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Rev 2 Apr/2004
KMD 250 Pilot’s Guide
Section 3
Traffic Avoidance
OPERATIONAL CONTROLS FOR TAS/TCAS
ALTITUDE VOLUME - Toggles between
altitude volume views of NORMAL,
ABOVE, BELOW or UNRESTRICTED.
This key may be enabled or disabled in
system configuration.
FLIGHT LEVEL - Pressing the MENU Key will display the
FLIGHT LEVEL Softkey. Pressing this key toggles the alti-
tude tag between relative or absolute alti-
tude as shown in Figures 3-1 and 3-2.
When absolute altitude is displayed, the
Flight Level will also be displayed in the
upper left of the screen. Operation in the
absolute mode is limited to 15 seconds.
This feature may be enabled or disabled in system configuration. See
note below.
NOTE: If
FLIGHT LEVEL
or
ALTITUDE VOLUME
Soft Keys or the
Rotary Knob are not active, these controls will be found on the separate
TAS/TCAS controller.
AUTO-POP-UP - Toggles between ENABLE POP-UP and
DISABLE POP-UP. When enabled the Traffic Display will
automatically be displayed in a Traffic Alert
situation. In some situations, like high
traffic areas or flying in formation, this fre-
quent display changing could be a nui-
sance. Disabling the pop-up may desir-
able in these circumstances. This key may be enabled or disabled in
system configuration.
RNG
▲▲//
RNG
▼▼
- Advances the indicator to the next range.
The upper button increases range, the lower button
decreases it. The selected range is displayed in the lower
left corner of the display with the inner range ring always 2
nm. The RNG button labels will not be displayed when
their respective range limits are reached.
Rotary Knob - Selects between Test
(TST), Standby (SBY) and On mode of
operation. This control may be enabled or
disabled in system configuration. If the
KMD 250 is used with a TCAS II or L-3
Skywatch
TM
system, this control will not be
available.
TAS/TCAS