Weather Menu Page; Dispatch Menu Page - Honeywell GNS-XLS Operator's Manual

TRANSMIT: Pressing ENTER with the cursor over TRANSMIT will
send the displayed data to the home base via the data link and the
AFIS MENU page will be displayed. DATA LINK DISABLED will
appear on this line if the data link is disabled and the request will
not be transmitted.

WEATHER MENU PAGE

The WEATHER MENU Page
allows the operator to select
AFIS TERMINAL WEATHER,
AFIS WINDS ALOFT or AFIS
SIGMETS pages. See Figure
8-50. See Section 7
detailed discussion of these
pages.
20:12: UTC hours and min-
utes.

DISPATCH MENU PAGE

This page allows the operator
to request various information
via the data link. See Figure 8-
51. Any enterable fields may
be left blank.
20:12: UTC hours and min-
utes.
NEED RELEASE: Select to
request release if needed.
Enter Y for yes or N for no.
The release will be sent to a station printer.
NEED FLIGHT PLAN: Select if a flight plan needs to be refiled.
Enter Y for yes or N for no.
MANUAL RELEASE: Select if manual release is needed. Enter Y
for yes or N for no. The release will be sent to the AFIS display.
AMEND RELEASE: Select if release needs to be amended. Enter
Y for yes or N for no.
Two lines of free text can be entered with a maximum of 20
alpha/numeric characters for each line. This field is available if
AMEND RELEASE has been marked with a Y.
8-42
for a
GNS-X FMS with Regional Airline AFIS
LS
20:12 WEATHER
<
TERMINAL WEATHER
<
WINDS ALOFT
<
SIGMETS
<
<
Figure 8-50
20:14 DISPATCH MENU
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Y NEED RELEASE
N NEED FLIGHT PLAN
<
N MANUAL RELEASE
Y AMEND RELEASE
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TRANSMIT
Figure 8-51
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Rev 8
Apr/00