User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- T3CAS_Section_5
- 5 Adjustment/Test
- 1. General
- 2. Equipment
- 3. Initial Harness Checkout (New Installations Only)
- 4. System Self-Tests
- 5. Return-to-Service Test
- 6. Operational Software Loading Using an ARINC 615A Portable Data Loader or Compact Flash Card
- 7. Downloading Information from the TP3PCAS Using a CF Card
- 1. Obtain a New or Blank Compact Flash (CF) card.
- 2. Copy to the New or Blank CF card the appropriate ‘Header File’
- a) Header files are files copied to the New or Blank CF card that will instruct the computer unit what is desired to be downloaded.
- b) Header files needed to download Maintenance Data, Event Data and CRC Part Numbers can be obtained from ACSS Customer Services at +1-623-445-7070 or crc.acss@l-3com.com.
- 3. For downloading Maintenance Data, Event Data or CRC Part Numbers the aircraft does not need to be in an on-ground configuration.
- 4. Apply power to the computer unit.
- 5. Insert the CF card.
- 6. For ACSS part numbers 9005000-10000, -10101, -10202, and -10204 the DATA STATUS LED will UblinkU green once; this indicates the unit recognized that a CF card was inserted.
- 7. For ACSS part numbers 9005000-11203, -11801 and -55801 the DATA STATUS LED will UblinkU green while reading the header file and performing the action defined in the header file.
- 8. Flight Data Recording
- 1. T3CAS part numbers 9005000-10000, -10101, -10202, and -10204 only support FAT16 CF card formatting. T3CAS part numbers 9005000-11203, -11801 and -55801 support both FAT16 and FAT32 CF card formatting.
- B. Flight Data
- 1. Obtain a New or Blank CF Card.
- 2. Copy to the New or Blank CF Card the Appropriate Header File.
- 3. Header files are files copied to the New or Blank CF card that will instruct the computer unit what is desired to be downloaded.
- 4. For Flight Data Recording, the aircraft does not need to be in an on-ground configuration.
- 5. Apply power to the computer unit.
- 6. Insert the CF card.
- B. Flight Data
- 9. Downloaded Maintenance Data, Event Data And Flight Data May Be Sent To ACSS Customer Services For Analysis
- 5 Adjustment/Test
- T3CAS_Section_6
- T3CAS_Section_7
- 7 Maintenance Practices
- 1. General
- 2. Equipment and Materials
- 3. Procedure for the TP3PCAS Computer Unit
- 4. Procedure for the APM (Not applicable for part numbers 9005000-10000, -10101, -10202, -10204, or -11203)
- 5. Procedure for the Directional Antenna
- 6. Procedure for the Omnidirectional Antenna (Applicable to part numbers 9005000-11203, -11801 and -55801)
- 7. Procedure for the Control Panel
- 8. Procedure for the VSI/TRA Display
- 9. Instructions for Continued Airworthiness, FAR Part 25.1529
- 7 Maintenance Practices
- T3CAS_Section_8
- T3CAS_Section_9
- T3CAS_Section_10
- T3CAS_Appendix_A
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION AND INSTALLATION MANUAL
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CAS/Part No.9005000
Table 4-6: ACSS 55-Pin VSI/TRA Interface Descriptions (cont)
Connector Pin
Designation
Functional Description
J1-29
SOURCE SELECT #2 DISCRETE INPUT:
This discrete input is used in conjunction with source select discrete #1
(SS1) and configuration straps CS0 and CS1 to program the VSI/TRA to
accept and use the vertical speed data being supplied. The following
applies: O = Open,
G = Ground, 28V = 28 V dc and X = Don’t Care.
Pin
SS2
29
SS1
31
CS0
32
CS1
33
Definition
X
O
O
O
ARINC 429 HS Primary
X
G
O
O
ARINC 429 HS Secondary
X O G O
Pressure Transducer Module
(PTM)
X
G
G
O
ARINC 575 ADC
28V O O G A310 ADC Secondary
O
O
O
G
A310 ADC Primary
28V
G
O
G
ARINC 565 ac Secondary
O
G
O
G
ARINC 565 ac Primary
X O G G ARINC 429 LS Primary
X
G
G
G
ARINC 429 LS Secondary
J1-31
SOURCE SELECT #1 DISCRETE INPUT (NO):
See pin 29.
J1-32
CONFIGURATION STRAP #0 INPUT (NO):
See pin 29.
J1-33
CONFIGURATION STRAP #1 INPUT (NO):
See pin 29.
Pub. No. 8600200-001, Revision 004
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04 Nov 2014
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