Cockpit Reference Guide

Embraer Prodigy
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Touch Flight Deck 300 Cockpit Reference Guide
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TCAS II TRAFFIC
The Garmin GTS 8000 is a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System II
(TCAS II) device. It monitors the airspace and detects the presence of other
aircraft equipped with operating Mode A, C, and S transponders. It also provides
traffic advisory (TA) and resolution advisory (RA) alerts to the flight crew. The
system displays traffic information using the symbology shown below.
Traffic Symbol Traffic Threat Description
Non-Threat Traffic
Indicates the intruder aircraft is beyond
5 nm and greater than ±1200 ft. relative
altitude.
Proximity Advisory (PA)
Indicates the intruder aircraft is within a
6 nm range and within ±1200 ft., but is
still not a threat.
Traffic Advisory (TA):
Indicates the intruding aircraft is a
potential collision hazard.
Traffic Advisory Off Scale
Indicates the intruding aircraft meets
the TA criteria, but is out of the selected
traffic map display range.
Resolution Advisory (RA)
Alerts the crew that an intruding aircraft
is a collision hazard. RA’s include vertical
guidance maneuvers
Resolution Advisory Off
Scale
Indicates an RA that is beyond the
selected traffic map display range.
TCAS II Traffic Symbol Description
Testing the Traffic System
1) From Home, touch Map > Map Settings.
2) If necessary, touch the Sensor tab.
3) Touch the Traffic Settings Button.
4) Touch the Test Button. If system test is successful, the system provides the
aural announcement “TCAS System Passed”, and the traffic system returns
to the previously selected mode.