SERVICE BULLETIN
PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) UNIT
MOD DOT 9 REQUIRED FOR NAND RECORDERS
AVIATION RECORDERS
100 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota, Florida 34232
Telephone: 941-371-0811 Facsimile: 941-377-5591
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PI SB005 R1
Date: September 19, 2013
BULLETIN NO. PI SB005 Rev. 1
I.
PLANNING INFORMATION
A.
Effectivity
Portable Interface (PI) Unit, manufactured by L-3 Communications, part number
17TES0043.
All Portable Interface Units bearing serial number 917791 or higher will have this
Service Bulletin incorporated from the factory.
B.
Reason
Portable Interface (PI) Unit Mod Dot 9 is required for compatibility with recorders
model number FA2100, FA2200, and FA2300 assembled with the NAND memory.
C.
Description
L
−
3 Aviation Recorders is now manufacturing model FA2100, FA2200, and FA2300
products with NAND memory devices in the Crash Survivable Memory Unit (CSMU).
Recorders equipped with NAND memory can be identified by their Mod Dot status as
shown in Table 1. Additionally, NAND recorders will feature the L
−
3 logo on top of the
CSMU as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1
In order to be compatible with the NAND recorders, the 17TES0043 Portable
Interface (PI) Unit must contain Mod Dot 9. A modified Portable Interface will still be
compatible with older recorders which do not contain NAND memory.
The document reference is online, please check the correspondence between the online documentation and the printed version.