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1. Grid Text Colour R Flight progress Display map sce Range 0 255 128 128 128 Flight Planning Constants Configurable Item Units Description Default Identifier String Registration Time Before minutes Specifies time before EOBT an aircraft must send 30 EOBT it s init message to avoid an alert being generated Slot ACK Time Out Before Specifies time before EOBT tha acknowledgemen EOBT must be received in response plinked slot allocation Flight Plan ACK Time Out S fore EOBT that acknowledgemen Before EOBT m in response to plinked fligh p Loadsheet ACK Time Out Specifies ti fore EOBT that acknowledgem Before EOBT must be received in response to nlinked loadsheet Loadsheet Sent Time Out time before E that a loadsheet Before EOBT acknowledgement messag t be received by Fuel Burn Rate Kg NM Used to generate fuel usage info in flight plan 23 5 Approach Start Height feet This will be the level generated for the last 6000 waypoint in a flight plan In Strict Confidence 82 y MA AFAS Was Four D Trajectory Constants AOC Ground Platform User Manual Waypoint Lat Long Max Level Difference At Waypoint previous known trajectory between downlinked Trajectory and feet max differenc previous known trajectory Configurable Item Units Description Default Identifier String Max Difference Between minutes max
2. 47 5 2 3 1 Selecting a MIGHT ic eiecit tae e EE E ae HE EE e ru FLA d er dE Ride eave 47 5 2 32 Selecting E Le EE 47 5 2 3 3 Showing Mr Ee UE 47 9 2 3 4 Displaying Est graph uiid edes tado re oce eerte roe Era De YE La ee dE RE de kd Ra o ee ERR Rees 48 5 2 3 5 Displaying Real graph tnde edes ide eee eret Pra De EY ELLE Se de Lk a er EEN 49 5 9 Maintenarice Display oreet cerea teenage pedcs ae Ua a Oca ce A puce udo e uda agua 50 5 9 1 Capabilities n 50 5 3 2 Maintenance Display Overview and Conventions enne 51 MMAMUITIU 51 5 9 2 1 1 CHE TEE 52 5 3 2 1 2 Requests Menu tee pe d ene eina ed ena a a aaaea Aa aA 52 SESS UM Corel 52 5 3 2 3 Registered e e ULC rettet N pec i d a Mx ed e Rec das e a aae 53 5 3 2 4 Special Intormatton tens teettettttt teatr tttt rnrn EnA EEEEEEAEEEE EEEE EEES EENEN EEEEER ESEE EEEE EEEE EEE 54 e 54 5 3 2 6 Messages let 55 5 3 2 7 Message Content 00 cece eee ent erent erie ee ee eee ere n inen nre esent n inen ener nnns 56 5 3 2 8 Engines Graphie 56 5 3 3 Processing 01 0 lt 10 0 lt 1 eee eee 57 5 3 3 1 Selecting a flight 00 0 ee ee rn eee eee renner een aae ee ee naaeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeeeaas 57 5 3 3 2 Sending APU requests ec eee et eee e tn eer et nee eer tee e eee tree eee ee emen ee enne nennen nnne nnns 57 5 3 3 3 Sending Engine Status requests cece et
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5. Figure 38 Aircraft Details The Aircraft group contains aircraft information as described below Aircraft Id Flight Identifier Aircraft Type Aircraft type Seats Passengers capacity Autonomy Aircraft Range Route Departure and destination 5 2 2 6 Fuel Usage Graph The graphics concerning fuel usage present the information regarding predicted and actual fuel consumption of a given aircraft In Strict Confidence 46 y MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual The fuel usage presentation includes a graph window and a toolbar The graph window is where the graph is actually depicted The toolbar enables the user to change the variable that is being displayed on the graph window The available graphs are Estimated fuel usage shows the fuel usage as was predicted by the original flight plan Real fuel usage presents the information concerning real consumption of fuel according to the data available in OOOI and Flight Progress messages The AGP operator can change the graph being displayed using two buttons Est for estimated and Real located below the graph window 5 2 3 Processing procedures 5 2 3 1 Selecting a flight The operator needs to select a flight in order to visualize the post flight data Flight selection can be achieved by clicking a flight inside Finished Flights or by clicking and selecting a flight in Aircraft Id combo box inside Aircraft group
6. Messages From wrar Il WTHR sl u o essage Type SIGMET Message CFMU g Unique Vfiusta Ild Time Date T R Message Type Sent Received 08 i ALLO a i 08 08 2002 at 11 59 08 5 G02 Rx ITE 08 08 2002 SIGMET ssue Centre LFFF 08 08 2002 Rx METAR ay of issue 23 08 08 2002 Rx METAR ime of issue 14 54 00 08 08 2002 Rx METAR alidity Period From 15 00 00 15 00 0023 08 2002 To 19 00 00 19 00 0023 08 2002 08 08 2002 Rx TAF ocation of issue centre EGGL 08 08 2002 Rx TAF igmet details FPW UIR FRANCE ISOL CB OBS FCSR BLU FL360 E OF O3E AND N OF 47N MOV gi 08 08 2002 Rx TAF 08 08 2002 Rx Meteo Forecast sss J Figure 13 Messages List In Strict Confidence 23 y6 A E AOC Ground Platform User Manual P MA AFAS round Platform User Manua The Messages area presents the messages exchanged between the AGP and selected Flights Central Flow Management Unit CFMU or Meteo Office WHTR refer to Figure 13 The left side includes a list of messages with a set of different data fields per each message displayed The data fields are explained below Unique Id Message unique id Flight Id Flight that sent or received the message Time Time when a message is logged in the AGP Date Date when a message is logged in the AGP T R TXx if message is a transmitted message Rx if message is a received message Message Type Type of message Additionally Messages includes a Flig
7. Aircraft Aircraft Id Aircraft Type Seats Autonomy Route BA123 sl B747 175 2000 Em EGLL LIRA pans Figure 39 Flight Selection 5 2 3 2 Selecting a message Clicking a message inside Messages List selects a message and shows message details in the bottom right of Post Flight display 5 2 3 3 Showing message details Double Clicking a message inside Messages List pops up a Message Contents form and n showed inside the Message Contents form In Strict Confidence 47 y6 AE A Platf Manual P MA AFAS OC Ground Platform User Manua message Contents nl x From BA123 Message Type Slot Allocation Message Sent Received 08 08 2002 at 14 40 43 st Off Block Time 15 21 43 alc Take Off Time 15 36 43 Free Text UZZzUlz Figure 40 Message Contents Form 5 2 3 4 Displaying Est graph Clicking in Est button displays Est graph This graph shows the estimated fuel usage y axis in Kg by time x axis in minutes a ime min i Est Real Time Loc 15 12 09 Time GMT 14 12 09 Figure 41 Graphic representation of the Estimated Fuel In Strict Confidence 48 MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 2 3 5 Displaying Real graph Clicking in Real button displays Real graph This graphic representation shows the real fuel usage y axis in Kg by time x axis in minutes D 82
8. APU Req button or the APU entry on the Maintenance Display Requests menu shows the APU Request form oix Periodic Send v Cancel Cancel Figure 53 APU Request Form To send an APU Request the operator is allowed to make some choices concerning the APU request message These options are described below After setting up the different options the operator can send APU report requests to a selected aircraft by clicking the Send button the Cancel button will close the APU Request form In Strict Confidence 57 H aE I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual Periodic or Demand Reports The operator may choose between the reception of periodic reports or single reports click Periodic for receiving periodical reports or Demand for receiving a unique report Implement or Cancel periodic contract The operator may choose between the implementation of a periodical contract between the AGP and a selected flight or to cancel an existing contract Clicking Implement implements a periodical contract and clicking Cancel cancels an existing contract Periodic Rate In periodical contracts the operator must define the sending period rate changing Period text box defines a new periodical sending report rate time unit is minutes 5 3 3 3 Sending Engine Status requests Pressing Eng Req button or the Eng Status entry on the Maintenance D
9. y MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual lt MA AFAS CONTRACT N G4RD 2000 00228 PROJECT N GRD1 1999 10516 ACRONYM MA AFAS THE MORE AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT IN THE FUTURE AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM D63 AGP User Manual AUTHOR SKYSOFT PORTUGAL PROJECT CO ORDINATOR BAE SYSTEMS PRINCIPAL CONTRACTORS Airtel ATN Ltd Ireland ETG Germany NLR Netherlands ASSISTANT CONTRACTORS Airsys ATM France AMS Italy FRQ Austria NATS UK SC TT Sweden SOFREAVIA France Report Number Project Reference number Date of issue of this report Issue No PROJECT START DATE DURATION Qinetiq UK EUROCONTROL France Alenia Difesa Italy DLR Germany Indra Sistemas Spain SCAA Sweden Skysoft Portugal Stasys Limited UK MA AFAS WP2 4 D63 06 February 03 1 0 1 3 2000 36 Months Project funded by the European Community under the Competitive and Sustainable Growth Programme 1998 2002 This document is proprietary of the MA AFAS consortium members listed on the front page of this document The document is supplied on the express understanding that it is to be treated as confidential and may not be used or disclosed to others in whole or in part for any purpose except as expressly authorised under the terms of CEC Contract number G4RD 2000 00228 y MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual All enquiries related to this publication should be referred to apyo
10. 5 BA234 14 39 30 08 08 2002 Tx Engine Status Request 4 BA234 14 39 11 08 08 2002 Rx Engine Status Report 3 BA234 14 39 10 08 08 2002 Tx Engine Status Request 2 BA234 14 37 55 08 08 2002 Rx Engine Status Report ae BAZ34 14 37 55 08 08 2002 Tx Engine Status Request 14 37 43 08 08 2002 Rx Initialising Figure 50 Messages List Messages List shows all maintenance related messages exchanged between the AGP and a selected Flight The Message List contains a set of different data fields per each message displayed Details of each data field are explained below Unique Id Message unique id Flight Id Flight Id that sent or received the message Time Time when a message is logged in AGP Date Date when a message is logged in AGP T R TXx if message is a transmitted message Rx if message is a received message Message Type Type of message In Strict Confidence 55 y6 A E AOC Ground Platform User Manual P MA AFAS round Platform User Manua 5 3 2 7 Message Contents In the bottom right side of display there is the message contents area Message Contents shows the details of a selected message as described below From Message sender transmitter Message Type Type of message Sent Received Time and date when a message is logged in AGP Message data details Message Contents From B4234 Message Type mitilising menage Sent Received 08 08 2002 a
11. Flight Progress Display main areas The menus of this display allow the AGP operator to set all configurable AGP settings to send messages to the selected flight toggle displays and initialise the external GACS communications In Strict Confidence 17 H S I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual Was 5 1 2 1 1 File Menu EZFlight Progress Display File Message Settings Maintenance Post Flight Init AG Comms Figure 5 Flight Progress Display File Menu The File Menu has four entries and are described below Maintenance This menu entry enables the operator to view the Maintenance Display Post Flight This menu entry enables the operator to view the Post Flight Display Init AG Comms In order to the AGP to communicate with external entities communications should be started Clicking in this menu entry starts AG Comms After the start of the communications the red light below the world map will change to a green light The AGComms Initialisations form is then shown informing the operator of the successful communications start Exit Clicking this entry shuts down the AGP application 5 1 2 1 2 Message Menu EZIFlight Progress Display File Message Settings Flight Progress Request Mel 4D Trajectory Request Aircraft Meteo Report Request Regi 4Dtrajectory Constraints List Maintenar Figure 6 FPD Message Menu The Message Menu has six entries describ
12. based avionics components that will provide aircraft greater flexibility within the ATM system The program includes development of an operational concept specification and implementation of avionics packages ground systems and infrastructure to demonstrate the operational concept and trials and further work towards implementation of the concept One of the themes of the programme is the Airline Operational Centre AOC MA AFAS functional requirements for the Airborne AOC system are addressed in the following project documentation e D13 Definition of ATM MA AFAS Airborne and Ground Functionalities e D18 Airborne Systems Requirement Specification e D19 Airborne Equipment System Design and Architecture Document To support trials of the MA AFAS avionics package AOC functions an AOC Ground Platform AGP was specified and developed by the AOC Theme The AGP is a trials system which simulates the functions of an AOC end system on the ground The aim is to validate the correct functioning of the avionics and crew interactions as well as the air ground interoperability under real flight conditions The platform is responsible for the support of four AOC functional areas AOC Flight Plan AOC and A C Maintenance A C AOC CDM Asset Management To enable a correct operational use of the all the system additional functional aspects were included as part of the AGP platform environment e System Communications HMI A description of the AGP
13. button accepts all changes made REE Map Colors Grid Settings Continents Oceans R G B R G B E m n EET FB E ung E FEN A A5 E 1 Degrees Raby spe Eg 191 191 191 P EP mL Lej edu vy vp Sa si 255 255 209 200 250 255 Test Ok ER Figure 8 Map Settings Form Aircraft Settings Clicking in this menu entry shows Aircraft Settings form This form allows the operator to change aircraft colours change wind colours and change FIRs colours Each item aircraft wind and FIR has a Test button and clicking in one of the Test buttons testscolourr change to that particular item clicking Cancel cancels all changes made and clicking Ok button accepts all changes made Additionally the aircraft icon colour can be changed when aircraft is airborne or is on ground To change between aircraft ground colour and aircraft airborne colour select in up right combo box airborne or ground In Strict Confidence 19 I a aras AOC Ground Platform User Manual i Aircraft Settings zin x Aircraft Colors Wind Colors Fir Colors E G B R Gi B e 3 4 Ground x 4 4 E Test Test Esc z ai is Ok 255 0 D 255 2558 255 Cinai p Figure 9 Aircraft Settings Form Comms Settings This form allows the user to setup the communications parameters as GACS ACK Timeout Po GACS Message Type 23 AGP GACS Address MAAFAS GACS Server 127 0 0 1 GACS Server Port
14. APU Req Figure 46 Maintenance Requests Menu The Requests Menu includes two entries described below Eng Status This menu entry enables the operator to compose and send a engine status request message APU This menu entry enables the operator to compose and send an APU request message 5 3 2 2 Toolbars The toolbar on this display provides the operator means to uplink maintenance related messages to a selected flight This toolbar has two buttons described below APU Req This button enables the operator to compose and send an APU request message Eng Req This button enables the operator to compose and send a engine status request message In Strict Confidence 52 ere AOC Ground Platform User Manual BY MA AFAS round Platform User Manua 5 3 2 3 Registered Flights Registered Flights FlightId A C Type ETA APU Engine 16 50 49 EGLL Figure 47 Registered Flights The Registered Flights window present information concerning all flights registered with the AGP system For each flight a set of flight data information is available Details of each data field are explained below Flight Id Flight identifier A C Type Aircraft Type ETA Estimated Time of Arrival Dep Departure airport Arr Arrival airport APU Yes if APU reports messages are sent periodically No otherwise Eng Yes if engine status reports messages are sent periodica
15. FMS Meteo FMS Meteo Company Flight Plan Initialising Figure 36 Messages List Messages List shows all the messages exchanged between the AGP and a selected flight Each message entry is displayed has a set of data fields Details of each data field are explained below Unique Id Message unique id Flight Id Flight Id that sent or received the message Time Time when a message is logged in AGP Date Date when a message is logged in AGP T R TX if message is a transmitted message Rx if message is a received message Message Type Type of message In Strict Confidence 45 d ua aras AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 2 2 4 Message Contents Message Contents shows the details of a selected message as described below From Message sender transmitter Message Type Type of message Sent Received Time and date when a message is logged in AGP Message data details m Message Contents From fono Message Type FMS Meteo Message Sent Received 08 08 2002 at 14 37 42 tart Time 06 00 00 Tine 09 00 00 ex of Altitude Levels 8 of Longitude Points n 004 00 000 ude Points atitude Origin 51 00 000 atitude Increment 00 30 000 ai As Figure 37 Message Contents 5 2 2 5 Aircraft Aircraft Aircreft d Aircraft Type Seats Autonomy Route Bazs gt B747 175 2000 Km EGLL LIRA
16. of air ground communications was successful the red light below the world map will change to green and a form is shown to inform the operator regarding the successful communications set up If the initialisation of air ground communications fails the red light on the corner of the world map remains red Additionally the operator must make sure that communication parameters are set according to the communications stack available The communication parameters can be changed through the edition of the default values on the configuration file or using the comms entry on the setting FPD menu Therefore if initialisation of the air ground communications fails the operator should check if the communications infrastructure is properly set and configured 5 1 3 2 Showing Maintenance display To show the Maintenance Display click on the Maintenance button or on the Maintenance entry of the FPD File Menu The Maintenance Display is shown hiding the Flight Progress Display The Maintenance button remains pressed until Maintenance Display is not exited Flight Progress Display File Message Settings Fi GE oi Traj Const Se SA Maintenance Post Flight Reg Req Req List Text Sheet Data Figure 15 Clicking on the maintenance button 5 1 3 3 Showing Post Flight display To show the Post Flight Display click on the Post Flight button or on the Post Flight entry of the FPD File Menu The Post Flight Display
17. 16 00 E000 15 53 00 MID 150 061 VEULE 151 25 N49 51 24 00 E000 37 12 00 STAR VEULE BAMES 151 63 N48 58 31 00 E001 29 10 00 arc APP BAMES RBT 11470 137 28 N48 39 14 00 E001 59 39 00 RAMBOUILLET MELEE 138 20 N48 25 00 00 E002 21 48 00 MELEE RETRI 156 7 N48 19 05 00 E002 26 21 00 RETRI RIGNI 156 86 N47 02 00 00 E003 23 48 00 at RIGNI MOU 11670 157 22 N46 42 24 40 E003 37 54 00 MOULINS In Strict Confidence 74 I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual b Slot Allocations The slotAllocations dat file in the data directory contains details about the slot allocation messages sent by the CFMU Each line of the file represents a single CFMU slot allocation message The file format is given below All fields are mandatory and must appear in the given order Each slot allocation must be on a single line The spacing between fields is unimportant but each field must begin with a TITLE SAM ARCID BA345 EOBT 0045 CTOT 0100 REGUL UZZU12 SENDTIME 00 02 o o n ee ee o This is a fixed The flightId the new EOBT the new CTOT A reason for The time the SA is sent field in MAAFAS of the a c as an offset as an offset the delay this from the CFMU as an offset from system from system is transmitted from system start up time start up start up in the freetext HH MM HHMM HHMM field of the SA In Strict Con
18. 365 547 729 ime min Est Real Time Loc 15 16 19 Time GMT 14 16 19 Figure 42 Graphic representation of the Real Fuel In Strict Confidence 49 yL MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 3 Maintenance Display 5 3 1 Capabilities The Maintenance Display allows the AGP operator to monitor flight information from a maintenance level perspective The objective is to present maintenance data concerning all flights This type of data is included in SNAG reports APU reports and engine status reports File Rem HA Keguterel Flights Fighti AlCTyp ETA Dep a Aireraft Ae APU Engine dl xt uaaras Airenft H Aireratt Typs fem Autonomy Sa si BH 3000 Xs Current Pontion Route ETA At gate in BOLL EoLL BGG 1 5049 APU Sech APU Total Operation Hoary E APU Start Cych 10 Special Information D ja Engine status Kapott Periodic has not been receive 02 Initialisimg menage not received within deadline p Menge Lit Time GMT 155046 Time Lee 1439 46 Fuel m eot TM Menag Type Vi WE ts H T Mesage Contents From faze Manage Type Sont Rereived Figure 43 The Maintenance Display In Strict Confidence 50 5S I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual Se 5 3 2 Maintenance Display Overview and Conventions As shown in the figure below t
19. 5 1 3 14 Selecting Map Area 35 5 1 3 15Displaying Waypoints ssssssssesseseeneneeeene nennen nnne nenne nenne ener nenne 36 5 1 3 16Displaying FIR 37 5 1 3 17 Displaying Map Grid nennen nennen nnne enne nenne ener nnns 38 9 1 93 18 DISplayING ME irt tede tna uo or ente xt eheu xx nut x xac dnt RE xx RR ERE REEL Ee Ree RE 39 o Res 19 DISplaying AIPS wy fs vised M 39 91 3 20 DISplayiINGi ETAS 40 aa 1 DISplayING WINGS RM M 41 5 1 3 21 1 Increasing Wind Level Alttude nnne emen 41 5 1 3 21 2 Decreasing Wind Level Altitude sssssssseee enne 41 5 1 3 22Zooming in and ZOOMING OUL c ccc cesececeeeeecesedeeeaccceseeedecesseceeedsusadeceseeacnedesteneeedeueasedeseeasecete as 41 5 2 Post Flight TEE 42 D2 A Capabilities sci 42 5 2 2 Post Flight Display Overview and Conventions eene 43 DZ ZA MOUS sects 43 D2 SET INCUN 43 5 2 22 Finished Flights geed 44 5 2 2 3 Messages LISL iude reet de re tace e ete ga e ede il lhe niga 45 5 2 24 Message Corltenis iva chen nee eet ENEE Eta e ia ae det ERENNERT 46 0 220 ieri px Ex 46 0 220 F el Usage Grapli lernen eene ee crei Ra e eese eek ce FER ML Le e Fo RUE e Ra Bde de d ee duin 46 9 23 Processing tee RR
20. BLU FL360 E OF O3E AND N OF 47N MOV N al EEN Ki J Figure 17 Flight Selection 5 1 3 5 Sending Flight Progress requests Pressing FProg Req button or the Flight Progress Request entry on the FPD Message menu allows the Flight Progress Request form to be shown Figure 18 Inn Progress Request olx v Send Demand Cancel cd implement IT Cancel Period 2 Minutes Next Waypoint Figure 18 Flight Progress Request Form To send a Flight Progress Request message to a given aircraft the operator should make some choices concerning the intended request The options are described below After setting up the different options the operator is able to send a flight progress request to the selected aircraft by clicking the Send button The Cancel button will close the Flight Progress Request form In Strict Confidence 28 y MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual Periodic or Demand Reports The operator must choose between the reception of periodic reports or the reception of one single report by clicking respectively on Periodic or Demand Implement or Cancel periodic contract The operator must choose between the implementation of a periodical contract between the AGP and a given flight or to cancel existing contract by clicking respectively on Implement or clicking on Cancel Periodic Rate When the periodic contra
21. Slot Allocation Initialising Oooi Trajectory Request Company Flight Plan Free Text Message FMS Meteo Loadsheet Loadsheet Ack Aircraft Meteo Request Aircraft Meteo Response Aircraft Meteo Report APU Request APU Response APU Report Engine Status Request Engine Status Response Engine Status Report Flight Progress Request Flight Progress Response Flight Progress Report Constraints List Cleared Trajectory Meteo Report Request Snag Report Constraints List Acceptance TAF METAR SIGMET N A Meteo Report Meteo Forecast AMDAR message CFMU Slot Allocation X gt lt gt lt gt lt OK gt lt gt lt OK X X x gt lt X lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt X gt lt gt lt X gt lt gt lt x xx X gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt x X gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt x X gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt x X gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt x xx X gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt x xx In Strict Confidence 70 I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual APPENDIX B AGP TEST TOOL Description The AGP application can be tested without communication with real aircraft To support the simulation of air ground communications Skysoft Portugal developed a simple Aircraft Comms Emulator This aircraft emulator named AGP Test Tool simulates an ai
22. Zooming in and zooming out can be achieved by dragging Zoom scroll bar below map An alternative way to zoom in is to select a map area as was described in a previous section In Strict Confidence 41 ALES A Platf Manual P MA AFAS OC Ground Platform User Manua 5 2 Post Flight Display 5 2 1 Capabilities The Post Flight display enables the AGP operator to analyse pertinent aircraft data from a completed flight Post Flight information also provides the fuel usage data from a given flight This information is provided through OOO reports and flight progress reports Figure 32 The Post Flight Display In Strict Confidence 42 5S I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual Ke 5 2 2 Post Flight Display Overview and Conventions As shown in the figure below the Post Flight Display can be broken down in the following areas menus finished flights messages list message contents aircraft and fuel usage graph Menus Completed Flights Aircraft Message Contents Message List Fuel Usage Graph Figure 33 Post Flight Display main areas 5 2 2 1 Menus The menus include only the File menu 5 2 2 1 1 File Menu The File Menu has three entries described below Exit Clicking this menu entry closes Post Flight Display Flight Progress Display This entry will be disabled until Flight Progress Display is closed Maintenance Click
23. by clicking Send button or Cancel button to close this form 5 3 3 4 Selecting a message Clicking a message inside Messages List selects a message and shows message details in the bottom right of Maintenance display 5 3 3 5 Showing message details Double Clicking a message inside Messages List pops up a Message Contents form and message details are shown inside Message Contents form Message Contents 5 xl From BA234 Message Type Engine Status report message Sent Received 03 08 2002 at 14 39 31 Periodic E 08 08 2002 a x Figure 55 Message Contents Form 5 3 3 6 Displaying N1 graph Clicking in N1 button displays the graphic concerning the N1 parameter This graphic shows RPM y axis in percentage by time x axis in minutes In Strict Confidence 59 y6 AE A Platf Manual P MA AFAS OC Ground Platform User Manua Engine Data RPM 100 1 Time min D Fuel ss Oil Time GMT 13 39 46 Temp ESE Flow us Time Loc 14 39 46 Figure 56 N1 graphic representation 5 3 3 7 Displaying Fuel Flow graph Clicking in Fuel Flow button displays the graphic concerning the fuel flow parameter This graphic shows the engine fuel flow y axis in Ibs h by time x axis in minutes Engine Data Time GMT 13 44 06 oil v Temp Fuel Flow El Figure 57 Fuel Flow g
24. difference between downlinked Trajectory and 2 and Acceptance acceptanc being received Max Eta Difference At minutes max difference between downlinked Trajectory and 5 Waypoint previous known trajectory IFTM Constants Configurable Item Units Description Default Identifier String Time Between Constraints seconds Time from constraints list being sent to an 60 In Strict Confidence Time Between Acceptanc seconds Time from acceptance being received to cleared 60 and Cleared Trajectory trajectory being received Flight Progress Constants Configurable Item Units Description Default Identifier String Max Difference Between minutes Max difference in latitude and longitude 2 Reported And Expected Position Max Difference Between feet Max difference in fligh Reported And Expected Level Max ETA Difference at NRP minutes 5 Max ETA Difference 10 Max Fuel Difference 100 Periodic Contract Default minutes Used if period not specified and for flight 5 83 I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 2 Air Ground Comms Constants Configurable Item Units Description Default Identifier String GACS ACK Time Out seconds Time to wait for a GACS level ack message for 60 messages sent using the GACS confirmed service before generating an alert GACS Message Type integer GACS configuration constant 23 AGP GACS Address string
25. grid has vertical and horizontal lines A vertical line represents a longitude longitude range between 180 to 180 degrees and a horizontal line represents latitude latitude range between 90 to 90 degrees pr 2 B zi Ju H SE Firs Grid Routes Airport Etas Winds 2 Zoom EH 13 feet 4 H aig Time Loc 12 14 38 Figure 27 Map Grid In Strict Confidence 38 MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 1 3 18 Displaying Routes Pressing Routes button shows the routes of all registered flights ES ERR A A J 54 F P d d 49 48 4 T 46 4 1 je i ES d St Firs Grid Routes Airport Etas was 18280 Zoom Time GMT 11 22 22 al tet Am Bs Time Loc 122222 Figure 28 Displaying Routes 5 1 3 19 Displaying Airports To avoid cluttering on the map display the Airport button is only available to the user from a pre defined zoom level When enabled the Airport option will display airports icons according to the data defined in the airport database Airports were previously extracted from a standard aeronautical navigation database In Strict Confidence 39 2 1 I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual ES ur x zi j 10 PAP Fre Grid Routes Airport Eas wras SES awe c feet Sa Hg LE Time Loc 121659 Figure 29 Displaying Airports 5 1 3 20 Displaying ETAs Pressing Etas button is only ava
26. is shown hiding the Flight Progress Display The Post Flight button remains pressed until Post Flight Display is not exited EZFlight Progress Display File Message Settings FProg AMet Traj Const Free Load Flight Post Fight Req ne List Text ze E Maintenance Figure 16 Clicking post flight button 5 1 3 4 Selecting a flight The operator needs to select a flight in order to send a message to it Flight selection is an easy task in Flight Progress display and it can be achieved by clicking an a flight inside Registered Flights or by clicking and In Strict Confidence 27 d ua aras AOC Ground Platform User Manual Was selecting a flight in the ID combo box inside Messages group When the specified flight is selected the correspondent route is displayed on the world map Additionally the ID Combo box allows that operator to select CFMU to visualize all messages exchanged with Central Flow Management Unit or to select WHTR to visualize all messages exchanged with meteorological office From WTHR Message Type SIGMET Message Uni WTHR l i ze DOS SE SentiReceived 08 08 2002 at 11 59 08 ER x SIGMET Z Rx METAR x METAR OZ Rx METAR x TAF x TAF 253 TAF UTHR 11 53 07 08 08 2002 Rx Meteo Forecast LFFF 23 14 54 00 From 15 00 00 15 00 0023 08 2002 To 19 00 00 19 00 0023 08 2002 re EGGL FPW UIR FRANCE ISOL CB OBS FCSR
27. to NO then the aircraft will respond with a response message rejecting the request The data in the report is dependant on the phase of the flight A random value will be generated that falls between the minimum and maximum values for the particular flight phase ENGINE REPORTS ACCEPT DEMAND lt YES NO gt ACCEPT PERIODIC lt YES NO gt NIGATEMIN AA MAX AA OUT MIN AA MAX AA OFF MIN AA MAX AA ON MIN AA MAX AA EGTGATEMIN BBBB MAX BBBB OUT MIN x BBBB MAX x BBBB OFF MIN BBBB MAX BBBB ON MIN BBBB MAX BBBB FUEL_FLOW GATEMIN CCCCC MAX GOCCC OUT MIN CCCCC MAX CCCCC In Strict Confidence 66 MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual OFF MIN CCCCC MAX CECCE ON MIN CCCCC MAX CCCCC OIL_TEMPERATURE GATEMIN DDD MAX DDD OUT MIN DDD MAX B DDD OFF MIN DDD MAX DDD ON MIN DDD MAX DDD AA N1 Percentage of RPM value Range 0 99 BBBB Exhaust Gas Temperature in Celsius Range 9999 to 9999 CCCCC FuelFlow in Ibs hour Range 0 99999 DDD Oil Temperature in Celsius Range 999 to 999 6 2 2 10 IFTM This item allows the aircraft to be configured to accept or reject requests to perform In Flight Traffic Management IFTM If set to YES then the aircraft will respond with an accepted for negotiation mess
28. 5001 Set Figure 10 Comms Settings Form The configurable parameters presented in Figure 10 are described below e GACS acknowledgment time out changeable in GACS ACK time out text box e GACS message type changeable in GACS message type text box e AGP GACS Address changeable in AGP GACS address text box e GACS IP address changeable in GACS server text box e GACS server port changeable in GACS server port text box Pressing Set button sets initial parameters Please note that changing parameters only has an effect on the AGP if done prior to enabling the AGComms Also these new values are not kept when the application closes In Strict Confidence 20 MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 1 2 2 Toolbars The toolbars included provide the most common features needed by the operator uplink messages to a selected flight query the AGP databases about flights progress information and toggle consoles 5 1 2 2 1 Consoles Toolbar The Consoles Toolbar includes two large size buttons described below Maintenance This button enables the operator to view the Maintenance Console Post Flight This button enables the operator to view the Post Flight Console 5 1 2 2 2 Message Toolbar The Message Toolbar includes six buttons described below Fprog Req This button enables the operator to compose and send a flight progress request message Traj Req This button enables the opera
29. 54 3 al 52 E itp 2 T 50 49 ke 47 46 45 s a ee ial EE hg Special Information NS 1l 09 08 2002 Loadsheet has not been sent E E Ae 11 03 08 2002 Loadsheet has not been sent x R 11 09 08 2002 Initialising message not received within de 42 A KE 10 09 08 2002 4d trajectory not received within deadline Eme em 59 03 08 2002 Cleared Trajectory not received within dead Hj HL 3 2 1 O fl 2 B 4 7 B 9 jo n 12 13 24 AS je 17 18 19 RO 21 22 23 24 e 4 e l dei Time GMT 14 34 28 E A PAAY Firs Grid Routes Airport Etas ves 360 Zoom ERT 4 e feet SR N Er Time Loe 153428 C Messages From GER mD Ba sl Message Type FMS Meteo Message Unique Id Flight H Time Date T R Message Type T S SAIS 3 58 2097 T Sent Received 09 08 2002 at 15 30 28 08 x Flight Progress Request aj a BA1Z3 09 08 2002 Rx Flight Progress Response 49 BA1Z3 09 08 2002 Tx Flight Progress Request tart Time E m BA123 09 08 2002 Rx Oooi nd Time 47 BA123 09 08 2002 Tx FreeText lumber of Altitude Levels HS BA123 09 08 2002 Rx Aircraft Meteo Response lumber of Longitude Points 5 H4 BA123 09 08 2002 Tx Aircraft Meteo Request ongitude Origin 004 00 000 H3 BA123 09 08 2002 Tx Trajectory Request lumber of Latitude Points 1 Hz BA123 09 08 2002 Rx Aircraft Meteo Response atitude Origin 46 00 000 Hl BA123 09 08 2002 Tx Aircraft Meteo Request atitu
30. AGP application can be tested without communication with real aircraft To support the simulation of air ground communications it was developed a simple aircraft comms emulator This aircraft emulator named AGP Test Tool can simulate the aircraft end system though sending and receiving messages between the AGP ground platform and the aircraft The communication between the AGP and the AGP Test Tool is accomplished using the GACS ATN stack emulator provided by Airtel ATN Ltd The AGP test tool is described in Appendix B Fleet Simulator is a simulation of company fleet this module is able to simulate a group of 20 aircraft at same time The detailed explanation of this module can be found at Section 6 In Strict Confidence 15 AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 PROCESSING REFERENCE GUIDE This section provides the standard procedures for the correct understanding and usage of the AGP displays 5 1 Flight Progress Display 5 1 1 Capabilities The Flight Progress Display FPD includes the main functionality of the AGP system The FPD supports the display of dynamic flight data such as flight planning flight progress and allows message exchange between AGP and registered flights Figure 3 presents the layout of the FPD ight Progress Display File Message Settings A FProg AMet Traj Const Ft Load Flic Registered Flights Bs zl Flight Id A C Type ETA Dep Arr Status FProg AMet New Msg
31. AVIONIC SYSTEMS Airport Works Rochester Kent ME1 2XX England Tel 01634 844400 Fax 01634 816721 D63 AGP User Manual Document No 63 Issue 1 0 Contains 84 pages total Comprising 7 pages front matter 77 pages text and figures Compiled by Title Skysoft Software Engineer Ricardo Pereira Date Approved by Title Skysoft Project Manager Jos Neves Date Authorised by Title MA AFAS Project Manager Alfie Hanna Date In Strict Confidence y MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES AND CHANGE HISTORY Insert latest changed pages Destroy superseded pages TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES IN THIS PUBLICATION IS 84 CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING Page No Date Issue DCR Page No Date All In Strict Confidence iii E maaras AOC Ground Platform User Manual DISTRIBUTION LIST This Document is distributed as below Additional copies held by unnamed recipients will not be updated Paper Copy Name No 1 MA AFAS Library MASTER Library Address Avionic Systems BAE SYSTEMS Rochester Electronic Name Address Copy 1 European Commission 2 20 MA AFAS Consortium EC Brussels maafas bluecoat org In Strict Confidence iv I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 1 ee 8 NNEN 8 12 System e EE 8 T 3 Document OVEMVIEW conicere rte va eee Ra d av ta Ae Ve x E ac ene 8 2 REFERENCE DOCUMENT S inert NEES SEENEN SEAN EEN S Ru SES 10 3 SOFTWARE SUMMIARY
32. GACS address for the AGP MAAFAS GACS Server IP IP address of the GACS server 127 0 0 1 GACS Server Port Server Port of the GACS Server 5001 Port In Strict Confidence 84
33. ION DDD WIND_SPEED SSS TURBULENCE x TIT XX The air temperature that will be reported by the aircraft Range 99 to 99 DDD The wind direction in degrees that will be reported by the aircraft Range 0 to 359 SSS The wind speed in knots that will be reported by the aircraft Range 0 to 500 In Strict Confidence 65 d ua aras AOC Ground Platform User Manual TTT The average turbulence that will be reported by the aircraft Range 0 to 255 6 2 2 8 APU reports Used to specify whether the flight will accept a request for APU reports If set to YES then the aircraft will provide the reports requested at the required intervals If set to NO then the aircraft will respond with a response message rejecting the request The data in the report is dependant on the phase of the flight APU REPORTS ACCEPT_DEMAND lt YES NO gt ACCEPT_PERIODIC lt YES NO gt SERIAL NUMBER SSSSSSSSSS TOTAL OPERATING HOURSGATE HHHH OUT HHHH OFF HHHH ON HHHH START CYCLES GATE CCCC OUT CCCC OFF CCCC ON CcccC SSSSSSSSSS The APU serial number reported by the aircraft HHHH Number of hours Range 0 to 9999 CCCC Number of cycles Range 0 to 9999 6 2 2 9 Engine Reports Used to specify whether the flight will accept a request for engine status reports If set to YES then the aircraft will provide the reports requested at the required intervals If set
34. Manual Pressing Waypoints button is only available from a pre defined zoom level in order to avoid cluttering the display Only when the Waypoints button is enabled the operator is allowed to press it When this button is pressed all the waypoints included in the AGP Waypoint Database are showed st 4 H Mis Firs Grid Routes Airport Etas Winds sj dt ap c feet 4 H ge Time Loc 12 15 52 Figure 25 Displaying Waypoints Waypoint information was previously extracted from a standard aeronautical navigation database In Strict Confidence 36 9S E MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 1 3 16 Displaying FIRs Pressing Firs button is only available from a pre defined zoom level in order to avoid cluttering the display Only when the Firs button is enabled the operator is allowed to press it When this button is pressed all available FIR Flight Information Region information is presented TL T al ud SN Or m i P P aif jE i X V fA el We mi g SSS EE Se ee uum Figure 26 Displaying Firs FIR information was previously extracted from a standard aeronautical navigation database In Strict Confidence 37 y6 AE AOC Ground Platform User Manual P MA AFAS round Platform User Manua 5 1 3 17 Displaying Map Grid Pressing Grid button shows the map grid The
35. Route Identifier Estimated Number of Passengers Flight Rules Type of Flight Type of Aircraft Wake turbulence Category Equipment Departure Aerodrome Time hh mm ss departure time EOBT hh mm ss Cruising Speed Ground speed Cruising Level feet used to generate levels Rate of Climb Descent feet min Destination Aerodrome Alternate Aerodrome Second Alternate Aerodrome Other info Waypointl Waypoint2 Waypoint3 S below for format Waypoint4 Waypoint128 In Strict Confidence 73 4 I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual Waypoint Format The waypoints are specified using fixed length fields An example is given below The section up to Longitude can be obtained from http www asalink net davideg rfquery html TurnType none before at arc If not specified defaults to before AirspaceType none TMA MAS FF freeFlight UMAS SID STAR APP If not specified defaults to MAS Waypoint Not Used Latitude Longitude TurnType AirspaceType optional Notes to EOL Name lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt OCK 11530 0 0 N51 18 18 00 W000 26 50 00 arc none OCK BOGNA T51 25 N50 42 07 00 w000 15 06 00 BOGNA BENBO 151 18 N50 27 05 00 E000 00 37 00 BENBO HAWKE 151 6 N50 22 27 00 E000 05 25 00 UMAS HAWKE XAMAB 151 12 N50 12
36. String Log Filename n a Filename for logged data deafultaocGround log dict Allocation File Name dataVslotAllocations dat Flight Plan Directory data fp Meteo Forecast Directory n a data tf Firs File Name n a PdataMirs txt Airports File Name n a dataNairports txt Waypoints File Name n a 2 PdataWaypoints txt TAFs Directory data taf SIGMETs Directory data sig METARs Directory dataV met Downlink Message Time Out Seconds time from request being made to a 120 response being received Applies to trajectory contract responses contract report tolerance Data Update Rate Milli Controls the rate at which the data 100 Seconds on the HMI is updated A delay of 100 means the data will be updated 10 times a second In Strict Confidence 81 I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual Colour Configuration Constants Configurable Item Units Description Default Identifier String Continents Colour Oceans Colour Aircraft Ground Colour Aircraft Airborne Colour Grid Colour Wind Colour Fir Colour Route Colour EE Progress Display map colour Range 0 255 255 255 209 200 250 255 Flight Progress Display map colours Range 0 255 255 0 9 0 255 0 191 191 191 0 0 0 PrLight Progress Display map colours Range 0 255 20 26 15 128 128 0 CF ICT ct Gt ct Qoia miamiaojn ct Hi ct Ke aea ct
37. age and then a cleared trajectory message containing the same route as the uplinked constraints If set to NO then the aircraft will respond with a rejected for negotiation message IFTM ACCEPT lt YES NO gt ATC_NEGOTIATION_TIME HH MM SS HH MM SS Time between the receipt of a constraints list and the aircraft sending a cleared trajectory message 6 2 2 11 SNAG This item specifies times at which the simulated aircraft will report a SNAG More than one SNAG can appear between the curly braces SNAG TIME HH MM SS CODE XX HH MM SS Time after take off that the SNAG message will be sent In Strict Confidence 67 H aE MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual XX Two digit SNAG code 6 2 2 12 Free Text This item specifies times at which the simulated aircraft will send a free text message More than one message can appear between the curly braces FREE TEXT iui HH MM SS MESSAGE ABCDEFGHIJK HH MM SS Time after take off that a freetext message will be sent ABCDEFGHIJK Message text max length 255 chars 6 3 Installation and Starting the fleet simulator Copy the FleetSim exe file to the same directory as the AGP executable Ensure GACS is started and configured to accept the peerlds that are specified in the Input Files as the 24 bit ICAO address This is done by editing the GACS configuration files to create an ATN MO for each a
38. cts option is chosen the operator must define the sending period rate by changing the Period text box value which defines the periodical report rate The time unit is minutes Report Data The operator is allowed to choose the flight progress report content by ticking the Next Reporting Point ETA or Speed tick boxes 5 1 3 6 Sending Aircraft Meteo requests Pressing AMet Req button or the Aircraft Meteo Requests entry on the FPD Message menu shows the Aircraft Meteo Request form due ixl ti Periodic Send Demand Cancel 4 Implement Cancel Period 2 Minutes D Tehulence Present Figure 19 Aircraft Meteo Request Form To send a Aircraft Meteo Request message to a given aircraft the operator should make some choices concerning the intended request The options are described below After setting up the different options the operator can send aircraft meteo requests to a selected aircraft by clicking the Send button the Cancel button will close the Aircraft Meteo Request form In Strict Confidence 29 y6 E AOC Ground Platform User Manual P MA AFAS round Platform User Manua Periodic or Demand Reports The operator must choose between the reception of periodic reports or the reception of one single report by clicking respectively on Periodic or Demand Implement or Cancel periodic contract The operator must choose between the implementation of a periodical c
39. de Increment 00 30 000 HO B 123 09 08 2002 Rx Flight Progress Response ps BA1Z3 09 08 2002 Tx Flight Progress Request ps B 123 09 08 2002 Rx FreeText Ee BA1Z3 09 08 2002 Rx Constraints Acceptance pe B 123 09 08 2002 Tx Constraints List ps B 123 09 08 2002 Rx Loadsheet Ack BA123 03 08 2002 Loadsheet BA123 FMS Meteo FMS Meteo 03 08 2002 FMS Meteo 09 08 2002 FMS Meteo 09 08 2002 Tx FMS Meteo 09 08 2002 Tx FMS Meteo 09 08 2002 Tx Company Flight Plan Ps 230 09 08 2002 Rx Initialisina wa la wa Figure 3 The Flight Progress Display In Strict Confidence 16 MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 1 2 Flight Progress Display Overview and Conventions As shown in the Figure 4 below the FPD can be broken down in the following areas menus toolbars registered flights special information messages and map Menus Toolbars File Message Settings Maintenance Post Flight om pen i Run gr FE Dei Registered Flights Registered Flights Map Flight ld A C Type ETA Dep BA B 9 04 Ar Status FProg AMet New Msg ar Special Information Winds aia esc Grid Routes Airport zisixj yh MA AFAS ES Time GMT Messages ml Sa si Unique H Flight l From BA123 Message Type Sent Received ET Special Information 5 1 2 1 Menus Messages Figure 4
40. e airborne AOC module is allowed to send to the ground platform AGP This set of messages includes automatic messages e g SNAG Report and manual messages e g Free text message gt Test Tool x Flight ID r Initialising Message FreeText Message r Engine Status I Flight ID pow o E 4 Send 56 34 RPM TN1 Tail Number Confirmed 300 EGT Departure nm E Destination Loadsheet Ack Trajectory Message 55555 Fuel Flow lbs h Send Send Send Send zb 300 Oil Temperature r IFTM r Meteo Report Request r APU Accepted i Acceptance 150 StartCycles C Rejected Becontree IV TAF EGGL ICAG location 200 Op Hours METAR Ze Sucessful 1234567890 Serial Number C Modified Cleared Traj SIGMET Send C Failed SNAG Report C Pilot proposed Problem Code ooi r Contract Messages Send 35 or sl ooo E IV Send Response IV Send Report Iv Accept Problem Description Snag description Messages sent by AOC Ground Figure 64 Test Tool main display In Strict Confidence 72 d I wa aras AOC Ground Platform User Manual APPENDIX C INPUT DATA FILES Flight Plan Input Files Flight plans are pre defined and are loaded on system start up Flight Plans should be put in the data directory with the file extension fp The file format is Tail Number Flight Id Primary or Alternate alternate used for IFTM
41. ed 3 Missing Selected Flic Please select a registered flight Ok Figure 60 Missing Selected Flight Multiple Selected Flights If ALL is selected in FPD display the AGP shows a warning because AGP can only send a message to a single flight Broadcast messages are not allowed Multiple Selected Flights es Please select only one flight ok Figure 61 Multiple Selected Flights Incorrect Flight Selected If CFMU or WHTR is selected the AGP shows a non valid selected flight since it is not possible send messages to the CFMU or to the Meteorological Office Please select registered flight Ok Figure 62 Incorrect Selected Flight In Strict Confidence 62 I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 6 FLEET SIMULATOR 6 1 Introduction The AGP Fleet Simulator is an application that simulates a group of aircraft in communication with the AGP The fleet simulator is capable of simulating up to 20 aircraft at a time and each communicates with the AGP by using the Generic ATN Communications Service GACS The simulated aircraft are indistinguishable from real aircraft to the AGP 6 2 Setting up the simulated aircraft The actions of the simulated aircraft are described by input files created by the user which are loaded into the fleet simulator The content of these files are described below 6 2 1 Scenario file The scenario file is a simple text file wi
42. ed below Flight Progress Request This menu entry enables the operator to compose and send a flight progress request message 4DTrajectory Request This menu entry enables the operator to compose and send a 4D trajectory request message Aircraft Meteo Request This menu entry enables the operator to compose and send an aircraft meteo request message 4DTrajectory Constraints List This menu entry enables the operator to send a constraints list message Free Text This menu entry enables the operator to compose and send a free text message In Strict Confidence 18 H I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual Was Loadsheet This menu entry enables the operator to compose and send a loadsheet message 5 1 2 1 3 Settings Menu The AGP settings can be permanently be set in configuration file configurationData dat inside data folder Flight Progress Display File Message Settings Map Maintenance Pos Aircraft Comms Figure 7 FPD Settings Menu The Settings Menu has three entries described below Map Settings Clicking in this menu entry shows the Map Settings form This form allows the operator to change ocean and continent map colours grid settings automatic non automatic longitude and latitude delta in degrees and on non automatic mode The Test button allows the user to test the option changed Clicking Cancel cancels all changes made and clicking Ok
43. es are sent periodically No otherwise New Msg Yes if flight is not selected and if new messages regarding that flight have arrived No otherwise In Strict Confidence 22 y AFE AOC Ground Platform User Manual BY MA AFAS round Platform User Manua 5 1 2 4 Special Information Special Information 12 25 13 08 08 2002 ET Significantly Different E 12 25 13 08 08 2002 Fuel Significantly Different 12 25 13 08 08 2002 Current Position Significantly Different l2 25 12 08 08 2002 Next Reporting Point Differs 08 08 2002 ETA Significantly Different 08 08 2002 Fuel Significantly Different 08 08 2002 Current Position Significantly Different 08 08 2002 Next Reporting Point Differs 08 08 2002 ET Significantly Different 08 08 2002 Fuel Significantly Different 08 08 2002 Current Position Significantly Different 08 08 2002 Next Reporting Point Differs 08 08 2002 Loadsheet has not been sent Figure 12 Special Information Special Information shows to the user the alerts generated by the AGP system Figure 12 Each alert contains a set of data fields Details of each data field are explained below Flight Id Flight Identifier Time Alert generation time Date Alert generation date Description Small description of the alert Although the criticality of this information no audible alerts are generated 5 1 2 5 Messages
44. eseceasaeeeeeeeersecsenneeeess 65 62 28 APUTEDOM cM R 66 6 2 2 9 Engine Reports cce err ge RR HERR HA e RR ENEE ENER nig cornered 66 Dee eseu ege ea rcd e aes eats on ed ee se Bae ae 67 P EET E eege ee ee ee ee eee 67 0 22 AICS SOK agencies viaccess sete deter d aces te sens ee tease ees 68 6 3 Installation and Starting the fleet simulator mem 68 T ABBREVIATIONS 69 APPENDIX A MESSAGES VS DISPLAY isscncf icsscicesieccecepescctvtececcctvervescecetesandeenedceeteervecceserescteerebceesereeenes 70 APPENDIX B AGP TEST TOQL 5 rnit RR RE E Eg inei E Eni ee ERR RM EE REESEN RR Recien 71 APPENDIX C INPUT DATA FILES irren nenne rere urine rare ESA 73 APPENDIX D CONFIGURATION terere etre rot rur netter no kn neo kan ner Ear ho ck annue er auae ck ann c E EEN 81 In Strict Confidence vii y6 E AOC Ground Platform User Manual P MA AFAS round Platform User Manua 1 SCOPE 1 1 Identification This Software User Manual applies to the MA AFAS Project AOC Ground Platform AGP This document has been produced by Skysoft Portugal and AMS UK for the MA AFAS programme on behalf of BAE Systems The objective of this User Manual is to provide a detailed description on how to install and use the MA AFAS AGP 1 2 System Overview The More Autonomous Aircraft in the Future ATM System MA AFAS program is focused on developing CNS
45. fidence 75 y MA AFAS Was SIGMET Input Files AOC Ground Platform User Manual SIGMETs are pre defined and are loaded on system start up SIGMETs should be put in the data directory with the file extension sig The file format is given below All fields are mandatory must appear in the given order and should be on the same line All fields concerning date time should be fixed length i e validity period and issue day and time Free text field must not exceed 256 characters The issue centre ICAO code FRANCE ISOL CB OBS FCSR BLW FL360 The SIGMET issue day and time 231454 The ICAO code The The The The days and times Free text of the issue SIGMET sequence VALID of the SIGMET centre location keyword number keyword validity period ius RENNES sacs Id fea quee ie LEFF SIGMET 4 VALID 231500 231900 LFPW UIR E OF 03E AND N OF 47N MOV NE 20KT NC In Strict Confidence 76 SS I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual TAF Input Files TAFs are pre defined and are loaded on system start up TAFs should be put in the data directory with the file extension taf The file format is given below All fields are mandatory must appear in the given order and should be on the same line All fields concerning date time should be fixed length i e validity period and issue day and time Free text field must not exceed 256 characters The airpo
46. he Maintenance Display can be broken down in the following areas menus toolbars registered flights special information aircraft messages list message contents and engines graph Toolbars Registered Flights Aircraft alni xf uaaras p Mene Lot Time GMT 1355246 Tina Plight Ti Tims Lee 149 46 i EMT ima Ii 1 14 4 T 14 14 4 ja Be oe be n 1 Messages List Message Contents Engines Graph Special Information 9 P Figure 44 Maintenance Display main areas 5 3 2 1 Menus The Menus of the current display allows the operator to send maintenance messages to the selected flight and to toggle displays In Strict Confidence 51 H a MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 3 2 1 1File Menu c Maintenance File Requests Exit Flight Progress Display Post Flight Figure 45 Maintenance File Menu The File menu contains three entries described below Exit Clicking this menu entry closes Maintenance Display Flight Progress Display This entry will be disabled until Flight Progress Display is closed Post Flight This menu entry enables the operator to view the Post Flight Display hiding the Maintenance Display This entry remains disabled while Post Flight Display is active 5 3 2 1 2 Requests Menu Ga Maintenance File Requests Eng Status
47. he second byte of the 24 bit address ZZZ 0 255 value of the third byte of the 24 bit address In Strict Confidence 63 y6 A E AOC Ground Platform User Manual P MA AFAS round Platform User Manua 6 2 2 2 Ilnitialising Message This item specifies when an initialising message should be sent and what data it should contain Note that the time is relative to the start of the simulation and that some fields are optional but not mutually exclusive INIT IME HH MM SS TAILNUMBER XXXXXXXX FLIGHTID YYYYYYYY DEPARTURE AAAA DESTINATION AAAA HH MM SS Time the initialising message should be sent after start of Fleet Simulator execution XXXXXXXX Tail Number of the flight YYYYYYYY Flight Id of the flight optional AAAA ICAO Address of the departure destination airport optional 6 2 2 3 Loadsheet Acknowledgement Used to specify the code that forms the acknowledgement to an uplinked loadsheet LOADSHEET ACK CODE XXXX XXXX 4 character code used to acknowledge the loadsheet 6 2 2 4 Taxi Times Used to specify the time between the EOBT OUT and the take off time OFF this should be the same as specified in the flight plan and the time between landing ON and reaching the gate IN TAXI OUT TIME HH MM SS TAXI IN TIME HH MM 5S 6 2 2 5 Meteo Report Requests This item specifies the times at which a simulated aircraft requests meteorological data Mo
48. high level architecture and main functionality is included in MA AFAS D38 1 3 Document Overview The present document is structured as follows In Strict Confidence 8 y MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Annex A Annex B Annex C Annex D The present chapter containing a brief introduction to the document together with the sketch of its structure Provides the list of referenced documents It contains an overview of the AGP software Describes how to access the software It contains a detailed description of the HMI interface and how to use it It contains a detailed description of the fleet simulator and how to use it Presents the list of abbreviations used within this document Presents a table describing where each message is displayed It contains a description of the AGP Test Tool Describes the format of the AGP input data files Describes the AGP configuration file In Strict Confidence 9 ees AOC Ground Platform User Manual P MA AFAS round Platform User Manua 2 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS RTCA 178B RTCA Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification December 1 1992 MAAFAS D38 MA AFAS Ground System Requirements Project Delivery D38 Issue 1 AGP SDD MA AFAS AGP Software Design Document Version 1 1 June 16 2002 In Strict Confidence 10 MA AFAS AOC Ground P
49. hjnsuv peed Ground Bn Flight Level 20000 ft Points OCK 51 18 180 000 26 500 13 00 24 2570 ft 51 03 140 000 37 300 13 02 23 6530 ft 50 42 070 000 15 060 13 05 25 12600 ft 50 27 050 000 00 370 B 16930 50 22 270 000 05 250 08 15 18270 50 12 160 000 15 530 d 20000 49 51 240 000 37 120 20000 48 58 310 001 29 100 20000 48 39 140 001 59 390 20000 E 48 25 000 002 21 480 20000 f 48 19 050 002 26 210 20000 47 02 000 003 23 480 1 46 42 244 003 37 540 46 26 560 005 05 370 46 18 090 005 52 470 46 15 141 006 07 559 46 13 474 006 09 555 45 48 350 006 43 220 45 17 440 007 23 220 _ 44 55 315 007 51 419 44 41 380 008 08 260 44 23 360 008 29 540 I 44 12 060 008 43 300 44 08 050 008 48 130 A 43 56 420 009 01 300 43 48 000 009 11 300 43 30 180 009 31 480 43 11 180 009 53 120 42 43 500 010 23 450 42 22 000 010 55 360 O0 0 10 ob ONF POIO0 00RONP PO Figure 23 Message Contents Form In Strict Confidence 34 ee y MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 1 3 14 Selecting Map Area Pressing the left mouse key inside Map area and releasing left mouse key in other map area position allows the user to select and view the specified map area in a greater detail ETT 30 153 136 119 102 L85 68 i 34 17 17 1 8 BS i02 119 Ge 13 0 Figure 24 Selecting Map Area In Strict Confidence 35 MA AFAS 5 1 3 15 Displaying Waypoints AOC Ground Platform User
50. ht Combo Box named ID When clicking on an item the Flight Combo Box allows the user to view messages from to registered flights weather information or CFMU messages The right side of the Messages area is responsible for the display of the message content details The items included in the message details area are described below From Message sender transmitter Message Type Type of message Sent Received Time and date when a message is logged in AGP Message Contents Message data details In Strict Confidence 24 MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 1 2 6 Map zj el LEO L153 Hae Hiis L102 tes pes tsi 134 17 P 17 B4 51 68 ER 102 4119 136 133 1705 a H 4 Cl Firs Grid Routes Airport Etas Winds El Se Zoom TENGEN AER ts losen 3 He Time Lee 151735 Figure 14 World Map Figure 14 presents the Map window This window includes a world map picture where all registered flights are depicted A flight is depicted on the map using an aircraft icon following a given route The aircraft icon can be shown in two different colours one to represent the aircraft on the ground and another to represent the aircraft in the airborne state The aircraft icon default colours can be changed in the map settings menu please refer to Settings Menu A toolbar and a zoom scroll bar are also included within the Map features The toolbar located below the world map picture allo
51. ilable from a pre defined zoom level in order to avoid cluttering the display When the Etas button is enabled the operator can press it When this button is pressed the ETAs for all route waypoints are showed St d 51 pr A e ni N 12 20 12 24 12 27 4 j Ji Porte Fir Grid Routes Airport Etas el E s d I fe g H FRIES 121840 Figure 30 Displaying ETAs In Strict Confidence 40 y6 MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 1 3 21 Displaying Winds Pressing Winds button is only available from a pre defined zoom level in order to avoid cluttering the display When the Winds button is enabled and the button is pressed available wind data is displayed on the Map 3 1 i b b 5 6 m 4 du See Time GMT 112038 ports Fis E freni E vmes 3 Se 4 em ER 2e Loc 122038 Figure 31 Displaying Winds 5 1 3 21 1 Increasing Wind Level Altitude Pressing button is only available if the winds are being displayed When the button is enabled the operator can press it in order to increase the wind level altitude units in feet 5 1 3 21 2 Decreasing Wind Level Altitude Pressing button is only available if the winds are being displayed When the button is enabled the operator can press it in order to decrease the wind level altitude units in feet 5 1 3 22 Zooming in and zooming out
52. ing Maintenance entry shows Maintenance Display hiding Post Flight Display This entry remains disabled while Maintenance Display is active In Strict Confidence 43 H I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual kha EZIPost Flight File Exit Flight Progress Display Maintenance Figure 34 Post Flight File 5 2 2 2 Finished Flights Finished Flights Flight Id A C Type Departure Time Arrival Time Dep Arr B747 15 21 43 7 17 36 Figure 35 Finished Flights The Finished Flights display shows to the user information concerning the completed flights that are registered in the AGP system For each flight a set of flight data information is available Details of each data field are explained below Flight Id Flight id A C Type Aircraft Type Departure Time Time at aircraft take off from departure Arrival Time Time at aircraft take on destination Dep Departure airport Arr Arrival airport In Strict Confidence 44 ATE a MA AFAS 5 2 2 3 Messages List AOC Ground Platform User Manual Messages List 4 40 4 08 0 oo x 14 37 42 08 08 2002 Tx 14 37 42 08 08 2002 Tx 14 37 42 08 08 2002 Tx 14 37 42 08 08 2002 Tx 14 37 42 08 08 2002 Tx 14 37 42 08 08 2002 Ix 14 37 42 08 08 2002 Tx 14 37 42 08 08 2002 Rx Unique Id FlightId Time Date T R Message Type e 2002 Rx Doci ot A ocation FMS Meteo FNS Meteo FMS Meteo FMS Meteo
53. ionData dat and can be found in the Data folder The details of the configuration file are described in Appendix D 4 1 3 Input Data Files The AGP does not communicate with real ground systems However in order to provide a realistic environment to the AGP operator data provided by other ground systems such as CFMU and Weather Office must be available This is achieved by loading on system start up files containing the required data The data files supported by the AGP are SIGMET files file extension sig TAF files file extension taf METAR files file extension met meteo forecast files file extension mtf flight plan files file extension fp a slot allocations file that should be named slotAllocations dat and fleet simulator files file extension fs Details about the format of these data files can be found in Appendix C In Strict Confidence 14 MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 4 2 lnitiating a session After the completion of the setup procedures the operator is able to start the AGP This is done simply by double clicking on the MAAFAS exe file The main console of the application Flight Progress Display should appear on the PC screen 4 3 Stopping and suspending work When the AGP operator intends to stop the AGP application click on Flight Progress Display X button top right or go to Flight Progress Display File menu and click on the Exit entry 4 4 Other software modules The
54. ircraft Edit the configurationData dat file in the Data directory and ensure that the GACS parameters are set correctly Double click the FleetSim exe file The Fleet Simulator window will appear To load a scenario click the load scenario button and select a sen file The simulation will start Double clicking on a flight in the flights list will bring up a list of scheduled messages and their send times along with information about what contracts the flight is set to accept In Strict Confidence 68 APTTETTTS Platf Manual I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manua 7 ABBREVIATIONS A C Aircraft AGP AOC Ground Platform AOC Airline Operational Centre APU Auxiliary Power Unit EGT Exhaust Gas Temperature ETA Estimated Time of Arrival FIR Flight Information Region FMS Flight Management System FOpsDB Flight Operations Database FPD Flight Progress Display FPDB Flight Planning Database GACS Generic ATN Communications Services GAPI GACS Application Programming Interface HMI Human Machine Interface MA AFAS More Autonomous Aircraft in the Future ATM System MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes OOOI Out Off On In Rpm Rotation Per Minute In Strict Confidence 69 y6 E A Platf Manual P MA AFAS OC Ground Platform User Manua APPENDIX A MESSAGES VS DISPLAY The table below describes in which display s a given message is presented Flight Progress Maintenance Post Flight Display Display Display Trajectory
55. isplay Requests menu shows Engine Status Request form Engine Status Reque E nj xi iF Send Demand Cancel d Implement L Cancel Period h Minutes Figure 54 Engine Status Request Form To send a Engine Status request message the operator should make some choices concerning the Engine Status request message These options are described below After setting up the different options the operator can send Engine Status requests to a selected aircraft by clicking the Send button the Cancel button will close the Engine Status Request form Periodic or Demand Reports The operator may choose between the reception of periodic reports or single reports click Periodic for receiving periodical reports or Demand for receiving a unique report Implement or Cancel periodic contract The operator may choose between the implementation of a periodical contract between the AGP and a given flight or to cancel an existing contract Clicking Implement implements a periodical contract and clicking Cancel cancels an existing contract In Strict Confidence 58 EST AOC Ground Platform User Manual BY MA AFAS round Platform User Manua Periodic Rate In periodical contracts the operator must define the sending period rate changing Period text box defines a new periodical sending report rate time unit is minutes After all of the above options are set operator can send a Engine Status request
56. latform User Manual 3 SOFTWARE SUMMARY 3 4 Software application The following diagrams provide the high level functional model of the AGP system First Figure 1 presents the AGP context diagram displayData 0 A Aircrafts atnMessage Aoc pointToPointMessage Ground AOCOperator Platform Operatorlnputs Fleet atnMessage Simulator pointToPointMessage Figure 1 AGP Context Diagram The AGP context diagram is an abstraction of the AGP and all entities that interact with it These entities are described below The ACC Ground Platform is the application that supports the monitoring of all aircraft from an airline perspective The AOC Operator will be a user that provides inputs to the AGP and uses the visual data presented on the AGP displays The Aircraft are the entities that will exchange messages data with AGP The Fleet Simulator is a simulator of a certain number of aircraft and respective flights The diagram below Figure 2 provides the functional breakdown of the AGP system into its three main modules Communications AGP Functions and HMI In Strict Confidence 11 j 47 MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual commsLogQuery freeTextUplink pointToPointMessage Communications amdarMessage aocGroundMessages aocAi rcraftMessag es cfmu n dataQueries flightPlanRecord apuRequest constrai
57. lly No otherwise In Strict Confidence 53 j 4 MA AFAS 5 3 2 4 Special Information AOC Ground Platform User Manual Special Information A234 14 55 48 08 08 2002 B4234 14 55 46 08 08 2002 B4234 14 55 30 08 08 2002 B4234 14 55 22 08 08 2002 A234 14 54 38 08 08 2002 BA234 14 54 20 08 08 2002 BA234 14 54 03 08 08 2002 B4234 14 53 31 08 08 2002 BA234 14 52 21 08 08 2002 A234 14 51 11 08 08 2002 A234 14 50 01 08 08 2002 BA234 14 48 51 08 08 2002 A234 14 47 41 08 08 2002 BA234 14 46 31 08 08 2002 B4234 14 45 21 08 08 2002 Engine Status Response Periodic has not received APU Response Periodic not received Engine Status Response Periodic has not received APU Response Periodic not received APU Response Demand not received Engine Status Response Periodic has not received Engine Status Response Demand has not been received Engine Status Report Periodic has not been received Engine Status Report Periodic has not been received Engine Status Report Periodic has not been received Engine Status Report Periodic has not been received Engine Status Report Periodic has not been received Engine Status Report Periodic has not been received Engine Status Report Periodic has not been received Engine Status Report Periodic has not been received j M J Figure 48 Special Information The S
58. ments 3 3 2 1ASN 1 Compiler The AOC Ground Platform uses Objective Sys Inc ASN1C ASN1C is an ASN1 compiler that encodes and decodes C C data structures in ASN1 messages Along with its execution the AGP application will transmit and receive messages using the ASN1 compiler The ASN1 compiler needs a valid license file to encode and decode ASN1 messages otherwise the AGP application will not be able to send or receive any messages 3 3 2 2ATN Stack In order to enable communications between the AGP and aircraft a Generic ATN Communications Service provided by Airtel ATN Ltd Ireland should be set In Strict Confidence 13 y6 E AOC Ground Platform User Manual P MA AFAS round Platform User Manua 4 ACCESS TO THE SOFTWARE 4 1 First time user of the software 4 1 1 Installation and setup Installing the AGP software files requires that the files described below be copied to a pre specified folder MAAFAS exe FleetSim exe glut32 dll Flight Progress Display app av rects dat rects dat courier fnt times8 fnt Datazip Forms zip Afterwards both the Data zip and the Forms zip files should be unzipped using a suitable application e g WinZip creating the Data and Forms folders This step ends the AGP software installation 4 1 2 Configuration Several details concerning the AGP software can be modified offline by means of editing a configuration file This configuration file is named configurat
59. ntsList paxBaggage 2 AGP Functions meteoForecastInformation weatherOfficeMeteoReport commsAlert engineRequest flightProgressUplinkMessage alertMessage hmiUpdateData queryResult snagData Operatortnputs freeTextDownlink Figure 2 AGP Functional Breakdown 3 2 Software inventory The following software files are required to run AOC Ground Platform MAAFAS exe FleetSim exe glut32 dll Flight Progress Display app av rects dat rects dat courier fnt times8 fnt Datazip Forms zip In Strict Confidence 12 MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 3 3 Software Hardware environment The AGP is based on a single PC running the Windows NT Version 4 operating system with a large nominally 21 display The AOC functional processes are also capable of being hosted on the BAE SYSTEMS In House Test Platform 3 3 1 Visual display screen requirements It is recommended that the visual display screen must be at least a 19 ideal 21 display monitor and capable of displaying a minimum screen resolution of 1280x1024 If the AGP is required to be displayed at a screen resolution below 1280x1024 new files should be copied to the forms folder replacing the original ones The new files can be found on the TBD folder This enables the AGP to be displayed at a minimum screen resolution of 1024x768 3 3 2 Other require
60. ontract between the AGP and a given flight or to cancel existing contract by clicking respectively on Implement or clicking on Cancel Periodic Rate When the periodic contracts option is chosen the operator must define the sending period rate by changing the Period text box value which defines the periodical report rate The time unit is minutes Report Data The operator is allowed to choose the aircraft meteo report content s tick Turbulence present to request the inclusion turbulence data 5 1 3 7 Sending Trajectory requests Clicking in Traj Req button or the 4D Trajectory Request entry on the FPD Message menu sends a trajectory request to the selected flight 5 1 3 8 Sending Constraints List Clicking in Const List button or the 4D Trajectory Constraints List entry on the FPD Message menu sends a Constraints List message In Flight Traffic Management Message to the selected flight The unlinked constraints lists are retrieved from a alternate flight plan if this alternate flight plan does not exist or the aircraft has passed its top of climb the constraints list are not uplinked Sending again more Constraints List messages toggles between primary and alternate routes in route inside Constraints List message In Strict Confidence 30 H I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 1 3 9 Sending Free Text message Clicking in Free Text button or the Free Text entry on the FPD Me
61. pecial Information display presents the alerts generated by the AGP system concerning aircraft maintenance data Each alert contains a set of data fields explained below Flight Id Flight Identifier Time Alert generation time Date Alert generation date Description Small description text of what is the reason of an alert 5 3 2 5 Aircraft Aircraft Aircraft Id BA234 sl Current Position At gate in EGLL APU Serial 1234567890 APU Total Operation Hours Aircraft Type Seats B747 Autonomy 175 3000 Km Route ETA EGLL ESGG 16 50 49 APU Start Cycles Figure 49 Aircraft Details The aircraft details group contains the following aircraft information Aircraft Id Flight Identifier Aircraft Type Aircraft type In Strict Confidence 54 I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual Seats Passengers capacity Autonomy Aircraft Range Current Position Aircraft status Route Departure and destination ETA Estimated Time of Arrival APU Serial APU serial number APU Total Operation hours APU total operating hours APU Start Cycles Number of APU start cycles 5 3 2 6 Messages List r Messages List Unique Id Flight Id Time Date T R Message Type 48 BA234 14 39 34 08 08 2002 Rx APU Report E 7 BA234 14 39 34 08 08 2002 Tx APU Request 6 BA234 14 39 31 08 08 2002 Rx Engine Status Report
62. raphic representation Time Loc 14 44 06 In Strict Confidence 60 MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 3 3 8 Displaying EGT graph Clicking in EGT button displays the graphic concerning the EGT parameter This graphic shows the exhaust gas temperature y axis in Celsius by time x axis in minutes SH Time GMT 13 44 56 M Flow Oil EGT Temp Figure 58 EGT graphic representation Time Loc 14 44 56 5 3 3 9 Displaying Oil Temperature graph Clicking in Oil Temp button displays the graphic concerning the oil temperature parameter This graphic shows the oil temperature y axis in Celsius by time x axis in minutes Engine Data Time min Time GMT Fuel Oil Flow EGT Temp Time Loc 13 45 54 14 45 54 Figure 59 Oil Temperature graphic representation In Strict Confidence 61 H S I MA aras AOC Ground Platform User Manual Was 5 4 Warnings In order to send a message to a given flight the operator shall first select the intended flight refer to Selecting Flight section for each display If a non valid flight is selected in one of the AGP displays FPD Maintenance or Post flight the AGP application will present to the operator a warning form Warning forms are described below Missing Selected Flight The AGP application shows a missing selected flight warning if a flight is not select
63. rcraft end system though sending and receiving messages between the AGP ground platform and the aircraft The AGP Test Tool was developed with the only purpose of supporting the AGP test phase therefore it does not rely on a full ATN stack Instead the AGP Test Tool uses a GACS emulator developed by AIRTEL ATN to communicate with the AGP To start up this emulator the operator should double click on the GACS exe file initialisation To start the AGP test tool the operator must first assure that the GACS emulator is already running and then execute the AGP test tool executable file AGC exe Afterwards a dialog to enter the GACS Address Figure 63 Test tool init form is shown The GACS aircraft address is needed to identify the aircraft internally in GACS Stack Pressing OK button sets the GACS aircraft address and launches the test tool To run an additional test tools thus to simulate communications with another aircraft the operator just needs to run a new instance of AGC exe and change the GACS Aircraft Address value inside the text box to a different value from the previous test tools that are already running GACS Address xj GACS Aircraft Address AC2 3 characters long Figure 63 Test tool init form In Strict Confidence 71 H y MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual VE Functionalities The test tool main display Figure 64 provides to the operator the set of possible options i e messages that th
64. re erent eee tenet eee eie eee tunane tuunattu naat tunane nnna neen nnn aet 58 5 3 3 4 Selecting a message 59 5 3 3 5 Showing message details 59 5 3 3 6 Displaying N1 graph eee eee cent eee e enter erie ee erent etree ee nennen nnne enne n ener nnns 59 5 3 3 7 Displaying Fuel Flow graph sssssseseeenenene eene nnne ener enne 60 5 3 3 8 Displaying EGT graph nennen nnn en nnne nennen enne 61 5 3 3 9 Displaying Oil Temperature Ooraph ener 61 SA Et Un CET Mes 62 In Strict Confidence vi y MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 6 FLEET SIMULATOR f 63 OT ue Tele TEE 63 6 2 Setting up the simulated aircraft inniti doen basti ba dde 63 PANES ILi se 63 0 222 Simulated Flight Input File eite betreten podre een hile ro Porc ee 63 0 2 2 4 ICAO Address iue en aai Mart e tet eal M eee plc tele reed 63 6 2 2 2 nitialising Message eame adc weeded dee ea bd e ha Lens de oe 64 6 2 2 3 Loadsheet Acknowledgement eese inset eed cede taa cere nth ado anta aco duni 64 6 2 2 4 RER TIMES veces a 64 6 2 2 5 Meteo Report Requests ccccceccecceceeeeeeeneaeeeeeeeeeeeceaaaeceeeeeeesecaeaeeeeeeeseseceaaeeeeeeeseeteesenanees 64 6 2 2 6 Flight Progress HRenorts eene enne nennen nennen nnn nnns 65 6 2 2 7 Aircraft Meteo Reports 0 cccecceceececeeeeeeeecccaeeeeeeeeeeceaeaeceeeeeseesaaaeaeeeeee
65. re than one request can appear between the curly braces METEO REQUEST TIME HH MM SS TYPE SIGMET TAF METAR LOCATION XXXX In Strict Confidence 64 MA AFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual HH MM SS Time after take off the request will be sent SIGMET Oneormore of SIGMET TAF METAR p If more than one is required separate by a space XXXX CAO location of airport 6 2 2 6 Flight Progress Reports Used to specify whether the flight will accept flight progress requests If set to YES then the aircraft will provide the reports requested at the required intervals If set to NO then the aircraft will respond with a response message rejecting the request FLIGHT PROGRESS REPORTS ACCEPT_DEMAND lt YES NO gt ACCEPT_PERIODIC lt YES NO gt 6 2 2 7 Aircraft Meteo Reports Used to specify whether the flight will accept a request for aircraft meteo reports If set to YES then the aircraft will provide the reports requested at the required intervals If set to NO then the aircraft will respond with a response message rejecting the request The meteorological data is fixed for each report and forms part of the configuration construct below AIRCRAFT_METEO_REPORTS ACCEPT_DEMAND lt YES NO gt ACCEPT_PERIODIC lt YES NO gt AIR_TEMPERATURE XX WIND_DIRECT
66. rt The TAF The day and hour from which Free Text ICAO code issue day the TAF becomes valid hour and time and the validity end hour 5 mss EGGL 0610002 151812 27002KT 9999 FEWO45 In Strict Confidence 77 a aras AOC Ground Platform User Manual T METAR Input Files METARs are pre defined and are loaded on system start up METARs should be put in the data directory with the file extension met The file format is given below All fields are mandatory must appear in the given order and should be on the same line The issue day and time field should be fixed length Free text field must not exceed 256 characters The airport The METAR Free text ICAO code issue day and time EGGL 0712592 25004KT 230V360 9999 SCT048 22 15 Q1017 In Strict Confidence 78 I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual bh Meteo Forecast Input Files Meteo forecast files are pre defined and are loaded on system start up Meteo forecast should be put in the data directory with the file extension mtf The file format is Date and Validity Number of Number of Initial Latitude Number of time of date and latitude longitude latitude increment altitude issue time values values value value levels eR 5em I 99 5 I 692 1999 992 1999 21 15 5600 50 8 3 64 47 81 98 82 182 89 235 74 300 65 339 99 386 62 Alti
67. ssage menu shows the Send Free Text form The operator can write text to a maximum of 256 characters If the operator intends to receive a confirmation of the free text message reception tick Confirmed in Free Text form Clicking the Send button sends a message to the selected flight Pressing Cancel button will close the Send Free Text form P To B4123 Number of Chars 27 al HI I Cancel Send Figure 20 Send Free Text Form In Strict Confidence 31 H I ua aras AOC Ground Platform User Manual Va 5 1 3 10 Sending Loadsheet Clicking in Loadsheet button or the Loadsheet entry on the FPD Message menu shows the Loadsheet form SES Pax Baggage Name Passengers Compartment OAl 5 Compartment O 2 5 Compartment as 5 Compartment OA4 b Compartment O 5 5 Compartment bus 5 Compartment aT 5 Compartment OA8 5 Passengers Baggage b Kg Fuel Quantity Figure 21 Loadsheet Form The Pax Baggage group presents several items to be filled in passenger compartment names passenger compartment loads and total baggage weight To change passengers compartments names passenger compartments loads and total baggage weight the operator should click and change the data on the respective text box The Fuel Quantity group presents an initial fuel estimate The Fuel value can be changed by clicking in Fuel tex
68. t 14 37 43 ail Number TNZ light Id BA234 Figure 51 Messages Contents 5 3 2 8 Engines Graph The Engine Graph area presents graphical information concerning the behaviour of a selected aircraft engine parameters The engine graph area includes a graph window and the toolbar The graph window is where the graph is actually depicted The toolbar enables the user to change the variable that is being displayed on the graph window The variables that are available to display are Ni rotation speed of the low pressure compressor relative to maximum Fuel Flow EGT engine exhaust gas temperature Oil Temperature Please note that these graphics are only available after the reception of at least two engine status reports In Strict Confidence 56 A AAE AOC Ground Platform User Manual BY MA AFAS round Platform User Manua 5 3 3 Processing procedures 5 3 3 1 Selecting a flight To view messages concerning a given flight the operator needs to select a given flight by clicking inside Registered Flights or by clicking and selecting a flight in Aircraft ID combo box inside Aircraft group Aircraft Aircraft Id Aircraft Type Seats Autonomy BA234 el B747 175 3000 Km urrent Position Route ETA At gate in EGLL EGLL ESGG 16 50 49 APU Serial 1234567890 APU Total Operation Hours APU Start Cycles Figure 52 Flight Selection 5 3 3 2 Sending APU requests Pressing
69. t box and writing a new fuel value Clicking Send button will send a loadsheet message to a selected aircraft In Strict Confidence 32 H I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual 5 1 3 11 Querying AGP database Clicking the Flight Data button queries the AGP database about the current flight data and status This information is presented in two forms a Trajectory form which shows the flight current trajectory and a OOOI form which is only shown when the selected flight has sent at least one message included in the OOOI message set Out On Off In message RE Ei SE rajectory A eparture Station EGLL eparture Aerodrome EGLL ff Time 12 20 11 estination Aerodrome ESGG FF Status Active eparture Station EGLL 012 20 250 13 33 39 693 Et INA Ee 011 58 367 13 31 47 1067 Ok 51 pita 49 48 47 46 Kii EE a 4 Figure 22 Trajectory and OOOI Forms 5 1 3 12 Selecting a message Clicking a message inside Messages message list selects a message and shows message details in the bottom right of the FPD 5 1 3 13 Showing message details Double Clicking a message inside Messages message list pops up a Message Contents form and message details are shown inside Message Contents form In Strict Confidence 33 AOC Ground Platform User Manual Message Contents E JE sl ompany Flight Plan Message 08 08 2002 at 12 07 05 r Heavy f
70. th the extension sen These files are located in the Data directory The first line of the scenario file gives the location directory of the input files for the simulated fights described below The subsequent lines of the file can be used to give a description of the scenario The scenario file allows multiple scenarios to be defined and then the required one loaded when the fleet simulator is started 6 2 2 Simulated Flight Input File Each flight to be simulated must have a file that specifies the actions of the flight These files must be located in the path specified in the scenario file The input format of the contents of the input file are described in the following sections Note it is also permissible to add comments to the file by using to force the rest of the line to be ignored In the following definitions the construct X has been used to express optionality meaning that X can be included or omitted and the construct lt Y Z gt to mean that one of either Y or Z can be used lt gt and are not part of the definitions 6 2 2 1 ICAO Address This is the 24 bit ICAO address of the aircraft This is used to open a GACS endpoint and must be unique for each aircraft Ensure that GACS has been configured with an ATN MO to accept this address This is specified in the file by the following item ICAO ADDRESS XXX YYY ZZZ XXX 0 255 value of the first byte of the 24 bit address YYY 0 255 value of t
71. tor to compose and send a 4D trajectory request message Amet Req This button entry enables the operator to compose and send an aircraft meteo request message Const List This button entry enables the operator to compose and send a constraints list message Free Text This button enables the operator to compose and send a free text message Loadsheet This button enables the operator to compose and send a loadsheet message 5 1 2 2 3 Flight Data Toolbar The Flight Data Toolbar only includes one button Flight Data This button enables the operator to query the AGP database about flight progress data In Strict Confidence 21 I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual Was 5 1 2 3 Registered Flights Registered Flights AIC Type ETA Dep Arr Status FProg AMet New Msg B747 12 25 09 EGLL LIRA Enroute No 12 25 11 EGLL ESGG Enroute No Figure 11 Registered Flights Registered Flights presents all the pertinent information concerning all flights registered with the AGP system Figure 11 Details of each data field are explained below Flight Id Flight identifier AIC Type Aircraft Type ETA Estimated Time of Arrival Dep Departure airport Arr Arrival airport Status Current flight status Gate Enroute or Taxi Fprog Yes if flight progress reports messages are sent periodically No otherwise AMet Yes if aircraft meteo reports messag
72. tude level values meteo point 1 meteo point 2 Meteo data relating meteo point 3 to each lat long point The meteo points should be grouped according the number of latitude and longitude values In th xample given meteo points should be provided in 21 groups of 15 rows See below for meteo point format meteo point n In Strict Confidence 79 SSS I MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual N Meteo Point Format The meteo point format is Longitude QNH temperature wind direction and speed value value for each altitude level lt gt lt gt gt lt gt lt gt 600 109 02343018 08345032 20343039 35352040 48347037 59355055 59353057 59347055 lt gt lt gt lt gt temperature wind direction wind speed In Strict Confidence 80 S MAAFAS AOC Ground Platform User Manual i APPENDIX D CONFIGURATION The file configurationData dat in the data directory contains a number of configurable constants used by the AOC The constants are listed below and can be changed by including the identifying string followed by a colon and then the value followed by a and optionally a comment Configurable Item Id String gt Value H Comment General Configuration Constants Configurable Item Units Description Default Identifier
73. ws the user to change map properties in the following way Waypoints Shows or hides waypoints FIRs Shows or hides FIRs Grid Shows or hides the grid Routes Shows or hides current flight routes A Airport Shows or hides airports ETAs Shows or hides ETAs for each waypoint at all flight routes Winds Shows or hides current wind information In Strict Confidence 25 d ua aras AOC Ground Platform User Manual EO button Increases the height at which the wind is depicted ft button Decreases the height at which the wind is depicted ft The ight located on the bottom right corner of the world map picture provides the to operator the status of the air ground communications Green means that air ground communications are set red means that air ground communications are off In Strict Confidence 26 ATEIT AOC Ground Platform User Manual p MA AFAS round Platform User Manua 5 1 3 Processing procedures The following processing procedures describe how to interact with Flight Progress Display 5 1 3 1 Initialising Air Ground Communications After the setup of the initialisation procedures the operator is able to start the AGP communications with an external entity i e real aircraft fleet simulator aircraft or with simulated aircraft communications To start air ground communications click in the Init AG Comms entry on the FPD File Menu If the initialisation

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