Gables Engineering G7490-07, Pilot'S Manual

Page 1: ...Pilot s Guide G7490 07 Flight ID ATC TCAS G7490 07 Pilot s Guide Rev 01 COPYRIGHT Gables Engineering July 28 2004 Author Sylvain Cloutier scloutie gableseng com 305 774 4400 Fax 305 774 4465...

Page 2: ...ngineering 2004 All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical photo copying electronic or otherwise wi...

Page 3: ...tton 2 ATC FID Air Traffic Control Flight Identification Button 2 ABS Absolute Button 2 RNG and RNG Buttons 3 Mode Select Knob 3 STBY 3 ALT OFF 3 XPNDR 3 TA 3 TA RA 3 ABV 4 BLW 4 TEST Button 4 Panel O...

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Page 5: ...t Identification Indicator Illuminates when Flight Identification FID mode is selected 5 ATC Air Traffic Control Indicator Illuminates when the ATC mode is selected 6 Display Digital indication of ATC...

Page 6: ...o eight alphanumeric digits An ATC code consists of only four numeric digits A Flight ID code consists of a combination of letters airline call sign and numbers flight number Keypad Buttons These alph...

Page 7: ...n the XPNDR transponder position the selected transponder and altitude reporting are active The TCAS system is OFF TA In the TA traffic advisories position the TCAS system is ON Traffic advisories are...

Page 8: ...tails Panel Operation Initiating a Functional Test Momentarily press the TEST button to initiate a Functional Test The control panel will complete a self check and initiate a test for the transponders...

Page 9: ...eaker pulled Figure 5 Test sequence with the XPNDR Select Knob set to 2 and Module 1 not energized i e Circuit breaker pulled Figure 6 Test sequence with the XPNDR Select Knob set to 1 and communicati...

Page 10: ...de The display will show INVALID if you press one of these two buttons If you do not enter a complete 4 digit code the display will revert back to the previous ATC code after 5 seconds If you enter a...

Page 11: ...n to go back one position Set the Flight ID as follows 1 Enter the Call Sign The Call Sign consists of two or three alpha characters Since the same keypad buttons are used to enter alpha or numerical...

Page 12: ...Pilot s Guide G7490 07 Figure 10 Alphanumeric sequence of keypad buttons G7490 07 Pilot s Guide Rev 01 COPYRIGHT Gables Engineering July 28 2004 Page 8 of 17...

Page 13: ...Pilot s Guide G7490 07 Figure 11 Entering the same alpha character twice G7490 07 Pilot s Guide Rev 01 COPYRIGHT Gables Engineering July 28 2004 Page 9 of 17...

Page 14: ...3 To enter the same number twice you must wait 1 5 seconds after you enter the first numeric character before you press the same button again to enter a second character For example if you want to en...

Page 15: ...mpletely clear the display by pressing the CLR button for 2 seconds 5 To enter a new Flight Number without changing the Call Sign simply enter the new alphanumeric characters using the keypad buttons...

Page 16: ...pting the Flight ID Before the Flight ID can be transmitted you must press the ENT button The FID indicator stops flashing when you press the ENT button Refer to Figure 15 Figure 15 Accepting the Flig...

Page 17: ...Mode Select Knob is set to any of the following positions XPNDR TA TA RA In the Normal mode the TCAS system will only display and provide traffic information for targets located between 2700 feet abov...

Page 18: ...20 or 40 nautical miles nm The RNG has no effect once the display shows RANGE 40 there is no wrap around To decrease the TCAS display range push the RNG button The RNG button has no effect once the d...

Page 19: ...lot s Guide G7490 07 Assuming current range setting is 5 nm Figure 17 Selecting TCAS Display Range with RNG buttons G7490 07 Pilot s Guide Rev 01 COPYRIGHT Gables Engineering July 28 2004 Page 15 of 1...

Page 20: ...old the ABS button Lamp Test through a remote switch A lamp test can only be initiated with a remote switch The lamp test cannot be initiated through the front controls of the G7490 07 control panel W...

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