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Garmin GTS 820 Pilot's Manual

Garmin GTS 820 Pilot's Manual

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Traffic Advisory System

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  • Page 1 GTS 8XX Series Pilot’s Guide Traffic Advisory System...
  • Page 2 Garmin. Garmin hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual and of any revision to this manual onto a hard drive or other electronic storage medium to be viewed for personal...

  • Page 3: Limited Warranty

    Garmin retains the exclusive right to repair or replace the unit or software, or to offer a full refund of the purchase price, at its sole discretion. SUCH REMEDY SHALL BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY.

  • Page 4: Warnings, Cautions, And Notes

    Applicable TSO GTS 800 Low Power TAS C147, C166a GTS 820 High Power TAS C147, C166a GTS 850 TCAS I C118, C166a Table 1 GTS 8XX Series Family TSO Compliance Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System 190-00587-02 Rev. A...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    GA 58 Directional Antenna ................ 6 Bottom Mounted Directional Antenna (optional) ........6 Bottom Mounted Monopole Antenna (optional) ......... 7 GPA 65 PA / LNA Module (GTS 820 & 850 only) ..........7 Operation .......................8 GTS 8XX Series Traffic ..................8 Theory of Operation ..................

  • Page 6: Product Description

    The GTS 8XX Series of Traffic Advisory System (TAS) or Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS I) microprocessor-based sub-systems products consist of the GTS 800, GTS 820 and GTS 850. The GTS 800 TAS product consists of one LRU which has low power (40 Watts) transmit capability, and one GA 58, or other Garmin-approved, directional antenna.
  • Page 7 The GTS 8XX Series does not contain a display, but transmits traffic data to a Garmin or third party multi-function display that is capable of displaying traffic data. More information is located in the installation manual. The GTS 8XX Series supplies data to a traffic display to indicate the presence and location of intruder aircraft.

  • Page 8: Compatible Display Units

    GNS 400/500 Series Garmin GNS 400W/500W Series Garmin GNS 480 Garmin GDU 620 Avidyne EX500 (MFD Only) Honeywell Bendix/King KMD 550/850 Sandel SN3500/SN4500 Table 3 GTS 8XX Series Compatible Display Units Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System 190-00587-02 Rev. A...

  • Page 9: Gts 800

    820 The GTS 820 is a TAS system that can track up to 45 intruding aircraft equipped with Mode A/C transponders, and up to 30 intruders equipped with Mode S transponders. A GTS 820 TAS has an active surveillance range of up to 40 NM in the forward direction, dependent upon interference limiting techniques based on the number of TCAS II interrogators in the area.

  • Page 10: Gts 8Xx Series Antenna Configurations

    Interrogations from the bottom directional antenna are transmitted in an omnidirectional pattern, but it still allows bearing determination from replies received on the bottom antenna. Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System 190-00587-02 Rev. A...

  • Page 11: Bottom Mounted Monopole Antenna (Optional)

    Figure 3 Bottom-Mounted Monopole Antenna gpA 65 pA / LNA Module (gTs 820 & 850 only) The GPA 65 is a combined Power Amplifier and Low Noise Amplifier module used in the higher power GTS 820 and 850.

  • Page 12: Operation

    Under ideal conditions, the unit scans transponder traffic up to 40 NM (GTS 820 and GTS 850) or 12 NM (GTS 800) in the forward direction using top and bottom-mounted antennas similar to TCAS II systems.

  • Page 13: Tas/Tcas Symbology

    “+” symbol; a minus sign “-” indicates traffic is below own aircraft. A vertical trend arrow to the right of the intruder symbol indicates climbing or descending traffic with an upward or downward-pointing arrow respectively. 190-00587-02 Rev. A Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System...
  • Page 14 • On-ground aircraft is equipped with a Mode S transponder that reports the on-ground state. • On-ground aircraft is equipped with a Mode C transponder, and own aircraft’ s radar altimeter (if installed) is displaying 1700 feet AGL or less. Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System 190-00587-02 Rev. A...

  • Page 15: Gts 8Xx Series Sensitivity Level

    1. If radio altimeter is installed and own altitude is less than 400 feet AGL. 2. If no radio altimeter is installed in a retractable gear aircraft and gear is extended. 190-00587-02 Rev. A Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System...

  • Page 16: Traffic Advisory (Ta) Alerting Conditions

    800 feet. Intruder range is within 0.55 NM and vertical separation is within 800 feet. Intruder range is less than 20 seconds. Table 5 TA Sensitivity Level and TA Alerting Criteria Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System 190-00587-02 Rev. A...

  • Page 17: Tas/Tcas Alerts

    Altitude” (if within 200 “Twelve o’clock” “One Mile” through “Ten feet of own altitude), or Miles”, or “More than ten or “No Bearing” “Altitude not available” miles” Table 6 TA Descriptive Voice Announcements 190-00587-02 Rev. A Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System...

  • Page 18: System Test

    “TCAS System Test Passed/Failed.” When the system test is complete, the GTS 8XX Series enters Standby Mode. The system may be installed so that the system test is unavailable during flight. Figure 7 Self-Test Mode Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System 190-00587-02 Rev. A...

  • Page 19: Power-Up

    Data is being received from the TAS/ TCAS I unit, but the unit is self-reporting a failure FAILED Incorrect data format received from the TAS/TCAS I unit Table 8 TAS/TCAS Failure Annunciations 190-00587-02 Rev. A Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System...
  • Page 20 System cannot determine bearing of Traffic Advisory. Annunciation indicates distance in NM, altitude separation in hundreds of feet, and altitude trend arrow (climbing/ descending). Table 8 TAS Traffic Status Annunciations Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System 190-00587-02 Rev. A...

  • Page 21: Q And A

    How are active and passive targets displayed? For systems that use Garmin’ s High-Speed Data Bus (HSDB) to communicate data to the display device, correlated targets will be shown with their flight ID. A future update will include the display of track and velocity information, as well as ground targets.
  • Page 22 The GTS 800 requires a Garmin Extended Squitter Mode S transponder or other complementary ADS-B link transmit class of equipment for ADS-B opera- tion. The GTS 820 TAS and GTS 850 TCAS I require a Garmin Extended Squitter Mode S transponder for ADS-B operation. Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System...

  • Page 23: Glossary

    NTA: Number of TCAS equipped targets Nautical Mile Proximate Advisory Target: Any intruder tracked by the appliance Traffic Advisory TAS: Traffic Advisory System TCAS: Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System 190-00587-02 Rev. A Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System...

  • Page 24: Index

    Power-up 15 Product description 2 Proximity Advisory 9 Q and A 17 Scale 9 Sensitivity level 11, 12 Surveillance volume 8 Symbology 9 Symbols 9 System status 15 System test 14 Garmin GTS 8XX Series Traffic Advisory System 190-00587-02 Rev. A...
  • Page 26 © 2009 GARMIN Corporation GARMIN International, Inc. 1200 East 151 Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, U.S.A. Tel. 913/397.8200 or 800/800.1020 Fax 913/397.8282 Garmin AT, Inc. 2345 Turner Rd., S.E., Salem, Oregon 97302, U.S.A. Tel. 503/581.8101 or 800/525.6726 Fax. 503/364.2138 Garmin (Europe) Ltd.

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