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OPERATION MANUAL 

 
 

XPDR/DME/TCAS/ADS-B/TIS/UAT 

TEST SET 

IFR 6000 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for IFR 6000

Page 1: ...XPDR DME TCAS ADS B TIS UAT TEST SET IFR 6000 Operation Manual www valuetronics com ...

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Page 3: ...s Inc 2019 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher Original Printing Mar 2005 Revision 500 Feb 2021 www valuetronics com ...

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Page 5: ...iance all external cables must be 3 meters or less in length Nomenclature Statement In this manual Test Set or Unit refers to the IFR 6000 XPDR DME TCAS ADS B TIS UAT Test Set Product Warranty Refer to http www viavisolutions com en us warranty information for the Product Warranty information www valuetronics com ...

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Page 7: ... DC TERMINAL Terminal that may supply or be supplied with DC voltage AC TERMINAL Terminal that may supply or be supplied with AC or alternating voltage EQUIPMENT GROUNDING PRECAUTION Improper grounding of equipment can result in electrical shock USE OF PROBES Check the specification s for the maximum voltage current and power ratings of any connector on the Test Set before connecting it with a pro...

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Page 9: ...Conformity Certificate included with the Unit should remain with the Unit VIAVI recommends the operator reproduce a copy of the Declaration of Conformity Certificate to be stored with the Operation Manual for future reference www valuetronics com ...

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Page 11: ...ping 1 4 Section 5 Storage 1 5 Appendix A Connector Pin Out Tables Appendix B Metric British Imperial Conversion Table with Nautical Distance Conversions Appendix C Factory Power Up Presets Appendix D Abbreviations Appendix E Breakout Box Appendix F Transponder Configurations Appendix G Mode S Address Blocks Product Specific List Appendix H Mode S Address Blocks Complete List Appendix I Signal For...

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Page 13: ...Refer all servicing of unit to qualified technical personnel ORGANIZATION This manual is divided into the following Chapters and Sections CHAPTER 1 OPERATION Section 1 DESCRIPTION and Quick Start for operators familiar with avionics systems Section 2 OPERATION installation description of controls connectors and i ndicators performance evaluation and operating procedures Section 3 SPECIFICATIONS Se...

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Page 15: ... 8 DME Setup Direct Connect 1 1 2 10 2 9 DME Setup Antenna Coupler Connect 1 1 2 11 2 10 DME Testing 1 1 2 11 2 11 TCAS TAS Setup Antenna 1 1 2 12 2 12 TCAS TAS Testing 1 1 2 13 2 13 TIS Setup Antenna 1 1 2 14 2 14 TIS Setup Direct Connect 1 1 2 15 2 15 TIS Testing 1 1 2 15 2 16 UAT MON 1 1 2 16 2 17 UAT FIS B GEN 1 1 2 18 2 18 UAT TIS B GEN 1 1 2 19 2 19 UAT ADS B GEN 1 1 2 20 SECTION 2 OPERATION...

Page 16: ...sory Circular 1 2 4 57 4 5 6 ADS B GEN 1 2 4 63 4 5 7 GICB General 1 2 4 77 4 5 8 GICB Mode 1 2 4 77 4 6 UAT General 1 2 4 102 4 6 1 UAT Setup 1 2 4 102 4 6 2 FIS B GEN 1 2 4 103 4 6 3 TIS B GEN 1 2 4 107 4 6 4 TIS B GEN Data 1 2 4 109 4 6 5 ADS B GEN 1 2 4 109 4 6 6 ADS B GEN Data 1 2 4 112 4 6 7 ADS B MON 1 2 4 112 4 6 8 GPS Status 1 2 4 123 4 7 DME 1 2 4 124 4 7 1 Setup 1 2 4 125 4 8 TCAS Mode ...

Page 17: ...021 TABLE OF CONTENTS cont Title Chapter Section Subject Page SECTION 3 SPECIFICATIONS 1 3 SECTION 4 SHIPPING 1 4 1 Shipping Test Sets 1 4 1 1 1 1 Information 1 4 1 1 1 2 Repacking Procedure 1 4 1 1 SECTION 5 STORAGE 1 5 www valuetronics com ...

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Page 19: ...Directional Antenna 1 2 2 6 Breakout Box Front View 1 2 2 6 Breakout Box Top View 1 2 2 7 Breakout Box Bottom View 1 2 2 7 TCAS Protection Volume 1 2 4 35 Typical TCAS II Display 1 2 4 37 Recommended Test Locations 1 2 4 54 TIS Operation Flow Chart 1 2 4 131 Suggested Layout to Reduce Multipath Errors 1 2 4 153 Ramp Testing 1 2 4 154 Repacking Procedure 1 4 1 1 www valuetronics com ...

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Page 21: ...eld Valid Data 1 2 4 41 ARA Field Valid Data 1 2 4 42 CVC Field Display Data 1 2 4 48 VRC Field Display Data 1 2 4 48 CHC Field Display Data 1 2 4 48 HRC Field Display Data 1 2 4 48 ESB Field Display Data 1 2 4 49 ARA Field Valid Data 1 2 4 50 RAC Field Valid Data 1 2 4 51 TYPE Subfield Code Definitions DF 17 or 18 1 2 4 61 MOVEMENT Subfield in ADS B Surface Position Messages 1 2 4 67 Lateral Axis...

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Page 23: ...ed Checking Unpacked Equipment Inspect the equipment for damage incurred during shipment If the equipment has been damaged report the damage to VIAVI Check the equipment against the packing slip to see if the shipment is complete Report all discrepancies to VIAVI IFR 6000 with Standard Accessories DESCRIPTION PART NUMBER QTY IFR 6000 72422 1 Power Supply 67366 1 Antenna 112684 1 Breakout Box 64580...

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Page 25: ...N ADS B GICB ADS B GEN TIS and UAT XPDR Auto Test provides a full FAR Part 43 Appendix F test All normal user verified parameters are displayed on one screen Parametric tests include ERP MTL Pulse Widths and Spacings Separate screens for display of primary Elementary and Enhanced Surveillance parameters Predetermined user selectable XPDR config files allow different classes of ATCRBS and Mode S tr...

Page 26: ...rrent technologies and improvements VIAVI has met all FAA requirements and recommends that the user of this type of equipment review the appropriate FAR or contact the manufacturer of their particular model of transponder to ensure that proper procedures are followed Eurocontrol and the JAA have also incorporated new regulations for Mode S Elementary and Enhanced Surveillance These requirements in...

Page 27: ...t is receiving replies XPDR Mode or replying to interrogations DME Mode CTRS Adjusts display contrast BKLT Adjusts display backlight RANGE Increases DME range and TCAS start range RANGE Decreases DME range and TCAS start range RATE Increases DME and TCAS rate RATE Decreases DME and TCAS rate FREQ Frequency channel selection for DME Mode only RF LVL RF level setting for DME Mode only XPDR Selects X...

Page 28: ... type based on the part number of the antenna Selections are 7005 5840 500 91771 112684 with GPS NOTE There are three types of antenna available 7005 5840 500 antenna type has a different set of default gain values The ANTENNA TYPE setting only needs to be changed when installing an antenna that does not match the current setting 2 Press INFO soft key 3 Press RECALL DEFAULT soft key 2 3 XPDR SETUP...

Page 29: ... I G H T T O P 5 0 0 f t 1 0 0 f t B O T T O M 5 0 0 f t 0 0 f t A N T C A B L E L E N 6 f t A N T G A I N d B i A N T C A B L E L O S S 1 8 d B 0 9 6 G H z 7 5 C O U P L E R L O S S 0 8 d B 1 0 3 G H z 7 1 U U T A D D R E S S A U T O 1 0 9 G H z 6 1 MA N U A L A A 1 2 3 4 5 6 P W R L I M F A R 4 3 D I V T E S T O N R A D 4 7 O F F C H E C K C A P Y E S D E C O D E R T E S T O N B A T 2 5 H r P R ...

Page 30: ...rective for civil aviation where the reply pulse width is between 0 35 to 0 55 us and amplitude variation droop is not greater than 1dB Set to ON if applicable 2 4 XPDR SETUP AND TESTING DIRECT CONNECT STEP PROCEDURE 1 Connect long RF coaxial cable between the aircraft antenna feeder cable and Test Set RF I O Connector 2 Power On Aircraft and configure aircraft for weight off wheels 3 Power Up Pre...

Page 31: ...Set RF I O Connector 3 Power On Aircraft and configure aircraft for weight off wheels 4 Power Up Press the POWER Key to power the Test Set Press SETUP Control Key to display setup screens Continue pressing SETUP Control Key to cycle to SETUP XPDR Screen Use NEXT PARAM and PREV PARAM Soft Keys to select each parameter 5 Select RF PORT Select DIR W COUPLER 6 Select CPL CABLE LOSS Set to loss found o...

Page 32: ...OCEDURE 3 To run a complete FAR Part 43 Appendix F Test press RUN TEST Soft Key to start Auto Test When Auto Test completes a PASS or FAIL indication is displayed at the top of the screen 4 Most UUT parameters requiring user verification are displayed on the Auto Test Screen 5 VST and FS discretes To verify status ensure UUT is in airborne state prior to running test Run test and confirm that VS a...

Page 33: ...s minutes and seconds 7 Select ADS B GEN Set DF17 or DF18 extended squitters to be generated 8 Select ADS B MON Set DF17 or DF18 extended squitters to be monitored 9 Select GICB Set DF20 or DF21 to be requested with GICB protocol 2 6 2 ADS B MON STEP PROCEDURE 1 Press XPDR Mode Key until ADS B GICB UAT MAIN menu is displayed B AT 2 5 H r A D S B M O N G I C B A D S B G I C B U AT M A I N A D S B G...

Page 34: ...5 H r 1 0 5 A I R B O R N E P O S E N A B L E D 2 0 6 S U R F AC E P O S E N A B L E D 3 0 8 I D E N T C AT E N A B L E D 4 0 9 A I R B O R N E V E L E N A B L E D 5 6 1 A C S T AT U S S T 1 E N A B L E D 6 6 1 A C S T AT U S S T 2 E N A B L E D 7 6 2 T S S S U B T Y P E 0 E N A B L E D 8 6 2 T S S S U B T Y P E 1 E N A B L E D 9 6 5 A C O P S T AT U S A I R E N A B L E D 1 0 6 5 A C O P S T AT U ...

Page 35: ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L AT 3 7 3 9 0 N L O N G 9 7 2 5 4 8 W P O S G L O B AL N I C B 1 T N U T C S U R V E IL L A N C E S T AT U S N O IN F O B A R O P R E S A L T 1 2 6 7 0 0 f t G N S S A L T N A N I C 5 R c 1 n m 1 8 5 2 m R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T G I C B B D S 0 5 N E X T T E S T R E T U R N 2 6 5 ADVISORY CIRCULAR STEP PROCEDURE 1 Press XPDR Mode Key until ADS B GICB Main Menu is displayed...

Page 36: ...z 7 5 D IR C A B L E L E N 2 5 F T 1 0 3 G H z 7 1 D IR C A B L E L O S S 4 5 d B 1 0 9 G H z 6 1 C O U P L E R L O S S 0 8 d B 1 1 5 G H z 5 0 M A X R A N G E 2 0 0 0 0 n m 1 2 2 G H z 2 8 P R E V P A R A M 5 Select RF PORT Set to ANTENNA 6 Select ANT RANGE Set to line of sight distance from IFR 6000 antenna and UUT antenna 7 Select ANT CABLE LOSS Set to cable found on cable 8 Select ANT GAIN Set...

Page 37: ...ETUP DME Screen Use NEXT PARAM and PREV PARAM Soft Keys to select each parameter 5 Select RF PORT Set to DIR W COUPLER 6 Select CPL CABLE LOSS Set to loss found on cable 7 Select COUPLER LOSS Set to loss found on coupler 2 10 DME TESTING STEP PROCEDURE 1 Press DME Mode Select Key to display DME ModeTest Screen All DME test data is displayed on this screen B AT 2 5 H r R E P L Y 1 0 0 E C H O O F F...

Page 38: ...T G A I N d B i S Q U IT T E R S O N 1 0 3 G H z 7 1 AL T R E P O R T I N G O N 1 0 9 G H z 6 1 D I S P L A Y E D AL T R E L AT I V E T E S T S E T A A A 9 2 4 9 3 B AT 2 5 H r R E P L Y P A R A M N E X T P A R A M S E T U P T C A S D I A G P R E V P A R A M S T O R E R E C A L L 5 Select RF PORT Set to ANTENNA 6 Select ANT RANGE Set to setup range from antenna 7 Select ANT HEIGHT Set to setup hei...

Page 39: ...M 3 Select TCAS TYPE Set to TCAS II NOTE If testing a TCAS I system set to TCAS I If testing a TAS system set to TAS 4 Select REPLY Set to 100 5 Select INTRUDER TYPE Set to ATCRBS or Mode S 6 Select RANGE START Set to 8 nm 7 Select RANGE RATE Set to 300 kts 8 Select ALT START Set to 200 ft 9 Select CONVERGE Set to ON 10 Select ALT DETECT Set to ON 11 Press RUN TEST Soft Key to start test 12 Verify...

Page 40: ... 6 f t 1 0 3 G H z 7 1 AN T C A B L E L O S S 1 8 d B 1 0 9 G H z 6 1 U U T AD D R E S S AU T O M A N U AL A A 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 Press SETUP Control Key to display setup screens Press SETUP Control Key to display SETUP TIS Screen Use NEXT PARAM and PREV PARAM Soft Keys to select each parameter 6 Select RF PORT Set to ANTENNA 7 Select ANT RANGE Set to setup range from IFR 6000 antenna to UUT Antenna 8 ...

Page 41: ... R O X P R O X T R F C AD D R 3 A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 N 1 2 3 4 5 T S C R 5 T S D R 1 AL T 1 2 6 7 0 0 f t T IS S T AT U S C O N N E C T IN G I N F O 0 0 0 0 R U N T E S T P R E V P A R A M N E X T P A R A M T IS 2 Use NEXT PARAM and PREV PARAM Soft Keys to select each of the following parameters TARGETS Sets the number of simulated targets 0 to 5 UUT HDG Provides entry for UUT Heading in degr...

Page 42: ... PROCEDURE 3 Press UAT MON soft key to display the UAT ADS B MON screen B AT 2 5 H r O R D A A P T C A D D R Q U AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R U N T E S T M O N L I S T U AT A D S B MO N R E T U R N G P S S Y N C 4 Press RUN TEST soft key to start the test Press the MON LIST soft key to display the data of the selected aircraft B AT 2 5 H r O R D A A P T C A D D R Q U AL 1 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 6 5 4 3 2 2 0...

Page 43: ...gh the valid payloads of the message type displayed Press NEXT DATA to display the next message type A D D Q U AL A D S B I C AO P T C 2 A A 3 2 1 4 A A 1 4 4 1 2 2 5 2 N IC 7 A G S T AT E S U B S O N I C U T C C P L D Y E S L AT 3 7 3 7 2 4 0 0 N F B C O D E 7 L O N 9 7 2 7 3 6 0 0 W S O U T H V E L O C IT Y 3 1 1 k t s W E S T V E L O C IT Y 2 3 6 k t s B A R O V E R T R AT E 6 4 f t m i n B A R...

Page 44: ... r 1 F I S B 2 T I S B 3 A D S B S E L E C T U AT G E N L IS T R E T U R N G P S S Y N C 4 Select FIS B then press SELECT soft key to display the UAT FIS B GEN screen Press PREV PARAM and NEXT PARAM soft keys to navigate through the parameters Press the RUN TEST soft key to start the test B AT 2 5 H r R E P O R T ME T AR S T N K I C T D A Y T I M E 0 3 0 1 0 0 Z D AT A 1 7 0 1 8 G 2 3 K T 1 0 S M ...

Page 45: ... G P S S Y N C 4 Select TIS B then press SELECT soft key to display the UAT TIS B GEN screen Press PREV PARAM and NEXT PARAM soft keys to navigate through the parameters Press STORE DATA soft key to store or recall setups Press the RUN TEST soft key to start the test B AT 2 5 H r T AR G E T S 5 U U T H D G 0 d e g 1 2 3 4 5 B R G d e g 0 0 0 0 0 R N G n m 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AL T 1 0 0 f t 0 0 0 0...

Page 46: ... E T U R N G P S S Y N C 4 Select ADS B then press SELECT soft key to display the UAT ADS B GEN screen Press PREV PARAM and NEXT PARAM soft keys to navigate through the parameters Press STORE DATA soft key to store or recall setups Press the RUN TEST soft key to start the test B AT 2 5 H r T AR G E T S 5 U U T H D G 0 d e g 1 2 3 4 5 B R G d e g 0 0 0 0 0 R N G n m 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AL T 1 0 0 f...

Page 47: ...battery should be charged every three months minimum or disconnected for long term inactive storage periods of more than six months The Battery must be removed when conditions surrounding the Test Set are 20 C or 60 C 1 4 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS The following safety precautions must be observed during installation and operation VIAVI assumes no liability for failure to comply with any safety precaution...

Page 48: ...ERY RECHARGING Refer to 1 2 1 Figure 1 STEP PROCEDURE 1 Connect AC Line Cable to either AC PWR Connector on the DC Power Supply and an appropriate AC power source Suitable DC power source 2 Connect the DC Power Supply to the DC POWER Connector on the IFR 6000 3 Verify the CHARGE Indicator illuminates yellow 4 Allow four hours for battery charge or until the CHARGE Indicator illuminates green NOTE ...

Page 49: ...oft lint free cloth If dirt is difficult to remove dampen cloth with water and a mild liquid detergent 2 Remove grease fungus and ground in dirt from surfaces with soft lint free cloth dampened not soaked with isopropyl alcohol 3 Remove dust and dirt from connectors with soft bristled brush 4 Cover connectors not in use with suitable dust cover to prevent tarnishing of connector contacts 5 Clean c...

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Page 52: ... USB HOST Connector 37 USB DEVICE Connector 38 Altitude Encoder Connector 39 AUX IN Connector 40 RS 232 Connector 41 REMOTE Connector ALTITUDE ENCODER Connector 38 ANT Connector 31 AUX IN Connector 39 AUX OUT Connector 1 31 AUX OUT Connector 2 33 AUX OUT Connector 3 34 AUX OUT Connector 4 35 BACKLIGHT Key 19 CHARGE Indicator 21 CONTRAST Key 25 DC POWER Connector 3 DECREMENT SELECT Data Key 26 Disp...

Page 53: ...upgrades Contains RS 232 USB Host and USB Peripheral connections altitude encoder inputs and SYNC outputs 7 Display LCD 38 characters by 16 lines for main screen display with Soft Key boxes at the bottom of the screen 8 Multi Function Soft Keys Legends for the five soft keys are displayed in boxes at the bottom of the Display LCD screen 9 XPDR MODE Select Key Selects Transponder Auto Test Screen I...

Page 54: ... slew cursor toward the MSB Most Significant Bit of the data field Example When DME or TCAS range is selected the slew cursor can be moved from the 1 0 nm unit to the 10 nm 0 1 nm or 0 01 nm unit 28 SELECT DATA UNIT LSB Key This Key moves the slew cursor toward the LSB Least Significant Bit of the data field Example When DME or TCAS range is selected the slew cursor can be moved from the 1 0 nm un...

Page 55: ...DE ENCODER Connector Interface for external encoding altimeter 39 AUX IN Connector Not Used 40 RS 232 Connector Used for remote control interface software update and test data dump 41 REMOTE Connector Used to interface with the IFR 6000 www valuetronics com ...

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Page 59: ... O W E R U P S E L F T E S T P E R F O R M I N G P O W E R O N S E L F T E S T P L E A S E W A I T 2 If the self test fails the SETUP SELF TEST Screen automatically appears The SETUP SELF TEST Screen will indicate which functions have failed or passed the test B AT 2 5 H r C O N T S E T U P S E L F T E S T C F R A M _ P A S S P P C C O M _ P A S S C F F L _ P A S S P P C R A M _ C F C P L D _ P A ...

Page 60: ...6 0 d B m MT L 7 3 1 d B m A C O D E 1 2 3 4 C AL T 3 5 0 0 0 f t S C O D E 1 2 3 4 S AL T 3 5 0 0 0 f t T A IL N 1 2 3 4 5 D F 1 7 D E T E C T E D N O F L T ID A A 5 0 A A A C 3 4 2 1 5 3 0 3 2 0 4 1 F S 5 N O AL E R T S P I I N A I R V S I N A I R C O U N T R Y U n i t e d S t a t e s R U N T E S T T E S T L I S T X P D R A U T O T E S T C O N F I G C O N F IG G E N E R I C MO D E S A N T E N N ...

Page 61: ... B AT 2 5 H r C A L I B R A T I O N Enter Password 2 5 1 3 4 3 4 RS 232 SETUP STEP PROCEDURE 1 Press RS232 Soft Key to display the RS 232 Screen B AT 2 5 H r P R E V P A R A M S E T U P R S 2 3 2 B A U D R A T E 1 1 5 2 0 0 F L O W C O N T R O L X 0 N X O F F P A R I T Y N O N E D A T A B I T S 8 S T O P B I T S 1 R E T U R N N E X T P A R A M www valuetronics com ...

Page 62: ...IT S d B m U N IT S M E T E R S R E MO T E O P E R AT IO N R S 2 3 2 A N T E N N A T Y P E O L D 7 0 0 5 5 8 4 0 5 0 0 I N F O N E X T P A R A M 2 Press H W TOOLS Soft Key to display the Hardware Tools Screen B AT 2 5 H r R S 2 3 2 C A L S E T U P H A R D W A R E T O O L S S N 1 0 3 0 0 9 9 9 9 M U L T I F U N C T I O N B O A R D R E V 0 R F B O A R D R E V 0 C P U B O A R D R E V 0 R E T U R N S ...

Page 63: ...S B _ K E Y P AD _ F P G A _ B AT _ C F P P C F L _ R F L O _ R T C _ R F L O O P _ E E P R O M _ R F V I D E O _ R E T U R N D IS C O N N E C T AL L C A B L E S B E F O R E R U N N I N G 4 Press RUN TEST Soft Key to initiate the Self Test 5 Verify that all the modules assemblies pass the Self Test If the Self Test indicates a failure contact VIAVI Customer Service for additional information Telep...

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Page 65: ...llance test capability allows decode and display of GICB derived BDS register contents primary parameters only ADS B provides flight line test capability for receiving decoding and displaying full DO 260 A B DF17 extended squitter transmissions from Mode S transponders or DF18 extended squitters from 1090 MHz emitters Capability to generate full DO 260 A B DF17 18 extended squitter transmissions f...

Page 66: ...racteristics of each functional mode of the Test Set B AT 2 5 H r P R E V P A R A M S E T U P G E N E R A L H W T O O L S P W R D O W N 1 0 mi ns E R P U N IT S d B m U N IT S M E T E R S R E MO T E O P E R AT IO N R S 2 3 2 A N T E N N A T Y P E 7 0 0 5 5 8 4 0 5 0 0 I N F O N E X T P A R A M STEP PROCEDURE 1 Press SETUP Select Key until SETUP GENERAL Screen is displayed 2 Set following parameter...

Page 67: ... Key to display XPDR Auto Test Screen B AT 2 5 H r X P D R C O N F IG I N F O 1 G E N E R I C A T C R B S 2 A T C R B S C L A S S A 3 A T C R B S C L A S S B 4 G E N E R I C M O D E S 5 M O D E S C L A S S A 6 M O D E S C L A S S B 7 M O D E S C L B O P T F R E Q 8 M O D E S C L B O P T P W R R E T U R N Eight predefined Configurations are provided to determine the PASS FAIL limits applied to ERP ...

Page 68: ... f t 1 0 0 f t B O T T O M 5 0 0 f t 0 0 f t A N T C A B L E L E N 6 f t A N T G A I N d B i A N T C A B L E L O S S 1 8 d B 0 9 6 G H z 7 5 C O U P L E R L O S S 0 8 d B 1 0 3 G H z 7 1 U U T A D D R E S S A U T O 1 0 9 G H z 6 1 MA N U A L A A 1 2 3 4 5 6 P W R L I M F A R 4 3 D I V T E S T O N R A D 4 7 O F F C H E C K C A P Y E S D E C O D E R T E S T O N B A T 2 5 H r P R E V P A R A M S E T ...

Page 69: ...Enter parameters for BOTTOM and TOP antenna if installation has diversity capability NOTE Antenna Range is 6 to 250 ft or 2 0 to 75 0 m UNITS parameter on SETUP GENERAL Screen determines feet or meters STEP PROCEDURE PWR LIM FAR 43 OR MOD43 FAR 43 uses limits in accordance with FAR 91 413 Part 43 Appendix F MOD 43 removes upper ERP limits and lower MTL limits CHECK CAP YES or NO If YES default is ...

Page 70: ...RAD47 ON or OFF NOTE RAD47 is an Australian directive for civil aviation where the reply pulse width is between 0 35 to 0 55 us and amplitude variation droop is not greater than 1dB Set to ON if applicable DECODER TEST ON or OFF When OFF the Decoder Test is not run 3 Press XPDR Mode Key to return to XPDR Auto Test Screen SETUP TEST DATA The Setup Test Data Screen allows storage and recall of all t...

Page 71: ... BACK SPACE Soft Key to delete the selected character 6 When name is complete press ENTER Soft Key to store name and display SETUP TEST DATA Screen 7 Press XPDR Mode Key to return to XPDR Auto Test Screen STEP PROCEDURE Data Recall Procedure 1 Press SETUP Select Key until SETUP XPDR Screen is displayed Press TEST DATA Soft Key to display SETUP TEST DATA Screen 2 Use DATA Keys to select required st...

Page 72: ...en Mode S UF Tests Run based on XPDR Level Level 1 UF0 4 5 11 16 20 21 Level 2 UF0 4 5 11 16 20 21 Level 3 UF0 4 5 11 16 20 21 24 UELM Level 4 UF0 4 5 11 16 20 21 24 UELM STEP PROCEDURE 1 Follow CONFIG selection procedure 1 2 4 3 1 2 Press SELECT ANTENNA Soft Key to select TOP or BOTTOM antenna to be tested Antenna selected in XPDR Setup Screen is displayed by default R E P L I E S F R E Q MH Z T ...

Page 73: ...en in agreement STEP PROCEDURE C ALT Mode C altitude displayed 100 ft resolution S ALT Mode S altitude displayed 25 or 100 feet resolution obtained from DF4 NOTE Mode C altitude is compared to Mode S altitude Modes C and S altitudes Pass when in agreement of 100 ft TAIL Aircraft tail number decoded from Mode S discrete address obtained from Mode S All Call DF11 NOTE Some countries have encoded the...

Page 74: ...oduction Auto Test Screen is the primary test screen The complete Auto Test contains up to 19 additional test screens The Test Set displays blank data fields when first powered up While the Test Set remains powered the last test results are displayed STEP PROCEDURE 1 Press TEST LIST Soft Key to display Test List When a Mode S configuration is selected the test list is displayed over two screens Wh...

Page 75: ...4 D 2 D 1 D E C O D E R I N N E R L O W A P A S S C P A S S D E C O D E R I N N E R H I G H A P A S S C P A S S D E C O D E R O U T E R L O W A P A S S C P A S S D E C O D E R O U T E R H I G H A P A S S C P A S S S L S 0 d B A P A S S C P A S S S L S 9 d B A P A S S C P A S S R E T U R N PASS C A L T 1 0 0 0 0 0 f t A 4 A 2 A 1 B 4 B 2 B 1 C 4 C 2 C 1 D 4 D 2 XPDR A C Decoder SLS Test XPDR A C De...

Page 76: ...nformation is shown in binary format MSD to LSD A4 A2 A1 A B4 B2 B1 B C4 C2 C1 C D4 D2 Press Return to go back to the XPDR TEST LIST or NEXT TEST to perform the next test on the list B AT 2 5 H r R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T X P D R A C S P A C W D T H N E X T T E S T F 1 W I D T H A 0 3 0 0 u s C 0 4 5 0 u s F 2 W I D T H A 0 4 0 0 u s C 0 6 0 0 u s F 1 F 2 A 2 0 3 0 0 u s C 2 0 3 0 0 u s R E P ...

Page 77: ...ines if an ATCRBS or Mode S transponder is being tested Pulse Amplitude Variation The Test Set interrogates with Mode A and C interrogations 6 dB above MTL The test verifies all pulses in the Mode A and C replies are within a 2 dB amplitude window minimum to maximum Replies outside the 2 dB window result in a FAIL indication and are identified by an arrow B AT 2 5 H r R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T...

Page 78: ...ted configuration Refer to Appendix F NOTE ERP and MTL Upper limits specified in selected configuration file are not applied during radiated test The configuration file upper limits are in accordance with RTCA DO181C which are based on maximum feeder cable loss of 3 dB and measurement at the antenna port ERP and MTL Upper limits are only applied when directly connected to UUT or end of feeder cabl...

Page 79: ...g DF11 replies are received The test verifies reply jitter values difference between shortest and longest reply delay Reply jitter changes in reply delay is 0 08 s for ITM Mode A and C Measurements outside this tolerance result in a FAIL and are identified by an arrow ITM Reply Ratio The Test Set interrogates UUT with a Mode S All Call 6 dB above MTL verifying DF11 replies are received The test ve...

Page 80: ...lt in a FAIL and are identified by an arrow NOTE Range delay is 2 03 ns ft 6 67 ns m calculated from the values in the Setup Menu Reply Jitter The Test Set interrogates UUT with UF4 6 dB above MTL verifying reply is received with the same address and correct format The test verifies reply jitter values difference between shortest and longest reply delay Reply jitter changes in reply delay is 0 08 ...

Page 81: ... replies are 99 the test indicates PASS For Antenna Connect when P5 level is set at 12 dB and replies are 90 the test indicates a PASS When P5 level is set at 3 dB and replies are 10 the test indicates PASS NOTE Because interrogation with SLS at 12 dB is sent at MTL 12 dB SLS Test must be run within 95 feet 28 96 meters of UUT antenna being tested Reply Ratio The Test Set interrogates UUT with UF4...

Page 82: ...N O T C A S S E N S L E V E L R E P O R T E D R I 1 2 A IR S P E E D 3 0 1 T O 6 0 0 K N O T S A C 0 3 A 0 0 1 6 4 0 1 0 7 0 0 F T MO D E C AL T C O M P A R E P A S S A A A C 3 4 2 1 5 3 0 3 2 0 4 1 D F 1 1 A D D R E S S C O MP A R E P A S S R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T X P D R U F O N E X T T E S T R E T U R N PASS UF0 Test The UF0 Short Air to Air Surveillance Test performs these functions Veri...

Page 83: ...es must agree within 100 ft Address is compared with address reported during Mode Test NOTE AC field blanks out if invalid data is received for that field Testing FS Flight Status ICAO amendment 77 transponders only reply to Mode S discrete interrogations when installation is in ground state Refer to para 1 2 4 4 2 for UUT ADDRESS and MANUAL AA settings B AT 2 5 H r D F 5 F S 0 N O AL E R T N O S ...

Page 84: ...ine SI support NOTE When a single code fails the code is displayed When more than one code fails the range of codes are displayed An arrow identifies a FAIL The multi site lockout protocol is utilized in conjunction with an II code to verify lockout not accept any Mode S only All Call time If lockout time is 18 sec 1 sec PASS is displayed FAIL is displayed if lockout time is outside this window Th...

Page 85: ... UF16 are received only if an active TCAS II system is installed Testing VS Vertical Status ICAO amendment 77 transponders only replies to Mode S discrete interrogations when installation is in ground state Refer to para 1 2 4 4 2 for UUT ADDRESS and MANUAL AA settings B AT 2 5 H r D F 2 0 F S 3 A L E R T N O S P I O N G R O U N D D R 0 N O D O W N L IN K R E Q U E ST U M 0 I D S 0 I I S 0 MB 3 0 ...

Page 86: ...S T R E T U R N PASS UF21 Test UF21 Long Surveillance Identity Test performs these functions Verifies replies to Mode S UF21 interrogations and compares discrete address with DF11 Decodes and displays DF21 data fields Displays MB message field in HEX Compares Mode S Identity Code to Mode A Squawk Code The Test Set interrogates with UF21 Comm A altitude request RR 17 long reply DI 7 RRS 0 requestin...

Page 87: ...digits No reply to the UELM Test sequence does not fail Mode S in Auto Test NOTE BDS 1 0 Datalink Capability Report determines the level of transponder under test If level 3 is reported test is not run and NOT CAPABLE is displayed B AT 2 5 H r R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T X P D R E L E M E N T S U R V 1 N E X T T E S T B D S 1 0 S U B N E T W O R K V E R 1 E N H P R O T I N D L V L 2 4 S P E C S ...

Page 88: ...5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 0 A 2 0 2 1 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 8 5 0 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 F 6 0 B D S 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B D S 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B D S 1 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B D S 1 B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B D S 1 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B D S 2 0 F L I G H T I D U A 6 6 1 B D S 3 0 A R A 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R A C 1 0 1 0 R A T 0 R E T U R N PA...

Page 89: ... 9 DF20 reply BDS register content displayed as 14 HEX digits Each bit set indicates capability supported for BDS 3 9 to 7 0 Specific Services GICB Capability Report BDS 1 A BDS 1 A Interrogates with UF4 RR 17 DI 7 and RRS 10 DF20 reply BDS register content displayed as 14 HEX digits Each bit set indicates capability supported for BDS 7 1 to A 8 Specific Services GICB Capability Report BDS 1 B BDS...

Page 90: ...option is required NOTE BDS Data Items not available are identified by displaying N A in the data field NOTE If Check Cap is enabled BDS 1 7 is verified to confirm availability of BDS 4 0 BDS 5 0 BDS 6 0 Aircraft Vertical Intention BDS 4 0 The Test Set Interrogates with UF4 RR 20 DI 7 RRS 0 decodes DF20 reply and displays vertical intent report data NOTE ADLP Air Data Link Processor must be instal...

Page 91: ...T S O U R C E Altitude Encoder Altitude Encoder performs these functions Decodes and displays altitude in feet and binary code grey code from encoding altimeters Altitude Encoding altimeter is connected via user manufactured cable to Remote Connector Altitude is decoded and displayed in feet and binary lines are monitored and displayed as A4 A2 A1 B4 B2 B1 C4 C2 C1 D4 D2 A logic 0 is displayed by ...

Page 92: ...ial cable between the aircraft antenna feeder cable and Test Set RF I O Connector 2 Power On Aircraft and configure aircraft for weight off wheels 3 Power Up Press the POWER Key to power the Test Set Press SETUP Control Key to display setup screens Continue pressing SETUP Control Key to cycle to SETUP XPDR Screen Use NEXT PARAM and PREV PARAM Soft Keys to select each parameter 4 Select RF PORT Set...

Page 93: ...d set to MANUAL and enter in MANUAL ADDRESS Mode S all calls do not work when the aircraft is on the ground NOTE It is advisable to use the Antenna Shield or disconnect and terminate UUT antenna not being tested This will prevent uninhibited transmission that may affect ATC operations 3 Power On Aircraft and configure aircraft for weight off wheels 4 Power Up Press the POWER Key to power the Test ...

Page 94: ...T at altitude causing false RA s and TA s The 20 dB isolation of the antenna shield may cause various tests to fail which is normal 4 4 9 OVER THE AIR SIMULATED ALTITUDE TEST PROCEDURE UUT Aircraft Altitude Reporting System Airfield Altitude Pumped Up STEP PROCEDURE 1 Press XPDR Mode Key to display XPDR Auto Test Screen Test Set displays results of last XPDR Auto Test if run since last Power up 2 ...

Page 95: ...o its interrogation from the aircraft and range is measured by the time it takes for the radar to receive the interrogation response The antenna beam becomes wider as the aircraft get farther away making the position information less accurate Additionally detecting changes in aircraft velocity requires several radar sweeps that are spaced several seconds apart In contrast a system using ADS B crea...

Page 96: ...ude will use the Global algorithm BDS 0 6 requires a local LAT and LONG to resolve CPB positional algorithm ambiguity With LOCAL selected simulated or decoded Latitude and Longitude BDS 0 5 and BDS 0 6 will use the local algorithm which requires a local LAT and LONG to be entered to resolve CPR positional algorithm ambiguity LAT Local Latitude of UUT in Degrees Minutes and Seconds East or West LON...

Page 97: ...to display CONFIRM Screen 4 Press YES Soft Key to confirm overwrite SETUP STORE NAME Screen is displayed Store name can be blank 5 Use DATA Keys to select the character line Use DATA Keys to select desired character 6 Press CHAR SELECT Soft Key to add selected character to the end of name string Press BACK SPACE Soft Key to delete the selected character 7 Press ENTER Soft Key to store name and dis...

Page 98: ...subsystem TEST SCREEN DESCRIPTIONS ADS B MON BDS 0 5 A V A I L B AT 2 5 H r B D S 0 5 A I R B O R N E P O S T Y P E 1 4 D F 1 7 A A 3 A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 C O U N T 1 0 0 0 M E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P E R I O D 1 0 0 S L AT 3 7 3 9 0 N L O N G 9 7 2 5 4 8 W P O S G L O B AL N I C B 1 T N U T C S U R V E IL L A N C E S T AT U S N O IN F O B A R O P R E S A L T 1 2 6 7 0 0 f t G N S S A L...

Page 99: ...orizontal Protection Limit DO 260 Indications Refer to Table 17 ADS B MON BDS 0 6 A V A I L B AT 2 5 H r B D S 0 6 S U R F A C E P O S T Y P E 8 D F 1 7 A A 3 A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 C O U N T 1 0 0 0 M E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P E R I O D 1 0 0 0 S L AT 3 7 3 9 0 0 N L O N G 9 7 2 5 4 8 W MO V ME N T 2 k t s T N U T C H D G 2 3 0 d e g P O S G L O B A L N I C 7 R c 0 2 n m 3 7 0 4 m R U N T ...

Page 100: ...OPPED 0 125 1 Kt 1 2 Kt 2 15 Kt 15 70 Kt 70 100 Kt 100 175 Kt 175 Kt DECELERATING ACCELERATING BACKING UP Indications DO 260B Refer to Table 18 T Time Sync to UTC Indications N UTC Not UTC UTC HDG Heading Indications 0 to 357 Degrees or N A if HDG Status not valid POS Position Decode Indications GLOBAL if Global LAT LONG not entered in ADS B GICB setup menu LOCAL if Local LAT LONG is entered in AD...

Page 101: ...75 m NIC 9 0 0 Rc 0 1 NM 185 25 m NIC 8 8 1 1 Rc 0 2 NM 370 4 m NIC 7 1 0 Rc 0 3 NM 555 6 m NIC 6 0 1 Rc 0 6 NM 1111 2 m 0 0 Rc 0 1 NM 1111 2 m or unknown NIC 0 9 Not Present 0 0 Airborne Position Message Rc 7 5 m NIC 11 10 0 0 Rc 25 m NIC 10 11 1 1 Rc 75 m NIC 9 0 0 Rc 0 1 NM 185 25 m NIC 8 12 0 0 Rc 0 2 NM 370 4 m NIC 7 13 0 1 Rc 0 3 NM 555 6 m NIC 6 0 0 Rc 0 5 NM 925 6 m 1 1 Rc 0 6 NM 1111 2 m ...

Page 102: ...igation Integrity Category NIC 19 0 Not Applicable Reserved Not Applicable Not Applicable 1 4 Airborne Velocity Message 5 7 Reserved 20 Not Present 0 0 Airborne Position Message Rc 75 m NIC 11 21 0 0 Rc 25 m NIC 10 22 0 0 Rc 25 m or unknown NIC 0 TYPE Subfield Code Definitions DF 17 or 18 for DO 260B Table 17a www valuetronics com ...

Page 103: ...sage Rc 7 5 m NIC 11 6 0 Rc 25 m NIC 10 7 1 Rc 75 m NIC 9 0 Rc 0 1 NM 185 2 m NIC 8 8 0 Rc 0 1 NM 185 2 m or unknown NIC 0 9 Not Present 0 Airborne Position Message Rc 7 5 m VPL 11 m NIC 11 10 0 Rc 25 m VPL 37 5 m NIC 10 11 1 Rc 75 m VPL 112 m NIC 9 0 Rc 0 1 NM 185 2 m NIC 8 12 0 Rc 0 2 NM 370 4 m NIC 7 13 1 Rc 0 6 NM 1111 2 m NIC 6 0 Rc 0 5 NM 926 m 14 0 Rc 1 0 NM 1852 m NIC 5 15 0 Rc 2 NM 3 704 ...

Page 104: ...egrity Category NIC 19 0 Not Applicable Reserved Not Applicable Not Applicable 1 4 Airborne Velocity Message 5 7 Reserved 20 Not Present 0 Airborne Position Message Rc 75 m NIC 11 21 0 Rc 25 m NIC 10 22 0 Rc 25 m or VPL 37 5 m or RC or VPL are unknown NIC 0 TYPE Subfield Code Definitions DF 17 or 18 for DO 260A Table 17b www valuetronics com ...

Page 105: ... 92 6 m 0 05 NM u NUC 6 9 Airborne Position Message HPL 7 5 m u 3 m NUC 9 10 25 m HPL 25 m 3 m u 10 m NUC 8 11 25 m HPL 185 2 m 0 1 NM 10 m u 92 6 m 0 05 NM NUC 7 12 185 2 m 0 1 NM HPL 370 4 m 0 2 NM 92 6 m 0 05 NM u 185 2 m 0 1 NM NUC 6 13 380 4 m 0 2 NM HPL 926 m 0 5 NM 185 2 m 0 1 NM u 463 m 0 25 NM NUC 5 14 926 m 0 5 NM HPL 1852 m 1 0 NM 463 m 0 25 NM u 926 m 0 5 NM NUC 4 15 1852 m 1 0 NM HPL ...

Page 106: ...tion Error Navigation Uncertainty Category NUC 19 Airborne Velocity Message Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable 20 Airborne Position Message HPL 7 5 m u 3 and v 4 m NUC 9 21 HPL 25 m u 10 m and v 15 m NUC 8 22 HPL 25 m u 10 m or v 15 m TBD TYPE Subfield Code Definitions DF 17 or 18 for DO 260 Table 17c www valuetronics com ...

Page 107: ...3 704 km h 2 kt Ground Speed 27 78 km h 15 kt 0 926 km h 0 50 kt steps 39 93 27 78 km h 15 kt Ground Speed 129 64 km h 70 kt 1 852 km h 1 00 kt steps 94 108 129 64 km h 70 kt Ground Speed 185 2 km h 100 kt 3 704 km h 2 00 kt steps 109 123 185 2 km h 100 kt Ground Speed 324 1 km h 175 kt 9 26 km h 5 00 kt steps 124 324 1 km h 175 kt Ground Speed 125 Reserved for Aircraft Decelerating 126 Reserved f...

Page 108: ...6 1 0 0 RIGHT 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 1 1 6 Lateral Axis GPS Antenna Offset Encoding Table 19 Longitudinal Axis GPS Antenna Offset Encoding ME Bit Message Bit Upper Bound of the GPS Antenna Offset Along Longitudinal Roll Axis Aft From Aircraft Nose 36 68 37 69 38 70 39 71 40 72 Encoding Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 meters 0 0 0 0 0 NO DATA 0 0 0 0 1 Position Offset Applied by Sensor 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4...

Page 109: ...t be installed or transponder must have embedded ADLP to receive data from subsystem AA Aircraft Address in HEX and OCTAL COUNT Indications Displays total squitters received since test was run ME message field displayed in 14 digit HEX format PERIOD Indications Displays DF17 18 squitter period in seconds EMIT CAT SET ADS B Emitter Category Set Indications D C B A EMIT CAT ADS B Emitter Category In...

Page 110: ...git HEX format PERIOD Indications Displays DF17 18 squitter period in seconds NOTE ADLP Air Data Link Processor must be installed or transponder must have embedded ADLP to receive data from subsystem NOTE Installation must be in the airborne state to transmit airborne velocity SUB TYPE Subtype Coding NOTE ICAO DOC 9688 First edition of ICAO Mode S Specific Service manual not supported Indications ...

Page 111: ...ed by its description 0 A Extended Squitter Event Driven Register TYPE Specifies class and accuracy of data Refer to table A 2 RTCA DO 260B NOTE Refer to ICAO Annex 10 Vol lII Part 1 Chapter 5 and RTCA DO 260 DO 260A and DO 260B for detailed description of data fields DF17 18 19 Receives extended squitter decodes and displays ADS B Test Message NOTE ADLP Air Data Link Processor must be installed o...

Page 112: ...nd DO 260B for detailed description of data fields DF17 18 Receives extended squitter decodes and displays Aircraft Status NOTE ADLP Air Data Link Processor must be installed or transponder must have embedded ADLP to receive data from subsystem AA Aircraft Address in HEX and OCTAL COUNT Indications Displays total squitters received since test was run ME message field displayed in 14 digit HEX form...

Page 113: ... squitter period in seconds TTI Threat Type Indicator DO 260B only Indications 0 No identity data in TID 1 TID contains a Mode S transponder address 2 TID contains altitude range and bearing data 3 Not assigned TIDA Threat Identity Data Altitude DO 260B only Indications Mode C altitude of the threat 1000 to 126700 ft res 100 ft TIDB Threat Identity Data Bearing DO 260B only Indications N A not ava...

Page 114: ... Displays total squitters received since test was run ME message field displayed in 14 digit HEX format PERIOD Indications Displays DF17 18 squitter period in seconds NOTE Installation must be in the airborne state to transmit target state and status NOTE Autopilot must be engaged and stimulated by sensor data for some fields to display data VERT DATA SOURCE INFO Vertical Data Available Source Ind...

Page 115: ...5 H r B D S 6 2 T S S S U B T Y P E 1 T Y P E 2 9 D F 1 7 A A 3 A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 C O U N T 1 0 0 0 M E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P E R IO D 1 0 0 0 s S U B T Y P E 1 S IL 0 S IL S U P 1 N A C 0 L N AV 0 V N A V 1 MC P 1 A U T O P 1 A H M E 1 A P M O D E 1 T C AS O P N O S E L E C T E D AL T IT U D E 2 1 7 9 2 f t T Y P E 1 B A R O P R E S S U R E 8 4 3 2 mb N I C B A R O 0 S E L E C T E...

Page 116: ... Information is being provided in ME bits 48 49 50 or 52 Message bits 80 81 82 or 84 1 Mode Information is deliberately being provided in ME bits 48 49 50 or 52 Message bits 80 81 82 or 84 AUTO P Autopilot Engaged Indications 0 Autopilot is NOT Engaged or Unknown e g not actively coupled and flying the aircraft 1 Autopilot is Engaged e g actively coupled and flying the aircraft AHME Altitude Hold ...

Page 117: ...igure A 10 replaces BDS 6 3 with BDS 6 5 Both BDS 6 3 and 6 5 are supported and data displayed is identical COUNT Indications Displays total squitters received since test was run ME message field displayed in 14 digit HEX format PERIOD Indications Displays DF17 18 squitter period SUBTYPE Indications 0 AIR Airborne Status message 1 SUR Surface Status message 2 RESERVED 3 RESERVED 4 RESERVED 5 RESER...

Page 118: ...tion advisory active ID Ident Switch Indications YES Ident active NO Ident not active HRZ REF Horizontal Reference Direction Indications TRUE NORTH MAG NORTH Magnetic North NIC A Navigation Integrity Category Supplement A Indications DO 260A and DO 260B Refer to Table 17 BAQ Barometric Altitude Quality DO 260A Only available when Subtype Airborne GVA Geometric Vertical Accuracy DO 260B Only availa...

Page 119: ...ix A section A 1 8 Figure A 10 replaces BDS 6 3 with BDS 6 5 Both BDS 6 3 and 6 5 are supported and data displayed is identical COUNT Indications Displays total squitters received since test was run ME message field displayed in 14 digit HEX format PERIOD Indications Displays DF17 18 squitter period in seconds SUBTYPE Indications 0 AIR Airborne Status message 1 SUR Surface Status message 2 RESERVE...

Page 120: ...he ADS B position reference point TRK HDG Used for surface ADS B participants surface position message heading or ground track determination bit Indications N A Airborne 0 Target Heading Reported 1 Track Angle Reported SIL SUP SIL Supplement DO 260B only Indications 0 Probability of exceeding NIC radius of containment is based on per hour 1 Probability of exceeding NIC radius of containment is bas...

Page 121: ... O AL T 2 0 0 0 0 f t X P D R B A R O A L T 2 0 1 0 0 f t AL T IT U D E E R R O R 1 0 0 f t G E O M E T R I C AL T 2 0 2 2 5 f t R U N T E S T A D V C I R C 2 0 1 6 5 A I R N E X T P A G E R E T U R N PASS B A T 2 5 H r S I L 3 S D A 3 T C A S O P 0 R A A C T I V E 0 MO D E 3 A C O D E 6 6 1 1 I D E N T N O A D D R E S S 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 E ME R G P R I O R C O D E 0 N O E M E R G E N C ...

Page 122: ...Position Reporting CPR algorithm depending on Position setting NACP Indications 0 EPU 18 52 km 10NM 1 EPU 18 52 km 10NM 2 EPU 7 408 km 4NM 3 EPU 3 704 km 2NM 4 EPU 1852 m 1NM 5 EPU 926 m 0 5NM 6 EPU 555 6 m 0 3NM 7 EPU 185 2 m 0 1NM 8 EPU 92 6 m 0 05NM 9 EPU 30 m 0 016NM 10 EPU 10 m 0 0054NM 11 EPU 3 m 0 0016NM 12 Reserved 13 Reserved 14 Reserved 15 Reserved NIC see Table 17 NACV Navigation Accura...

Page 123: ...Indications 0 TCAS II or ACAS resolution advisory inactive 1 TCAS II or ACAS resolution advisory active MODE 3 A CODE DO 260B only 4 digit OCTAL field Indications 0000 to 7777 IDENT Ident Switch Indications YES Ident active NO Ident not active EMERG PRIOR CODE Indications 0 NO EMERGENCY 1 GENERAL EMERGENCY 2 LIFEGUARD MEDICAL 3 MINIMUM FUEL 4 NO COMM 5 UNLAWFUL INTERFNC 6 DOWNED AIRCRAFT 7 RESERVE...

Page 124: ... ME R G P R I O R C O D E 0 N O E M E R G E N C Y E MI T C A T H E A V Y A D S B I N C A P 1 F L I G H T I D V I A V I R U N T E S T A D V C I R C 2 0 1 6 5 S U R P R E V P A G E R E T U R N PASS BDS 0 6 Extended Squitter Surface Position is monitored for address position Movement and Heading The Position Error is calculated with the Haversine formula with the position entered in the ADS B setup a...

Page 125: ...ng NACP Indications 0 EPU 18 52 km 10NM 1 EPU 18 52 km 10NM 2 EPU 7 408 km 4NM 3 EPU 3 704 km 2NM 4 EPU 1852 m 1NM 5 EPU 926 m 0 5NM 6 EPU 555 6 m 0 3NM 7 EPU 185 2 m 0 1NM 8 EPU 92 6 m 0 05NM 9 EPU 30 m 0 016NM 10 EPU 10 m 0 0054NM 11 EPU 3 m 0 0016NM 12 Reserved 13 Reserved 14 Reserved 15 Reserved NIC see Table 17 NACV Navigation Accuracy Category Velocity Indications 0 Unknown or 10 m s 1 10 m ...

Page 126: ...AWFUL INTERFNC 6 DOWNED AIRCRAFT 7 RESERVED EMIT CAT ADS B Emitter Category Indications EMIT CAT A NO ADS B EMITTER INFO LIGHT SMALL LARGE HIGH VORTEX HEAVY HIGH PERFORMANCE ROTORCRAFT EMIT CAT B NO ADS B EMITTER INFO GLIDER SAILPLANE LIGHTER THAN AIR PARACHUTIST SKYDIVER ULTRALIGHT HANG GLIDER RESERVED UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SPACE VEHICLE EMIT CAT C NO ADS B EMITTER INFO SURFACE EMERGENCY VEHICL...

Page 127: ...by its description 0 5 Extended Squitter Airborne Position TYPE Specifies class and accuracy of data Refer to table A 2 RTCA DO 260B NOTE Refer to ICAO Annex 10 Vol lII Part 1 Chapter 5 and RTCA DO 260 DO 260A and DO 260B for detailed description of data fields NOTE The airborne position decode including the global mode has multiple valid results It is necessary to set a reference lat long on the ...

Page 128: ...60A or DO 260B HPL Horizontal Protection Limit DO 260 Indications Refer to Table 17 ADS B GEN BDS 0 6 A V A I L B AT 2 5 H r B D S 0 6 S U R F A C E P O S T Y P E 8 D F 1 7 A A 3 A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 C O U N T 1 0 0 0 M E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P E R I O D 1 0 0 0 S L AT 3 7 3 9 0 0 N L O N G 9 7 2 5 4 8 W MO V ME N T 2 k t s T N U T C H D G 2 3 0 d e g P O S N I C 7 R c 0 2 n m 3 7 0 4 m ...

Page 129: ...le 17 ADS B GEN BDS 0 8 B AT 2 5 H r B D S 0 8 ID E N T C AT T Y P E 4 D F 1 7 A A 3 A C 4 2 1 C O U N T 1 0 0 0 M E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P E R IO D 1 0 0 s A I S 6 1 0 3 B 3 D 3 5 C 7 2 F L IG H T ID X P N 3 4 5 1 2 E M IT C AT S E T A E M IT C AT L AR G E R U N T E S T B D S O F F P R E V P A R A M G E N B D S 0 8 N E X T P A R A M R E T U R N BDS Indicates which BDS register is being dis...

Page 130: ... T Y P E 1 V E L O V R G N D N O R M V E R T R AT E 6 4 f t mi n G E O A L T D IF F F R O M B AR O 3 1 2 5 f t S O U R C E B A R O I N T E N T C H A N G E Y E S A I R S P E E D N A A I R S P E E D T Y P E N A R E S E R V E D Y E S R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T G E N B D S 0 9 P R E V T E S T R E T U R N BDS Indicates which BDS register is being displayed followed by its description 0 9 Extended Sq...

Page 131: ... A Not Available 0 to 1021 Kts subtype 1 0 to 4086 Kts subtype 2 NOTE Followed by N North or S South direction identifier HDG Heading Indications N A Not Available 0 0 to 359 6 Degrees VERT RATE Vertical Rate Indications N A Not Available 32608 to 32608 ft min subtypes 1 and 2 GEO ALT DIFF FROM BARO Geo Altitude Difference from Barometric Altitude Indications 3137 ft to 3137 ft SOURCE Source of Ve...

Page 132: ...4096 code Range 0000 to 7777 RESERVED Decodes and displays 9 Hex character Reserved field ADS B GEN BDS 6 1 ST1 A V A I L B AT 2 5 H r B D S 6 1 A C S T AT U S S T 1 T Y P E 2 8 D F 1 7 A A 3 A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 C O U N T 1 0 0 0 M E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P E R I O D 1 0 0 0 S S U B T Y P E 1 E M E R G E N C Y P R I O R S T AT U S E ME R G E N C Y P R IO R C O D E 0 N O E ME R G E N C ...

Page 133: ...by its description 6 1 Extended Squitter Aircraft Status TYPE Specifies class and accuracy of data Refer to table A 2 RTCA DO 260B NOTE Refer to ICAO Annex 10 Vol lII Part 1 Chapter 5 and RTCA DO 260 DO 260A and DO 260B for detailed description of data fields DF17 18 Sends extended squitter for Aircraft Status NOTE ADLP Air Data Link Processor must be installed or transponder must have embedded AD...

Page 134: ...T MO D E I N D AC Q U I R IN G S IL 1 T A R G AL T T Y P E M S L N IC B AR O 1 T A R G AL T 3 1 0 0 0 f t T A R G H D G 2 4 0 d e g T C AS AC A S O P E R AT I O N AL Y E S R A A N O H O R IZ D AT A A V A IL S O U R C E I N D M C P F C U H O R IZ M O D E I N D M A I N T A I N I N G N A C 0 E ME R G P R I O R C O D E U N L A W F U L IN T E R F N C R U N T E S T B D S O F F P R E V T E S T G E N B D ...

Page 135: ...ross Checked TARG ALT Target Altitude Indications 1000 ft to 100 000 ft TARGET HDG Target Heading Angle Indications 0 to 359 degrees INVALID TCAS ACAS OPERATIONAL TCAS ACAS Operational Indications YES NO RAA TCAS ACAS Resolution Advisory Active Indications YES NO HORIZ DATA AVAL SOURCE IND Horizontal Data Available Source Indicator Indications NOT VALID No Valid Horizontal Target State Data is ava...

Page 136: ...Link Processor must be installed or transponder must have embedded ADLP to receive data from subsystem NOTE Installation must be in the airborne state to transmit target state and status and status AA Aircraft Address in HEX and OCTAL COUNT Indications Displays total squitters sent since test was run ME message field displayed in 14 digit HEX format PERIOD Indications Displays DF17 18 squitter per...

Page 137: ...d 1 Valid ADS B GEN BDS 6 5 AIR A V A I L B AT 2 5 H r B D S 6 5 A C O P S T AT U S A I R T Y P E 3 1 D F 1 7 A A 1 2 3 4 5 6 0 0 4 3 2 1 2 6 C O U N T 1 1 M E F 8 2 A A A 2 A A A 4 A A F P E R IO D 1 5 7 s S U B T Y P E 0 A I R V E R S IO N 2 D O 2 6 0 B C C F MT 2 A A A A R V 1 T S 0 1 0 9 0 0 U AT 1 T C 2 A D S R 0 T C A S O P 1 O M F MT 0 S D A 0 S A F 0 AT C 1 R A 1 I D N O H R Z R E F M A G ...

Page 138: ... when Subtype Airborne Indications N A Surface 0 No capability for sending messages to support trajectory change reports 1 Capability of sending messages to support TC 0 report only 2 Capability of sending information for multiple TC reports 3 Reserved ADSR Reserved for ADS R flag Bit 20 of the ME field Included in Class Capabilities Indications 0 Not Active 1 Active Not TCAS DO 260A TCAS OP TCAS ...

Page 139: ... A A A 2 A A A 4 A A F P E R IO D 1 6 4 s S U B T Y P E 1 S U R V E R S IO N 2 D O 2 6 0 B C C F MT 2 A A B 2 L O W 1 1 0 9 0 0 U AT 0 N I C C 0 N AC V 5 O M F MT 0 S D A 0 S AF 2 AT C 1 R A 1 I D N O A N T O F F R T 2 M 2 0 M H R Z R E F M A G N O R T H N IC A 0 P O A N A T R K H D G N T R K S IL S U P 1 S I L 2 N A C P 1 0 E P U 0 0 0 5 4 A D S R 5 6 1 L N W D 1 0 6 5 M 5 9 5 M R U N T E S T P R...

Page 140: ... Reserved SDA System Design Assurance Data Indications 0 Unknown or No Safety Effect 1 Minor 2 Major 3 Hazardous SAF Single Antenna Flag Indications 0 Dual Antenna 1 Single Antenna ATC Receiving ATC Services Indications 1 Aircraft receiving ATC services 0 Aircraft not receiving ATC services RA TCAS RA Active Indications 0 TCAS II or ACAS resolution advisory inactive 1 TCAS II or ACAS resolution ad...

Page 141: ...via a separate or transponder integral ADLP Air Data Link Processor DAP s are stored in the transponder BDS B Definition Subfield registers There are 255 BDS registers not all defined at this time 4 5 8 GICB MODE GICB mode of operation uses UF4 or UF5 interrogations with reply length set to long to request DF20 or DF21 replies with MB message field containing transponder BDS register contents whic...

Page 142: ...onder has identified that this BDS is not supported by transponder subsystem BDS registers supported by software version 1 1 2 and above are listed in 1 2 4 Table 21 BDS DESCRIPTION 0 5 Ext Squitter Airborne Position 0 6 Ext Squitter Surface Position 0 7 Ext Squitter Status 0 8 Ext Squitter Type and Identification 0 9 Ext Squitter Airborne Velocity Information 1 0 Data Link Capability Report 1 7 C...

Page 143: ...s Unambiguous Latitude decoded using Local algorithm or Compact Position Reporting CPR algorithm depending on Position setting LONG Encoded Longitude Indications Unambiguous Longitude decoded using Local algorithm or Compact Position Reporting CPR algorithm depending on Position setting POS Position Decode Indications GLOBAL if Global LAT LONG not entered in ADS B GICB setup menu LOCAL if Local LA...

Page 144: ...rectly AA Aircraft Address in HEX and OCTAL MB message field displayed in 14 digit HEX format LAT Encoded Latitude Indications Unambiguous Latitude decoded using Local algorithm or Compact Position Reporting CPR algorithm depending on Position setting LONG Encoded Longitude Indications Unambiguous Longitude decoded using Local algorithm or Compact Position Reporting CPR algorithm depending on Posi...

Page 145: ... 56 NOTE Refer to ICAO manual on Mode S specific services DOC 9688 AN 952 and RTCA DO 260A V2 for detailed description of data fields GICB BDS 0 8 A V A I L B AT 2 5 H r B D S 0 8 ID E N T C AT T Y P E 4 D F 2 0 A A 3 A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 MB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A I S 6 1 0 3 B 3 D 3 5 6 7 2 F L IG H T ID X P N 3 4 5 1 2 E M IT C AT S E T A E M IT C AT L AR G E R U N T E S T P R E V T ...

Page 146: ...P E N A R E S E R V E D Y E S R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T G I C B B D S 0 9 A V A I L P R E V T E S T R E T U R N Uses UF20 21 BDS 0 7 register request Receives DF20 21 reply and decodes MB message field containing BDS register contents and displays Squitter Status TYPE Identifies the GICB Message Type DF20 21 Receives DF20 21 reply decodes and displays Airborne Velocity NOTE ADLP Air Data Link ...

Page 147: ...ES NO GICB BDS 1 0 A V A I L B AT 2 5 H r B D S 1 0 D AT A L I N K C A P D F 2 0 A A 3 A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 MB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S U B N E T V E R N B R 1 S I C A P Y E S A I R C R AF T ID C A P Y E S X P D R L E V E L 2 4 C O N T F L A G Y E S S Q U I T T E R C A P Y E S S P E C S E R V C A P R E P Y E S D T E Y E S U E L M S E G C A P 1 6 2 5 0 ms D E L M S E G C A P 1 6 2 5 0 ms ...

Page 148: ... A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 MB F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 0 A 0 B 0 C 0 D 0 E 0 F 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 A 1 B 1 C 1 D 1 E 1 F 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 A 2 B 2 C 2 D 2 E 2 F 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T G I C B B D S 1 8 P R E V T E S T R E T U R N A V A I L B AT 2 5 H r B D S 1 9 S P E C I...

Page 149: ...a GICB protocol NOTE ADLP Air Data Link Processor must be installed or transponder must have embedded ADLP to receive data from subsystem NOTE Refer to ICAO manual on Mode S specific services DOC 9688 AN 952 and RTCA DO 260A V2 for detailed description of data fields GICB BDS 1 D 1 F A V A I L B AT 2 5 H r B D S 1 D M S P C A P R P T 1 2 8 D F 2 0 A A 3 A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 MB F F F F F F F F...

Page 150: ...r to the ADLP Airborne Data Link Processor or vice versa The available channels are displayed over three screens BDS 1 D BDS 1 E and BDS 1 F NOTE Refer to ICAO manual on Mode S specific services DOC 9688 AN 952 and RTCA DO 260A V2 for detailed description of data fields GICB BDS 2 0 A V A I L B AT 2 5 H r B D S 2 0 F L IG H T ID D F 2 0 A A 3 A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 MB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...

Page 151: ...2 AL T R AN G E B E AR I N G D AT A R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T G I C B B D S 3 0 P R E V T E S T R E T U R N Uses UF4 5 Reply Length Long BDS 3 0 register request Receives DF20 21 reply and decodes MB message field containing BDS register contents and displays ACAS Active Resolution Advisory data AA Aircraft Address in HEX and OCTAL MB message field displayed in 14 digit HEX format ARA Active R...

Page 152: ...MO D E A C T I V E Y E S B A R O P R E S S E T 1 1 0 0 0 mb R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T G I C B B D S 4 0 P R E V T E S T R E T U R N Uses UF4 5 Reply Length Long BDS 4 0 register request Receives DF20 21 reply and decodes MB message field containing BDS register contents and displays Vertical Intent AA Aircraft Address in HEX and OCTAL MB message field displayed in 14 digit HEX format NOTE ADLP...

Page 153: ...D F 2 0 A A 3 A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 MB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W A Y P O I N T N A M E D F W R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T G I C B B D S 4 1 P R E V T E S T R E T U R N Uses UF4 5 Reply Length Long BDS 4 1 register request Receives DF20 21 reply and decodes MB message field containing BDS register contents and displays Waypoint Name AA Aircraft Address in HEX and OCTA L MB message field di...

Page 154: ...Refer to ICAO manual on Mode S specific services DOC 9688 AN 952 for detailed description of data fields GICB BDS 4 3 A V A I L B AT 2 5 H r B D S 4 3 W A Y P O IN T D E T A IL S D F 2 0 A A 3 A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 MB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B E A R I N G T O W A Y P O I N T 1 1 0 0 d e g T I M E T O G O 2 5 0 m i n D I S T AN C E T O G O 1 0 0 0 n m R E S E R V E D R U N T E S T P R E V T...

Page 155: ...048 Kts 2kt resolution NOTE Refer to ICAO manual on Mode S specific services DOC 9688 AN 952 and RTCA DO 260A V2 for detailed description of data fields GICB BDS 6 0 A V A I L B AT 2 5 H r B D S 6 0 H D G S P E E D D F 2 0 A A 3 A C 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 4 1 MB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I N D A I R S P E E D 5 1 2 k t s M A C H 0 7 2 9 B A R O AL T R AT E 1 4 0 0 f t m i n M A G H D G 1 8 0 0 d e g ...

Page 156: ...0 R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T G I C B B D S 6 1 S T 1 P R E V T E S T R E T U R N BDS Indicates which BDS register is being displayed followed by its description 6 1 Extended Squitter Aircraft Status TYPE Specifies class and accuracy of data Refer to table A 2 RTCA DO 260B DF17 18 Receives extended squitter decodes and displays Aircraft Status AA Aircraft Address in HEX and OCTAL MB message fiel...

Page 157: ... N BDS Indicates which BDS register is being displayed followed by its description 6 1 Extended Squitter Aircraft Status TYPE Specifies class and accuracy of data Refer to table A 2 RTCA DO 260B DF17 18 Receives extended squitter decodes and displays Aircraft Status AA Aircraft Address in HEX and OCTAL MB message field displayed in 14 digit HEX format NOTE ADLP Air Data Link Processor must be inst...

Page 158: ...IR I N G S IL 1 T A R G AL T T Y P E M S L N I C B AR O 1 T A R G AL T 3 1 0 0 0 f t T AR G H D G 2 4 0 d e g T C AS AC A S O P E R AT I O N AL Y E S R A A N O H O R IZ D AT A A V AL S O U R C E I N D MC P F C U H O R IZ M O D E I N D M A I N T A I N I N G N A C 0 E ME R G P R I O R C O D E U N L A W F U L IN T E R F N C R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T G C IB B D S 6 2 S T 0 P R E V T E S T R E T U ...

Page 159: ...tions YES NO RAA TCAS ACAS Resolution Advisory Active Indications YES NO TYPE Specifies class and accuracy of data Refer to table A 2 RTCA DO 260A V2 HORIZ DATA AVAL SOURCE IND Horizontal Data Available Source Indicator Indications NOT VALID No Valid Horizontal Target State Data is available MCP FCU Mode Control Panel Flight Control Unit selected track angle MAINTAIN Maintain Current Heading or Tr...

Page 160: ...l Indications 0 Unknown 1 1x10 3 per flight 2 1x10 5 per flight 3 1x10 7 per flight SIL SUP SIL Supplement Indications 0 Probability of exceeding NIC radius of containment is based on per hour 1 Probability of exceeding NIC radius of containment is based on per sample NAC Navigation Accuracy Category Position Indications 0 EPU 18 52 km 10NM 1 EPU 18 52 km 10NM 2 EPU 7 408 km 4NM 3 EPU 3 704 km 2NM...

Page 161: ...N I C B A R O 1 S IL S U P 1 S IL 2 N A C P 1 0 E P U 0 0 0 5 4 AD S R 5 6 1 R U N T E S T P R E V T E S T G I C B B D S 6 5 A I R P R E V T E S T R E T U R N BDS Indicates which BDS register is being displayed followed by its description 6 5 Aircraft Operational Status Airborne Subtype TYPE Specifies class and accuracy of data Refer to table A 2 RTCA DO 260B DF20 21 Displays which extended squitt...

Page 162: ...TC 0 report only 2 Capability of sending information for multiple TC reports 3 Reserved ADSR Reserved for ADS R flag Bit 20 of the ME field Included in Class Capabilities Indications 0 Not Active 1 Active Not TCAS DO 260A TCAS OP TCAS Operational DO 260B Indications 0 TCAS ACAS Not Operational 1 TCAS ACAS Operational OM FMT Operational Mode Subfield Indications 0 TCAS RA Active IDENT Switch Active...

Page 163: ... 6 5 SUR A V A I L B AT 2 5 H r B D S 6 5 A C O P S T AT U S S U R T Y P E 3 1 D F 2 0 A A 1 2 3 4 5 6 0 4 4 3 2 1 2 6 MB 0 F 9 2 A A A 2 A A A 4 A A F S U B T Y P E 1 S U R V E R S IO N 2 D O 2 6 0 B C C F MT 2 A A B 2 L O W 1 1 0 9 0 0 U AT 0 N IC C 0 N A C V 5 O M F MT 0 S D A 0 S AF 0 AT C 1 R A 1 I D N O A N T O F F R T 2 M 2 0 M H R Z R E F M A G N O R T H N I C A 0 P O A N A T R K H D G N T...

Page 164: ...ved SDA System Design Assurance Data Indications 0 Unknown or No Safety Effect 1 Minor 2 Major 3 Hazardous SAF Single Antenna Flag Indications 0 Dual Antenna 1 Single Antenna ATC Receiving ATC Services Indications 1 Aircraft receiving ATC services 0 Aircraft not receiving ATC services RA TCAS RA Active Indications 0 TCAS II or ACAS resolution advisory inactive 1 TCAS II or ACAS resolution advisory...

Page 165: ... 408 km 4NM 3 EPU 3 704 km 2NM 4 EPU 1852 m 1NM 5 EPU 926 m 0 5NM 6 EPU 555 6 m 0 3NM 7 EPU 185 2 m 0 1NM 8 EPU 92 6 m 0 05NM 9 EPU 30 m 0 016NM 10 EPU 10 m 0 0054NM 11 EPU 3 m 0 0016NM 12 Reserved 13 Reserved 14 Reserved 15 Reserved ADSR 56 Reserved for ADS R flag Bit 56 of the ME field Indications 0 Not Active 1 Active LN WD Aircraft Length and Width Aircraft or Vehicle Length Indications Length...

Page 166: ...re broadcast in one or more of 32 slots and ADS B Segment in which ADS B Messages are broadcast by the aircraft In actual implementation UAT equipped aircraft will likely be in receiving range of more than one ground uplink stations To ensure that these multiple uplink broadcasts can be received by the airborne UAT equipment without significant interference from one another a time slotted scheduli...

Page 167: ...S Indicates whether the 1 pulse second timing reference is the GPS or internal Indications GPS AVAIL or GPS UNAVAIL REPORT Indicates weather information format type Indications METAR or TAF STN Indicates the ICAO airport code DAY TIME Indicates the day and Zulu time Format ddhhmmZ dd 0 to 31 day hh 0 to 23 hour mm 0 to 59 minute Z Zulu time DATA Indicates the coded weather information GND LAT Indi...

Page 168: ...imeter 1024 mb STN KFFC DATA 20007KT 9999 FEW023 15 12 Q1020 NOSIG GND LAT 33 21 26 00 N GND LON 84 34 19 00 W Station Atlanta Regional Airport Data translation Winds from 200 at 7 kts Clouds few at 2300 ft AGL Temperature 15 C Dewpoint 12 C Pressure altimeter 1020 mb No significant weather observed STN KBNA DATA 33004KT 300V010 8000 SCT023 BKN100 26 23 Q1007 NOSIG RMK A2974 GND LAT 36 7 36 00 N G...

Page 169: ...MG 0818 0820 VRB03KT BECMG 0909 0911 05006KT TEMPO 0912 0921 SCT050 GND LAT 30 11 40 00 N GND LON 97 40 12 00 W Station Austin Bergstrom International Airport Data translation Forecast valid from 8th 1800 UTC to 10th 0000 UTC Winds from 50 at 6 kts Clouds few at 2500 ft AGL Clouds scattered at 3500 ft AGL Clouds broken at 5000 ft AGL Maximum temperature of 18 C at time 0915 Zulu Minimum temperatur...

Page 170: ...ECMG 0821 0823 19020G30KT TEMPO 0906 0912 20030G40KT GND LAT 36 7 36 00 N GND LON 86 40 55 00 W Station Nashville International Airport Data translation Forecast valid from 8th 1500 to 2100 UTC Winds from 200 at 15 kts Clouds few at 1000 ft AGL Clouds broken at 4000 ft AGL Forecast period on 8th 2100 UTC to 9th 1800 UTC Becoming condition expected at 8th 2300 UTC Winds from 190 at 20 kts gusting t...

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Page 172: ...ns 0 to 359 degree RNG Indicates the target range relative to the UUT Indications 0 to 40 0 nm at 0 1 nm increment ALT Indicates the target altitude relative to the UUT Indications 3500 to 3500 ft at 100 ft increment ALT RATE Indicates the vertical direction of the target Indications Clmb Climbing Dscn Descending Lvl Level HDG deg Indicates the target heading relative to the UUT Indications 0 to 3...

Page 173: ...ence unique for each equipment class per RTCA DO 282A paragraph 2 2 6 1 2 Equipment Class Payload Type Code A Payload Type Code B Payload Type Code C Payload Type Code D A0 A1L A1H B0 B1 1 0 2 0 A1H B1 3 6 0 6 A2 1 4 4 4 A3 1 4 5 4 B2 B3 1 0 0 0 Applicable only if the installation can support transmission of Target State information Note that some Payload Sequence does not broadcast all four Paylo...

Page 174: ...Q 3 6 0 6 R U N T E S T U AT A D S B G E N R E T U R N N E X T P A R A M P R E V P A R A M S T O R E D A T A G P S S Y N C 1 PPS Indicates the timebase source of the 1 pulse per second timing reference Indications GPS SYNC synchronized to GPS time INT SYNC synchronized to the test set internal timebase NO SYNC not synchronized TARGETS Indicates the number of targets that will be simulated Indicati...

Page 175: ...h or S South UUT LON Indicates the UUT Longitude position coordinates Format dd mm ss ss c dd 0 to 180 degree mm 0 to 59 minute ss ss 0 to 59 99 second c E East or W West Firmware Versions 03 15 01 or later and 04 14 00 or later only AG Selects the Air Ground State Indications AIR Airborne GND Ground PYLD SEQ Sets the broadcast Payload Sequence Only applicable to firmware versions greater than 03 ...

Page 176: ...de D A0 A1L A1H B0 B1 1 0 2 0 A1H B1 3 6 0 6 A2 1 4 4 4 A3 1 4 5 4 B2 B3 1 0 0 0 Applicable only if the installation can support transmission of Target State information Note that some Payload Sequence does not broadcast all four Payload Messages For instance the sequence for Equipment Class A0 1 0 2 0 does not broadcast the Target State Payload Message However the sequence for Equipment Class A1H...

Page 177: ...X T D A T A U AT A D S B T E S T I N G R E T U R N S T AT E V E C T O R G P S S Y N C 1 PPS Indicates the timebase source of the 1 pulse per second timing reference Indications GPS SYNC synchronized to GPS time INT SYNC synchronized to the test set internal timebase NO SYNC not synchronized ADD QUAL Indicates what the 24 bit address represents Indications 0 ADS B ICAO 1 ADS B TEMP 2 TIS B ADS R 3 ...

Page 178: ...c 0 6 nm 6 Rc 0 3 nm 7 Rc 0 2 nm 8 Rc 0 1 nm 9 Rc 0 0405 nm 10 Rc 0 0135 nm 11 Rc 0 004 nm 12 Reserved 13 Reserved 14 Reserved 15 Reserved A G STATE Air Ground State Indications SUBSONIC SUPERSONIC or GROUND UTC CPLD UTC Coupled indicates the status of the ADS B Transmitting Subsystem Indications YES or NO www valuetronics com ...

Page 179: ... for Address Qualifier 2 3 or 6 Indications 0 to 7 A V LGTH Indicates the Aircraft or Vehicle length Indications Length in meters Decimal A V Length meter 0 No Data or Unknown 1 15 2 or 3 25 4 or 5 35 6 or 7 45 8 or 9 55 10 or 11 65 12 or 13 75 14 or 15 85 A V WDTH Indicates the Aircraft or Vehicle width Indications Width in meters Decimal A V Width meter 0 No Data or Unknown 1 23 2 28 5 3 34 4 33...

Page 180: ...FST Indicates the Lateral Axis GPS antenna offset Indications Direction Offset For example R4 m means Right 4 m offset Decimal Direction GPS Offset meter 0 Left No Data or Unk 1 Left 2 2 Left 4 3 Left 6 4 Right 0 5 Right 2 6 Right 4 7 Right 6 LON OFST Indicates the Longitudinal Axis GPS antenna offset Indications GPS Offset in meters Decimal GPS Offset meter 0 No Data or Unk 1 Offset applied by se...

Page 181: ...IS B ADS R 3 TIS B IDENT 4 SURFACE 5 ADS B BEACON 6 NON ICAO 7 RESERVED PTC The Payload Type Code identifies how the received message is decoded Indications 0 to 6 AA 24 bit Aircraft Address in HEX and OCTAL NIC Indicates the Navigation Integrity Category where Rc is the Containment Radius Indications 0 to 15 NIC Horizontal Containment 0 Rc Unknown 1 Rc 20 nm 2 Rc 8 nm 3 Rc 4 nm 4 Rc 2 nm 5 Rc 1 n...

Page 182: ... 1 0 0 2 1 4 3 2 8 1022 1021 4084 1023 Overrange Overrange VERT RATE Indicates either Barometric or Geometric Vertical Rate Indications Rate in feet minute Decimal Vertical Rate ft min 0 Vertical Rate info not available 1 0 2 64 3 128 510 32576 511 Overrange Indication ALT Indicates the aircraft Geometric or Barometric Pressure altitude Indications Altitude in feet Decimal Altitude feet 0 Altitude...

Page 183: ...etric or Barometric Pressure altitude Indications Altitude in feet Decimal Altitude feet 0 Altitude info not available 1 1000 2 975 40 25 41 0 42 25 4094 101325 4095 Overrange Indication Mode Status A D D Q U A L A D S B I C A O P T C 2 A A 3 2 1 4 A A 1 4 4 1 2 2 5 2 F L I G H T I D V I A V I E MI T C A T 2 E M E R G P R I O R C O D E 3 MI N I M U M F U E L U A T MO P S V E R 2 D O 2 8 2 B M S O ...

Page 184: ...c vehicle 16 Unassigned 17 Surface Emergency vehicle 18 Surface Service vehicle 19 Point obstacle 20 Cluster obstacle 21 Line obstacle 22 Reserved 39 Reserved EMERG PRIOR CODE Indicates Emergency Priority status Indications 0 NO EMERGENCY 1 GENERAL EMERGENCY 2 LIFEGUARD MEDICAL 3 MINIMUM FUEL 4 NO COMM 5 UNLAWFUL INTERFNC 6 DOWNED AIRCRAFT 7 RESERVED UAT MOPS VER UAT Minimum Operational Performanc...

Page 185: ...Integrity Code Indications 0 or 1 Decimal Meaning 0 Gillham not cross checked 1 Gillham cross checked NACV Indicates horizontal velocity error Navigation Accuracy Category Velocity Indications 0 to 7 Decimal Error meters second 0 Unknown or 10 1 10 2 3 3 1 4 0 3 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 Reserved CSID Indicates the Call Sign Identification flag Indications 0 or 1 Decimal Meaning 0 Flight plan ID 1 C...

Page 186: ...ontainment Radius Indications 0 or 1 NIC NIC Supp Flag Horizontal Containment 0 Rc Unknown 1 Rc 20 nm 2 Rc 8 nm 3 Rc 4 nm 4 Rc 2 nm 5 Rc 1 nm 6 0 Rc 0 6 nm 6 1 Rc 0 3 nm 7 Rc 0 2 nm 8 Rc 0 1 nm 9 Rc 0 0405 nm 10 Rc 0 0135 nm 11 Rc 0 004 nm 12 Reserved 13 Reserved 14 Reserved 15 Reserved Target State A D D Q U AL A D S B I C AO P T C 2 A A 3 2 1 4 A A 1 4 4 1 2 2 5 2 S AT 0 M C P F C U S E L AL T 1...

Page 187: ...Decimal Altitude feet 0 No data 1 0 2 32 3 64 2046 65440 2047 65472 BARO PRESSURE Indicates Barometric Pressure Indications Barometric pressure in mb Decimal Pressure 800 mb 0 No data 1 0 2 0 8 3 0 510 407 2 511 408 0 MCP Indicates MCP FCU Mode status Indications 0 or 1 Decimal Meaning 0 No mode indicator engaged 1 At least one mode indicator engaged SEL HEADING Indicates Selected Heading Indicati...

Page 188: ...R E T U R N G P S S Y N C 1 PPS Indicates the timebase source of the 1 pulse per second timing reference Indications GPS SYNC synchronized to GPS time INT SYNC synchronized to the test set internal timebase NO SYNC not synchronized SATELLITES Indicates the number satellites being tracked TIME Indicates the UTC time Format hh mm ss hh 0 to 23 hour mm 0 to 59 minute ss 0 to 59 second LATITUDE Indica...

Page 189: ...tion of fields that have dedicated Keys STOP START RATE Stops or starts Range Rate IN OUT Reverses simulated direction of aircraft Dedicated Keys and Control Fields FREQ Key Test Set reply Frequency is displayed in three linked units VOR paired frequency MHz FREQ ground to air frequency MHz CHAN DME channel number Press Frequency Key to select each unit in sequence Press DATA Key to select X or Y ...

Page 190: ...1 1 2 9 for Antenna Connect procedures Setup DME Screen contains parameters which determine the operational characteristics of each functional mode of the Test Set NOTE Setup Screen information is entered before conducting test operations B AT 2 5 H r N E X T P A R A M S E T U P D M E D I A G R F P O R T D IR E C T C O N N E C T A N T R A N G E A N T G A I N d B I I D E N T T O N E IF R 0 9 6 G H ...

Page 191: ...HZ Figure marked on supplied coupler NOTE Coupler loss range 0 0 to 9 9 dB STEP PROCEDURE ANT GAIN Entered in dBi and normally set once the five gain figures 0 0 to 20 9 for frequencies are 0 96 GHz 1 15 GHz 1 03 GHz 1 21 GHz 1 09 GHz Gain figures are also marked on the Directional Antenna IDENT TONE Sets the three letter IDENT tone Default is IFR MAX RANGE Limits the maximum simulated range 10 00...

Page 192: ...tance is not displayed and flag is in view Verify Search PRF is 150 Hz 13 Set REPLY to 70 and UUT LVL to 79 dBm verify UUT DME locks on Set IDENT tone to ON Verify 1350 Hz Ident morse is present on UUT DME audio Set IDENT to OFF 14 Set RANGE to 40 nm Set ECHO to ON Verify UUT DME does not break lock and range displayed on UUT DME indicator is 40 nm 0 5 nm Set ECHO to OFF 15 Set UUT LVL to 79 dBm a...

Page 193: ...d with the directional antenna attached allowing the user to move the test set to different locations and headings from the Aircraft UUT 4 8 1 TCAS OPERATION CONCEPT TCAS is a system which provides situational awareness of the surrounding airspace of an aircraft to the pilot and crew TCAS establishes a volume of airspace around the aircraft based upon range speed and altitude By working in conjunc...

Page 194: ... 20 N A 0 30 N A 850 N A 1000 2350 3 25 15 0 33 0 20 850 300 2350 5000 4 30 20 0 48 0 35 850 300 5000 10 000 5 40 25 0 75 0 55 850 350 10 000 20 000 6 45 30 1 00 0 80 850 400 20 000 42 000 7 48 35 1 30 1 10 850 600 42 000 7 48 35 1 30 1 10 1200 700 Protection Volume Parameters Versus Altitude Table 3 www valuetronics com ...

Page 195: ...ially hazardous Depending on altitude TCAS II displays a TA when the time to CPA is between 20 and 48 sec Resolution Advisory A solid red square indicates that the intruding aircraft is projected to be a collision threat TCAS II calculates that the intruder has reached the point where a Resolution Advisory is necessary The time to closest approach with the intruder is now between 15 and 35 sec dep...

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Page 197: ...ansponder Mode S address Reply Parameters Screen allows control over Mode S DF0 DF11 and DF16 field content 4 8 3 SETUP SETUP TCAS SCREEN SETUP TCAS Screen contains parameters which determine operational characteristics of the TCAS Functional Mode Unless otherwise stated last used values are retained on Power Up NOTE Enter Setup Screen information before conducting test operations R F P O R T AN T...

Page 198: ...tenna horizontal range 6 to 250 ft or 2 0 to 75 0 m NOTE UNITS parameter determines feet or meters STEP PROCEDURE ANT HEIGHT Test Set Antenna to TCAS antenna height difference 1 to 99 ft or 0 5 to 30 0 m NOTE UNITS parameter determines feet or meters UUT ADDRESS If AUTO is selected the test set interrogates the TCAS UUT Transponder with an ATCRBS All Call to obtain the Mode S address which is used...

Page 199: ...essions change values by 1 USER CONTROL SOFT KEYS NEXT PARAM Selects next control field including selection of fields that have dedicated keys PREV PARAM Selects previous control field including selection of fields that have dedicated keys RESET PARAMS Resets all parameters to factory default RETURN Displays the SETUP TCAS screen CONTROL FIELD SOFT KEYS VS Enter vertical status VS field indicates ...

Page 200: ...300 kts C 300 kts and 600 kts D 600 kts and 1200 kts E 1200 kts RI Field Acquisition Valid Data Table 6 Rlt Enter air to air Reply Information for a tracking report The RIt field contains TCAS capability data The field can be set from 0 to F but only 0 3 and 4 are valid 1 2 4 Table 7 RIt FIELD INPUT DATA DEFINITION TCAS CAPABILITY 0 No on board TCAS 3 On board TCAS has vertical only resolution abi...

Page 201: ...T 1 0 0 0 n m S T O P 0 0 0 n m R A N G E R AT E 3 5 0 k t s AL T S T AR T 1 0 0 0 f t S T O P 0 f t AL T R AT E 6 0 0 f p m C O N V E R G E O F F U U T AL T 3 1 2 0 0 f t AL T D E T E C T O N F R E Q 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 MH z E R P 5 7 0 d B m R A N G E 2 1 0 0 n m I N A L T 1 0 0 0 f t T C A S S T AT U S T R A C K I N G S T AT U S N O N T H R E AT E N C O U N T E R 0 0 0 R U N T E S T P R E V P A R A M...

Page 202: ... 4 7 for Directional Antenna use and setup procedure 2 Press TCAS Mode Key to display TCAS Test Screen 3 Set following parameters by pressing NEXT PARAM and PREV PARAM to select field Use DATA Keys to slew the data USER CONTROLS SOFT KEYS RUN TEST Starts the TCAS Test NEXT PARAM Selects next control field Includes selection of fields that have dedicated Keys PREV PARAM Selects previous control fie...

Page 203: ...ly calculated to achieve collision at 0 nm and 0 ft relative to UUT Range STOP and Alt STOP fields are blanked when converge is ON STEP PROCEDURE UUT ALT Displays simulated intruder altitude in ft This is either entered via the TCAS Screen or is obtained automatically from the TCAS UUT transponder when ALT DETECT is set to ON ALT DETECT When set to ON UUT altitude is obtained automatically from TC...

Page 204: ...le if the CONVERGE parameter is set to OFF 4 8 5 SETUP SCENARIO DATA SCREEN The SETUP SCENARIO DATA Screen may be accessed from either the TCAS Screen or SETUP TCAS Screen by pressing the STORE RECALL Soft Key The Setup Scenario Screen allows the recall of nine factory predetermined scenarios and the Storage and Recall of up to 16 user defined and named scenarios B AT 2 5 H r 1 L a s t P o w e r D...

Page 205: ... select a specific scenario Press the RECALL Soft Key RETURN Press the RETURN Soft Key to display the previous screen NOTE Scenarios are also selected by using the DATA KEYS when in the scenario field of the TCAS screen OVERWRITE EXISTING SCENARIO To overwrite an existing TCAS scenario press YES Soft Key on CONFIRM Screen B AT 2 5 H r Y E S C O N F I R M O v e r w r i t e e x i s t i n g s t o re ...

Page 206: ...Set INTRUDER TYPE to MODE S STEP PROCEDURE 3 If UUT simulates altitude and direct connection is not used shield UUT Antenna being tested with Antenna Shield Refer to para 1 2 4 6 Position Directional Antenna 20 ft 6 1 m from UUT Antenna being tested 4 Press MON Soft Key to enter Surveillance Monitor screen Test Set displays information from the last received or recalled Mode S interrogation 5 Pres...

Page 207: ...cal Resolution Advisory Complement is received in UF16 part of MU field 1 2 4 Table 11 VRC FIELD DEFINITION 0 No complement sent 1 Don t descend 2 Don t climb VRC Field Display Data Table 11 STEP PROCEDURE CHC The Cancel Horizontal Resolution Advisory Complement is received in UF16 part of MU field 1 2 4 Table 12 CHC FIELD DEFINITION 0 No cancellation 1 Cancel don t turn left 2 Cancel don t turn r...

Page 208: ... 0 53 sec time to display information and 1 27 sec 1 0 sec is nominal COUNT The COUNT field displays the number of TCAS Surveillance Interrogations received during the test operation 6 Press STOP Soft Key to terminate test operation 4 8 6 2 BROADCAST MONITOR The Broadcast Monitor verifies the TCAS Broadcast is transmitted in UF16 approximately every ten seconds The Test Set detects a TCAS Broadcas...

Page 209: ...y the ARA subfield has been terminated The one is set for 18 sec 1 sec ARA The ARA field indicates all current Active Resolution Advisories being transmitted by the UUT 1 2 4 Table 15 STEP PROCEDURE DEFINITION BINARY DATA Don t turn right 0000 0000 0000 0001 Don t turn left 0000 0000 0000 0010 Turn right 0000 0000 0000 0100 Turn left 0000 0000 0000 1000 Don t climb faster than 2000 fpm 0000 0000 0...

Page 210: ...e INTERVAL field displays the time interval in seconds between the latest two TCAS Broadcast Messages received nominally 10 sec for each interrogator STEP PROCEDURE NOTE TCAS Broadcast Messages are jittered 0 2 sec off the nominal 10 sec interval time The TCAS Broadcast Message may also be staggered between the directional antennas causing shorter intervals if detected COUNT The COUNT field displa...

Page 211: ...lue is restored upon exit from the screen STEP PROCEDURE 6 Press RUN Soft Key to initiate Monitor mode The IFR 6000 displays latest whisper shout sequence information The bottom line indicates running Monitor by displaying Testing NO SUPP The IFR 6000 displays the number of processed interrogations received in latest sequence without detected S1 whisper shout suppression and P2 SLS pulses These in...

Page 212: ... SEQUENCE INTERVAL The IFR 6000 displays time from the start of one whisper shout sequence to the start of the next whisper shout sequence The IFR 6000 looks for the interval between 0 53 sec time to display information and 1 27 sec 1 0 sec is nominal 7 Press STOP Soft Key to terminate test operation 8 Press RETURN Soft Key to exit Whisper Shout Monitor Screen www valuetronics com ...

Page 213: ...te test operation 8 Verify UUT visual and audio operation Verify Traffic Advisory at 40 sec until encounter time Verify Resolution Advisory at 25 sec until encounter time Verify TCAS bearing reads 0 15 STEP PROCEDURE 9 Press STOP Soft Key to terminate test operation TCAS SURVEILLANCE OPERATION 10 Press MON Key to display TCAS Surveillance Monitor Screen 11 Press RUN Soft Key to initiate test opera...

Page 214: ...ng is correct 15 33 Press STOP Soft Key to terminate test operation 34 Reposition Test Set to a Z Test Location Stay at same distance from UUT as established in Steps 1 through 2 STEP PROCEDURE SLS PATTERN AT CROSSOVER 35 Press MON Soft Key to enter Whisper Shout Monitor Screen 36 Press RUN Soft Key to initiate test operation 37 Verify NO SUPP field is 2 38 Press STOP Soft Key to terminate test op...

Page 215: ...coverage including a 5 mile buffer required for TIS coverage A Mode S equipped aircraft requests TIS data via a downlink message at 1090 MHz The ground station sends TIS data to the aircraft via a datalink that operates at 1030 MHz Data formats for TIS are described in the Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Traffic Information Service TIS Data Link Communications RTCA DO 239 The TIS coc...

Page 216: ...t Antenna to transponder antenna horizontal range 6 to 250 Enter parameters for BOTTOM and TOP antenna if installation has diversity capability NOTE UNITS parameter determines feet or meters STEP PROCEDURE ANT HEIGHT Test Set Antenna Range to transponder antenna height difference 1 to 99 NOTE UNITS parameter determines feet or meters UUT ADDRESS MANUAL or AUTO defaults to AUTO on power up AUTO sel...

Page 217: ...ion on TIS display indications CLIMB LEVEL DESCEND UNUSED HDG Sets target Heading TRAFFIC Sets target traffic status on TIS display PROX Proximity TRFC Traffic ADDR UUT Aircraft Address in HEX and OCTAL TSCR Number of TIS connect requests received TSDR Number of TIS disconnect requests received ALT UUT UUT Altitude in ft TIS STATUS Indications CONNECTED Up linking data to UUTTSCR but not up linkin...

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Page 219: ...r and the Test Set GPS Connector The Directional Antenna can be held by hand or mounted on the tripod point the Directional Antenna at the UUT antenna XPDR XPDR antennas are top and bottom mounted on the airframe Verify which antenna s is the transponder antenna s since the DME antenna s look similar Position Directional Antenna in direct sight of UUT antenna avoiding close obstructions such as ga...

Page 220: ...far field is tested TCAS Most TCAS installations have top and bottom directional antennas Some aircraft are fitted with an omni directional bottom antenna Follow Avoid False TCAS RA s on Overflying Aircraft or Altitude procedure Position the Test Set Directional Antenna in direct sight of UUT antenna To minimize intruder bearing error Test Set antenna should be at the same height as the UUT antenn...

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Page 223: ...21 4 11 BREAKOUT BOX The Breakout Box accessory provides access to individual user interfaces via standa rd connectors The Test Set REMOTE Connector provides the main user signal interface for the Breakout Box www valuetronics com ...

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Page 225: ...ANT Connector Range 67 to 2 dBm at ANT Connector Resolution 1 dB Accuracy 2 dB Distance to UUT Antenna 6 to 300 ft with supplied antenna RF I O Connector Range 115 to 47 dBm Resolution 1 dB Accuracy 95 to 47 dBm 1 dB 115 to 95 dBm 2 dB Reply Pulse Spacing P1 to P2 12 s 100 ns X Channel at 50 peak P1 to P2 30 s 100 ns Y Channel at 50 peak Reply Pulse Width P1 P2 3 5 s 0 5 s Echo Reply Control On Of...

Page 226: ...ly Delay 56 s 100 ns Range Delay X and Y Channel Range 0 to 450 00 nmi Resolution 0 01 nmi Accuracy 0 01 nmi Range Rate X and Y Channel Range 10 to 6500 kts Resolution 1 kts Accuracy 0 01 typical tested to 0 5 Squitter PRF 2700 Hz Accuracy 2 Distribution Per ARINC 568 Reply Efficiency Range 0 to 100 Resolution 1 increments Accuracy 0 5 Ident Tone Selection Selectable three letter code Frequency 13...

Page 227: ...racy 1 dB Frequency Range 1025 00 to 1150 00 MHz Resolution 10 kHz Accuracy 20 kHz Interrogation Pulse Width P1 and P2 Pulse Widths Range 2 00 to 5 00 s Resolution 1 ns Accuracy 50 ns Interrogation Pulse Spacing P1 to P2 Spacing 10 to 14 s X Channel 34 to 38 s Y Channel Resolution 10 ns Accuracy 20 ns Interrogation PRF Range 1 to 300 Hz Resolution 1 Hz Accuracy 2 Hz www valuetronics com ...

Page 228: ...6 to 200 ft with supplied antenna RF I O Connector MTL 6 dB typical automatically controlled Range 115 to 47 dBm Resolution 0 5 dB Accuracy 95 to 47 dBm 1 dB 115 to 95 dBm 2 dB ATCRBS Mode S Interrogation Pulse Spacing Mode A P1 to P2 2 00 s 25 ns P1 to P3 8 00 s 25 ns Mode C P1 to P2 2 00 s 25 ns P1 to P3 21 00 s 25 ns Mode S P1 to P2 2 00 s 25 ns P1 to P6 3 50 s 25 ns P1 to SPR 4 75 s 25 ns P5 t...

Page 229: ...SK Block 30 25 s 50 ns P5 0 80 s 50 ns Intermode P4 Short 0 80 s 50 ns P4 Long 1 60 s 50 ns Interrogation Pulse Rise and Fall Times All Modes Rise Time 50 to 100 ns Fall Time 50 to 200 ns Phase Modulation All Modes Transition Time 80 ns Phase Shift 180 10 SLS Levels ATCRBS SLS Level P2 9 dB 1 to 0 dB relative to P1 level 0 dB 0 to 1 dB relative to P1 level Off Mode S SLS Level P5 NOTE 1 12 dB 1 to...

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Page 231: ...ter Frequency Range 1087 000 to 1093 000 MHz Resolution 10 kHz Accuracy 50 kHz Receiver Sensitivity Radiated MTL Range 79 to 67 dBm into 0 dBi antenna Resolution 0 1 dB Accuracy 2 dB typical Receiver Sensitivity Direct Connection MTL Range 79 to 67 dBm Resolution 0 1 dB Accuracy 2 dB Reply Delay ATCRBS Range 1 80 to 7 00 s Resolution 10 ns Accuracy 50 ns Mode S and ATCRBS Mode S All Call Range 125...

Page 232: ...6 00 s Resolution 1 ns Accuracy 20 ns Pulse Spacing F1 to F2 Range 19 70 to 21 60 s Resolution 1 ns Accuracy 20 ns Mode S Preamble Range P1 to P2 0 8 to 1 2 s P1 to P3 3 3 to 3 7 s P1 to P4 4 3 to 4 7 s Resolution 1 ns Accuracy 20 ns Pulse Widths F1 and F2 Range 0 25 to 0 75 s Resolution 1 ns Accuracy 20 ns Mode S Preamble Range 0 25 to 0 75 s Resolution 1 ns Accuracy 20 ns www valuetronics com ...

Page 233: ...o 3 dB ATCRBS Relative to F1 3 to 3 dB Resolution 0 1 dB 0 01 dB via RCI Accuracy 0 5 dB DF 11 Squitter Period Range 0 10 to 4 88 sec Resolution 10 ms Accuracy 10 ms Diversity Isolation Range 0 to 20 dB Depending on Test Distance Test Distance is 1 83 m 6 ft to 28 96 m 95 ft Resolution 0 1 dB Accuracy 3 dB www valuetronics com ...

Page 234: ...to UUT Antenna 6 to 300 ft with supplied antenna RF I O Connector Automatic mode 68 dBm at 10 nmi range automatically controlled Manual Mode Range 115 to 47 dBm Resolution 0 5 dB Accuracy 95 to 47 dBm 1 dB 115 to 95 dBm 2 dB Reply Pulse Spacing Mode C F1 to F2 20 30 s 25 ns F1 to C1 1 45 s 25 ns F1 to A1 2 90 s 25 ns F1 to C2 4 35 s 25 ns F1 to A2 5 80 s 25 ns F1 to C4 7 25 s 25 ns F1 to A4 8 70 s...

Page 235: ...0 50 s 50 ns D1 through D112 0 50 s 50 ns 1 s chip width Reply Modes TCAS I II Mode C with altitude reporting TCAS II Mode S formats 0 11 16 Reply Pulse Amplitudes ATCRBS 1 dB relative to F1 Mode S 1 dB relative to P1 Reply Pulse Rise and Fall Times All Modes Rise Time 50 to 100 ns Fall Time 50 to 200 ns Percent Reply Range 0 to 100 Resolution 10 Accuracy 1 Reply Delay ATCRBS 3 0 s 50 ns Mode S 12...

Page 236: ...1200 to 1200 kts Resolution 10 kts Accuracy 10 Altitude Range Range 1000 to 126 000 ft Resolution Mode C 100 ft Mode S 25 ft Altitude Rate Range 10 000 to 10 000 fpm Resolution 100 fpm Accuracy 10 Squitter Control On Off Rate 0 8 to 1 2 sec randomly distributed www valuetronics com ...

Page 237: ... S P1 to P2 2 0 us Accepts 200 ns Rejects 10 Replies 1 0 us P1 to SPR 4 75 us Accepts 200 ns Rejects 10 Replies 1 5 us Suppresion ATCRBS P2 or S1 0 5dB above level of P1 10 Replies ERP at 1030 MHz ATCRBS Range 43 to 58 dBm 20 to 631 W Resolution 0 1 dB Accuracy 2 dB Mode S Range 43 to 58 dBm 20 to 631 W Resolution 0 1 dB Accuracy 2 dB Direct Connection Peak Pulse Power at 1030 MHz ATCRBS Range 43 ...

Page 238: ... Peak Pulse Power at 1030 MHz cont Mode S Range 43 to 58 dBm 20 to 631 W Resolution 0 1 dB Accuracy 1 dB Frequency Range 1029 900 to 1030 100 MHz Resolution 1 kHz Accuracy 10 kHz TCAS Broadcast Interval Range 1 0 to 12 0 sec Resolution 0 1 sec Accuracy 0 2 sec www valuetronics com ...

Page 239: ...B Accuracy 2 dB Distance to UUT Antenna 6 to 150 ft with Supplied Antenna RF I O Connector Automatic mode 85 dBm Accuracy 1 dB Modulation Type BPFSK per RTCA DO 282B Deviation 312 5 kHz typical UUT Measurements ERP Range 35 to 57 dBm 3 16 to 500 watts Resolution 0 1 dB Accuracy 2 dB Direct Connection 978 MHz Range 35 to 57 dBm 3 16 to 500 watts Resolution 0 1 dB Accuracy 1 dB Frequency Range 977 9...

Page 240: ...Generate Video Level 0 2 to 1 5 Vpp into 50 1030 MHz at 67dBm Receive Video Level Proportional to IF level Test Antenna VSWR 1 5 1 Typical Gain 6 dB Typical Time Base TCXO Temperature Stability 1 ppm Aging 1 ppm per year Accuracy 1 ppm Test Limit 0 3 ppm Battery Type Li Ion Duration 4 hrs continuous operation 6 hrs Typical Input Power Test Set Input Range 11 to 32 Vdc Power Consumption 55 W Maximu...

Page 241: ...ution Degree 2 Altitude 4800 m Operating Temperature 20 C to 55 C NOTE 2 Storage Temperature 30 C to 71 C NOTE 3 Relative Humidity 95 5 from 5 C to 30 C 75 5 from 30 C to 40 C 45 5 from 40 C to 55 C Environmental Supplied External AC to DC Converter Use Indoors Altitude 10 000 m Operating Temperature 0 C to 40 C Storage Temperature 20 C to 71 C Physical Characteristics Dimensions Height 11 2 in 28...

Page 242: ...EMC EN 61326 External AC DC Converter Certifications Safety Compliance UL 1950 DS CSA 22 2 No 234 VDE EN 60 950 EMI RFI Compliance FCC Docket 20780 Curve B EMC EN 61326 Transit Case Certifications Drop Test FED STD 101C Method 5007 1 Paragraph 6 3 Procedure A Level A Falling Dart Impact ATA 300 Category I Vibration Loose Cargo FED STD 101C Method 5019 Vibration Sweep ATA 300 Category I Simulated R...

Page 243: ...Test Sets must be repackaged in original shipping containers using VIAVI packing molds If original shipping containers and materials are not available contact VIAVI Customer Service for shipping instructions Freight Costs All freight costs on non warranty shipments are assumed by the customer See Warranty Packet for freight charge policy on warranty claims Freight Insurance VIAVI recommends that c...

Page 244: ...nish Place Test Set into shipping container making sure Test Set is securely seated in bottom packing mold Place top packing mold over top of Test Set and press down until top packing mold rests solidly on Test Set Close shipping container lids and seal with shipping tape or an industrial stapler Tie all sides of container with break resistant rope twine or equivalent www valuetronics com ...

Page 245: ... periods Disconnect Test Set from any electrical power source Disconnect the wire harness connecting the battery to the Test Set and remove the battery Refer to the Battery Voltage Instructions Disconnect and store ac power cable and other accessories with Test Set Cover Test Set to prevent dust and debris from covering and entering Test Set www valuetronics com ...

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Page 247: ...mm CIRCULAR 2 5 mm center 5 5 mm outer diameter center positive 11 to 32 Vdc INPUT RF I O TNC RF 30 W CW MAX INPUT OUTPUT ANT TNC RF 0 5 W CW MAX INPUT OUTPUT REMOTE 44 Pin Female MIXED INPUT OUTPUT Refer to Appendix A Table 2 for REMOTE Connector description I O Connectors Table 1 1 If the UAT Option is available the GPS Connector functions as the GPS Antenna Connector www valuetronics com ...

Page 248: ...ut Altitude Encode Input 10 C4 Input Altitude Encode Input 11 GND Ground System Ground 12 REM_IN1 Input General Purpose Input 13 REM_OUT2 Output General Purpose Output 14 GND Ground System Ground 15 GND Ground System Ground 16 H_D In Out USB Host Data Compliment 17 H_D In Out USB Host Data True 18 D_D In Out USB Host Data Compliment 19 D_D In Out USB Host Data True 20 GND Ground System Ground 21 H...

Page 249: ...rt 32 VBUS_DN1 Supply 5V supply for USB device port 33 VBUS_UP Supply 5V supply input from USB host 34 GND_UP Ground Ground for USB host port 35 GND Ground System Ground 36 HOST_RXD Input RS 232 Data Input 37 A1 Input Altitude Encode Input 38 B4 Input Altitude Encode Input 39 C1 Input Altitude Encode Input 40 REM_SP1 Spare Pin 41 D4 Input Altitude Encode Input 42 REM_IN4 Input General Purpose Inpu...

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Page 251: ...iles hr 0 6818 miles km 1 609 ft sec2 cm sec2 30 48 miles meters 1609 ft sec2 m sec2 0 3048 miles nmi 0 8684 grams ounces 0 03527 miles hr ft sec 1 467 inches cm 2 54 miles hr km hr 1 609 kg pounds 2 205 miles hr knots 0 8684 kg cm2 psi 0 0703 nmi feet 6080 27 km feet 3281 nmi km 1 8532 km miles 0 6214 nmi meters 1853 2 km nmi 0 5396 nmi miles 1 1516 km hr ft sec 0 9113 ounces grams 28 34953 km hr...

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Page 253: ...FIELD FACTORY POWER UP ANTENNA SELECTION Bottom Last Used RF PORT Antenna Last Used ANTENNA RANGE 12 ft Last Used ANTENNA HEIGHT 1 ft Last Used DIR CABLE LOSS 1 2 dB Last Used ANT CABLE 1 ft Last Used ANT CABLE LOSS 0 1 dB Last Used ANT GAIN 1 03 GHZ 7 1 dB Last Used ANT GAIN 1 09 GHZ 6 1 dB Last Used UUT ADDRESS AUTO AUTO MANUAL AA 000000 Last Used DIVERSITY TEST ON Last Used CONFIG TYPE GENERIC ...

Page 254: ...LOSS 0 1 dB Last Used ANT GAIN 0 96 GHZ 7 5 dB Last Used ANT GAIN 1 03 GHZ 7 1 dB Last Used ANT GAIN 1 09 GHZ 6 1 dB Last Used ANT GAIN 1 15 GHZ 5 0 dB Last Used ANT GAIN 1 22 GHZ 2 8 dB Last Used MAX RANGE 400 nm Last Used DME Screen FIELD FACTORY POWER UP VOR FREQ CHAN 978 108 00 17X 978 108 00 17X RF LVL Maximum Maximum RANGE 0 nm 0 nm RATE 10 kts 10 kts RATE DIRECTION OUT OUT REPLY 100 100 ECH...

Page 255: ...Blank Blank REPLIES Blank Blank FREQ Blank Blank TOP ERP Blank Blank TOP MTL Blank Blank BOT ERP Blank Blank BOT MTL Blank Blank A CODE Blank Blank C ALT Blank Blank S CODE Blank Blank S ALT Blank Blank TAIL Blank Blank DF17 Blank Blank FLIGHT ID Blank Blank AA Blank Blank FS Blank Blank VS Blank Blank COUNTRY Blank Blank www valuetronics com ...

Page 256: ... Last used ANT GAIN 1 09GHZ 6 1dB Last used SQUITTERS ON Last used ALT REPORTING ON Last used DISPLAYED ALT Relative Last used TEST SET AA A92493 Last used TCAS Screen FIELD FACTORY POWER UP SCENARIO 0 Custom 0 Custom TCAS TYPE TCAS II TCAS II REPLY 100 100 INTRUDER TYPE Mode S Mode S RANGE START 10 00 nm 10 00 nm RANGE STOP 0 00 nm 0 00 nm RANGE RATE 300 kts 300 kts ALT START 1000 ft 1000 ft ALT ...

Page 257: ...ast used ADS B GEN DF17 Last used ADS B MON DF17 Last used GICB DF20 Last used ADS B GEN BDS 0 5 Screen FIELD FACTORY POWER UP TYPE 9 9 DF 18 Last used AA A92492 A92492 PERIOD 1 00 s 1 00 s LAT 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 N LONG 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 E POS SAF 0 0 T N UTC N UTC SURVEILLANCE STATUS No info No info BARO PRES ALT 0 ft 0 ft GNSS ALT www valuetronics com ...

Page 258: ...92 PERIOD 1 00 s 1 00 s LAT 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 N LONG 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 E MOVEMENT No info No info T N UTC N UTC HDG 0 deg 0 deg ADS B GEN BDS 0 8 Screen FIELD FACTORY POWER UP TYPE 1 1 DF 18 Last used COUNT 0 Last used AA A92492 A92492 PERIOD 1 00 s 1 00 s FLIGHT ID EMIT CAT SET D D EMIT CAT Reserved Reserved www valuetronics com ...

Page 259: ...l ovr gnd norm 1 vel ovr gnd norm VERT RATE 0 ft min 0 ft min GEO ALT DIFF FROM BARO 0 ft 0 ft SOURCE GEO GEO INTENT CHANGE NO NO AIRSPEED AIRSPEED TYPE IFR CAP ADS B CLASS A1 NO NO ADS B GEN BDS 6 1 Screen FIELD FACTORY POWER UP TYPE 28 28 DF 18 Last used AA A92492 A92492 PERIOD 1 00 s 1 00 s EMERG PRIOR CODE 0 No info 0 No info RESERVED 000000000000 000000000000 SUBTYPE 0 No info 0 No info www v...

Page 260: ...SOURCE INFO Not used Not used TARG ALT CAP HLDG ALT HLDG ALT VERT MODE IND Unknown Unknown SIL 0 0 TARG ALT TYPE FL FL NIC BARO 0 0 TARG ALT 0 ft 0 ft TARG HDG 0 deg 0 deg TCAS ACAS OPERATIONAL No No RAA No No HORIZ DATA AVAL SOURCE IND Not valid Not valid HORIZ MODE IND Unknown Unknown NAC 0 0 EMERG PRIOR CODE No Emergency No Emergency www valuetronics com ...

Page 261: ...92 PERIOD 1 00 s 1 00 s SUBTYPE D airborne D airborne NAC D D BAQ D D SIL 0 0 TC 0 0 CDTI 0 0 ARV 0 0 TS 0 0 RA 0 0 VER NBR Do 260 Do 242 Do 260 Do 242 NOT TCAS 0 0 OPER MODE SUBFIELD 0 0 NIC BARO 0 0 HORIZ REF DIR True North True North IDENT No No TRK HDG NIC 0 0 LENGTH WIDTH REC ATC SERV 0 0 B2 LOW POA www valuetronics com ...

Page 262: ... 1 ft Last used ANT CABLE LOSS 0 1 dB Last used ANT GAIN 1 03 GHz 7 1 Last used ANT GAIN 1 09 GHz 6 1 Last used UUT ADDRESS Auto Auto MANUAL AA 000000 Last used TIS Screen FIELD FACTORY POWER UP TARGETS 5 Last used UUT HDG 0 Last used BRG deg 1 5 0 Last used RNG nm 1 5 0 Last used ALT ft 1 5 0 Last used ALT RATE Level Last used HDG 1 5 0 Last used TRAFFIC 1 5 Prox Last used www valuetronics com ...

Page 263: ... the parameter STN UAT TIS B Screen FIELD FACTORY POWER UP TARGETS 5 Last used UUT HDG 0 deg Last used BRG 0 deg Last used RNG 0 nm Last used ALT 0 ft Last used HDG 0 deg Last used UUT ALT 0 ft Last used UUT LAT 0 0 0 00 N Last used UUT LON 0 0 0 00 E Last used TIS B SITE ID 0 Last used UAT ADS B Screen FIELD FACTORY POWER UP TARGETS 5 Last used UUT HDG 0 deg Last used BRG 0 deg Last used RNG 0 nm...

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Page 265: ...m bps Bits per Second BR Bridge Rectifier BT Battery C C Celsius or Centigrade CA Transponder Capability CC Crosslink Capability ccw Counterclockwise CDTI Cockpit Display of Traffic Information CFS Continuation Subfield CHAN Channel CHC Cancel Horizontal Resolution Advisory CLOS Closeout cm Centimeter 10 2 Meters Cont Continued CPU Central Processing Unit CrLf Carriage Return and Line Feed CTRL Co...

Page 266: ...ERR Interrogation I O Input Output ITM Intermode K KE Control ELM kg Kilogram 103 Grams kHz Kilohertz 103 Hertz km Kilometer 103 meters Kts Knots Velocity L LCA Logic Cell Array LCD Liquid Crystal Display LED Light Emitting Diode LF Line Feed LO Local Oscillator LOS Lockout Subfield LSB Least Significant Bit LSD Least Significant Digit M m Meters MA Message COMM A MAX Maximum MB Message COMM B MBS...

Page 267: ...ecial Designator Sec Second SL Sensitivity Level SLM Standard Length Message SLS Side Lobe Suppression SPI Special Identifier Pulse SQTR Squitter SRQ Service Request SRS Segment Request Subfield SSR Secondary Surveillance Radar SYNC Synchronous T TAS Transmission Acknowledgment Subfield TCAS Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System TID Threat Identity Data TIS B Traffic Information Services Br...

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Page 270: ... H_D In Out USB Host Data True 4 GND_DN1 Ground Ground for USB device port USB HOST Connector Table Table 1 2 USB DEVICE CONNECTOR PIN NO SIGNAL NAME SIGNAL TYPE DESCRIPTION 1 VBUS_UP Supply 5 V supply input from USB host 2 D_D In Out USB Host Data Compliment 3 D_D In Out USB Host Data True 4 GND_UP Ground Ground for USB host port USB DEVICE Connector Table Table 2 www valuetronics com ...

Page 271: ...Altitude Encode Input 4 B1 Input Altitude Encode Input 5 B2 Input Altitude Encode Input 6 B4 Input Altitude Encode Input 7 C1 Input Altitude Encode Input 8 C2 Input Altitude Encode Input 9 C4 Input Altitude Encode Input 10 11 D2 Input Altitude Encode Input 12 D4 Input Altitude Encode Input 13 GND Ground System Ground 14 15 ALTITUDE ENCODER Connector Table Table 3 www valuetronics com ...

Page 272: ...ose Input 2 REM_IN2 Input Timestamp Reset LVTTL Trigger In 3 REM_IN3 Input General Purpose Input 4 REM_IN4 Input General Purpose Input 5 GND Ground System Ground 6 GND Ground System Ground 7 GND Ground System Ground 8 GND Ground System Ground 9 DNU Supply Do Not Use Reserved AUX IN Connector Table Table 4 www valuetronics com ...

Page 273: ...GNAL TYPE DESCRIPTION 1 2 HOST_TXD BIPOLAR RS 232 Data Output 3 HOST_RXD BIPOLAR RS 232 Data Input 4 5 GND Ground System Ground 6 7 HOST_CTS BIPOLAR RS 232 Clear to Send Input 8 HOST_RTS BIPOLAR RS 232 Clear to Send Output 9 RS 232 Connector Table Table 5 www valuetronics com ...

Page 274: ... DESCRIPTION AUX OUT 1 Output Mode S Interrogation Trigger AUX OUT 2 Output ATCRBS Interrogation Trigger AUX OUT 3 Output SYNC1 AUX OUT 4 Output Not Used Remote OUT Connector Table Table 6 1 This is the output of the synchronization pulse of the transmission www valuetronics com ...

Page 275: ...itude Encode Input 10 C4 Input Altitude Encode Input 11 GND Ground System Ground 12 REM_IN1 Input General Purpose Input 13 REM_OUT2 Output General Purpose Output 14 GND Ground System Ground 15 GND Ground System Ground 16 H_D In Out USB Host Data Compliment 17 H_D In Out USB Host Data True 18 D_D In Out USB Host Data Compliment 19 D_D In Out USB Host Data True 20 GND Ground System Ground 21 HOST_TX...

Page 276: ...1 Supply 5 V supply for USB device port 33 VBUS_UP Supply 5 V supply input from USB host 34 GND_UP Ground Ground for USB host port 35 GND Ground System Ground 36 HOST_RXD Input RS 232 Data Input 37 A1 Input Altitude Encode Input 38 B4 Input Altitude Encode Input 39 C1 Input Altitude Encode Input 40 REM_SP1 Spare Pin 41 D4 Input Altitude Encode Input 42 REM_IN4 Input General Purpose Input 43 REM_OU...

Page 277: ...7 0 74 3 1090 3 MODE S CL B OPT FRQ 48 5 to 57 0 74 3 1090 1 MODE S CL B OPT POW 51 0 to 57 0 74 3 1090 3 DIR w Coupler Configuration TX Power dBm RX MTL dBm TX Freq MHz GENERIC ATCRBS 48 5 to 57 0 66 to 77 1090 3 ATCRBS CLASS A 51 0 to 57 0 66 to 77 1090 3 ATCRBS CLASS B 48 5 to 57 0 66 to 77 1090 3 GENERIC MODE S 48 5 to 57 0 68 to 77 1090 3 MODE S CLASS A 51 0 to 57 0 68 to 77 1090 1 MODE S CLA...

Page 278: ...1090 1 MODE S CLASS B 48 5 71 1090 3 MODE S CL B OPT FRQ 48 5 71 1090 1 MODE S CL B OPT POW 51 0 71 1090 3 DIR w Coupler Configuration TX Power dBm RX MTL dBm TX Freq MHz GENERIC ATCRBS 48 5 66 1090 3 ATCRBS CLASS A 51 0 66 1090 3 ATCRBS CLASS B 48 5 66 1090 3 GENERIC MODE S 48 5 68 1090 3 MODE S CLASS A 51 0 68 1090 1 MODE S CLASS B 48 5 68 1090 3 MODE S CL B OPT FRQ 48 5 68 1090 1 MODE S CL B OP...

Page 279: ...y the IFR 6000 For an expanded list of Mode S codes refer to Appendix H COUNTRY ADDRESS BLOCK Belgium 448000 448FFF Canada C00000 C3FFFF Denmark 458000 45FFFF France 380000 3AFFFF Germany 3C0000 3FFFFF Poland 488000 48FFFF Switzerland 4B0000 4B7FFF USA A00000 AFFFFF Sweden 4A8000 4AFFFF South Korea 718000 71FFFF Australia 7C0000 7FFFFF www valuetronics com ...

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Page 281: ...600000 6003FF Cameroon 034000 034FFF Australia 7C0000 7FFFFF Canada C00000 C3FFFF Austria 440000 447FFF Cape Verde 096000 096FF Azerbaijan 600800 600BFF Central African Republic 06C000 06CFFF Bahamas 0A8000 0A8FFF Chad 084000 084FFF Bahrain 894000 894FFF Chile E80000 E80FFF Bangladesh 702000 702FFF China 780000 78BFFF Barbados 0AA000 0AA3FF Colombia 0AC000 0ACFFF Belarus 510000 5103FF Comoros 0350...

Page 282: ...quatorial Guinea 042000 042FFF Iraq 728000 72FFFF Eritrea 202000 2023FF Ireland 4CA000 4CAFFF Estonia 511000 5113FF Israel 738000 73FFFF Ethiopia 040000 040FFF Italy 300000 33FFFF Fiji C88000 C88FFF Jamaica 0BE000 0BEFFF Finland 460000 467FFF Japan 840000 87FFFF France 380000 3AFFFF Jordan 740000 747FFF Gabon 03E000 03EFFF Kazakhstan 683000 6733FF Gambia 09A000 09AFFF Kenya 04C000 04CFFF Georgia 5...

Page 283: ...98000 898FFF Marshall Islands 900000 9003FF Paraguay E88000 E88FFF Mauritania 05E000 05D3FF Peru E8C000 E8CFFF Mauritius 060000 0603FF Philippines 758000 75FFFF Mexico 0D0000 0D7FFF Poland 488000 48FFFF Micronesia Federal States 681000 6813FF Portugal 490000 497FFF Monaco 4D4000 4D43FF Qatar 06A000 06A3FF Mongolia 682000 6823FF Rep of Korea 718000 71FFFF Morocco 020000 027FFF Rep of Moldova 504C00...

Page 284: ...0 068FFF Slovenia 506C00 506FFF Ukraine 508000 50FFFF Solomon Islands 897000 8973FF United Arab Emirates 896000 896FFF Somalia 078000 078FFF United Kingdom 400000 423FFFF South Africa 008000 00FFFF United Rep of Tanzania 080000 080FFF Spain 340000 37FFFF United States A00000 AFFFFF Sri Lanka 770000 777FFF Uruguay E90000 E00FFF Sudan 07C000 07CFFF Uzbekistan 507C00 507FFF Suriname 0C80000 0C8FFF Va...

Page 285: ...d the assignment of an unauthorized 24 bit aircraft address It is intended that the temporary address is to be relinquished as soon as practicable when the 24 bit aircraft address is assigned by a Stat of Registry or common mark registering authority in conformance with the provisions in 4 5 and 6 of the ICAO Annex 10 Vol III The State concerned is then expected to inform ICAO or its designate reg...

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Page 287: ...dentification SPI etc 2 3 DATA LINK COMMUNICATIONS The discrete addressing and digital encoding allow Mode S transmissions to be used as digital data links Interrogation and reply formats of the Mode S system contain sufficient coding space to transmit data Most Mode S data link transmissions are handled as one 56 bit message included as part of long 112 bit interrogations or replies The transmiss...

Page 288: ...27 or 83 AP 24 19 1 0011 27 or 83 AP 24 20 1 0100 PC 3 RR 5 DI 3 SD 16 MA 56 AP 24 Comm A Altitude Request 21 1 0101 PC 3 RR 5 DI 3 SD 16 MA 56 AP 24 Comm A Identity Request 22 1 0110 27 or 83 AP 24 23 1 0111 27 or 83 AP 24 24 1 1xxx RC 2 NC 4 MC 80 AP 24 Comm C ELM NOTE XX M represents a field designated XX containing M number of assigned bits NOTE N represents free coding space with N available ...

Page 289: ...PI 24 Extended Squitter 19 1 0011 27 or 83 P 24 20 1 0100 FS 3 DR 5 UM 6 AC 13 MB 56 AP 24 Comm B Altitude Reply 21 1 0101 FS 3 DR 5 UM 6 ID 13 MB 56 AP 24 Comm B Identity Reply 22 1 0110 27 or 83 P 24 23 1 0111 27 or 83 P 24 24 1 1xxx KE 1 ND 4 MD 80 AP 24 Comm D ELM NOTE XX M represents a field designated XX containing M num ber of assigned bits NOTE P 24 represents a 24 bit field reserved for p...

Page 290: ...tter or All Call reply to report transponder capability Codes are 0 Signifies no communications capability surveillance only no ability to set CA code 7 either on the ground or airborne 1 Not Used 2 Not Used 3 Not Used 4 Level 2 3 or 4 ability to set code 7 and is on the ground 5 Level 2 3 or 4 ability to set code 7 and is airborne 6 Level 2 3 or 4 ability to set code 7 7 DR 0 or FS 3 4 or 5 NOTE ...

Page 291: ...or extended squitter surface control 3 SD contains SIS LSS RRS 4 6 Not assigned 7 SD contains IIS RRS LOS TMS DR 5 9 13 X Requests extraction of downlink messages from the transponder by the interrogator and appears in formats DF 4 5 20 21 The codes are 0 No downlink request 1 Request to send Comm B message B bit set 2 TCAS information available 3 TCAS information available and request to send Com...

Page 292: ...n the IIS subfields SI Surveillance Identifer lower 4 bits of 6 bit SI code NOTE Surveillance Identifier is derived from CL and IC fields of UF11 or directly in the SIS subfield of SD field value of CL field in formats UF4 5 20 and 21 KE 1 4 X Defines the content of the ND and MD fields in Comm D replies DF 24 MA 56 33 88 X Messages directed to the aircraft part of Comm A interrogations UF 20 21 A...

Page 293: ...nstallation If all bits are Zeros no Comm A data link services are supported AIS 48 41 88 X Aircraft Identification reported when a surveillance or Comm A interrogation UF 4 5 20 21 contains RR 18 and DI anything but 7 AIS contains up to eight 6 bit characters as defined in Table 4 MB ARA 14 41 54 X TCAS Resolution Advisory Report indicating current Active Resolution Advisories if any generated by...

Page 294: ...n various formats assigned to BDS2 codes other than 0 as requested by interrogator specified in the RRS subfield of SD CFS 4 41 44 X Continuation subfield contains the BDS2 value of the next additional capability report available from the installation MB ECS 8 81 88 X Data Link Capability subfield reports ELM capability of installation No ELM data link services are supported if all bits are Zeros ...

Page 295: ... See SD and UM fields SRS 16 9 24 X If a Comm C interrogation UF 24 contains RC 3 the SRS subfield contains a list of segment request authorizations for DELMs in the 16 bit 9 24 SRS subfield Starting with bit 9 denoting the first segment each of the following bits is set to One if the transmission of the corresponding segment is requested Refer to Table 5 MD 80 9 88 X Comm D field part of DF 24 co...

Page 296: ...tal resolution capability HRC is set to 0 The codes are 0 No horizontal resolution advisory complement sent 1 Intruder TCAS sense is turn left do not turn left 2 Intruder TCAS sense is turn left do not turn right 3 4 Not assigned 5 Intruder TCAS sense is turn right do not turn left 6 Intruder TCAS sense is turn right do not turn right 7 Not assigned HSB 5 56 60 X Encoded Sense Bits for Horizontal ...

Page 297: ...visory Complement The codes are 0 No vertical resolution advisory complement sent 1 Don t descend 2 Don t climb 3 Not assigned VSB 4 61 64 X Encoded Sense Bits for Vertical Resolution Complements provide a parity coding field to protect four vertical sense bits CVC and VRC in all TCAS Resolution Messages If bits 43 46 do not agree with bits 61 64 the TCAS receiver assumes an error and disregards m...

Page 298: ...e VDS2 4 37 40 X Is set to 0 for Coordination Reply Message NC 4 5 8 X Provides the segment number transmitted in an uplink ELM and is part of a Comm C interrogation UF 24 ND 4 5 8 X Provides the segment number transmitted in a downlink ELM and is part of a Comm D reply DF 24 PC 3 6 8 X Contains operating commands to the transponder and is part of surveillance and Comm A interrogations UF 4 5 20 2...

Page 299: ...10 Disregard lockout reply with probability 1 4 11 Disregard lockout reply with probability 1 8 12 Disregard lockout reply with probability 1 16 13 14 15 Do not reply NOTE On receipt of a Mode S Only All Call containing a PR code other than 0 or 8 transponder executes a random process and makes a reply decision for the interrogation in accordance with the commanded probability Random occurrence of...

Page 300: ...cits DF 0 reply if Zero and DF 16 reply if One only if transponder is associated with Airborne Collision Avoidance System ACAS equipment Otherwise in UF 0 Zero solicits DF 0 reply and One solicits no reply In UF 16 Zero solicits DF 16 reply and One solicits no reply RR 5 9 13 X Contains length and content of interrogator requested reply RR is part of surveillance and Comm A interrogations UF 4 5 2...

Page 301: ...F 11 from the Interrogator indicated in IIS of the interrogation If LOS is set to Zero no change in lockout state is commanded LOS is sent only if DI 1 or 7 LSS 1 23 X Lockout surveillance subfield if set to One shall signify a multisite lockout command from the interrogator indicated in SIS LSS set to zero shall be used to signify that no change in lockout state is commanded MBS 2 21 22 X Multisi...

Page 302: ...t when DI 3 contains coding corresponding to the requested BDS2 code RSS 2 27 28 X Reservation Status subfield sent when DI 1 requests transponder to report reservation status in the UM field The codes are 0 No request 1 Report Comm B reservation status 2 Report Comm C reservation status 3 Report Comm D reservation status SAS 2 27 28 X Surface Antenna Subfield shall control the diversity antenna t...

Page 303: ...1 or 7 contains coding for linking the Comm A message segments The codes are 0 No Action 1 Unlinked Priority 2 Unlinked Acknowledge 3 Unlinked Priority Acknowledge 4 Linked 1st Segment Single ADS 5 Linked 1st Segment Single ADS Priority 6 Linked 1st Segment Single ADS Acknowledge 7 Linked 1st Segment Single ADS Priority Acknowledge 8 Linked 1st Segment Multiple ADS 9 Linked 1st Segment Multiple AD...

Page 304: ...ard capability to generate resolution advisories UF 5 1 5 X The first field in all uplink formats is the transmission descriptor in all interrogations UM 6 14 19 X Contains transponder status readouts in replies DF 4 5 20 21 IDS 2 18 19 X Identifier Designator subfield reports the type of reservation made by the interrogator identified in IIS and corresponds with the RSS subfield of SD Assigned co...

Page 305: ... 0 1 M 1 1 1 0 N 1 1 1 1 O SP SPACE code 6 Bit Character Set for AIS Subfield Table 4 SRS OR TAS SUBFIELD VALUE OCTAL HEXADECIMAL NUMBER OF SEGMENTS 100000 8000 1 140000 C000 2 160000 E000 3 170000 F000 4 174000 F800 5 176000 FC00 6 177000 FE00 7 177400 FF00 8 177600 FF80 9 177700 FFC0 10 177740 FFE0 11 177760 FFF0 12 177770 FFF8 13 177774 FFFC 14 177776 FFFE 15 177777 FFFF 16 Valid Values for SRS...

Page 306: ...10000 20 16 10 Number Systems Conversion Table 6 UF FIELDS 0 VS b CC b SL d RI d AC h o AA h o 4 FS d DR d UM h IDS d IIS d AC h o AA h o 5 FS d DR d UM h IDS d IIS d ID h o AA h o 11 CA d PI h AA h o 16 VS b SL d RI d MV h AC h o AA h o 20 FS d DR d UM h IDS d IIS d MB h AC h o AA h o 21 FS d DR d UM h IDS d IIS d MB h ID h o AA h o 24 KE b ND d IDS d IIS d AA h o h hex b binary d decimal Mode S ...

Page 307: ... connectors Antenna Shield Used with Antenna Clamp Assembly to cover UUT Antenna not being tested 12 in Coaxial Cable Used to connect Test Set ANT Connector to Directional Antenna ANT Connector ITEM DESCRIPTION 72 in Coaxial Cable Used to connect the Test Set to the UUT 5 A Fuse Spare Fuse Power Cord US Only Used to connect AC power from an external AC power source to AC PWR Connector Power Cord E...

Page 308: ...na Shield Plate aligning captive screws into the respective screw holes 2 Tighten captive screws STEP PROCEDURE 3 Cover UUT Antenna with Antenna Shield Loosen Thumbscrews if necessary NOTE It may be necessary to remove UUT Antenna Guard if access to UUT Antenna is restricted 4 Secure Antenna Shield by tightening thumbscrews Antenna Shield Figure 2 www valuetronics com ...

Page 309: ...inst the aircraft Lock coupler into place by pushing white lever on the side of the coupler into a down and locked position STEP PROCEDURE NOTE Coupler must be tightly pressed and locked in place for Test Set to function correctly Coupler will lock into place when the black rubber gasket is not completely depressed against the aircraft but the Test Set will not measure functions accurately 2 Conne...

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Page 311: ...arget acquisition time increases by more than ten sec NOTE The table only applies when testing one UUT Antenna Other UUT A ntennas are shielded disabled or out of the line of sight path with the IFR 6000 TCAS INCREASE IN TARGET ACQUISITION TIME PROBABILITY PERCENTAGE 3 sec 91 4 sec 76 5 sec 59 6 sec 44 7 sec 31 8 sec 22 9 sec 15 10 sec 10 11 sec 7 12 sec 4 13 sec 3 14 sec 2 15 sec 1 16 sec 0 7 17 ...

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Page 313: ... DME Setup Antenna 1 1 2 p 9 DME Setup Direct Connect 1 1 2 p 10 DME Testing 1 1 2 p 11 External Cleaning 1 2 1 p 3 Factory Power Up Presets App C FIS B GEN 1 2 4 p 103 Functional Capabilities 1 1 1 p 1 General Description and Capabilities 1 1 1 p 1 General Operation 1 2 1 p 1 General Setup 1 1 2 p 2 GICB General 1 2 4 p 77 GICB Mode 1 2 4 p 77 GPS Status 1 2 4 p 123 Grounding Power Cord 1 2 1 p 1...

Page 314: ...eneral description 1 2 4 p 149 Mode 1 2 4 p 149 Setup 1 2 4 p 149 Setup Antenna 1 1 2 p 13 Setup Direct Connect 1 1 2 p 14 Testing 1 1 2 p 15 TIS B Mode General description 1 2 4 p 107 Data 1 2 4 p 108 UATGeneral 1 2 4 p 102 UATSetup 1 2 4 p 102 USB DEVICE Connector App E p 2 USB HOST Connector Pin Out Table App E p 2 XPDR Altitude Encoder 1 2 4 p 28 Auto Test 1 2 4 p 8 Configurations 1 2 4 p 2 De...

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Page 317: ... Terminal that may supply or be supplied with ac or dc voltage DC TERMINAL Terminal that may supply or be supplied with dc voltage AC TERMINAL Terminal that may supply or be supplied with ac or alternating voltage EQUIPMENT GROUNDING PRECAUTION Improper grounding of equipment can result in electrical shock USE OF PROBES Check specifications for the maximum voltage current and power ratings of any ...

Page 318: ...ARDS WHEN TAKEN OUT OF THE SET MUST BE LAID ON A GROUNDED CONDUCTIVE MAT OR STORED IN A CONDUCTIVE STORAGE BAG REMOVE ANY BUILT IN POWER SOURCE SUCH AS A BATTERY BEFORE LAYING PC B OARDS ON A CONDUCTIVE MAT OR STORING IN A CONDUCTIVE BAG PC BOARDS IF BEING SHIPPED TO THE FACTORY FOR REPAIR MUST BE PACKAGED IN A CONDUCTIVE BAG AND PLACED IN A WELL CUSHIONED SHIPPING CONTAINER CAUTION SIGNAL GENERAT...

Page 319: ... the two captive screws in each bumper 8 in lbs BATTERY REPLACEMENT Refer to Figure 1 STEP PROCEDURE 1 Verify the IFR 6000 is OFF and not connected to AC power 2 Fully loosen two captive screws in the two lower bumpers and remove the bumpers 3 Fully loosen five captive screws and lift the Battery Cover from the Case Assembly 4 Disconnect the wire harness connecting the battery to the Test Set and ...

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