MANAGEMENT COORDINATION SHEET

Walter J. Hutchings

Date

Manager, Kansas City Aircraft Evaluation Group
/s/

04/17/2007

Thomas Toula

Date

Manager, Air Transportation Division, AFS-200

LOG OF REVISIONS

Revision

Date

Summary

0

121/21/2006

Original

1

04/09/2007

Revises EFB Specifications for Currency.

Table of Contents

Log of Revisions

3

1. Purpose and Applicability

5

2. EFB Description

5

3. EFB Mounting

8

4. EFB Lighting and Reflectivity

8

5. EFB Database Revisions

8

6. FSB Specifications for Training

9

7. FSB Specifications for Checking

9

8. FSB Specifications for Currency

9

9. FSB Specifications for Checking

9

10. Electromagnetic Interference

9

1. Purpose and Applicability

The following is provided for the benefit of FAA Principal Inspectors, air carrier operators, and Part 142 training centers for their use in determining the acceptance of the EFB applications certified as part of the type design of various models of the CE-525. As described in AC 120-76A, Guidelines for the Certification, Airworthiness, and Operational Approval of Electronic Flight Bags Computing Devices, these CE-525 are certified with Class 3 EFB Hardware and Type C applications. Class 3 hardware is installed equipment and requires AIR involvement and AEG involvement. This has been accomplished. Applications are classified as Type C due to the interactiveness of the Electronic Charts with the aircraft. The charts can be manipulated (i.e., zoomed, scrolled, etc. as Type B, but are classified Type C because aircraft present position is provided on the installed display on the airport depictions and charts. Note in the Electronic Charts section that this function has been certified as a situational awareness tool (reference Collins document TR2003-43, Safety Assessment for the Cessna 525B Enhanced Situational Awareness System) and is not intended to alleviate the crew from carrying primary navigational reference materials, paper charts. Per AC 120-53, the CE-525 EFB functions are classified as Training Level C, Checking Level B, and Currency Level A.

2. EFB DESCRIPTION

This document presents the Collins IFIS-5000 Integrated Flight Information System commonly called “File Server System”.

IFIS-5000 System

The Graphical Weather function will be certified and compliance will be shown and documented by ECR 052912 The integrated Flight information System (IFIS) provides various visual information, such as weather and electronic charts, in the cockpit via Adaptive Flight Displays (AFD). The IFIS functions are intended to provide situational awareness only and do not provide alerts or warnings. The three major functions provided by the IFIS-5000 are; support for navigational charts, enhanced map overlays, and graphical weather images. The charts function allows the viewing of selected Jeppesen navigations charts. The Enhanced Maps function is split into an application and a server that together provide map overlays of geopolitical, airspace, and airway data. The Graphical Weather function provides various weather images, such as NEXRAD, that are uploaded via Datalink. The standard aircraft configuration contains the Enhanced Map Overlays functions. Electronic Charts and Graphical Weather are offered as a customer selected options. It should be noted that the Graphical Weather function described in this report will not be implemented with the initial certification of the IFIS-5000 system.

FSU-501

The File Server Unit (FSU-5010) is a dedicated LRU with three major functions that provides the processing platform for the Integrated Flight Information Systems: Solid-state memory configurable between 2 Gb and 10 Gb; a processor capable of running one or more applications, and high-speed Ethernet communications with other avionics. The Cessna Model 525B installation will utilize a 2 GB version of this system. The FSU provides the mass data storage within its Mass Storage hardware, necessary for up-linked graphical weather, enhanced map overlays and electronic charts displayed on the MFD. Ethernet bussing provides the high-speed connection to the MFD. The high speed Ethernet connection minimizes the time taken to respond to a display request from the pilot, while providing a level of integrity to the data being transmitted.

CCP-3000

The Cursor Control Panel (CCP-3000) is mounted in the flight deck to provide additional pilot controls necessary for the chart function. These functions include:

Selection and de-selection of the chart display on the MFD
Zooming a specific area of a chart to provide better readability
Panning a chart to view different areas of the chart while zoomed
Rotation of charts between landscape and portrait orientation
Selection of a specific chart from the thousands contained in the database

ECU-3000

The External Compensation Unit (ECU-3000) is a small memory module mounted near the FSU that contains the electronic keys that unlock the selected optional display features contained in the FSU. The three functions that may be enabled are:

Charts
Enhanced Maps
Graphical Weather
Dbu

The Collins File Server System consists of the following major equipment items:

Quantity

Part Number
Description
Hardware/Software

1

822-1543-101
File Server Unit FSU-5010
Hardware

1

822-1746-102
Curser Control Panel CCP-3000
Hardware

1

822-1200-998
External Compensation Unit ECU-3000
Hardware

1

822-1753-504
Adaptive Flight Display AFD-3010E
Hardware

1

810-0001-002
FSA-5000 File Server Applications Software
Software

FMS-3000

The FMS-3000 transmits flight plan information (origin airport, destination airport, destination arrival, destination approach, and alternate airport) used by the electronic chart function. Charts associated with each flight plan element are listed on the MFD’s chart selection menu. A single pilot operation selects any of these charts for immediate display. ProLine 21’s electronic chart feature includes (but is not necessary restricted to):

SIDs
STARs
VFR Terminal charts
Airport and Terminal Information (including airport / airfield directories)
Approach and Departure Plates; Airport Notice to Airmen (NOTAMs)

If airport diagrams are referenced to geographical coordinates, an aircraft symbol is superimposed on the airport diagram to enhance position awareness. Approach charts referenced to geographical coordinates also have an aircraft symbol superimposed on the chart to enhance situational awareness.

Electronic Charts

The Enhanced Situational Awareness System provides electronic versions of the standard Aeronautical Charts and Approach Plates, which are intended to provide ease of chart access and improved situational awareness by allowing the display of aircraft present position on Geo-referenced charts. However, for the Cessna Model 525B, the Electronic Charts function is not intended to alleviate the crew from carrying adequate Primary material in the form of Paper Charts.

The Electronic Charts feature will typically provide information to include (but is not necessary restricted to):

The display of charts for arrival, approach, departure, airport and NOTAMS

Collins Dbu 5000 Manual 2017

Access to the Electronic Charts format is via a CCP chart button or a bezel mounted line select key.
Integration with the Collins FMS flight plan data provides easy access to all charts pertinent to the flight plan.
Pilot entered station IDs are allowed.
The Electronic Chart function provides aircraft position on all geo–referenced charts
Enhanced Map Overlays

Collins Dbu 5000 Manual Download

The File Server Unit (FSU) provides several map databases that contain data that can be overlaid on the MFD PPOS & Plan Maps. These databases include:

Geographic Data (lakes, rivers, and political boundaries)
Airways (“Victor” airways and “jet” routes)
Airspace depictions

Each of these individual data sets can be toggled on and off of the PPOS & Plan Maps via the MFD MAP OVERLAYS Menu. The pilot utilizes the Cursor Control Panel to manipulate the MFD menu controls. To prevent display clutter, each of the enhanced map overlays are automatically revoked as map range is increased. The Airways and Airspace depictions are removed when range is increased above 100 NM. The Geopolitical map data is removed when map range is increased above 300 NM. The Enhanced Map Application does not serve as the primary means in the cockpit for positional information. The features provided by the Enhanced Map Application are considered to only provide Minor Hazards in cruise (Reference Collins TR2003-43, Safety Assessment for the Cessna 525B Enhanced Situational Awareness System). Navigation data related to Approach is provided by the Charts application

Graphical Weather Function

As the IFIS-5000 system will have the capability to support the Graphical Weather Function, it will not be installed for the initial certification of this system in the Model 525B Aircraft.

The weather radar is the primary means for aiding “tactical” short-range navigation decisions, while the strategic planning is performed using the longer-range graphical weather data. The primary alternate source is the raw weather data, which is on the same display but conveyed to the display by the ARINC 453 bus rather than via Ethernet, so there are substantially alternate data paths and processing within the displays until just before the actual presentation of data.

The XM Weather Receiver (XMWR-1000) provides weather information to pilots to enhance their awareness of the flight situation to provide a strategic meteorological overview. The intention is to improve operation safety and efficiency. The XMWR-1000 feature provides the display of stored graphical weather images. The XMWR format can be accessed via a MFD bezel mounted line select key. The pilot is able to select from a menu of available graphical weather images that are stored in the FSU. Stored images are downlinked through the XM receiver to the FSU. The data received is broadcast from a ground weather service provider. The graphical information is provided for the whole continental USA only. No other regions of the world are covered by this weather service at this time. The graphical information can be panned and zoomed using the Cursor Control Panel Joystick and Zoom buttons. The information provided is:

NEXRAD Radar images
Echo Tops (Altitude, speed and direction of the tops of major storm cells)
Graphical and textual METAR
Graphical and textual Significant Meteorological advisory (SIGMET)
Textual Airman’s Meteorological advisory (AIRMET)
Textual Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)

-The Electronic Charts functions require a subscription. This function is provided as an aircraft option. This feature will be certified and it will be up to the customer to have a subscription to have this feature active. An active subscription is required for the user to have an approved Encrypted Application Key.

-The Graphical Weather function requires a subscription service to a support provider of graphical weather data. This function is provided as an aircraft option. This feature will be certified and it will be up to the customer to have a subscription to have this feature active. An active subscription is required for the user to have an approved Encrypted Application Key.

-The Enhanced Map Overlays function requires a subscription. This feature on the Model 525B is part of the standard installation and every aircraft will automatically have a subscription provided.

3. EFB Mounting

EFB applications are displayed on the center Multi-function Display and has been certified as part of the type design.

4. EFB Display and Reflectivity

The EFB has been evaluated in both low light and full sunlight. The display is readable under the full range of lighting without distraction.

5. EFB Database Revisions

The database effectivity format that is displayed on the MFD is designed to allow the flight crew (or maintenance personnel) to ascertain the currency of the installed databases. The databases listed on this page include:

FMS Database (28 day update cycle)
Charts (14 day update cycle)
Airspace (28 day update cycle)
Geographic (update on user demand)
Political (update on user demand)
Graphical Weather (update on user demand)

The database effectivity format provides information regarding the begin date, end date, and currency status of each of the installed databases. When databases are selected on the page, the format also provides detail information regarding the database regions of coverage.

When an installed database is out of date, the flight crew is provided a CHECK DATBASE STATUS annunciation (only when on the ground) in the Lower Format Window. When this annunciation is displayed, the operator can select the Database Effectivity page and a NOT CURRENT annunciation (in yellow) is displayed in the status column.

The databases are updated from CD-ROM media and the PC Database Unit (CPAS-3000). The individual database expiration dates (affectivities) are easily viewed on the MFD. To view Database expiration dates on the MFD:

1. Press the 'Database' key on the CCP. A menu will appear on the MFD.
2. Select 'Database Effectivites' using the knob on the CCP.
3. Verify that the Database Effectivites are displayed on the MFD.

6. FSB SPECIFICATIONS FOR TRAINING

Training is set at Level C. Level C training requires that flight crews operating under FAR Part 135 or Part 91 Subpart K master the Flight Management System and Electronic Flight Bag functions. As a minimum the crew should be trained to flight plan using the FMS, FMS VNAV, and to pull up the airport depiction charts, SIDs, Arrival Procedures, and approach charts using the EFB electronic chart function. Pilots should master the graphic weather depiction function to obtain METARS and TAFs for origin, destination, and alternate airports. Other Part 91 operators are strongly encouraged to follow these same training guidelines.

7. FSB SPECIFCATIONS FOR CHECKING

Checking is set at Level B. Level B checking requires a demonstration of proficiency in a task or system. A check is required for initial differences training and for reestablishing currency. The check may be administered by a company chief pilot, company check airman, a properly qualified instructor, a Designated Pilot Examiner, Training Center Evaluator, or other FAA representative. Recommended tasks include demonstrating competency in using the FMS to flight plan, using FMS VNAV functions, using the electronic chart functions to display departures, arrivals, and approaches, and utilizing the graphical weather text functions.

8. FSB SPECIFICATIONS FOR CURRENCY

Assuming that the system is used regularly, there are no additional system currency requirements. Level A is set.

9. FSB SPECIFICATIONS FOR DEVICES OR SIMULATORS

Flight Training Devices, Simulators, and or Part Task Trainers may be used for initial training and checking provided that the device accurately duplicates the recommended FMS and EFB functions. A CE-525 variant equipped with the Collins IFIS 5000 may be used to meet the training and checking requirements. Training done in the airplane may be accomplished either in actual flight conditions or on the ground provided all necessary avionics equipment is ON and operational.

10. HIRF and IEL Considerations

HIRF and IEL for this system was tested per Collins test plan TR 2003-39, High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) And Lightning Indirect Effects Test Procedure For The Rockwell Collins Avionics For The Cessna Model 525B Aircraft. Collins assembled a wire bundle according to Cessna drawings and production specifications for this testing. The results of this test are reported in Cessna EL-525B-402, High Intensity Radiated Fields and Indirect Effects of Lightning Compliance Report.