ECAM Control Panel

Question 1

If the UPPER DISPLAY knob is switched to OFF what will occur?

Answer 1

 The E/WD display would automatically transfer to the “lower” display.

Question 2

With the E/WD displayed on the “lower” screen, what steps should be taken to view SD information?

Answer 2

Press and hold the appropriate system button on the ECAM CONTROL panel. The information selected will be available for 30 seconds.

Question 3

What does the ALL pushbutton do?

Answer 3

 Displays ALL the system pages successively in 1-second intervals when held down
 Release the pushbutton to maintain display of the selected page

Question 4

What does pressing the RCL pushbutton do?

Answer 4

- Allows the flight crew to review any warning or caution messages that the CLR pushbutton or flight phase inhibition may have suppressed
- If held longer than 3 seconds, the E/WD will show any caution messages suppressed by the EMER CANC pushbutton

Question 5

If the STS pushbutton is pressed and the system has no STATUS messages, what will be displayed?

Answer 5

 “NORMAL” for 5 seconds

Question 6

What occurs during the Before Takeoff Flow when the T.O. CONFIG pushbutton is pressed?

Answer 6

- The system simulates the application of takeoff power and checks certain systems for proper configuration
- A warning is displayed if a system is not configured properly
- “TO CONFIG NORMAL” is displayed in the TO MEMO section if the
configuration is correct

Question 7

Describe the FO Preliminary Cockpit Preparation actions on the ECAM control panel.

Answer 7

- Recall – check old warnings
- DOORS – check oxygen quantity
- HYD – check quantity
- ENG – check oil quantity

Question 8

Should the ECAM control panel fail, what functions are available as hard- wired buttons?

Answer 8

 CLR, RCL, STS, EMER CANC and ALL

Question 9

What does the EMER CANC accomplish?

Answer 9

- Cancels the audio for warning messages (without removing any ECAM message)
- Cancels the present caution for the rest of the flight
- Calls up the STATUS page, which displays “CANCELLED CAUTION” and the TITLE of the failure
- Inhibited message can be recalled by holding RCL for more than three
seconds

Question 10

What is the purpose of having the EMER CANC pushbutton?

Answer 10

 Used to cancel spurious MASTER CAUTIONS