SERVICE BULLETIN
PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) UNIT
MOD DOT 9 REQUIRED FOR NAND RECORDERS
AVIATION RECORDERS
100 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota, Florida 34232
Telephone: 941-371-0811 Facsimile: 941-377-5591
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PI SB005 R1
Date: September 19, 2013
BULLETIN NO. PI SB005 Rev. 1
Table 1. Recorder Mod Dot Status with NAND Memory
Recorder Type
Mod Dot Number
CVR
Mod Dot 14
CVDR
Mod Dot 13
FDR
Mod Dot 13
For CVR and CVDR applications with NAND memory, the audio data file extensions
in the Portable Interface (PI) Unit have been modified for partial and full audio down-
load. When the NAND CVR is partially downloaded (34 minutes or less), the CVR
file extension in the Portable Interface (PI) Unit will be .cvr. When the NAND CVR is
fully downloaded (35 minutes or more), the CVR file extensions in the Portable Inter-
face (PI) Unit will be .crr.
The file extension for non
−
modified CVRs (older units with NOR memory), remains
as .cvr for all audio downloads.
Downloaded files with the .crr extension may be converted into .wav files in the
same manner as the .cvr files. The following are three L
−
3 AR software products
that include the file conversion utilities:
1.
ROSE (Read Out Support Equipment) software p/n 17TES0321, Version 4.7
and higher.
2.
ADLP (Audio Data Link Player) software p/n 17TES0436, Version 3.3 and high-
er.
3.
CVR Audio Utility (CVRUtil.exe), Version 1.1 and higher. Contained on ROSE
Utility CD Bundle p/n 883E1894-01.
Contact L-3 AR Product Support for details on obtaining the software items listed
above.
D.
Approval
This Service Bulletin contains no modification information that revises the approved
configuration and therefore does not require governmental or other regulatory
agency approval.
The document reference is online, please check the correspondence between the online documentation and the printed version.
