-day chart, without leaving the passenger experience.
See the meal-service schedule and the options available between services. Dining information is accessible directly from the passenger Home screen.
Read the menu and select a preferred dish on screen. This example shows a dinner service with starters, main courses and dessert.
Start with a film that catches your eye. The Movies tile opens the onboard catalogue, bringing the available titles within easy reach.
Explore films supplied by your Content Service Provider (CSP), with DRM support for all major Hollywood and worldwide studios. WAvES also supports non-DRM and customer-owned content, loaded onto the servers and managed in full autonomy.
Discover series from your CSP alongside customer-owned programmes. The same support for DRM-protected and non-DRM content extends across the television catalogue.
Choose a programme, browse its episodes and decide what to watch next. Episode descriptions help you find the one you want.
Browse your own images, movies, music and publications from the onboard servers. Customer-managed files remain separate from CSP content and can be loaded and updated in full autonomy.
An Apple TV screen illustrates an external video source available through WAvES (for illustration only).
An aerial view illustrates the flight-camera viewing experience (for illustration only).
Find music from the passenger Home screen and explore the collection available on board, from your CSP catalogue to your personal library.
Browse the onboard music library by album artwork and track listings, then choose what to hear next.
Enjoy your own albums with track selection and playback controls. Personal music is loaded and managed by the customer, independently of the CSP catalogue.
Keep listening while you explore the passenger Home screen. The mini-player keeps playback controls within reach as you browse other features.
Check prayer times and Qibla direction for your journey, with a calendar showing the prayers ahead.
Browse the Holy Quran and choose a reciter, then select a surah to listen on your passenger screen.
Follow your chosen recitation with surah selection, playback progress and audio controls close at hand.
Discover the publications selected for your aircraft. Magazines, reading material and company brochures are brought together within the passenger experience.
Browse the onboard reading collection by its covers and descriptions, then open the publication that interests you.
Explore Wikipedia pages from databases stored locally on the aircraft. Articles and illustrations are available offline throughout the flight.
Discover stars, planets and the wider universe through a local, offline Wikipedia database. Explore the onboard collection without an internet connection.
Explore people, places and events through Wikipedia pages stored locally on board. The history collection remains available offline for the whole journey.
Follow your curiosity through physics articles from a local Wikipedia database. Pages and illustrations are stored on the aircraft for offline reading.
Explore destinations through Wikivoyage travel guides stored in local, offline databases. Read about places, culture and things to do before you arrive.
Discover a selection of HTML5 games from the passenger Home screen. Native Android games are also available on demand.
Browse the onboard games, see what each one offers and choose something to suit the moment.
Open a game and play directly on your passenger screen. Connect Merge is one example from the onboard HTML5 collection.
Entertainment at your fingertips Flight information built in Your cabin, within reach
02 / Follow your journey
Your journey.
From every angle.
Explore the world below, follow your progress and discover the details behind your flight.
03 / Crew panel
For the crew.
All within reach.
From a cabin-wide overview to the detail of an individual seat. One crew panel brings entertainment, cabin systems, announcements and flight information together.
Follow the current service, see what comes next, and check the availability of light meals, snacks and drinks.
Choose a service and menu, then set its timing from now or before arrival.
04 / Completion centres & MROs
For MROs.
One integrated system.
Entertainment, cabin management and passenger services, developed together. Waves Aerospace and Northern Avionics work alongside owners, their representatives and completion or MRO teams, bringing product engineering and aviation expertise to each installation.
USB drives
WAvES CELLs IFE main servers
Global sources
SDI
HDMI
Encoders External video
WAvES IFE network Ethernet backbone
Monitors Wired or wireless in-seat monitors, over-aisle, bulkhead or crew panels.
Wireless access points WiFi 6 · WiFi 7 available
Cabin WiFi
Personal devices
USB drives
WAvES CELLs IFE main servers
Global sources
SDI
HDMI
Encoders External video
WAvES IFE network Ethernet backbone
Wireless access points WiFi 6 · WiFi 7 available
Cabin WiFi
Monitors Wired or wireless in-seat monitors, over-aisle, bulkhead or crew panels.
Personal devices
From one server. To every passenger.
WAvES CELL brings entertainment to cabin screens and personal devices. Add an encoder when you want to bring external video into the same network.
Typical arrangements. Wired and wireless screens can also share the same installation.
Crew panel
Passenger monitors
WAvES IFE network Ethernet backbone
One cabin section Repeat across the cabin
wCTL Gateway
RS485 · 1
gPCUs Passenger controls
RS485 · 2
wDSUs Power outputs
Floor lights
RGBW mood lighting
Spotlights
RGBW mood lighting
Spotlights
Cabin appliances
Crew panel
Passenger monitors
gPCUs Passenger controls
WAvES IFE network Cabin WiFi
One cabin section Repeat across the cabin
wDSUs Power outputs
Floor lights
RGBW mood lighting
Spotlights
RGBW mood lighting
Spotlights
Cabin appliances
Make the cabin yours.
Control lighting and cabin appliances from the crew panel, a passenger monitor or a gPCU. Cabin controls connect through the WAvES IFE network.
Typical arrangements. Connections from wDSUs to lights and appliances remain wired.
Crew panel
Passenger monitors
WAvES IFE network Ethernet backbone
wCTL Seat-control gateway
2 × RS485
gPCUs Passenger controls
Repeat across the cabin
wCTL Aircraft gateway
ARINC 628 or ARINC 429
PSS / CIDS Aircraft system
Attendant calls
Reading lights
Crew panel
Passenger monitors
gPCUs Passenger controls
WAvES IFE network Cabin WiFi
wCTL Aircraft gateway
ARINC 628 or ARINC 429
PSS / CIDS Aircraft system
Attendant calls
Reading lights
A small gesture. A connected cabin.
Call an attendant or adjust a reading light from the WAvES interface. A dedicated wCTL gateway connects to the aircraft’s existing passenger service system.
Typical arrangements. The ARINC 628 or ARINC 429 interface depends on the aircraft.
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Developed together.
Software, firmware and electronics shaped around the same cabin experience.
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Repeatable building blocks.
A coordinated product family, configured and repeated across the cabin.
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Alongside your team.
Direct engineering collaboration with your completion or MRO team, from cabin requirements through system integration.
05 / Cabin equipment
Cabin equipment.
One source for it all.
Servers, screens, cabin controls and passenger services. A complete WAvES equipment range, with coordinated integration, certification and support.
Monitors
WAvES monitors come in standard sizes from 10.1″ to 43″, with larger displays available on request.
Encoders
wENC-4 HDMI and SDI encoders bring external video sources onto the WAvES IFE network.
Passenger Controls
gPCU is a personal control surface for lighting, attendant calls and cabin functions, connected by wire or WiFi.
Interface Controllers
wCTL connects cabin controls through Ethernet, WiFi and RS485, with ARINC interfaces for aircraft systems.
Power Controllers
wDSU provides up to 13 power outputs for cabin lighting and equipment, repeated wherever control is needed.
Please contact Northern Avionics for any enquiries related to all WAvES IFE and CMS hardware and certification, or Waves Aerospace for anything related to functionality, software and any product development.
Exclusive partners
Complementary expertise.
A shared ambition.
Waves Aerospace and Northern Avionics bring together product development and aviation engineering. Our exclusive partnership connects the passenger experience with the expertise needed to integrate, produce and support the system on board.
From concept to product.
We design the software, firmware and electronics that bring the cabin experience to life. That breadth lets us consider how every part works together, from the screen in front of a passenger to the systems behind the scenes.
- Software
- Firmware
- Electronics
- System integration
- Media services
From product to 35,000 feet.
Northern Avionics unites EASA-approved design, production, maintenance and training within one organisation. That breadth of expertise supports your aircraft programme, from engineering and production to maintenance and continued service.
Northern Avionics approvals
- EASA Part 21J
- Design organisation
- EASA Part 21G
- Production organisation
- EASA Part 145
- Aircraft & component maintenance
- EASA Part 147
- Maintenance training
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