Information Systems Flashcards
The ATC control system operates through the Air Traffic Control Data Link application hosted in?
CPIOM-D1
The datalink application collects/exchanges data with?
A/C systems (aircraft parameters), The printer, The ATC centres and flight crew through various human machine interfaces.
Where is the avionics communication router application hosted?
In CPIOM-D3
What are the human-machine interfaces the ATC data collects/exchanges data with?
- CPT + FO ‘ATC MSG’ and loudspeakers indicate the arrival of a message
- CPT + FO KCCUs to type, file or manage messages
- ‘ATC COM’ page shown on MFDs 1 and 2 show system information
How many functions does the data link application include?
Six Functions
What does the CPDLC function enable?
Dialogue between the flight crew and ATC by managing uplink and downlink messages
What does the ADS function enable?
Generates surveillance-data reports for transmissions to ATC centres.
What does the ATIS function enable?
The flight crew request and obtain information about terminal areas
What are the communication means used by ATC worldwide data link application?
High frequency data radio, VHF data radio, SATCOM and the ACARS network.
What do the Aircraft Environmental Surveillance Unit (AESUs) enable?
They give the data link application with TCAS status.
What aircraft systems interface with the ATC data link application?
- Clock
- ADIRUs
- FMCs
- CVR
- OMS
- FWS
How are the cockpit crew warned that a message has arrived?
Two visual ‘ATC MSG’ P/B annunciators and an aural attention getter ‘RING’
The clock gives the ATC data link application date and time, how is it linked?
From the ADCN through and IOMA
How is the printer and OMS connected to the data link application?
They are in the Open world so they are linked through a secure communication interface before going through the ADCN
The CVR records ATC messages along side voice recordings, how is it linked to the ATC Data Link?
The only system that is directly linked
