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Pilot’s Guide for the Cirrus SR2x with Cirrus Perspective by Garmin
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SYSTEM STATUS
During power-up, TAWS-B conducts a system test of its alerting capabilities. The system test can also be
manually initiated. A single chime is issued at test completion. TAWS-B system testing is disabled when
ground speed exceeds 30 knots.
System Condition
PFD/MFD Alert
Annunciation
TAWS-B Page
Annunciation
Voice Alert
System Test in Progress
TAWS TEST
None
System Test Pass
None
None
Single Chime
TAWS System Test Fail
TAWS FAIL
“TAWS System Failure”
Table 6-24 TAWS-B System Test Status Annunciations
Manually testing the TAWS-B System:
1)
Select the TAWS-B Page.
2)
Press the
MENU
Key (Figure 6-163).
3)
Select ‘Test TAWS System’ and press the
ENT
Key to confirm the selection.
Figure 6-163 TAWS-B Page Menu
TAWS-B continually monitors several system-critical items such as database validity, hardware status, and
GPS status. If the terrain/obstacle database is not available, the voice alert
“TAWS System Failure”
is generated
along with the ‘TAWS FAIL’ alert annunciation.
TAWS-B requires a 3-D GPS navigation solution along with specific vertical accuracy minimums. Should the
navigation solution become degraded or if the aircraft is out of the database coverage area, the annunciation
‘TAWS N/A’ is generated in the annunciation window and on the TAWS-B Page. The voice alert
“TAWS Not
Available”
is generated. When the GPS signal integrity is restored and the aircraft is within the database
coverage area, the voice alert
“TAWS Available”
is generated.