Tas/tcas, Tas/tcas normal operation – BendixKing KMD 250 User Manual

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Rev 2 Apr/2004

KMD 250 Pilot’s Guide

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Section 3

Traffic Avoidance

TAS/TCAS

This section applies to TAS, TCAS I and TCAS II systems.

TAS/TCAS NORMAL OPERATION

To display the TCAS/TAS traffic page press the TRFC
function select key.

The following illustration defines the data that appears on the TAS/TCAS
Traffic Display Page:

1 Display Range - RNG:####.
2 Function Status Icons - Displays icons representing data available and

displayed.

3 Current Flight Level - FL ###
4 Altitude Volume
- Current Altitude Volume selection is displayed in this field.
5 Range Rings - Outer ring radius is selected range, inner ring radius is always

2 nm.

6 Active Flight Plan
7 Aircraft Symbol
- Indicates present position.
8 Altitude Volume Softkey - When the ALTITUDE VOLUME softkey is pressed,

the display will step through NORMAL, ABOVE, BELOW and UNRESTRICTED.

9 Flight Level Softkey - Pressing FLIGHT LEVEL toggles the Flight Level

display on or off.

10 Traffic Intruder Symbols - Indicates type of traffic, altitude of traffic, vertical

trend of traffic and ground track of traffic.

11 Pop-Up Softkey - Pressing the MENU Key will display the pop-up softkey.

Pressing this softkey will toggle between DISABLE POP-UP and ENABLE
POP-UP
. When enabled, the Traffic Page will be displayed whenever there
is a traffic alert.

12 System ON/SBY/TST - Rotary Knob selects system ON,SBY (standby) or

TST (test).

13 Page Display Name
14 System Operating Mode
- If using a TAS system, TAS TST, TAS SBY, TA

ONLY or TAS FAIL will be displayed. If using a TCAS system, TCAS TST,
TCAS SBY, TA ONLY, TA/RA, or TCAS FAIL will be displayed.

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