User manual TRIMBLE TA-12S FDE MANUAL REV B

[. . . ] L Tasman ARINC-12 / TA-12S FDE Predictor User's Manual FDE Prediction Application for MS Windows TPN 83975-00-FD Revision B June 16, 2003 FDE Predictor User's Manual LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES Dates of Original and Change pages are: Revision . . . . . . . . B. . . . . . . June 16, 2003 Page Description Title page List of Effective Pages Record of Revisions Table of Contents Section II ­ FDEP Installation Section V ­ Operation of the Main Dialog Screen Section VI ­ Creation of Flight Plans Section VII ­ Operation of the Satellite Selection Dialog Screen Section VIII ­ Operation of the FDE Predictor Dialog Screen Page no. A B iii 2-3, 2-4 5-1 6-1 7-1 8-1 ­ 8-3 Date June 16, 2003 June 16, 2003 June 16, 2003 June 16, 2003 June 16, 2003 June 16, 2003 June 16, 2003 June 16, 2003 June 16, 2003 Revision B Page A FDE Predictor User's Manual RECORD OF REVISIONS Assigned To (Job Title) Location Rev No. B Revision Date June, 16, 2003 Insertion Date June 16, 2003 By McDermott Rev No. Revision Date Insertion Date By Page B Revision B FDE Predictor User's Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION I - Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 SECTION II - Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The Flight Plan Name field is not related in any way to the name of the file which contains the Flight Plan. Revision B Page 6-1 FDE Predictor User's Manual Figure 6-1 FDE Predictor ­ Flight Plan Detail Dialog Page 6-2 Revision B FDE Predictor User's Manual 6. 1. 2 Departure Date/Time, Arrival Date/Time and Ground Speed Departure Date/Time, Arrival Date/Time and Ground Speed are linked fields. Only two of these fields can be explicitly specified by the user because any combination of two of these fields specifies the third. On new Flight Plan, Departure Time is set to the current Zulu Time, Arrival Time is set to midnight (23:59:59 hrs. ), and Ground Speed is zeroed. For any two values specified, the third field is computed from the other two. The third field is computed when the user selects the COMPUTE XXX button, or when the user selects the RUN PREDICTION button. Entry of time values is flexible, all times are based on the 24 hour Zulu clock. Time User Entered 1:5:09 01:5:09 01:05:09 Displayed Result 01:05:09 01:05:09 01:05:09 Date fields are in the form of mm/dd/yyyy. For new Flight Plans this field is initialized to the current system date. The user can change the date to any date after December 1980 (i. e. : earliest possible date is 1/1/1981), and any date before 1/1/2101. Examples of valid entries: Date User Entered 1/1/2000 01/1/2000 01/01/2000 * Minimum year = 1981 Displayed Result 01/01/2000 01/01/2000 01/01/2000 Maximum year = 2100 Entry of Ground Speed is limited to 7 characters and must be numeric. 386 545. 25 Displayed Result 555. 00 knots 386. 00 knots 545. 25 knots Revision B Page 6-3 FDE Predictor User's Manual 6. 2 WAYPOINTS (INSERT, MODIFY, REMOVE) Waypoints can be created (inserted), modified or removed. To add a waypoint, the user can either double-click on the insertion point in the flight plan or highlight the insertion point and then click the INSERT button. To modify an existing waypoint, the user highlights the desired waypoint and selects the MODIFY button. To remove a waypoint, the user clicks on the desired waypoint in the list box to highlight it and selects the REMOVE button. 6. 2. 1 Waypoint Identifier Waypoint Identifier is a free form text field limited to five characters. The identifier of the waypoint is usually entered here (i. e. : ARD for Ardmore). 6. 2. 2 Latitude and Longitude Latitude values must begin with either N or S (case is ignored), Longitude values must begin with either E or W (case is ignored). Latitude values are of the form dd. mm. hh where dd is degrees from 0 to 90, mm is minutes from 0 to 60, and hh is hundredths of minutes from 0 to 99. Longitude values are of the form ddd. mm. hh where ddd is degrees from 0 to 180, mm is minutes from 0 to 60, and hh is hundredths of minutes from 0 to 99. Delimiters are required for entry of minutes and hundredths, but can be omitted if only entering degrees. Users Enters Latitude N02 N02. 59 N02. 59. 99 Longitude W097 W097. 03 W097. 59. 99 Displayed Result Latitude N02. 00. 00 N02. 59. 00 N02. 59. 99 Longitude W097. 00. 00 W097. 03. 00 W097. 59. 99 Page 6-4 Revision B FDE Predictor User's Manual 6. 3 OPEN, SAVE, AND NEW The three buttons at the top of the Main Dialog box control how the user creates, opens and saves flight plans. Enter a Waypoint Identifier and the appropriate Latitude and Longitude. [. . . ] This returns you to the Main Dialog. 10. 4 RUNNING THE PREDICTION You have now entered a valid Flight Plan, saved it to a disk file (optional), and are ready to run a prediction. A small message box will appear notifying you that there are disabled satellites and asking if you wish to proceed. 10. 4. 1 Prediction Run During a prediction run, the progress bar corresponding to the current prediction run will grow from left to right. Upon completion, outages will be reflected in the three boxes in the top of the Prediction Run Results section of the dialog box. [. . . ]