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INDICATING/RECORDING................................................................. 1
INDICATING/RECORDING SYSTEM PRESENTATION (1) .............................. 8
CLOCK .................................................................................................. 18
CENTRALIZED FAULT DISPLAY SYSTEM................................................... 20
DIGITAL FLIGHT DATA RECORDING........................................................ 24
AIRCRAFT INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM ................................................... 26
ON BOARD MAINTENANCE FACILITIES.................................................... 28
COMPONENT LOCATION ........................................................................ 30
MAINTENANCE/TEST FACILITIES ............................................................ 36

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INDICATING/RECORDING SYSTEM PRESENTATION

(1)
ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT SYSTEM
The Single Aisle aircraft cockpit instrumentation information is
displayed on six display units. These display units are part of the
Electronic Instrument System (EIS). The EIS is separated into two
subsystems:

4 Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS),

4 Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring (ECAM).

The four EFIS displays (2 for each flight crew member) give to the
flight crew all the basic flight parameters. The ECAM system gives to
the flight crew aircraft system displays, faults, checklists and the
aircraft operational status.

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ECAM
The System Data Acquisition Concentrators (SDACs) receive data from
the A/C systems and sends it to the Display Management Computers
(DMCs) for display on the ECAM display units.

NOTE: NOTE: DMC 1 SUPPLIES BOTH ECAM DISPLAYS AND

DMC 2 IS ALSO A BACKUP FOR ECAM DISPLAYS.

The DMCs acquire data and transmit it to the Display Units (Dus),
which generate the images. Under normal circumstances:

4 DMC 1 supplies both ECAM display,

4 DMC 2 and 3 are available as a backup.

The Flight Warning Computers (FWCs), heart of the ECAM system,

receive data from:

4 the A/C systems to generate red warnings,

4 the SDACs to generate amber cautions.

The FWCs then supply:

4 the DMCs for the display of alert messages,

4 the attention getters,
4 the loudspeakers with aural alerts and synthetic voice messages.

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ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT SYSTEM - ECAM

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In front of each pilot, there are two attention getters, a red MASTER
ECAM CONTROL AND INDICATING WARNing and an amber MASTER CAUTion. As a further means of
The EWD is divided into two main parts: getting the attention, there is a loudspeaker on each side of the
cockpit for aural alerts and synthetic voice messages.
4 the upper area is used to display the main engine parameters, the
Fuel On Board (FOB) and the slat/flap position,
4 the lower area is used for warning, caution and memo messages.

The SD is divided into two areas:

4 the upper part is used to display the various system pages,

diagrams of the A/C systems,
4 the lower part is used to display permanent data.

Below the ECAM displays, on the center pedestal, there is the ECAM
control panel. The two control knobs on the LH side are used to adjust
the brightness of the two ECAM screens and to turn them off. The P/Bs
on the RH side are mainly used to:

4 display any of the system pages or the STATUS page,

4 clear or recall a warning or caution message.

An A/C STATUS page may be also displayed on the SD to give an

operational status of the A/C. When things are not normal the STATUS
page displays:

4 operational data on the LH side,

4 INOPerative SYStem on the RH side.

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EFIS
For the EFIS displays, data from the Air Data and Inertial Reference
System (ADIRS) plus navigation data from the Flight Management and
Guidance System (FMGS) is fed directly to the DMCs. The DMCs then
process the data and generate the images to display (images
generated by displays in the A318). Under normal circumstances:

4 DMC 1 supplies the CAPT EFIS displays,

4 DMC 2 supplies the F/O EFIS displays,
4 DMC 3 is available as a backup.

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EFIS CONTROL AND INDICATING

Flight parameters are displayed on the PFDs while navigation data is
displayed on the NDs. Outboard of the PFDs, there are control knobs
to adjust the brightness of the associated PFD and ND, and to turn the
displays off. Two EFIS control panels are used to select what is
displayed on the EFIS screens. The EFIS control panels are divided into
two sections, one section associated with the PFD and the other one
with the ND. Just below the ECAM screens, on the center pedestal,
there is a switching panel with, on the right, 2 rotary selectors to
restore data to the EFIS and ECAM displays in abnormal operation.

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CLOCK
A single electrical clock gives the Universal Time Coordinated (UTC)
and date as time references for the crew and all peripheral systems.
The other functions available for crew are Elapsed Time (ET) and
chronometer. The clock can be synchronized with satellite GPS time.
The time is also displayed at the bottom of the SD.

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CLOCK

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CENTRALIZED FAULT DISPLAY SYSTEM

The Centralized Fault Display Interface Unit (CFDIU) centralizes and
memorizes all information concerning A/C system failures. Reading or
printing of the failure information is done in the cockpit with any MCDU
or the printer. Most A/C system computers have a BITE. The BITE
permanently monitors the system operation. When a failure is
detected, it is stored in the BITE memory and is transmitted to the
CFDIU. The ECAM also monitors the A/C systems. The warning
information is delivered to the CFDIU. The failure information is
available in various reports. The reading of the failure information is
made from two different MCDU menus depending on if the A/C is in
flight or on ground. The SYSTEM REPORT/TEST function is available
on ground only. It enables a dialogue between the CFDIU and a
system computer. The SYSTEM REPORT/TEST menu page presents the
list of all the systems connected to the CFDIU, in ATA chapter order.
The maintenance Post Flight Report (PFR) can only be printed on
ground. It summarizes and displays the list of the ECAM warning
messages and the fault messages that occurred during the last flight,
with the associated time, flight phase and ATA reference. It helps the
maintenance crew to make a correlation for easier troubleshooting.

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DIGITAL FLIGHT DATA RECORDING

On the classic system, the Flight Data Interface Unit (FDIU) is the
heart of the Digital Flight Data Recording System (DFDRS). On the
enhanced system, the FDIU function is integrated in the Flight Data
Interface and Management Unit (FDIMU). To fulfill the mandatory
requirements of crash recording, the FDIU acquires and formats
various critical flight parameters and system data before supplying the
Solid State Flight Data Recorder (SSFDR). The linear accelerometer
measures the acceleration of the A/C in all three axes. The SDAC
digitizes the analog signal of the linear accelerometer and sends it to
the FDIU. For maintenance and performance purposes, the optional
Quick Access Recorder (QAR) records the same parameters as the
SSFDR. The operation of the SSFDR is automatic. On the overhead
panel, there is a GrouND ConTroL P/B located on the ReCorDeR panel.
This P/B lets the SSFDR be supplied when the A/C is on ground for
preflight checks before engine start or for test and maintenance
purposes. On the center pedestal, there is a DFDR EVENT P/B which
can be used to set an event mark on the SSFDR memory.

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AIRCRAFT INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

The main functions of the Aircraft Integrated Data System (AIDS) are
to monitor engine condition, APU condition and A/C performance, and
to provide trouble shooting assistance. The Data Management Unit
(DMU) is the heart of the AIDS. It fulfils the following functions:

4 collection, processing and recording of various A/C parameters,

including the mandatory parameters given by the FDIU.
The recording is made in an internal memory of the DMU and on an
optional external recorder called Digital AIDS Recorder (DAR),

4 generate various reports according to defined conditions. These

reports are stored in a non-volatile memory of the DMU.
A data loader is used to upload programmed data into the DMU and to
download recorded DMU data on a floppy disk for on ground analysis.
The printer is used to print reports generated by the DMU. The printer
can be automatically controlled by the DMU, manually controlled from
the MCDU or using the AIDS PRINT P/B on the center pedestal. The
DMU and the FDIU are integrated in a single computer called FDIMU.
The FDMIU has a PCMCIA card slot to upload DMU software and
download DMU data. In the A/C, two MCDUs are connected to the
DMU. To initiate communication with the AIDS via either MCDU, the
user has to press the AIDS line select key from the MCDU MENU page.
The AIDS MCDU menu page is then displayed. Some of the AIDS
functions, including real time parameter read out, may be controlled
from this menu.

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ON BOARD MAINTENANCE FACILITIES

In this graphic all the indicating/recording systems can be seen
together.

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COMPONENT LOCATION
The EIS and the Centralized Fault Display System (CFDS) computers
are located in the aft avionics rack. The DFDRS and AIDS computers
are located in the aft avionics rack. Concerning the QAR/DAR, there
are several vendors and two different storage media:

4 either a magnetic tape,

4 or an optical disk. The recorder is then called Optical QAR/DAR
(OQAR/ODAR).
The FDIMU computer is located in the aft avionics rack. The SSFDR is
installed, just above the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), in an
unpressurized area of the rear fuselage. The SSFDR stores, in a solid
state memory located in a crash and fire protected housing, the data
of the last 25 hours collected by the FDIU. The linear accelerometer is
near the A/C center of gravity. It sends the accelerations according to
the 3 axis (pitch, roll and yaw) to the DFDRS.

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MAINTENANCE/TEST FACILITIES
Using the MCDU, you can have access to the CFDS fault messages of
all the indicating/recording systems. Specific BITE tests are available
as well. ECAM 1 and 2 gives access to FWC 1/2, SDAC 1/2 and ECAM
control panel.
EIS 1 gives access to DMC 1, PFD 1, ND 1 and EWD.
EIS 2 gives access to DMC 2 and PFD 2, ND 2 and SD.
EIS 3 gives access to DMC 3.

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