AIRCRAFT AERODYNAMIC STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS, Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series, AIRCRAFT

TECHNICAL BOOK COMPANY - Sub-Module 22
LP 87: BOEING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Aircraft operations and maintenance involve dealing with large quantities of
information. This information must be stored in some manner, and, ideally, it
should be capable of being accessed as efficiently as possible. Also, the
information changes from time to time. To keep up with the changes, there must be a
way to update the information stored in an information system.

Slide 1: Introduction
Slide 2: Electronic Flight Bag
Slide 3: Maintenance Information System
Slide 4: Passenger Cabin Information System

1. What is an Information system?

2. Why we need an information system?

3. What is Electronic Flight Bag?

1. Explain about mislleneous information system.

2. Explain about Terminal Wireless LAN Unit (TWLU).

3. What are the advantages of Information system?

1. Explain Electronics Flight Bag in detail.

2. Explain about Maintenance Information Systems.

3. Explain about Passenger Cabin Information System.

AIRCRAFT AERODYNAMIC STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS, Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series, AIRCRAFT
TECHNICAL BOOK COMPANY - Sub-Module 22
LP 88: AIRBUS INFORMATION SYSTEMS

The information system developed for the Airbus A380 is based on different system
architecture than that used on Boeing airplanes however, its primary function is
similar in that, it provides efficient data management for flight deck, maintenance
and passenger cabin operations.

Slide 1: Network Server System (NSS)

Slide 2: Avionics Domain
Slide 3: Flight Operations Domain
Slide 4: Communication & Cabin Domain

1. What is NSS?

2. What is OIS Software?

3. What are the divisions of NSS?

1. Explain about OIS software.

2. Explain about Communication & Cabin Domain.

3. Brief about two subsytems in airbus information system.

1. Explain about Network Server System.

2. Explain about Avionics Domain.

3. Explain about Flight Operations Domain.

Civil Avionics Systems Second Edition, Ian Moir, Allan Seabridge and Malcolm Jukes
LP 89: ATM - Introduction

The rapidly increasing air traffic density is leading to a pressing need to improve
the air traffic management (ATM) system by all available means, and move on from
the techniques and technologies that have served the industry for the last 40
years. This evolution will embrace the use of new technologies mixed with existing
capabilities to offer improved air traffic management.

Slide 1: Aims of ATM

Slide 2: Communications, Navigation, Surveillance
Slide 3: NextGen

1. What is air traffic management?

2. Name the areas of improvement in ATM.

3. What is SESAR?

1. Explain in detail about SESAR.

2. Explain about the Next generation in ATM.

3. Explain about the enhance in surveillance

1. What are the aims if Air traffic management?

2. Explain the main elements of improvement in communications.

3. Explain main elements of improvement in Navigation.

Lufthansa Technical Training GmbH, ATA 46 Information Systems, 46-20 Air Traffic
Information Management System
(ATIMS)
LP 90: FANS
The Future Air Navigation System (FANS) is an avionics system which provides direct
data link communication between the pilot and the air traffic controller. The
communications include air traffic control clearances, pilot requests and position
reporting. In the FANS-B equipped Airbus A320 family aircraft, an Air Traffic
Services Unit (ATSU) and a VHF Data Link radio (VDR3) in the avionics rack and two
data link control and display units (DCDUs) in the cockpit enable the flight crew
to read and answer the controller–pilot data link communications (CPDLC) messages
received from the ground

Slide 1: Introduction to ATIMS

Slide 2: FANS
Slide 3: Transition to FANS

1. What are the advantages of FANS?

2. Why FANS is necessary?

3. What is Free Flight?

1. What is CNS/ATM-1?

2. What is FANS-1?

3. What is AIM FANS A or ATIMS?

1. What are the Steps for the introduction of FANS?

2. What are the requirements to fly FANS routes?

3. Explain about the distance/separation done by FANS.

Lufthansa Technical Training GmbH, ATA 46 Information Systems, 46-20 Air Traffic
Information Management System
(ATIMS)
LP 91: ATIMS DESCRIPTION and ARCHITECTURE
The ATIMS consists of an Air traffic Service Unit (ATSU), two Datalink Control and
Display Units (DCDU) located in the flight deck for captain and first officer, two
air traffic control message pushbutton switches and a switch to reset the ATSU. The
airplane Multipurpose Control and Display Units (MCDU) are used by maintenance
crews to interface with the ATIMS.

Slide 1: Required Systems

Slide 2: Components
Slide 3: Architecture.

1. What are the requires systems in ATIMS?

2. What are the components consisting in ATIMS?

3. What is MCDU?

1. What are the functions performed by ATSU?

2. What are the system interfacewith ATSU?

3. What are the four dimensional position reports?

1. Brief about ATSU.

2. Explain about MCDU.

3. Explain about ATIMS architecture.

Lufthansa Technical Training GmbH, ATA 46 Information Systems, 46-20 Air Traffic
Information Management System
(ATIMS)
LP 92: ATIMS - DATALINK CONTROL DISPLAY UNIT (DCDU)
The DCDUs are the interface means dedicated to the ATC applications. They provide
the flight crew with display capabilities and control means, allowing the display
of messages received from ATC ground center and the sending of answer and messages
to the ground center.

Slide 1: Functional and Physical Description

Slide 2: Datalink Alerts and Warning
Slide 3: Company alerts
1. What are the two main functions of DCDU?

2. What are the electrical characteristics of DCDU?

3. What are the ATC alerts?

1. Explain about the ATC MSG alert.

2. Explain ablout the functions provided for MSG and Alert handling.

3. Explain about the physical operation pof DCDU.

1. Explain the fuctional operation of DCDU.

2. Explain about Air/Ground communication warnings.

3. Explain about datalink and warning in detail.

Lufthansa Technical Training GmbH, ATA 46 Information Systems, 46-20 Air Traffic
Information Management System
(ATIMS)
LP 93: ATIMS - AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE UNIT (ATSU)
The Air Traffic Service Unit is loaded with various software applications used to
manage data to and from the airplane for air traffic control purposes. The software
packages are loaded and updated via a Multipurpose Disk Drive Unit (MDDU). The
software loaded into the ATSU includes ATSU Airplane Interface software, ATSU
configuration software, ATSU router software, Airline Operation Control software,
Airline Operation Control databases, ATC FANS A+ applications.

Slide 1: ATSU Description

Slide 2: ATSU Software Description
Slide 3: ATSU Datalink Applications

1. What are menus available in ATSU datalink application?

2. Name any two functions of ATSU aircraft interface software.

3. What is oceanic clearance application?

1. Explain about departure clearance application.

2. Explain the ATSU functions.

3. What are the elements in the ATSU software?

1. Explain about the ATSU interfacing units.

2. Explain about ATSU datalink application menus in detail.

3. Explain about the ATSU software architecture.

Lufthansa Technical Training GmbH, ATA 46 Information Systems, 46-20 Air Traffic
Information Management System
(ATIMS)
LP 94: Interface and Power Supply
The ATSU, which is part of the Airbus modular AIM FAN strategy, replaces the
available ACARS unit in all new A330 and A340 airplanes. The ATSU is manufactured
by Aerospatiale Matra and fullfills the the worldwide possibilities for DATA LINKS
as the ACARS before.
The new ATSU is thus the first ” Avionics Computing Resurce ” which enables the
airlines the possibility to select between different software manufacturers.

Slide 1: Interface
Slide 2: Power Supply
Slide 3: Ground Network

1. What are the function of MCDU?

2. What are the status information?

3. What is the function of VDR3?

1. Explain about data management unit.

2. Explain about Radio management panel.

3. Explain about cabin terminal.

1. Explain about Satellite data unit.

2. Explain about Landing gear control and Interface unit.

3. Explain about centralized fault display interface unit.

Lufthansa Technical Training GmbH, ATA 46 Information Systems, 46-20 Air Traffic
Information Management System
(ATIMS)
LP 95: INITIALIZATION
The air/ground communication functions and services are active when the
initialization is complete. Then, they can receive ground messages from both VHF
and SATCOM sub-networks and send messages to the ground.

Slide 1: Initialization
Slide 2: Interface
Slide 3: RMP Utilization

1. Define initialization.

2. What is aircraft registration number?

3. What is the use of scan mask?

1. Explain about the interface with ground network.

2. Draw the layouts for ATIMS component location.

3. Explain about ATSU reconfiguration.

1. Explain about Initilization process in detail.

2. Explain about ATSU/VDR3 interfae in detail.

3. Explain about RMP utilization.

A380 TECHNICAL TRAINING MANUAL MAINTENANCE COURSE - T1 & T2 (RR / Metric) LEVEL I -
ATA 42 Integrated Modular Avionics & Avionics Data Communication Network
LP 96: Core Processor Input/Output Module.
The CPIOM integrates shared memory and computing resource to execute independently
its hosted avionics applications. In addition the CPIOM processes independently
specific input/output data for each application.

Slide 1: CPIOM
Slide 2: Types
Slide 6: Components

1. Define LRM.

2. List out the types of CPIOM.

3. Define AFDX.

1. Explain about CPIOM-E hosting applications.

2. Explain about the charcteristics features of AFDX.

3. Explain about CPIOM-C hosting applications.

1. Explain about CPIOM components

2. Explain about CPIOM A and CPIOM-B loadable softwares and its hosting
application.

3. Explain about CPIOM F and CPIOM-G loadable softwares and its hosting
application.

A380 TECHNICAL TRAINING MANUAL MAINTENANCE COURSE - T1 & T2 (RR / Metric) LEVEL I -
ATA 42 Integrated Modular Avionics & Avionics Data Communication Network
LP 97: Input Output Module
The IOM does not host avionics applications. The IOM converts non-AFDX data, coming
from conventional LRUs, into AFDX data used within the Avionics Data Communication
Network (ADCN) and vice versa. There is only one type of IOM identified by the
letter A. All IOMs are fully interchangeable.

Slide 1: IOM Principle

Slide 2: IOM Software
Slide 3: IOM Components

1. What do you meant by IOM?

2. What is multiple mirror IOM loss?

3. What is Single IOM Loss?

1. Explain about the IOM operation.

2. Explain about the loss of CPIOM.

3. Explain about Single IOM Loss.

1. Explain about the principle of IOM.

2. Explain about the IOM software.

3. Explain about the IOM components.

A380 TECHNICAL TRAINING MANUAL MAINTENANCE COURSE - T1 & T2 (RR / Metric) LEVEL I -
ATA 42 Integrated Modular Avionics & Avionics Data Communication Network
LP 98: AVIONICS DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK DESCRIPTION
The ADCN uses AFDX technology based on the Ethernet protocol adapted to
aeronautical constraints. It is used for the exchange of operational, maintenance
and loading data between the ADCN subscribers, which are LRUs with AFDX interface
and the LRMs. The subscribers can communicate at speeds 10 or 100 Mbits/s.

Slide 1: ADCN Subscribers

Slide 2: ADCN & AFDX Technologies
Slide 3: The ADCN Overview

1. What is ADCN virtual link?

2. What is AFDX switch loss?

3. What is AFDX cable loss?

1. Explain about Data transmission using ADCN.

2. Explain about AFDX Switch Software.

3. Explain about AFDX Switch components.

1. Explain the functional area of ADCN.

2. Explain in detail about ADCN subscriber.

3. Explain about ADCN switches in detail