Aspen Avionics Evolution 1000 Pro/VFR PFD, Pilot'S Manual

Page 1: ...Evolution 1000 Pro VFR PFD Evolution 1000 500 MFD ADS B Pilots Guide Supplement...

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Page 3: ...ADS B Pilot s Guide Page iii 091 00057 001 REV A Evolution 1000 Pro VFR PFD Evolution 1000 500 MFD ADS B Pilots Guide Supplement...

Page 4: ...ADS B Pilot s Guide Page iv 091 00057 001 REV A REVISION DESCRIPTION of CHANGE Initial Release Revision A Update entire document for SW V2 9 release Document Revisions...

Page 5: ...UAT Code 3 4 3 2 3 PFD is the controller UAT IDENT 3 5 3 2 4 ADS B Annunciations 3 6 Chapter 4 Aspen ADS B In 4 1 4 1 Air borne Traffic 4 1 4 1 1 Integration with TCAD TAS TCAS Traffic System 4 1 4 1...

Page 6: ...onvective 4 22 4 5 4 METAR 4 23 4 5 5 AIRMET SIGMET 4 26 4 5 6 TFR 4 28 4 5 7 Winds Temps Aloft 4 28 4 6 Evolution PFD 1000 ADS B Weather View 4 30 Chapter 5 Appendix 5 1 5 1 Operating Limitations 5 1...

Page 7: ...on and as such is not responsible for information or the actions or conduct of any company that provides weather data used by the Aspen Avionics PFD MFD Therefore although Aspen Avionics strives to pr...

Page 8: ...r 24 months beginning with the date that the aircraft in which the Product has been installed has been returned to service following installation by an Aspen authorized dealer Return to Service Date P...

Page 9: ...n who certifies that the equipment has been safely and properly installed in accordance with all Aspen supplied technical information and in accordance with all applicable FAA procedures and requireme...

Page 10: ...ch are independent businesses not owned or controlled by Asp 13 TRANSPORTATION COSTS Aspen will assume round trip transportation costs for a Product determined by Aspen to be a Nonconforming Product i...

Page 11: ...ts Guide and refers to Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast technology The Aspen Evolution Flight Displays use UAT to describe the ADS B technology The term PFD refers to the Aspen EFD 1000 PFD...

Page 12: ...ADS B Pilot s Guide Page x 091 00057 001 REV A This Page Intentionally Left Blank...

Page 13: ...s need to be connected to an Aspen PFD to control the transponder functions while ADS B weather and traffic can be displayed on any of the Aspen Evolution PFDs and MFDs Each of the Aspen ADS B solutio...

Page 14: ...vides a solution for aircraft equipped with a Mode A C transponder without a compatible WAAS GPS navigation receiver Receives ADS B subscription free weather traffic and meets ADS B Out mandate below...

Page 15: ...n Alaska which was rolled out in phases and initially called Flight 2000 It was successful beyond expectations and reduced the Alaskan accident rate 40 There was also an unexpected bi product of the p...

Page 16: ...o more accurately position and separate aircraft in flight There are a number of requirements aircraft need to meet the ADS B out Mandate Aircraft are required to have either a Mode S with extended sq...

Page 17: ...Page 2 3 091 00057 001 REV A UAT 978 MHz Approved Below 18 000 ft Mode S with ES 1090 MHz Approved Any Altitude Required above 18 000 ft UAT ADS B Aircraft Position M ode S ADS B Aircraft Position FA...

Page 18: ...n location of aircraft with an alternative ADS B frequency and from non ADS B equipped aircraft from the ground station a ADS R rebroadcasts via ground station position data from 978 MHz equipped airc...

Page 19: ...Altitude Required above 18 000 ft UAT ADS B Aircraft Position M ode S ADS B Aircraft Position FAA ADS B Direct Mode S ADS B Aircraft Position Direct UAT ADS B Aircraft Position W eatherTraffi c Traffi...

Page 20: ...CHAPTER 2 ADS B OVERVIEW ADS B Pilot s Guide Page 2 6 091 00057 001 REV A This Page Intentionally Left Blank...

Page 21: ...aft and to ATC than what could be previously provided using radar based systems This improved accuracy will help pilots and ATC to more safely position and separate aircraft in a given area Informatio...

Page 22: ...ering squawk code and performing the IDENT Function Even though you now have an ADS B transceiver on board your aircraft Only when your transponder fails will you need to set the UAT code and IDENT of...

Page 23: ...al Vector Scale The Horizontal Vector component of traffic is adjustable from 0 to 60 seconds When the HORZ VECT SCALE Hot key is pushed and the right knob is rotated the vector scale indexes 10 secon...

Page 24: ...The fourth knob press will advance to the first digit 4 Rotate the right know clockwise to increase or counter clockwise to decrease the value of the selected digit 5 Press the Hot Key adjacent to the...

Page 25: ...er and the IDENT can be activated When the PFD is the UAT controller pressing the PUSH TO IDENT Hot key in the UAT CTL menu activates the UAT IDENT function The white PUSH TO IDENT label changes to a...

Page 26: ...il a valid UAT code is received UAT TX Fail Annunciation The UAT FAIL Annunciation is displayed in an amber bubble to the upper left of the Navigation Display when the UAT transmitter has failed The U...

Page 27: ...ols for high traffic areas The system always displays the highest priority traffic symbols when a new traffic message is received The Aspen system uses more than a dozen different inputs to determine...

Page 28: ...are indicated on the display as an unfilled arrowhead with a cyan border for airborne traffic or a brown border for ground traffic Figure 4 2 Non Directional Symbol When track information is not avail...

Page 29: ...c Advisories that are outside the current range are indicated by a half symbol at the edge of the Display with the appropriate data block Proximity Advisories and Other Traffic that are outside of the...

Page 30: ...c symbol gives the direction of vertical movement in relation to the ownship Traffic climbing or descending at a rate greater than 500 fpm display an up arrow climbing or down arrow descending to the...

Page 31: ...with an open end triangle and 4 attached rectangles drawn with a brown border Figure 4 9 Ground Vehicle Proximity Traffic If track information is not available but target is within 1200 feet and 6 nm...

Page 32: ...hen track information is available proximity ground vehicle advisory symbols are indicated on the display as a filled brown rectangle with an open end triangle and 4 attached rectangles Figure 4 11 4...

Page 33: ...ated with an active traffic system and the ADS B receiver fails the TFC annunciation is changed to ADSB FAIL Figure 4 17 TCAS Fail Annunciation When the ADS B transceiver is integrated with an active...

Page 34: ...ic is not reporting an altitude neither the arrow nor the altitude indication is shown NOTE Depending on the position of the Traffic Advisory at the edge of the screen the traffic symbol data block ma...

Page 35: ...y the 2 2 Hot Key Menu with Synthetic vision configured this is 2 3 3 Press the TFC Hot Key to select the desired altitude filter level Dedicated Traffic TRFC View The Traffic VIEW Figure 4 20 is orie...

Page 36: ...e ring and 10 nm inner range ring 30 nm outer range ring and 15 nm inner range ring 40 nm outer range ring and 20 nm inner range ring Traffic Advisory Pop Up When a Traffic Advisory occurs and the ded...

Page 37: ...lution EFD 1000 PFD Traffic Overlay The PFD allows the ADS B traffic to be overlaid on the navigation display when the TRFC Hot Key is set to one of the following altitude filter values TFCN TFCU TFCA...

Page 38: ...ducts are available Convective Regional CNUS and Convective SIGMETs1 METAR s1 AIRMET s SIGMET s1 PIREP1 2 TFRs1 Winds Aloft Temp1 The Convective screen displays severe weather information overlaid on...

Page 39: ...nd dissemination time it should be used for long range planning only Do not use NEXRAD to penetrate severe weather NEXRAD has some limitations including Although reflectivity echoes are possible up to...

Page 40: ...or decibels of Z with Z representing the reflection back to the radar NEXRAD does not report precipitation below 20 DBz Each weather product has an age limit and is usually updated at the Update Rate...

Page 41: ...4 23 The EFD1000 500 MFD displays METARs as colored flags The METAR screen displays the flags at the airport location from which the METAR is reported overlaid on a basic weather map A legend is avai...

Page 42: ...r mountain obscuration and IFR conditions T tango for turbulence and Z zulu for icing They are all issued for six hour periods beginning at 0245 UTC and are amended when necessary for changing weather...

Page 43: ...lined in red on a basic weather map These restrictions are usually issued in the United States and are typically short term They can include major sporting events air shows natural disaster areas spac...

Page 44: ...re 4 26 When the map range is below 500 nm the wind direction is depicted by wind pointer lines extending upwind from the reporting weather station the small dot on the bottom of the shaft Wind speed...

Page 45: ...sibility 4 5 Evolution MFD 500 1000 ADS B Weather View There are two ways that the EFD1000 500 MFD displays ADS B weather ADS B Weather VIEW ADS B Weather Navigation Map Overlay Several weather produc...

Page 46: ...awareness each screen displays international boundaries State or Province boundaries for the United States and water features The METARs AIRMETs SIGMETs and TFRs product screens provide the pilot with...

Page 47: ...control mode and select another ADS B Weather product screen 4 5 2 View Different ADS B Weather Products 1 Select the WINDOW that contains the ADS B Weather VIEW Figure 4 29 2 Press the lower Right Bu...

Page 48: ...ctive Age Annunciations When convective weather is displayed one of the data age annunciations in Table 4 6 shall be displayed with the correct age value Convective Age Annunciation Age Annunciation R...

Page 49: ...splay the METAR Legend With the METAR weather product screen displayed press the LGND Hot Key The METAR legend displays on the right of the screen Figure 4 32 Hide the METAR Legend Press the LGND Hot...

Page 50: ...isplay an Individual Airport s METAR Information 1 With the METAR weather product screen displayed press the TEXT Hot Key The METAR pop up displays with a four character pilot selectable airport ident...

Page 51: ...termittent but not expired and may still be valid Dashes will appear in time slot during initialization The data age exceeds expiration time No valid data received for 30 seconds GPS information inval...

Page 52: ...s Press the LGND Hot Key again to hide the legend Figure 4 37 Display AIRMET SIGMET With the AIRMET SIGMET screen displayed and selected press any of the Hot Keys to display or hide the applicable ove...

Page 53: ...to exit selection mode The Left Knob and Left Button labels turn cyan AIRMET SIGMET Age Annunciations When AIRMET SIGMET is displayed one of the data age annunciations in Table 4 8 shall be displayed...

Page 54: ...n Table 4 8 shall be displayed with the correct age value 4 5 7 Winds Temps Aloft Winds are displayed using the selected altitude filter The pilot adjusts the altitude filter value by pressing either...

Page 55: ...Key to increase the altitude filter to the next altitude increment Press the FL Hot Key to decrease the altitude filter to the previous altitude increment Winds Temps Aloft Age Annunciations When Win...

Page 56: ...ble ADS B Weather The NXRD Hot Key label turns inverse green when enabled Figure 4 46 Display ADS B Weather Legend 1 Press the MENU Button 2 Rotate the Right Knob to the UAT page 12 of 14 page 3 Press...

Page 57: ...0008 001 for the limitations that apply to your specific aircraft installation The AFMS and this Pilot s Guide must be carried in the aircraft and be immediately available to the pilot while in flight...

Page 58: ...ns TSO C157a FISB TSO C195a TIS B Traffic TSO C154c UAT Option TSO C 145c for GNSS DO 282B TSO C157a FISB TSO C195a TIS B Traffic TSO C154c UAT Option TSO C 145c for GNSS DO 282B SW assurance DO 160G...

Page 59: ...REV A Model ATX 100 ATX 100G Other Interface 2 ARINC 429 Inputs 1 ARINC 429 Output 4 RS 232 422 1 RS 485 4 Discrete Inputs 2 Discrete Outputs Input voltage 10 40 VDC Input current 0 2 A 12 VDC Output...

Page 60: ...on ARINC Aeronautical Radio Inc Extended Squitter 1090 MHz with enhanced accuracy and integrity information additional parameters for TIS B and ADS B rebroadcast ADS R CONUS NEXRAD Summary composite o...

Page 61: ...Significant Meteorological Information SURF Surface Situational Awareness TA Traffic Advisory TAS Traffic Advisory System TCAS Traffic Collision Avoidance System TFR Temporary Flight Restriction TIS...

Page 62: ...tions 3 6 ADS B In 1 2 2 1 2 4 4 1 ADS B Models 1 2 ADS B Out 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 3 3 1 ADS R 2 4 4 7 AIRMET 2 4 4 12 Antenna 1 1 Appendix 5 1 Approvals viii C CONUS 4 13 4 15 4 22 4 23 Convective 4 12 4 33...

Page 63: ...ADS B Weather View 4 30 Evolution MFD 500 1000 ADS B Weather View 4 19 4 29 Example graphics xii Extended Squitter 2 2 F FIS B 2 4 3 2 4 12 G Glossary 5 4 5 5 I Interrogation 3 2 L Limitations 5 1 M M...

Page 64: ...wk code 3 2 Surface traffic 4 5 T Table of contents v TAS 1 3 1 4 4 1 TCAD 1 3 1 4 4 1 TCAS 1 3 1 4 4 1 Terminology xii TFR 4 12 4 31 TIS B 2 4 4 7 Traffic Annunciations 4 7 U UAT Menu 3 2 3 6 UAT Cod...

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