Specifications

Page 3 is a fre quency and coun try code
page. The fre quency must read be tween
406.030 and 406.020 MHz to pass. The
pro grammed coun try code must be the
same coun try as the air craft’s home base.
Ver ify that the sec ond line of the dis play
reads “PASS”. Ver ify that the coun try
code is the same as the air craft’s home
base.
Page 4 con tains the com plete mes sage
in Hex a dec i mal no ta tion. The third line is
an ID string that is unique to the bea con
be ing tested. Ver ify that ID string on the
third line matches the ID printed on the
prod uct la bel of the 406 ELT. NOTE: For
ELT’s in stalled with an ELT/NAV In ter face
where the In ter face is used to en code the
24 bit air craft ad dress, the ELT will be
au to mat i cally re-programmed by the In ter
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face and will need to be re-labeled with
the new 15 digit hex ID string.
Page 5 de scribes the pro to col type, the
type of bea con, and the air craft ID or unit
se rial num ber. Ver ify that the air craft ID
matches the 24 bit ad dress of the air craft
(you will need to con vert the air craft’s Oc
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tal code to Hex).
Page 6 con tains in for ma tion on the hom
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ing trans mit ter and er ror check ing.
Page 7 con tains in for ma tion con firm ing
that the long mes sage (po si tion data) is
pres ent.
Page 8 con tains the po si tion data as re -
ceived from the nav i ga tion sys tem. Ver ify
that the po si tion data is pres ent for lat i -
tude and lon gi tude if us ing ELT/NAV In -
ter face.
Page 9 is the main menu screen which
is reached by press ing “Q”.
Se ri al ized Pro to col (Long Mes sage)
For ELT’s that are pro grammed with se-
ri al ized pro to col ver ify that “S’ TEST OK”
is dis played on Page 2, ver ify on Page 3
that the fre quency passes and that the
cor rect coun try is dis played. Ver ify that
the 15 digit hex code dis played on the
bot tom line of Page 4 matches the 15
digit hex code printed on the ELT prod -
uct la bel. If ver i fy ing re ceived lat i tude/lon -
gi tude, check Page 8. All other
in for ma tion dis played may be dis re garded.
Short Mes sage Pro grammed ELT’s
For ELT’s that have been pro grammed
for a Short Mes sage pro to col ver ify that
“S’ TEST OK” is dis played on Page 2,
ver ify on Page 3 that the fre quency
passes and that the cor rect coun try is
dis played. Ver ify that the 15 digit hex
code dis played on the bot tom line of
Page 4 matches the 15 digit hex code
printed on the ELT prod uct la bel. All
other in for ma tion dis played may be dis re
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garded.
NOTE: Con tact your lo cal Artex dealer
for avail abil ity of Por ta ble SARSAT Bea
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con Test Sets (ARTEX p/n 453-0131) or
call Artex di rect at 1-800-547-8901.
4.3.14 (Step 5i) Re set ELT
To “RE SET” the ELT, move the switch
to the “ON” po si tion then back to the
“OFF” po si tion.
4.3.15 Step 6 Re in stall ELT
Re in stall the ELT into air craft as fol lows:
In sert the ELT into the mount ing tray
at an an gle so that the lock ing ears at
the end op po site the di rec tion-of-flight ar -
row fit into the mount ing tray lock ing
slots. Fit the pro tec tive top cover onto
the ELT. En sure that the slots at the end
of cover fit over the lock ing ears on the
ELT prior to fit ting cover into place at
the con nec tor end. Feed the two coax
ca bles through the holes in the end cap
and con nect them to their re spec tive con-
ARTEX AIRCRAFT SUPPLIES DOCUMENT # 570-5000
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