BendixKing GC 360A - Manual (Page 19)

GENERAL INFORMATION
In addition to its primary role as a
navigation data interface between
your Long Range Navigation
System and weather radar, the
GC 360A can maintain a library of
your aircraft’s normal and emer-
gency checklists. A few simple con-
trol functions enable you to step
through checklist information, line
by line or several lines at a time,
while checking off line items or leav-
ing them for review at a later time.
The procedures are exactly the
same whether operating in normal
or emergency checklist modes.
The GC 360A’s independent mem-
ory contains room for 935 lines of
checklist information, which it
divides between normal and emer-
gency checklist modes as neces-
sary during programming. The
memory is nonvolatile: removing
the aircraft power supply, or even
removing the GC 360A from its
bracket and couplers, will not affect
it.
The GC 360A can be programmed
with checklist information at a qual-
ified AlliedSignal service center, or
you may program the system your-
self with the optional KA 68 or KA
68A Pocket Terminal. The pocket
Terminal provides you with the flex-
ibility of being able to create new
checklists or modify existing infor-
mation whenever necessary, such
as when adding new equipment or
changing flight procedures (see
“Programming,” page 21).
Throughout checklist operation, five
color codes describe the status of
individual line items.
Magenta, yellow and green color
codes change in response to your
use of the GC 360A’s cursor check-
off and cursor position keys
described in “Modes and
Functions,” on page 4. Line items
that appear in white or cyan cannot
be altered directly. Cyan-colored
messages are always system
annunciators—the GC 360A’s mes-
sages for you—and display infor-
mation such as “End of List” or “Out
of Memory.”
Pressing either the check-off key or
a cursor position key will move the
cursor highlight on the radar
screen.
Pressing the check-off key also will
change the color code of an
unchecked line item to green indi-
cating that it has now been checked
off.
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RUNNING CHECKLISTS