ENGINEERING TRAINING

SCHOOL,
HYDERABAD.

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 CONTENTS
• LAYOUT OF COCKPIT PANELS AND AVIONICS
COMPARTMENT
• PHILOSOPHIES OF CBs, INDICATOR LIGHTS AND PUSH
BUTTON SWITCHES
• ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM
• CENTRALISED FAULT DISPLAY SYSTEM
• AUTOMATIC FLIGHT SYSTEM
• AIR DATA AND INERTIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM
• ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM
• COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS and
• OTHER AVIONICS SYSTEMS

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 LAYOUT OF
COCKPIT PANELS

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131 VU

301 VU 5 VU 500 VU
3 VU
401 VU 4 VU 400 VU 6 VU
2 VU
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 AVIONICS
COMPARTMENT

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 80 VU

90 VU
CIRCUIT BREAKER
(CB) PANELS

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 CIRCUIT BREAKERS
• GREEN HEADED CBs
– THESE TYPE OF CBs HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CONTACT IN EACH,
WHICH IS CONNECTED TO SDAC (SYSTEM DATA ACQUISITION
CONCENTRATOR).
– WHEN THE CB IS OUT FOR MORE THAN ONE MINUTE, IT
TRIGGERS “CB TRIPPED” WARNING IN ECAM.
• BLACK HEADED CBs
– THES CBs ARE STANDARD TYPE CBs AND DO NOT HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL CONTACT.
• CBs WITH RED THREADED BUSH
– RESETTING THESE CBs IN FLIGHT SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
THEY ARE GURADED.
• CBs WITH YELLOW RINGS
– THESE CBs ARE PULLED WHEN FLYING WITH “ONLY ON
BATTERIES”

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 PUSH BUTTON
SWITCHES AND
INDICATOR LIGHTS

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 PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES
• MOST OF THE PUSHBUTTON SWITCHES HAVE STATUS AND FAILURE
INDICATIONS INTEGRATED IN THEM.
• THE POSITIONS OF PUSHBUTTON SWITCHES AND THEIR ILLUMINATED
INDICATIONS FOLLOW THE “LIGHTS OUT” PRINCIPLE.
• THE COLOUR CODE OF THE INDICATOR LIGHTS ARE :
– RED – A FILURE NEEDING IMMEDAIE ACTION (WARNINGS)
– AMBER - A FAILURE WHICH THE CREW SHOULD BE AWARE OF,
THOUGH IT DOES NOT CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION. (CAUTIONS)
– GREEN – FOR NORMAL OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM.
– BLUE – FOR NORMAL OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM USED
TEMPORORILY.
– WHITE – FOR ABNORMAL POSITION OF THE PUSHBUTTON
SWITCH OR FOR A TEST RESULT OR FOR A MAINTENANCE
INFORMATION.

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 PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES
• WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IS IN NORMAL CONFIGURATION,
ONLY GREEN LIGHTS ARE ON PERMANANTLY WHEREAS,
BLUE LIGHTS ARE ON TEMPORORILY.
• POSITIONS OF PUSHBUTTON SWITCHES ARE:

POSITION BASIC FUNCTION

PRESSED IN ON, AUTO, OVRD., OPEN
PRESSED OUT OFF, MAN, ALT., SHUT
• CERTAIN PB LIGHTS HAVE TWO DOTS, (..) INDICATING THAT
THE CORRESPONDING PART OF THE PB IS NOT USED.

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Normal operation configuration - light out position

ABNORMAL Fault indication

System deactivated

System activated

Temporarily selected switch

Applicable system status

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 ELECTRONIC
INSTRUMENTATION
SYSTEM (EIS)

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ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM
• THE ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM
PRESENTS THE DATA ON SIX IDENTICAL
DISPLAY UNITS.

– THE ELECTRONIC FLIGHT INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM

PRESENTS FLIGHT PARAMETERS IN THE PRIMARY
FLIGHT DISPLAY (PFD) AND THE NAVIGATION
PARAMETERES IN THE NAVIGATION DISPLAY (ND) and
– THE ELECTRONIC CENTRALISED AIRCRAFT MONITOR
(ECAM) PRESENTS ENGINE PARAMETERS IN E/W
DISPLAY (UECAM) AND SYSTEM PAGES AND STATUS
INFORMATION IN SD (LECAM).

• THE GLASS COCKPIT TECHNOLOGY ENSURES:

– SIMPLICITY, REDUNDANCY, AUTOMATION AND
CENTRALISED DISPLAY.

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 E I S CLASSIFICATION

EIS

EFIS ECAM

PFD ND E / WD SD
(UECAM) (LECAM)

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PFD1 ND1 ND2 PFD2

ELECTRONIC FLIGHT INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM

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ELECTRONIC CENTRALIZED AIRCRAFT MONITOR

Engine/Warning
Display

System
Display

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2 VU 6 VU

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 8 VU

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 8 VU

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 FLIGHT WARNING COMPUTERS

EFIS1 EFIS2

PFD ND UECAM ND PFD

LECAM

DMC1 DMC3 DMC2

FWC 1 FWC 2
85 VU SDAC SDAC 86 VU

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 DISPLAY MANAGEMENT
COMPUTERS
• THREE IDENTICAL DISPLAY MANAGEMENT
COMPUTERES (DMCs) ACQUIRE AND PROCESS ALL THE
SIGNALS RECEIVED FROM SENSORS AND OTHER
COMPUTERS TO GENERATE THE IMAGES TO BE
DISPLAYED IN THE DISPLAY UNITS. (PFDs, NDs AND
ECAMs)
• EACH DMC HAS TWO INDEPENDENT CHANNELS , AN EFIS
CHANNEL AND AN ECAM CHANNEL.
• EACH DMC IS CAPABLE OF DRIVING SIMULTANEOUSLY
ONE PFD, ONE ND AND EITHER OF THE ECAMs
• IN CASE DMC 1 OR 2 IS FAULTY, THEN DMC 3 CAN BE
MANUALLY SELECTED.
• IF DMC FAILS, THE DISPLAY UNITS SHOW A DIAGONAL
LINE.
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FLIGHT WARNING COMPUTERS
• TWO IDENTICAL FWCs GENERATE WARNING AND
CAUTION MESSAGES, MEMOS, AURAL ALERTS AND
SYNTHETIC VOICE MESSAGES.
• FOR THIS PURPOSE, THEY ACQUIRE DATA:
– DIRECTLY FROM AIRCRAFT SENSORS OR SYSTEMS TO
GENERATE RED WARNINGS and
– TRHROUGH THE SDACs TO GENERATE AMBER CAUTIONS.
• ALSO, FLIGHT WARNING COMPUTERS GENERATE,
– RADIO ALTITUDE CALL OUTS and
– DECISION HEIGHT CALLOUTS
• IF BOTH FWCs FAIL, THEN THERE IS NO AUDIO
WARNINGS, ATTENTION GETTERS AND NO TEXT
MESSAGES IS DISPLAYED IN E /WD

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 SYSTEM DATA ACQUISITION
CONCENTRATOR (SDAC)
• TWO IDENTICAL SDACs ACQUIRE DATA FROM
VARIOUS SENSORS AND SYSTEMS AND GENERATE
VARIOUS OUTPUT SIGNALS.
• SOME OF THESE SIGNALS ARE USED FOR THE
GENERATION OF SYSTEM PAGES AND ENGINE
PARAMETERS.
• OTHER SIGNALS GO TO FLIGHT WARNING
COMPUTERS, WHICH USE THEM TO GENERATE ECAM
MESSAGES AND AURAL ALERTS (AMBER CAUTIONS).
• IF BOTH SDACs FAIL, THEN THERE IS NO AMBER
CAUTIONS DISPALYED AND THE SYSTEM PAGES,
FLT.CTL, WHEEL, FUEL AND ENGINE CAN ONLY BE
DISPLAYED (WITH LIMITED PARAMETERS).

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 PRIMARY FLIGHT DISPLAY
• THE PRIMARY FLIGHT DISPLAY (PFD) MAINLY
PROVIDES:
– ATTITUDE AND GUIDANCE INFORMATION
– AIR SPEED
– ALTITUDE (BARO AND RADIO)
– VERTICAL SPEED
– HEADING AND TRACK
– FMGS MODES (FLIGHT MODE ANNUNCIATOR)
– VERTICAL AND LATRAL DEVIATIONS
– RADIO NAVIGATION INFORMATION etc.

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 Vertical speed indications
PRIMARY FLIGHT
DISPLAY
Flight mode annunciator

Altitude indications

Airspeed indications

Heading indications Attitude indications

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 NAVIGATION DISPLAY
• NAVIGATION DISPLAY DISPLAYS
– AIRCRAFT HEADING AND TRACK
– HEADING DIAL
– GROUND SPEED AND TRUE AIRSPEED
– WIND DATA
– WEATHER RADAR IMAGES
– MAP WITH ACTUAL FLIGHT PLAN AND FLIGHT PATH
– TCAS TRAFFIC SYMBOLS etc.
• ND HAS THREE SELECTABLE OPERATIONAL MODES. THEY
ARE:
– ROSE MODE,
– ARC MODE and
– PLAN MODE

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 MODES OF ND
• IN ROSE MODE, FULL HEADING DIAL IS PRESENTED
ORIENTED TO THE AIRCRFAT’s PRESENT HEADING.
• ROSE MODE HAS THREE SUB MODES. THEY ARE:
– ROSE ILS
– ROSE VOR and
– ROSE NAV.
• ROSE ILS GIVES CLASSICAL HSI DISPLAY WITH LOCALISER
DEVIATION WITH RESPECT TO SELECTED ILS COURSE.
• ROSE VOR GIVES CLSSICAL HIS WITH VOR DEVIATION
WITH RESPECT TO SELECTED VOR COURSE
• ROSE NAV PRESENTS FLIGHT PLAN WITH AIRCRAFT
POSITIONED IN IT AND THE POSITION OF NAVIGATIONAL
AIDS.

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 Ground Speed and True Air
Speed ND
ROSE ILS MODE

Wind direction/speed

Selected ILS information

Localizer deviation bar

Glide deviaiton

ILS course pointer

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 ND
ROSE VOR MODE

VOR information

Lateral deviation bar

VOR course pointer

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 ND TO waypoint

ROSE NAV MODE

Range marks and values

Waypoint

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 ND MODES
• IN THE ARC MODE, THE HEADING AHEAD OF
THE AIRCRAFT IS ONLY SHOWN.
• IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE FLIGHT PLAN,
AIRCRAFT POSITION AND NAVIGATIONAL AIDS
ARE SHOWN.
• IN THE PLAN MODE, FULL HEADING DIAL IS
PRESENTED, BUT ORIENTED TOWARDS
GEOGRAPHICAL(TRUE) NORTH.
• IN THIS MODE, THE WEATHER RADAR IMAGES
AND TCAS TRAFFIC SYMBOLS ARE NOT
DISPLAYED.

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 TO waypoint
ND
ARC MODE
Range marks and values

Chronometer indication

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 WEATHER RADAR AND TCAS
INFORMATION ARE DISPLAYED IN
ROSE AND ARC MODES ONLY.

BLACK, YELLOW, GREEN, RED OR

MEGENTA COLURS ARE
DISPLAYED ACCORDING TO THE
PRECIPITATION.

NO IMAGE DUGING AVIONIC

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= NORMAL

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 = ABNORMAL

AWARENESS

NOT IMMEDIATE ACTION

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 = WARNING

IMMEDIATE CREW ACTION

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 EFIS COLOUR DEFINITION
• RED
– CONFIGURATION OR FAILURE REQUIRING IMMEDIATE
ACTION.
• AMBER
– CONFIGURATION OR FAILURE REQUIRING IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION BUT NO IMMEDIATE ACTION IS REQUIRED.
• GREEN
– NORMAL AND LONG TREM OPERATION. NO ACTION IS
REQUIRED.
• WHITE
• INDICATION OF ACTIONS TO BE CARRIED OUT DURING
ABNORMAL CONDITIONS. (SETTING THE CONTROL
KNOB OFF etc.)
• CYAN
– ACTIONS TO BE CARRIED OUT DURING NORMAL
CONDITIONS. (ACTIONS TO BE CARRIED OUT)

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 FWC FLIGHT PHASES
• FWC DIVIDES ITS FUNCTIONS ACCORDING TO
TEN FLIGHT PHASES.
• TO IMPROVE ITS OPERATIONAL EFFICACY
THE COMPUTER INHIBITS SOME OF THE
WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS IN CERTAIN
FLIGHT PHASES.
• IT DOES SO, TO AVOID ALERTING THE PILOTS
UNNECESSARILY AT TIMES, THEY HAVE HIGH
WORKLOADS, SUCH AS TAKE OFF AND
LANDING.

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ENGINE WARNING
DISPLAY
Upper part

Displays :
- the main engine parameters,
- the total Fuel on Board,
- and the slat/flap position

Lower part

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Warnings/Caution Messages
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 Memo Messages
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THE SYSTEMS AND STATUS DISPLAY (SD)
• THE SYSTEM / STATUS DISPLAY (SD) USES LOWER ECAM DU TO DISPLAY
– PAGES SHOWING SYNOPTIC DIAGRAMS OF THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS or
– THE STATUS PAGE
• THE SYSTEM PAGES THAT ARE DISPLAYED IN THE SD ARE:
– ENGINE (SECONDARY ENGINE PARAMETERS)
– BLEED (AIR BLEED)
– CABIN PRESS (CABIN PRESSURISATION)
– ELEC. (ELECTRICAL POWER)
– HYD (HYDRAULICS)
– FUEL
– APU (AUXILLARY POWER UNIT)
– COND (AIR CONDITIONING)
– DOOR / OXY (DOORS / OXYGEN)
– WHEEL (LANDING GEAR, BRAKING, GROUND SPOILORS etc.)
– F / CTL. (FLIGHT CONTROL)
– CRUISE (CAN NOT BE SELECTED FROM ECAM CONTROL PANEL)

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STATUS PAGE DISPLAY

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 Limitations
STATUS page Inoperative system

Maintenance status
Procedures

Information

Overflow arrow

Permanent data

Cancelled caution

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 An aircraft STATUS page may be displayed on the SD to check the
state of the aircraft. A NORMAL message is displayed to indicate that the
aircraft state is normal and that there are no inoperative systems.

Let’s see what the STATUS page looks like when things are not normal,
for example, following a system failure.

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 The SD is used to display particular system information. In the example
shown the CRUISE page is displayed. This is the page normally seen for the
majority of the time that the aircraft is airborne. Information, that is useful
during flight, from several systems is displayed.

CRUISE
Page

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 SWITCHING
Panel

EIS DMC Selector

ECAM/ND system selector

- DMC 1 supplies data to PFD 1, ND 1
and the upper ECAM Display Unit.
- DMC 2 supplies data to PFD 2, ND 2,
and the lower ECAM Display Unit.

DMC 3 replaces DMC 1.

DMC 3 replaces DMC 2.

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 SWITCHING
Panel

EIS DMC Selector

ECAM/ND system selector

Transfers the Status display to

either the Captain’s or the First
Officer’s Navigation Display.

Note : If both ECAM Display Units

fail, this selector can be used to
transfer the E/WD to either ND.

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 ATTENTION GETTERS
• THE FWCs DRIVE THE ATTENTION GETTERS.
• EACH PILOT HAS A SET OF THESE IN THE GLARESHIELD
PANEL
– A MASTER WARNING LIGHT FLSHING IN RED FOR
WARNINGS and
– A MASTER CAUTION LIGHT STEADY IN AMBER FOR
CAUTIONS.
• MASTER WARNING LIGHTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY AN
AURAL WARNING (CONTINOUS REPETITIVE CHIME,
SPECIFIC SOUNDS OR SYNTHETIC VOICE)
• MASTER CAUTION LIGHTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
SINGLE CHIME.

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 ATTENTION
GETTERS

MASTER WARN light

Flashes red with an aural warning

(continuous repetitive chime,
specific sounds or synthetic voice) MASTER CAUT light
for a level 3 warning.

The light extinguishes and the

aural warning stops when :
- the MASTER WARN pb sw is
pressed,
- or the warning situation is over,
- or the EMER CANC key is
pressed.

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 ATTENTION
GETTERS

MASTER WARN light

MASTER CAUT light

Illuminates amber for a level 2

caution with a single chime.

The light extinguishes when :

- the MASTER CAUT pb sw is
pressed,
- or the caution situation is over,
- or the EMER CANC key is
pressed.

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 TYPES OF FAILURES
• FAILURES ARE CLASSIFIED INTO THREE TYPES.
• INDEPENDENT FAILURES
– A FAILURE THAT AFFECETS AN ISOLATED SYSTEM OR ITEM OF
EQUIPMENT WITHOUT DEGRADING THE PERFORMANCE OF
OTHER EQUIPMENT OR SYSTEMS.
• PRIMARY FAILURES
– A FAILURE OF A SYSTEM OR AN ITEM OF EQUIPMENT THAT
CAUSES MALFUNCTION OR LOSS OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
SYSTEMS OR ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT WHICH DEPEND UPON IT..
– DISPLAYED WITHIN A BOX.
• SECONDARY FAILURES
– THE LOSS OF A SYSTEM OR AN ITEM OF EQUIPMENT
RESULTING FROM A PRIMARY FAILURE.
– DISPLAYED WITH A STAR MARK BEFORE THE FAULTY SYSTEM.

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INDEPENDENT FAILURES

PRIMARY
FAILURES

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SECONDARY FAILURES
CLASSIFICATION OF FAULTS IN
THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
• FAULTS ARE CLASSIFIED INTO THREE TYPES
ACCORDING TO THE SEVERITY. THEY ARE:
– CALSS 1 FAULTS
– CLASS 2 FAULTS and
– CLASS 3 FAULTS.
• CALSS 1 FAULTS:
– CLASS 1 FAULTS ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE
TYPES. THEY ARE:
• LEVEL 1 FAULTS
• LEVEL 2 FAULTS and
• LEVEL 3 FAULTS
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• LEVEL 3 FAULTS
– THIS LEVEL CORRESPONDS TO WARNINGS NEEDING
IMMEDIATE CREW ACTION.
– THE WARNINGS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH REPETITIVE
CHIME OR SPECIFIC SOUND, RED WARNING MESSAGE
IN EIS AND MASTER WARNING LIGHT FLASHING RED.
• LEVEL 2 FAULTS
– THIS LEVEL CORRESPONDS TO ABNORMAL
SITUATIONS NEEDING IMMEDIATE CREW ATTENTION
BUT NOT IMMEDIATE ACTION.
– LEVEL 2 WARNINGS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SINGLE
CHIME, MASTER CAUTION STEADY AMBER LIGHT AND
AMBER COLOUR CAUTION MEASSGES IN EIS.

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• LEVEL 1
– THIS LEVEL CORRESPONDS TO CAUTIONS.
– IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH ONLY CAUTION MESSAGES.
NORMALLY IT IS USED FOR FAILURES LEADING TO LOSS OF
REDUNDANCY OR SYSTEM DEGRADATION.
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• CLASS 2
– THESE FAILURES ARE INDICATED ON THE STATUS PAGE,
UNDER THE ITEM “MAINTENANCE”. THEY ARE ALSO
ACCESSIBLE THROUGH CFDS.
• CLASS 3
– THESE FAILURES ARE NOT INDICATED, BUT CAN BE
ACCESSED THROUGH CFDS.

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PFD / ND RECONFIGURATION
• IF A PFD FAILS, THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY
TRANSFERS THE PFD IMAGES TO THE ND.
• THIS TRANSFER CAN BE MADE MANUALLY BY:
– TURNING THE PFD ON / OFF SWITCH TO OFF or
– PUSHING THE PFD / ND XFR PUSH BUTTON, WHICH
CROSS CHANGES THE IMAGES BETWEEN THE PFD
AND ND.
• IF THE ND FAILS, THE PFD / ND XFR
PUSHBUTTON CAN BE USED TO TRANSFER THE
ND IMAGES TO PFD.

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 UPPER ECAM FAILS OR
IT IS PUT TO OFF
• IF THE UECAM DU FAILS OR SWITCHED OFF:
– THE E / WD PAGE AUTOMATICALLY REPLACES THE
SD PAGE IN THE LECAM.
• THE SD PAGE CAN BE DISPLAYED BY:
– USING THE ECAM / ND TRANSFER SWITCH ON THE
SWITCHING PANEL, SD CAN BE DISPLAYED IN ANY
ND or
– PUSHING AND HOLDING (FOR A MAXIMUM OF 3
MINUTES -REVISED), THE RELATED SYSTEM PAGE
PUSHBUTTON IN ECAM CONTROL PANEL TO DISPLAY
THE SD TEMPORORILY ON LECAM ( IN THE PLACE OF
E / WD)

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 LOWER ECAM FAILS OR
IT IS PUT TO OFF
• IF THE LECAM FAILS OR SWITCHED OFF,
THERE IS NO AUTOMATIC TRANSFER OF SD.
• THE SD CAN BE DISPLAYED BY
– USING THE ECAM / ND XFR SWITCH ON THE
SWITCHING PANEL TO DISPLAY THE SD IN ANY ND or
– PUSHING AND HOLDING (FOR A MAXIMUM OF 3
MINUTES - REVISED) THE RELATED SD PAGE PUSH
BUTTON ON ECAM CONTROL PANEL TO DISPLAY IT
TEMPORORILY ON UECAM (IN THE PLACE OF E / WD
PAGE)

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 FAILURE OF BOTH ECAMs
• IF BOTH ECAMs FAIL:
– THE ECAM / ND XFR SWITCH ON THE
SWITCHING PANEL CAN BE USED TO
DISPLAY THE E /WD PAGE IN THE ND or
– THE RELATED SYSTEM PAGE PUSH BUTTON
IN THE ECAM CONTROL PANEL CAN BE
PUSHED AND HOLD (FOR A MAXIMUM OF 3
MINUTES - REVISED) TO DISPLAY THE SD IN
THE ND.

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 AURAL WARNINGS
• VARIOUS TYPES OF AURAL WARNINGS ARE GENERATED
BY THE FWCs TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF CREW
DURING FAILURES.
• THE AURAL WARNINGS ARE SINGLE CHIME, REPETITIVE
CHIME, SYNTHETIC VOICES AND SPECIFIC SOUNDS.
• THE AURAL WARNINGS CAN BE CANCELLED BY “EMER
CANC” PUSH BUTTON ON THE ECAM CONTROL PANEL
OR
• THE MASTER WARNING PUSH BUTTON EXCEPT FOR
OVERSPEED OR L/G NOT DOWN WARNNGS.
• SOME OF THE AUDIO WARNINGS HAVE MAXIMUM TIME
DURATION AND SOME WARNINGS SOUND TILL
CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TAKEN.

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CENTRALISED FAULT
DISPLAY SYSTEMS
(CFDS)

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CENTRALISED FAULT DISPLAY
SYSTEM
• THE OBJECTIVE OF CFDS IS TO PROVIDE
WITH ECONOMIC, EFFICIENT AND EASY TO
USE MEANS OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE.
• CFDS IS THE MAN / MACHINE INTERFACE
FOR MAINTENANCE AND ALL THE THREE
LEVELS OF MAINTENANCE PRACTICES ARE
POSSIBLE VIZ.
– LINE MAINTENANCE LEVEL
– HANGAR LEVEL and
– WORKSHOP LEVEL

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 ADVANTAGES OF C F D S
• THE OBJECTIVES OF CFDS ARE:
– CENTRALISATION
– STANDARDISATION and
– SIMPLIFICATION

PARAMETERS PREVIOUS GEN. A/C A 320

ACESS TO MAINT. VARIOUS LOCATIONS SINGLE LOCATION
DATA (AVIONICS COMPART, (COCKPIT – MCDU)
COCKPIT etc.)
TYPES OF MAGENTIC INDICATORS ALPHANUMERIC
DISPLAY LIGHT EMITING DIODES DISPLAY IN MCDU
ALPHA NUMERIC DISP.
OPERATING VARIES FROM SYSTEM STANDARDISED
PROCEDURE TO SYSTEM THROUGH MCDU MENU
INTERPRETATION SPECIFIC TO EACH PLAIN ENGLISH (EASY)
VENDOR (DIFFICULT)

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 ADVANTAGES
• REDUCTION OF THE DURATION OF MAINTENANCE
TIME
• REDUCTION FOR THE MAINTENANCE CREW
TRAINING TIME
• SIMPLIFICATION OF TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
• STANDARDISATION OF EQUIPMENT
• REDUCED WEIGHT
• BLANK COMPUTER FRONT FACES
• NO MAINTENANCE PANEL IN COCKPIT and
• MESSAGES IN PLAIN ENGLISH

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 DISPLAYING FAULTS AND
INITIATING TESTS
• THE CFDS PROVIDES A CENTRAL MEANS TO
DISPLAY OR INTERROGATE THE BITES OF
VARIOUS ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND TO
INITIATE TESTS FROM MCDUs LOCATED IN
THE COCKPIT.
• THE INTELLIGENCE REQUIRED FOR
DETECTING THE FAILURES, PROCESSING THE
CORRESPONDING MAINTENANCE DATA AND
FORMATING THE FAILURE MESSAGES TO BE
DISPLAYED ON THE MCDUs IS INCLUDED IN
EACH AVIONICS SYSTEM’S BITE.

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COMPONENTS OF CFDS

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 DECENTRALISED INTELLIGENCE AND
CENTRALISED CONTROL AND DISPLAY
CFDS DOES
NOT
PERFORM
ANY
PROCESSING DETECTION MEMORISATION
AND DOES
NOT MODIFY PROCESS TRANSMISSION
THE
DIAGNOSIS
BITE
BY THE BITE

TEST COMMAND DISPLAY

MEMORISATION
CFDS
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DETECTION AND PROCESSING
• THE DETECTION OF FAILURES IS ONE OF THE
MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE BITE SYSTEM.
• THE DETECTION IS PERFORMED IN EACH
AIRCRAFT SYSTEM AND THE BITE REACTS TO
ANY INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL FAILURES,
AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM.
• PROCESSING MEANS, VALIDITY TESTING,
CONFIRMATION OF INTERMITTANT FAILURES
FORMAT CHANGING etc.

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 MEMORISATION AND
TRANSMISSION
• FAILURE DATA ARE MEMORISED
IN BOTH THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEM
BITE AND IN CFDIU.
• THE BITE OF EACH AIRCRAFT
SYSTYEM, CONTINOUSLY
TRANSMITS, FAILURE DATA TO
THE CFDIU.

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 DISPLAY AND TESTING
• ALL THE FAILURE DATA ARE
DISPLAYED ON THE CFDS IN EITHER
CLEAR LANGUAGE OR IN CODED FORM.
• ON REQUEST BY THE USER, THE CFDIU
SENDS COMMAND ORDERS TO THE
AIRCRAFT SYSTEM IN ORDER TO
INITIALISE TEST SEQUENCES.
• IN SOME OF THE SYSTEMS, AN
INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE IS INITIATED
WITH THE BITE DURING TEST.
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C F D S SYSTEM INSTALLATION

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DIFFERENT TYPES OF SYSTEMS
• SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN DIVIDED INTO THREE
CATEGORIES IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE COMPLEXITY.
• THE DIVISION HAS BEEN DONE ACCORDING TO THE
MODE OF INTERFACE OF BITES WITH THE CFDIU.
• THE INTERFACE IS DONE EITHER WITH ARINC 429
BUSES OR DISCRETE BUSES OR BOTH.
• THE CLASSIFICATION OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS ARE:
– TYPE I SYSTEMS
– TYPE II SYSTEMS and
– TYPE III SYSTEMS

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 SYSTEMS CLSSIFICATION

TYPE I SYSTEMS
SINGLE B TYPE II SYSTEM
I
COMPUTER
T B
E I
T

C E

MULTI
A
B
F
COMPUTER C I
T
SYSTEM
B
E D B
I
T
I E

DUPLICATED
SUB SYS 1
SYSTEM BITE
U TYPE III SYSTEM
SUB SYS 2 BITE

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 TYPE I SYSTEMS
• TYPE I SYSTEMS ARE CONNECTED TO THE CFDIU VIA AN ARINC
429 INPUT BUS AND HAS AN ARINC 429 OUTPUT BUS.
• TYPE I SYSTEMS ARE FURTHER DIVIDED INTO:
– SINGLE COMPUTER SYSTEMS
– MULTI COMPUTER SYSTEMS and
– DUPLICATED COMPUTERS SYSTEMS
• THESE SYSTEMS CAN MEMORISE FAILURE DATA OF LAST 64
FLIGHTS.
• MOST OF THE SYSTEMS ARE PROVIDED WITH THIS TYPE OF
INTERFACE.
• THESE SYSTEMS ENABLE PERMANENT TRANSMISSION TO THE
CFDIU OF MAINTENANCE MESSAGES GENERATED AND AN
OPERATOR CAN ENTER INTO AN INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH
THE BITE DURING TESTING, ON GROUND.

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 TYPE I SYSTEM
CLASSIFIACTION
• SINGLE COMPUTER
THIS TYPE OF SYSTEMS HAVE ONLY ONE COMPUTER
INTERFACED WITH THE CFDIU IN TYPE I FASHION.
• MULTI COMPUTER SYSTEM
ONE OF THE COMPUTERS IN THE SYSTEM
CONCENTRATES MAINTENANCE DATA FROM
DIFFERENT COMPUTERS’ BITES AND PROVIDES
THE LINK WITH THE CFDIU.
• DUPLICATED SYSTEM
A DUPLICATED SYSTEM INCLUDES TWO DIFFERENT
SUB SYSTEMS IN THE SAME COMPUTER.

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 TYPE II SYSTEMS
• THESE SYSTEMS HAVE AN INTERFACE OF ARINC
429 OUTPUT BUS TO THE CFDIU AND HAS AN
INPUT OF DISCRETE LINES FROM CFDIU.
• THESE SYSTEMS TRANSMIT IN THEIR OUTPUT
LINES, THE MAINTENANCE MESSAGES
GENERATED BY THE SYSTEM BITES.
• THROUGH THE INPUT DISCRETE LINES, THE
OPERATOR CAN INITIATE TESTS ON GROUND
AND OBTAIN THE RESULT IN THE OUTPUT ARINC
429 BUS.
• THESE SYSTEM BITES CAN NOT MEMORISE DATA
BEYOND PREVIOUS FLIGHT.

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 TYPE III SYSTEMS
• THESE SYSTEMS ARE CHARACTERISED BY AN INPUT /
OUTPUT INTERFACE WITH THE CFDIU OF THE
DISCRETE / DISCRETE TYPE.
• THESE SYSTEMS TRANSMIT ONLY THE OPERATING
STATUS AS OK OR NOT OK IN THE OUTPUT DISCRETE
LINE.
• ON GROUND, THE OPERATOR CAN INITIATE THE TEST
THROUGH THE INPUT DISCRETE LINE.
• CFDIU CODES THE CORRESPONDING MAINTENANCE
MESSAGE IN PLAIN ENGLISH.
• THERE IS NO MEMORY ASSOCIATED WITH TPYE III
SYSTEM BITE.

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 AIRCRAFT
INTEGRATED DATA
SYSTEM
(A I D S)

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AIRCRAFT INTEGRATED DATA
SYSTEM
• A.I.D.S. IS ONE OF THE POWERFUL
TOOLS FOR COLLECTING AND
PROCESSING DIGITAL PARAMETERS
IN AIRCRAFT. IT DOES:
• AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE MONITORING
• ENGINE CONDITION MONITORING
• APU CONDITION MONITORING
• PARAMETERS CALL OUT IN REAL TIME and
• ON REQUEST DATA REPORTING.

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AIDS AND SIMILAR SYSTEMS

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AIDS FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS

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 ARINC 429, AN INTRODUCTION
• DIGITAL WORD CAN BE TRANSMITTED
IN TWO WAYS. THEY ARE:
– SERIAL COMMUNICATION and
– PARALLEL COMMUNICATION
• IN SERIAL COMMUNICATION, EACH BIT
OF BINARY WORD IS TRANSMITTED
SERIALLY, ONE AT A TIME.
• IN PARALLEL COMMUNICATION, ALL
BITS OF THE WORD ARE TRANSMITTED
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
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 ARINC 429
• ARINC IS A CORPORATION OWNED BY THE
SCHEDULED AIRLINES OF U.S.A.
• SERIAL TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION IN
DIGITAL FORMAT ARE DEFINED BY ARINC
SPECIFICATION 429.
• ARINC 429 DEFINES, THE AIR TRANSPORT
INDUSTRIES’ TRANSFER OF DIGITAL DATA
BETWEEN AVIONIC SYSTEM ELEMENTS. (IN
AND OUT OF AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND WITHIN
THE SYSTEMS)

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 ARINC 429
• ARINC COMMUNICATION IS UNI DIRECTIONAL
ONLY. i.e INFORMATION FLOWS FROM SOURCE TO
SINK ONLY.
• IF BI DIRECTIONAL DATA TRANSFER IS REQUIRED,
THEN TWO PAIRS OF CABLES ARE USED.
• THE ARINC BUS CONSISTS OF A PAIR OF TWISTED
AND SHIELDED CABLES. (TWISTED TO AVOID
CROSS TALK AND SHIELDED TO REDUCE NOISE)
• ARINC 429 ENCODES, THE INFORMATION TO BE
TRANSMITTED INTO, A 32 BIT DIGITAL FORMAT.
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 ARINC 429
• MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RECEIVERS (SINK) THAT
CAN BE CONNECTED TO ONE ARINC 429 LINE IS
20.
• THE GAP BETWEEN TWO ARINC 429 WORDS
TRANSMISSION IS 4 BITS.
• THE TRANSMITTED VALUES ARE REFRESHED AT
DIFFERENT AND FIXED INTERVALS.
• THE HI AND LO OF DIGITAL SIGNALS ARE
DETERMINED BY COMPARING, THE VOLTAGE
LEVELS OF ONE WIRE TO ANOTHER.
• THE SPEED OF LO SPEED ARINC 429
TRANSMISSION IS 12 TO 14.5 KBITS / SEC.
• THE SPEED OF HI SPEED LINE IS 100 KBITS / SEC.
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ARINC 429 WORD DEFINITION

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 FLIGHT PHASE DETECTION
• DMU DIVIDES THE FLIGHT LEG INTO 13 LOGICAL
SEGMENTS. (FWC DIVIDES INTO 10 SEGMENTS)

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AUTOMATIC FLIGHT
SYSTEM
(A F S)

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 AUTO FLIGHT SYSTEM
• THE AUTO FLIGHT SYSTEM (AFS) OF
AIRBUS A 320 COMBINES THE
AUTOMATIC PILOT SYSTEM AND THE
FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
• IT HELPS TO
– REDUCE THE WORKLOAD OF THE CREW
– INCREASE SAFETY OF THE FLIGHT and
– IMPROVE THE REGULARITY OF THE FLIGHT

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 OUTLINE OF THE SYSTEM
• FLIGHT MANAGEMENT AND GUIDANCE
SYSTEM
– FLIGHT MANAGEMENT
• COMPLETE NAVIGATION
• PREDICTION AND OPTIMISATION OF PERFORMANCE
• FLIGHT PLAN MANAGEMENT and
• INFORMATION DISPLAY
– FLIGHT GUIDANACE
• AUTO PILOT COMMAND
• FLIGHT DIRECTOR COMMAND and
• AUTO THRUST COMMAND.
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 FLIGHT AUGMENTATION
SYSTEM
• YAW DAMPING
• RUDDER TRIM
• RUDDER TRAVEL LIMITING
• FLIGHT ENVELOPE PROTECTION
• SPEED COMPUTATION and
• BITE FUNCTION

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 GENERAL PHILOSOPHY
• FMGS PROVIDES PREDICTIONS OF FLIGHT TIME,
DISTANCE, SPEED, ECONOMY PROFILES AND ALTITUDE.
• DURING COCKPIT PREPARATION, A FLIGHT PLAN IS
INSERTED FROM ORIGIN TO DESTINATION VIA MCDU.
• THE FLIGHT PLAN INCLUDES THE DEPARTURE AND
ENROUTE WAYPOINTS, ARRIVAL, APPROACH, MISSED
APPROACH AND ALTERNATE ROUTE AS SELECTED
FROM THE NAVIGATION DATABASE.
• THE FMGS PRODUCES, OPTIMUM VERTICAL AND
LATERAL FLIGHT PROFILES AND PREDICTS THE
PROGRESS ALONG THE ENTIRE FLIGHT PATH.

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 FLIGHT GUIDANCE
• THE FLIGHT GUIDANCE PART OF FMGS HAS THE FOLLOWING
FUNCTIONS:
– AUTO PILOT
– FLIGHT DIRECTOR and
– AUTO THRUST
• THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF FLIGHT GUIDANCE MODES. THEY
ARE:
– MANAGED GUIDANCE
• IN THIS MODE, AIRCRAFT IS DIRECTED ALONG THE LATRAL, VERTICAL
AND SPEED PROFILES ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT PLAN ENTERED INTO
MCDU. FMGC COMPUTES THE GUIDANACE TARGETS.
– SELECTED MODE
• IN THIS MODE, AIRCRAFT IS DIRECTED ACCORDING TO THE TARGET
VALUES SELECTED INTO THE FCU (13 VU).
• SELECTED GUIDANCE HAD PRIORITY OVER MANAGED
GUIDANACE.

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 FCU PHILOSOPHY
• THE PUSH ACTION IN THE FCU KNOBS ENGAGES THE
MANAGED MODE.
• THE WINDOWS IN THE FCU DISPLAY DASHES IN MANAGED
MODE (EXCEPT THE ALTITUDE WINDOW).
• A WHITE LCD SPOT ALSO COMES ON IN EACH FCU
WINDOW TO SHOW THE MANAGED MODE.
• IF THE KNOB IS ROTATED SLIGHTLY, THEN THE PRESENT
VALUE COMMANDED BY FMGC WILL BE DISPLAYED FOR 16
SECONDS IN THE SPD / MACH WINDOW AND 45 SECONDS IN
OTHER WINDOWS.
• THE KNOB CAN BE ROTATED TO SELECT A TARGET VALUE
AND PULLED TO ENABLE THE SELECTED GUIDANCE.
• IN SELECTED GUIDANCE, THE TAGET VALUES ARE
DISPLAYED IN THE WINDOW.

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 MODES OF OPERATION OF
FMGC
• FMGC HAS THREE MODES OF OPERATION. THEY ARE:
– DUAL MODE (NORMAL MODE)
– INDEPENDENT MODE (EACH FMGC BEING CONTROLLED BY ITS
OWN MCDU) and
– SINGLE MODE (USING SINGLE FMGC ONLY)
• DUAL MODE
EACH FMGC COMPUTES ITS OWN COMPUTATIONS AND
EXCHANGE THE DATA WITH THE OTHER THROUGH A CROSS
TALK BUS.
• ONE FMGC IS THE MASTER AND THE OTHER IS THE SLAVE.
SOME DATA FOR THE SLAVE COMES FROM THE MASTER .
• ALL THE DATA INSERTED INTO ANY ONE MCDU IS
TRANSFERRED TO BOTH FMGCs AND ALL PERIPHERALS.
• THE RESULTS OF BOTH FMGCs ARE COMPARED AND
DESCREPENCY IF ANY IS INDICATED IN MCDU.

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 MASTER / SLAVE LOGIC
• IF ONE AUTOPILOT IS ENGAGED, THE RELATED FMGC
IS THE MASTER.
– IT USES THE ONSIDE FLIGHT DIRECTOR FOR GUIDANCE
– IT CONTROLS THE AUTO THRUST and
– IT CONTROLS FMA 1 AND FMA 2
• IF BOTH AUTOPILOTS ARE ENGAGED, FMGC 1 IS THE
MASTER.
• IF NO AUTOPILOT IS ENGAGAED AND
– IF FD1 PUSHBUTTON IS ON, THEN FMGC 1 IS THE MASTER
– IF FD 1 PUSHBUTTON IS OFF, AND FD 2 PB IS ON, THEN
FMGC 2 IS THE MASTER
• IF NO AP OR FD IS ENGAGED, THEN AUTO THRUST IS
CONTROLLED BY FMGC 1

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 INDEPENDENT MODE
• THE SYSTEM SELECTS THIS DEGRADED MODE
AUTOMATICALLY IF THERE IS A MAJOR MISMATCH
BETWEEN THE TWO FMGCs (DATABASE
INCOMPATIBILITY, OPERATIONS PROGRAM
INCOMPATIBILITY etc.)
• BOTH FMGCs WORK INDEPENDENTLY AND ARE LINKED
ONLY TO PERIPHERALS ON THEIR OWN SIDES OF THE
FLIGHT DECK. (ONSIDE PERIPHERALS)
• WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE MESSAGE “INDEPENDENT
OPERATION” APPEARS IN THE SCRATCH PAD.
• IN OREDER TO HAVE BOTH AP AND FD RECEIVE
SIMILAR ORDERS, SAME ENTRIES SHOULD BE MADE IN
BOTH MCDUs.

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 SINGLE MODE
• THE SYSTEM SELECTS THIS DEGRADED MODE
AUTOMATICALLY IF ANY ONE OF THE FMGCs FAILS.
• THE REMAINING FMGC DRIVES ALL THE PERIPHERALS.
(ANY ENTRY IN ONE MCDU, GOES TO BOTH MCDUs)
• WHEN ONE FMGC FAILS, THE CORRESPONDING MCDU
DISPLAYS “OPP FMGC IN PROGRESS”
• THE ND ON THE SIDE WITH THE FAILED FMGC HAS TO
BE SET TO THE SAME RANGE AND MODE AS THE OTHER
ND.
• OTHERWISE, THE ND DISPLAYS “SELECT OFFSIDE
RANGE / MODE” IN AMBER

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 THE FMGC DATA BASE
• THE DATABASE AVAILABLE IN THE FMGC HAS THREE
FIELDS. THEY ARE:
– ADDITIONAL DATABASE (DEFINED BY CREW)
– NAVIGATION DATABASE (LOADED BY EXTERNEL DEVICE)
and
– INTERNAL (OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE) DATABASE
(NON MODIFIABLE - DEFINED BY THE MANUFACTURER)
• THE NAVIGATION DATABASE IS TO BE UPDATED ONCE
IN 28 DAYS THROUGH EXTERNAL DEVICE (52 VU)
• LOADING THE NAVIGATION DATABASE IS DONE
SEPERATELY FOR BOTH FMGCs AND IT TAKES ABOUT 20
MINUTES FOR EACH FMGC.

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 FMGC DATA BASE
• THE NAVIGATION DATABASE IS USED FOR
– CREATION OF FLIGHT PLANS
– TUNING OF NAVIGATIONAL AIDS
– COMPUTATION OF AIRCRAFT POSITION and
– PERFORMING FUEL PLANNING.
• THE PERFORMANCE DATABASE IS USED FOR PREDICTION
AND OPTIMISATION OF AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE.
• PERFORMANCE DATABASE HAS AERODYNAMIC AND
ENGINE MODELS STORED IN IT.
• THE CREW MODIFIABLE DATABASE IS TEMPORORY IN
NATURE AND 20 WAYPOINTS, 20 NAV AIDS, 10 RUNWAYS
AND 3 COMPANY ROUTES CAN BE STORED TO
CONSTRUCT A FLIGHT PLAN.

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MULTI PURPOSE CONTROL AND DISPLAY UNIT (MCDU)

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 MCDU
• MCDU IS A CATHODE RAY TUBE THAT GENERATES 14
LINES OF 24 CHARACTERS EACH.
• THERE IS A TITLE LINE WHICH GIVES THE NAME OF THE
CURRENT PAGE
• THERE ARE SIX LABEL LINES, EACH OF WHICH NAMES OF
THE DATA DISPLAYED JUST BELOW IT. (ON THE DATA
FILED LINE)
• THERE ARE SIX DATA FIELD LINES, THAT DISPLAY THE
COMPUTED DATA OR DATA INSERTED USING THE KEYPAD.
• THE LAST LINE IS CALLED SCRATCH PAD LINE WHICH
DISPLAYS:
– SPECIFIC MESSAGES AND
– INFORMATION ENTERED BY MEANS OF KEYPAD AND THIS CAN
BE MOVED TO ONE OF THE FIELDS BY THE LINE SELECT KEYS.

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 FLIGHT MODE ANNUNCIATOR (FMA)
• THE FMA IS IN THE TOP PORTION OF PFD AND IT SHOWS THE
AUTOTHRUST, VERTICAL AND LATERAL MODES OF
AUTOPILOT AND FLIGHT DIRECTOR, APPROACH CAPABILITIES
AND ENGAGEMENT STATUS OF AP, FD AND AUTO THRUST.
• AFTER EACH MODE CHANGE, THE FMA DISPLAYS A WHITE
BOX AROUND THE NEW ANNUNCIATOR FOR 10 SECONDS.
• IN THE FIRST THREE COLUMNS, AUTO THRUST OPERATION,
VERTICAL MODES AND LATERAL MODES ARE DISPLAYED.
– THE FIRST LINE SHOWS THE ENGAGAED MODES IN GREEN OR
MAGENTA
– THE SECOND LINE SHOWS THE ARMED MODES IN BLUE OR
MAGENTA
– THE THIRD LINE DISPLAYS SOME SPECIAL MESSAGES IN RED OR
AMBER (9 SECONDS FLASHING AND THEN STEADY
– )(MAGENTA COLOUR SHOWS THAT THE MODE IS ARMED OR ENGAGED BECAUSE OF A
CONSTRAINT)

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FLIGHT MODE ANNUNCIATOR

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 FMGC FLIGHT PHASES
• THERE ARE SEVEN FLIGHT PHASES DETECTED
BY FMGC. THEY ARE:

– PREFLIGHT
– TAKE OFF
– CLIMB
– CRUISE
– DESCEND
– APPROACH OR GA
– DONE

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 AIR DATA AND
INERTIAL
REFERENCE SYSTEM
(A D I R S)

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 AIR DATA AND INERTIAL
REFERENCE SYSTEM
• ADIRS SUPPLIES TEMPERATURE, BAROMETRIC AND
INERTIAL PARAMETERS TO EFIS SYSTEM(PFD and
ND) AND OTHER USER SYSTEMS (FMGC,
FADEC,SEC,ELAC, FACFWC, ATC,GPWS,CFDIU etc.)
• THE SYSTEM INCLUDES THREE IDENTICAL AIR
DATA INERTIAL REFERENCE UNITS (ADIRUs)
• AND EACH ADIRU IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS,
EITHER OF THEM CAN WORK SEPERATELY IN CASE
OF FAILURE IN THE OTHER.

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 ADR and IR
• THE AIR DATA REFERENCE (ADR)
– SUPPLIES BAROMETRIC ALTITUDE,
AIRSPEED, MACH, ANGLE OF ATTACK,
TEMPERAURE AND OVERSPEED WARNINGS.
• THE INERTIAL REFERENCE
– SUPPLIES ATTITUDE, FLIGHT PATH VECTOR,
TRACK, HEADING, ACCELERATIONS,
ANGULAR RATES, GROUND SPEED AND
AIRCRAFT POSITION
» ADIRS IS CONFINED TO ARINC 738
SPECIFICATIONS

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PROBES AND SCHEMATIC

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 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
CAPT. MAIN INST. F / O MAIN INST.

HONEYWELL HG 1150 AC

FMGC
INERTIAL REFERENCE USERS
PROCESSING (IR) OF IR
INFO
DISCRETS

AC POWER

CDU PWR DC SUPPLY

ADIRS USERS
AIR DATA REFERENCE (ADR) OF
CDU
ADR
DISCRETES INFO.

ADM POWER
ADMHYDERABAD
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L STATIC R STATIC PITOT AOA TOT
ADIRS CDU

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COMMUNICATION
SYSTEMS

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NAVIGATION
SYSTEMS

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ELECTRICAL POWER
SYSTEM

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FIRE PROTECTION
SYSTEM

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ICE AND RAIN
PROTECTION
SYSTEMS

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