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L3 Communications 17TES0043 Operator's Manual

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Aviation Recorders
OPERATOR'S MANUAL
MODEL FA2100GSE
PORTABLE INTERFACE
(PI)
OPERATOR'S MANUAL
INCLUDES
TEST EQUIPMENT PART NUMBERS
17TES0043 – PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI)
17TES0054 – PI MEMORY CARD MODULE
17TES0051 – PI AUDIO READOUT CABLE
17TES0052 – PI AUX READOUT CABLE
17TES0074 - PI AUX POWER CABLE
PN: 165E1630‐00
L3 Communications
Aviation Recorders
CAGE Code: 06141
P .O. Box 3041
Sarasota, Florida 34230
TEL: (941) 371‐0811; FAX: (941) 377‐5591
WEB: www.L‐3AR.com
Rev. 05
Sep. 06/13

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  • Page 1 PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) OPERATOR'S MANUAL INCLUDES TEST EQUIPMENT PART NUMBERS 17TES0043 – PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 17TES0054 – PI MEMORY CARD MODULE 17TES0051 – PI AUDIO READOUT CABLE 17TES0052 – PI AUX READOUT CABLE 17TES0074 - PI AUX POWER CABLE PN: 165E1630‐00...
  • Page 2 Aviation Recorders OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE Portable Interface (PI) Operator's Manual P/N: 165E1630‐00 Rev. 05 Sep. 06/13 The recorder products/software are being exported from the United States in accordance with the Export Administration Regulations ECCN 4D994, No License Required. Diversion contrary to U.S. law is prohibited. In accordance with U.S.
  • Page 3 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) RECORD OF REVISIONS Rev. Insertion Date Rev. Insertion Date May 01/99 June 01/03 Aug. 01/03 June 15/05 Sep. 06/13 Record of Revisions Rev. 05 Page iii Sep. 06/13...
  • Page 4 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Record of Revisions Rev. 05 Page iv Sep. 06/13...
  • Page 5 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES Section Page Date Section Page Date Title Page Rev. 1 3−6 May 01/99 Rev. 4 3−7 Jun. 15/05 Rev. 5 Sep. 06/13 Rev. 1 3−8 May 01/99 Rev.
  • Page 6 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES Section Page Date Section Page Date PI Operation DataLink Retrieval Rev. 3 6−8 Aug. 01/03 Operating Procedures Rev. 5 6−1 Sep. 06/13 Rev. 5 6−2 Sep. 06/13 Rev.
  • Page 7 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) TABLE OF CONTENTS SUBJECT/DESCRIPTION PAGE 1.1 INTRODUCTION ............1−1 1.2 MAINTENANCE PHILOSOPHY .
  • Page 8 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) TABLE OF CONTENTS SUBJECT/DESCRIPTION PAGE 3.6.2 Set/Clear Test Conditions Menu ........3−10 3.6.2.1 CVR Fault Detection Subsytem...
  • Page 9 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) TABLE OF CONTENTS SUBJECT/DESCRIPTION PAGE 4.8.5 Dumping Trace Messages to the PI Disk ....... . . 4−10 5.1 PI OPERATION WITH A FA2100 CVDR .
  • Page 10 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) TABLE OF CONTENTS SUBJECT/DESCRIPTION PAGE 5.3.6 CVR File Control Menu ..........5−16 5.3.6.1 File Playback Menu...
  • Page 11 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) TABLE OF CONTENTS SUBJECT/DESCRIPTION PAGE 6.8.2.1 FDR Fault Detection Subsystem ....... . 6−8 6.8.2.2 Latched Fault Conditions...
  • Page 12 ......3−7 Figure 4−1. Portable Interface Unit, FDR Screen Shown, p/n 17TES0043 ....
  • Page 13 This manual provides a detailed functional description and general operating instructions for the Portable Interface unit, Part Numbers 17TES0043. It covers all four basic operational modes for using the PI with either a FA2100 CVR, FA2100 FDR, FA2100 CVDR, or in Simu- lated CVR Mode.
  • Page 14 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read−Only Memory Electromagnetic Interference EUROCAE European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment FDAU Flight Data Acquisition Unit Flight Data Processor Flight Data Recorder Frequency−Shift Keying Greenwich Mean Time Ground Support Equipment hours High Quality...
  • Page 15 PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) FA2100 PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) DESCRIPTION The Portable Interface Unit (Figure 1−1), P/Ns 17TES0043, is a hand-held unit that provides a communication interface to the FA2100 Recorder. The user interface, a seven key keypad, and an eight line by 21 column display, allows stand-alone operation to perform the following...
  • Page 16 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) D Simultaneous reproduction of six analog channels of Monitor or Playback Audio when on the ground for recording D GMT and/or Rotor Speed Display. Analog FSK output of GMT and/or Rotor Speed for recording D Can be plugged/unplugged from a powered FA2100 D 25-Hr.
  • Page 17 CVDRs is dealt with in a manner identical to FDR data storage. For these recorders, PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) KIT The following assemblies make up the Portable Interface (PI) Kit: D Portable Interface (PI), Part Number 17TES0043 D Audio Readout Cable, Part Number 17TES0051 D Auxiliary Readout Cable, Part Number 17TES0052...
  • Page 18 PLAYBACK STATUS / CONTROL SPECIAL FUNCTIONS GMT/ROTOR AUDIO SELECT DELETE MENU Sarasota, Florida PI AUX READOUT CABLE 17TES0052 PI AUDIO READOUT CABLE 17TES0051 CH 1 COMB Figure 1−1. Portable Interface Unit, p/n: 17TES0043 Introduction Rev. 05 Page 1−6 Sep. 06/13...
  • Page 19 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) MAIN MENU CVR: MONITOR MONITOR MENU PLAYBACK PLAYBACK MENU HQ VOICE CH 1 OFF/ON CVR PLAYBACK CH 2 OFF/ON MODE: STOP CH 3 OFF/ON POSITION: HRS : MIN : SEC ROTOR: __HZ HQ CAM CH 4 OFF/ON...
  • Page 20 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) DISPLAY GMT/ROTOR FILE DELETION MENU FILE DELETION DELETE THIS FILE: (FILE NAME): XXXX.CVR ROTOR: XXXX HZ (FILE ID): XXXX XXXX.CVR DATE: 0I−JAN−1999 GMT:: X:XX::XX TIME RECORDED: HRS : MIN : SEC ARE YOU SURE? FILE SIZE: XXX Kbytes FILE DURATION:...
  • Page 21 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) MAIN MENU WORD MONITOR MENU FDR: WORD MONITOR COPY COPY MENU WORD 1_ _ SET MARKER (XX) FILE ID SUB Frame 1 XXXX (11 CHAR LIMIT) XXXX OCT A B C D E F G H I J XXXX OCT K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z .
  • Page 22 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) FILE DELETION MENU FILE DELETION MENU DELETE THIS FILE: (FILE NAME): XXXX.FDR (FILE ID): XXXX DATE: 0I−JAN−1999 XXXX.FDR TIME RECORDED: HRS : MIN : SEC FILE SIZE: XXX Kbytes ARE YOU SURE? FILE DURATION: HRS : MIN : SEC BACK...
  • Page 23 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) Voice/Data File Extension Types .dlr Datalink .fdr FA2100 compressed .flt Fault log .cvr FA2100/FA2300 compressed audio data* .crr CVR (NAND) compressed audio data ** .trc Trace log * CVR with NOR memory - all audio download, the CVR file extensions will be .cvr. **CVR with NAND memory –...
  • Page 24 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Introduction Rev. 05 Page 1−12 Sep. 06/13...
  • Page 25 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) SPECIFICATIONS PERFORMANCE Speed: Data Dump time of 15X32 MB devices approx. 6 minutes (120min Voice / 25‐Hr Flight Data CVDR). PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS The physical characteristics of the PI are: Configuration: Hand‐held, line worthy Weight: <...
  • Page 26 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) ENVIRONMENTAL The PI will meet the following environmental requirements: Operating Temperature: 0_C to 50_C Storage Temperature: -20_C to 60_C Vibration: None Impact: None EMI: Humidity and Liquid Submersion: None SOFTWARE VERSION This manual is applicable only to PI’s containing Mod Dot 09 and Software Version 1.9.
  • Page 27 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) PI OPERATION WITH A FA2100 CVR MAIN MENU The PI illustrated in Figure 3−1 and Figure 3−2 illustrates the CVR menu structure. When the P1 starts up connected to a FA2100CVR recorder, the PI menu will show the following options: CVR MONITOR PLAYBACK STATUS/CONTROL...
  • Page 28 STATUS / CONTROL SPECIAL FUNCTIONS GMT/ROTOR AUDIO SELECT DELETE MENU Sarasota, Florida PI AUX READOUT CABLE 17TES0052 PI AUDIO READOUT CABLE 17TES0051 CH 1 COMB Figure 3−1. Portable Interface Unit, p/ns: 17TES0043 CVR Operation Rev. 01 Page 3−2 May 01/99...
  • Page 29 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) MAIN MENU CVR: MONITOR MONITOR MENU PLAYBACK PLAYBACK MENU HQ VOICE CH 1 OFF/ON CVR PLAYBACK CH 2 OFF/ON MODE: STOP CH 3 OFF/ON POSITION: HRS : MIN : SEC ROTOR: __HZ HQ CAM CH 4 OFF/ON...
  • Page 30 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) DISPLAY GMT/ROTOR FILE DELETION MENU FILE DELETION DELETE THIS FILE: (FILE NAME): XXXX.CVR ROTOR: XXXX HZ (FILE ID): XXXX XXXX.CVR DATE: 0I−JAN−1999 GMT:: X:XX::XX TIME RECORDED: HRS : MIN : SEC ARE YOU SURE? FILE SIZE: XXX Kbytes FILE DURATION:...
  • Page 31 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) MONITOR MENU Voice and Cockpit Area Microphone Channel Selection 3.3.1 The Monitor Menu allows the user to control which audio from the CVR is to be played over the PI’s speaker or headphone jack. There are six OFF/ON entries on this menu, one each for three High Quality (HQ) Voice Channels, an HQ Cockpit Area Microphone (CAM) channel, a Standard Quality (SQ) Voice channel, and an SQ CAM channel.
  • Page 32 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) The right and left arrow keys are FAST FORWARD and REWIND, respectively. Note that both FAST FORWARD and REWIND have two speeds. The slow speed is at a rate of 10 seconds recorded time per second of real time.
  • Page 33 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) Rotor Speed FSK Data 3.4.4 Rotor Speed output data is displayed (in Hz) on the following PI menus: Playback Menu File Playback Menu Can be selected for display from the Special Functions Menu. Rotor Speed FSK data is output by the PI each time a new rotor speed value is available.
  • Page 34 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) Playback/Control Menu 3.4.5 This menu is similar to the Monitor Menu and can be accessed from the Playback Menu by pressing the Red Key. The operator can enter it while playback is underway without interrupt- ing the audio being played back.
  • Page 35 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) Attempting to do otherwise will result in the message, “No Disk Present”. The user selects a new file ID for the file selected to be copied to the disk. Instructions for selecting the new file ID are provided in the next paragraph.
  • Page 36 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) From this menu, the user can also view the Super frame Number and the Error Status of the recorder. SPECIAL FUNCTIONS MENU The user can select six options from this menu including Version ID, Set/Clear Test Condition, Delete file from disk, Display GMT/Rotor Speed, Dump Fault Log to file, and Dump Trace Mes- sage to file.
  • Page 37 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) Delete File From Disk 3.6.3 Selecting Delete File From Disk Brings up the File Deletion Menu. Enter the required infor- mation (File ID, File Name, etc.) on the appropriate menu lines. Select DELETE. The next menu will ask the question: “...
  • Page 38 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 3.6.5.3 Start/Clear Tags After the File ID Is Entered, the user should move the cursor (using the DOWN arrow key re- peatedly) to highlight the START tag and then press SELECT to start dumping the Fault Log to the disk location selected at the File ID Entry Field.
  • Page 39 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) PI OPERATION WITH A FA2100 FDR MAIN MENU The PI is illustrated in Figure 4−1 and Figure 4−2 illustrates the PI FDR menu structure. When the P1 starts up connected to a FA2100 FDR configuration, the PI menu will show the following options: FDR: WORD MONITOR SET MARKER...
  • Page 40 TO RECORDER GSE CONNECTOR FDR: WORD MONITOR SET MARKER (XX) COPY STATUS / CONTROL SPECIAL FUNCTIONS GMT/ROTOR AUDIO SELECT DELETE MENU Sarasota, Florida Figure 4−1. Portable Interface Unit, FDR Screen Shown, p/n 17TES0043 FDR Operation Rev. 05 Page 4−2 Sep. 06/13...
  • Page 41 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) MAIN MENU WORD MONITOR MENU FDR: WORD MONITOR COPY COPY MENU WORD 1_ _ SET MARKER (XX) FILE ID SUB Frame 1 XXXX (11 CHAR LIMIT) XXXX OCT A B C D E F G H I J XXXX OCT K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z .
  • Page 42 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) FILE DELETION MENU FILE DELETION MENU DELETE THIS FILE: (FILE NAME): XXXX.FDR (FILE ID): XXXX DATE: 0I−JAN−1999 XXXX.FDR TIME RECORDED: HRS : MIN : SEC FILE SIZE: XXX Kbytes ARE YOU SURE? FILE DURATION: HRS : MIN : SEC BACK...
  • Page 43 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) Assuming that the FDR is locked onto a stream of input flight data, placing the cursor on FDR: Word Monitor in the Main Menu and pressing SELECT brings up the Word Monitor Menu (Figure 4−2) on the PI front panel display.
  • Page 44 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) Disk File Names 4.5.2 All file names written to the disk as a result of copying FDR data have the file extension of .FDR. If the file name chosen by the user is the same as the name of a file that already exists on the disk, the name chosen by the user will be modified by replacing the last three charac- ters of the name with digits chosen to make the user filename unique on the disk.
  • Page 45 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) When done, press UP arrow once to highlight the START COPY tag, and then press SELECT to start the copy process. However, before the user does that, it is possible to set a memory marker from this menu by pressing the down arrow until the user has highlighted the SET MEM MARKER tag and pressing select.
  • Page 46 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) Version ID 4.8.1 The user can select either of two options from this screen. If the user selects Version ID, a screen will appear showing the software version identifiers for both the FDR and for the PI. Observe that the FDR contains two software packages, Flight Data Processor (FDP) and Store Management Processor (SMP).
  • Page 47 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) Fault Log To File 4.8.4 To perform this selection, a disk must be installed in the PI and the FDR cannot be recording. If the FDR is recording, the PI will stop it. Selecting Fault Log To File on the Special Functions Menu displays the Fault Log To File Menu.
  • Page 48 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) Dumping Trace Messages to the PI Disk 4.8.5 Trace Messages provide information (in near real time) on the functions being performed by the recorder. To dump Trace Messages to the PI disk, access the Special Functions Menu, highlight TRACE MESSAGES and press SELECT.
  • Page 49 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) PI OPERATION WITH A FA2100 CVDR The PI shown in Figure 5−1 illustrates the PI CVDR Main Menu. When the PI starts up connected to a FA2100 CVDR configuration, the PI menu will show the following options: FDR: WORD MONITOR COPY SET MARKER...
  • Page 50 AUDIO SELECT DELETE MENU Sarasota, Florida PI AUX READOUT CABLE 17TES0052 PI AUDIO READOUT CABLE 17TES0051 CH 1 COMB Figure 5−1. Portable Interface Unit, p/n 17TES0043 CVDR Operation Rev. 01 Page 5−2 Rev. 05 Page 5−2 May 01/99 Sep. 06/13...
  • Page 51 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) Assuming that the FDR is locked onto a stream of input flight data, placing the cursor on FDR: Word Monitor in the Main Menu and pressing SELECT brings up the Word Monitor Menu (Figure 5−2) on the PI front panel display.
  • Page 52 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) MAIN MENU WORD MONITOR MENU FDR: WORD MONITOR COPY COPY MENU WORD 1_ _ SET MARKER (XX) FILE ID SUB Frame 1 XXXX (11 CHAR LIMIT) XXXX OCT A B C D E F G H I J XXXX OCT K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z .
  • Page 53 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) FILE DELETION MENU FILE DELETION MENU DELETE THIS FILE: (FILE NAME): XXXX.FDR (FILE ID): XXXX DATE: 0I−JAN−1999 XXXX.FDR TIME RECORDED: HRS : MIN : SEC FILE SIZE: XXX Kbytes ARE YOU SURE? FILE DURATION: HRS : MIN : SEC BACK...
  • Page 54 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 5.2.3.2 Disk File Names All file names written to the disk as a result of copying FDR data have the file extension of .FDR. If the file name chosen by the user is the same as the name of a file that already exists on the disk, the name chosen by the user will be modified by replacing the last three characters of the name with digits chosen to make the user file name unique on the disk.
  • Page 55 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) When done, press UP arrow once to highlight the START COPY tag, and then press SE- LECT to start the copy process. However, before the user does that, it is possible to set a memory marker from this menu by pressing the down arrow until the user has highlighted the SET MEM MARKER tag and pressing select.
  • Page 56 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 5.2.7.1 Version ID The user can select either of two options from this screen. If the user selects Version ID, a screen will appear showing the software version identifiers for both the FDR and for the PI.
  • Page 57 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 5.2.8 Fault Log To File To perform this selection, a disk must be installed in the PI and the FDR cannot be record- ing. If the FDR is recording, the PI will stop it. Selecting Fault Log To File on the Special Functions Menu displays the Fault Log To File Menu.
  • Page 58 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 5.2.9 Dumping Trace Messages to the PI Disk Trace Messages provide information (in near real time) on the functions being performed by the recorder. To dump Trace Messages to the PI disk, access the Special Functions Menu, highlight TRACE MESSAGES and press SELECT.
  • Page 59 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) CVR MENU STRUCTURE When one of the CVR functions is selected from the Main Menu, the CVR Menu Structures are as illustrated in Figure 5−3. 5.3.1 CVR: Monitor Menu The CVR Monitor Menu allows the user to control which audio from the CVR is to be played over the PI’s speaker or headphone jack.
  • Page 60 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) MAIN MENU CVR: MONITOR MONITOR MENU PLAYBACK PLAYBACK MENU HQ VOICE CH 1 OFF/ON CVR PLAYBACK CH 2 OFF/ON MODE: STOP CH 3 OFF/ON POSITION: HRS : MIN : SEC ROTOR: __HZ HQ CAM CH 4 OFF/ON...
  • Page 61 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) DISPLAY GMT/ROTOR FILE DELETION MENU FILE DELETION DELETE THIS FILE: (FILE NAME): XXXX.CVR ROTOR: XXXX HZ (FILE ID): XXXX XXXX.CVR DATE: 0I−JAN−1999 GMT:: X:XX::XX TIME RECORDED: HRS : MIN : SEC ARE YOU SURE? FILE SIZE: XXX Kbytes FILE DURATION:...
  • Page 62 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) The right and left arrow keys are FAST FORWARD and REWIND, respectively. Note that both FAST FORWARD and REWIND have two speeds. The slow speed is at a rate of 10 seconds recorded time per second of real time.
  • Page 63 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 5.3.4 Rotor Speed FSK Data Rotor Speed output data is displayed (in Hz) on the following PI menus: Playback Menu File Playback Menu Can be selected for display from the Special Functions Menu. Rotor Speed FSK data is output by the PI each time a new rotor speed value is available.
  • Page 64 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 5.3.5 Playback/Control Menu This menu is similar to the Monitor Menu and can be accessed from the Playback Menu by pressing the Red Key. The operator can enter it while playback is underway without inter- rupting the audio being played back.
  • Page 65 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 5.3.6.2 Copy Menu Entry (Copy) When the operator selects COPY on the CVR File Control Menu, A File ID Selection Menu Is displayed on the PI screen. The user cannot enter this menu unless a disk drive is in place at the PCMCIA slot in the bottom of the PI.
  • Page 66 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) been given an appropriate playback position (using FAST FORWARD Or REWIND ) When in the Playback Menu). To toggle between STOP and PLAY, The user presses the SE- LECT key. From this menu, the user can also view the Super frame Number and the Error Status of the recorder.
  • Page 67 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 5.3.8.3 Delete File From Disk Selecting Delete File From Disk Brings up the File Deletion Menu. Enter the required information (File ID, File Name, etc.) on the appropriate menu lines. Select DELETE. The next menu will ask the question: “...
  • Page 68 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 5.3.8.5.3 Start/Clear Tags After the File ID Is Entered, the user should move the cursor (using the DOWN arrow key repeatedly) to highlight the START tag and then press SELECT to start dumping the Fault Log to the disk location selected at the File ID Entry Field.
  • Page 69 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) PI OPERATION DATALINK RETRIVAL (MOD−DOT 7 or Higher) Recorded DataLink information may be retrieved from FA2100 CVR and CVDR. Using the Portable Interface, all, or a portion, of the DataLink recording can be copied to a PCMCIA memory card.
  • Page 70 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) WORD MONITOR MENU The Word Monitor Menu is available only if the FDR is locked onto a stream of input flight data. If this is not the case, attempts to access this screen will result in the message, “No FDR data”.
  • Page 71 TO RECORDER GSE CONNECTOR FDR: WORD MONITOR SET MARKER (XX) COPY STATUS / CONTROL SPECIAL FUNCTIONS GMT/ROTOR AUDIO SELECT DELETE MENU Sarasota, Florida Figure 6−1. Portable Interface Unit, FDR Screen Shown, p/n 17TES0043 DataLink Retrival Rev. 05 Page 6−3 Sep. 06/13...
  • Page 72 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) MAIN MENU WORD MONITOR MENU FDR: WORD MONITOR COPY COPY MENU WORD 1_ _ SET MARKER (XX) FILE ID SUB Frame 1 XXXX (11 CHAR LIMIT) XXXX OCT A B C D E F G H I J XXXX OCT K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z .
  • Page 73 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) FILE DELETION MENU FILE DELETION MENU DELETE THIS FILE: (FILE NAME): XXXX.FDR (FILE ID): XXXX DATE: 0I−JAN−1999 XXXX.FDR TIME RECORDED: HRS : MIN : SEC FILE SIZE: XXX Kbytes ARE YOU SURE? FILE DURATION: HRS : MIN : SEC BACK...
  • Page 74 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) row keys. Once the mode tag is highlighted, the user can cycle through the modes using the SELECT key. Each row that is not in the OFF mode displays four bits of the selected word contained in subframes 1 through 4 of the flight data.
  • Page 75 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) START/CLEAR Tags 6.5.3 After the FILE ID is entered, the user should move the cursor (using the down arrow key re- peatedly) to the START tag and then press SELECT to advance to the Start Copy Menu. Note also that from the START tag, the user can press the up arrow key to access the CLEAR tag.
  • Page 76 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) After the copy process has started, a progress screen (Copy Time Remaining) appears on the PI that identifies what type of copy was selected and displays a countdown of the estimated seconds remaining until the copy is completed (this time may countdown to zero and start again at 1024).
  • Page 77 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) key to take the indicated action. The only feedback indicating that the action has taken place will be that the highlight will flash off and then on again. 6.8.2.2 Latched Fault Conditions If the user clears the latched fault, the latched fault indication may continue.
  • Page 78 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 6.8.4.2 Fault Log File Names Fault Log file names written to the disk as a result of dumping Fault Log data have the file ex- tension of .FLT. If the file name is the same as the name of a file that already exists on the disk, the name chosen will be modified by replacing the last three characters of the name with digits to make the user file name unique on the disk.
  • Page 79 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) PI OPERATION WITHOUT A RECORDER Portable Interface units with Mod Dot 4 installed are capable of stand alone functionality (Simulated CVR Mode). In Simulated CVR Mode, power is supplied to the PI through the Auxiliary Power Cable, P/N 17TES0074.
  • Page 80 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) Before power is applied to the PI, the user must depress and hold the Up and Select but- tons on the front of the PI unit. These buttons must continue to be depressed until the Main Menu appears on the PI screen.
  • Page 81 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) MAIN MENU PLAYBACK MENU PLAYBACK CONTROL MENU CVR PLAYBACK HQ VOICE CH 1 OFF/ON CVR: MONITOR RED KEY PLAYBACK MODE: STOP CH 2 OFF/ON POSITION: HRS : MIN : SEC CH 3 OFF/ON HQ CAM CH 4...
  • Page 82 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 7.2.3 Playback/Control Menu The Playback/Control Menu allows the user to control which audio channel from the CVR datafile is to be played over the PI’s speaker or headphone jack. There are six OFF/ON entries on this menu, one each for three High Quality (HQ) Voice Channels, an HQ Cockpit Area Microphone (CAM) channel, a Standard Quality (SQ) Voice channel, and an SQ CAM channel.
  • Page 83 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 7.2.4.2 Keypad Key Remapping During File Playback When the File Playback Menu is active, the keypad keys are remapped as shown on the File Playback Menu in Figure 7-2. A diagram at the lower right of the menu indicates the new mapping.
  • Page 84 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 7.2.6 Rotor Speed FSK Data Rotor Speed output data is displayed (in Hz) on the following PI menus: Playback Menu File Playback Menu Can be selected for display from the Special Functions Menu. Rotor Speed FSK data is output by the PI each time a new rotor speed value is available.
  • Page 85 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) 7.2.7 Special Functions Menu With the exception of the Delete File From Disk option, this menu, and all of it’s sub-me- nus, are accessible but perform no functions in Simulated CVR mode. 7.2.7.1 Delete File From Disk Selecting Delete File From Disk brings up the File Deletion Menu.
  • Page 86 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Stand Alone Operation Rev. 03 Page 7-8 Aug. 01/03...
  • Page 87 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) PI OPERATING PROCEDURES This section is provided for quick reference. Section 7.2 STARTING SIMULATED CVR MODE Section 8.3 CHANGING SCREEN CONTRAST Section 8.4 CHANNEL SELECTION Section 8.5 VOLUME SELECTION Section 8.6 AUDIO SELECTION Section 8.7 PLAYBACK OPERATION...
  • Page 88 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) DECREASE the screen contrast (lighten the screen) by positioning the highlight over the bottom entry on the menu. While the highlight is positioned on the bottom entry, press the down arrow key. The contrast adjustment occurs in small increments, so the down arrow key may need to be pressed multiple times to obtain the desired adjustment.
  • Page 89 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) PLAY mode may be obtained by pressing the Up arrow, which is remapped to function as would a play button on a tape recorder. REWIND mode may be obtained by pressing the Left arrow, which is remapped to function as would a rewind button on a tape recorder.
  • Page 90 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) SELECT the File option to bring up the CVR File Control Menu. BROWSE the files on the memory card using the Up and Down buttons on the PI keypad. COPY the recorder’s memory by using the Left and Right buttons on the PI keypad and selecting the Copy option.
  • Page 91 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) COPY FROM MARKER is performed by setting the download mode to Copy From Marker and selecting which memory marker to download from. Highlight the marker number field and press the Select Button to cycle through the available memory markers. Selecting Start Copy will begin the download.
  • Page 92 AVIATION RECORDERS OPERATOR'S MANUAL MODEL FA2100GSE PORTABLE INTERFACE (PI) CANCEL the file deletion by selecting Back on the File Browse Menu or No on the con- firmation “ARE YOU SURE?” Menu. NOTE: Once a file is deleted from the data disk, it can not be recovered. 8.17 DISPLAYING GMT / ROTOR INFORMATION This procedure may be performed while the PI is in CVR, CVDR, or FDR modes.

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