User's Manual Part 2

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CAS / Part No. 9000000
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION AND INSTALLATION MANUAL
34-43-20
15 Feb 2003
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CAS Test Menu and System Status Pages
(1) TCAS Test Menu and System Status Pages
The e xtended test mode provides maintenance information on the TCAS display.
Pages are selected by 4096 codes on the transponder control panel. The extended
test mode is accessible only on the ground, with the transponder in standby.
To start the extended test mode, select STBY and push the transponder control
panel TCAS TEST switch for 8 seconds. To exit the extended test mode, move the
transponder mode control out of STBY.
(a) TCAS Test Menu
The TCAS Menu Page, Figure 6--1, can be displayed whenever a TCAS
suppression bus failure is not indicated and the 4096 Ident Code is any code
other than 0000 thru 0007, 0011 or 0012. If a TCAS suppression bus failure is
indicated, all 4096 Ident Codes other than 0000 thru 0007, 0010 thru 0012 and
0510 can be used to select the TCAS Test Menu.
Figure 6--1. TCAS Test Menu Page
(b) System Status Page
Selection of code 0000 displays the System Status page, Figure 6-- 2. This page
displays the PASS or FAIL status of the TCAS system and the current version of
the operating software loaded into the T
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CAS computer.