Honeywell Bendix/King KMD850, Pilot'S Manual Addendum

Page 1: ...N Revision 3 Jun 2004 006 18235 0000 Multi Function Display KMD 850 DigitalWeatherRadarFunction Pilot s Guide Addendum B For Software Version 01 13 or later KMD 850 Wx Cover R3 7 2 04 8 53 AM Page 1 ...

Page 2: ... is prohibited For further information contact the Manager Technical Publications Honeywell One Technology Center 23500 West 105th Street Olathe Kansas 66061 Telephone 913 782 0400 The information contained in this manual is for reference use only If any information contained herein conflicts with similar information contained in the Airplane Flight Manual Supplement the information in the Airplan...

Page 3: ...KMD 550 850 Digital Weather Radar Pilot s Guide Addendum Revision 3 June 2004 Part Number 006 18235 0000 Summary Auto Standby may now be disabled during system configuration Miscellaneous corrections REV Hist 7 2 04 8 52 AM Page 1 ...

Page 4: ... History Manual KMD 550 850 Digital Weather Radar Pilot s Guide Addendum Revision 2 January 2002 Part Number 006 18235 0000 Summary Complete manual revision Miscellaneous corrections REV Hist 7 2 04 8 52 AM Page 2 ...

Page 5: ...April 2001 Part Number 006 18235 0000 Summary Added Stabilization function on WX Radar Page Changed format of TILT field Radar faults now supported Added Auto Tilt Added Manual Gain Added Sector Scan Added Automatic Range Limiting Added 5 nm and 320 nm range settings REV Hist 7 2 04 8 52 AM Page 3 ...

Page 6: ...story Manual KMD 550 850 Digital Weather Radar Pilot s Guide Addendum Revision 0 October 2000 Part Number 006 18235 0000 Summary This is the original release of this publication R 4 REV Hist 7 2 04 8 52 AM Page 4 ...

Page 7: ...ERATIONAL CONTROLS SUMMARY 3 WEATHER RADAR OVERVIEW 4 POWER ON 5 TEST MODE 6 ON MODE 7 VERTICAL PROFILE 8 OVERLAYS 8 GROUND MAPPING MAP MODE 9 AUTO STANDBY 9 SET MODE 10 STAB ON OFF 10 AUTO TILT 10 MANUAL GAIN 11 SECTOR SCAN 11 ERROR AND FAULT MESSAGES 11 i KMD 850 Wx toc R3 7 2 04 8 54 AM Page i ...

Page 8: ...Rev 2 Jan 2002 KMD 850 Wx Radar Addendum Table of Contents ii Intentionally left blank KMD 850 Wx toc R3 7 2 04 8 54 AM Page ii ...

Page 9: ...peration of the KMD 850 display for controlling the weather radar sensor The general operation of the KMD 850 is described in the other sections of the KMD 550 850 Pilot s Guide For detailed information on the proper use and interpreta tion of the weather radar data please reference the pilot s guide that was provided with the weather radar sensor Note The KMD 850 can interface with many different...

Page 10: ...er knob selects between Standby SBY Test TST ON and SET modes 3 Display Range Indications 4 Tilt Angle XX X Degrees up U or down D 5 Joystick Function Label Moving the joystick up and down adjusts the radar tilt Moving the joystick left and right adjusts the location of the yellow track line 6 Stabilization Indication 7 Track Angle 8 WX Radar Mode Indication TEST WX WX ARL Auto Range Limiting or M...

Page 11: ...re available Allows selec tion of flight plan lightning data if available or traffic for overlay on the weather radar display Joystick Moving the joystick up and down adjusts the antenna tilt up to 15 degrees up or down Moving the joystick left or right displays the yellow track line and moves it left or right of centerline Outer Knob Selects between Standby SBY Test TST On and SET mode of operati...

Page 12: ... the proper use of weather radar Display Level Greater Than 50 mm Hr 4 Magenta In Hr In Hr mm Hr Rainfall Rate VIP Level Storm Category Remarks Video Integrated Processor VIP Categorizations Rainfall Rate Severe turbulence large hail lightning extensive wind gust and turbulence 5 Greater Than 125 6 Extreme Greater Than 2 Severe turbulence lightning organized wind gusts hail likely 2 5 50 125 5 Int...

Page 13: ...n energized is in standby mode and is communicating properly with the KMD 850 MFD While in standby the radar is not transmitting The radar icon on the icon bar shows a color radar dish with no energy waves being radiated from it NOTE The On Off control of the KMD 850 does not control primary power to the radar The only way to remove primary power from the radar is to pull the radar circuit breaker...

Page 14: ...ng The display should show 4 bands of color with a green band from 10 to 20 miles a yellow band from 20 to 30 miles a red band from 30 to 40 miles and a magenta band from 40 to 50 miles The RNG keys can be used to adjust the range scale that is shown Pressing the VIEW key will display a test pattern in vertical profile view similar to the following KMD 850 Wx PG R3 7 2 04 8 54 AM Page 6 ...

Page 15: ...st the tilt angle by moving the joystick up and down to the appropriate value as described by the weather radar pilot s guide This example shows a tilt of 7 degrees down has been selected The tilt angle is shown in the top right corner of the display To determine what direction the storm cells are off the nose of the air plane we adjust location of the yellow track line by moving the joystick left...

Page 16: ...ill switch back to horizontal profile view If the azimuth track angle is changed while the vertical profile view is active WAIT will be displayed just below the track angle indication in this case R 45 until the radar repositions the antenna OVERLAYS The flightplan lightning strikes and traffic can be overlaid on top of the radar by pressing the OVLY key and using the appropriate softkeys to turn ...

Page 17: ...n the knob icon AUTO STANDBY To help reduce the possibility of leaving the radar in the ON mode after landing the KMD 850 has an Auto Standby capability The KMD 850 will automatically put the radar into Standby when the aircraft s ground speed goes below 30 knots The message WX Alert Radar switched to STANDBY mode will pop up on any page when this occurs as shown in the following figure Note This ...

Page 18: ...850 The annunciation in the top left of the display will always reflect the present stabilization status of the radar system AUTO TILT Pressing the AUTO TILT Key will toggle between manual and automatic radar antenna tilt control When in manual mode the tilt display fields in the upper right corner of the display will be similar to Figure 1 When in automatic mode the fields will be similar to that...

Page 19: ...n control in the WX mode This feature must be enabled within the radar system s configuration to be functional here SECTOR SCAN Pressing the SECTOR SCAN Key will toggle Sector Scan on or off as shown in Figure 3 Not all radar sys tems support this feature In rapidly changing areas of weather the radar scan updates can be made faster by isolating the desired viewing area in a 60 sector To accomplis...

Page 20: ...may indicate that the radar is not receiving primary power e g an open circuit breaker a problem in the wiring connection between the radar and the MFD dis play or a faulty radar Any self test failures reported by the radar such as TxFLT will be displayed in the Fault Message Window in the bottom left corner of the dis play The following table defines the possible fault messages displayed in the F...

Page 21: ...y Center 23500 West 105th Street Olathe KS 66061 Telephone 913 782 0400 FAX 913 712 1302 2000 2002 2004 Honeywell International Inc All rights reserved 006 18235 0000 Printed in U S A Revision 3 Jun 2004 KMD 850 Wx Cover R3 7 2 04 8 53 AM Page 3 ...