Revision 2 Nov/2002
KMD 550/850 FIS Addendum
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FIS TEXT PAGE
Press the WX Function Select Key until the FIS Text Page is displayed.
The following illustration describes the FIS Text Page display.
Normal Operation
1 Text Field - The encoded weather report is displayed in this field.
2 Available Functions - Displays icons representing data available (black)
and displayed (color).
3 Selected Report Info - Displays name, city and state of selected report.
4 Selected Area Identifier - Displays the identifier of the area selection.
5 Area Selection - Pressing the CHANGE AREA soft key cycles
between Destination, Flightplan WPT, Nearest and User Defined.
6 Mode - Pressing the MODE key will cycle between text METARs,
TAFs and PIREPs.
7 UTC - Current UTC time.
8 Report - Each horizontal movement of the joystick will move the
cursor over the next report in the AVAILABLE REPORTS field.
9 Available Reports - Shows available reports based on the selection
in the AREA field. Special, urgent or amended reports are highlighted in
yellow.
10 Scroll Bar - Indicates there are more available reports than can be
displayed on the screen. Move the joystick to cycle through the reports.
11 Change Area Soft Key - Cycles the AREA field between Destination,
Flightplan Waypoint (FLPN WPT), Nearest and User Defined.
12 METAR Map Soft Key - When this key is pressed the graphical METAR
page is displayed with the map centered on the selected METAR. This
is only available when valid data for graphical METARs is being received.
13 Age of Report- Age of report based on UTC time minus time of report.
The bar indicates percentage of age versus elapsed time before
expiration. The bar will be green the first 50% then turn yellow.
14 Knob Function Label - Indicates the knob function is set to DATA
input (USER DEFINED) or SCAN data (FLPN WPT).
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