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Elta ADT406 AF/AP User Handbook Manual

Emergency locator transmitter in the cospas / sarsat system
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USER'S HANDBOOK
USER'S HANDBOOK
INCLUDING INSTALLATION MANUAL
AND LOG BOOK
SERIAL NUMBER LABEL
EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER
ADT406² AF/AP
MODEL
IN THE COSPAS / SARSAT SYSTEM
Issued by
ELTA
F6614
14 Place Marcel Dassault
31702 BLAGNAC
France
www.elta.fr
Documentation P/N: 02E62356 Rev F
Title Page
Initial issue: Jun 30/02
Oct 11/07

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  • Page 1 INCLUDING INSTALLATION MANUAL AND LOG BOOK SERIAL NUMBER LABEL EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER ADT406² AF/AP MODEL IN THE COSPAS / SARSAT SYSTEM Issued by ELTA F6614 14 Place Marcel Dassault 31702 BLAGNAC France www.elta.fr Documentation P/N: 02E62356 Rev F Title Page...
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  • Page 3 USER’S HANDBOOK LIST OF UPDATES INSERTION INSERTION UPDATE UPDATE ISSUE ISSUE DATE DATE INITIAL Jun 30/02 C.CRESP Update Apr 30/03 E.LABRIFFE Update Jul 30/03 E.LABRIFFE Update Jun 30/06 E.LABRIFFE Update Oct 01/06 E.LABRIFFE Update Oct 11/07 C.CRESP Page 1 Oct 11/07...
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  • Page 5 USER’S HANDBOOK LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES CHAPTER/ CHAPTER/ DATE DATE PAGE PAGE SECTION SECTION TITLE PAGE Oct 11/07 Appendix A Oct 11/07 Oct 11/07 LISTE OF UPDATES Oct 11/07 Oct 11/07 BLANK Oct 11/07 Oct 11/07 LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGE Oct 11/07 Oct 11/07 BLANK...
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  • Page 7 USER’S HANDBOOK TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page Figure 1 : COSPAS/SARSAT - System Principle Figure 2 : ELT ADT 406² AF / AP Presentation Figure 3 : ELT ADT 406² AF / AP – Dimensions (Basic Configuration) Figure 4 : Tolerances on the Axis for Installation of the ELT ADT 406² AF / AP Figure 5 : Automatic activation direction selection for ELT ADT 406²...
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  • Page 9 AND IMMINENT DANGER. CAUTION 2 : IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT EACH BEACON OWNER REGISTERS THEIR BEACON. CONTACT ELTA OR APPROVED AGENT TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THIS REGISTRATION. CAUTION 3 : THE BEACON MUST IMPERATIVELY BE PROGRAMMED WITH THE RELEVANT IDENTIFICATION AUTHORIZED BY THE LOCAL AIRWORTHINESS.
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  • Page 11 A. The COSPAS-SARSAT system B. System organization C. The distress frequencies D. ELTA and the COSPAS-SARSAT system 2. GENERAL DETAILS OF THE ELT ADT 406² AF / AP A. Purpose of the ELT ADT 406² AF / AP B. Characteristics 3.
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  • Page 13 Since the first results were obtained several countries have joined the program. Several other countries have shown an interest and will soon be joining the COSPAS-SARSAT system partners. ELTA in relation with CNES (French National Space Agency) has developed the complete range of products required for COSPAS-SARSAT system operation.
  • Page 14 USER’S HANDBOOK Legend : ELT : Emergency Locator Transmitter EPIRB : Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon PLB : Personal Locator Beacon RCC : Rescue Coordination Centers : Mission Control Centers LUT : Local User Terminals COSPAS/SARSAT – System Principle Figure 1 Page 12 Oct 11/07...
  • Page 15 – Unique identification: each beacon has it’s own identification information. D. ELTA and the COSPAS-SARSAT system (1)406 MHz distress beacons: These beacons transmit to the satellites a digital message which identifies them and gives their position, as well as a signal that facilitates the final approach of the rescue teams.
  • Page 16 USER’S HANDBOOK 2. GENERAL DETAILS OF THE ELT ADT 406² AF / AP A. Purpose of the ELT ADT 406² AF / AP (Ref. Fig. 2) The ELT ADT 406² AF / AP is an automatic distress beacon transmitter that incorporates means of fastening in order to ease A/C installation.
  • Page 17 Cospas-sarsat message. If the ownership change, the ELT shall be re-coded, new 15 digit Hex Code, with the appropriate country code and coding protocol as selected or required by the country of the new final operator. Contact ELTA for additional details (www.elta.fr...
  • Page 18 USER’S HANDBOOK 205 [8.07] ELT ADT 406² AF /AP - Overall Dimensions (Basic Configuration) (Other Back Up Antenna Configuration Are Available) Figure 3 Page 16 Oct 11/07...
  • Page 19 MHz and greater than 60 hours at -20°C on 121.5&243 MHz. – Voltage : 6 VDC, – capacity : 10.5 A/h, – ELTA type number :00E64191, – lithium manganese dioxide Li (solid cathode), – battery servicing kit available: 02N60052 kit for one ELT.
  • Page 20 USER’S HANDBOOK 1 406 MHz satellite transmitter – Frequency : 406.028 MHz, – transmitter power : 5 W, – modulation : "L" two-phase, – transmission recurrence : 50 s, – transmission duration : 440 or 520 ms. 2 Associated homing transmitter –...
  • Page 21 USER’S HANDBOOK – dual antenna access. Primary for external antenna and secondary for permanent back up antenna in case of failure detection on primary access. 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE ELT ADT 406² AF / AP AND OF THE AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS A.
  • Page 22 USER’S HANDBOOK (2)The labels (a)Identification label This label indicates : – beacon name, manufacturer details, – the condition in which the beacon may be used (warning), – approval number, identification, part number, service bulletin, serial number and conditions on the use of the beacon.
  • Page 23 USER’S HANDBOOK (c)Connectors location label This label indicates the location of the connectors on the front face of the electronic assy. (d)Identification label This label indicates the axis according to which the ELT ADT 406² AF / AP must be installed on the aircraft (see paragraph.
  • Page 24 USER’S HANDBOOK (f) Additional labels for CANADA There two additional labels related to CANADA application. – One is related to “Cospas-Sarsat” matters in CANADA – One is related to “Battery part clarification” for CANADA An example of these new labels are presented here under. (3)ELT ADT 406²...
  • Page 25 USER’S HANDBOOK 4. INSTALLATION OF THE ELT ADT 406² AF / AP A. General System security and reliability obviously depends on the standard of installation. In order to ensure installation of the highest standard, the installation operations must be : –...
  • Page 26 USER’S HANDBOOK The beacon can be installed in any position (normal, upside down, right side, left side) with respect with the G-Switch activation direction stated on figure 4. The activation / identification module of the beacon can be installed in four positions. Three alignment pins on the beacon board allow to set it in the required position.
  • Page 27 USER’S HANDBOOK Note: With this ELT model the fixation holes are part of the case. No additional bracket is required. The presented four possible solutions of the Activation/Identification module on the top of the ELT transmitter installation are suitable for A/C operation and are in accordance with EUROCAE ED-62 & RTCA DO-204/183 specifications.
  • Page 28 Other external antenna may be used but at least shall be approved by Cospas-Sarsat and shall not have a capacitive input for basic self test compatibility. Contact ELTA or one of its approved agent to check if the antenna can be used with this ELT model.
  • Page 29 The RCP is connected to the ELT ADT 406² AF / AP high density 15 pins female Sub-D connector (3). ELTA recommend to use P/N 28676 (or Type 8525-16R 14SN- or equivalent) to match RCP connector. See drawing 05E66081 presented in Appendix A page 10 for details.
  • Page 30 USER’S HANDBOOK E. Installation and configuration of the beacon (Ref. Fig. 7) CAUTION : TO BE OPERATIONAL, THE BEACON SHALL BE IN "ARMED" POSITION ONCE IT HAS BEEN CORRECTLY INSTALLED. Connect the antenna cable to the EXT. ANT. connector. Connect the back up antenna to ELT. Switch the Remote Control ON/ARMED lockable toggle switch to "ARMED"...
  • Page 31 USER’S HANDBOOK 5. UTILIZATION OF THE ELT ADT 406² AF / AP (Ref. Fig. 8) CAUTION : IN THE EVENT OF UNTIMELY BEACON ACTIVATION, SHUTDOWN THE BEACON AND INFORM THE CLOSEST SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) OR AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER IMMEDIATELY. The ELT ADT 406²...
  • Page 32 USER’S HANDBOOK Then the indicator light (8) and the aural indicator indicate beacon activation. The actual distress signals on 121.5-243-406 MHz are transmitted. This state is displayed by a quick 1s blinking on indicator light : 0.25 s ON, 0.75 s OFF. C.
  • Page 33 USER’S HANDBOOK D. Beacon self-test CAUTION : THE SELF-TEST SHALL BE PERFORMED WITHIN THE FIRST 5.MN OF ANY HOUR BECAUSE THE ELT IS SENDING 121.5 MHZ SIGNAL FOR 1 S DURING THIS PROCESS (LIMITATION OF FALSE ALERT). The ELT ADT 406² AF / AP is designed to perform a self-test, from the remote control unit, or as soon as the beacon is started up manually.
  • Page 34 USER’S HANDBOOK (2)Self-test by means of the remote control unit CAUTION : THE ELT ARMED/OFF/ON TOGGLE SWITCH SHALL BE IN ARMED POSITION. IF NOT REMOTE CONTROL IS NOT POWERED AND WILL NOT OPERATE (TEST/RESET ON FUNCTIONS INOPERATIVE) The Remote Control Unit toggle switch ARMED/ON must be in ARMED position. Press the RESET/TEST pushbutton until the two acknowledgment blinks on LED.
  • Page 35 After an inadvertent activation of unknown duration, – When the cumulative time of the internal battery counter exceed five (5) hours as indicated by the ELTA test benches, For US application the cumulative time is limited to one (1) hour per FCC requirement.
  • Page 36 Contact ELTA for getting additional discarding information. ELTA will accept the battery packs for discard in France if the local discard process is not available in the customer country. E. Test to do at the time of a beacon return in workshop Perfoms the following tests described in CMM 25-60-10 : –...
  • Page 37 USER’S HANDBOOK 1 – BACK UP ANTENNA (BASIC CONFIGURATION) 2 – FRONT FACE 3 – ACTIVATION/IDENT ASSY 4 – BACK FACE 5 – MACHINED SECTION 6 – EXT. ANT. BNC CONNECTOR (FEMALE) 7 – REMOTE CONTROL CONNECTOR (SUB-D HD FEMALE 15 PINS) 8 –...
  • Page 38 COSPAS-SARSAT TYPE APPROVAL CERTIFICATE Appendix A page 1 Oct 11/07...
  • Page 39 JTSO 2C91a AND JTSO 2C126 APPROVAL Appendix A page 2 Oct 11/07...
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  • Page 50 Crash Sensor Response Curve Appendix A page 13 Oct 11/07...
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  • Page 52 LOG BOOK FACTORY SETTING NEXT BATTERY SERVICING ……../……………. (MM/YYYY) Appendix B page 1 Oct 11/07...
  • Page 53 LOG BOOK FACTORY SETTING Appendix B page 2 Oct 11/07...
  • Page 54 FINAL OPERATOR: CONTACT (PHONE, email…): ISSUED BY: DATE: ……/……/………… (MM/DD/YYYY) SIGNATURE AND STAMP: NOTE : Attach the encoding update sheet issued from the ELTA encoding tool. REGISTRATION COUNTRY: ELT SERIAL NUMBER: PROTOCOL: ELT S/N A/C OP-DESIGNATOR + S/N A/C 24 Bit Address A/C REG.
  • Page 55 FINAL OPERATOR: CONTACT (PHONE, email…): ISSUED BY: DATE: ……/……/………… (MM/DD/YYYY) SIGNATURE AND STAMP: NOTE : Attach the encoding update sheet issued from the ELTA encoding tool. REGISTRATION COUNTRY: ELT SERIAL NUMBER: PROTOCOL: ELT S/N A/C OP-DESIGNATOR + S/N A/C 24 Bit Address A/C REG.
  • Page 56 FINAL OPERATOR: CONTACT (PHONE, email…): ISSUED BY: DATE: ……/……/………… (MM/DD/YYYY) SIGNATURE AND STAMP: NOTE : Attach the encoding update sheet issued from the ELTA encoding tool. REGISTRATION COUNTRY: ELT SERIAL NUMBER: PROTOCOL: ELT S/N A/C OP-DESIGNATOR + S/N A/C 24 Bit Address A/C REG.
  • Page 57 FINAL OPERATOR: CONTACT (PHONE, email…): ISSUED BY: DATE: ……/……/………… (MM/DD/YYYY) SIGNATURE AND STAMP: NOTE : Attach the encoding update sheet issued from the ELTA encoding tool. REGISTRATION COUNTRY: ELT SERIAL NUMBER: PROTOCOL: ELT S/N A/C OP-DESIGNATOR + S/N A/C 24 Bit Address A/C REG.
  • Page 58 FINAL OPERATOR: CONTACT (PHONE, email…): ISSUED BY: DATE: ……/……/………… (MM/DD/YYYY) SIGNATURE AND STAMP: NOTE : Attach the encoding update sheet issued from the ELTA encoding tool. REGISTRATION COUNTRY: ELT SERIAL NUMBER: PROTOCOL: ELT S/N A/C OP-DESIGNATOR + S/N A/C 24 Bit Address A/C REG.
  • Page 59 FINAL OPERATOR: CONTACT (PHONE, email…): ISSUED BY: DATE: ……/……/………… (MM/DD/YYYY) SIGNATURE AND STAMP: NOTE : Attach the encoding update sheet issued from the ELTA encoding tool. REGISTRATION COUNTRY: ELT SERIAL NUMBER: PROTOCOL: ELT S/N A/C OP-DESIGNATOR + S/N A/C 24 Bit Address A/C REG.
  • Page 60 TASK DESCRIPTION: NEXT BATTERY SERVICING: ……/………… (MM/YYYY) DATE: ……/……/………… (MM/DD/YYYY) REPAIR STATION: SIGNATURE AND STAMP: NOTE : Attach the RF test sheet issued from the ELTA test tool. FINAL OPERATOR: TYPE OF MAINTENANCE: BATTERY SERVICING INSPECTION REPAIR RF TEST TASK DESCRIPTION: NEXT BATTERY SERVICING: ……/…………...
  • Page 61 TASK DESCRIPTION: NEXT BATTERY SERVICING: ……/………… (MM/YYYY) DATE: ……/……/………… (MM/DD/YYYY) REPAIR STATION: SIGNATURE AND STAMP: NOTE : Attach the RF test sheet issued from the ELTA test tool. FINAL OPERATOR: TYPE OF MAINTENANCE: BATTERY SERVICING INSPECTION REPAIR RF TEST TASK DESCRIPTION: NEXT BATTERY SERVICING: ……/…………...
  • Page 62 TASK DESCRIPTION: NEXT BATTERY SERVICING: ……/………… (MM/YYYY) DATE: ……/……/………… (MM/DD/YYYY) REPAIR STATION: SIGNATURE AND STAMP: NOTE : Attach the RF test sheet issued from the ELTA test tool. FINAL OPERATOR: TYPE OF MAINTENANCE: BATTERY SERVICING INSPECTION REPAIR RF TEST TASK DESCRIPTION: NEXT BATTERY SERVICING: ……/…………...
  • Page 63 TASK DESCRIPTION: NEXT BATTERY SERVICING: ……/………… (MM/YYYY) DATE: ……/……/………… (MM/DD/YYYY) REPAIR STATION: SIGNATURE AND STAMP: NOTE : Attach the RF test sheet issued from the ELTA test tool. FINAL OPERATOR: TYPE OF MAINTENANCE: BATTERY SERVICING INSPECTION REPAIR RF TEST TASK DESCRIPTION: NEXT BATTERY SERVICING: ……/…………...
  • Page 64 TASK DESCRIPTION: NEXT BATTERY SERVICING: ……/………… (MM/YYYY) DATE: ……/……/………… (MM/DD/YYYY) REPAIR STATION: SIGNATURE AND STAMP: NOTE : Attach the RF test sheet issued from the ELTA test tool. FINAL OPERATOR: TYPE OF MAINTENANCE: BATTERY SERVICING INSPECTION REPAIR RF TEST TASK DESCRIPTION: NEXT BATTERY SERVICING: ……/…………...
  • Page 65 TASK DESCRIPTION: NEXT BATTERY SERVICING: ……/………… (MM/YYYY) DATE: ……/……/………… (MM/DD/YYYY) REPAIR STATION: SIGNATURE AND STAMP: NOTE : Attach the RF test sheet issued from the ELTA test tool. FINAL OPERATOR: TYPE OF MAINTENANCE: BATTERY SERVICING INSPECTION REPAIR RF TEST TASK DESCRIPTION: NEXT BATTERY SERVICING: ……/…………...

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