General Information; Introduction; Equipment Description - Honeywell BENDIX/KING RDR 2000 Installation Manual

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BENDIX/KING

1.1

INTRODUCTION

This manual contains information relative to the physical, mechanical and electrical characteristics

and installation procedures for the BENDIX/KING RDR 2000 Color Weather Radar System.

1.2

EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION

The RDR 2000 Color Weather Radar System consists of three pieces of equipment. The ART

2000 Antenna/Receiver/Transmitter, KMD 850 MFD, or an IN 182A Radar Indicator with Vertical

Profile capability, and the Configuration Module (included in the Installation Kit). A 10 or 12 inch

antenna must be installed on the ART 2000.

The ART 2000 can be installed as a replacement (with a connector change) for the RS 181A or

the RS 811A in an existing RDS 81 or RDS 82 installation. If installed with an existing IN 812A,

however, Vertical Profile and tracking are not supported by the IN 812A. If using an IN 182A that

is not Vertical Profile compatible, the Vertical Profile feature of the ART will not be supported. IN

182A indicators with part numbers of 066-3084-10 and 066-3084-11 are not compatible with the

RDR 2000 system.

The ART 2000 can accommodate up to three ARINC 429 control inputs, however, only two can

be actively controlling the system at one time and display #3 must be EFIS 40/50 software level 9

or higher. It can also output information to a maximum of three displays by using SDI bits on the

ARINC 453 bus.

The RDR 2000 system will also interface with the EFS 10 and the EFIS 40/50. In EFIS (Electronic

Flight Instrument System) installations, weather is displayed on the EFIS display with a radar con-

trol panel providing radar control. No radar indicator is necessary, however, one may be used in

combination with EFIS displays.

The control/display used enables selection of basic weather, ground mapping and self-test func-

tions. Also, image display optimization is made possible by the use of controls for range selection,

display intensity and antenna tilt angle. All these functions are multiplexed on the ARINC 429 con-

trol bus. Alphanumerics are displayed on-screen for selected mode of operation and the selected

range along with the interval (nautical miles) between the displayed range rings. All controls for

the system are mounted on the perimeter of the IN 182A screen. In EFIS installations, the radar

is controlled through the Radar Control Panel.

The optional IU 2023B DataNav can be used to interface numerous navigation systems to an RDR

2000 system by means of an ARINC 429 data bus. The panel mounted CC 2024B Checklist Con-

troller can be used with the RDR 2000 to display pilot selectable checklist information and can be

used with or without the IU 2023B DataNav. Refer to the IU 2023B Installation Manual (006-

00934-0001) or the CC 2024B Installation Manual (006-00935-0001). For checklist capability with

EFS 10 the RDR 2000 must interface through the CP 123 Radar Control Panel.

The optional GC 381A Radar Graphics Unit can be used to interface the RDR 2000 with the KNS

81 RNAV or the KNR 634 NAV equipment. When the RDR 2000 system is used with a GC 381A,

the indicator will provide several pages of alphanumerical checklist data and waypoint information

for display on the screen. The waypoint information is supplied by the KNS 81 (10 waypoints) or

the KNR 634 (1 waypoint). Refer to the GC 381A Installation Manual for details of the interfacing.

Rev 7, July/2002