IFR

T es t Set
Operation Manual
IFR 6000
TCAS/ADS-B/TIS
XPDR/DME
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OPERATION MANUAL

XPDR/DME/TCAS/ADS-B/TIS
TEST SET
IFR 6000

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Or i gi nal Pr i nt i ng Mar 2005
I ssue 2 Sep 2005
I ssue 3 Nov 2005
I ssue 4 Jan 2006
I ssue 5 Aug 2007
I ssue 6 Dec 2007
I ssue 7 Dec 2009
I ssue 8 Nov 2010
I ssue 9 Aug 2012

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Cabl e St at ement :
For cont i nued EMC compl i ance, al l ext er nal cabl es must be doubl e shi el ded.
For cont i nued EMC compl i ance, al l ext er nal cabl es must be 3 met er s or l ess i n l engt h.

Nomencl at ure St at ement :
I n t hi s manual Test Set or Uni t r ef er s t o t he I FR 6000 XPDR/ DME/ TCAS/ ADS- B/ TI S B Test Set .

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SAFETY FI RST: TO ALL OPERATI ONS PERSONNEL
REFER ALL SERVI CI NG OF UNI T TO QUALI FI ED TECHNI CAL PERSONNEL. THI S UNI T CONTAI NS NO
OPERATOR SERVI CEABLE PARTS.
WARNI NG: USI NG THI S EQUI PMENT I N A MANNER NOT SPECI FI ED BY THE ACCOMPANYI NG
DOCUMENTATI ON MAY I MPAI R THE SAFETY PROTECTI ON PROVI DED BY THE EQUI PMENT.
CASE, COVER OR PANEL REMOVAL
Openi ng t he Case Assembl y exposes t he oper at or t o el ect r i cal hazar ds t hat can r esul t i n el ect r i cal shock or
equi pment damage. Do not oper at e t hi s Test Set wi t h t he Case Assembl y open.
SAFETY I DENTI FI CATI ON I N TECHNI CAL MANUAL
Thi s manual uses t he f ol l owi ng t er ms t o dr aw at t ent i on t o possi bl e saf et y hazar ds, t hat may exi st when
oper at i ng or ser vi ci ng t hi s equi pment .
CAUTI ON: THI S TERM I DENTI FI ES CONDI TI ONS OR ACTI VI TI ES THAT, I F I GNORED, CAN RESULT I N
EQUI PMENT OR PROPERTY DAMAGE ( E. G. , FI RE) .
WARNI NG: THI S TERM I DENTI FI ES CONDI TI ONS OR ACTI VI TI ES THAT, I F I GNORED, CAN RESULT I N
PERSONAL I NJURY OR DEATH.
SAFETY SYMBOLS I N MANUALS AND ON UNI TS

CAUTI ON: Ref er t o accompanyi ng document s. ( Thi s symbol r ef er s t o
speci f i c CAUTI ONS r epr esent ed on t he uni t and cl ar i f i ed i n t he t ext . )

AC OR DC TERMI NAL: Ter mi nal t hat may suppl y or be suppl i ed wi t h AC or
DC vol t age.

DC TERMI NAL: Ter mi nal t hat may suppl y or be suppl i ed wi t h DC vol t age.
AC TERMI NAL: Ter mi nal t hat may suppl y or be suppl i ed wi t h AC or
al t er nat i ng vol t age.

EQUI PMENT GROUNDI NG PRECAUTI ON
I mpr oper gr oundi ng of equi pment can r esul t i n el ect r i cal shock.
USE OF PROBES
Check t he speci f i cat i ons f or t he maxi mum vol t age, cur r ent and power r at i ngs of any connect or on t he Test
Set bef or e connect i ng i t wi t h a pr obe f r om a t er mi nal devi ce. Be sur e t he t er mi nal devi ce per f or ms wi t hi n
t hese speci f i cat i ons bef or e usi ng i t f or measur ement , t o pr event el ect r i cal shock or damage t o t he
equi pment .
POWER CORDS
Power cor ds must not be f r ayed, br oken nor expose bar e wi r i ng when oper at i ng t hi s equi pment .
USE RECOMMENDED FUSES ONLY
Use onl y f uses speci f i cal l y r ecommended f or t he equi pme nt at t he speci f i ed cur r ent and vol t age r at i ngs.
I NTERNAL BATTERY
Thi s uni t cont ai ns a Li t hi um I on Bat t er y, ser vi ceabl e onl y by a qual i f i ed t echni ci an.
CAUTI ON: SI GNAL GENERATORS CAN BE A SOURCE OF ELECTROMAGNETI C I NTERFERENCE ( EMI ) TO
COMMUNI CATI ON RECEI VERS. SOME TRANSMI TTED SI GNALS CAN CAUSE DI SRUPTI ON
AND I NTERFERENCE TO COMMUNI CATI ON SERVI CES OUT TO A DI STANCE OF SEVERAL
MI LES. USERS OF THI S EQUI PMENT SHOULD SCRUTI NI ZE ANY OPERATI ON THAT RESULTS
I N RADI ATI ON OF A SI GNAL ( DI RECTLY OR I NDI RECTLY) AND SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTI ONS TO AVOI D POTENTI AL COMMUNI CATI ON I NTERFERENCE PROBLEMS.

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DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

The Decl arati on of Conf ormi t y Cert i f i cate i ncl uded wi th
the Uni t shoul d remai n wi th the Uni t.

Aerof l ex recommends the operator reproduce a copy
of the Decl arat i on of Conf ormi ty Cert i f i cate to be
stored wi th the Operati on Manual f or f uture ref erence.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Subj ect t o Expor t Cont r ol , see Cover Page f or det ai l s. Page 1 Page 1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Ti t l e Chapt er / Sect i on
Ti t l e Page / Copyr i ght Page
St at ement s
Saf et y Page
Decl ar at i on of Conf or mi t y
Tabl e of Cont ent s
I nt r oduct i on
Ser vi ce Upon Recei pt of Mat er i al

Chapt er 1
Sect i on 1 - Descr i pt i on and Qui ck St ar t 1- 1
Sect i on 2 - Oper at i on 1- 2
Sect i on 3 - Speci f i cat i ons 1- 3
Sect i on 4 - Shi ppi ng 1- 4
Sect i on 5 - St or age 1- 5

Appendi x A - Connect or Pi n- Out Tabl es
Appendi x B - Met r i c/ Br i t i sh I mper i al Conver si on Tabl e wi t h Naut i cal Di st ance Conver si ons
Appendi x C - Fact or y/ Power Up Pr eset s
Appendi x D - Abbr evi at i ons
Appendi x E - Br eakout Box
Appendi x F - Tr ansponder Conf i gur at i ons
Appendi x G - Mode S Addr ess Bl ocks ( Pr oduct Speci f i c Li st )
Appendi x H - Mode S Addr ess Bl ocks ( Compl et e Li st )
Appendi x I - Si gnal For mat s
Appendi x J - St andar d Accessor i es
Appendi x K - Tar get Acqui si t i on Ti me Pr obabi l i t y Tabl e
I ndex
Bat t er y/ Fuse I nst r uct i ons

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I NTRODUCTI ON
Subj ect t o Expor t Cont r ol , see Cover Page f or det ai l s. Page 1
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I NTRODUCTI ON
Thi s manual cont ai ns oper at i ng i nst r uct i ons f or t he I FR 6000. I t i s st r ongl y r ecommended t hat
per sonnel be t hor oughl y f ami l i ar wi t h t he cont ent s of t hi s manual bef or e at t empt i ng t o oper at e t hi s
equi pment .
Ref er al l ser vi ci ng of uni t t o qual i f i ed t echni cal per sonnel .
ORGANI ZATI ON
Thi s manual i s di vi ded i nt o t he f ol l owi ng Chapt er s and Sect i ons:
CHAPTER 1 - OPERATI ON
Sect i on 1 - DESCRI PTI ON and Qui ck St ar t ( f or oper at or s f ami l i ar wi t h avi oni cs syst ems)
Sect i on 2 - OPERATI ON ( i nst al l at i on, descr i pt i on of cont r ol s, connect or s and i ndi cat or s,
per f or mance eval uat i on and oper at i ng pr ocedur es)
Sect i on 3 - SPECI FI CATI ONS
Sect i on 4 - SHI PPI NG
Sect i on 5 - STORAGE

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CHAPTER ONE
I FR 6000 XPDR/ DME/ TCAS/ ADS- B/ TI S/ TI S- B TEST SET
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Ti t l e Chapt er / Sect i on/ Subj ect Page
SECTI ON 1 - DESCRI PTI ON 1- 1
1. Gener al Descr i pt i on and Capabi l i t i es 1- 1- 1 1
1. 1 Descr i pt i on 1- 1- 1 1
1. 2 Funct i onal Capabi l i t i es 1- 1- 1 1
1. 3 Regul at or y Responsi bi l i t i es 1- 1- 1 2
2. Qui ck St ar t 1- 1- 2 1
2. 1 Cont r ol s 1- 1- 2 1
2. 2 Gener al Set up 1- 1- 2 2
2. 3 XPDR Set up Over t he Ai r 1- 1- 2 2
2. 4 XPDR Set up Di r ect Connect 1- 1- 2 4
2. 5 Ant enna Coupl er Connect 1- 1- 2 5
2. 6 XPDR Test i ng 1- 1- 2 5
2. 6. 1 ADS- B/ GI CB Test i ng 1- 1- 2 6
2. 6. 2 ADS- B MON 1- 1- 2 7
2. 6. 3 ADS- B GEN 1- 1- 2 8
2. 6. 4 GI CB 1- 1- 2 8
2. 7 DME Set up Ant enna 1- 1- 2 9
2. 8 DME Set up Di r ect Connect 1- 1- 2 9
2. 9 DME Test i ng 1- 1- 2 10
2. 10 TCAS Set up Ant enna 1- 1- 2 10
2. 11 TCAS Test i ng 1- 1- 2 11
2. 12 TI S Set up Ant enna 1- 1- 2 12
2. 13 TI S Set up Di r ect Connect 1- 1- 2 13
2. 14 TI S Test i ng 1- 1- 2 14

SECTI ON 2 - OPERATI ON 1- 2
1. I nst al l at i on 1- 2- 1 1
1. 1 Gener al 1- 2- 1 1
1. 2 Bat t er y Oper at i on 1- 2- 1 1
1. 3 Bat t er y Char gi ng 1- 2- 1 1
1. 4 Saf et y Pr ecaut i ons 1- 2- 1 1
1. 4. 1 Compl yi ng wi t h I nst r uct i ons 1- 2- 1 1
1. 4. 2 Gr oundi ng Power Cor d 1- 2- 1 1
1. 4. 3 Oper at i ng Saf et y 1- 2- 1 1
1. 5 AC Power Requi r ement s 1- 2- 1 2
1. 6 Bat t er y Rechar gi ng 1- 2- 1 2
1. 7 Ext er nal Cl eani ng 1- 2- 1 3
2. Cont r ol s, Connect or s and I ndi cat or s 1- 2- 2 1
3. Per f or mance Eval uat i on 1- 2- 3 1
3. 1 Gener al 1- 2- 3 1
3. 2 Sel f Test 1- 2- 3 1
4. Oper at i ng Pr ocedur es 1- 2- 4 1
4. 1 Gener al 1- 2- 4 1
4. 2 St ar t - Up 1- 2- 4 2

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SECTI ON 2 OPERATI ON ( cont ) 1- 2
4. 3 XPDR ( Tr ansponder ) 1- 2- 4 2
4. 3. 1 Conf i gur at i ons 1- 2- 4 2
4. 3. 2 Set up 1- 2- 4 3
4. 3. 3 Aut o Test 1- 2- 4 8
4. 3. 4 Test Li st 1- 2- 4 10
4. 3. 5 Al t i t ude Encoder 1- 2- 4 28
4. 3. 6 Di r ect Connect Pr ocedur e 1- 2- 4 29
4. 3. 7 Ant enna Coupl er Pr ocedur e 1- 2- 4 29
4. 3. 8 Over t he Ai r Gr ound Test 1- 2- 4 30
4. 3. 9 Over t he Ai r Si mul at ed Al t i t ude Test 1- 2- 4 30
4. 4 DME 1- 2- 4 31
4. 4. 1 Set up 1- 2- 4 32
4. 5 TCAS Mode 1- 2- 4 35
4. 5. 1 TCAS Oper at i on Concept 1- 2- 4 35
4. 5. 2 TCAS Test i ng 1- 2- 4 38
4. 5. 3 TCAS Set up 1- 2- 4 38
4. 5. 4 TCAS Scr een 1- 2- 4 42
4. 5. 5 Set up- Scenar i o Dat a Scr een 1- 2- 4 45
4. 5. 6 Moni t or Scr eens 1- 2- 4 47
4. 5. 6. 1 Sur vei l l ance Moni t or 1- 2- 4 47
4. 5. 6. 2 Br oadcast Moni t or 1- 2- 4 49
4. 5. 6. 3 ATCRBS 1- 2- 4 51
4. 5. 7 Recommended Test Pr ocedur e 1- 2- 4 54
4. 6 ADS- B Gener al 1- 2- 4 56
4. 6. 1 ADS- B/ GI CB Modes 1- 2- 4 56
4. 6. 2 Set up ADS- B 1- 2- 4 56
4. 6. 3 ADS- B/ GI CB MAI N 1- 2- 4 58
4. 6. 4 ADS- B MON 1- 2- 4 58
4. 6. 5 ADS- B GEN 1- 2- 4 76
4. 6. 6 GI CB Gener al 1- 2- 4 90
4. 6. 7 GI CB Mode 1- 2- 4 90
4. 7 TI S Gener al 1- 2- 4 115
4. 7. 1 TI S Mode 1- 2- 4 115
4. 7. 2 TI S Set up 1- 2- 4 115
4. 8 Di r ect i onal Ant enna 1- 2- 4 119
4. 9 Br eakout Box 1- 2- 4 123

SECTI ON 3 - SPECI FI CATI ONS 1- 3

SECTI ON 4 - SHI PPI NG 1- 4
1. Shi ppi ng Test Set s 1- 4- 1 1
1. 1 I nf or mat i on 1- 4- 1 1
1. 2 Repacki ng Pr ocedur e 1- 4- 1 1

SECTI ON 5 - STORAGE 1- 5

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Ramp Test i ng 1- 1- 2 3
Bat t er y Rechar gi ng 1- 2- 1 2
I FR 6015 Fr ont Panel 1- 2- 2 1
Di r ect i onal Ant enna 1- 2- 2 6
Br eakout Box, Fr ont Vi ew 1- 2- 2 6
Br eakout Box, Top Vi ew 1- 2- 2 7
Br eakout Box, Bot t om Vi ew 1- 2- 2 7
TCAS Pr ot ect i on Vol ume 1- 2- 4 35
Typi cal TCAS I I Di spl ay 1- 2- 4 37
Recommended Test Locat i ons 1- 2- 4 54
TI S Oper at i on Fl ow Char t 1- 2- 4 118
Suggest ed Layout t o Reduce Mul t i pat h Er r or s 1- 2- 4 121
Ramp Test i ng 1- 2- 4 122
Repacki ng Pr ocedur e 1- 4- 1 1

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Test I dent i f i er Symbol s 1- 2- 4 9
Common Usage GI CB BDS 1- 2- 4 25
Pr ot ect i on Vol ume Par amet er s Ver sus Al t i t ude 1- 2- 4 35
SL: Fi el d Val i d Dat a 1- 2- 4 40
CA: Fi el d Val i d Dat a 1- 2- 4 41
RI : Fi el d ( Acqui si t i on) Val i d Dat a 1- 2- 4 41
RI : Fi el d ( Tr acki ng) Val i d Dat a 1- 2- 4 41
RAC: Fi el d Val i d Dat a 1- 2- 4 41
ARA: Fi el d Val i d Dat a 1- 2- 4 42
CVC: Fi el d Di spl ay Dat a 1- 2- 4 48
VRC: Fi el d Di spl ay Dat a 1- 2- 4 48
CHC: Fi el d Di spl ay Dat a 1- 2- 4 48
HRC: Fi el d Di spl ay Dat a 1- 2- 4 48
ESB: Fi el d Di spl ay Dat a 1- 2- 4 49
ARA=Fi el d Val i d Dat a 1- 2- 4 50
RAC=Fi el d Val i d Dat a 1- 2- 4 51
TYPE Subf i el d Code Def i ni t i ons ( DF=17 or 18) 1- 2- 4 62
MOVEMENT Subf i el d i n ADS- B Sur f ace Posi t i on Messages 1- 2- 4 63
Lat er al Axi s GPS Ant enna Of f set Encodi ng 1- 2- 4 64
Longi t udi nal Axi s GPS Ant enna Of f set Encodi ng 1- 2- 4 64
GI CB Suppor t ed BDS Regi st er s 1- 2- 4 91

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SERVI CE UPON RECEI PT OF MATERI AL
Unpacki ng
Speci al - desi gn packi ng mat er i al i nsi de t hi s shi ppi ng car t on pr ovi des maxi mum pr ot ect i on f or t he
I FR 6000. Avoi d damagi ng t he car t on and packi ng mat er i al dur i ng equi pment unpacki ng. Use t he
f ol l owi ng st eps f or unpacki ng t he I FR 6000.
Cut and r emove t he seal i ng t ape on t he car t on t op and open t he ca r t on.
Gr asp t he I FR 6000 t r ansi t case f i r ml y, whi l e r est r ai ni ng t he shi ppi ng car t on, and l i f t t he
equi pment and packi ng mat er i al ver t i cal l y.
Pl ace t he I FR 6000 t r ansi t case and end cap packi ng on a sui t abl e f l at , cl ean and dr y sur f ace.
Remove t he pr ot ect i ve pl ast i c bag f r om t he I FR 6000 t r ansi t case.
Pl ace pr ot ect i ve pl ast i c bag and end cap packi ng mat er i al i nsi de shi ppi ng car t on.
St or e t he shi ppi ng car t on f or f ut ur e use shoul d t he I FR 6000 need t o be r et ur ned.
Checki ng Unpacked Equi pment
I nspect t he equi pment f or damage i ncur r ed dur i ng shi pment . I f t he equi pment has been
damaged, r epor t t he damage t o Aer of l ex.
Check t he equi pment agai nst t he packi ng sl i p t o see i f t he shi pment i s compl et e. Repor t al l
di scr epanci es t o Aer of l ex.

I FR 6000 wi t h St andar d Accessor i es

Ant enna Coupl er

DESCRI PTI ON PART NUMBER QTY
I FR 6000 72425 1
POWER SUPPLY 67366 1
ANTENNA 64579 1
BREAKOUT BOX 64580 1
ANTENNA SHI ELD 64749 1
12 I N. COAXI AL CABLE 62401 1
72 I N. COAXI AL CABLE 62402 1
5 A FUSE 56080 1
TRANSI T CASE 10241 1
POWER CORD
( US ONLY)
62302 1
POWER CORD
( EUROPEAN)
64020 1
OPERATI ON MANUAL
( CD- ROM)
6670 1
GETTI NG STARTED
MANUAL ( PAPER)
6096 1

ACCESSORI ES PART NUMBER QTY
UC- 584 Uni ver sal
Ant enna Coupl er
86931 1

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SECTION 1 - DESCRIPTION
1. GENERAL DESCRI PTI ON AND CAPABI LI TI ES
1. 1 DESCRI PTI ON

The I FR 6000 i s a pr eci si on si mul at or t hat
enabl es one per son t o f unct i onal i t y t est
ai r bor ne t r ansponder ( XPDR) modes A/ C/ S,
di st ance measur i ng equi pment ( DME) syst ems,
TCAS I and I I and ADS- B equi pped
t r ansponder s and 1090 MHz emi t t er s.
The Test Set cont ai ns bui l t - i n si gnal
gener at or s and modul at or s f or XPDR and
sel ect ed DME f r equenci es. For r amp
oper at i on, t he RF out put i s coupl ed t o t he
ai r bor ne equi pment by a l i ght wei ght di r ect i onal
ant enna t hat may be mount ed on t he Test Set
or t r i pod. For bench oper at i on, coaxi al cabl es
ar e r equi r ed bet ween t he Test Set and UUT.
1. 2 FUNCTI ONAL CAPABI LI TI ES
The I FR 6000 has t he f ol l owi ng f eat ur es
and capabi l i t i es:
Funct i onal Modes:
XPDR, DME, TCAS I and I I , ADS- B MON,
ADS- B GI CB, ADS- B GEN and TI S.
XPDR Aut o Test pr ovi des a f ul l FAR Par t
43 Appendi x F t est . Al l nor mal user
ver i f i ed par amet er s ar e di spl ayed on one
scr een.
Par amet r i c t est s i ncl ude ERP, MTL, Pul se
Wi dt hs and Spaci ngs.
Separ at e scr eens f or di spl ay of pr i mar y
El ement ar y and Enhanced Sur vei l l ance
par amet er s.
Pr edet er mi ned user sel ect abl e XPDR
conf i g f i l es al l ow di f f er ent cl asses of
ATCRBS and Mode S t r ansponder t o be
t est ed.
Al t i t ude Encoder scr een f or moni t or i ng
encodi ng al t i met er gr ey code.
XPDR and DME Set up scr eens pr ovi de
user def i ned oper at i on par amet er s.
Si ngl e DME t est scr een pr ovi des cont r ol
over DME Fr equency/ Channel , Range,
Rat e, RF l evel , % Repl y, Squi t t er , I dent
and Echo. UUT f r equency, ERP, PRF
P1/ P2 wi dt h and Spaci ng ar e al so
di spl ayed.
LCD Di spl ay wi t h aut omat i c l i ght sensi ng
i l l umi nat i on cont r ol
I nt er nal Bat t er y al l owi ng si x hour s
oper at i on bef or e r echar ge.
Aut omat i c power shut down af t er
appr oxi mat el y 15 mi nut es of non- use when
ac power i s not connect ed.
Compact si ze and l i ght wei ght f or one
per son oper at i on.

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1. 3 REGULATORY RESPONSI BI LI TI ES
Ef f ect i ve Apr i l 6, 1987, t he Feder al Avi at i on
Admi ni st r at i on ( FAA) has r equi r ed cer t ai n
t est s be per f or med on t r ansponder s, bot h
convent i onal ATCRBS and Mode S. I n
pr epar at i on f or t he i nst al l at i on of new ai r
t r af f i c cont r ol r adar f aci l i t i es, t he FAA
r equi r ed new measur ement s t o be per f or med
on exi st i ng t r ansponder s and i nst i t ut ed
r equi r ed t est s f or Mode S t r ansponder s.
FAR ( Feder al Avi at i on Regul at i ons) Par t 43,
Mai nt enance, Pr event i ve Mai nt enance,
Rebui l di ng and Al t er at i on sect i on has been
modi f i ed t o r ef l ect cur r ent t echnol ogi es and
i mpr ovement s. Aer of l ex has met al l FAA
r equi r ement s and r ecommends t hat t he user
of t hi s t ype of equi pment r evi ew t he
appr opr i at e FAR, or cont act t he manuf act ur er
of t hei r par t i cul ar model of t r ansponder t o
ensur e t hat pr oper pr ocedur es ar e f ol l owed.
Eur ocont r ol and t he JAA have al so
i ncor por at ed new r egul at i ons f or Mode S
El ement ar y and Enhanced Sur vei l l ance.
These r equi r ement s i ncl ude Sel ect i ve
I dent i f i er s f or hi gh- densi t y t r af f i c ar eas and
became mandat or y i n May, 2003 f or
El ement ar y Sur vei l l ance and Mar ch, 2005 f or
Enhanced Sur vei l l ance.
The I FR 6000 has t he capabi l i t y t o t hor oughl y
t est t hese new f unct i ons t o compl y wi t h
upcomi ng r equi r ement s. For f ur t her
i nf or mat i on r egar di ng t hese r equi r ement s,
vi si t www. eur ocont r ol . i nt / .

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2. QUI CK START
The Qui ck St ar t i s f or oper at or s who ar e
f ami l i ar wi t h avi oni cs syst ems/ t est equi pment
and want t o use t he I FR 6000 bef or e r eadi ng
t he compl et e Oper at i on Manual . Ref er t o
par a 1- 2- 4. 1 f or det ai l ed oper at i on
i nst r uct i ons.
2. 1 CONTROLS

Tur ns Test Set ON or OFF.
POWER: I ndi cat or i l l umi nat es when Test Set
i s oper at i onal .
CHARGE: I ndi cat or i l l umi nat es t o show
bat t er y char ge st at us;

Yel l ow Char gi ng
Fl ashi ng Yel l ow Faul t y bat t er y
Gr een Ful l y char ged

NOTE: Oper at es when Ext er nal DC Power
Suppl y i s connect ed.
I NTERR: I ndi cat or i l l umi nat es when Test Set
i s i nt er r ogat i ng ( XPDR Mode) or r ecei vi ng
i nt er r ogat i ons ( DME Mode) .
REPLY: I ndi cat or i l l umi nat es when Test Set
i s r ecei vi ng r epl i es ( XPDR Mode) or r epl yi ng
t o i nt er r ogat i ons ( DME Mode) .

CTRS: Adj ust s di spl ay cont r ast .
BKLT: Adj ust s di spl ay backl i ght .
RANGE : I ncr eases DME r ange and TCAS
st ar t r ange.
RANGE : Decr eases DME r ange and TCAS
st ar t r ange.
RATE : I ncr eases DME and TCAS r at e.
RATE : Decr eases DME and TCAS r at e.
FREQ: Fr equency/ channel sel ect i on f or DME
Mode onl y.
RF LVL: RF l evel set t i ng f or DME Mode
onl y.
XPDR: Sel ect s XPDR, ADS- B/ GI CB and ALT
ENCODER scr eens.
DME: Sel ect s DME scr een.
TCAS: Sel ect s TCAS and TI S scr eens.
SETUP: Di spl ays t he set up scr eens
associ at ed wi t h t he sel ect ed f unct i onal mode.
SOFT KEYS: Fi ve Appl i cat i on dependent
keys pr ovi de t est speci f i c i nf or mat i on and
movement bet ween t est scr eens.

DATA KEYS
DATA KEY: Sel ect s or sl ews dat a.
DATA KEY: Sel ect s or sl ews dat a.
DATA KEY: Moves t he cur sor t o t he l ef t i n
a dat a f i el d.
DATA KEY: Moves t he cur sor t o t he r i ght
i n a dat a f i el d.

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2. 2 GENERAL SETUP
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Power Up: Pr ess t he POWER Key t o
power t he Test Set On.
2. Pr ess SETUP Cont r ol Key t o di spl ay
set up scr eens. Cont i nue pr essi ng
SETUP Cont r ol Key t o cycl e t o SETUP-
GENERAL Scr een. Use NEXT PARAM
and PREV PARAM Sof t Keys t o sel ect
each par amet er .

BAT 2. 5 Hr
P RE V
P ARAM

SET UP GENERAL
H/ W
T OOL S
PWR DOWN : 10 mi ns

ERP UNI T S : d Bm UNI T S : MET ERS

REMOT E OPERAT I ON : RS23 2

ANT ENNA T YPE : OLD 70 05 - 584 0 - 50 0

I NF O

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T

3. Sel ect PWR: Set t o pr ef er r ed power
down t i meout .
4. Sel ect ERP UNI TS: Set t o pr ef er r ed
ERP uni t s.
5. Sel ect UNI TS: Set t o pr ef er r ed uni t s.

To change def aul t ant enna gai n val ues:
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Sel ect ANTENNA TYPE: Sel ect t he
appr opr i at e t ype based on t he par t
number of t he ant enna.
Sel ect i ons ar e:
OLD 7005- 5840- 500
NEW 91771
NOTE: Ther e ar e t wo t ypes of ant enna
avai l abl e. Each ant enna t ype
has a di f f er ent set of def aul t
gai n val ues. The ANTENNA
TYPE set t i ng onl y needs t o be
changed when i nst al l i ng an
ant enna t hat does not mat ch
t he cur r ent set t i ng.
2. Pr ess I NFO sof t key.
3. Pr ess RECALL DEFAULT sof t key.
2. 3 XPDR SETUP AND TESTI NG ANTENNA
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Mount Di r ect i onal Ant enna on Test Set
and posi t i on f r i ct i on hi nge so
Di r ect i onal Ant enna i s as shown.
Connect shor t RF coaxi al cabl e bet ween
Ant enna Connect or and Test Set ANT
Connect or .

2. Posi t i on Test Set 50 f t ( 15. 24 m) f r om
and i n l i ne of si ght wi t h t op/ bot t om
ant enna.
3. Power On Ai r cr af t and conf i gur e ai r cr af t
f or wei ght of f wheel s.
4. Pr ess POWER Key t o power up t he Test
Set .

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Ramp Test i ng
Fi gur e 1

XPDR Scr een. Use NEXT PARAM and
PREV PARAM Sof t Keys t o sel ect each
par amet er .

BAT 2. 5 Hr
P RE V
P ARAM

SET UP- XPDR

DI AG
ANTENNA: BOTTOM RF PORT: ANTENNA

ANT RANGE ANT HEI GHT
TOP: 50. 0 m 10. 0 m
BOTTOM: 50. 0 m 0 . 0 m

ANT CABL E L EN: 6 FT ANT GAI N ( dBi )
ANT CABL E LOSS: 1. 8 dB 1. 03 GHz : 7 . 1
COUPLER LOSS: 0. 8 d B 1. 09 GHz : 6 . 1
UUT ADDRESS: AUTO
MANUAL AA: 12 3456 PWR LI M: F AR 43
DI VERSI TY TEST: ON CHECK CAP: YES
T E S T
DAT A

NE XT
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STEP PROCEDURE
6. Sel ect ANTENNA: Set t o TOP or
BOTTOM dependi ng on whi ch ai r cr af t
ant enna Test Set i s poi nt i ng t owar ds.
7. Sel ect RF PORT: Set t o ANTENNA.
8. Sel ect ANT RANGE: Set t o set up
r ange f r om I FR 6000 ant enna t o UUT
Ant enna.
9. Sel ect ANT HEI GHT: Set t o set up
hei ght f r om I FR 6000 ant enna t o UUT
Ant enna.
10. Sel ect ANT CABLE LOSS: Set t o cabl e
l oss f ound on cabl e.
11. Sel ect ANT GAI N ( dBi ) : Set 1. 03 GHz
and 1. 09 GHz ant enna gai n t o f i gur es
mar ked on suppl i ed Di r ect i onal Ant enna
12. Sel ect UUT ADDRESS: Set t o AUTO.
NOTE: I f ai r cr af t i s on t he gr ound set
t o MANUAL and ent er i n
MANUAL ADDRESS. Mode S
al l - cal l s do not wor k when t he
ai r cr af t i s on t he gr ound.
T13. Sel ect DI VERSI TYT: Set t o OFF.
NOTE: To r un di ver si t y t est set
DI VERSI TY t o ON and i nst al l
boot t o bot t om/ t op ant enna.
T14. Sel ect CHECK CAP: STet t o YES.
T15. Sel ect PWR LI M: Set t o FAR 43. T

2. 4 XPDR SETUP AND TESTI NG DI RECT
CONNECT
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Connect l ong RF coaxi al cabl e bet ween
t he ai r cr af t ant enna f eeder cabl e and
Test Set RF I / O Connect or .
2. Power On Ai r cr af t and conf i gur e
ai r cr af t f or wei ght of f wheel s.
power t he Test Set .
Pr ess SETUP Cont r ol Key t o di spl ay
par amet er .
4. Sel ect RF PORT: Set t o DI RECT
CONNECT.
5. Sel ect DI R CABLE LOSS: Set t o l oss
f ound on cabl e.
7. Sel ect DI VERSI TY: Set t o ON.

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2. 5 XPDR SETUP AND TESTI NG
ANTENNA COUPLER CONNECT
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Connect Ant enna Coupl er t o Ai r cr af t
Ant enna.
Pl ace Coupl er over t he ant enna,
gui di ng ant enna i nt o t he sl ot on
t he bot t om of t he coupl er .
Push Coupl er f i r ml y agai nst t he
ai r cr af t ski n unt i l t he bl ack
r ubber gasket on t he r i m of t he
coupl er i s compl et el y depr essed
t i ght l y agai nst t he ai r cr af t .
Lock coupl er i nt o pl ace by
pushi ng whi t e l ever on t he si de
of t he coupl er i nt o a down and
l ocked posi t i on.
NOTE: Coupl er must be t i ght l y pr essed
and l ocked i n pl ace f or Test
Set t o f unct i on cor r ect l y.
Coupl er wi l l l ock i nt o pl ace
when t he bl ack r ubber gasket
i s not compl et el y depr essed
agai nst t he ai r cr af t , but t he
Test Set wi l l not measur e
f unct i ons accur at el y.
t he Ant enna Coupl er and Test Set RF
I / O Connect or .
3. Power On Ai r cr af t and conf i gur e ai r cr af t
f or wei ght of f wheel s.
par amet er .
5. Sel ect RF PORT: Sel ect DI R
W/ COUPLER
6. Sel ect CPL CABLE LOSS: Set t o l oss
f ound on cabl e.
7. Sel ect COUPLER LOSS: Set t o l oss
f ound on coupl er .
2. 6 XPDR TESTI NG

STEP PROCEDURE
1, Pr ess XPDR Mode Key t o r et ur n t o
XPDR Aut o Test Scr een.

BAT 2. 5 Hr

XPDR CONF I G SCREEN

I NF O

1 GENERI C ATCRBS
2 AT CRBS CLASS A
3 AT CRBS CLASS B
4 GENERI C MODE S
5 MODE S CLASS A
6 MODE S CLASS B
7 MODE S CL B OPT FREQ
8 MODE S CL B OPT PWR

RE T URN

2. Pr ess CONFI G Sof t Key t o di spl ay
XPDR CONFI G Scr een. Use Dat a Keys
t o sel ect conf i gur at i on f i l e. Pr ess
RETURN Sof t Key t o conf i r m sel ect i on.
TNOTE: I f t r ansponder cl ass i s not
known, sel ect GENERI C
ATCRBS or GENERI C MODE S
conf i gur at i on f i l e.

REPL I ES = A, C, S FREQ = 1 090. 12 MHZ
T OP ERP = 57. 1 dBm MT L = - 74. 0 dBm
BOT ERP = 56. 0 d Bm MT L = - 73. 1 dBmT RP
A CODE = 1234 I D C ALT = 100 , 000 f t
S CODE = 1234 I D S ALT = 10 0, 000 f t
T AI L = N12345 DF17 = DET ECT ED
FLI GHT I D = BA23 4 AA=AC3 421( 5303 2041)
FS = 3 ALERT NO SPI ON GROUND
VS = ON GND COUNT RY = USA

CONFI G: GENERI C MODE S
ANTENNA: BOTTOM

BAT 2. 5 Hr
RUN
T E S T

T E S T
L I S T
XPDR - AUT O T EST

CONF I G

S E L E CT
ANT
PASS
LEVEL =4

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STEP PROCEDURE
3. To r un a compl et e FAR Par t 43
Appendi x F Test , pr ess RUN TEST Sof t
Key t o st ar t Aut o Test . When Aut o Test
compl et es, a PASS or FAI L i ndi cat i on
i s di spl ayed at t he t op of t he scr een.
4. Most UUT par amet er s r equi r i ng user
ver i f i cat i on ar e di spl ayed on t he Aut o
Test Scr een.
5. VST and FS di scr et es: To ver i f y st at us,
ensur e UUT i s i n ai r bor ne st at e pr i or t o
r unni ng t est . Run t est and conf i r m t hat
VS and FS f i el ds i ndi cat e I N AI R.
Pl ace UUT i n gr ound st at e, r epeat t est
and conf i r m VS and FS f i el ds i ndi cat e
ON
6. TAI L and COUNTRY: Di spl ays t he
count r y decoded f r om t he Mode S
di scr et e addr ess.
NOTE: I f t he count r y sel ect ed has not
adopt ed an encodi ng scheme,
onl y t he count r y i s di spl ayed.
7. FLI GHT I D: UUT must have a val i d
sour ce of Fl i ght I D ( i nt er nal or ext er nal
t o t he UUT) t o di spl ay dat a.
8. Pr ess TEST LI ST Sof t Key t o di spl ay
compl et e Aut o Test Li st . Use Dat a
Keys t o sel ect desi r ed t est . Pr ess
SELECT Sof t Key t o di spl ay sel ect ed
t est .

BAT 2. 5 Hr

XPDR T EST LI ST

1 AC/ DECDR/ SLS - PASS
2 A/ C F1 / F2 SPACE/ WI DT H - PASS
3 POWER/ FREQ - PASS
4 S ALL- CALL - PASS
5 S RPL Y TI MI NG - PASS
6 S RPL Y - PASS
7 UF 0 - PASS
8 UF 4 - PASS
9 UF 5 - PASS
10 UF11 - PASS
11 UF16 - PASS
12 UF20 - PASS

RE T URN

S E L E CT
T E S T
NE XT
P AGE

9. Pr ess RETURN Sof t Key t o di spl ay Aut o
Test Scr een.
2. 6. 1 ADS- B/ GI CB TESTI NG
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Per f or m XPDR SETUP ANTENNA
pr ocedur e or XPDR SETUP DI RECT
CONNECT pr ocedur e.
2. Pr ess SETUP Key unt i l SETUP XPDR
scr een i s di spl ayed.
3. Pr ess ADS- B SETUP Sof t Key t o di spl ay
ADS- B/ GI CB Set up Scr een. Use NEXT
PARAM and PREV PARAM Sof t Keys t o
sel ect each par amet er .

POS DECODE: GLOBAL
L AT : 38 25 35 N
LONG : 126 35 35 W

ADSB GEN : DF17
ADSB MON: DF1 7
GI CB : DF20

BAT 2. 5 Hr
T E S T
DAT A
P RE V
P ARAM
NE XT
P ARAM
SET UP- ADSB

RE T URN

4. Sel ect POS DECODE: Set t o GLOBAL
t o use gl obal CPR al gor i t hm f or l at i t ude
and l ongi t ude decodi ng or si mul at i on.
Set t o LOCAL t o use l ocal CPR
al gor i t hm f or l at i t ude and l ongi t ude
decodi ng or si mul at i on. POS DECODE
i s f or BDS 0, 5 and BDS 0, 6.
5. Sel ect LAT: Ent er l ocal l at i t ude i n
degr ees, mi nut es and seconds.
6. Sel ect LONG: Ent er l ocal l ongi t ude i n
degr ees, mi nut es and seconds.
7. Sel ect ADS- B GEN: Set DF17 or DF18
ext ended squi t t er s t o be gener at ed.
8. Sel ect ADS- B MON: Set DF17 or DF18
ext ended squi t t er s t o be moni t or ed.
9. Sel ect GI CB: Set DF20 or DF21 t o be
r equest ed wi t h GI CB pr ot ocol .

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2. 6. 2 ADS- B MON
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess XPDR Mode Key unt i l ADS-
B/ GI CB MAI N menu i s di spl ayed.

BAT 2. 5 Hr

ADS B
MON

GI CB
ADS- B/ GI CB MAI N

ADS B
GE N

2. Pr ess t he ADS- B MON Sof t Key t o
di spl ay t he ADS- B MON l i st scr een.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
1 0, 5 AI RBORNE POS - AVAI L
2 0, 6 SURF ACE POS - AVAI L
3 0, 8 I DENT & CAT - AVAI L
4 0, 9 AI RBORNE VEL - AVAI L
5 6, 1 A/ C ST AT US ST I - AVAI L
6 6, 1 A/ C ST AT US ST 2 - AVAI L
7 6, 2 T SS SUBT YPE 0 - NO SQT R
9 6, 5 A/ C OP ST AT US AI R - AVAI L
10 6, 5 A/ C OP ST AT US SUR - AVAI L
11 0, A T EST MSG - NO SQT R
RUN
T E S T
BDS
DAT A

ADS- B MON DF17

RE T URN

3. Pr ess RUN TEST sof t key t o st ar t t est .
When a speci f i c ext ended squi t t er BDS
i s capt ur ed, AVAI L wi l l be di spl ayed t o
t he r i ght of t he BDS name.

STEP PROCEDURE
Use Dat a Keys t o sel ect speci f i c BDS and
pr ess BDS DATA sof t key t o di spl ay
sel ect ed BDS scr een. Ref er t o ADS- B MON
BDS scr een exampl e.

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, 5 AI RBORNE POS T YPE=14
DF1 7 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041) COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 00000 PERI OD= 1 . 00 S
L AT = 37 39 0 N LONG= 97 25 4 8 W
POS=GLOBAL NI C- B=1 T =N/ UT C
SURVEI LL ANCE ST AT US = NO I NFO
BARO PRES ALT =1 26700 f t
GNSS ALT = N/ A
NI C= 5 Rc= <1 nm ( 18 52 m)
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

MON BDS 0, 5
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

4. Pr ess Ret ur n sof t key t o r et ur n t o ADS-
B MON l i st scr een or pr ess PREV TEST
or NEXT TEST sof t keys t o sel ect
speci f i c ADS- B MON BDS scr eens.

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2. 6. 3 ADS- B GEN
STEP PROCEDURE
B/ GI CB Mai n Menu i s di spl ayed.
2. Pr es ADSB GEN t o di spl ay t he ADSB
GEN Li st Scr een.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
1 0 , 5 AI RBORNE POS - ENABLED
2 0 , 6 SURF ACE POS - ENABL ED
3 0 , 8 I DENT & CAT - ENABL ED
4 0 , 9 AI RBORNE VEL - ENABL ED
5 6 , 1 A/ C ST AT US ST 1 - ENABL ED
7 6 , 2 T SS SUBT YPE 0 - ENABL ED
8 6, 2 T SS SUBT YPE 1 - ENABL ED
9 6 , 5 A/ C OP ST AT US AI R - ENABL ED
10 6, 5 A/ C OP ST AT US SUR - ENABL ED
11 0, A T EST MSG - ENABL ED

RUN
T E S T
BDS
DAT A

ADS- B GEN DF17

RE T URN
BDS
ON

3. Pr ess BDS ON Sof t Key t o enabl e
sel ect ed t est l i st i t ems.
4. Pr ess RUN TEST Sof t Key t o st ar t t est .
5. Pr ess BDS DATA t o ent er sel ect ed t est .

2. 6. 4 GI CB
STEP PROCEDURE
B/ GI CB Mai n Menu i s di spl ayed.

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
2 0, 6 SURF ACE POS - NOT CAP
3 0, 7 SQT R ST AT US - AVAI L
6 1, 0 DAT A L NK CAP - AVAI L
7 1, 7 COM GI CB CAP - AVAI L
8 1, 8 SPEC SERV CAP #1 - AVAI L
10 1, A SPEC SERV CAP #3 - AVAI L
11 1, B SPEC SERV CAP #4 - AVAI L
12 1, C SPEC SERV CAP #5 - AVAI L

RUN
T E S T
BDS
DAT A

GI CB DF20

RE T URN
NE XT
P AGE

2. Pr ess GI CB Sof t Key t o di spl ay t he
GI CB Li st Scr een.
3. Pr ess RUN TEST sof t key t o st ar t t est .
When a BDS i s avai l abl e, AVAI L wi l l be
di spl ayed t o t he r i ght of t he BDS name.

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
L AT = 37 39 0 N LONG= 97 25 4 8 W
BARO PRES ALT =126700 f t
GNSS ALT = N/ A
NI C= 5 Rc= <1 nm ( 18 52 m)

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

GI CB BDS 0, 5
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

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2. 7 DME SETUP ANTENNA
STEP PROCEDURE
Connect shor t RF coaxi al cabl e
bet ween Ant enna Connect or and Test
Set ANT Connect or .
2. Posi t i on Test Set at 50 f t ( 15. 24 m)
f r om and i n l i ne of si ght wi t h DME
ant enna.
DME Scr een. Use NEXT PARAM and
par amet er .

BAT 2. 5 Hr

NE XT
P ARAM

SET UP DME

DI AG
RF PORT : DI RECT CONNECT
ANT RANGE : -

ANT GAI N ( dBI )
I DENT T ONE : I F R 0. 96 GHz : 7. 5
DI R CABLE L EN: 25 FT 1. 03 GHz : 7. 1
DI R CABLE L OSS: 4 . 5 dB 1. 09 GHz : 6. 1
COUPLER LOSS: 0. 8 d B 1. 15 GHz : 5. 0
MAX RANGE: 200. 00 nm 1. 22 GHz : 2. 8

P RE V
P ARAM

6. Sel ect ANT RANGE: Set t o l i ne of
si ght di st ance f r om I FR 6000 ant enna
and UUT ant enna.
f ound on cabl e.
8. Sel ect ANT GAI N: Set t o gai ns f ound
on suppl i ed ant enna.
2. 8 DME SETUP DI RECT CONNECT
STEP PROCEDURE
t he ai r cr af t DME ant enna f eeder cabl e
and Test Set RF I / O Connect or .
par amet er .
CONNECT.
f ound on cabl e.

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2. 9 DME SETUP ANTENNA COUPLER
CONNECT
STEP PROCEDURE
Ant enna.
Pl ace Coupl er over t he ant enna,
Push Coupl er f i r ml y agai nst t he


I / O Connect or .
par amet er .
5. Sel ect RF PORT: Set t o DI R
W/ COUPLER.
f ound on cabl e.
2. 10 DME TESTI NG

STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess DME Mode Sel ect Key t o di spl ay
DME ModeTest Scr een. Al l DME t est
dat a i s di spl ayed on t hi s scr een.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
% REPLY: 100 ECHO : OFF
SQT R : ON I DENT : ON

T X FREQ = MHZ ERP= dBm
P1 WI DT H = us PRF = Hz
P2 WI DT H = us
P1 - P2 = us( )
UUT LVL = - 38. 2 dBm
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
P ARAM
NE XT
P ARAM
DME
S T OP
RAT E

VOR : 108. 00 MHz RFLVL : - 2 dBm
FREQ : 978 MHz RAT E : 10 kt s OUT
CHAN : 17X RANGE : 0.00 nm

I N/ OUT

2. Sel ect VOR/ FREQ/ CHAN: Set t o
f r equency of DME uni t .
3. Sel ect UUT LVL: Set t o desi r ed l evel .
4. Sel ect RATE: Set t o 300 kt s OUT.
5. Sel ect RANGE: Set t o 0. 00 nm.
6. Sel ect % REPLY: Set t o 100.
7. Sel ect ECHO: Set t o OFF.
8. Sel ect SQTR: Set t o ON.
9. Sel ect I DENT: Set t o ON.
NOTE: UUT par amet er s ar e modi f i abl e
whi l e t est i s r unni ng.
11. Pr ess STOP TEST Sof t Key t o st op t est .
Last UUT par amet er s ar e r et ai ned on
di spl ay.

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2. 11 TCAS SETUP ANTENNA
STEP PROCEDURE
2. Posi t i on Test Set at For war d Sect or
Test Locat i on, 50 f t ( 15. 24 m) f r om
and i n l i ne of si ght wi t h TCAS t op
ant enna.
TCAS Scr een. Use NEXT PARAM and
par amet er .

RF PORT : ANT ENNA
ANT RANGE : 12 f t
ANT HEI GHT : 1 f t
UUT ADDRESS: AUT O
MANUAL AA: 00000 0

ANT CABLE L EN: 2 5 FT
ANT CABLE LOSS: 4. 5 dB ANT GAI N( dBi )
SQUI T T ERS: ON 1. 03 GHz : 7. 1
ALT REPORT I NG: ON 1. 09 GHz : 6 . 1
DI SPL AYED ALT : REL AT I VE
T EST SET AA: A92493
BAT 2. 5 Hr
RE P L Y
P ARAM

NE XT
P ARAM
SET UP- T CAS

DI AG

P RE V
P ARAM

S T ORE /
RE CAL L

r ange f r om ant enna.
hei ght f r om ant enna.
NOTE: I f ai r cr af t i s on t he gr ound, set

STEP PROCEDURE
10. Sel ect ANT GAI N ( dBi ) : Set 1. 03 GHz
mar ked on suppl i ed Di r ect i onal
Ant enna.
11. Sel ect SQUI TTERS: Set t o ON.
11. Sel ect ALT REPORTI NG: Set t o ON.
12. Sel ect DI SPLAYED ALT: Set t o
RELATI VE.
13. Sel ect TEST SET AA: Set t o A92493.
TNOTE: TEST SET AA needs t o be
di f f er ent t han t he sur r oundi ng
ai r cr af t .

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2. 12 TCAS TESTI NG
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess TCAS Mode Sel ect Key t o di spl ay
TCAS Test Scr een.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
SCENARI O: 0 - CUST OM
T CAS T YPE: T CAS I I %REPLY: 100
I NT RUDER T YPE: MODE S
RANGE ST ART : 8. 00 nm ST OP: - -
RANGE RAT E : 300 kt s
ALT ST ART : +20 0 f t ST OP: - -
ALT RAT E : CONVERGE : ON
UUT ALT : 3 1200 f t AL T DET ECT : ON
FREQ= 1 030. 000 MHz ERP= 57. 0 d Bm
RANGE= 8. 0 0 nm I N ALT = +200 f t
T CAS ST AT US= T RACKI NG
ST AT US= NON- T HREAT ENCOUNT ER= 0: 0 0
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
P ARAM
NE XT
P ARAM

T CAS

MON

S T ORE /
RE CAL L

2. Sel ect SENARI O: Set t o CUSTOM.
3. Sel ect TCAS TYPE: Set t o TCAS I I .
NOTE: I f t est i ng a TCAS I syst em set
t o TCAS I .
4. Sel ect % REPLY: Set t o 100.
5. Sel ect I NTRUDER TYPE: Set t o
ATCRBS or Mode S.
6. Sel ect RANGE START: Set t o 8 nm.
7. Sel ect RANGE RATE: Set t o 300 kt s.
8. Sel ect ALT START: Set t o +200 f t .
9. Sel ect CONVERGE: Set t o ON.
10. Sel ect ALT DETECT: Set t o ON.
12. Ver i f y TCAS STATUS di spl ays
AQUI RI NG and t hen TRACKI NG. When
TRACKI NG i s annunci at ed, an i nt r uder
shoul d be di spl ayed on t he TCAS
di spl ay.

STEP PROCEDURE
13. Ver i f y UUT vi sual and audi o oper at i on:
NOTE: Ver i f y Tr af f i c Advi sor y at
40 sec unt i l encount er t i me.
Ver i f y Resol ut i on Advi sor y at 25
sec unt i l encount er t i me
Ver i f y TCAS bear i ng r eads
0 15) .
NOTE: I f Radi o Al t i met er Al t i t ude i s
bel ow 500 f t , RA s ar e
i nhi bi t ed.
NOTE: TCAS I syst ems do not i ssue
RA s.
14. Pr ess STOP TEST Sof t Key t o st op t est .

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2. 13 TI S SETUP ANTENNA
STEP PROCEDURE
2. Posi t i on Test Set 50 f t ( 15. 24 m) f r om
and i n l i ne of si ght wi t h t op/ bot t om
ant enna.

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
P RE V
P ARAM

SET UP- T I S
NE XT
P ARAM

RF PORT : ANT ENNA
ANT RANGE: 12 f t
ANT HEI GHT : 12 f t

ANT GAI N ( d Bi )
ANT CABLE LEN: 6 f t 1 . 0 3 GHz : 7. 1
ANT CABLE LOSS: 1. 8 d B 1. 0 9 GHz : 6. 1
UUT ADDRESS: AUT O
MANUAL AA: 12 3456

set up scr eens. Pr ess SETUP Cont r ol
Key t o di spl ay SETUP- TI S Scr een. Use
NEXT PARAM and PREV PARAM Sof t
Keys t o sel ect each par amet er .
r ange f r om I FR 6000 ant enna t o UUT
Ant enna.
hei ght f r om I FR 6000 ant enna t o UUT
Ant enna.

STEP PROCEDURE
10. Sel ect ANT GAI N ( dBi ) : set 1. 03 GHz
mar ked on suppl i ed Di r ect i onal
Ant enna.
NOTE: I f ai r cr af t i s on t he gr ound, set
t o MANUAL and ent er MANUAL
ADDRESS. Mode S al l - cal l s
do not wor k when t he ai r cr af t
i s on t he gr ound.

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2. 14 TI S SETUP DI RECT CONNECT
STEP PROCEDURE
ai r cr af t ant enna f eeder cabl e and Test
Set RF I / O Connect or .
3. Power Up: Pr ess POWER Key t o power
t he Test Set .
set up scr eens. Pr ess SETUP Cont r ol
Key unt i l SETUP- TI S Scr een i s
di spl ayed. Use NEXT PARAM and
par amet er .
CONNECT.
6. Sel ect DI R CABLE LOSS: Set cabl e
l oss t o cabl e l oss f ound on cabl e.

2. 15 TI S TESTI NG
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess TCAS Mode Key unt i l TI S Test
Scr een i s di spl ayed.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
T ARGET S: 5 UUT HDG: 180 deg
1 2 3 4 5
BRG( deg) : 12 0 90 234 18 2 23
RNG( nm) : 6. 0 0 4. 00 3 . 00 2. 0 0 1. 00
ALT ( f t ) : 3500 20 00 1000 50 0 0
ALT RAT E: CL I MB L EVEL L EVEL CL I MB L EVEL
HDG( deg) : 23 4 178 56 22 0
T RAFF I C : PROX PROX PROX PROX T RFC

ADDR=3 AC421 ( 16542 041) N1 2345
T SCR= 5 T SDR= 1 ALT =126700 f t
T I S ST AT US=CONNECT I NG I NFO=0000
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
P ARAM
NE XT
P ARAM
T I S

2. Use NEXT PARAM and PREV PARAM
Sof t Keys t o sel ect each of t he
f ol l owi ng par amet er s:
TARGETS: Set s t he number of
si mul at ed t ar get s 0 t o 5.
UUT HDG: Pr ovi des ent r y f or UUT
Headi ng i n degr ees. Thi s or i ent at es t he
t ar get bear i ngs wi t h r espect t o UUT
( ai r cr af t ) headi ng.
BRG: Set s t ar get bear i ng r el at i ve t o
UUT ( ai r cr af t ) i n degr ees
RNG: Set s t ar get s r ange r el at i ve t o
UUT ( ai r cr af t ) i n naut i cal mi l es.
ALT: Set s t ar get al t i t ude r el at i ve t o
UUT ( ai r cr af t ) i n f eet .
ALT RATE: Set s Al t i t ude Rat e
annunci at i on on TI S di spl ay.
HDG: Set s t ar get Headi ng i n degr ees.
TRAFFI C: Set s t ar get t r af f i c st at us on
TI S di spl ay.
3. Pr ess RUN Sof t Key t o st ar t t est .

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STEP PROCEDURE

4. TI S di spl ay shows t he sel ect ed t ar get
par amet er s i n accor dance wi t h t he
sel ect i ons:
TI S STATUS f i el d i ndi cat es TI S
connect i on st at us.
ADDR i ndi cat es UUT Ai r cr af t Addr ess.
ALT UUT f i el d di spl ays UUT ai r cr af t
al t i t ude.
TSCR f i el d i ndi cat es number of TI S
connect s r equest ed f r om UUT.
TSDR f i el d i ndi cat es number of TI S
di sconnect s r equest ed f r om UUT.

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SECTION 2 - OPERATION
1. I NSTALLATI ON
1. 1 GENERAL
The I FR 6000 i s power ed by an i nt er nal
Li t hi um I on bat t er y pack. The Test Set i s
suppl i ed wi t h an ext er nal DC Power Suppl y
t hat enabl es t he oper at or t o r echar ge t he
bat t er y when connect ed t o AC power .
NOTE: The I FR 6000 can oper at e
cont i nuousl y on AC power vi a t he DC
Power Suppl y, f or ser vi ci ng and/ or
bench t est s.
Ref er t o 1- 2- 2, Fi gur e 2 f or l ocat i on of
cont r ol s, connect or s or i ndi cat or s.
1. 2 BATTERY OPERATI ON
The i nt er nal bat t er y i s equi pped t o power t he
I FR 6000 f or si x hour s of cont i nuous use, af t er
whi ch t i me, t he I FR 6000 bat t er y needs
r echar gi ng. Bat t er y Oper at i on Ti me Remai ni ng
( i n Hour s) i s di spl ayed on al l scr eens.
The I FR 6000 cont ai ns an aut omat i c t i meout
t o conser ve power . I f a key i s not pr essed
wi t hi n a 5 t o 20 mi nut e t i me per i od, t he Test
Set shut s Of f ( onl y when usi ng bat t er y power ) .
The Power Down Ti me may be set i n t he Set up
Scr een.
1. 3 BATTERY CHARGI NG
The bat t er y char ger oper at es whenever DC
power ( 11 t o 32 Vdc) i s appl i ed t o t he Test Set
wi t h t he suppl i ed DC Power Suppl y or a
sui t abl e DC power sour ce. When char gi ng, t he
bat t er y r eaches a 100% char ge i n
appr oxi mat el y f our hour s. The i nt er nal bat t er y
char ger al l ows t he bat t er y t o char ge bet ween a
t emper at ur e r ange of 5 t o 40C. The I FR
6000 can oper at e, connect ed t o an ext er nal
DC sour ce, out si de t he bat t er y char gi ng
t emper at ur e r ange ( 5 t o 40C) .
The bat t er y shoul d be char ged ever y t hr ee
mont hs ( mi ni mum) or di sconnect ed f or l ong
t er m i nact i ve st or age per i ods of mor e t han
si x mont hs. The Bat t er y must be r emoved
when condi t i ons sur r oundi ng t he Test Set ar e
<- 20C or >60C.

1. 4 SAFETY PRECAUTI ONS
The f ol l owi ng saf et y pr ecaut i ons must be
obser ved dur i ng i nst al l at i on and oper at i on.
Aer of l ex assumes no l i abi l i t y f or f ai l ur e t o
compl y wi t h any saf et y pr ecaut i on out l i ned i n
t hi s manual .
1. 4. 1 Compl yi ng wi t h I nst r uct i ons
I nst al l at i on/ oper at i ng per sonnel shoul d not
at t empt t o i nst al l or oper at e t he I FR 6000
wi t hout r eadi ng and compl yi ng wi t h
i nst r uct i ons cont ai ned i n t hi s manual . Al l
pr ocedur es cont ai ned i n t hi s manual must be
per f or med i n exact sequence and manner
descr i bed.
1. 4. 2 Groundi ng Power Cord
WARNI NG: DO NOT USE A THREE- PRONG
TO TWO- PRONG ADAPTER
PLUG. DOI NG SO CREATES A
SHOCK HAZARD BETWEEN THE
CHASSI S AND ELECTRI CAL
GROUND.
For AC oper at i on, t he AC Li ne Cabl e,
connect ed t o t he DC Power Suppl y, i s
equi pped wi t h st andar d t hr ee- pr ong pl ug and
must be connect ed t o a pr oper l y gr ounded
t hr ee- pr ong r ecept acl e t hat i s easi l y
accessi bl e. I t i s t he cust omer ' s r esponsi bi l i t y
t o:
Have a qual i f i ed el ect r i ci an check
r ecept acl e( s) f or pr oper gr oundi ng.
Repl ace any st andar d t wo- pr ong
r ecept acl e( s) wi t h pr oper l y gr ounded t hr ee-
pr ong r ecept acl e( s) .
1. 4. 3 Operat i ng Saf et y
Due t o pot ent i al f or el ect r i cal shock wi t hi n t he
Test Set , t he Case Assembl y must be cl osed
when t he Test Set i s connect ed t o an ext er nal
power sour ce.
Bat t er y r epl acement , f use r epl acement and
i nt er nal adj ust ment s must onl y be per f or med
by qual i f i ed ser vi ce t echni ci ans.

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1. 5 AC POWER REQUI REMENTS
The DC Power Suppl y, suppl i ed wi t h t he
I FR 6000, oper at es over a vol t age r ange of
100 t o 250 VAC at 47 t o 63 Hz.
The bat t er y char ger oper at es whenever DC
power ( 11 t o 32 Vdc) i s appl i ed t o t he Test Set
wi t h t he suppl i ed DC Power Suppl y or a
sui t abl e DC power sour ce. When char gi ng, t he
bat t er y r eaches an 100% char ge i n
appr oxi mat el y f our hour s. The Bat t er y
Char gi ng t emper at ur e r ange i s 5 t o 40C,
cont r ol l ed by an i nt er nal bat t er y char ger .

1. 6 BATTERY RECHARGI NG
Ref er t o 1- 2- 1, Fi gur e 1.
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Connect AC Li ne Cabl e t o ei t her :
AC PWR Connect or on t he DC Power
Suppl y and an appr opr i at e AC power
sour ce
Sui t abl e DC power sour ce
2. Connect t he DC Power Suppl y t o t he DC
POWER Connect or on t he I FR 6000.
3. Ver i f y t he CHARGE I ndi cat or i l l umi nat es
yel l ow.
4. Al l ow f our hour s f or bat t er y char ge or
unt i l t he CHARGE I ndi cat or i l l umi nat es
gr een.
NOTE: I f t he CHARGE I ndi cat or f l ashes
yel l ow and/ or t he bat t er y f ai l s
t o accept a char ge and t he
I FR 6000 does not oper at e on
bat t er y power , t he bat t er y,
ser vi ceabl e onl y by a qual i f i ed
t echni ci an, r equi r es
r epl acement . Ref er t o
Bat t er y/ Vol t age I nst r uct i ons.

Bat t er y Rechar gi ng
Fi gur e 1

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1. 7 EXTERNAL CLEANI NG
The f ol l owi ng pr ocedur e cont ai ns r out i ne
i nst r uct i ons f or cl eani ng t he out si de of t he
Test Set .
CAUTI ON: DI SCONNECT POWER FROM
TEST SET TO AVOI D POSSI BLE
DAMAGE TO ELECTRONI C
CI RCUI TS.
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Cl ean f r ont panel but t ons and di spl ay
f ace wi t h sof t l i nt - f r ee cl ot h. I f di r t i s
di f f i cul t t o r emove, dampen cl ot h wi t h
wat er and a mi l d l i qui d det er gent .
2. Remove gr ease, f ungus and gr ound- i n
di r t f r om sur f aces wi t h sof t l i nt - f r ee cl ot h
dampened ( not soaked) wi t h i sopr opyl
al cohol .
3. Remove dust and di r t f r om connect or s
wi t h sof t - br i st l ed br ush.
4. Cover connect or s, not i n use, wi t h
sui t abl e dust cover t o pr event t ar ni shi ng
of connect or cont act s.
5. Cl ean cabl es wi t h sof t l i nt - f r ee cl ot h.
6. Pai nt exposed met al sur f ace t o avoi d
cor r osi on.

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2. CONTROLS, CONNECTORS AND I NDI CATORS

I FR 6000 Fr ont Panel
Fi gur e 2

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NUMERI CAL LOCATI ON LI ST ALPHABETI CAL LOCATI ON LI ST
1. SYNC Connect or
2. VI DEO Connect or
3. DC POWER Connect or
4. RF I / O Connect or
5. Test Set ANT Connect or
6. REMOTE Connect or
7. Di spl ay
8. Mul t i - Funct i on Sof t Keys
9. XPDR Mode Sel ect Key
10. TCAS Mode Sel ect Key
11. DME Mode Sel ect Key
12. SETUP Sel ect Key
13. FREQ Sel ect Key
14. RF LVL Key
15. RATE I NCREMENT Key
16. RANGE I NCREMENT Key
17. RATE DECREMENT Key
18. RANGE DECREMENT Key
19. BACKLI GHT Key
20. POWER Key
21. CHARGE I ndi cat or
22. POWER I ndi cat or
23. I NTERR I ndi cat or
24. REPLY I ndi cat or
25. CONTRAST Key
26. DECREMENT/ SELECT Dat a Key
27. SELECT DATA UNI T MSB Key
28. SELECT DATA UNI T LSB Key
29. I NCREMENT/ SELECT Dat a Key
30. ANT Connect or
31. AUX OUT Connect or 1
35. USB HOST Connect or
36. USB DEVI CE Connect or
37. Al t i t ude Encoder Connect or
38. AUX I N Connect or
39. RS- 232 Connect or

ALTI TUDE ENCODER Connect or 37
ANT Connect or 30
AUX I N Connect or 38
AUX OUT Connect or 1 31
BACKLI GHT Key 19
CHARGE I ndi cat or 21
CONTRAST Key 25
DC POWER Connect or 3
DECREMENT/ SELECT Dat a Key 26
RF LEVEL Key 14
Di spl ay 7
DME Mode Sel ect Key 11
FREQ Sel ect Key 13
I NCREMENT/ SELECT Dat a Key 29
I NTERR I ndi cat or 23
Mul t i - Funct i on Sof t Keys 8
POWER I ndi cat or 22
POWER Key 20
RANGE DECREMENT Key 18
RANGE I NCREMENT Key 16
RATE DECREMENT Key 17
RATE I NCREMENT Key 15
REMOTE Connect or 6
REMOTE Connect or 40
REPLY I ndi cat or 24
RF I / O Connect or 4
RS- 232 Connect or 39
SETUP Sel ect Key 12
SELECT DATA UNI T MSB Key 27
SELECT DATA UNI T LSB Key 28
SYNC Connect or 1
TCAS Mode Sel ect Key 10
Test Set ANT Connect or 5
USB DEVI CE Connect or 36
USB HOST Connect or 35
VI DEO Connect or 2
XPDR Mode Key 9

I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
1. SYNC Connect or
BNC t ype connect or pr ovi des
osci l l oscope SYNC pul se f or each
i nt er r ogat i on.
2. VI DEO Connect or
BNC t ype connect or pr ovi des
i nt er r ogat i on and r epl y pul ses.
3. DC POWER Connect or
Ci r cul ar Type Connect or ( 2. 5 mm
cent er , 5. 5 mm out er di amet er , cent er
posi t i ve) used f or bat t er y char gi ng or
oper at i on of Test Set .
4. RF I / O Connect or
CAUTI ON: MAXI MUM I NPUT TO THE
RF I / O CONNECTOR MUST
NOT EXCEED 5 KW PEAK
OR 30 W AVERAGE.
TNC Type connect or used f or di r ect
connect i on t o UUT ant enna connect or .

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5. Test Set ANT Connect or
TNC Type Connect or used f or
connect i on t o t he I FR 6000 di r ect i onal
ant enna f or over t he ai r t est i ng.
Type HD DB44 Connect or used f or
r emot e oper at i on and sof t war e
upgr ades. Cont ai ns RS- 232, USB Host
and USB Per i pher al connect i ons
( al t i t ude encoder i nput s and SYNC
out put s) .
7. Di spl ay ( LCD)
38 char act er s by 16 l i nes f or mai n
scr een di spl ay wi t h Sof t Key boxes at
t he bot t om of t he scr een.
8. Mul t i - Funct i on Sof t Keys
Legends f or t he f i ve sof t keys ar e
di spl ayed i n boxes at t he bot t om of t he
Di spl ay ( LCD) scr een.
9. XPDR MODE Sel ect Key
Sel ect s Tr ansponder Aut o Test Scr een.
10. TCAS MODE Sel ect Key
Sel ect s TCAS Aut o Test Scr een.
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
11. DME MODE Sel ect Key
Sel ect s DME Test Scr een.
12. SETUP Key
Di spl ays t he SETUP Menu.
13. FREQ Sel ect Key
Sel ect s DME Fr equency as VOR
Pai r ed, TACAN Channel or MHz.
14. RF LVL Key
DME mode f unct i on onl y. Sel ect s DME
r ange r epl y and squi t t er RF l evel .
15. RATE I NCREMENT Key
I ncr ement s DME or TCAS r ange r at e.
16. RANGE I NCREMENT Key
I ncr ement s DME or TCAS r ange.
17. RATE DECREMENT Key
Decr ement s DME or TCAS r ange r at e.
18. RANGE DECREMENT Key
Decr ement s DME or TCAS r ange.
19. BACKLI GHT Key
Di spl ays/ exi t s t he Backl i ght Adj ust
Fi el d.
I NCREMENT/ SELECT Dat a Key or
DECREMENT/ SELECT Dat a Key may
be used t o adj ust t he Backl i ght
I nt ensi t y.
The I FR 6000 power s up wi t h t he
Backl i ght set t o t he set t i ng of t he
pr evi ous sessi on.

BAT 2. 5 Hr

BACKL I GHT = 7 3 , HI T BKL T T O EXI T

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I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
20. POWER Key
Power s t he I FR 6000 ON and OFF.
21. CHARGE I ndi cat or
I l l umi nat ed when ext er nal DC power i s
appl i ed f or Bench Oper at i on or Bat t er y
char gi ng.
CHARGE I ndi cat or i s yel l ow when t he
bat t er y i s char gi ng, f l ashi ng yel l ow
when t he bat t er y needs r epl aci ng and
gr een when t he bat t er y i s f ul l y char ged.
22. POWER I ndi cat or
I l l umi nat ed when t he I FR 6000 i s
oper at i onal .
23. I NTERR I ndi cat or
I l l umi nat ed when Test Set i s gener at i ng
an i nt er r ogat i on si gnal ( XPDR Mode) or
r ecei ves an I nt er r ogat i on ( TCAS Mode)
si gnal .
24. REPLY I ndi cat or
I l l umi nat ed when t he Test Set r ecei ves
a val i d r epl y si gnal ( XPDR Mode) or
gener at es a r epl y ( TCAS Mode) si gnal .
25. CONTRAST Key
Di spl ays/ exi t s t he Cont r ast Adj ust
Fi el d.
The I NCREMENT/ SELECT Dat a Key or
t he DECREMENT/ SELECT Dat a Key
may be used t o adj ust t he Cont r ast .

BAT 2. 5 Hr

CONT RAST = 3 1 , HI T CT RS T O EXI T

I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
26. DECREMENT/ SELECT Dat a Key
Decr ement s dat a i n sl ewabl e f i el ds,
such as RF LVL. Thi s Key al so sel ect s
dat a i n f i el ds t hat have f i xed f unct i ons,
such as ECHO and SQUI TTER.
27. SELECT DATA UNI T MSB Key
Moves t he sl ew cur sor t owar d t he MSB
( Most Si gni f i cant Bi t ) of t he dat a f i el d.
Exampl e: When DME or TCAS r ange
i s sel ect ed, t he sl ew cur sor
can be moved f r om t he
1. 0 nm uni t t o t he 10 nm,
0. 1 nm or 0. 01 nm uni t .
28. SELECT DATA UNI T LSB Key
Thi s Key moves t he sl ew cur sor t owar d
t he LSB ( Least Si gni f i cant Bi t ) of t he
dat a f i el d.
Exampl e: When DME or TCAS r ange
i s sel ect ed, t he sl ew cur sor
can be moved f r om t he
1. 0 nm uni t t o t he 10 nm,
0. 1 nm or 0. 01 nm uni t .
29. I NCREMENT/ SELECT Dat a Key
I ncr ement s dat a i n sl ewabl e f i el ds,
such as RF LVL. Thi s Key al so sel ect s
dat a i n f i el ds t hat have f i xed f unct i ons,
such as ECHO and SQUI TTER.
30. ANT Connect or
TNC Type Connect or used f or
connect i on t o t he I FR 6000 f or over t he
ai r t est i ng.
ATCRBS i nt er r ogat i on t r i gger used f or
cal i br at i on.
ATCRBS i nt er r ogat i on t r i gger used f or
cal i br at i on.
Not Used
Not Used

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I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
35. USB HOST Connect or
USB Jump Dr i ve i nt er f ace f or sof t war e
updat e and t est dat a dump ( not act i ve
i n f i r st r el ease) .
36. USB DEVI CE Connect or
Remot e Cont r ol I nt er f ace.
37. ALTI TUDE ENCODER Connect or
I nt er f ace f or ext er nal encodi ng
al t i met er .
38. AUX I N Connect or
Not Used
39. RS- 232 Connect or
Used f or r emot e cont r ol i nt er f ace,
sof t war e updat e and t est dat a dump.
Used t o i nt er f ace wi t h t he I FR 6000.

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Di r ect i onal Ant enna
Fi gur e 3

Br eakout Box - Fr ont Vi ew
Fi gur e 4

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Br eakout Box - Top Vi ew
Fi gur e 5

Br eakout Box - Bot t om Vi ew
Fi gur e 6

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3. PERFORMANCE EVALUATI ON
3. 1 GENERAL
The I FR 6000 i s equi pped wi t h a Sel f Test f or
qui ck per f or mance eval uat i on. An
abbr evi at ed Sel f Test i s r un at Power - Up.
The f ul l Sel f Test i s i ni t i at ed manual l y.
Ref er t o 1- 2- 2, Fi gur e 1 f or l ocat i on of
cont r ol s, connect or s and i ndi cat or s.
3. 2 START- UP SELF TEST
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess t he POWER Key t o power t he
Test Set On. The Aer of l ex Logo Scr een
wi l l appear , f ol l owed by t he POWER- UP
SELF TEST Scr een.

POWER- UP SELF T EST

PERFORMI NG POWER ON SELF TEST

PLEASE WAI T . . .

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2. I f t he sel f t est f ai l s, t he SETUP SELF
TEST Scr een aut omat i cal l y appear s.
The SETUP SELF TEST Scr een wi l l
i ndi cat e whi ch f unct i ons have f ai l ed
or passed t he t est .

BAT 2. 5 Hr
CONT

SET UP SELF T EST

CF RAM _ PASS PPC COM _ PASS
CF FL _ PASS PPC RAM _
CF CPLD _ PASS PPC FL _
NVR BAT _ PASS PPC RMT _ PASS
USB _ PASS KEYPAD _ PASS
FPGA _ PASS BAT _ FAI L 0006
CFPPC FL _ PASS RF LO _ PASS
RTC _ RF LOOP _ PASS
EEPROM _ PASS RF VI DEO _

DI SCONNECT ALL CABLES BEFORE RUNNI NG

STEP PROCEDURE
3. I f t he sel f t est does not det ect any
f ai l ed f unct i ons i n t he t est set , t he
XPDR AUTO TEST Scr een wi l l appear .

BAT 2. 5 Hr
REPL I ES =A, C, S FREQ =1 090. 12 MHZ
T OP ERP =57 . 1 dBm MT L =- 74 . 0 dBm
BOT ERP =56. 0 dBm MT L =- 73 . 1 dBm
A CODE =12 34 C ALT =35000 f t
S CODE =1234 S ALT =3500 0 f t
T AI L =N12345 DF17 DET ECT ED=NO
FLT I D =AA- 50 AA=AC3 421( 5303204 1)
FS=5 NO AL ERT SPI I N AI R
VS=I N AI R COUNT RY=Uni t ed St at es
RUN
T E S T

T E S T
L I S T
XPDR- AUT O T EST

CONF I G

ANTENNA: BOTTOM

S E L E CT
ANT
PASS
LEVEL=4

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 3
Aug 1/ 12
3. 3 MANUAL SELF TEST
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess SETUP Key unt i l t he Set up-
Gener al Scr een i s di spl ayed.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
P RE V
P ARAM

SET UP GENERAL
H/ W
T OOL S
PWR DOWN : 10 mi ns



ANT ENNA T YPE : OLD 70 05 - 584 0 - 50 0

I NF O

NE XT
P ARAM

2. Pr ess H/ W TOOLS Sof t Key t o di spl ay
t he Har dwar e Tool s Scr een.

BAT 2. 5 Hr

RS 2 3 2

CAL

SET UP HARDWARE T OOLS

S/ N 1030 09999

MULTI - FUNCTI ON BOARD REV 0
RF BOARD REV 0
CPU BOARD REV 0

RE T URN

S E L F
T E S T

STEP PROCEDURE
3. Pr ess SELF TEST Sof t Key t o di spl ay
t he Sel f Test Scr een.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
RUN
T E S T

SET UP SELF T EST
DUMP
I NF O
CF RAM _ PPC COM _
CF FL _ PPC RAM _
CF CPLD _ PPC FL _
NVR BAT _ PPC RMT _
USB _ KEYPAD _
FPGA _ BAT _
CFPPC FL _ RF I / F _
RTC _ RF MOD _
EEPROM _

RE T URN

DI SCONNECT ALL CABLES BEFORE RUNNI NG

4. Pr ess RUN TEST Sof t Key t o i ni t i at e
t he Sel f Test .
5. Ver i f y t hat al l t he modul es/ assembl i es
pass t he Sel f Test . I f t he Sel f Test
i ndi cat es a f ai l ur e, cont act Aer of l ex f or
addi t i onal i nf or mat i on:
AEROFLEX
10200 West Yor k
Wi chi t a, KS 67215 U. S. A.
Phone: ( 800) 835- 2350
FAX: ( 316) 524- 2623
EMAI L: ser vi ce@aer of l ex. com
AEROFLEX I NTL LTD
Uni t s 14/ 15 Monks Br ook I ndust r i al
Par k,
School Cl ose
Chandl er s For d, Hampshi r e
Engl and A053 4RA
Phone: 44- 2380- 273722
FAX: 44- 2380- 254015

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
4. OPERATI NG PROCEDURES
4. 1 GENERAL
Thi s sect i on cont ai ns oper at i ng i nst r uct i ons
f or t he I FR 6000. The I FR 6000 t est s
ATCRBS/ MODE S Tr ansponder s, DME,
TCAS, ADS- B, TI S and TI S- B. The I FR 6000
r epl aces t he I FR ATC- 600A, ATC- 601 and
TCAS- 201.
Gener al pr ocedur es i dent i f y t he cont r ol s,
connect or s, i ndi cat or s and di spl ay scr eens
used i n i ndi vi dual t est modes. For speci f i c
Uni t Under Test ( UUT) Pr ocedur es, r ef er t o
t he UUT Manual .
Ref er t o 1- 2- 2 f or l ocat i on of cont r ol s,
connect or s and i ndi cat or s.
The I FR 6000 Test Set pr ovi des
ATCRBS/ Mode S Tr ansponder and DME Test
capabi l i t y as st andar d modes.
Sof t war e opt i ons avai l abl e ar e:
TCAS I , I I , TI S ( Tr af f i c I nf or mat i on
Ser vi ce) and TI S- B ( Tr af f i c I nf or mat i on
Ser vi ce Br oadcast ) .
ADS- B ( DO- 260/ A/ B) and GI CB ext r act ed
DAP s ( Downl i nked Ai r cr af t Par amet er s ) .
The I FR 6000 uses f our f unct i onal modes:
XPDR MODE
XPDR Mode pr ovi des f l i ght l i ne t est
capabi l i t y f or ATCRBS and Mode S
t r ansponder s usi ng an Aut o Test , a ser i es of
t est s di spl ayed over sever al scr eens. Al l
dat a nor mal l y r equi r ed t o ver i f y t r ansponder
oper at i on i n accor dance wi t h FAR 91. 413,
Par t 43, Appendi x F, i s di spl ayed on one
mai n Aut o Test Scr een.
Di f f er ent cl asses of t r ansponder s ar e t est ed
t o bui l t - i n t est l i mi t s by sel ect i on of
conf i gur at i on f i l es. I f t he cl ass of
t r ansponder i s unknown, gener i c
conf i gur at i on f i l es ar e pr ovi ded f or ATCRBS
and Mode S t r ansponder s t hat appl y t he
wi dest syst em l i mi t s.
Mode S Tr ansponder l evel i s aut omat i cal l y
det er mi ned. Eur opean Enhanced
Sur vei l l ance t est capabi l i t y al l ows decode
and di spl ay of GI CB der i ved BDS r egi st er
cont ent s ( pr i mar y par amet er s onl y) .

ADS- B pr ovi des f l i ght l i ne t est capabi l i t y f or
r ecei vi ng, decodi ng and di spl ayi ng f ul l
DO- 260/ A/ B DF17 ext ended squi t t er
t r ansmi ssi ons f r om Mode S t r ansponder s or
DF18 ext ended squi t t er s f r om 1090 MHz
emi t t er s. Capabi l i t y t o gener at e f ul l
DO- 260/ A/ B DF17/ 18 ext ended squi t t er
t r ansmi ssi ons f or t est i ng ADS- B r ecei ver s i s
pr ovi ded. A GI CB mode decodes and
di spl ays al l Enhanced Sur vei l l ance BDS
r egi st er cont ent s.
NOTE: ADS- B oper at es as an XPDR
submode.
NOTE: NUCp ( DO- 260) i s not suppor t ed.
NI C/ NAC/ SI L ( DO- 260/ A/ B) i s
suppor t ed.
DME MODE
DME Mode pr ovi des f l i ght l i ne t est capabi l i t y
f or Di st ance Measur i ng Equi pment
I nt er r ogat or s. Al l par amet er s nor mal l y
r equi r ed f or DME t est i ng ar e di spl ayed on
one mai n scr een. UUT i nt er r ogat i on
par amet er s ar e cl ear l y di spl ayed i n
conj unct i on wi t h Test Set r epl y par amet er s.
TCAS MODE
TCAS Mode pr ovi des f l i ght l i ne t est capabi l i t y
f or TCAS I and I I . ATCRBS and Mode S
i nt r uder s ar e si mul at ed, al l owi ng t he
gener at i on of pr oxi mi t y, TA and RA f l i ght
deck annunci at i ons. TCAS I nt er r ogat or
par amet r i c measur ement s ar e di spl ayed.
TI S Pr ovi des a f i ve ai r cr af t st at i c f l i ght
si mul at i on, usi ng t he Comm A pr ot ocol , t o
t est t he TI S ( Tr af f i c I nf or mat i on Ser vi ce) .
TI S- B pr ovi des a f i ve ai r cr af t st at i c f l i ght
si mul at i on, usi ng DF18 ext ended squi t t er
br oadcast s, f or t est i ng TI S- B ( Tr af f i c
I nf or mat i on Ser vi ce Br oadcast ) syst ems .
NOTE: TI S and TI S- B oper at e as TCAS sub
modes.
NOTE: TI S- B i s not pr ovi ded i n t he second
r el ease of t he TCAS opt i on.
SETUP MODE
SETUP Mode f unct i on set s var i ous
par amet er s used i n t est i ng, conf i gur at i on and
memor y st or age f or each f unct i onal mode.

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I FR 6000

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Aug 1/ 12
4. 2 START- UP
Pr ess POWER Key. St ar t - Up Scr een appear s
on t he DI SPLAY. XPDR- Aut o Test Scr een
wi t h bl ank dat a f i el ds al ways di spl ays on
Power - up.
4. 3 XPDR ( TRANSPONDER)
Pr ess XPDR Mode Key t o sel ect XPDR
Funct i onal Mode. XPDR Aut o Test Scr een i s
di spl ayed

BAT 2. 5 Hr
REPL I ES =A, C, S FREQ =1 090. 12 MHZ
A CODE =12 34 C ALT =35000 f t
S CODE =1234 S ALT =3500 0 f t
T AI L =N12345 DF17 DET ECT ED=NO
FLT I D =AA- 50 AA=AC3 421( 5303204 1)
RUN
T E S T

T E S T
L I S T
XPDR- AUT O T EST

CONF I G

ANTENNA: BOTTOM

S E L E CT
ANT
PASS
LEVEL=4

Ther e ar e t wo ver si ons of t he Aut o Test
Scr een, one f or ATCRBS t r ansponder s and
one f or Mode S t r ansponder s. The number of
addi t i onal scr eens di spl ayed by t he Test Li st
f eat ur e depends on t he conf i gur at i on
sel ect ed.
4. 3. 1 CONFI GURATI ONS
Pr ess CONFI G Sof t Key t o di spl ay CONFI G
Li st . Use DATA Keys t o sel ect t he desi r ed
conf i gur at i on. Pr ess RETURN Sof t Key t o
di spl ay XPDR Aut o Test Scr een.

BAT 2. 5 Hr

XPDR - CONF I G

I NF O

1 GENERI C ATCRBS
2 AT CRBS CLASS A
3 AT CRBS CLASS B
4 GENERI C MODE S
5 MODE S CLASS A
6 MODE S CLASS B
7 MODE S CL B OPT FREQ
8 MODE S CL B OPT PWR

RE T URN

Ei ght pr edef i ned Conf i gur at i ons ar e pr ovi ded
t o det er mi ne t he PASS/ FAI L l i mi t s appl i ed t o
ERP, Fr equency and MTL measur ement s.
Conf i gur at i ons ar e named by cl ass and
opt i on. Ref er t o Appendi x F f or pr edef i ned
Conf i gur at i on det ai l s
NOTE: Tr ansponder cl ass and opt i on
i dent i f i cat i on ar e f ound on t he
t r ansponder s TSO l abel .
1. GENERI C ATCRBS: Test s ATCRBS
t r ansponder s, speci f i cal l y when t he
cl ass of t he t r ansponder i s unknown.
2. ATCRBS CLASS A: Test s ATCRBS
Cl ass A t r ansponder s.
3. ATCRBS CLASS B: Test s ATCRBS
Cl ass B t r ansponder s.
4. GENERI C MODE S: Test s Mode S
t r ansponder s, speci f i cal l y when t he
cl ass of t he t r ansponder i s unknown.
5. MODE S CLASS A: Test s Mode S
Cl ass A t r ansponder s.
6. MODE S CLASS B: Test s Mode S
Cl ass B t r ansponder s.
7. MODE S CL B OPT FREQ: Test s Mode
S Cl ass B t r ansponder s equi pped wi t h
Cl ass A f r equency t ol er ance opt i on.
8. MODE S CL B OPT PWR: Test s Mode
S Cl ass B t r ansponder s equi pped wi t h
Cl ass A power opt i on.

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I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12

NOTE: Level det ect i on i s aut omat i c when
r unni ng a t est .
Pr ess I NFO Sof t Key t o di spl ay XPDR I NFO
Scr een. XPDR I NFO Scr een di spl ays t he
PASS/ FAI L l i mi t s f or sel ect ed Conf i gur at i on.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
T EST PARAMET RI CS

T RANSMI T T ER POWER 48. 5 - 57 . 0 dBm
RECEI VER MT L - 74 +/ - 3 dBm
T x FREQ 1090 + / - 3 MHz

XPDR I NFO

CONFI G = GENERI C MODE S

RE T URN

LEVEL = ?

4. 3. 2 SETUP
SETUP XPDR
Set up XPDR Scr een cont ai ns par amet er s
whi ch det er mi ne oper at i onal char act er i st i cs
of t he XPDR Funct i onal Mode. Unl ess
ot her wi se st at ed, l ast used val ues ar e
r et ai ned on Power - up.
NOTE: Ent er Set up Scr een i nf or mat i on
bef or e conduct i ng t est oper at i ons.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
P RE V
P ARAM

SET UP- XPDR

DI AG
ANT ENNA: BOTT OM RF PORT : ANT ENNA

ANT RANGE ANT HEI GHT
T OP: 50. 0 m 10. 0 m
BOTT OM: 50. 0 m 0 . 0 m

ANT CABL E L EN: 1 FT ANT GAI N ( dBi )
ANT CABL E LOSS: 1. 1 dB 1. 03 GHz : 7 . 1
COUPLER LOSS: 0. 8 d B 1. 09 GHz : 6 . 1
UUT ADDRESS: AUT O
MANUAL AA: 12 3456 PWR L I M: F AR 43
DI VERSI T Y T EST : ON CHECK CAP: YES
T E S T
DAT A

NE XT
P ARAM

STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess SETUP Sof t Key t o di spl ay
SETUP- XPDR Scr een.
2. Set t he par amet er s by pr essi ng NEXT
PARAM. Pr ess PREV PARAM t o sel ect
t he f i el d. Use DATA Keys t o sl ew t he
dat a. Par amet er s ar e:
ANTENNA:
TOP or BOTTOM
RF PORT:
Sel ect s ANTENNA ( ANT
CONNECTOR) or DI RECT
CONNECT vi a RF I / O Connect or or
DI R W/ COUPLER.
ANT CABLE LEN or
DI R CABLE LEN or
CPL CABLE LEN:
Sel ect i ons: 1 t o 75 FT.
ANT CABLE LOSS or
DI R CABLE LOSS or
CPL CABLE LOSS:
Di spl ays cabl e l oss i n dB ( at 1090
MHZ) . Fi gur e mar ked on suppl i ed
RF coaxi al cabl e
CABLE LOSS f i el d i s aut omat i cal l y
cal cul at ed. Cabl e l oss may be
manual l y ent er ed by t he user .

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I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
STEP PROCEDURE
NOTE: Cabl e l oss r ange 0. 0 t o
9. 9 dB.
Cabl e Len wi l l
aut omat i cal l y cal cul at e
cabl e l oss i n dB. Cabl e
l oss i s aut omat i cal l y
di spl ayed.
NOTE: Based on Aer of l ex suppl i ed
cabl es, ( 25 and 50 f oot
cabl es opt i onal )
NOTE: 25 and 50 f oot cabl e
sel ect i on compensat es f or
del ay of Aer of l ex opt i onal
cabl es.
NOTE: To cal cul at e cabl e l engt h t o
ent er , f or non Aer of l ex
suppl i ed cabl es, use t he
f ol l owi ng f or mul a. .
Lent er ed = L * ( 0. 68/ V)
L = physi cal l engt h of
cabl e
V = Vel oci t y f act or of
cabl e
Wher e Lent er ed = t he
l engt h val ue ent er ed i nt o
ANT/ DI R/ CPL CABLE LEN
f i el d.
COUPLER LOSS:
Di spl ays coupl er l oss i n dB ( at
1090 MHZ) . Fi gur e mar ked on
suppl i ed coupl er .
NOTE: Coupl er l oss r ange 0. 0 t o
9. 9 dB.
ANT GAI N:
Ent er ed i n dBi , gai n f i gur es f or
1030 and 1090 MHz mar ked on
suppl i ed Di r ect i onal Ant enna.
NOTE: Ant enna gai n r ange 0. 0 t o
20. 9 dB.
ANT RANGE:
Test Set Ant enna t o t r ansponder
ant enna hor i zont al r ange. Ent er
par amet er s f or BOTTOM and TOP
ant enna i f i nst al l at i on has di ver si t y
capabi l i t y.
NOTE: Ant enna Range i s 6 t o
250 f t or 2. 0 t o 75. 0 m.
UNI TS par amet er on
SETUP- GENERAL Scr een
det er mi nes f eet or met er s.
STEP PROCEDURE
PWR LI M:
FAR 43 OR MOD43.
FAR 43 uses l i mi t s i n accor dance
wi t h FAR 91. 413, Par t 43, Appendi x
F. MOD 43 r emoves upper ERP
l i mi t s and l ower MTL l i mi t s.
CHECK CAP:
YES or NO. I f YES ( def aul t ) i s
sel ect ed, BDS 1, 7/ 1, 8/ 1, 9 i s
ver i f i ed t o conf i r m avai l abi l i t y of :
BDS 0, 5
BDS 0, 6
BDS 0, 7
BDS 0, 8
BDS 0, 9
BDS 1, D
BDS 1, E
BDS 1, F
BDS 2, 0
BDS 2, 1
BDS 3, 0
BDS 4, 0
BDS 4, 1
BDS 4, 2
BDS 4, 3
BDS 5, 0
BDS 6, 0
BDS 6, 1
BDS 6, 2
BDS 6, 5
I f BDS 1, 7/ 1, 8/ 1, 9 r epor t s a
par t i cul ar BDS i s not avai l abl e, t he
dat a i s bl anked al ongsi de t he
r espect i ve BDS i n t he Enhanced
Sur vei l l ance Scr een, or GI CB
scr eens.
I f NO i s sel ect ed, BDS 1, 7/ 1, 8/ 1, 9
i s not ver i f i ed and t he Test Set wi l l
ext r act t he BDS and di spl ay
cont ent .
NOTE: Some t r ansponder s r epl y t o
BDS r equest s even t hough
BDS 1, 7/ 1, 8/ 1, 9 r epor t s
t hey ar e not avai l abl e.

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I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
STEP PROCEDURE
UUT ADDRESS:
MANUAL or AUTO ( def aul t s t o
AUTO on power - up) . AUTO
sel ect i on Mode S addr ess i s
obt ai ned vi a ATCRBS/ Mode S Al l
Cal l ( FAR Par t 43, Appendi x F
appr oved met hod) .
On l oss of ATCRBS/ Mode S Al l Cal l
r epl y ( i . e. , UUT pl aced i n gr ound
st at e) t est s al r eady r unni ng
cont i nue t o use l ast ATCRBS/
Mode S Al l Cal l obt ai ned addr ess.
AUTO uses manual l y ent er ed
addr ess i f no r epl y i s r ecei ved.
NOTE: I CAO amendment 77
t r ansponder s onl y r epl i es
t o Mode S di scr et e
i nt er r ogat i ons when
i nst al l at i on i s i n gr ound
st at e.
MANUAL ADDRESS:
A si x di gi t HEX addr ess i s ent er ed
i f UUT ADDRESS: MANUAL i s
sel ect ed.
DI VERSI TY TEST:
ON or OFF. I f t est i ng t r ansponder s
wi t h si ngl e ant enna syst ems, sel ect
OFF.
NOTE: I f Di ver si t y I sol at i on Test
i s enabl ed, ensur e Ant enna
Shi el d i s f i t t ed t o t op or
bot t om UUT ant enna pr i or
t o r unni ng t est . Ref er t o
Appendi x J f or Ant enna
Shi el d mount i ng pr ocedur e.
3. Pr ess XPDR Mode Key t o r et ur n t o
STEP PROCEDURE
Sof t war e Updat e Pr ocedur e Vi a USB:
1. Sof t war e must be l oaded ont o a FAT 16
USB Fl ash Memor y st i ck. Sof t war e
updat es may be downl oaded f r om
pr oduct dat a sect i on on t he
www. aer of l ex. com websi t e.
Not e: onl y one ver si on of sof t war e may
r esi de on t he r oot di r ect or y of t he Fl ash
Memor y st i ck.
2. Connect I FR 6000 br eakout box t o I FR
6000. I nser t Fl ash Memor y st i ck i n
USB por t and Pr ess Power key t o
power uni t . Sof t war e l oad pr ocess i s
aut omat i c.
3. When sof t war e l oad i s compl et e,
r emove Fl ash Memor y st i ck.

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Aug 1/ 12
SETUP GENERAL
The Set up Gener al Scr een cont ai ns
par amet er s t hat det er mi ne t he common
oper at i onal char act er i st i cs of each f unct i onal
mode of t he Test Set .

BAT 2. 5 Hr
P RE V
P ARAM

SET UP GENERAL
H/ W
T OOL S
PWR DOWN : 10 mi ns



ANT ENNA T YPE : OLD 70 05 - 584 0 - 50 0

I NF O

NE XT
P ARAM

STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess SETUP Sel ect Key unt i l SETUP-
GENERAL Scr een i s di spl ayed.
2. Set f ol l owi ng par amet er s by pr essi ng
NEXT PARAM and PREV PARAM t o
sel ect t he f i el d. Use DATA Keys t o
sl ew dat a.
PWR DWN:
Sel ect s bat t er y savi ng power down
t i me i n mi nut es, r angi ng f r om 5 t o
20 mi n or OFF.
ERP UNI TS:
Sel ect s ERP uni t s i n dBm, dBW or
WATTS ( peak) .
UNI TS:
Sel ect s Set up XPDR Scr een
di st ance uni t s i n f eet or met er s.
REMOTE OPERATI ON:
Sel ect s Remot e Oper at i on t ype of
RS- 232, USB or OFF.
ANTENNA TYPE:
Sel ect s ol d or new ant enna:
OLD 7005- 5840- 500
NEW 91771

SETUP TEST DATA
The Set up Test Dat a Scr een al l ows st or age
and r ecal l of al l t r ansponder t est scr eens,
i ncl udi ng measur ement dat a. Ther e ar e si x
st or age memor i es. The f i r st st or age memor y
r et ai ns t he l ast power down dat a and cannot
be over wr i t t en. The l ast f i ve may be def i ned
by t he Test Set oper at or . I f t he oper at or
does not ent er a name t he Mode S
Tr ansponder Addr ess, Dat e and Ti me ar e
aut omat i cal l y ent er ed on st or age, i . e.
400D5F 10/ 10/ 05 13: 43: 16.

1 Last powe r - down
2 ATC 10 / 5/ 05 12: 45: 13
3 400D5F 10 / 10/ 05 13: 43: 1 6
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

BAT 2. 5 Hr

S T ORE

DUMP
S T ORE

SET UP T EST DAT A
DUMP
L I VE RE CAL L
S

RE T URN

BAT 2. 5 Hr

YE S

CONF I RM

Over wr i t e ex i st i ng st o r e?

NO

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
STEP PROCEDURE

BAT 2. 5 Hr

E NT E R

BACK
S P ACE

SET UP ST ORE NAME

ABCDEF GHI J KLMNOPQRST UVWXYZ

abcdef ghi j kl mnopqr st uvwx yz

0234567889 ! ( ) * , - . / : ; ? @ _

400D5F 10 / 10/ 05 13: 43: 0 6

Please enter store name

CHAR
S E L E CT

CANCE L

Dat a St orage Procedur e:
1. Pr ess SETUP Sel ect Key t o di spl ay
SETUP - XPDR Scr een. Pr ess TEST
DATA Sof t Key t o di spl ay SETUP TEST
DATA Scr een.
2. Use DATA Keys t o sel ect t he r equi r ed
st or e.
3. Pr ess STORE Sof t Key. A conf i r m
Scr een i s di spl ayed. Pr ess YES Sof t
Key t o conf i r m over wr i t e. SETUP
STORE NAME Scr een i s di spl ayed.
Sof t war e al ways pr ompt s f or over wr i t e.
St or e name can be bl ank.
4. Use DATA Keys t o sel ect t he char act er
l i ne. Use DATA Keys t o sel ect desi r ed
char act er .
5. Pr ess CHAR SELECT Sof t Key t o add
sel ect ed char act er t o t he end of name
st r i ng. Pr ess BACK SPACE Sof t Key t o
del et e t he sel ect ed char act er .
6. When name i s compl et e, pr ess ENTER
Sof t Key t o st or e name and di spl ay
SETUP TEST DATA Scr een.
XPDR- Aut o Test Scr een.
STEP PROCEDURE
Dat a Recal l Pr ocedur e:
1. Pr ess SETUP Sel ect Key unt i l SETUP -
XPDR Scr een i s di spl ayed. Pr ess TEST
DATA Scr een.
2. Use DATA Keys t o sel ect r equi r ed
st or e.
3. Pr ess RECALL Sof t Key t o r ecal l t est
dat a.
RS232 Dat a Dump Procedure:
1. Pr ess SETUP Sel ect Key unt i l SETUP -
XPDR Scr een i s di spl ayed. Pr ess TEST
DATA Scr een.
2. Use DATA Keys ( I ncr ement / Sel ect ,
Decr ement / Sel ect ) , t o sel ect and sl ew
dat a.
3. Ensur e t hat RS- 232 i nt er f ace
par amet er s ar e set cor r ect l y f or
communi cat i on wi t h pr i nt er or PC.
4. Pr ess DUMP STORE Sof t Key t o send
sel ect ed st or ed t est dat a t o t he pr i nt er
or PC vi a t he RS- 232 i nt er f ace.
5. Pr ess DUMP LI VE Sof t Key t o send
cur r ent or l i ve t est dat a t o t he pr i nt er
or PC vi a t he RS- 232 i nt er f ace.

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4. 3. 3 AUTO TEST
I nt roduct i on:
XPDR Aut o Test cont ai ns one mai n scr een
( t he Aut o Test Scr een) and up t o 17
addi t i onal t est scr eens. Aut o Test compl et es
a f ul l FAR Par t 43, Appendi x F Test ,
pr ovi di ng decode and di spl ay of El ement ar y
and Enhanced sur vei l l ance GI CB ext r act ed
DAP s ( Downl i nked Ai r cr af t Par amet er s) .
When f i r st power ed- up t he Test Set di spl ays
bl ank dat a f i el ds. The l ast t est r esul t s ar e
di spl ayed whi l e Test Set r emai ns power ed
on. The l ast t est r esul t s ar e st or ed upon
power - down.
Aut o Test onl y di spl ays i t ems needed t o
vi sual l y conf i r m a FAR Par t 43 Test . For
det ai l ed t est expl anat i ons, r ef er t o TEST
DETAI LS f or i ndi vi dual t est l i st scr eens.
General Descri pt i on:
Mode Test
Mode Test I dent i f i es modes of oper at i on.
Mode Test i nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode A, Mode C
and ATCRBS ( Mode C) / Mode S Al l - Cal l t o
det er mi ne r epl y modes of t he t r ansponder .
Mode A, Mode C and ATCRBS ( Mode
C) / Mode S Al l - Cal l modes ar e t est ed dur i ng
Aut o Test sequence.
NOTE: I nt er nal t o sof t war e. No scr een i s
di spl ayed.
Transponder Level
Tr ansponder Level i s aut omat i cal l y
det er mi ned by r equest i ng a BDS 1, 0 Dat a
Li nk Capabi l i t y Repor t . Tr ansponder l evel i s
di spl ayed on Aut o Test Scr een.
Mode S UF Test s Run, based on XPDR Level :
Level 1: UF0, 4, 5, 11, 16, 20, 21
Level 2: UF0, 4, 5, 11, 16, 20, 21
Level 3: UF0, 4, 5, 11, 16, 20, 21, ( 24 UELM)
Level 4: UF0, 4, 5, 11, 16, 20, 21, ( 24 UELM)

STEP PROCEDURE
1. Fol l ow CONFI G sel ect i on pr ocedur e
( 1- 2- 4. 3. 1) .
2. Pr ess SELECT ANTENNA Sof t Key t o
sel ect TOP or BOTTOM ant enna t o be
t est ed. Ant enna sel ect ed i n XPDR
Set up Scr een i s di spl ayed by def aul t .

REPL I ES = FREQ = MHZ
T OP ERP = MT L = dBm
BOT ERP = MT L = dBm
A CODE = C ALT = f t
S CODE = S ALT = f t
T AI L = DF17 DET ECT ED=
FLT I D = AA=
FS=
VS= COUNT RY=
T SET 1/ 17 * T EST I NG*
CONFI G: MODE S CL B OPT POW
ANTENNA: TOP

BAT 2. 5 Hr
S T OP
T E S T

XPDR- AUT O T EST

LEVEL =

3. Pr ess RUN TEST Sof t Key t o st ar t
Aut o. TEST RUNNI NG i s di spl ayed at
t op of scr een.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
REPL I ES = A, C, S FREQ =1 090. 12 MHZ
A CODE =1234 I D C ALT =35000 f t
S CODE =12 34 S ALT =3500 0 f t
T AI L =N1 2345 DF17 DET ECT ED=NO
FLT I D =AAA50 AA=AC3 421( 5303 2041)
RUN
T E S T

T E S T
L I S T
XPDR- AUT O T EST

CONF I G

ANTENNA: BOTTOM

S E L E CT
ANT
PASS
LEVEL=4

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STEP PROCEDURE
4. Aut o Test compl et es and di spl ays
Par amet er s t est ed. Warni ngs/ Er r or s ar e
i dent i f i ed by an ar r ow symbol t o l ef t of
t he i t em.
The Par amet er s di spl ayed ar e:
Regul at or y Test Requi r ement s

TESTS I DENTI FI ER SYMBOLS
+ FAA FAR 91. 413, Par t 43, Appendi x F
- Ot her Ci vi l Avi at i on Aut hor i t y
Requi r ement
+ Eur ocont r ol / JAA ( Pr oposed
Test I dent i f i er Symbol s
Tabl e 1
Aut o Test Det ai l s:
+REPLI ES: Tr ansponder Modes r epl i ed t o
A, C, S
+FREQ: Tr ansponder TX f r equency i n MHz
+TOP ERP: Top t r ansponder ant enna
Ef f ect i ve Radi at ed Power i n dBm, dBW or
peak
NOTE: Uni t s sel ect ed i n SETUP- GENERAL
Scr een.
+TOP MTL: Top t r ansponder ant enna
Mi ni mum Tr i gger Level
+BOT ERP: Bot t om t r ansponder ant enna
Ef f ect i ve Radi at ed Power i n dBm, dBW or
peak.
NOTE: Uni t s sel ect ed i n SETUP- GENERAL
Scr een.
+BOTTOM MTL: Bot t om t r ansponder
ant enna Mi ni mum Tr i gger Level
+A CODE: Mode A 4096 squawk code.
Pr esence of I dent ( SPI ) pul se i ndi cat ed by
di spl ay of I D af t er t he squawk code.
+S CODE: Mode S 4096 I dent i t y Code.
Pr esence of I dent ( SPI ) pul se i ndi cat ed by
di spl ay of I D af t er t he squawk code
( obt ai ned f r om DF5)
NOTE: The Mode A code i s compar ed wi t h
Mode S code. Modes A and S
codes Pass when i n agr eement .
STEP PROCEDURE
+C ALT: Mode C al t i t ude di spl ayed ( 100 f t
r esol ut i on)
+S ALT: Mode S al t i t ude di spl ayed ( 25 or
100 f eet r esol ut i on, obt ai ned f r om DF4)
NOTE: Mode C al t i t ude i s compar ed t o
Mode S al t i t ude. Modes C and S
al t i t udes Pass when i n agr eement of
100 f t .
+TAI L: Ai r cr af t t ai l number decoded f r om
Mode S di scr et e addr ess ( obt ai ned f r om
Mode S Al l Cal l DF11)
NOTE: Some count r i es have encoded t he
ai r cr af t t ai l number i nt o t he Mode S
di scr et e addr ess. Ref er t o
Appendi x G f or l i st of count r i es
suppor t ed. I f not suppor t ed onl y t he
count r y i s di spl ayed.
COUNTRY: Decoded f r om t he Mode S
di scr et e addr ess ( obt ai ned f r om Mode S Al l
Cal l DF11) .
DF17 DETECTED: I ndi cat es t he pr esence of
DF17 ext ended squi t t er .
NOTE: ADS- B opt i on i s r equi r ed t o decode
and di spl ay DF17 squi t t er cont ent .
+FLT I D: Ei ght Char act er I CAO Fl i ght I D
+AA: Ai r cr af t Addr ess ( Mode S di scr et e
addr ess) di spl ayed i n HEX and ( OCTAL)
+FS: Fl i ght St at us. The number pr ecedi ng
t he t ext i dent i f i es t he RTCA DO- 181C FS
code assi gnment . I ndi cat i ons ar e:
ALERT, NO ALERT, SPI , NO SPI ,
AI RBORNE, ON GROUND ( obt ai ned f r om
DF0) .
+VS: Ver t i cal St at us ei t her ON GND or I N
AI R ( obt ai ned f r om DF0)
Test i ng FS ( Fl i ght St at us) and VS ( Ver t i cal
St at us) :
I CAO Amendment 77 t r ansponder s onl y r epl y
t o Mode S di scr et e i nt er r ogat i ons when
i nst al l at i on i s i n gr ound st at e. Ref er t o
Set up f or UUT ADDRESS set t i ngs ( par a 1- 2-
4. 3. 2) .

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STEP PROCEDURE
Aut o Test Screen exampl es:
ATCRBS CLASS B conf i gur at i on sel ect ed
wi t h FAI L i ndi cat i on ( Onl y ATCRBS
par amet er s di spl ayed) .

BAT 2. 5 Hr
REPL I ES =A FREQ =109 0. 12 MHZ

A CODE =12 34 I D C ALT =30500 f t

RUN
T E S T

T E S T
L I S T

XPDR- AUT O T EST

CONF I G

CONFI G: ATCRBS CL ASS B

FAI L

LEVEL=N/ A

GENERI C ATCRBS conf i gur at i on sel ect ed
wi t h NO REPLY i ndi cat i on ( No Repl y Fr om
Tr ansponder ) .

BAT 2. 5 Hr
REPL I ES = FREQ = MHZ

BOT ERP = dBm MT L = d Bm
A CODE = C ALT =

RUN
T E S T

T E S T
L I S T

XPDR- AUT O T EST

CONF I G

CONFI G: GENERI C AT CRBS

NO
REPLY

LEVEL=N/ A

4. 3. 4 TEST LI ST
I nt roduct i on:
Aut o Test Scr een i s t he pr i mar y t est scr een.
The compl et e Aut o Test cont ai ns up t o 17
addi t i onal t est scr eens.
The Test Set di spl ays bl ank dat a f i el ds when
f i r st power ed- up. Whi l e t he Test Set r emai ns
power ed t he l ast t est r esul t s ar e di spl ayed.
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess TEST LI ST Sof t Key t o di spl ay
Test Li st . When a Mode S
conf i gur at i on i s sel ect ed t he t est l i st i s
di spl ayed over t wo scr eens. When an
ATCRBS conf i gur at i on i s sel ect ed t he
t est l i st i s di spl ayed on one scr een
2. Use DATA Keys t o sel ect desi r ed t est .
Pr ess SELECT TEST Sof t Key t o
di spl ay sel ect ed t est .
3. Pr ess RETURN Sof t Key t o di spl ay
5. Pr ess STOP TEST Sof t Key t o st op
t est .
6. Pr ess NEXT TEST Sof t Key t o di spl ay
t he next t est .
7. Pr ess PREV TEST Sof t Key t o di spl ay
t he pr evi ous t est .
8. Pr ess RETURN Sof t Key t o di spl ay t he
t est l i st and choose desi r ed t est .
NOTE: The t est r uns unt i l st opped.
Each pass t hr ough t he t est
sequence updat es t he
PASS/ FAI L i ndi cat i on.

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1 A/ C DECDR/ SLS - PASS
2 A/ C F1 / F2 SPACE/ WI DT H - PASS
4 S ALL- CALL - PASS
5 S REPLY TI MI NG - PASS
6 S REPLY - PASS
7 UF 0 - PASS
8 UF 4 - PASS
9 UF 5 - PASS
10 UF11 - PASS
11 UF16 - PASS
12 UF20 - PASS

BAT 2. 5 Hr

XPDR T EST LI ST

RE T URN

S E L E CT
T E S T
NE XT
P AGE

BAT 2. 5 Hr

XPDR T EST LI ST

6 S REPLY - PASS
7 UF 0 - PASS
8 UF 4 - PASS
9 UF 5 - PASS
10 UF11 - PASS
11 UF16 - PASS
12 UF20 - PASS
13 UF21 - PASS
14 UF24 - PASS
15 EL EMENT ARY SURV 1 - PASS
16 EL EMENT ARY SURV 2 - PASS
17 ENHANCED SURV - PASS

RE T URN

S E L E CT
T E S T
P RE V
P AGE

BAT 2. 5 Hr

XPDR T EST LI ST

1 A/ C DECDR/ SLS - PASS
2 A/ C F1/ F2 SPACE/ WI DT H - PASS

RE T URN

S E L E CT
T E S T

BAT 2. 5 Hr
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR A/ C DECDR/ SL S
NE XT
T E S T

A CODE = 2620 I DENT
A4 A2 A1 B4 B2 B1 C4 C2 C1 D4 D2 D1
DECODER I NNER LOW A=PASS C=PASS
DECODER I NNER HI GH A=PASS C=PASS
DECODER OUT ER LOW A=PASS C=PASS
DECODER OUT ER HI GH A=PASS C=PASS
SLS 0 dB A=PASS C=PASS
SLS - 9 d B A=PASS C=PASS

RE T URN
PASS

C ALT = 1000 00 f t
A4 A2 A1 B4 B2 B1 C4 C2 C1 D4 D2

XPDR A/ C Decoder/ SLS Test
XPDR A/ C Decoder / SLS Test per f or ms t hese
f unct i ons:
+Ver i f i es i nner and out er wi ndows f or Mode
A and C i nt er r ogat i ons
+Ver i f i es t he SLS per f or mance f or Mode A
and C i nt er r ogat i ons
+Di spl ays Mode A Squawk Code, I dent ( SPI )
and code bi nar y bi t s.
+Decodes and di spl ays t he Mode C al t i t ude
i n f eet and code bi nar y bi t s.
NOTE: Bi nar y bi t s ver i f y i f speci f i c cont r ol
l i nes ar e cor r ect .
Decoder
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h val i d Mode A
and C i nt er r ogat i ons, +6 dB above MTL.
Nomi nal spaci ng, P1 t o P3, 8 s f or Mode A
and 21 s f or Mode C. The t est devi at es t he
pul se spaci ngs as f ol l ows:
Set s P1 t o P3 pul se spaci ng t o i nner hi gh
" must r epl y" val ues ( 8. 2 s f or Mode A
and 21. 2 s f or Mode C) . The t est
i ndi cat es PASS i f per cent r epl i es ar e
>90% or FAI L i f per cent r epl i es ar e <90%.
An ar r ow i dent i f i es FAI L.
Set s P1 t o P3 pul se spaci ng t o i nner l ow
" must r epl y" val ues ( 7. 8 s f or Mode A
and 20. 8 s f or Mode C) . The t est
>90% or FAI L i f per cent r epl i es ar e <90%.

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Set s P1 t o P3 pul se spaci ng t o out er hi gh
" must not r epl y" val ues ( 9. 0 s f or Mode
A and 22 s f or Mode C) . The t est
<10% or FAI L i f per cent r epl i es ar e >10%.
Set s P1 t o P3 pul se spaci ng t o out er l ow
" must not r epl y" val ues ( 7. 0 s f or Mode
A and 20 s f or Mode C) . The t est
<10% or FAI L i f per cent r epl i es ar e >10%.
SLS
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode A and C
i nt er r ogat i ons i ncl udi ng t he P2 SLS pul se.
When P2 l evel i s set at - 9 dB and r epl i es ar e
>90%, t he t est i ndi cat es PASS. I f r epl i es ar e
<90%, t he t est i ndi cat es FAI L.
When P2 l evel i s set at 0 dB and r epl i es ar e
>1%, t he t est i ndi cat es FAI L. I f r epl i es ar e
<1%, t he t est i ndi cat es PASS.
NOTE: Because i nt er r ogat i on wi t h SLS at
- 9 dB i s sent at MTL + 12 dB, t he
t est must be r un wi t hi n 95 f t
( 28. 96 m) of UUT ant enna bei ng
t est ed.
A Code
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode A
i nt er r ogat i ons, +6 dB above MTL. Repl i es
ar e moni t or ed and t r ansponder Squawk code
i s di spl ayed i n f our di gi t oct al and bi nar y.
I f I dent ( SPI ) i s pr esent i n t he r epl y, I DENT
i s di spl ayed af t er t he oct al code.
C Al t i t ude
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode C
i nt er r ogat i ons, +6 dB above MTL. The
r epl i es ar e moni t or ed and t r ansponder
al t i t ude code i s di spl ayed i n f eet t o a
r esol ut i on of
100 f t . Recei vi ng an i nval i d i nput ( no C bi t
or C1 and C4 ar e on at t he same t i me) bl anks
out t he al t i t ude f i el d. Regar dl ess of val i di t y,
t he Mode C i nf or mat i on i s shown i n bi nar y
f or mat ( MSD t o LSD) :
A4, A2, A1, A, B4, B2, B1, B, C4, C2, C1,
C, D4, D2.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR A/ C SPAC/ WDT H
NE XT
T E S T

F1WI DT H A= 0. 300 us C= 0. 450 us
F2WI DT H A= 0. 400 us C= 0. 600 us
F1- F2 A=20. 300 us C=20 . 300 us

REPLY DELAY A=3. 0 5 us C=3. 5 5 us
REPLY JI TTER A=0. 2 50 us C=0. 0 00 us
REPLY RAT I O A=100 % C=10 0%
- 81dBm REPL Y RATI O A=0 % C=0 %

ATCRBS ALL- CALL A=PASS C = P A S S

P U L S E A M P V A R A = 0 . 0 d B C = 0 . 0 d B

RE T URN

FAI L

XPDR A/ C Spaci ng Wi dt h Test
XPDR A/ C Spaci ng Wi dt h per f or ms t hese
f unct i ons:
+Ver i f i es and di spl ays F1/ F2 pul se wi dt h and
spaci ng f or Mode A and C r epl i es.
+Ver i f i es and di spl ays r epl y del ay f or Mode
A and C r epl i es.
+Ver i f i es and di spl ays r epl y j i t t er f or Mode A
and C r epl i es.
+Ver i f i es r epl y r at i o f or Mode A and C
i nt er r ogat i ons.
+Ver i f i es r epl i es t o ATCRBS al l cal l Mode A
and C i nt er r ogat i ons.
+Ver i f i es Mode A and C r epl y pul se dr oop.
F1/ F2 Pul se Wi dt h and Spaci ng
The I FR 6000 i nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode A and C
i nt er r ogat i ons, +6 dB above MTL. The t est
i ndi cat es F1 t o F2 spaci ng, F1 wi dt h and F2
wi dt h val ues on t he DI SPLAY f or Mode A and
C r epl i es. Measur ement s out si de t he
f ol l owi ng t ol er ances r esul t i n a FAI L and ar e
i dent i f i ed by an ar r ow.
F1 t o F2 spaci ng i s 20. 30 s ( 0. 10 s) .
F1/ F2 pul se wi dt hs ar e 0. 45 s ( 0. 10 s) .

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Repl y Del ay
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es UUT wi t h Modes A
and C. The t est ver i f i es r epl y del ay mi nus
r ange del ay i s 3. 00 s ( 0. 50 s) .
Measur ement s out si de t he above t ol er ance
r esul t i n a FAI L and ar e i dent i f i ed by an
ar r ow.
Repl y Ji t t er
and C. The t est ver i f i es r epl y j i t t er val ues
( di f f er ence bet ween shor t est and l ongest
r epl y del ay) usi ng t he best t hat ar e s0. 1 s.
Measur ement s out si de t he above t ol er ance
r esul t i n a FAI L and ar e i dent i f i ed by an
ar r ow.
Repl y Rat i o
and C. The t est ver i f i es r epl i es ar e >90%
bet ween MTL +6 dBm and not mor e t han
s10% f or - 81 dBm. Repl i es out si de t hi s
t ol er ance r esul t s i n a FAI L and ar e i dent i f i ed
by an ar r ow.
NOTE: Above par agr aph onl y appl i cabl e t o
di r ect connect t est i ng.
NOTE: Tr ansponder occupancy i n over t he ai r
t est i ng pr event s r el i abl e Repl y
Rat i o measur ement s. When Ant enna
i s sel ect ed, Repl y Rat i o Mode A and
C Test di spl ays per cent r epl i es
however , PASS/ FAI L t est l i mi t s ar e
not appl i ed.
ATCRBS Al l Cal l
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h ATCRBS
( Mode A and C) onl y Al l - Cal l i nt er r ogat i ons,
6 dB above MTL. Test ver i f i es t he f ol l owi ng:
ATCRBS t r ansponder must r epl y.
Mode S t r ansponder - FAI L i f r epl y Mode S.
Mode S t r ansponder - FAI L i f r epl y ATCRBS.
Repl y cr i t er i a i s >90%. No Repl y cr i t er i a i s
<10%. A FAI L i s i dent i f i ed by an ar r ow.
NOTE: The sel ect ed conf i gur at i on f i l e
det er mi nes i f an ATCRBS or Mode S
t r ansponder i s bei ng t est ed.
Pul se Ampl i t ude Vari at i on
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode A and C
i nt er r ogat i ons, +6 dB above MTL. The t est
ver i f i es al l pul ses i n t he Mode A and C
r epl i es ar e wi t hi n a 2 dB ampl i t ude wi ndow
( mi ni mum t o maxi mum) . Repl i es out si de t he
2 dB wi ndow r esul t i n a FAI L i ndi cat i on and
ar e i dent i f i ed by an ar r ow.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR POWER/ FREQ
NE XT
T E S T

TX FREQ = 1090 . 12 MHz ANTENNA: TOP

TOP BOTTOM I NST ANT
MEASURED VI A DI RECT ANTENNA DI RECT
MTL ( dBm)
ATCRBS - 73. 2 - 73. 1 - 73. 2
A- C DI FF 0. 2 - 0. 1 0. 0
ALL CALL - 73. 0 - 73. 2 - 73. 2
MODE S - 73. 2 - 72. 9 - 73. 2

ERP ( dBm) 57. 1 57. 0 57. 0

RE T URN
PASS

BAT 2. 5 Hr
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR POWER/ FREQ
NE XT
T E S T

TX FREQ = 109 0. 12 MHz

TOP BOTTOM I NST ANT
MEASURED VI A DI RECT ANTENNA DI RECT
MTL ( dBm)
ATCRBS N/ A - 73. 1 - 73. 2
A- C DI FF N/ A 0. 1 0. 0
ALL CALL N/ A - 73. 2 - 73. 2

ERP ( dBm) N/ A 57. 0 57. 0

RE T URN
PASS

XPDR Power and Frequency Test
The XPDR Power and Fr equency Test
per f or ms t hese f unct i ons:
+Measur es, ver i f i es and di spl ays TX
Fr equency i n MHz.
+Measur es, ver i f i es and di spl ays TX ERP f or
t op and bot t om ant ennas i n dBm, dBW or W.

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+Measur es, ver i f i es and di spl ays MTL f or t op
and bot t om ant ennas, f or ATCRBS, ATCRBS
Al l - Cal l and Mode S ( P6) i nt er r ogat i on t ypes
i n dBm.
Top or Bot t om ant enna measur ement i s
sel ect ed wi t h DATA Keys. Top and Bot t om
measur ement s ar e aver aged and val ues ar e
di spl ayed.
NOTE: When an ATCRBS conf i gur at i on i s
sel ect ed ( non di ver si t y t r ansponder )
onl y t he Bot t om ant enna
measur ement f i el ds ar e used.
Frequency
When a Mode S conf i gur at i on i s sel ect ed, t he
Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4, +6 dB above
MTL, ver i f yi ng a DF4 r epl y i s r ecei ved.
Wi t h an ATCRBS conf i gur at i on sel ect ed, t he
Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode A, ( or Mode
C i f no r epl y i s r ecei ved t o a Mode A) , +6 dB
above MTL.
Test aver ages Fr equency measur ement over
40 r epl i es. The val ue i s updat ed ever y
40 r epl i es. PASS/ FAI L l i mi t s ar e appl i ed.
NOTE: Fr equency PASS/ FAI L l i mi t s ar e
det er mi ned by sel ect ed
conf i gur at i on. Ref er t o Appendi x F.
ERP ( Ef f ect i ve Radi at ed Power)
When a Mode S conf i gur at i on i s sel ect ed, t he
Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4, +6 dB above
MTL, ver i f yi ng a DF4 r epl y i s r ecei ved.
When an ATCRBS conf i gur at i on i s sel ect ed,
t he Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode A ( or
Mode C i f no r epl y i s r ecei ved t o a Mode A)
+6 dB above MTL.
When t he ( peak) ERP i s measur ed, t wo
val ues f or each measur ement ar e di spl ayed.
I NSTANT val ues ar e obt ai ned f r om t he
aver age power measur ement over f i ve r epl i es
and updat ed ever y f i ve r epl i es.
TOP and BOTTOM val ues ar e obt ai ned f r om
t he aver age power measur ement over
40 r epl i es. PASS/ FAI L l i mi t s ar e appl i ed and
updat ed ever y 40 r epl i es.
NOTE: ERP PASS/ FAI L l i mi t s ar e
det er mi ned by sel ect ed
NOTE: ERP and MTL Upper l i mi t s speci f i ed
i n sel ect ed conf i gur at i on f i l e ar e not
appl i ed dur i ng r adi at ed t est . The
conf i gur at i on f i l e upper l i mi t s ar e i n
accor dance wi t h RTCA- DO181C,
whi ch ar e based on maxi mum f eeder
cabl e l oss of 3 dB and measur ement
at t he ant enna por t . ERP and MTL
Upper l i mi t s ar e onl y appl i ed when
di r ect l y connect ed t o UUT or end of
f eeder cabl e. I n pr act i ce, many
i nst al l at i ons have f eeder l osses of
1 dB ( mi ni mum f eeder l oss) and
ant ennas t hat exhi bi t gai n.
MTL ( Mi ni mum Tri gger Level )
When a Mode S conf i gur at i on i s sel ect ed t he
Test Set i nt er r ogat es i n sequence wi t h UF4,
Mode A ( or Mode C i f no r epl y i s r ecei ved t o
a Mode A) and an ATCRBS/ Mode S Al l - Cal l ,
ver i f yi ng MTL f or each i nt er r ogat i on t ype.
When an ATCRBS conf i gur at i on i s sel ect ed
t he Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode A ( or
Mode C i f no r epl y i s r ecei ved t o a Mode A)
and an ATCRBS/ Mode S Al l - Cal l , ver i f yi ng
MTL f or each i nt er r ogat i on t ype.
To det er mi ne MTL t he t est adj ust s RF
i nt er r ogat i on l evel f or 90% r epl i es. Two
val ues f or each measur ement ar e di spl ayed.
I NSTANT val ues ar e obt ai ned f r om t he MTL
r eadi ngs. The 50% r epl y poi nt i s det er mi ned
by sendi ng 100 i nt er r ogat i ons. The 90%
r epl y poi nt i s cal cul at ed f r om t he 50% r epl y
poi nt .
TOP and BOTTOM val ues ar e obt ai ned f r om
t he aver age MTL r eadi ngs of al l r epl i es
r ecei ved dur i ng t he MTL Test sequence.
PASS/ FAI L l i mi t s ar e appl i ed.
NOTE: MTL PASS/ FAI L l i mi t s ar e
det er mi ned by t he sel ect ed
A- C Di f f erence
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode A ( or
Mode C i f no r epl y i s r ecei ved t o a Mode A) ,
ver i f yi ng MTL f or each i nt er r ogat i on t ype.
The t est compar es MTL measur ement s
bet ween Mode A and C. PASS i s di spl ayed
when di f f er ence i s <1 dB. FAI L i s di spl ayed
when di f f er ence i s >1 dB.

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BAT 2. 5 Hr
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR S ALL- CALL
NE XT
T E S T

I TM REPL Y
DELAY A=128 . 08 us C=128 . 07 us
JI TTER A=0. 5 10 us C=0. 5 10 us
ADDRESS A=2 AC421 C=2 AC421
RATI O A=100 % C=100 %
- 81dBm A=0 % C=0 %

MODE S ALL - CALL = PASS
ADDRESS = 2AC421
TAI L= N12345
COUNTRY= Uni t ed St at es

RE T URN
PASS

XPDR - S Al l Cal l Test
The XPDR - S Al l Cal l Test per f or ms t hese
f unct i ons:
-Ver i f i es and di spl ays I TM Repl y Del ay Mode
A and C
+Ver i f i es and di spl ays I TM Repl y Ji t t er Mode
A and C
+Ver i f i es I TM Repl y Rat i o Mode A and C
+Ver i f i es I TM Al l Cal l Addr ess
+Ver i f i es Mode S Al l Cal l .
+Ver i f i es and di spl ays Mode S Al l Cal l
Addr ess
-Ver i f i es Count r y and Tai l Number
I TM Repl y Del ay
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es UUT wi t h an
ATCRBS/ Mode S Al l - Cal l , +6 dB above MTL,
ver i f yi ng DF11 r epl i es ar e r ecei ved. The t est
ver i f i es r epl y del ay mi nus r ange del ay i s:
128. 00 s ( 0. 50 s) f or I TM Mode
A
and C.
Measur ement s out si de t hi s t ol er ance r esul t i n
a FAI L and ar e i dent i f i ed by an ar r ow.
NOTE: Range del ay i s 2. 03 ns/ f t
( 6. 67 ns/ m) , cal cul at ed f r om t he
r ange val ues i n t he Set up Menu.
I TM Repl y Ji t t er
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es UUT wi t h a Mode S
Al l - Cal l , +6 dB above MTL, ver i f yi ng DF11
r epl i es ar e r ecei ved.
The t est ver i f i es r epl y j i t t er val ues
r epl y del ay) . Repl y j i t t er ( changes i n r epl y
del ay) i s:
s0. 08 s f or I TM Mode A and C
I TM Repl y Rat i o
r epl i es ar e r ecei ved. The t est ver i f i es t hat
I TM Mode A and C r epl i es ar e >90% bet ween
MTL +6 dB and <10% f or - 81 dBm. Repl i es
out si de t hese t ol er ances r esul t i n a FAI L and
ar e i dent i f i ed by an ar r ow.
NOTE: Tr ansponder occupancy i n over t he
ai r t est i ng pr event s r el i abl e Repl y
i s sel ect ed, Repl y Rat i o I TM Mode A
and C Test di spl ays per cent r epl i es
however , PASS/ FAI L t est l i mi t s ar e
not appl i ed.
I TM Address
The t est decodes and di spl ays t he di scr et e
addr ess r epor t ed i n t he DF11 r epl i es.
Mode S Al l - Cal l
Al l - Cal l UF11, AA=FFFFFF, +6 dB above
MTL, ver i f yi ng DF11 r epl i es ar e r ecei ved.
The t est i nt er r ogat es wi t h a UF4 usi ng t he
di scr et e addr ess obt ai ned i n t he DF11 r epl y
and conf i r ms t he DF4 r epl y cont ai ns t he
same addr ess and di spl ays a PASS. I f an
i ncor r ect addr ess i s r ecei ved t he addr ess and
FAI L ar e di spl ayed. A FAI L i s i dent i f i ed by
an ar r ow.

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Address, Tai l and Count r y
Al l - Cal l UF11, AA=FFFFFF, +6 dB above
MTL, ver i f yi ng DF11 r epl i es ar e r ecei ved.
The t est decodes and di spl ays di scr et e
addr ess r epor t ed i n t he DF11 r epl i es, count r y
and t ai l number .
NOTE: Some count r i es have encoded t he
ai r cr af t t ai l number i nt o t he Mode S
di scr et e addr ess. Ref er t o Appendi x
G f or l i st of count r i es suppor t ed. I f
not suppor t ed onl y t he count r y i s
di spl ayed.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
REPL Y DEL AY =14 8. 05 us

REPL Y J I T T ER=0. 950 us

PUL SE WI DT H=PASS

PULSE SPACI NG =F AI L

RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR S RPL Y T I MI NG
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

FAI L

XPDR - S Repl y Ti mi ng Test :
XPDR - S Repl y Ti mi ng Test per f or ms t hese
f unct i ons:
+Ver i f i es Mode S Repl y Del ay
+Ver i f i es Mode S Repl y Ji t t er
+Ver i f i es Mode S Repl y Pul se Wi dt h ( al l
pul ses)
+Ver i f i es Mode S Repl y Pul se Spaci ng ( al l
pul ses)
Repl y Del ay
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es UUT wi t h UF4,
6 dB above MTL, ver i f yi ng r epl y i s r ecei ved
wi t h t he same addr ess and cor r ect f or mat .
The t est ver i f i es i f r epl y del ay mi nus r ange
del ay i s:
128. 00 s ( 0. 25 s) f or Mode S
Measur ement s out si de t hi s
t ol er ance r esul t i n a FAI L and ar e
NOTE: Range del ay i s 2. 03 ns/ f t
( 6. 67 ns/ m) , cal cul at ed f r om t he
val ues i n t he Set up Menu.
Repl y Ji t t er
6 dB above MTL, ver i f yi ng r epl y i s r ecei ved
The t est ver i f i es r epl y j i t t er val ues
r epl y del ay) . Repl y j i t t er ( changes i n r epl y
del ay) i s:
s0. 08 s
Pul se Wi dt h
+6 dB above MTL, ver i f yi ng r epl y i s r ecei ved
Test ver i f i es t hat t he wi dt hs ar e:
0. 5 s ( 0. 05 s) or 1. 0 s ( 0. 05 s)
Pul se Spaci ng
6 dB above MTL. Ver i f yi ng r epl y i s r ecei ved
The t est ver i f i es t hat t he pul se spaci ng ar e
wi t hi n 0. 05 s of nomi nal val ues.
NOTE: Pul se wi dt h spaci ng measur ed on
pr eambl e onl y ( f i r st r el ease) .

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BAT 2. 5 Hr
PUL SE AMP VAR SHRT =0. 1 dB LNG=0. 1 d B

SLS ON=NO REPLY OFF=REPLY

SQT R DF11 PERI OD=1. 00s
DF17 DET ECT ED=YES

REPL Y RAT I O =100 %
REPL Y RAT I O 8 1dBm =0 %
I NVAL I D AA =PASS
DI VERSI T Y I SOL AT I ON=GREAT ER T HAN 25dB
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR S REPL Y
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

PASS

XPDR - S REPLY Test :
The XPDR - S Repl y Test per f or ms t hese
f unct i ons:
+Ver i f i es Mode S Pul se Ampl i t ude Var i at i on
Shor t Repl y
+Ver i f i es Mode S Pul se Ampl i t ude Var i at i on
Long Repl y
+Ver i f i es Mode S SLS Level
+Ver i f i es Mode S Repl y Rat i o
+Ver i f i es and di spl ays Mode S DF11 Squi t t er
Per i od
+Ver i f i es Mode S DF11 Squi t t er Di st r i but i on.
+Ver i f i es Mode S I nval i d AA
-Ver i f i es S DF17 Det ect
+Ver i f i es and di spl ays Mode S Di ver si t y
I sol at i on
Pul se Ampl i t ude Vari at i on Short
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4 ( r epl y
l engt h shor t ) i nt er r ogat i ons, +6 dB above
MTL. The t est ver i f i es al l pul ses i n t he DF4
r epl i es ar e wi t hi n a 2 dB ampl i t ude wi ndow.
Repl i es out si de t he 2 dB wi ndow r esul t i n a
FAI L i ndi cat i on and ar e i dent i f i ed by an
ar r ow. The measur ed var i at i on i s di spl ayed.
Pul se Ampl i t ude Vari at i on Long
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4 ( r epl y
l engt h l ong) i nt er r ogat i ons, +6 dB above
MTL. The t est ver i f i es al l pul ses i n t he DF20
r epl i es ar e wi t hi n a 2 dB ampl i t ude wi ndow.
Repl i es out si de t he 2 dB wi ndow r esul t i n a
FAI L i ndi cat i on and ar e i dent i f i ed by an
ar r ow. The measur ed var i at i on i s di spl ayed.
SLS Level
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4
i nt er r ogat i ons i ncl udi ng t he P5 SLS pul se.
For Di r ect Connect , when P5 l evel i s set at -
12 dB and r epl i es ar e >99%, t he t est
i ndi cat es PASS.
For Ant enna Connect , when PS l evel i s set at
- 12 dB and r epl i es ar e >90%, t he t est
i ndi cat es a PASS. When P5 l evel i s set at
+3 dB and r epl i es ar e >90%, t he t est
i ndi cat es PASS.
NOTE: Because i nt er r ogat i on wi t h SLS at
- 12 dB i s sent at MTL + 12 dB, SLS
Test must be r un wi t hi n 95 f eet
( 28. 96 met er s) of UUT ant enna
bei ng t est ed.
Repl y Rat i o
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es UUT wi t h UF4.
The t est ver i f i es t hat r epl i es ar e >99%
bet ween MTL +6 dB and s10% f or - 81 dBm.
Repl i es out si de t hi s t ol er ance r esul t i n a
FAI L and ar e i dent i f i ed by an ar r ow.
NOTE: Tr ansponder occupancy i n over t he
ai r t est i ng pr event s r el i abl e Repl y
i s sel ect ed, Repl y Rat i o Mode S Test
di spl ays per cent r epl i es however ,
PASS/ FAI L t est l i mi t s ar e not
appl i ed.
Squi t t er Peri od
The Test Set moni t or s t he UUT DF11
acqui si t i on squi t t er s and ver i f i es t hat t he
per i od i s 0. 6 t o 2. 4 s. A Squi t t er per i od
out si de t hi s t ol er ance r esul t s i n a f ai l and i s
DF17 Det ect ed
ext ended squi t t er s and conf i r ms det ect i on by
di spl ayi ng YES. Test di spl ays NO i f DF17 s
ar e not det ect ed.
I nval i d AA
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4
i nt er r ogat i ons, +6 dB above MTL. Test uses
def aul t addr esses t hat ar e 1 and 256 gr eat er
t han t he cor r ect addr ess. Test di spl ays
PASS i f no r epl i es ar e r ecei ved and FAI L i f

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Di versi t y I sol at i on
acqui si t i on squi t t er s. The t est ver i f i es UUT
di ver si t y i sol at i on ( di f f er ence bet ween " On"
ant enna squi t t er s and " Of f " ant enna
squi t t er s) i s >20 dB. Val ues <20 dB r esul t i n
a FAI L and ar e i dent i f i ed wi t h an ar r ow.
I ndi cat i ons:
OFF i s di spl ayed i f di ver si t y
i sol at i on i s not sel ect ed i n Set up
Scr een.
>25 dB.
Val ue i n dB.
NOTE: For >20 dB dynami c r ange, t est must
be r un wi t hi n 50 f t ( 15. 24 m) of UUT
ant enna bei ng t est ed.
NOTE: When Di ver si t y I sol at i on Test i s
enabl ed, make sur e Ant enna Shi el d
i s f i t t ed t o t op or bot t om UUT
ant enna pr i or t o r unni ng t est . I t i s
i mpor t ant t hat onl y one UUT ant enna
i s seen dur i ng t he Di ver si t y Test .
Make sur e Test Set Di r ect i onal
Ant enna i s poi nt ed at unshi el ded
ant enna. Ref er t o Appendi x J f or
Ant enna Shi el d mount i ng pr ocedur e.
NOTE: Thi s t est must be enabl ed on t he
XPDR Set up Scr een t o di spl ay
di ver si t y i sol at i on par amet er .

BAT 2. 5 Hr
DF = 0
VS = 0 I N AI R
CC = 0 NOT SUPPORT ED
SL = 0 NO T CAS SENS L EVEL REPORT ED
RI = 12 AI RSPEED 301 T O 600 KNOT S

AC = 03 A0( 016 40) 1 0700 FT
MODE C ALT COMPARE = PASS
AA = AC3421( 5 3032041)
DF11 ADDRESS COMPARE = PASS
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR - UFO
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

PASS

UF0 Test
The UF0 ( Shor t Ai r t o Ai r Sur vei l l ance) Test
+Ver i f i es r epl i es t o Mode S UF0
i nt er r ogat i ons and compar es di scr et e addr ess
wi t h DF11.
+Decodes and di spl ays DF0 dat a f i el ds.
+Compar es Mode S al t i t ude t o Mode C
al t i t ude.
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h UF0, +6 dB
above MTL, ver i f yi ng a UF0 r epl y i s r ecei ved.
Al t i t ude r epor t ed i n DF0 i s compar ed wi t h
al t i t ude r epor t ed dur i ng Mode Test i n val i d
ATCRBS Mode C r epl y. Al t i t udes must agr ee
wi t hi n 100 f t .
Addr ess i s compar ed wi t h addr ess r epor t ed
dur i ng Mode Test i n DF11 r epl y. DI SPLAY
i ndi cat es t he Downl i nk For mat Fi el ds. I f t est
f ai l s due t o i ncor r ect al t i t ude, Mode C
al t i t ude i s di spl ayed. I f t est f ai l s due t o
wr ong addr ess, DF11 addr ess i s di spl ayed.
UF0 AQ bi t i s " 1" f or r equest i ng ai r speed
i nf or mat i on i n DF0 RI f i el d.
NOTE: AC f i el d bl anks out i f i nval i d dat a i s
r ecei ved f or t hat f i el d.

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Test i ng VS ( Ver t i cal St at us)
I CAO amendment 77 t r ansponder s onl y
r epl i es t o Mode S di scr et e i nt er r ogat i ons
when i nst al l at i on i s i n gr ound st at e. Ref er t o
par a 1- 2- 4. 3. 2 f or UUT ADDRESS and
MANUAL AA set t i ngs.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
DF = 4
FS = 3 - ALERT NO SPI ON GROUND
DR = 0 NO DOWNL I NK REQUEST
UM = 0 - ( I DS = 0) ( I I S = 0)

AC = 03 A0( 016 40) 1 0700 FT
MODE C ALT COMPARE = PASS
AA = AC3421( 5 3032041)
DF11 ADDRESS COMPARE = PASS
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR UF4
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

PASS

UF4 Test
UF4 ( Shor t Sur vei l l ance Al t i t ude) Test
wi t h DF11.
al t i t ude.
above MTL, ver i f yi ng a DF4 r epl y i s r ecei ved.
wi t hi n 100 f t .
dur i ng Mode Test .
Test i ng FS ( Fl i ght St at us)
I CAO amendment 77 t r ansponder s onl y r epl y

BAT 2. 5 Hr
DF=5
FS=0 - NO AL ERT NO SPI I N AI R
DR= 0- NO DOWNL I NK REQUEST
UM=0 - ( I DS = 0) ( I I S = 0)

I D=02 0 A( 01 012) OCT AL I D 26 00
MODE A I D COMPARE=PASS
AA=AC3 421( 5303 2041)
DF11 ADDRESS COMPARE=PASS
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR UF5
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

PASS

UF5 Test
The UF5 Test ( Shor t Sur vei l l ance I dent i t y)
wi t h DF11.
+Compar es Mode S I dent i t y Code t o Mode A
Squawk Code.
above MTL, ver i f yi ng a DF5 r epl y i s r ecei ved.
I D code r epor t ed i n DF5 i s compar ed wi t h I D
code r epor t ed dur i ng Mode Test i n val i d
ATCRBS Mode A r epl y. Addr ess i s compar ed
wi t h addr ess r epor t ed dur i ng Mode Test .

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BAT 2. 5 Hr
DF=11
CA=0 - LEVEL 2 CA MODE
PI = 02F08D
AA=AC3 421( 5303 2041)
I I LOCKOUT T I MER=1 8S
I I MAT CH=PASS
SI LOCKOUT T I MER=18 S
SI MAT CH=PASS

RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR UF11
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

PASS

UF11 Test
UF11 Test per f or ms t hese f unct i ons:
+I nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode S UF11, AP set
FFFFFF. Decodes and di spl ays DF11
r epl i es.
+Per f or ms compr ehensi ve I I and SI Mat ch
Test .
-Per f or ms I I and SI l ockout Ti mer Test .
above MTL, ver i f yi ng a DF11 r epl y i s
r ecei ved.
dur i ng Mode Test i n DF11 r epl y. Test
i nt er r ogat es wi t h a UF11, usi ng t he 15 I I
codes, i n sequence f r om 1 t o 15. I f al l codes
ar e cor r ect PASS i s di spl ayed. I f t he
t r ansponder suppor t s SI ( Sur vei l l ance
I dent i f i er ) each of t he 63 SI codes f r om 1 t o
63 ar e t est ed. When al l codes ar e cor r ect
PASS i s di spl ayed. BDS 1, 0 i s ver i f i ed t o
det er mi ne SI suppor t .
NOTE: When a si ngl e code f ai l s t he code i s
di spl ayed. When mor e t han one
code f ai l s, t he r ange of codes ar e
di spl ayed. An ar r ow i dent i f i es a
FAI L.

The mul t i - si t e l ockout pr ot ocol i s ut i l i zed i n
conj unct i on wi t h an I I code t o ver i f y l ockout
( not accept any Mode S onl y Al l - Cal l ) t i me.
I f l ockout t i me i s 18 sec ( 1 sec) , PASS i s
di spl ayed. FAI L i s di spl ayed i f l ockout t i me
i s out si de t hi s wi ndow.
The mul t i - si t e l ockout pr ot ocol i s ut i l i zed i n
conj unct i on wi t h an SI code t o ver i f y l ockout
( not accept any Mode S onl y Al l - Cal l ) t i me.
I f l ockout t i me i s 18 sec ( 1 sec) , PASS i s
di spl ayed. FAI L i s di spl ayed i f l ockout t i me
i s out si de t hi s wi ndow.
The t est i nt er r ogat es dur i ng t he l ockout
per i od wi t h a di f f er ent SI code t o conf i r m
i nt er r ogat i on accept ance.
NOTE: Due t o l ong t est t i me r equi r ed,
l ockout t i mer t est i s not r un as par t
of Aut o Test . Test i s r un onl y i f
UF11 Test i s per f or med separ at el y.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
DF = 11
CA = 0 - LEVEL 2 CA MODE
PI = 02F08D
AA = AC3421( 5303204 1)
I I LOCKOUT T I MER=1 8S
I I MAT CH = 0 - 1, 3- 4, 6- 7, 9 - 10, 12 - 13, 15
SI LOCKOUT T I MER = 1 8S
SI MAT CH = 1 - 2 , 4- 5, 7- 8 , 10 - 11 , 13 - 14,
16 - 1 7, 19 - 20 , 22 - 2 3, 25 - 26,
28 - 2 9, 31 - 32 , 34 - 3 5, 37 - 38,
40 - 4 1, 43 - 44 , 46 - 4 7, 49 - 50,
52 - 5 3, 55 - 56 , 58 - 5 9, 61 - 62
RUN
T E S T
MORE
I NF O

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR UF11
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

FAI L

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BAT 2. 5 Hr
DF=16
VS= 0 I N AI R
SL=0
RI = 0NO ON BOARD T CAS
MV=30 0100000000 00

AC=03 A0( 0 1640) 10700 f t
MODE C ALT COMPARE=PASS
AA=AC3 421( 5303 2041)
DF11 ADDRESS COMPARE=PASS
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR UF16
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

PASS

UF16 Test
UF16 Test ( Long Ai r t o Ai r Sur vei l l ance)
wi t h DF11.
+Compar es Mode S Al t i t ude t o Mode C
Al t i t ude.
above MTL, ver i f yi ng a DF16 r epl y i s
r ecei ved.
wi t hi n 100 f t .
dur i ng Mode Test i n DF11 r epl y. The
DI SPLAY i ndi cat es t he Downl i nk For mat
Fi el ds. I f t est f ai l s because of i ncor r ect
al t i t ude, Mode C al t i t ude i s di spl ayed. I f t est
f ai l s due t o wr ong addr ess, DF11 addr ess i s
di spl ayed.
NOTE: No r epl y t o UF16 r esul t s i n Mode S
pass i n Aut o Test .
NOTE: Repl i es t o UF16 ar e r ecei ved onl y i f
an act i ve TCAS I I syst em i s
i nst al l ed.
Test i ng VS ( Ver t i cal St at us)
I CAO amendment 77 t r ansponder s onl y
r epl i es t o Mode S di scr et e i nt er r ogat i ons
when i nst al l at i on i s i n gr ound st at e. Ref er t o
BAT 2 . 5 Hr
DF=2 0
FS=3 - ALERT NO SPI ON GROUND
DR=0 - NO DOWNL I NK REQUEST
UM=0 ( I DS=0 ) ( I I S = 0 )
MB=3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AC= 0 3 A0 ( 0 1 6 4 0 ) 1 0 7 0 0 f t
MODE C ALT COMPARE= PASS
AA= AC3 4 2 1 ( 5 3 0 3 2 0 4 1 )
DF1 1 ADDRESS COMPARE=PASS
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
XPDR UF2 0
NE XT
T E S T RE T URN
PASS

UF20 Test
UF20 ( Long Sur vei l l ance Al t i t ude) Test
wi t h DF11.
Di spl ays MB message f i el d i n HEX.
al t i t ude.
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h UF20 ( Comm
A, al t i t ude r equest ) , RR=17 ( l ong r epl y) ,
DI =7, RRS=0, r equest i ng a BDS 1, 0 dat a l i nk
capabi l i t y r epor t , +6 dB above MTL,
ver i f yi ng a DF20 r epl y i s r ecei ved. I f r epl y i s
not r ecei ved, t he t est i nt er r ogat es f or BDS
3, 0 TCAS sensi t i vi t y st at us message.
wi t hi n 100 f t .
dur i ng Mode Test i n DF11 r epl y.

OPERATI ON MANUAL
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NOTE: The BDS 3, 0 TCAS sensi t i vi t y st at us
message i nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode S
UF20 ( Comm A, al t i t ude r equest ) ,
RR=19 ( l ong r epl y) , DI =7, RRS=0,
MA=05000000000000, ver i f yi ng
DF20 r epl y r ecei ved has cor r ect
al t i t ude ( compar ed wi t h Mode C
al t i t ude) , addr ess ( compar ed wi t h
Mode Test addr ess) and f or mat .
NOTE: Dat a di spl ayed i n MB message f i el d
i s not decoded.
NOTE: The Dat al i nk Capabi l i t y Repor t
det er mi nes t he l evel of t r ansponder
under t est .
NOTE: Tr ansponder s wi t hout act i ve
subsyst ems capabl e of accept i ng
Comm A dat a do not r epl y t o UF20

BAT 2. 5 Hr
DF=21
FS=3 - ALERT NO SPI ON GROUND
DR= 0- NO DOWNL I NK REQUEST
UM= 0 ( I DS=0) ( I I S = 0)
MB=30 0100000000 00

I D=03 A0( 01 640) OCT AL I D 61 40
MODE A I D COMPARE=PASS
AA=AC3 421( 5303 2041)
DF11 ADDRESS COMPARE =PASS
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR UF21
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

PASS

UF21 Test
UF21 ( Long Sur vei l l ance I dent i t y) Test
wi t h DF11.
Di spl ays MB message f i el d i n HEX.
+Compar es Mode S I dent i t y Code t o Mode A
Squawk Code.
The Test Set i nt er r ogat es wi t h UF21 ( Comm
A, al t i t ude r equest ) , RR=17 ( l ong r epl y) ,
DI =7, RRS=0, r equest i ng a BDS 1, 0 dat a l i nk
capabi l i t y r epor t , +6 dB above MTL,
ver i f yi ng a DF21 r epl y i s r ecei ved. I f r epl y i s
not r ecei ved t est i nt er r ogat es f or BDS 3, 0
TCAS sensi t i vi t y st at us message.
I D code r epor t ed i n DF21 i s compar ed wi t h I D
code r epor t ed dur i ng Mode Test i n val i d
ATCRBS Mode A r epl y.
dur i ng Mode Test i n DF11 r epl y.

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NOTE: The BDS 3, 0 TCAS sensi t i vi t y st at us
message i nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode S
UF20 ( Comm A, al t i t ude r equest ) ,
RR=19 ( l ong r epl y) , DI =7, RRS=0,
MA=05000000000000, ver i f yi ng
DF20 r epl y r ecei ved has cor r ect
al t i t ude ( compar ed wi t h Mode C
al t i t ude) , addr ess ( compar ed wi t h
Mode Test addr ess) and f or mat .
NOTE: Dat a di spl ayed i n MB message f i el d
i s not decoded.
NOTE: BDS 1, 0 Dat al i nk Capabi l i t y Repor t
under t est .

BAT 2. 5 Hr
DF=
FS=
DR=
UM= ( I DS= ) ( I I S= )
MB=

I D= ( ) OCT AL I D
MODE A I D COMPARE=
AA= ( )
DF11 ADDRESS COMPARE=
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR UF21
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

NOTE: Tr ansponder s wi t hout act i ve
subsyst ems capabl e of accept i ng
Comm A dat a does not r epl y t o UF21

BAT 2. 5 Hr
RESERVAT I ON UF 4
DF =20 I I S=15 I DS=2 AA=AC3421

SEGMENT S UF2 4
DF =24 KE=1 ND=0 T AS=FFFF
AA=AC3421

CLOSEOUT UF 4
DF =20 I I S=15 I DS=2 AA=AC3421
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR UF24
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

PASS

UF24 Test
The UF24 Test compl et es t he 16 segment
dat a t r ansf er ( UELM pr ot ocol ) ver i f yi ng UF24.
I nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode S UF4 UELM
r eser vat i on, ver i f yi ng r epl y r ecei ved i s a
DF20 UELM Reser vat i on ( Comm- B) .
I nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode S UF24 ( Comm- C)
UELM segment s, one i ni t i al , 14 i nt er medi at e
and one f i nal i nt er r ogat i on. Ver i f i es r epl y
r ecei ved i s a Mode S DF24 ( Comm- D)
acknowl edgment .
When t he cl oseout i s compl et ed t he I I S
di spl ayed equal s t he I I S di spl ayed i n t he
r eser vat i on.
I nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode S UF4, +6 dB above
MTL, UELM cl oseout and ver i f i es r epl y
r ecei ved i s a DF20 UELM cl oseout ( Comm-
B) .
TAS Fi el d di spl ays t he number of t r ansf er r ed
segment s. TAS dat a consi st s of 16 bi t s,
each bi t r epr esent i ng a segment , di spl ayed
as f our hex di gi t s.
No r epl y t o t he UELM Test sequence does
not f ai l Mode S i n Aut o Test .
NOTE: BDS 1, 0 Dat al i nk Capabi l i t y Repor t
under t est . I f l evel <3 i s r epor t ed,
t est i s not r un and NOT CAPABLE i s
di spl ayed.

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BAT 2. 5 Hr
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR ELEMENT SURV1
NE XT
T E S T

BDS=1, 0 SUBNET WORK VER =1
ENH PROT I ND = LVL 2 - 4
SPEC SERV CAP = YES
UELM CAPABI LI T Y =16/ 1 s
DELM CAPABI LI T Y = 16/ 500 ms
AI RCRAFT I D CAP = YES
SURV I DENT CAP = YES
COMM USE GI CB REP=1
DT E =YES
CONT FLAG =YES
SQUI TT ER CAP =YES

RE T URN

PASS

XPDR El ement ar y Sur vei l l ance 1 Test
XPDR El ement ar y Sur vei l l ance Test per f or ms
t hese f unct i ons:
+Ver i f i es, decodes and di spl ays BDS 1, 0
Dat a Li nk Capabi l i t y Repor t .
NOTE: Onl y t he pr i mar y dat a f i el ds ar e
di spl ayed. For f ul l decode and
di spl ay of GI CB ext r act ed BDS
r egi st er s, t he ADS- B opt i on i s
r equi r ed.
Dat a Li nk Capabi l i t y Report BDS 1, 0
The Test Set I nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4 RR=17
DI =7 RRS=0, decodes DF20 r epl y and
di spl ays dat a l i nk capabi l i t y r epor t
compr i si ng t he f ol l owi ng f i el ds:
SUBNETWORK VER:
( Mode S Subnet wor k Ver si on Number )
0 t o127
ENH PROT I ND:
( Enhanced Pr ot ocol I ndi cat or )
2- 4 ( Tr ansponder Level 2- 4) or 5
( Tr ansponder Level 5 Enhanced Pr ot ocol )
SPEC SER CAP:
( Mode S Speci f i c Ser vi ces Capabi l i t y
Repor t ) :
YES or NO
UELM SEG CAP:
( Upl i nk Ext ended Lengt h Message Segment
Capabi l i t y)
NO UELM, 16/ 1 S, 16/ 500 mS,
16/ 250 mS, 16/ 125 mS, 16/ 60 mS or
16/ 30 mS
( Ex: 16 segment s t r ansf er r ed i n
500 ms. )
DELM SEG CAP:
( Downl i nk Ext ended Lengt h Message
Segment Capabi l i t y)
NO DELM, 4/ 1 S, 8/ 1 S, 16/ 1 S,
16/ 500 mS, 16/ 250 mS, 16/ 125 mS or
7 t o 15 ( unassi gned)
( Ex: Ei ght segment s t r ansf er r ed i n 1 sec. )
AI RCRAFT I D CAP:
( Ai r cr af t I dent i f i cat i on Capabi l i t y)
YES or NO
SURV I DENT CAP:
( Sur vei l l ance I dent i f i er Code Capabi l i t y)
YES or NO
COMM/ USE GI CB CAP REP:
( Common Usage [ Gr ound I ni t i at ed Comm B]
Capabi l i t y Repor t )
1 or 0
Thi s bi t changes when t he common usage
GI CB capabi l i t y r epor t BDS 1, 7 cont ent
changes.
DTE:
( Dat a Ter mi nal Equi pment )
YES or NO
CONT FLAG:
( Cont i nuat i on Fl ag) .
YES ( Yes means t hat a cont i nuat i on r epor t
may be f ound i n r egi st er s BDS 1, 1 up t o
BDS 1, 6 whi ch ar e not i mpl ement ed i n t hi s
r evi si on)
NO
SQUI TTER CAP:
( Capabi l i t y Subf i el d)
YES ( Sur vei l l ance code i dent i f i er capabi l i t y) ,
NO ( No sur vei l l ance code i dent i f i er
capabi l i t y)
NOTE: I f CHECK CAP i s enabl ed i n Set up
Menu, capabi l i t y of t est i s
det er mi ned f r om BDS 1, 0

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BAT 2. 5 Hr
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR EL EMENT SURV2
NE XT
T E S T

B D S = 1 , 7 : 0 , 5 : 0 , 6 : 0 , 7 : 0 , 8 : 0 , 9
: 0 , A : 2 , 0 : 2 , 1 : 4 , 0 : 4 , 1 : 4 , 2 : 4 , 3
: 4 , 4 : 4 , 5 : 4 , 8 : 5 , 0 : 5 , 1 : 5 , 2 : 5 , 3
: 5 , 4 : 5 , 5 : 5 , 6 : 5 , F : 6 , 0
B D S 1 , 8 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B D S 1 , 9 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B D S 1 , A = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B D S 1 , B = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B D S 1 , C = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BDS=2, 0 FLI GHT I D=UA661
BDS=3, 0 ARA=111010 1000000 0 RAC=1010
RAT=0

RE T URN

PASS

XPDR El ement ar y Sur vei l l ance 2 Test
XPDR El ement ar y Sur vei l l ance Test per f or ms
Common Usage GI CB Capabi l i t y Repor t .
+Ver i f i es, decodes and di spl ays BDS 1, 8 t o
BDS 1, C Speci f i c Ser vi ces Capabi l i t y Repor t .
Ai r cr af t I dent i f i cat i on ( Fl i ght I D) .
ACAS Resol ut i on Advi sor y.
NOTE: Onl y pr i mar y dat a f i el ds ar e
r equi r ed.
GI CB Common Usage Capabi l i t i es Repor t :
I nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4 RR=16 DI =7 RRS=7,
decodes DF20 r epl y and di spl ays common
usage GI CB capabi l i t y r epor t .
The Scr een di spl ays BDS Number s f or t he
common usage GI CB ser vi ces cur r ent l y
suppor t ed by t he t r ansponder and decodabl e
by t he Test Set .

BDS DESCRI PTI ON
0.5 Ext Squi t ter Ai rborne Posi ti on
0,6 Ext Squi t ter Surf ace Posi t i on
0,7 Ext Squi t ter St at us
0,8 Ext Squi t ter Type and I denti fi cati on
0,9 Ext Squi t ter Ai rborne Vel oci t y
I nf ormat i on
0, A Ext Squi t ter Event Dri ven Informati on
1,0 Data Li nk Capabi l i t y Report
1,7 Common Usage GI CB Capabi l i t y Report
2,0 Ai rcraf t Identi f i cati on (Fl i ght I D)
2,1 Ai rcraf t Regi st rati on Number
3.0 ACAS Resol ut i on Advi sory
4,0 Ai rcraf t Verti cal Intenti on
4,1 Next Way Poi nt I denti fi er
4,2 Next Way Poi nt Posi ti on
4,3 Next Way Poi nt I nf ormat i on
4,4 Met eorol ogi cal Routi ne Report
4,5 Met eorol ogi cal Hazard Report
4,8 VHF Channel Report
5,0 Track and Turn Report
5,1 Posi ti on Coarse
5,2 Posi ti on Fi ne
5,3 Ai r Referenced St at e Vect or
5,4 Way Poi nt 1
5,5 Way Poi nt 2
5,6 Way Poi nt 3
5,F Quasi -St ati c Paramet er Moni tori ng
6,0 Headi ng and Speed Report
Common Usage GI CB BDS
Tabl e 2
NOTE: Ref er t o 1- 2- 4, Tabl e 2. Dar k
Shaded BDS ar e not suppor t ed by
cur r ent I FR 6000 sof t war e. Li ght
shaded BDS ar e suppor t ed by ADS- B
opt i on.
Speci f i c Ser vi ces GI CB Capabi l i t y Repor t
BDS 1, 8
BDS 1, 8 I nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4 RR=17 DI =7
and RRS=8. DF20 r epl y BDS r egi st er
cont ent di spl ayed as 14 HEX di gi t s. Each bi t
set i ndi cat es capabi l i t y suppor t ed f or BDS
0, 1 t o 3, 8.

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BDS 1, 9
BDS 1, 9 I nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4 RR=17 DI =7
3, 9 t o 7, 0.
BDS 1, A
BDS 1, A I nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4 RR=17 DI =7
7, 1 t o A, 8.
BDS 1, B
BDS 1, B I nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4 RR=17 DI =7
A, 9 t o E, 0.
BDS 1, C
BDS 1, C I nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4 RR=17 DI =7
E, 1 t o F, F.
Ai rcraf t I dent i f i cat i on ( Fl i ght I D) BDS 2, 0
The Test Set I nt er r ogat es wi t h Mode S UF4
( Comm A I dent i t y r equest ) , RR=18 ( l ong
r epl y) t o r equest DF20 wi t h AI S r epl y.
Ver i f i es r epl y r ecei ved i s a DF20 ( Comm- B)
wi t h an AI S f i el d cont ai ni ng val i d char act er s.
NOTE: I f Fl i ght I D i s not ent er ed i nt o
t r ansponder or l i nked subsyst em,
AI S i s zer o ( 0) .
ACAS Resol ut i on Advi sor y BDS 3, 0
Test Set I nt er r ogat es wi t h UF4, +6 dB above
MTL, RR=19 DI =7 RRS=0, decodes DF20
r epl y and di spl ays act i ve r esol ut i on advi sor y
dat a, i ncl udi ng RAT ( Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Ter mi nat ed) bi t .
NOTE: TCAS I I must be i nst al l ed and a
r esol ut i on advi sor y must be i n
pr ogr ess f or dat a t o be di spl ayed on
t hi s Scr een. RA may be st i mul at ed
by Test Set or a TCAS- 201 Test Set
r unni ng a col l i si on scenar i o

BAT 2. 5 Hr
RUN
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

XPDR ENHANCED SURV
NE XT
T E S T

BDS4, 0 MCP/ F CU SEL ALT =655 20 f t
BARO PRES SET =
BDS5, 0 ROLL ANGLE = 40. 1 deg
TRUE TRACK ANGLE= 9 0. 3 deg
GROUND SPEED = 512 kt s
TRACK ANGL E RATE= 4. 00 deg/ s
TRUE AI R SPEED = 5 12 kt s
BDS6, 0 MAGNETI C HEADI NG= 1 64. 2 deg
I ND AI R SPEED = 512 kt s
MACH NO = 0 . 300
I NERT VERT VEL =- 140 0 f t / mi n
BARO ALT RAT E = - 1400 f t / mi n

RE T URN

PASS

XPDR Enhanced Sur vei l l ance Test
XPDR Enhanced Sur vei l l ance Test per f or ms
Ai r cr af t Ver t i cal I nt ent i on.
+Ver i f i es, decodes and di spl ays BDS 5. 0
Tr ack and Tur n Repor t .
Headi ng and Speed Repor t .
NOTE: Onl y pr i mar y dat a f i el ds ar e
r equi r ed.
NOTE: BDS Dat a I t ems not avai l abl e ar e
i dent i f i ed by di spl ayi ng N/ A i n t he
dat a f i el d.
NOTE: I f Check Cap i s enabl ed, BDS 1, 7 i s
ver i f i ed t o conf i r m avai l abi l i t y of :
BDS 4, 0
BDS 5, 0
BDS 6, 0

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Ai rcraf t Vert i cal I nt ent i on BDS 4, 0
di spl ays ver t i cal i nt ent r epor t dat a.
NOTE: ADLP ( Ai r Dat a Li nk Pr ocessor ) must
be i nst al l ed or t r ansponder must
have embedded ADLP t o r ecei ve
dat a f r om subsyst em ( i n t hi s case
t he FMS [ Fl i ght Management
Syst em] ) .
MCP/ FCU SEL ALT:
( Mode Cont r ol Panel / Fl i ght Cont r ol Uni t
Sel ect ed Al t i t ude) di spl ayed i n f eet .
Track and Turn Report BDS 5, 0
di spl ays Tr ack and Tur n Repor t dat a.
dat a f r om subsyst em ( i n t hi s case
t he FMS [ Fl i ght Management
Syst em] ) .
ROLL ANGLE:
90. 0 deg
TRUE TRACK ANGLE:
( Tr ue Tr ack Angl e)
- 180 t o 180 deg
GROUND SPEED:
( Gr ound Speed)
0 t o 2048 kt s ( 2 kt r esol ut i on)
TRUE TRACK ANGLE RATE:
( Tr ue Tr ack Angl e Rat e)
16. 0 deg/ sec
TRUE AI R SPEED:
( Tr ue Ai r Speed)
Headi ng and Speed Report BDS 6, 0
di spl ays Headi ng and Speed Repor t dat a.
MAG HDG:
( Magnet i c Headi ng)
- 180 t o 180 deg
I ND AI R SPEED:
( I ndi cat ed Ai r Speed)
MACH NO:
( Mach Number )
0 t o 4. 096 ( Mach Number )
I NERT VERT VEL:
( I ner t i al Ver t i cal Vel oci t y)
- 16384 t o +16352 f t / mi n
( 32 f t / mi n r esol ut i on)
BARO ALT RATE:
( Bar omet r i c Al t i t ude Rat e)
- 16384 t o +16352 f t / mi n ( 32 f t / mi n
r esol ut i on)

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4. 3. 5 Al t i t ude ENCODER

BAT 2. 5 Hr

XPDR ALT ENCODER

SOURCE: ENCODER

ALTI TUDE = 1000 00 f t

A4 A2 A1 B4 B2 B1 C4 C2 C1 D4 D2

RUN
T E S T

S E L E CT
S OURCE

Al t i t ude Encoder
Al t i t ude Encoder per f or ms t hese f unct i ons:
Decodes and di spl ays al t i t ude i n f eet and
bi nar y code ( gr ey code) f r om encodi ng
al t i met er s.
Al t i t ude
Encodi ng al t i met er i s connect ed vi a user
manuf act ur ed cabl e t o Remot e Connect or .
Al t i t ude i s decoded and di spl ayed i n f eet and
bi nar y l i nes ar e moni t or ed and di spl ayed as
A4, A2, A1, B4, B2, B1 C4, C2, C1, D4, D2.
A l ogi c 0 i s di spl ayed by a st r i ke t hr ough
( A4) .
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess XPDR Mode Key unt i l t he XPDR
ENCODER Scr een i s di spl ayed.
2. Use DATA Keys or SELECT SOURCE
Sof t Key t o sel ect ENCODER.
3. Connect Test Set . Remot e Connect or ,
Al t i t ude Encoder i nput s t o UUT
Encodi ng Al t i met er vi a user pr ovi ded
cabl e. Ref er t o Appendi x A f or r emot e
connect or pi nout s.
4. Pr ess RUN TEST Sof t Key.
5. Use Bar omet r i c Test Set t o pump up
UUT Encodi ng Al t i met er t o desi r ed t est
al t i t udes and conf i r m al t i t ude on
di spl ay.

BAT 2. 5 Hr

XPDR ALT ENCODER

SOURCE: XPDR

ALTI TUDE = 1000 00 f t

A4 A2 A1 B4 B2 B1 C4 C2 C1 D4 D2

I D = 6677

A4 A2 A1 B4 B2 B1 C4 C2 C1 D4 D2 D1

RUN
T E S T

S E L E CT
S OURCE

STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess XPDR Mode Key unt i l t he XPDR
ENCODER Scr een i s di spl ayed.
2. Use DATA Keys or SELECT SOURCE
Sof t Key t o sel ect XPDR.
3. Connect Test Set . Ref er t o 1- 1- 2, f or
Ant enna Set up. Ref er t o 1- 1- 2, f or
Di r ect Connect Set up.
4. Pr ess RUN TEST Sof t Key.

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4. 3. 6 XPDR SETUP DI RECT CONNECT
STEP PROCEDURE
t he ai r cr af t ant enna f eeder cabl e and
Test Set RF I / O Connect or .
par amet er .
CONNECT.
f ound on cabl e.
4. 3. 7 XPDR SETUP ANTENNA COUPLER
CONNECT
STEP PROCEDURE
Ant enna.
- Pl ace Coupl er over t he ant enna,
- Push Coupl er f i r ml y agai nst t he
- Lock coupl er i nt o pl ace by
I / O Connect or .
par amet er .
5. Sel ect RF PORT: Sel ect DI R
W/ COUPLER
f ound on cabl e.

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4. 3. 8 "OVER THE AI R" GROUND TEST
PROCEDURE ( UUT Ai rcraf t Al t i t ude
Repor t i ng Syst em sAi rf i el d
Al t i t ude)
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess XPDR Mode Key t o di spl ay XPDR
Aut o Test Scr een. The Test Set shows
di spl ays t he r esul t s of t he l ast XPDR
Aut o Test i f r un si nce l ast Power - up.
2. Per f or m XPDR Set up Scr een pr ocedur e
( par a 1- 2- 4. 3. 2) set t i ng RF Por t t o
ANTENNA.
3. Per f or m CONFI G sel ect i on pr ocedur e
( par a 1- 2- 4. 3. 1) .
4. Per f or m Di r ect i onal Ant enna Use
pr ocedur e ( par a 1- 2- 4. 5) . Posi t i on Test
Set Ant enna f aci ng UUT ant enna at
XPDR Set up Scr een ANT RANGE.
5. Shi el d wi t h Ant enna Shi el d or
di sconnect and t er mi nat e UUT ant enna
not bei ng t est ed. Ref er t o Appendi x J.
Deact i vat e ot her ar ea t r ansponder s or
posi t i on t r ansponder s at l east t hr ee
t i mes t he XPDR Set up Scr een ANT
RANGE f r om t he Test Set Ant enna.
6. Pr ess RUN/ STOP Sof t Key t o r un XPDR
Aut o Test . TESTI NG i n t he l i ne above
t he sof t keys i ndi cat es t est i s r unni ng.
7. Pr ess RUN/ STOP Sof t Key at any t i me
t o st op t est ( non- r esumabl e) .
8. Ver i f y XPDR Aut o Test i ndi cat es PASS
or FAI L on DI SPLAY. Ver i f y squawk
codes, al t i t udes, Mode S addr ess, VS
and FS st at us, count r y and t ai l number .
9. Ver i f y squawk codes, al t i t udes, Mode S
addr ess, VS and FS st at us, count r y and
t ai l number .
NOTE: The Ant enna Shi el d pr ovi des at l east
20 dB of i sol at i on, ensur i ng ai r bor ne
TCAS equi pped ai r cr af t do not
det ect UUT at al t i t ude, causi ng f al se
RA s and TA s. The 20 dB i sol at i on
of t he ant enna shi el d may cause
var i ous t est s t o f ai l , whi ch i s nor mal .
4. 3. 9 "OVER THE AI R" SI MULATED
ALTI TUDE TEST PROCEDURE
( UUT Ai rcraf t Al t i t ude Repor t i ng
Syst em >Ai r f i el d Al t i t ude [ "Pumped
Up"] )
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess XPDR Mode Key t o di spl ay XPDR
Aut o Test Scr een. Test Set di spl ays
r esul t s of l ast XPDR Aut o Test i f r un
si nce l ast Power - up.
2. Per f or m XPDR Set up Scr een
pr ocedur e, set t i ng RF I / O Connect or t o
ANTENNA ( par a 1- 2- 4. 3. 2) . Set ANT
RANGE t o s20 f t ( 6. 1 m) .
3. Per f or m CONFI G sel ect i on pr ocedur e
( par a 1- 2- 4. 3. 1) .
4. Per f or m Di r ect i onal Ant enna pr ocedur e
( par a 1- 2- 4. 5) . Posi t i on Test Set
Ant enna f aci ng UUT ant enna at XPDR
Set up Scr een ANT RANGE.
5. Shi el d bot h UUT ant enna s wi t h
Ant enna Shi el ds or di sconnect and
t er mi nat e UUT Ant enna not bei ng
t est ed. Deact i vat e ot her ar ea
t r ansponder s or posi t i on t r ansponder s
>50 f t ( 15. 24 m) f r om t he Test Set
ant enna.
6. Pr ess RUN/ STOP Key t o r un XPDR
Aut o Test . TESTI NG i n t he l i ne above
t he sof t keys i ndi cat es t est i s r unni ng.
7. Pr ess RUN/ STOP Key at any t i me t o
st op t est ( non- r esumabl e) . Ot her wi se,
Aut o Test r uns unt i l al l t est s ar e
compl et e.
8. XPDR Aut o Test wi l l i ndi cat e a FAI L on
DI SPLAY.
9. Ver i f y squawk codes, al t i t udes, Mode S
addr ess, VS and FS st at us, count r y and
t ai l number .
NOTE: The Ant enna Shi el d pr ovi des at l east
20 dB of i sol at i on, ensur i ng ai r bor ne
TCAS equi pped ai r cr af t do not
det ect UUT at al t i t ude, causi ng f al se
RA s and TA s. The 20 dB i sol at i on
of t he ant enna shi el d may cause
var i ous t est s t o f ai l , whi ch i s nor mal .

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4. 4 DME
Pr ess DME Mode Key t o sel ect DME
f unct i onal mode. DME Test Scr een i s
di spl ayed.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
% REPLY: 100 ECHO : OFF
SQT R : ON I DENT : OFF

T X FREQ = 1041. 0 0 MHZ ERP=5 5. 0 d Bm
P1 WI DT H= 3. 50 0 us PRF =150 Hz
P2 WI DT H= 3. 50 0 us
P1 - P2 = 3 6. 00 us( Y)
UUT LVL = - 38. 2 dBm

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
P ARAM
NE XT
P ARAM
DME
S T OP
RAT E

VOR: 108. 0 0 MHz RFLVL: - 2 . 0 dBm
FREQ: 978 MHz RATE: 650 kt s I N
CHAN: 17X RANGE: 450.00 nm

I N/ OUT

DME f unct i onal mode has a si ngl e t est
scr een t hat pr ovi des al l r equi r ed cont r ol
f unct i ons and measur ement di spl ay. A Set up
DME Scr een al l ows user par amet er s t o be
ent er ed.
User Cont rol s:
Sof t Keys:
RUN TEST:
St ar t s t he DME Test . TEST RUNNI NG i s
di spl ayed at t he t op of Scr een.
NEXT PARAM:
Sel ect s next cont r ol f i el d. I ncl udes sel ect i on
of f i el ds t hat have dedi cat ed Keys.
PREV PARAM:
Sel ect s pr evi ous cont r ol f i el d. I ncl udes
sel ect i on of f i el ds t hat have dedi cat ed Keys.
STOP( START) RATE:
St ops or st ar t s Range Rat e.
I N/ OUT:
Rever ses si mul at ed di r ect i on of ai r cr af t .

Dedi cat ed Keys and Cont rol Fi el ds:
FREQ Key:
Test Set r epl y Fr equency i s di spl ayed i n
t hr ee l i nked uni t s.
VOR ( pai r ed f r equency MHz)
FREQ ( gr ound t o ai r f r equency MHz)
CHAN ( DME channel number )
Pr ess Fr equency Key t o sel ect each uni t i n
sequence. Pr ess DATA Key t o sel ect X or Y
channel .
RF LVL Key:
Sel ect s RF LVL f i el d.
Not e: When swi t chi ng RF por t s, RF LVL
def aul t s t o maxi mum val ue
appr opr i at e t o at t enuat i on r ange f or
sel ect ed por t .
UUT LVL f i el d di spl ays RF l evel at UUT
ant enna. Cal cul at ed f r om RF LVL Pat h Loss
+ Ant enna Gai n Cabl e Loss.
RANGE Key:
Sel ect s Range f i el d.
RATE Key:
Sel ect s Rat e f i el d.

Cont rol Fi el ds Sel ect ed wi t h NEXT/ PREV
PARAM Sof t Keys:
% REPLY:
Sel ect abl e i n 1% st eps. Range i s 0% t o
100%.
SQTR:
Sel ect abl e ON or OFF. Squi t t er must be on
f or DME t o sear ch and acqui r e t r ack.
ECHO:
Sel ect abl e ON or OFF. Mul t i - pat h Repl y
Echo si mul at i on at Fi xed 30 nm, RF l evel
- 11 dB r el at i ve t o RF LVL sel ect ed ( Mai n
Repl y) .
I DENT:
Sel ect abl e ON or OFF. Sends 1350 Hz t one
wi t h t hr ee l et t er st at i on I dent i f i cat i on.
Def i ned i n Set up DME Scr een.

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Measurement Paramet ers:
TX FREQ:
Measur es and di spl ays I nt er r ogat i on
Fr equency i n MHz.
ERP:
Measur es and di spl ays I nt er r ogat or ERP
( Ef f ect i ve Radi at ed Power ) i n dBm, dBW or
W peak. Uni t s ar e sel ect ed i n SETUP-
GENERAL Scr een.
PRF:
Measur es and di spl ays i nt er r ogat or Pul se
Repet i t i on Fr equency.
P1 WI DTH:
Measur es and di spl ays I nt er r ogat or P1 wi dt h
i n us.
P2 WI DTH:
Measur es and di spl ays I nt er r ogat or P2 wi dt h
i n us.
P1/ P2:
Measur es and di spl ays i nt er r ogat or P1 t o P2
spaci ng and di spl ays Mode X or Y, dependi ng
on spaci ng.
Cont rol Fi el d Power Up Def aul t s:
FREQ: 978 MHz.
RF LVL ( UUT LVL) : Maxi mum
RF LVL: Maxi mum
RATE: 0 kt s I N
RANGE: 0 nm
% REPLY: 100
ECHO: OFF
SQTR: ON
I DENT: ON

4. 4. 1 DME SETUP
Ref er t o 1- 1- 2. 8 and 1- 1- 2. 9 f or Ant enna
Connect pr ocedur es.

Set up DME Scr een cont ai ns par amet er s
whi ch det er mi ne t he oper at i onal
char act er i st i cs of each f unct i onal mode of t he
Test Set .
NOTE: Set up Scr een i nf or mat i on i s ent er ed

BAT 2. 5 Hr

NE XT
P ARAM

SET UP DME

DI AG
RF PORT : DI RECT CONNECT
ANT RANGE : -

ANT GAI N ( dBI )
I DENT T ONE : I F R 0. 96 GHz : 7. 5
DI R CABLE L EN: 25 FT 1. 03 GHz : 7. 1
DI R CABLE L OSS: 4 . 5 dB 1. 09 GHz : 6. 1
COUPLER LOSS: 0. 8 d B 1. 15 GHz : 5. 0
MAX RANGE: 200. 00 nm 1. 22 GHz : 2. 8

P RE V
P ARAM

STEP PROCEDURE
SETUP- DME Cont r ol Scr een.
sel ect f i el d. Use DATA Keys t o sl ew
t he dat a.
RF I / O CONNECTOR:
CONNECT vi a RF I / O Connect or
or DI R W/ COUPLER.

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STEP PROCEDURE
ANT CABLE LEN or DI R CABLE
LEN or CPL CABLE LEN:
CABLE LOSS f i el d i s
aut omat i cal l y cal cul at ed. Cabl e
l oss may be manual l y ent er ed by
t he user .
ANT CABLE LOSS or DI R CABLE
LOSS or CPL CABLE LOSS:
RF coaxi al cabl e
9. 9 dB.
Cabl e Len wi l l
aut omat i cal l y cal cul at e
cabl e l oss i n dB. Cabl e
l oss i s aut omat i cal l y
di spl ayed.
cabl es.
Lent er ed = L * ( 0. 68/ V)
L = physi cal l engt h of
cabl e
V = Vel oci t y f act or of
cabl e
Wher e Lent er ed = t he
l engt h val ue ent er ed i nt o
f i el d.
COUPLER LOSS:
Di spl ays coupl er l oss i n dB ( at
1090 MHZ) . Fi gur e mar ked on
suppl i ed coupl er .
9. 9 dB.
STEP PROCEDURE
ANT GAI N:
Ent er ed i n dBi and nor mal l y set
once, t he f i ve gai n f i gur es
( 0. 0 t o 20. 9) f or f r equenci es ar e:
0. 96 GHz 1. 15 GHz
1. 03 GHz 1. 21 GHz
1. 09 GHz
Gai n f i gur es ar e al so mar ked on
t he Di r ect i onal Ant enna.
I DENT TONE:
Set s t he t hr ee l et t er I DENT t one.
Def aul t i s I FR.
MAX RANGE:
Li mi t s t he maxi mum si mul at ed
r ange ( 10. 00 t o 450. 00) Def aul t
i s400 nm.
3. Pr ess DME Mode Key t o r et ur n t o DME
Test Scr een.
DME Test Gui del i nes:
1. Pr ess DME Mode Key t o di spl ay DME
Test Scr een.
2. Set Test Set cont r ol s as f ol l ows:
RF LVL ( UUT LVL) : Maxi mum Out put
UUT LVL: Maxi mum Out put
RF FREQ: To desi r ed channel
RANGE: 0. 00 nm
RATE: STOP
I N/ OUT: OUT
ECHO: OFF
SQTR: OFF
% REPLY: 70
I DENT: ON
3. Set SQTR t o ON and ver i f y UUT DME
sear ches and l ocks on wi t hi n 1. 5 sec.
4. Ver i f y Range di spl ayed on UUT DME
di st ance i ndi cat or i s 0 nm ( 0. 5 nm) .
5. Ver i f y Tr ack PRF i s s30 Hz.
6. Ver i f y TX Fr equency i s wi t hi n
0. 1 MHz of assi gned channel .
7. Ver i f y P1 t o P2 Pul se Wi dt hs ar e 3. 5 s
( 0. 5 s) .
8. Ver i f y P1 t o P2 Pul se Spaci ng i s:
X channel 12. 0 us ( 0. 5 s)
Y Channel 36. 0 us ( 0. 5 s)

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STEP PROCEDURE
9. Ver i f y ERP i s f or :
TSO d DME >18, 000 f t >250 W
( +54 dBm)
TSO d DME <18, 000 f t >50 W
( +47 dBm)
10. Set RATE t o 600 kt s and ver i f y UUT
DME di st ance i ndi cat or di spl ays an
out bound t r ack, wi t hout br eaki ng l ock.
11. Set I N/ OUT t o I N and ver i f y UUT DME
di st ance i ndi cat or di spl ays an i nbound
t r ack, wi t hout br eaki ng l ock. Set RATE
t o 0 kt s.
12. Set %REPLY t o 0. Ver i f y di st ance
cont i nues t o be di spl ayed and f l ag
r emai ns out of vi ew f or 8 s ( 4 sec) .
Af t er memor y t i mes out , ver i f y on UUT
DME di st ance i ndi cat or t hat di st ance i s
not di spl ayed and f l ag i s i n vi ew. Ver i f y
Sear ch PRF i s s150 Hz.
13. Set %REPLY t o 70 and UUT LVL t o
- 79 dBm, ver i f y UUT DME l ocks on.
Set I DENT t one t o ON. Ver i f y 1350 Hz
I dent mor se i s pr esent on UUT DME
audi o. Set I DENT t o OFF.
14. Set RANGE t o 40 nm. Set ECHO t o
ON. Ver i f y UUT DME does not br eak
l ock and r ange di spl ayed on UUT DME
i ndi cat or i s 40 nm ( 0. 5 nm) . Set
ECHO t o OFF.
15. Set UUT LVL t o - 79 dBm and %REPLY
t o 70. Ver i f y UUT DME i s l ocked on.
Adj ust UUT LVL i n - 1 dB st eps, al l owi ng
15 sec bet ween st eps unt i l UUT DME
br eaks l ock. Ver i f y UUT LVL i s
>- 83 dBm.

NOTE: OEM Test pr ocedur es shoul d
be f ol l owed.
NOTE: For Radi at ed Test i ng,
Maxi mum UUT LVL set t abl e
depends on di st ance of Test
Set f r om UUT and Set up DME
Scr een set t i ngs.

STEP PROCEDURE
Cal i brat i on:
1. Pr ess CAL Sof t Key t o di spl ay t he
Cal i br at i on Scr een. Consul t mai nt enance
manual f or r equi r ed passwor d.

BAT 2. 5 Hr CALI BRATI ON

Enter Password

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2 5
1 3 4

2. Pr ess RS232 Sof t Key t o di spl ay t he
RS- 232 Scr een.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
P RE V
P ARAM

SET UP RS23 2

BAUD RATE: 11520 0
FLOW CONTROL: X0 NXOFF

PARI TY=NONE
DATA BI T S=8
STOP BI T S=1

RE T URN

NE XT
P ARAM

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4. 5 TCAS
The I FR 6000 f ul l y t est s ATCRBS and Mode
S, ACAS, TCAS I and I I ( Tr af f i c Al er t
Col l i si on Avoi dance Syst em) .
The t est set si mul at es an I nt r uder Ai r cr af t
conver gi ng on t he posi t i on of t he TCAS UUT.
By manual l y def i ni ng a scenar i o or ut i l i zi ng
t he f act or y def aul t scenar i os i n t est set
memor y, t he Test Set oper at or can ver i f y t he
cor r ect TA s ( Tr af f i c Advi sor y) and RA s
( Resol ut i on Advi sor y) have occur r ed on t he
TCAS di spl ay.
The I FR 6000 i s used wi t h t he di r ect i onal
ant enna at t ached, al l owi ng t he user t o move
t he t est set t o di f f er ent l ocat i ons and
headi ngs f r om t he Ai r cr af t UUT.

4. 5. 1 TCAS OPERATI ON CONCEPT
TCAS i s a syst em whi ch pr ovi des si t uat i onal
awar eness of t he sur r oundi ng ai r space of an
ai r cr af t t o t he pi l ot and cr ew. TCAS
est abl i shes a vol ume of ai r space ar ound t he
ai r cr af t based upon r ange, speed and
al t i t ude.
By wor ki ng i n- conj unct i on wi t h t he ai r cr af t
Tr ansponder syst em, TCAS can det er mi ne
t he r el at i ve t hr eat of an ai r cr af t and i ssue
vi sual and audi bl e advi sor i es t o assi st t he
cr ew i n t aki ng act i on t hat pr event s a
col l i si on. Ref er t o 1- 2- 4, Tabl e 3.

TCAS Pr ot ect i on Vol ume Exampl e
5, 000 f t t o 10, 000 f t
Fi gur e 7

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Your
Al t i t ude ( f t )
SL Tau
( sec)
DMOD
( nmi )
Al t i t ude Threshol d
( f t )
TA RA TA RA TA RA
( ALI M)
<1000 2 20 N/ A 0. 30 N/ A 850 N/ A
1000 - 2350 3 25 15 0. 33 0. 20 850 300
2350 - 5000 4 30 20 0. 48 0. 35 850 300
5000 - 10, 000 5 40 25 0. 75 0. 55 850 350
10, 000 - 20, 000 6 45 30 1. 00 0. 80 850 400
20, 000 - 42, 000 7 48 35 1. 30 1. 10 850 600
>42, 000 7 48 35 1. 30 1. 10 1200 700
Pr ot ect i on Vol ume Par amet er s Ver sus Al t i t ude
Tabl e 3

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Typi cal TCAS I I Di spl ay
Fi gur e 8

Non- Threat Traf f i c: An open whi t e
di amond i ndi cat es t hat an i nt r uder s
r el at i ve al t i t ude i s 1200 f t ver t i cal l y
or di st ance i s beyond 6 nm r ange and
not yet consi der ed a t hr eat .
Proxi mi t y I nt ruder Traf f i c: A f i l l ed
whi t e di amond i ndi cat es t hat t he
i nt r udi ng ai r cr af t i s 1200 f t ver t i cal l y
and wi t hi n 6 nm r ange, and st i l l not
consi der ed a t hr eat .
Traf f i c Advi sor y: A symbol change
t o a f i l l ed yel l ow ci r cl e i ndi cat es t hat
t he i nt r udi ng ai r cr af t i s consi der ed t o
be pot ent i al l y hazar dous. Dependi ng
on al t i t ude TCAS I I di spl ays a TA
when t he t i me t o CPA i s bet ween 20
and 48 sec.

Resol ut i on Advi sor y: A sol i d r ed
squar e i ndi cat es t hat t he i nt r udi ng
ai r cr af t i s pr oj ect ed t o be a col l i si on
t hr eat . TCAS I I cal cul at es t hat t he
i nt r uder has r eached t he poi nt wher e
a Resol ut i on Advi sor y i s necessar y.
The t i me t o cl osest appr oach wi t h t he
i nt r uder i s now bet ween 15 and
35 sec dependi ng on al t i t ude. The
symbol appear s t oget her wi t h an
appr opr i at e audi o war ni ng and a
ver t i cal maneuver i ndi cat i on on t he
RA/ VSI .
Numbers: Repr esent s t he i nt r uder
ai r cr af t r el at i ve al t i t ude 100 f t l evel s
f r om ai r cr af t .
Ar rows: I ndi cat e i f t he i nt r uder
ai r cr af t i s ascendi ng or descendi ng
f r om r el at i ve posi t i on.
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4. 5. 2 TCAS TESTI NG
The I FR 6000 pr ovi des t hr ee basi c TCAS t est
f unct i ons.
TCAS Screen
Pr ovi des si mul at ed encount er s wi t h i nt r udi ng
Mode S or Mode C ai r cr af t . Measur es Peak
Pul se Power or ERP ( Ef f ect i ve Radi at ed
Power ) and TX Fr equency of t he i nt er r ogat or .
Moni t or Screens
Sur vei l l ance Moni t or :
Di spl ays sur vei l l ance i nt er r ogat i ons UF0 and
UF16 f i el d cont ent , sur vei l l ance i nt er val and
count .
Br oadcast Moni t or :
Di spl ays TCAS br oadcast i nt er r ogat i ons UF16
f i el d cont ent , br oadcast i nt er val and count .
Di spl ays RA br oadcast i nt er r ogat i ons UF16
f i el d cont ent , br oadcast i nt er val and count .
Whi sper - Shout Moni t or :
Di spl ays whi sper - shout sequence i nt er val ,
count of i nt er r ogat i ons wi t h no suppr essi on,
S1, P2 or bot h S1 and P2. I nt er r ogat i on
spaci ng i s al so di spl ayed.
Set up Screens
Set s oper at i onal r ange and hei ght f r om t est
set ant enna t o UUT ant enna, cabl e l oss,
ant enna gai n par amet er s si mul at ed and
t r ansponder Mode S addr ess.
Repl y Par amet er s Scr een al l ows cont r ol over
Mode S DF0, DF11 and DF16 f i el d cont ent .
4. 5. 3 SETUP
SETUP- TCAS SCREEN:
SETUP- TCAS Scr een cont ai ns par amet er s
whi ch det er mi ne oper at i onal char act er i st i cs of
t he TCAS Funct i onal Mode. Unl ess ot her wi se
st at ed, l ast used val ues ar e r et ai ned on
Power - Up.
NOTE: Ent er Set up Scr een i nf or mat i on bef or e
conduct i ng t est oper at i ons.

RF PORT : ANT ENNA
ANT RANGE : 12 f t
ANT HEI GHT : 1 f t
UUT ADDRESS: AUT O
MANUAL AA: 00000 0

ANT CABLE L EN: 2 5 FT
ANT CABLE LOSS: 4. 5 dB ANT GAI N( dBi )
SQUI T T ERS: ON 1. 03 GHz : 7. 1
ALT REPORT I NG: ON 1. 09 GHz : 6 . 1
DI SPL AYED ALT : REL AT I VE
T EST SET AA: A92493
BAT 2. 5 Hr
RE P L Y
P ARAM

NE XT
P ARAM
SET UP- T CAS

DI AG

P RE V
P ARAM

S T ORE /
RE CAL L

STEP PROCEDURE
SETUP TCAS Scr een.
sel ect f i el d. Use DATA Keys t o sl ew t he
dat a.
RF PORT:
Sel ect s ANTENNA or DI RECT
CONNECT vi a RF I / O Connect or .
.

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STEP PROCEDURE
ANT CABLE LEN or DI R CABLE LEN
or CPL CABLE LEN:
ANT CABLE LOSS or DI R CABLE
LOSS or CPL CABLE LOSS:
RF coaxi al cabl e
9. 9 dB.
Cabl e Len wi l l aut omat i cal l y
cal cul at e cabl e l oss i n dB. Cabl e
l oss i s aut omat i cal l y di spl ayed.
cabl es.
Lent er ed = L * ( 0. 68/ V)
L = physi cal l engt h of cabl e
V = Vel oci t y f act or of cabl e
Wher e Lent er ed = t he l engt h
val ue ent er ed i nt o
f i el d.
COUPLER LOSS:
Di spl ays coupl er l oss i n dB ( at 1090
coupl er .
9. 9 dB.
ANT GAI N:
Ent er ed i n dBi , gai n f i gur es ( 0. 0 t o
20. 9) f or 1. 03 and 1. 096 GHz mar ked
on suppl i ed Di r ect i onal Ant enna.
ANT RANGE:
Test Set Ant enna t o TCAS ant enna
hor i zont al r ange ( 6 t o 250 f t or 2. 0 t o
75. 0 m) .
NOTE: UNI TS par amet er
STEP PROCEDURE
ANT HEI GHT:
Test Set Ant enna t o TCAS ant enna
hei ght di f f er ence ( 1 t o 99 f t or 0. 5 t o
30. 0 m) .
NOTE: UNI TS par amet er det er mi nes
f eet or met er s.
UUT ADDRESS:
I f AUTO i s sel ect ed t he t est set
i nt er r ogat es t he TCAS UUT
Tr ansponder wi t h an ATCRBS Al l
Cal l , t o obt ai n t he Mode S addr ess,
whi ch i s used i n subsequent
Tr ansponder i nt er r ogat i ons t o obt ai n
t he TCAS UUT al t i t ude.
I f MANUAL i s sel ect ed, t he UUT
addr ess i s obt ai ned f r om t he
MANUAL AA f i el d.
MANUAL AA:
User ent er ed Tr ansponder addr ess
f or TCAS UUT Tr ansponder .
SQUI TTERS:
Used t o t ur n ON or OFF Si mul at ed
Mode S Tr ansponder DF11 squi t t er s
cont ai ni ng addr ess speci f i ed i n
TEST SET AA: f i el d. Squi t t er s ar e
t r ansmi t t ed once per second and
shoul d be set t o ON f or nor mal
i nt er r ogat i on/ r epl y oper at i on.
ALT REPORTI NG:
Used t o t ur n ON or OFF Si mul at ed
Tr ansponder ATCRBS Mode C or
Mode S al t i t ude i nf or mat i on.
DI SPLAYED ALT:
Wi t h RELATI VE sel ect ed, si mul at ed
al t i t ude di spl ayed i n ALT f i el d of
TCAS scr een i s r el at i ve t o UUT
Al t i t ude ( i . e. , UUT al t i t ude) . Wi t h
ABSOLUTE sel ect ed, si mul at ed
al t i t ude di spl ayed i n ALT f i el d of
TCAS scr een i s act ual al t i t ude.
TEST SET AA:
Ent er t est set si mul at ed Mode S
Tr ansponder addr ess i n HEX.
3. Pr ess TCAS Mode Key t o r et ur n t o TCAS
Test Scr een.

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TCAS REPLY PARAMETERS SCREEN:
Pr ess SETUP SELECT Key unt i l TCAS- SETUP
scr een i s di spl ayed. Pr ess REPLY PARAM
Sof t Key t o di spl ay TCAS Repl y Par am Scr een.

DF0 VS : 0 SL : 0

DF1 1 CA : 0
DF1 6 VS : 0 SL : 0 RI a: 8 RI t : 3
ARA: 0 000 RAC: 0 VDS: 30
BAT 2. 5 Hr
P RE V
P ARAM
T CAS- REPL Y PARAM

RE T URN
NE XT
P ARAM
RE S E T
P ARAMS

The r epl y par amet er s scr een cont r ol s t he
cont ent of t he Mode S Repl i es DF0, DF11 and
DF16 used i n t he TCAS t est . The message
f i el ds al l ow t he user t o pr ogr am capabi l i t y
i nf or mat i on and var i ous advi sor i es t o t he
TCAS i nt er r ogat or .
NOTE: Ref er t o Appendi x I f or det ai l ed
descr i pt i ons of t he f ol l owi ng
di spl ayed Downl i nk For mat ( DF) f i el ds
and subf i el ds. Al l f i el ds ar e di spl ayed
i n hexadeci mal . Unl ess ot her wi se
speci f i ed, bot h si ngl e and cont i nuous
SLEW key depr essi ons change val ues
by 1.
USER CONTROL SOFT KEYS
NEXT PARAM:
Sel ect s next cont r ol f i el d, i ncl udi ng sel ect i on
of f i el ds t hat have dedi cat ed keys.
PREV PARAM:
Sel ect s pr evi ous cont r ol f i el d, i ncl udi ng
sel ect i on of f i el ds t hat have dedi cat ed keys.
RESET PARAMS:
Reset s al l par amet er s t o f act or y def aul t .
RETURN:
Di spl ays t he SETUP- TCAS scr een.

CONTROL FI ELD SOFT KEYS
VS:
Ent er ver t i cal st at us. VS: f i el d i ndi cat es
i nt r udi ng ai r cr af t i s ai r bor ne when 0 or on t he
gr ound when 1 . The VS: f i el d i s t r ansmi t t ed
i n DF0 and DF16.
SL:
Ent er si mul at ed I FR 6000 Sensi t i vi t y Level
( 1- 2- 4, Tabl e 4)
NOTE: The SL: f i el d cont ai ns si mul at ed
sensi t i vi t y l evel i nf or mat i on and does
not act ual l y set t he I FR 6000 t o a
par t i cul ar Sensi t i vi t y Level .

I NPUT
DATA
DEFI NI TI ON
0 No Sensi t i vi t y Level report ed
1 Operat es at Sensi t i vi t y Level 1
SL: Fi el d Val i d Dat a
Tabl e 4

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CA:
Ent er t r ansponder Capabi l i t y ( 1- 2- 4, Tabl e 5) .
The Test Set t r ansmi t s t he CA: f i el d i n DF11
( squi t t er t r ansmi ssi ons) .

I NPUT
DATA
DEFI NI TI ON
0 No communi cati ons capabi l i t y
(survei l l ance onl y)
1 Not used
2 Not used
3 Not used
4 Have Comm-A and Comm-B
capabi l i t y (ground).
capabi l i t y (ai rborne).
capabi l i t y (ground or ai rborne).
7 DR i s not equal to 0, or FS
equal s 2, 3, 4 or 5 (ground or
ai rborne).
CA: Fi el d Val i d Dat a
Tabl e 5
RI a:
Ent er ai r - t o- ai r Repl y I nf or mat i on f or an
acqui si t i on r epor t . The RI a: f i el d cont ai ns
ai r speed dat a. The f i el d can be set f r om 0 t o
F but onl y 8 t o E i s val i d ( 1- 2- 4, Tabl e 6) .
The Test Set t r ansmi t s t he RI a: f i el d i n DF0
and DF16 when i nt er r ogat or r equest s an
acqui si t i on r epor t .

RI a: FI ELD
I NPUT DATA
DEFI NI TI ON
( AI RSPEED)
8 No data avai l abl e
9 s75 kts
A >75 kt s and s150 kts
B >150 kts and s300 kts
C >300 kts and s600 kts
D >600 kts and s1200 kts
E >1200 kts
RI : Fi el d ( Acqui si t i on) Val i d Dat a
Tabl e 6

Rl t :
Ent er ai r - t o- ai r Repl y I nf or mat i on f or a
t r acki ng r epor t . The RI t : f i el d cont ai ns TCAS
capabi l i t y dat a. The f i el d can be set f r om 0
t o F but onl y 0 3 and 4 ar e val i d ( 1- 2- 4,
Tabl e 7) .

RI t : FI ELD
I NPUT DATA
DEFI NI TI ON
( TCAS CAPABI LI TY)
0 No on-board TCAS
3 On-board TCAS has
verti cal -onl y resol uti on
abi l i t y.
4 On-board TCAS has
verti cal and hori zont al
resol uti on abi l i t y.
RI : Fi el d ( Tr acki ng) Val i d Dat a
Tabl e 7
RAC:
Ent er si mul at ed TCAS Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Compl ement s. The RAC: f i el d i ndi cat es
cur r ent act i ve Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Compl ement s bei ng r ecei ved f r om al l ot her
TCAS ai r cr af t wi t h on- boar d r esol ut i on
capabi l i t y ( 1- 2- 4, Tabl e 8) . The t est set
t r ansmi t s t he RAC: f i el d i n DF16 ( par t of MV
f i el d) .

I NPUT
DATA
DEFI NI TI ON
0 No resol uti on advi sory
compl ements
1 Don' t turn ri ght .
2 Don' t turn l ef t.
4 Don' t cl i mb.
8 Don' t descend.
NOTE: The sum of t he I nput Dat a
codes i ndi cat es mul t i pl e act i ve
r esol ut i on advi sor i es ar e bei ng
r ecei ved.
RAC: Fi el d Val i d Dat a
Tabl e 8

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ARA:
Ent er si mul at ed TCAS r esol ut i on advi sor y
r epor t . The ARA: f i el d i ndi cat es al l cur r ent
Act i ve Resol ut i on Advi sor i es bei ng t r ansmi t t ed
by t he i nt r udi ng ai r cr af t ( I FR 6000) ( 1- 2- 4,
Tabl e 9) . The Test Set t r ansmi t s t he ARA:
f i el d i n DF16 ( par t of MV f i el d) .

I NPUT
DATA
DEFI NI TI ON
0004 Turn ri ght.
0008 Turn l eft .
0010 Don' t cl i mb faster than
2000 fpm.
0020 Don' t cl i mb faster than
1000 fpm.
0040 Don' t cl i mb faster than 500
f pm.
0080 Don' t cl i mb.
0100 Descend.
0200 Don' t descend faster than
2000 fpm.
1000 fpm.
500 f pm.
1000 Don' t descend.
2000 Cl i mb.
NOTE: Dat a codes ar e added t oget her
t o i ndi cat e mul t i pl e act i ve
t r ansmi t t ed.
ARA: Fi el d Val i d Dat a
Tabl e 9
VDS:
Ent er MV message f i el d cont ent def i ni t i on.
Set t he VDS: f i el d t o 30 f or coor di nat i on r epl y
messages ( def aul t val ue) . The t est set
t r ansmi t s t he VDS: f i el d i n DF16 ( par t of MV
f i el d) .
CLI :
Ent er Coor di nat i on Lock I ndi cat or ( 0 i s Of f ,
1 i s On) . The t est set t r ansmi t s t he CLI : f i el d
i n DF16 ( par t of MV f i el d) .
4. 5. 4 TCAS SCREEN
Pr ess TCAS Mode Key unt i l TCAS Test Scr een
i s di spl ayed.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
I NT RUDER T YPE: MODE S
RANGE ST ART : 10. 00 nm ST OP: 0. 00 nm
ALT ST ART : +10 00 f t ST OP: 0 f t
ALT RAT E : 600 f pm CONVERGE : OFF
FREQ= 1 030. 000 MHz ERP= 57. 0 d Bm
RANGE= 21. 00 nm I N ALT = +1000 f t
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
P ARAM
NE XT
P ARAM

T CAS

MON

S T ORE /
RE CAL L

The TCAS scr een pr ovi des si mul at ed pl anned
encount er s wi t h ATCRBS Mode C or Mode S
i nt r uder s. The TCAS scr een i s used t o ver i f y
audi o and vi sual TCAS oper at i on ( Tr af f i c and
Resol ut i on Advi sor i es) . I nt r udi ng f l i ght
pat t er ns ar e pr ogr ammed f r om t he TCAS
scr een and st or ed i n one of si xt een user
named scenar i o dat a st or age l ocat i ons.
Ei ght f act or y pr e- def i ned scenar i os ar e
pr ovi ded whi ch may be r ecal l ed, modi f i ed and
st or ed under a user named scenar i o.

I NT RUDER T YPE: AT CRBS
RANGE ST ART : 10. 00 nm ST OP: 0. 00 nm
ALT ST ART : +10 00 f t ST OP: 0 f t
ALT RAT E : 600 f pm CONVERGE : OFF
FREQ= 1 030. 00 MHz ERP= 57. 0 d Bm
RANGE= 21. 00 nm I N ALT = +1000 f t
BAT 2. 5 Hr
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
P ARAM
NE XT
P ARAM

T CAS

MON

S T ORE /
RE CAL L

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Aug 1/ 12
Cal cul at i on of Scenari os:
Ex: Assume i nt r uder at 10, 000 f t above UUT
al t i t ude. I nt r uder vel oci t y i s 600 kt s and
i nt r uder di st ance i s 20 nm.
Manual cal cul at i on of al t i t ude r at e t o ensur e
conver gence:

Sel ect CONVERGE: OFF

STOP ALT= 0 f t , STOP RANGE= 0 nm.

ALT RATE= ALT START x RANGE RATE
START RANGE x 60

ALT RATE= 10, 000 x 600
20 x 60

ALT RATE = 5000 f pm

Aut o cal cul at i on of al t i t ude r at e t o ensur e
conver gence:
Set t he f ol l owi ng:
RANGE START: 20 nm
RANGE RATE: 600 kt s
ALT START: +10, 000 f t
Sel ect CONVERGE: ON. Al t i t ude r at e i s
aut omat i cal l y det er mi ned t o achi eve col l i si on.
STOP ( Range) and STOP ( Al t ) f i el ds i s
cl ear ed, al l owi ng easy pr ogr ammi ng of r andom
but conver gi ng scenar i os.

STEP PROCEDURE
1. Ref er t o par a 1- 2- 4. 7 f or Di r ect i onal
Ant enna use and set up pr ocedur e.
2. Pr ess TCAS Mode Key t o di spl ay TCAS
Test Scr een.
sel ect f i el d. Use DATA Keys t o sl ew t he
dat a.
USER CONTROLS SOFT KEYS
RUN TEST:
St ar t s t he TCAS Test .
NEXT PARAM:
Sel ect s next cont r ol f i el d. I ncl udes
sel ect i on of f i el ds t hat have dedi cat ed
Keys.
PREV PARAM:
Sel ect s pr evi ous cont r ol f i el d. I ncl udes
sel ect i on of f i el ds t hat have dedi cat ed
Keys.
MON:
Sel ect s t he Sur vei l l ance or Br oadcast
Moni t or Scr eens.
STORE/ RECALL:
Sel ect s t he Set up- Scenar i o Dat a Scr een.
DEDI CATED KEYS AND CONTROL
FI ELDS
RANGE:
RANGE Keys change RANGE.
RATE:
RATE Keys change RATE i n 1kt st eps
( 0 t o 1200 kt s) .
CONTROL FI ELDS SOFT KEYS
STORE/ RECALL:
Sel ect s Cust om, Pr edef i ned or User
def i ned scenar i os.
TCAS TYPE:
Sel ect i ons ar e TCAS I or TCAS I I .
% REPLY:
Sel ect s si mul at ed t r ansponder % r epl y.
Sel ect abl e i n 1% st eps. Range i s 0 t o
100%.

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STEP PROCEDURE
I NTRUDER TYPE:
Sel ect s i nt r uder t ype MODE S or
ATCRBS.
RANGE START:
Sel ect s st ar t r ange of scenar i o i n nm.
Range i s Mode S, 0. 00 t o 260. 00 nm or
ATCRBS, 0. 35 t o 260. 00.
RANGE STOP:
Sel ect s st op r ange of scenar i o i n nm.
Range i s Mode S, 0. 00 t o 260. 00 nm or
ATCRBS, 0. 35 t o 260. 00.
RANGE RATE:
Sel ect s r ange r at e of scenar i o ( 0 t o
1200 kt s) .
ALT START:
Sel ect s st ar t al t i t ude of scenar i o i n f t .
Range i s +127, 700 f t .
NOTE: I n al l I FR 6000 TCAS scenar i os,
al t i t ude START and STOP
par amet er s ar e Rel at i ve t o UUT
al t i t ude, enabl i ng scenar i os t o
be used at any al t i t ude wi t hout
r epr ogr ammi ng.
ALT STOP:
Sel ect s st op al t i t ude of scenar i o i n f t .
Range i s +127, 700 f t .
par amet er s ar e r el at i ve t o UUT
r epr ogr ammi ng.
ALT RATE:
Sel ect s al t i t ude r at e of scenar i o i n f pm.
Range i s 0 t o 10000 f pm.
CONVERGE:
When conver ge i s ON, al t i t ude r at e i s
aut omat i cal l y cal cul at ed t o achi eve
col l i si on at 0 nm and 0 f t ( r el at i ve t o
UUT) . Range STOP and Al t STOP f i el ds
ar e bl anked when conver ge i s ON.

STEP PROCEDURE
UUT ALT:
Di spl ays si mul at ed i nt r uder al t i t ude i n f t .
Thi s i s ei t her ent er ed vi a t he TCAS
Scr een or i s obt ai ned aut omat i cal l y f r om
t he TCAS UUT t r ansponder when ALT
DETECT i s set t o ON.
ALT DETECT:
When set t o ON, UUT al t i t ude i s obt ai ned
aut omat i cal l y f r om TCAS UUT
t r ansponder .
FREQ:
Di spl ays TCAS UUT t r ansmi t t er
f r equency i n MHz.
ERP:
Di spl ays TCAS UUT t r ansmi t t er ERP
( Ef f ect i ve Radi at ed Power ) i n dBm, dBW
or W peak.
RANGE:
Di spl ays si mul at ed r ange i n nm.
ALT:
Di spl ays si mul at ed al t i t ude. Dependi ng
on set up TCAS menu DI SPLAYED ALT
set t i ng, al t i t ude di spl ayed i s ei t her
r el at i ve t o UUT ALT or act ual al t i t ude.
par amet er s ar e r el at i ve t o UUT
r epr ogr ammi ng.
TCAS STATUS:
Di spl ays TCAS st at us ei t her ACQUI RI NG
or TRACKI NG. When TRACKI NG i s
annunci at ed, an i nt r uder shoul d be
di spl ayed on t he TCAS di spl ay ( Mode S
f eat ur e) .
NOTE: ACQUI RI NG or TRACKI NG i s
det er mi ned f r om UF0 or UF16
di scr et e i nt er r ogat i ons AQ f i el d.

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STEP PROCEDURE
STATUS:
Di spl ays si mul at ed t est set st at us i n
r el at i onshi p t o TCAS UUT. Four
di f f er ent st at us messages may be
di spl ayed.
NON THREAT
Range i s >4 nm and t i me unt i l
encount er i s >40 s.
PROXI MI TY
Range i s | 4 nm and t i me unt i l
encount er i s >40 sec.
TRAFFI C
Ti me unt i l encount er i s | 40 sec and
>25 sec.
RESOLUTI ON
Ti me unt i l encount er i s | 25 sec.
ENCOUNTER:
Di spl ays t i me i n mi nut es and seconds t o
encount er .
NOTE: Ther e ar e usual l y t wo t o t hr ee
seconds of del ay ( t ar get
acqui si t i on t i me) bet ween t he
st ar t of TCAS oper at i on and
when t he UUT acqui r es t he t est
set as a t ar get .
When any UUT ant enna i s bei ng
t est ed t he t ar get acqui si t i on
t i me i ncr eases. Ref er t o
Appendi x K f or t ar get
acqui si t i on t i me pr obabi l i t i es.
5. Pr ess RUN Sof t Key t o st ar t t est .
4. 5. 5 SETUP- SCENARI O DATA SCREEN
The SETUP- SCENARI O DATA Scr een may be
accessed f r om ei t her t he TCAS Scr een or
SETUP- TCAS Scr een by pr essi ng t he
STORE/ RECALL Sof t Key.
The Set up Scenar i o Scr een al l ows t he r ecal l of
ni ne f act or y pr edet er mi ned scenar i os and t he
St or age and Recal l of up t o 16 user def i ned
and named scenar i os.

BAT 2. 5 Hr

1 Last Powe r Down
2 +3500 f t col l i s i on
3 3500 f t col l i si o n
4 +3500 f t f l y- b y
5 3500 f t f l y- b y
6 +200 f t col l i si o n
7 200 f t col l i si o n
8 +200 f t f l y- b y
9 200 f t f l y- b y
10
11
12

S T ORE

SET UP- SCENARI O DAT A

RE T URN
NE XT
P AGE

P RE V
P AGE

USER CONTROL SOFT KEYS
STORE:
To st or e a speci f i c scenar i o, use t he Dat a
Sel ect Keys t o hi ghl i ght user st or age l ocat i ons
10 t o 25. Pr ess STORE Sof t Key t o di spl ay
SETUP- STORE NAME. Use t he Dat a Sel ect
Keys t o hi ghl i ght desi r ed char act er .

BAT 2. 5 Hr

ABCDEFGHI JKL MNOPQRST UVWXYZ

abcdef g hi j kl mnopqr st uvwx yz

0123 456789 ! ( ) * , - . / : ; ?@

____ _______ _______ _____ ______

Pl ease Ent e r St or e Na me

E NT E R
CHAR
S E L E CT
SET UP- ST ORE NAME

CANCE L BACK
S P ACE

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CHAR SELECT:
Pr ess CHAR SELECT Sof t Key t o sel ect
char act er . Repeat unt i l al l char act er s have
been sel ect ed.
ENTER:
Pr ess ENTER Sof t Key t o st or e name and
dat a. Use backspace key t o change any
pr evi ous char act er sel ect i on.
CANCEL:
Pr ess CANCEL Sof t Key t o cancel st or age
oper at i on.
RECALL:
To r ecal l a speci f i c scenar i o use t he Dat a
Sel ect Keys t o sel ect a speci f i c scenar i o.
Pr ess t he RECALL Sof t Key.
RETURN:
Pr ess t he RETURN Sof t Key t o di spl ay t he
pr evi ous scr een.
NOTE: Scenar i os ar e al so sel ect ed by usi ng
t he DATA KEYS when i n t he scenar i o
f i el d of t he TCAS scr een.
OVERWRI TE EXI STI NG SCENARI O:
To over wr i t e an exi st i ng TCAS scenar i o, pr ess
YES Sof t Key on CONFI RM Scr een.

BAT 2. 5 Hr

YE S

CONF I RM


NO

Ent er passwor d by pr essi ng t he Sof t Keys on
t he SETUP- TCAS SCENARI O Scr een.

BAT 2. 5 Hr SETUP- TCAS SCENARI O

Enter Password

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4. 5. 6 MONI TOR SCREENS
Moni t or Scr eens ar e accessed f r om t he TCAS
Scr een by pr essi ng t he MON Sof t Key.
When I NTRUDER TYPE sel ect ed i s Mode S,
t he Test Set moni t or s f or Upl i nk For mat s ( UF)
0 or 16. Mode S moni t or i ng consi st s of t wo
di f f er ent Moni t or scr eens; t he sur vei l l ance
moni t or and t he br oadcast moni t or .
When I NTRUDER TYPE sel ect ed i s ATCRBS,
t he Test Set moni t or s t he Whi sper - Shout
sequence.
4. 5. 6. 1 Sur vei l l ance Moni t or
The Sur vei l l ance Moni t or i s a gener al
moni t or i ng scr een di spl ayi ng t he cont ent s of
t he maj or i nt er r ogat i on f i el ds i ncor por at ed i n
UF0 and UF16. I nf or mat i on i s di spl ayed i n
hexadeci mal and can be used t o ver i f y
i nt er r ogat or bi t accur acy.

BAT 2. 5 Hr

UF0 RL =0 AQ =0
COUNT =1000 I NT ERVAL =10. 0s

UF16 RL =1 AQ =0 UDS=0 LCK=0
MT B=0 CVC=0 VRC=0 CHC=0
HRC=0 ESB=0 MI D=3 56412
COUNT =1000 I NT ERVAL =10. 0s
RUN
T E S T
BROAD
MON

T CAS- SURV MON

RE T URN

STEP PROCEDURE
1. Connect UUT t o I FR 6000 RF I / O
Connect or or I FR 6000 Di r ect i onal
Ant enna ( f aci ng t owar ds UUT Ant enna)
t o Ant enna Connect or .
2. Per f or m t he Set up Pr ocedur e ( par a
1- 2- 4. 5. 3) . Set I NTRUDER TYPE: t o
MODE S.
STEP PROCEDURE
3. I f UUT si mul at es al t i t ude and di r ect
connect i on i s not used, shi el d UUT
Ant enna bei ng t est ed wi t h Ant enna
Shi el d. Ref er t o par a 1- 2- 4. 6. Posi t i on
Di r ect i onal Ant enna s20 f t ( 6. 1 m) f r om
UUT Ant enna bei ng t est ed.
4. Pr ess MON Sof t Key t o ent er
Sur vei l l ance Moni t or scr een. ( Test Set
di spl ays i nf or mat i on f r om t he l ast
r ecei ved or r ecal l ed Mode S
i nt er r ogat i on. )
5. Pr ess RUN Sof t Key t o i ni t i at e Moni t or
Mode. ( Test Set di spl ays i nf or mat i on f or
t he l at est r ecei ved i nt er r ogat i on. )
The bot t om l i ne i ndi cat es r unni ng
Moni t or by di spl ayi ng: * Testi ng*.
Ref er t o Appendi x F f or det ai l ed
descr i pt i on of t he f ol l owi ng di spl ayed
Upl i nk For mat f i el ds and subf i el ds.
UF:
Upl i nk For mat number , as r ecei ved
i n t he Mode S i nt er r ogat i on, i s
di spl ayed i n deci mal f or m.
RL:
Repl y Lengt h f i el d, sent i n UF0 and
UF16, i ndi cat es r equest f or
t r ansponder ( I FR 6000) t o r epl y wi t h
DF0 i f set t o 0 or DF16 i f set t o 1.
AQ:
Acqui si t i on f i el d, sent i n UF0 and
UF16, i ndi cat es r equest f or
t r ansponder ( I FR 6000) t o r epl y wi t h
capabi l i t y ( t r acki ng) r epor t i f set t o 0
or ai r speed ( acqui si t i on) r epor t i f s et
t o 1.
UDS:
The UDS: f i el d, sent i n UF16 ( par t of
MU f i el d) , def i nes t he cont ent of t he
MU message f i el d. The UDS: f i el d
i ndi cat es TCAS Resol ut i on
Advi sor i es Lock Request s or
Resol ut i on Messages i f set t o 30 or
TCAS Br oadcast Messages i f set t o
32.

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1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
STEP PROCEDURE
LCK:
I f set t o 1, t he Lock f i el d i ndi cat es
r equest f or t he t r ansponder ( I FR
6000) t o send i nf or mat i on f or TCAS
Resol ut i on Advi sor y ( t r ansponder i s a
col l i si on t hr eat t o t he i nt er r ogat or )
and i s r ecei ved i n UF16 ( par t of MU
f i el d) .
MTB:
I f set t o 1 t he Mul t i pl e Thr eat Bi t
r ecei ved i n UF16 ( par t of MU f i el d)
i ndi cat es t he i nt er r ogat or i s r ecei vi ng
mor e t han one col l i si on t hr eat .
CVC:
The Cancel Ver t i cal Resol ut i on
Advi sor y Compl ement i s r ecei ved i n
UF16 ( par t of MU f i el d) ( 1- 2- 4,
Tabl e 10) .

CVC: FI ELD DEFI NI TI ON
0 No cancel l ati on
1 Cancel , don' t descend.
2 Cancel , don' t cl i mb.
CVC: Fi el d Di spl ay Dat a
Tabl e 10
VRC:
The Ver t i cal Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Compl ement i s r ecei ved i n UF16
( par t of MU f i el d) ( 1- 2- 4, Tabl e 11) .

VRC: FI ELD DEFI NI TI ON
0 No compl ement sent
1 Don' t descend.
2 Don' t cl i mb.
VRC: Fi el d Di spl ay Dat a
Tabl e 11

STEP PROCEDURE
CHC:
The Cancel Hor i zont al Resol ut i on
Advi sor y Compl ement i s r ecei ved i n
UF16 ( par t of MU f i el d) ( 1- 2- 4,
Tabl e 12) .

CHC: FI ELD DEFI NI TI ON
0 No cancel l ati on
1 Cancel , don' t t urn l ef t.
2 Cancel , don' t t urn ri ght .
CHC: Fi el d Di spl ay Dat a
Tabl e 12
HRC:
Ref er t o 1- 2- 4, Tabl e 13 f or t he
Hor i zont al Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Compl ement r ecei ved i n UF16 ( par t
of MU f i el d) .

HRC: FI ELD DEFI NI TI ON
0 No compl ement sent
1 I nt ruder TCAS sense i s
t urn l eft /Don' t turn l eft .
t urn l eft /Don' t turn ri ght.
t urn ri ght/ Don' t t urn l ef t.
t urn ri ght/ Don' t t urn ri ght .
HRC: Fi el d Di spl ay Dat a
Tabl e 13

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
STEP PROCEDURE
ESB:
Ref er t o 1- 2- 4, Tabl e 14 f or t he
Encoded/ Ver t i cal Sense Bi t s r ecei ved
i n UF16 ( now VSB, par t of MU f i el d)
t o ver i f y Ver t i cal Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Compl ement s.

CVC: FI ELD

VRC: FI ELD
VALI D
ESB: FI ELD
0 0 0
0 1 E
0 2 7
0 3 9
1 0 B
1 1 5
1 2 C
1 3 2
2 0 D
2 1 3
2 2 A
2 3 4
3 0 6
3 1 8
3 2 1
3 3 F
ESB: Fi el d Di spl ay Dat a
Tabl e 14
MI D:
The MI D: f i el d, r ecei ved i n UF16
( par t of MU f i el d) di spl ays t he
di scr et e Mode S addr ess of t he TCAS
i nt er r ogat or .
STEP PROCEDURE
I NTERVAL:
The I FR 6000 di spl ays t i me f r om t he
st ar t of one i nt er r ogat i on t o t he st ar t
of t he next i nt er r ogat i on. The I FR
6000 l ooks f or t he i nt er val bet ween
0. 53 sec ( t i me t o di spl ay i nf or mat i on)
and 1. 27 sec ( 1. 0 sec i s nomi nal ) .
COUNT:
The COUNT: f i el d di spl ays t he
number of TCAS Sur vei l l ance
I nt er r ogat i ons r ecei ved dur i ng t he
t est oper at i on.
6. Pr ess STOP Sof t Key t o t er mi nat e t est
oper at i on.

4. 5. 6. 2 BROADCAST MONI TOR
The Br oadcast Moni t or ver i f i es t he TCAS
Br oadcast i s t r ansmi t t ed i n UF16
appr oxi mat el y ever y t en seconds. The Test
Set det ect s a TCAS Br oadcast when t he AA
addr ess f i el d decoded f r om t he AP f i el d i n
UF16 has al l ones. The Br oadcast Moni t or
al so ver i f i es t he RA Br oadcast cont ent .

BAT 2. 5 Hr

RA BROADCAST
UDS=31 CAC=10 0000 f t
RAT =1 ARA=111010 10000 000
MT E=1 RAC=1010
AI D=7777
COUNT =1000

T CAS BROADCAST
UDS=32 MI D=A92492
COUNT =1000 I NT ERVAL =1 0. 0s
RUN
T E S T
S URV
MON

T CAS- BRDCAST MON

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1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess BROAD MON Sof t Key t o ent er
Br oadcast Moni t or . The Test Set
di spl ays i nf or mat i on f r om l ast r ecei ved
TCAS Br oadcast or RA Br oadcast .
mode. The Test Set di spl ays i nf or mat i on
f or t he l at est r ecei ved i nt er r ogat i on.
Moni t or by di spl ayi ng: * Test i ng*.
NOTE: UDS and MI D f i el d descr i pt i ons
ar e t he same as t he TCAS
Sur vei l l ance Moni t or .
CAC:
The CAC= f i el d, r ecei ved i n UF16
( par t of MU f i el d) , di spl ays t he Mode
C al t i t ude code of t he r epor t i ng
ai r cr af t .
RAT:
The RAT= f i el d r ecei ved i n UF16
( par t of MU f i el d) i ndi cat es t hat an
RA has been t er mi nat ed. I f set t o 0,
t he RA i ndi cat ed by t he ARA subf i el d
i s cur r ent l y act i ve. I f set t o 1, t he RA
i ndi cat ed by t he ARA subf i el d has
been t er mi nat ed. The one i s set f or
18 sec 1 sec.
ARA:
The ARA= f i el d i ndi cat es al l cur r ent
Act i ve Resol ut i on Advi sor i es bei ng
t r ansmi t t ed by t he UUT ( 1- 2- 4,
Tabl e 15) .
STEP PROCEDURE

DEFI NI TI ON
BI NARY DATA
Don' t turn ri ght .
0000 0000 0000 0001
Don' t turn l ef t.
0000 0000 0000 0010
Turn ri ght.
0000 0000 0000 0100
Turn l eft .
0000 0000 0000 1000
Don' t cl i mb faster than 2000 fpm.
0000 0000 0001 0000
Don' t cl i mb faster than 1000 fpm.
0000 0000 0010 0000
Don' t cl i mb faster than 500 f pm.
0000 0000 0100 0000
Don' t cl i mb.
0000 0000 1000 0000
Descend.
0000 0001 0000 0000
Don' t descend faster than 2000 fpm.
0000 0010 0000 0000
0000 0100 0000 0000
0000 1000 0000 0000
Don' t descend.
0001 0000 0000 0000
Cl i mb.
0010 0000 0000 0001
NOTE: Dat a codes ar e added t oget her
t o i ndi cat e mul t i pl e act i ve
t r ansmi t t ed.
ARA= Fi el d Val i d Dat a
Tabl e 15

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
STEP PROCEDURE
RAC:
The RAC= f i el d i ndi cat es cur r ent
act i ve Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Compl ement s bei ng r ecei ved f r om al l
ot her TCAS ai r cr af t wi t h on- boar d
r esol ut i on capabi l i t y ( 1- 2- 4, Tabl e
16) .

DATA DEFI NI TI ON
0 No resol uti on advi sory
compl ements
4 Don' t cl i mb.
8 Don' t descend.
NOTE: The sum of t he I nput Dat a
codes i ndi cat es mul t i pl e act i ve
r ecei ved.
RAC= Fi el d Val i d Dat a
Tabl e 16

MTE:
The MTE= f i el d, r ecei ved i n UF16
( par t of MU f i el d) , i ndi cat es i f t wo or
mor e si mul t aneous t hr eat s ar e
cur r ent l y bei ng pr ocessed by t he
TCAS t hr eat r esol ut i on l ogi c. 0= One
t hr eat i s bei ng pr ocessed by t he
r esol ut i on l ogi c ( when ARA bi t 41=1) ;
or no t hr eat i s bei ng pr ocessed by
t he r esol ut i on l ogi c ( when ARA bi t
41=0) . 1= Two or mor e si mul t aneous
t hr eat s ar e bei ng pr ocessed by t he
r esol ut i on l ogi c.
AI D:
The AI D= f i el d, r ecei ved i n UF16
( par t of MU f i el d) , di spl ays t he Mode
A i dent i t y code of t he r epor t i ng
ai r cr af t .
I NTERVAL:
The I NTERVAL= f i el d di spl ays t he
t i me i nt er val , i n seconds, bet ween
t he l at est t wo TCAS Br oadcast
Messages r ecei ved ( nomi nal l y 10 sec
f or each i nt er r ogat or ) .
STEP PROCEDURE
NOTE: TCAS Br oadcast Messages ar e
j i t t er ed 0. 2 sec of f t he nomi nal
10 sec i nt er val t i me. The TCAS
Br oadcast Message may al so be
st agger ed bet ween t he
di r ect i onal ant ennas causi ng
shor t er i nt er val s, i f det ect ed.
COUNT:
The COUNT: f i el d di spl ays t he
number of TCAS Br oadcast Messages
r ecei ved dur i ng t he t est oper at i on.
oper at i on.
4. 5. 6. 3 ATCRBS ( WHI SPER- SHOUT)
The Whi sper - Shout Moni t or scr een pr ovi des
i nf or mat i on used t o ver i f y whi sper - shout
st eps and Si de Lobe Suppr essi on ( SLS) . By
conduct i ng sever al t est s f r om di f f er ent poi nt s
ar ound t he ai r cr af t ( par a 1- 2- 4. 5. 7) , t he
capabi l i t i es of t he TCAS i nt er r ogat or
concer ni ng cover age ( di r ect i onal and/ or
omni - di r ect i onal ) , whi sper - shout sequence
oper at i on and i nt er r ogat i on t i mi ng ar e
ef f ect i vel y eval uat ed.

RANGE= 12. 80 nm ALT = 10, 000 f t

AT T EN: 0. 0 d B NO SUPP= 1
I
S1= 0 P2 = 0 BOT H= 0

SPACI NG= 4. 3 ms

W- S SEQUENCE I NT ERVAL=1 0. 0s
BAT 2. 5 Hr
RUN
T E S T
T CAS- W/ SHOUT MON

RE T URN

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Connect UUT t o I FR 6000 RF I / O
Connect or or I FR 6000 Di r ect i onal
Ant enna ( f aci ng t owar ds UUT Ant enna)
t o ANT Connect or .
2. Per f or m t he Set up Pr ocedur e ( par a 1- 2-
4. 5. 3) . Set I NTRUDER TYPE: t o
ATCRBS.
3. I f UUT si mul at es al t i t ude and di r ect
connect i on i s not used, shi el d UUT
Ant enna bei ng t est ed wi t h Ant enna
Shi el d. Ref er t o par a 1- 2- 4. 6. Posi t i on
Di r ect i onal Ant enna s20 f t ( 6. 1 m) f r om
UUT Ant enna bei ng t est ed.
4. Pr ess MON Key t o ent er Whi sper - Shout
Moni t or Scr een. The I FR 6000 di spl ays
i nf or mat i on f r om t he l ast r ecei ved or
r ecal l ed whi sper - shout sequence. The
l at est sequence i s di spl ayed i f t he Test
Set i s al r eady i n t he r unni ng mode.
sel ect f i el d. Use DATA Keys t o sl ew
dat a.
RANGE:
The RANGE: f i el d i s t he same as i n
TCAS Test ( par a 1- 2- 4. 5. 4) .
ALT:
The ALT: f i el d i s t he same as t he
ALT: f i el d i n TCAS Test ( par a 1- 2-
4. 5. 4) .
ATTEN:
Set at t enuat i on of i ncomi ng si gnal s
( UUT i nt er r ogat i ons) . ( The same
at t enuat i on i s set f or out goi ng
si gnal s [ I FR 6000 r epl i es] when
Scenar i o Test or Repl y Test f unct i ons
have been i ni t i at ed. The I FR 6000
set s a def aul t val ue i nt er nal l y based
upon t he UUT di st ance i nf or mat i on
ent er ed i n XPDR Set up Menu. )
NOTE: At t enuat i on may be changed
usi ng t he Whi sper - Shout
Moni t or scr een. Def aul t val ue i s
r est or ed upon exi t f r om t he
scr een.
STEP PROCEDURE
mode. ( The I FR 6000 di spl ays l at est
whi sper - shout sequence i nf or mat i on. )
Moni t or by di spl ayi ng *Testi ng*.
NO SUPP:
The I FR 6000 di spl ays t he number of
pr ocessed i nt er r ogat i ons, r ecei ved i n
l at est sequence, wi t hout det ect ed S1
( whi sper - shout suppr essi on) and P2
( SLS) pul ses. These i nt er r ogat i ons
sol i ci t r epl i es.
NOTE: I f a TCAS Test has been
act i vat ed, t he I FR 6000 sends
t he number of r epl i es i ndi cat ed
i n t he NO SUPP: f i el d.
S1:
l at est sequence, cont ai ni ng a
det ect ed S1 pul se, but wi t hout a
det ect ed P2 pul se.
NOTE: S1: f i el d added wi t h NO SUPP:
f i el d pr ovi des t he number of
whi sper - shout st eps r ecei ved i n
l at est sequence f r om t he UUT
Ant enna di r ect ed t owar ds t he
Test Set .
P2:
i nt er r ogat i ons, r ecei ved i n l at est
sequence cont ai ni ng a det ect ed P2
pul se, but wi t hout a det ect ed S1
pul se. Thi s i nf or mat i on can be used
t o ver i f y cor r ect SLS oper at i on when
t he I FR 6000 i s posi t i oned bet ween
t he di r ect i onal ant enna l obes. The
P2: f i el d i ndi cat es i nt er r ogat i ons not
di r ect ed t owar ds t he Test Set .
BOTH:
l at est sequence cont ai ni ng bot h
det ect ed S1 and P2 pul ses. The
BOTH: f i el d added t o t he P2: f i el d
i ndi cat es t he number of t ot al
i nt er r ogat i ons not di r ect ed t owar ds
t he Test Set ( f r om t he ot her UUT
Ant ennas) .

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
STEP PROCEDURE
SPACI NG:
The I FR 6000 di spl ays t he mi ni mum
t i me spaci ng i n ms bet ween any t wo
successi ve i nt er r ogat i ons r ecei ved i n
l at est sequence.
W- S SEQUENCE I NTERVAL:
The I FR 6000 di spl ays t i me f r om t he
st ar t of one whi sper - shout sequence
t o t he st ar t of t he next whi sper - shout
sequence. The I FR 6000 l ooks f or
t he i nt er val bet ween 0. 53 sec ( t i me
t o di spl ay i nf or mat i on) and 1. 27 sec
( 1. 0 sec i s nomi nal ) .
oper at i on.
8. Pr ess RETURN Sof t Key t o exi t Whi sper -
Shout Moni t or Scr een
.

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
3. 5. 7 RECOMMENDED TEST PROCEDURE

Recommended Test Locat i ons
Fi gur e 9

STEP PROCEDURE
I NI TI AL SETUP
1. Posi t i on Test Set at For war d Sect or Test
Locat i on ( 1- 2- 4, Fi gur e 42) s50 f t
( 15. 24 m) f r om and i n l i ne of si ght wi t h
TCAS t op ant enna.
2. Pr ess SETUP Key. Use NEXT PARAM
and PREV PARAM Keys t o ent er UUT
Ant enna Range Hei ght and Test Set
Di r ect i onal Ant enna i nf or mat i on.
3. Pr ess TCAS Mode key t o di spl ay TCAS
Scr een.
4. Set I NTRUDER TYPE: f i el d t o MODE S
5. Sel ect SCENARI O: f i el d and sl ew t o
( 6 +200 f t Col l i si on) .
6. Set ALT DETECT f i el d t o ON.
TCAS ADVI SORY OPERATI ON AND
BEARI NG ACCURACY
7. Pr ess RUN Sof t Key t o i ni t i at e t est
oper at i on.
8. Ver i f y UUT vi sual and audi o oper at i on:
Ver i f y Tr af f i c Advi sor y at 40 sec
unt i l encount er t i me.
Ver i f y Resol ut i on Advi sor y at 25 sec
unt i l encount er t i me.
Ver i f y TCAS bear i ng r eads 0 ( 15) .
STEP PROCEDURE
oper at i on.
TCAS SURVEI LLANCE OPERATI ON
10. Pr ess MON Key t o di spl ay TCAS
Sur vei l l ance Moni t or Scr een.
oper at i on.
12. Ver i f y TCAS Sur vei l l anc e I nt er val .
I NTERVAL: 0. 53 t o 1. 27 sec.
oper at i on.
TCAS BROADCAST OPERATI ON
14. Pr ess BROAD MON Sof t Key t o di spl ay
TCAS Br oadcast Moni t or scr een.
oper at i on.
16. Ver i f y TCAS Br oadcast I nt er val .
I NTERVAL: 10 sec ( 0. 2 sec) and MI D:
f i el d cont ai ns cor r ect UUT addr ess.
oper at i on.

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
STEP PROCEDURE
TCAS OPERATES AT EVERY STEP I N W- S
SEQUENCE ( Not avai l abl e i n V1. 01)
Scr een.
19. Set I NTRUDER TYPE: f i el d t o ATCRBS.
20. Pr ess MON Key t o ent er Whi sper - Shout
Moni t or Scr een.
oper at i on.
22. St ar t i ng at 0.0, sl ew ATTEN: f i el d up i n
1. 0 dB st eps, ver i f yi ng NO SUPP: f i el d i s
>1 at each st ep. Cont i nue unt i l S1: f i el d
i s 0.
23. Pr ess STOP Sof t Key t o t er mi nat e t est .
UUT POWER ( ERP) AND FREQUENCY
scr een.
oper at i on. Run t est f or >30 sec.
26. Ver i f y power ( ERP) = 49. 0 dBm ( 2 dBm)
and f r equency ( FREQ) = 1030 MHz
( 0. 01 MHz) .
oper at i on.
28. Reposi t i on Test Set To a " Y" Test
Locat i on. St ay at same di st ance f r om
UUT as est abl i shed i n St eps 1 t hr ough
2.
TCAS BEARI NG ACCURACY
Scr een.
30. Set I NTRUDER TYPE: f i el d t o ATCRBS.
oper at i on.
32. Ver i f y TCAS bear i ng i s cor r ect ( 15) .
oper at i on.
34. Reposi t i on Test Set t o a " Z" Test
Locat i on. St ay at same di st ance f r om
UUT as est abl i shed i n St eps 1 t hr ough
2.
STEP PROCEDURE
SLS PATTERN AT CROSSOVER
35. Pr ess MON Sof t Key t o ent er Whi sper
Shout Moni t or Scr een.
oper at i on.
37. Ver i f y NO SUPP: f i el d i s >2.
oper at i on.
UUT ANTENNA PATTERN AT CROSSOVER
Scr een.
oper at i on. Run t est f or >30 sec.
41. Ver i f y power ( ERP) i s s3 dB bel ow t he
gr eat er ERP of t he t wo adj acent " X" Test
Locat i ons.
42. Pr ess STOP Sof t Key t o end t est
oper at i on.
43. Per f or m St eps 24 t hr ough 27 and 29
t hr ough 33 f r om al l " X" Test Locat i ons.
St ay at same di st ance f r om UUT as
est abl i shed i n St eps 1 t hr ough 5.
44. Per f or m St eps 28 t hr ough 33 f r om al l
" Y" Test Locat i ons.
45. Per f or m St eps 34 t hr ough 42 f r om al l
" Z" Test Locat i ons.
NOTE: TCAS I I syst ems do not di spl ay
RA s unl ess Radi o Al t i t ude i s
above 500 f t .
NOTE: Ensur e ai r cr af t i nst al l at i on i s i n
ai r bor ne st at e.
NOTE: Ref er t o par a 1- 2- 4. 5. 1
r egar di ng TCAS I I cont r ol
panel s. When si mul at i ng an
i nt r uder above t he ai r cr af t
sel ect ABOVE.

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I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
4. 6 ADS- B GENERAL
Aut omat i c Dependent Sur vei l l ance Br oadcast
( ADS- B) i s a t echnol ogy wher e ai r cr af t
avi oni cs br oadcast s t he ai r cr af t posi t i on,
al t i t ude, vel oci t y and ot her par amet er s
compl et el y aut onomousl y.
The syst em i s aut omat i c because t he pi l ot i s
not i nvol ved i n i ni t i at i ng br oadcast s.
The ser vi ce i s dependent on t he ai r cr af t
posi t i on det er mi nat i on syst em.
The appl i cat i on i s sur vei l l ance, bot h ai r -
gr ound and ai r - ai r .

When ADS- B i s used, ai r cr af t and ot her
vehi cl es cont i nuousl y br oadcast a message
i ncl udi ng posi t i on, headi ng, vel oci t y and
i nt ent . Ot her uses may i ncl ude obst acl es
t r ansmi t t i ng a posi t i on message. Ai r cr af t ,
gr ound- based st at i ons and ot her user s
moni t or i ng t he channel s can r ecei ve t he
i nf or mat i on and use i t i n a wi de var i et y of
appl i cat i ons. Because of t hi s pot ent i al f or
br oad ut i l i zat i on, a syst em usi ng ADS- B i s
most of t en di scussed as a r epl acement f or or
an augment at i on t o cur r ent met hods of
moni t or i ng aer onaut i cal t r af f i c.

To under st and t he f ul l capabi l i t y of ADS- B,
consi der how t he cur r ent Ai r Tr af f i c Cont r ol
syst em cr eat es i nf or mat i on. The r adar
measur es t he r ange and bear i ng of an
ai r cr af t . Bear i ng i s measur ed by t he posi t i on
of t he r ot at i ng r adar ant enna when i t r ecei ves
a r esponse t o i t s i nt er r ogat i on f r om t he
ai r cr af t , and r ange i s measur ed by t he t i me i t
t akes f or t he r adar t o r ecei ve t he
i nt er r ogat i on r esponse. The ant enna beam
becomes wi der as t he ai r cr af t get f ar t her
away, maki ng t he posi t i on i nf or mat i on l ess
accur at e. Addi t i onal l y, det ect i ng changes i n
ai r cr af t vel oci t y r equi r es sever al r adar
sweeps t hat ar e spaced sever al seconds
apar t .

I n cont r ast , a syst em usi ng ADS- B cr eat es
and l i st ens f or per i odi c posi t i on and i nt ent
r epor t s f r om ai r cr af t . These r epor t s ar e
gener at ed and di st r i but ed usi ng pr eci se
i nst r ument s, such as t he gl obal posi t i oni ng
syst em ( GPS) and Mode S t r ansponder s,
meani ng i nt egr i t y of t he dat a i s no l onger
suscept i bl e t o t he r ange of t he ai r cr af t or t he
l engt h of t i me bet ween r adar sweeps. The
enhanced accur acy of t he i nf or mat i on wi l l be
used t o i mpr ove saf et y, suppor t a wi de
var i et y of appl i cat i ons and i ncr ease ai r por t
and ai r space capaci t y.
4. 6. 1 ADS- B/ GI CB MODES
The I FR 6000 pr ovi des f l i ght l i ne t est
capabi l i t y f or r ecei vi ng ( ADS- B MON mode) ,
decodi ng and di spl ayi ng f ul l ADS- B
DO- 260/ A/ B DF17/ DF18 ext ended squi t t er
t r ansmi ssi ons f r om Mode S t r ansponder s or
DF18 ext ended squi t t er s f r om 1090 MHz
emi t t er s. Capabi l i t y t o gener at e ( ADS- B GEN
mode) f ul l DO- 260/ A/ B DF17/ DF18 ext ended
squi t t er t r ansmi ssi ons f or t est i ng ADS- B
r ecei ver s i s pr ovi ded. A GI CB mode f ul l y
decodes and di spl ays al l Enhanced
Sur vei l l ance BDS r egi st er cont ent s. The
ADS- B/ GI CB i s a Sub- Mode of XPDR Mode.
4. 6. 2 ADS- B SETUP
The SETUP- ADS- B scr een i s accessed by
pr essi ng t he ADS- B SETUP Sof t Key on t he
SETUP- XPDR scr een. The SETUP- ADS- B
scr een al l ows t he set t i ng of oper at i onal
par amet er s f or t he ADS- B/ GI CB f unct i onal
Mode.

BAT 2. 5 Hr

POS DECODE: GLOBAL
L AT : 3 7 25 3 5 N
LONG : 12 6 35 3 5 E

ADSB GEN : DF17
ADSB MON : DF17
GI CB : DF2 0

T E S T
DAT A
P RE V
P ARAM
NE XT
P ARAM
SET UP- ADSB

RE T URN

STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess SETUP Key unt i l t he SETUP-
XPDR Scr een i s di spl ayed
2. Pr ess ADSB SETUP Sof t Key.

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STEP PROCEDURE
POS DECODE:
Wi t h GLOBAL sel ect ed si mul at ed or
decoded Lat i t ude and Longi t ude wi l l
use t he Gl obal al gor i t hm. BDS 0, 6
r equi r es a l ocal LAT and LONG t o
r esol ve CPB posi t i onal al gor i t hm
ambi gui t y.
Wi t h LOCAL sel ect ed, si mul at ed or
decoded Lat i t ude and Longi t ude
( BDS 0, 5 and BDS 0, 6) wi l l use t he
l ocal al gor i t hm whi ch r equi r es a
l ocal LAT and LONG t o be ent er ed
t o r esol ve CPR posi t i onal al gor i t hm
ambi gui t y.
LAT:
Local Lat i t ude of UUT i n Degr ees,
Mi nut es and Seconds, East or
West .
LONG:
Local Longi t ude of UUT i n Degr ees,
Mi nut es and Seconds, Nor t h or
Sout h.
ADS- B GEN:
Sel ect Ext ended squi t t er t ype t hat
t est set wi l l t r ansmi t , DF17 or
DF18.
ADS- B MON:
Sel ect Ext ended squi t t er t ype t hat
t est set wi l l r ecei ve DF17 or DF18.
GI CB:
Sel ect DF20 or DF21 f or GI CB BDS
t r ansf er .
4. Pr ess t he RETURN sof t key t o
di spl ay t he pr evi ous scr een.
SETUP TEST DATA
The SETUP- ADS- B Scr een al l ows st or age
and r ecal l of al l SETUP- ADS- B t est scr eens,
i ncl udi ng measur ement dat a. Ther e ar e si x
st or age memor i es. The f i r st st or age memor y
r et ai ns t he l ast power down dat a and cannot
be over wr i t t en. The l ast f i ve ar e def i ned by
t he Test Set oper at or .

1 Last powe r - down
2 ATC 10 / 5/ 05 12: 45: 13
3 400 D5F 1 0/ 10/ 05 13: 43: 16
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

BAT 2. 5 Hr

S T ORE

DUMP
S T ORE

SET UP ADSB T EST DAT A
DUMP
L I VE L OAD
S

RE T URN

BAT 2. 5 Hr

YE S

CONF I RM


NO

BAT 2. 5 Hr

E NT E R

BACK
S P ACE

SET UP ST ORE NAME

ABCDEF GHI J KLMNOPQRST UVWXYZ

abcdef ghi j kl mnopqr st uvwx yz

0234567889 ! ( ) * , - . / : ; ? @ _

400D5F 10 / 10/ 05 13: 43: 0 6

Please enter store name

CHAR
S E L E CT

CANCE L

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Dat a St orage Procedur e:
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess SETUP Sel ect Key unt i l SETUP
XPDR Scr een i s di spl ayed. Pr ess
ADSB SETUP Sof t Key t o di spl ay
SETUP ADS- B Scr een.
2. Pr ess TEST DATA Sof t Key t o di spl ay
SETUP- ADSB Test Dat a Scr een.
3. Use DATA Keys t o sel ect t he r equi r ed
st or e. Pr ess STORE Sof t Key t o
di spl ay CONFI RM Scr een.
4. Pr ess YES Sof t Key t o conf i r m
over wr i t e. SETUP STORE NAME
Scr een i s di spl ayed. St or e name can be
bl ank.
5. Use DATA Keys t o sel ect t he char act er
l i ne. Use DATA Keys t o sel ect desi r ed
char act er .
6. Pr ess CHAR SELECT Sof t Key t o add
sel ect ed char act er t o t he end of name
st r i ng. Pr ess BACK SPACE Sof t Key t o
del et e t he sel ect ed char act er .
7. Pr ess ENTER Sof t Key t o st or e name
and di spl ay SETUP- ADSB TEST DATA
Scr een.
8. Pr ess XPDR Mode Key unt i l
ADS- B MAI N menu i s di spl ayed.
Dat a Recal l Pr ocedur e:
1. Pr ess SETUP Sel ect Key unt i l SETUP
XPDR Scr een i s di spl ayed. Pr ess
ADSB SETUP Sof t Key t o di spl ay
SETUP ADS- B Scr een.
2. Pr ess TEST DATA Sof t Key t o di spl ay
SETUP- ADSB Test Dat a Scr een.
3. Pr ess RECALL Sof t Key t o r ecal l t est
dat a. Pr ess XPDR Mode Key unt i l
ADSB MAI N menu i s di spl ayed.
4. 6. 3 ADS- B/ GI CB MAI N
Pr ess t he XPDR mode key t wi ce t o di spl ay
t he ADS- B/ GI CB Mai n Menu.

BAT 2. 5 Hr

ADS B
MON

GI CB
ADS- B/ GI CB MAI N

ADS B
GE N

Pr ess t he ADS- B MON sof t key t o di spl ay t he
ADS- B MON l i st scr een. Pr ess t he GI CB
sof t key t o di spl ay t he GI CB l i st scr een.
4. 6. 4 ADS- B MON
The ADS- B MON mode of oper at i on r ecei ves
Tr ansponder DF17 or Gr ound Emi t t er DF18
ext ended squi t t er s, ei t her vi a t he Ant enna
por t or RF I / O por t . The squi t t er s ar e
capt ur ed i n a buf f er , decoded and di spl ayed.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
2 0, 6 SURF ACE POS - AVAI L
5 6, 1 A/ C ST AT US ST I - AVAI L
11 0, A T EST MSG - NO SQT R
RUN
T E S T
BDS
DAT A

ADS- B MON DF17

RE T URN

The ADS- B MON scr een di spl ays suppor t ed
squi t t er s t hat ar e i dent i f i ed by BDS r egi st er
number and an abbr evi at ed name. St at us of
t he r ecei ved squi t t er i s di spl ayed t o t he r i ght
of t he squi t t er name. I ndi cat i ons ar e AVAI L
( squi t t er has been capt ur ed) , NO SQTR
( Squi t t er avai l abl e but not capt ur ed) , NOT
CAP ( t r ansponder has i dent i f i ed squi t t er i s
not suppor t ed by t r ansponder / subsyst em) .

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TEST SCREEN DESCRI PTI ONS
ADS- B MON BDS 0, 5

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
DF1 7 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041) COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 00000 PERI OD= 1 . 00 S
L AT = 37 39 0 N LONG= 97 25 4 8 W
BARO PRES ALT =1 26700 f t
GNSS ALT = N/ A
NI C= 5 Rc= <1 nm ( 18 52 m)
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

MON BDS 0, 5
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

BDS: I ndi cat es whi ch BDS r egi st er i s bei ng
di spl ayed f ol l owed by i t s descr i pt i on.
0, 5=Ext ended Squi t t er Ai r bor ne Posi t i on.
TYPE: Speci f i es cl ass and accur acy of dat a.
Ref er t o t abl e A- 2 RTCA DO- 260B.
NOTE: Ref er t o I CAO Annex 10, Vol l I I ,
Par t 1, Chapt er 5 and RTCA- DO-
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
det ai l ed descr i pt i on of dat a f i el ds.
NOTE: The ai r bor ne posi t i on decode,
i ncl udi ng t he gl obal mode, has
mul t i pl e val i d r esul t s. I t i s
necessar y t o set a r ef er ence
l at / l ong on t he ADSB SETUP Scr een
t hat i s cl ose t o t he t est set s cur r ent
l ocat i on f or t he decode t o wor k
cor r ect l y.
DF17/ 18: Recei ves ext ended squi t t er
decodes and di spl ays ai r bor ne posi t i on
have embedded ADLP, t o r ecei ve
dat a f r om subsyst em.
NOTE: I nst al l at i on must be i n t he ai r bor ne
st at e t o t r ansmi t ai r bor ne posi t i on.
AA ( Ai r cr af t Addr ess) i n HEX and ( OCTAL)
COUNT
I ndi cat i ons: Di spl ays t ot al squi t t er s r ecei ved
si nce t est was r un, r ange 0 t o 9999.
ME ( Message Fi el d)
I ndi cat i ons: Di spl ays i n 14 di gi t HEX f or mat .
PERI OD ( Per i od)
I ndi cat i ons: Di spl ays DF17/ 18 squi t t er per i od
i n seconds.

LAT ( Encoded Lat i t ude)
I ndi cat i ons: Unambi guous Lat i t ude decoded
usi ng Local al gor i t hm or Compact Posi t i on
Repor t i ng ( CPR) al gor i t hm dependi ng on
Posi t i on set t i ng.
LONG ( Encoded Longi t ude)
I ndi cat i ons: Unambi guous Longi t ude decoded
POS ( Posi t i on Decode)
I ndi cat i ons:
GLOBAL ( i f Gl obal LAT/ LONG not ent er ed i n
ADS- B/ GI CB set up menu) .
LOCAL ( i f Local LAT/ LONG i s ent er ed i n
NI C- B ( Navi gat i on I nt egr i t y Cat egor y
Suppl ement B) DO- 260B onl y, Ref er t o
Tabl e 17
SAF ( Si ngl e Ant enna Fl ag) DO- 260A onl y
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Dual Ant enna
1=Si ngl e Ant enna
T ( Ti me Sync t o UTC)
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ UTC ( not UTC) ,
UTC.
SURVEI LLANCE STATUS
I ndi cat i ons:
NO I NFO ( No I nf or mat i on) ,
SPI ( Speci al Posi t i on I dent i f i cat i on) ,
PERM ALERT ( Per manent Al er t
( Emer gency) ) ,
TEMP ALERT ( Tempor ar y Al er t ( change i n
Mode i dent i t y code) ) .
BARO PRESS ALT ( Bar omet r i c Pr essur e
Al t i t ude)
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A
Di spl ayed f or t ypes 9 t o 18, r ange 1000 t o
126700 f t .
GNSS ALTI TUDE.
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A
Di spl ayed f or t ypes 20 t o 22, RANGE - 1000
TO 126700 f t .
NI C ( Navi gat i on I nt egr i t y Cat egor y) DO- 260B
I ndi cat i ons:
Ref er t o Tabl e 17
Rc ( Radi us of Cont ai nment ) DO- 260B
I ndi cat i ons:

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ADS- B MON BDS 0, 6

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, 6 SURF ACE POS T YPE=8
DF1 7 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041) COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 0000 PERI OD=10. 00 S
L AT = 37 39 00 N LONG= 97 25 48 W
MOVMENT = 2kt s T =N/ UT C
HDG=230 deg POS=GLOBAL
NI C= 7 Rc= <0. 2 nm ( 3 70. 4 m)

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

MON BDS 0, 6
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

0, 6=Ext ended Squi t t er Sur f ace Posi t i on.
TYPE: I dent i f i es t he ADS- B Message Type.
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
NOTE: The sur f ace posi t i on decode,
cor r ect l y.
DF17/ 18: Recei ves ext ended squi t t er
decodes and di spl ays sur f ace posi t i on.
NOTE: I nst al l at i on must be i n t he gr ound
st at e t o t r ansmi t sur f ace posi t i on.
COUNT
si nce t est was r un
ME message f i el d di spl ayed i n 14 di gi t HEX
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.

MOVEMENT
I ndi cat i ons ( DO- 260A) :
NO I NFO ( No I nf or mat i on Avai l abl e) ,
STOPPED
0. 125- <1 Kt ,
1- <2 Kt ,
2- <15 Kt ,
15- <70 Kt ,
70- <100 Kt ,
100- <175 Kt ,
>175 Kt ,
DECELERATI NG,
ACCELERATI NG,
BACKI NG UP
I ndi cat i ons ( DO- 260B) :
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ UTC ( Not UTC) ,
UTC
HDG ( Headi ng)
I ndi cat i ons: 0 t o 357 Degr ees or N/ A i f HDG
St at us not val i d.
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:

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TYPE Subf i el d Code Def i ni ti ons (DF=17 or 18)
Tabl e 17

TYPE
Code
Subt ype
Code
NI C
Suppl ement
Format
( Message Type)
NI C=0
Hor i zont al
Cont ai nment
Radi us Li mi t ( Rc )

Navi gat i on
I nt egr i t y
Cat egor y
( NI C)

A B Rc
Unknown
0
Not
Pr esent
Not
Appl i cabl e
No Posi t i on
I nf or mat i on
( Ai r bor ne or Sur f ace
Posi t i on Messages)

Rc Unknown

NI C=0
1
Not
Pr esent

Not
Appl i cabl e

Ai r cr af t I dent i f i cat i on
and Cat egor y
Message

Not
Appl i cabl e

Not
Appl i cabl e
2
3
4
5

Not
Pr esent
0 - - 0

Sur f ace Posi t i on
Message

Rc <7. 5 m NI C=11
6 0 - - 0
Rc <25 m NI C=10
7
1 - - 0
Rc <75 m NI C=9
0 - - 0
Rc <0. 1 NM ( 185. 25 m) NI C=8
8
1 - - 1
Rc <0. 2 NM ( 370. 4 m) NI C=7
1 - - 0
Rc <0. 3 NM ( 555. 6 m)
NI C=6
0 - - 1
Rc <0. 6 NM ( 1111. 2 m)
0 - - 0
Rc >0. 1 NM ( 1111. 2 m)
or unknown
NI C=0
9
Not
Pr esent
0 0 - -
Ai r bor ne Posi t i on
Message
Rc <7. 5 m NI C=11
10 0 0 - -
Rc <25 m NI C=10
11
1 1 - -
Rc <75 m NI C=9
0 0 - -
Rc <0. 1 NM ( 185. 25 m) NI C=8
12 0 0 - -
Rc <0. 2 NM ( 370. 4 m) NI C=7
13
0 1 - -
Rc <0. 3 NM ( 555. 6 m) NI C=6
0 0 - -
Rc <0. 5 NM ( 925. 6 m)
1 1 - -
Rc <0. 6 NM ( 1111. 2 m)
14 0 0 - -
Rc <1. 0 NM ( 1852 m) NI C=5
15 0 0 - -
Rc <2 NM ( 3. 704 km) NI C=4
16
1 1 - -
Rc <4 NM ( 7. 408 km) NI C=3
0 0 - -
Rc <8 NM ( 14. 816 km) NI C=2
17 0 0 - -
Rc <20 NM ( 37. 04 km) NI C=1
18 0 0 - -
Rc >20 NM ( 37. 04 km)
or unknown
NI C=0
19
0
Not
Appl i cabl e
Reser ved
Not
Appl i cabl e
Not
Appl i cabl e
1- 4 Ai r bor ne Vel oci t y
Message
5- 7 Reser ved
20
Not
Pr esent
0 0 - -
Ai r bor ne Posi t i on
Message
Rc <75 m NI C=11
21 0 0 - - Rc <25 m NI C=10
22 0 0 - - Rc >25 m or unknown NI C=0

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Codi ng
( deci mal )
Meani ng Quant i zat i on
0 No movement i nf or mat i on avai l abl e
1 Ai r cr af t st opped ( Gr ound Speed = 0 knot s)
2 0 knot s< Gr ound Speed < 0. 2315 km/ h ( 0. 125 kt )
3 - 8 0. 2315 km/ h ( 0. 125 kt ) < Gr ound Speed < 1. 852 km/ h ( 1 kt ) 0. 2700833 km/ h
st eps
9 - 12 1. 852 km/ h ( 1kt ) < Gr ound Speed < 3. 704 km/ h ( 2 kt ) 0. 436 km/ h
( 0. 25 kt ) st eps
13 - 38 3. 704 km/ h ( 2 kt ) < Gr ound Speed < 27. 78 km/ h ( 15 kt ) 0. 926 km/ h
( 0. 50 kt ) st eps
( 1. 00 kt ) st eps
( 2. 00 kt ) st eps
( 5. 00 kt ) st eps
124 324. 1 km/ h ( 175 kt ) < Gr ound Speed
125 Reser ved f or Ai r cr af t Decel er at i ng
126 Reser ved f or Ai r cr af t Accel er at i ng
127 Reser ved f or Ai r cr af t Backi ng- Up

MOVEMENT Subf i el d i n ADS-B Surface Posi t i on Messages
Tabl e 18

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Lat eral Axi s GPS Ant enna Of f set Encodi ng
ME Bi t
( message Bi t ) Upper Bound of t he GPS Ant enna Of f set
Al ong Lat eral ( Pi t ch) Axi s
Lef t or Ri ght of Longi t udi nal ( Rol l ) Axi s
33
( 65)
34
( 66)
35
( 67)
0 = l ef t
1 = r i ght
Encodi ng
Bi t 1 Bi t 0 Di rect i on ( met ers)
0
0 0
LEFT
NO DATA
0 1 2
1 0 4
1 1 6
1
0 0
RI GHT
0
0 1 2
1 0 4
1 1 6

Lat eral Axi s GPS Antenna Of fset Encodi ng
Tabl e 19

Longi t udi nal Axi s GPS Ant enna Of f set Encodi ng
ME Bi t
( Message Bi t )
Upper Bound of t he
GPS Ant enna Of f set
Al ong Longi t udi nal ( Rol l ) Axi s
Af t From Ai rcraf t Nose
36
( 68)
37
( 69)
38
( 70)
39
( 71)
40
( 72)
Encodi ng
Bi t 4 Bi t 3 Bi t 2 Bi t 1 Bi t 0 ( met ers)
0 0 0 0 0 NO DATA
0 0 0 0 1 Posi t i on Of f set Appl i ed by Sensor
0 0 0 1 0 2
0 0 0 1 1 4
0 0 1 0 0 6
* * * * * ** *
* * * * * ** *
* * * * * ** *
1 1 1 1 1 60

Longi t udi nal Axi s GPS Ant enna Of fset Encodi ng
Tabl e 20

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ADS- B MON BDS 0, 8

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, 8 I DENT & CAT T YPE =4
DF1 7 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041) COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 00000 PERI OD=10 . 00 S
AI S= 610 3B3 D35672
FL I GHT I D =XPN345 12
EMI T CAT SET =A
EMI T CAT =L ARGE

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
MON BDS 0, 8
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

0, 8=Ext ended Squi t t er I dent i f i cat i on and
Cat egor y.
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
DF17, 18: Recei ves ext ended squi t t er
decodes and di spl ays i dent i f i cat i on and
cat egor y.
COUNT
si nce t est was r un.
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.

EMI T CAT SET ( ADS- B Emi t t er Cat egor y
Set ) .
I ndi cat i ons: D, C, B, A.
EMI T CAT ( ADS- B Emi t t er Cat egor y) .
I ndi cat i ons: SMALL, MEDI UM or LARGE
EMI T CAT A:
NO ADS- B EMI TTER I NFO,
LI GHT,
SMALL,
LARGE,
HI GH VORTEX,
HEAVY,
HI GH PERFORMANCE,
ROTOCRAFT,
EMI T CAT B:
GLI DER/ SAI LPLANE,
LI GHTER- THAN- AI R,
PARACHUTI ST/ SKYDI VER,
ULTRALI GHT/ HANG- GLI DER,
RESERVED,
UNMANNED AERI AL VEHI CLE,
SPACE VEHI CLE.
EMI T CAT C:
SURFACE EMERGENCY VEHI CLE,
SURFACE SERVI CE VEHI CLE,
FI XED GND/ TETHERED OBSTR,
CLUSTER OBSTR,
LI NE OBSTR,
RESERVED,
RESERVED
EMI T CAT D:
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED
AI S ( Ai r cr af t I dent i t y Subf i el d) HEX f i el d
cont ai ni ng BDS pl us f l i ght I D.
FLI GHT I D I ndi cat i ons: 8 I CAO char act er
f i el d.

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MON BDS 0, 9

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, 9 AI RBORNE VEL T YPE=19
DF1 7 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041) COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 00000 PERI OD=10 . 00 S
E- W VEL=10 00 kt s E NACV=4
N- S VEL=100 0 kt s N HDG=N/ A
SUB T YPE=1- VEL OVR GND NORM
VERT RAT E= 64 f t / mi n
GEO ALT DI FF F ROM BARO= - 3125 f t
SOURCE=BARO I NT ENT CHANGE=YES
AI RSPEED=N/ A AI RSPEED T YPE=N/ A
RESERVED=YES

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

MON BDS 0, 9
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

0, 9=Ext ended Squi t t er Ai r bor ne Vel oci t y.
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
decodes and di spl ays Ai r bor ne Vel oci t y.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.
st at e t o t r ansmi t ai r bor ne vel oci t y.
SUB TYPE ( Subt ype Codi ng) .
NOTE: I CAO DOC 9688 ( Fi r st edi t i on of
I CAO Mode S Speci f i c Ser vi ce
manual ) not suppor t ed.

I ndi cat i ons:
0=NOT ASSI GNED
1=VEL OVR GND NORM ( Vel oci t y Over
Gr ound Nor mal ) ,
2=VEL OVER GND SUPER ( Vel oci t y Over
Gr ound Super soni c) ,
3=AI R SPD NORM ( Ai r speed Nor mal ) ,
4=AI R SPD HDG SUPER ( Ai r speed
Super soni c) ,
5=NOT ASSI GNED,
6=NOT ASSI GNED,
7=NOT ASSI GNED
E-W VEL ( East -West Vel oci t y) .
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Not Avai l abl e) ,
0 t o >1021 Kt s ( subt ype 1) ,
0 t o >4086 Kt s ( subt ype 2) ,

NOTE: Fol l owed by E ( East ) or W (West )
di r ect i on i dent i f i er .
NACV ( Navi gat i on Accur acy Cat egor y
Vel oci t y)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Unknown or >10 m/ s
1=<10 m/ s
2=<3 m/ s
3=<1 m/ s
4=<0. 3 m/ s

N- S VEL ( Nor t h- Sout h Vel oci t y)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o >1021 Kt s ( subt ype 1) ,
0 t o >4086 Kt s ( subt ype 2) ,

NOTE: Fol l owed by N ( Nor t h ) or S ( Sout h)
HDG ( Headi ng) .
I ndi cat i ons:
0. 0 t o 359. 6 Degr ees.
VERT RATE ( Ver t i cal Rat e) .
I ndi cat i ons:
<- 32608 t o >32608 f t / mi n ( subt ypes 1 and 2) .
GEO ALT DI FF FROM BARO ( Geo Al t i t ude
Di f f er ence f r om Bar omet r i c Al t i t ude) .
I ndi cat i ons:
<- 3137 f t t o >3137 f t

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SOURCE ( Sour ce of Ver t i cal r at e) .
I ndi cat i ons:
BARO ( Bar omet r i c Sour ce) ,
GEO ( i . e. GPS Sour ce)
I NTENT CHANGE ( I nt ent Change Fl ag)
I ndi cat i ons:
YES
NO
AI RSPEED.
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o >1021 Kt s ( subt ype 3)
AI R SPEED TYPE.
I ndi cat i ons:
I AS ( I ndi cat ed Ai r speed) ,
TAS ( Tr ue Ai r speed)
RESERVED DO- 260B onl y
I FR CAP ADS- B/ CLASS A1 DO- 260A onl y
I ndi cat i ons:
YES
NO

ADS- B MON BDS 0, A

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, A T EST MSG T YPE=23
DF1 7 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041) COUNT =1000
ME=42 9000000 00000 PERI OD=1 . 0 0 S
SUBT YPE=7
A CODE=4122
RESERVED=00 000000 0

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RE T URN

0, A=Ext ended Squi t t er Event - Dr i ven
Regi st er .
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
DF17, 18/ 19: Recei ves ext ended squi t t er
decodes and di spl ays ADS- B Test Message.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
I ndi cat i ons: Di spl ays DF17/ 18/ 19 squi t t er
per i od i n seconds.
SUB TYPES ( Subt ype Codi ng) .
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( I CAO DOC 9688 ( Fi r st edi t i on of I CAO
Mode S Speci f i c Ser vi ce manual ) not
suppor t ed. Ref er t o DO- 260/ DO- 260A,
change 1.
A CODE
Decodes & di spl ays Mode A 4096 code.
Range: 0000 t o 7777.
RESERVED
Decodes and di spl ays 9 Hex char act er
Reser ved f i el d.

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ADS- B MON BDS 6, 1 ST1

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=6, 1 A/ C ST AT US ST 1 T YPE=2 8
DF1 7 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041) COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 00000 PERI OD=10 . 00 S
SUBT YPE=1 - EMERGENCY/ PRI OR ST AT US
EMERGENCY/ PRI OR CODE: 0- NO EMERGENCY
MODE A ( 40 9 6) CODE=0 000

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MON BDS 6, 1 ST 1
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

6, 1=Ext ended Squi t t er Ai r cr af t St at us.
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
decodes and di spl ays Ai r cr af t St at us.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.
EMERG/ PRI OR CODE ( Emer gency/ Pr i or i t y
St at us Codi ng) .
I ndi cat i ons:
0=NO EMERGENCY,
1=GENERAL EMERGENCY,
2=LI FEGUARD/ MEDI CAL,
3=MI NI MUM FUEL,
4=NO COMM,
5=UNLAWFUL I NTERFNC,
6=DOWNED AI RCRAFT,
7=RESERVED.

MODE A ( 4096) CODE DO- 260B onl y
4 di gi t OCTAL f i el d.
I ndi cat i ons:
0000 t o 7777
RESERVED subf i el d, 12 di gi t HEX f i el d
cont ai ni ng cont ent s of bi t s 12 t o 56 f or
DO- 260A, 25- 56 f or DO- 260B.
I ndi cat i ons:
0=NO I NFO
1=EMERGENCY/ PRI OR STATUS
2=TCAS RA BROADCAST
3- 7=RESERVED

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AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=6, 1 A/ C ST AT US ST 2 T YPE=28
DF1 7 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041) COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 00000 PERI OD=10 . 00 S
SUBT YPE=0- NO I NFO
T T I =
T I DA= T I DR=
T I DB= RAT =
ARA=
MT E= RAC=
T HREAT ADDR=
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MON BDS 6, 1 ST 2
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.
TTI ( Thr eat Type I ndi cat or )
I ndi cat i ons:
0=No i dent i t y dat a i n TI D
1=TI D cont ai ns a Mode S t r ansponder
addr ess
2=TI D cont ai ns al t i t ude, r ange and bear i ng
dat a.
3=Not assi gned
TI DA ( Thr eat I dent i t y Dat a Al t i t ude)
I ndi cat i ons:
Mode C al t i t ude of t he t hr eat .
- 1000 t o 126700 f t r es: 100 f t

TI DB ( Thr eat I dent i t y Dat a Bear i ng)
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( not avai l abl e)
0 t o 360 deg
RAT ( RA Ter mi nat ed)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=ACAS i s cur r ent l y gener at i ng t he RA
i ndi cat ed i n t he ARA subf i el d.
1=The RA i ndi cat ed by t he ARA subf i el d has
been t er mi nat ed.
TI DR ( Thr eat I dent i t y Dat a Range)
I ndi cat i ons:
<0. 05 nm
0. 10 t o 12. 50 nm, r esol ut i on 0. 10 nm
>12. 55 nm
ARA ( Act i ve Resol ut i on Advi sor i es
I ndi cat i ons:
14 bi t subf i el d i ndi cat i ng char act er i st i cs of
t he RA.
MTE ( Mul t i pl e Thr eat Encount er )
I ndi cat i ons:
0=One t hr eat i s bei ng pr ocessed by t he
r esol ut i on l ogi c ( when ARA bi t 41=0)
1=Two or mor e si mul t aneous t hr eat s ar e
bei ng pr ocessed by t he r esol ut i on l ogi c.
RAC ( RACS Recor d) 4 bi t subf i el d.
I ndi cat i ons:
Bi t 55=Do not pass bel ow
Bi t 56=Do not pass above
Bi t 57=Do not t ur n l ef t
Bi t 58=Do not t ur n r i ght
0=I nact i ve
1=Act i ve
THREAT ADDR ( Ai r cr af t Addr ess of t he
Thr eat )
I ndi cat i ons:
Bi t s 63- 86.

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AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=6, 2 T SS SUBT YPE 0 T YPE=2 9
DF1 7 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041) COUNT = 40
ME= E97FFFF800140 4 PERI OD=1 . 25 s
VERT DAT A/ SOURCE I NFO=F MS/ NAV
T ARG ALT CAP=HLDG ALT - ACP- F MS/ RNAV
VERT MODE I ND=ACQUI RI NG SI L =1
T ARG ALT T YPE=MSL NI C BARO=1
T ARG ALT = 31 000 f t T ARG HDG=24 0 deg
T CAS/ ACAS OPERAT I ONAL =YES RAA=NO
HORI Z DAT A AVAL/ SOURCE I ND=MCP/ FCU
HORI Z MODE I ND=MAI NT AI NI NG NAC=0
EMERG/ PRI OR CODE=UNL AWFUL I NT ERFNC
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MON BDS 6, 2 ST 0
P RE V
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RE T URN

6, 2 ST0=Tar get St at e and St at us I nf or mat i on.
TSS SUBTYPE ( Tar get St at e and St at us
Subt ype)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=DO- 260A
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
decodes and di spl ays Tar get St at e.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.
NOTE I nst al l at i on must be i n t he ai r bor ne
st at e t o t r ansmi t t ar get st at e and
st at us.
NOTE: Aut opi l ot must be engaged and
st i mul at ed by sensor dat a f or some
f i el ds t o di spl ay dat a.

VERT DATA/ SOURCE I NFO ( Ver t i cal Dat a
Avai l abl e/ Sour ce I ndi cat or )
I ndi cat i ons:
NOT VALI D
MCP/ FCU ( Mode Cont r ol Panel / Fl i ght Cont r ol
Uni t ) ,
HLD ALT ( Hol di ng Al t i t ude) ,
FMS/ RNAV ( FMS/ RNAV Syst em) .
TARG ALT CAP ( Tar get Al t i t ude Capabi l i t y)
I ndi cat i ons:
HLDG ALT ( Capabi l i t y f or r epor t i ng Hol di ng
al t i t ude onl y) ,
HLDG ALT- ACP ( Capabi l i t y f or r epor t i ng
ei t her Hol di ng al t i t ude or Aut opi l ot cont r ol
panel sel ect ed al t i t ude) ,
HLDG ALT- ACP- FMS/ RNAV ( Capabi l i t y f or
r epor t i ng ei t her Hol di ng al t i t ude or Aut opi l ot
cont r ol panel sel ect ed al t i t ude, or any
FMS/ RNAV l evel of f al t i t ude) .
RESERVED
VERT MODE I ND ( Ver t i cal Mode I ndi cat or )
I ndi cat i ons:
UNKNOWN, ( Unknown Mode or I nf or mat i on
unavai l abl e) ,
ACQUI RI NG ( Acqui r i ng Mode) ,
MAI NTAI NI NG ( Capt ur i ng or Mai nt ai ni ng
Mode) .
RESERVED
SI L ( Sur vei l l ance I nt egr i t y Level )
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
TARG ALT TYPE ( Tar get Al t i t ude Type)
I ndi cat i ons:
FL ( Fl i ght Level )
MSL ( Mean Sea Level )
NI C BARO ( Navi gat i on I nt egr i t y Bar o)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Gi l l um Cr oss Checked)
1 ( Gi l l um Not Cr oss Checked)
TARG ALT ( Tar get Al t i t ude)
I ndi cat i ons:
- 1000 f t t o 100, 000 f t
TARGET HDG ( Tar get Headi ng Angl e)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o 359 degr ees.
I NVALI D
TCAS/ ACAS OPERATI ONAL ( TCAS/ ACAS
Oper at i onal )
I ndi cat i ons:
YES,
NO.

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RAA ( TCAS/ ACAS Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Act i ve)
I ndi cat i ons:
YES,
NO.
HORI Z DATA AVAL/ SOURCE I ND ( Hor i zont al
Dat a Avai l abl e/ Sour ce I ndi cat or )
I ndi cat i ons:
NOT VALI D ( No Val i d Hor i zont al Tar get St at e
Dat a i s avai l abl e) ,
Uni t sel ect ed t r ack angl e) ,
MAI NTAI N ( Mai nt ai n Cur r ent Headi ng or
Tr ack angl e) ,
FMS/ RNAV ( FMS/ RNAV Syst em)
HORI Z MODE I ND ( Hor i zont al Mode
I ndi cat or )
I ndi cat i ons:
UNKNOWN ( Unknown Mode or I nf or mat i on
unavai l abl e) ,
Mode) ,
RESERVED
NAC ( Navi gat i on Accur acy Cat egor y)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=EPU>18. 52 km ( >10NM)
1=EPU>18. 52 km ( 10NM)
2=EPU<7. 408 km ( 4NM)
3=EPU<3. 704 km ( 2NM)
4=EPU<1852 m ( 1NM)
5=EPU<926 m ( 0. 5NM)
6=EPU<555. 6 m ( 0. 3NM)
7=EPU<185. 2 m ( 0. 1NM)
8=EPU<92. 6 m ( 0. 05NM)
9=EPU<30 m
10=EPU<10 m
11=EPU<3 m
12=Reser ved
13=Reser ved
14=Reser ved
15=Reser ved
St at us Codi ng) .
I ndi cat i ons:
0=NO EMERGENCY,
3=MI NI MUM FUEL,
4=NO COMM,
6=DOWNED AI RCRAFT,
7=RESERVED.

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
DF1 7 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041) COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 00000 PERI OD=1 0. 00 s
SUBT YPE=1 SI L =0 SI L SUP=1
NAC=0 LNAV=0 VNAV =1
MCP=1 AUT O P=1 AHME=1
AP MODE=1 T CAS OP=NO
SEL ECT ED ALT I T UDE=217 92 f t T YPE=1
BARO PRESSURE=843 . 2 mb NI C BARO=0
SEL ECT ED HEADI NG = - 59 . 7 deg
SEL ECT ED HEADI NG ST AT US=1
RESERVED ADS- R FL AG=1

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MON BDS 6, 2 ST 1
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Subt ype)
I ndi cat i ons:
1= DO- 260B
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
decodes and di spl ays Tar get St at e.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.

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st at us.
SUBTYPE= 1
SI L ( Sour ce I nt egr i t y Level ) I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
SI L SUP ( SI L Suppl ement )
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Pr obabi l i t y of exceedi ng NI C r adi us of
cont ai nment i s based on per hour
cont ai nment i s based on per sampl e
I ndi cat i ons:
0=EPU>18. 52 km ( >10NM)
1=EPU>18. 52 km ( 10NM)
2=EPU<7. 408 km ( 4NM)
3=EPU<3. 704 km ( 2NM)
4=EPU<1852 m ( 1NM)
5=EPU<926 m ( 0. 5NM)
6=EPU<555. 6 m ( 0. 3NM)
7=EPU<185. 2 m ( 0. 1NM)
8=EPU<92. 6 m ( 0. 05NM)
9=EPU<30 m
10=EPU<10 m
11=EPU<3 m
12=Reser ved
13=Reser ved
14=Reser ved
15=Reser ved
LNAV ( Lat er al Navi gat i on Engaged)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=LNAV Mode i s NOT Act i ve
1=LNAV Mode i s Act i ve
VNAV ( Ver t i cal Navi gat i on Engaged)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=VNAV Mode i s NOT Act i ve or Unknown
1=VNAV Mode i s Act i ve
MCP ( St at us of MCP/ FCU)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=No Mode I nf or mat i on i s bei ng pr ovi ded i n
ME bi t s 48, 49, 50 or 52 ( Message bi t s 80,
81, 82 or 84)
1=Mode I nf or mat i on i s del i ber at el y bei ng
pr ovi ded i n ME bi t s 48, 49, 50 or 52
( Message bi t s 80, 81, 82 or 84)

AUTO P ( Aut opi l ot Engaged)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Aut opi l ot i s NOT Engaged or Unknown
( e. g. , not act i vel y coupl ed and f l yi ng t he
ai r cr af t )
1=Aut opi l ot i s Engaged ( e. g. , act i vel y
coupl ed and f l yi ng t he ai r cr af t )
AHME ( Al t i t ude Hol d Mode)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Al t i t ude Hol d Mode i s NOT Act i ve or
Unknown
0=Al t i t ude Hol d Mode i s Act i ve
AP MODE ( Appr oach Mode)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Appr oach Mode i s NOT Act i ve or Unknown
1=Appr oach Mode i s Act i ve
TCAS OP ( TCAS Oper at i onal )
I ndi cat i ons:
0=TCAS Syst em i s NOT Oper at i onal ( Any
t i me RI 3 or 4)
1=TCAS Syst em i s Oper at i onal ( RI =3 or 4)
SELECTED ALTI TUDE ( Sel ect ed Al t i t ude)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o 65472 f t Res 32 f t
TYPE ( Sel ect ed Al t i t ude Type)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=MCP/ FCU
1=FMS
BARO PRESSURE ( Bar omet r i c Pr essur e)
I ndi cat i ons:
I NVALI D
800 t o 1208 mb Res 0. 8 mb
NI C BARO ( Navi gat i on I nt egr i t y Cat egor y
Bar o)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Bar omet r i c Al t i t ude I nval i d
1= Bar omet r i c Al t i t ude Val i d
SELECTED HEADI NG ( Sel ect ed Headi ng)
I ndi cat i ons:
+/ - 180 deg Res 180/ 256 ( 0. 703125 deg)
SELECTED HEADI NG STATUS ( Sel ect ed
Headi ng St at us)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=I nval i d
1=Val i d

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ADS- B MON BDS 6, 5 AI R

AVAI L BAT 2 . 5 Hr
BDS=6, 5 A/ C OP ST AT US AI R T YPE =31
DF1 7 AA=12 3456 ( 0 0432126 ) COUNT =11
ME=F82 AAA2 AAA4 AAF PERI OD=1. 57 s
SUBT YPE=0 - AI R VERSI ON=2- DO- 260 B
CC F MT =2 AAA ARV=1 T S=0 1 090 = 0
UAT =1 T C=2 ADSR= 0 T CAS OP=1
OM F MT =0 SDA=0 SAF =0 AT C=1
RA=1 I D= NO
HRZ REF= MAG NORT H NI C- A=0 GVA=2
NI C- BARO=1 SI L SUP=1 SI L =2
NACP= 10- EPU < 0. 0054 ADSR( 56) =1

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MON BDS 6, 5 AI R
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T E S T

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6, 5=Ai r cr af t Oper at i onal St at us, Ai r bor ne
Subt ype.
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
DF17/ 18: Di spl ays whi ch ext ended squi t t er i s
bei ng r ecei ved.
i n seconds.
NOTE: Ref er t o RTCA/ DO- 260A, Appendi x
A, sect i on A. 1. 8, Fi gur e A- 10,
r epl aces BDS 6, 3 wi t h BDS 6, 5.
Bot h BDS 6, 3 and 6, 5 ar e suppor t ed
and dat a di spl ayed i s i dent i cal .
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD

SUBTYPE
I ndi cat i ons:
0=AI R ( Ai r bor ne St at us message) ,
1=SUR ( Sur f ace St at us message) ,
2=RESERVED,
3=RESERVED,
4=RESERVED,
5=RESERVED,
6=RESERVED,
7=RESERVED,
VERSI ON ( MOPS Ver si on Number )
I ndi cat i ons:
0- DO- 260
1- DO- 260A
2- DO- 260B
CC FMT ( Capabi l i t y Cl ass)
ME BI TS 9- 24( ai r bor ne)
ME BI TS 9- 20 ( sur f ace)
0000- FFFF ( ai r bor ne)
000- FFF ( sur f ace)
ARV ( Ai r Ref er enced Vel oci t y Repor t
Capabi l i t y) Onl y Avai l abl e when Subt ype=
Ai r bor ne.
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Sur f ace)
1 ( Capabi l i t y of sendi ng messages t o suppor t
Ai r - Ref er enced vel oci t y r epor t s) ,
0 ( No Capabi l i t y of sendi ng messages t o
suppor t Ai r - Ref er enced vel oci t y r epor t s)
TS ( Tar get St at e Repor t Capabi l i t y) Onl y
Avai l abl e when Subt ype= Ai r bor ne
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Sur f ace)
Tar get St at e Repor t s) ,
suppor t Tar get St at e Repor t s)
CDTI DO- 260A
1090 ( 1090 I n Capabi l i t y) DO- 260B
0=Not Capabl e
1=Capabl e
Ai r cr af t has ADS- B 1090ES Recei ve
UAT ( UAT I n Capabi l i t y)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=( No Capabi l i t y t o r ecei ve ADS- B UAT
messages)
1=( Ai r cr af t has capabi l i t y t o r ecei ve ADS- B
UAT messages)

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TC ( Tar get Change Repor t Capabi l i t y) Onl y
Avai l abl e when Subt ype= Ai r bor ne.
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Sur f ace)
0 ( No capabi l i t y f or sendi ng messages t o
suppor t t r aj ect or y change r epor t s) ,
TC+0 r epor t onl y) ,
2 ( Capabi l i t y of sendi ng i nf or mat i on f or
mul t i pl e TC r epor t s) .
3 ( Reser ved)
ADSR ( Reser ved f or ADS- R f l ag)
Bi t 20 of t he ME f i el d.
I ncl uded i n Cl ass Capabi l i t i es.
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Not Act i ve
1=Act i ve
Not TCAS DO- 260A
TCAS OP ( TCAS Oper at i onal ) DO- 260B
I ndi cat i ons:
0=( TCAS/ ACAS Not Oper at i onal )
1=( TCAS/ ACAS Oper at i onal )
OM FMT ( Oper at i onal Mode Subf i el d)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( TCAS RA Act i ve, I DENT Swi t ch Act i ve,
Recei vi ng ATC Ser vi ces)
1 ( Reser ved)
2 ( Reser ved)
3 ( Reser ved)
SDA ( Syst em Desi gn Assur ance Dat a)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Unknown or No Saf et y Ef f ect
1=Mi nor
2=Maj or
3=Hazar dous
SAF ( Si ngl e Ant enna Fl ag)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Dual Ant enna
1=Si ngl e Ant enna
ATC ( Recei vi ng ATC Ser vi ces)
I ndi cat i ons:
1 ( Ai r cr af t r ecei vi ng ATC ser vi ces) ,
0 ( Ai r cr af t not r ecei vi ng ATC ser vi ces) .
RA ( TCAS RA Act i ve)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=( TCAS I I or ACAS r esol ut i on advi sor y
i nact i ve)
act i ve)
I D ( I dent Swi t ch)
I ndi cat i ons:
YES ( I dent act i ve) ,
NO ( I dent not act i ve) .
HRZ REF ( Hor i zont al Ref er ence Di r ect i on)
I ndi cat i ons:
TRUE NORTH
MAG NORTH ( Magnet i c Nor t h)
NI C- A ( Navi gat i on I nt egr i t y Cat egor y
Suppl ement A)
I ndi cat i ons:
DO- 260A onl y
0 ( Rc unknown)
1 ( Rc < 20 NM)
DO- 260B onl y, Ref er t o Tabl e 17
BAQ ( Bar omet r i c Al t i t ude Qual i t y) DO- 260A
GVA ( Geomet r i c Ver t i cal Accur acy) DO- 260B
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Unknown or >150 m
1=<150 m
2=<45 m
3=Reser ved
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Sur f ace)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
NACP
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( EPU >18. 52 km)
1 ( EPU <18. 52 km)
2 ( EPU <7. 408 km)
3 ( EPU <3. 704 km)
4 ( EPU <1852 m)
5 ( EPU <926 m)
6 ( EPU <555. 6 m)
7 ( EPU <185. 2 m)
8 ( EPU <92. 6 m)
9 ( EPU <30 m and VEPU <45 m)
A ( EPU <30 m and VEPU <15 m)
B ( EPU <3 m and VEPU <4 m)
C ( r eser ved)
D ( r eser ved)
E ( r eser ved)
F ( r eser ved)
ADSR( 56) ( Reser ved f or ADS- R f l ag)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Not Act i ve
1=Act i ve

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ADS- B MON BDS 6, 5 SUR

AVAI L BAT 2 . 5 Hr
BDS=6, 5 A/ C OP ST AT US SUR T YPE =31
DF1 7 AA=12 3456 ( 0 4432126 ) COUNT =9
ME=0 F92 AAA2 AAA4 AAF PERI OD=1. 6 4 s
SUBT YPE=1 - SUR VERSI ON=2- DO- 260 B
CC F MT =2 AA B2 LOW= 1 1090 =0
UAT =0 NI C- C=0 NACV=5
RA=1 I D=NO ANT OFF=RT 2 M, 20 M
HRZ REF= MAG NORT H NI C- A=0 POA=N/ A
T RK/ HDG=NT RK SI L SUP=1 SI L= 2
NACP= 10- EPU < 0. 0054 ADSR( 5 6) =1
LN/ WD=10 - <65 M, <59 . 5 M
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
MON BDS 6, 5 SUR
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

6, 5=Ai r cr af t Oper at i onal St at us, Sur f ace
Subt ype.
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
bei ng r ecei ved.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.

SUBTYPE
I ndi cat i ons:
2=RESERVED,
3=RESERVED,
4=RESERVED,
5=RESERVED,
6=RESERVED,
7=RESERVED,
I ndi cat i ons:
0- DO- 260
1- DO- 260A
2- DO- 260B
B2 LOW
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Ai r bor ne)
0 ( >70 W)
1 ( <70 W)
CDTI DO- 260A
0=Not Capabl e
1=Capabl e
I ndi cat i ons:
messages)
UAT messages)
NI C- C ( Navi gat i on I nt egr i t y Cat egor y
Suppl ement C)
I ndi cat i ons: Ref er t o Tabl e 17
Vel oci t y)
I ndi cat i ons:
1=<10 m/ s
2=<3 m/ s
3= <1 m/ s
4=<0. 3 m/ s
I ndi cat i ons:
1 ( Reser ved)
2 ( Reser ved)
3 ( Reser ved)

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I ndi cat i ons:
1=Mi nor
2=Maj or
3=Hazar dous
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Dual Ant enna
1=Si ngl e Ant enna
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
i nact i ve)
act i ve)
I ndi cat i ons:
ANT OFF ( GPS Ant enna Of f set Dat a)
Ref er t o Tabl es 19 and 20.
I ndi cat i ons:
TRUE NORTH
Suppl ement A)
I ndi cat i ons:
DO- 260A onl y
0 ( Rc unknown)
1 ( Rc < 20 NM)
POA ( Posi t i on Of f set Appl i ed) DO- 260A onl y
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Ai r bor ne)
0 ( Posi t i on t r ansmi t t ed i s not t he ADS- B
posi t i on r ef er ence poi nt )
1 ( Posi t i on t r ansmi t t ed i s t he ADS- B posi t i on
r ef er ence poi nt )
TRK/ HDG ( Used f or sur f ace ADS- B
par t i ci pant s, sur f ace posi t i on message
headi ng or gr ound t r ack det er mi nat i on bi t )
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Ai r bor ne)
0 ( Tar get Headi ng Repor t ed)
1 ( Tr ack Angl e Repor t ed)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
NACP
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( EPU >18. 52 km)
1 ( EPU <18. 52 km)
2 ( EPU <7. 408 km)
3 ( EPU <3. 704 km)
4 ( EPU <1852 m)
5 ( EPU <926 m)
6 ( EPU <555. 6 m)
7 ( EPU <185. 2 m)
8 ( EPU <92. 6 m)
C ( r eser ved)
D ( r eser ved)
E ( r eser ved)
F ( r eser ved)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Not Act i ve
1=Act i ve
LN/ WD ( Ai r cr af t Lengt h and Wi dt h)
Ai r cr af t or Vehi cl e Lengt h
I ndi cat i ons: Lengt h, Wi dt h
0=No Dat a or Unknown
1=<15m, <23m
2=<25m, <28. 5m
3=<25m, <34m
4=<35m, <33m
5=<35m, <38m
6=<45m, <39. 5m
7=<45m, <45m
8=<55m, <45m
9=<55m, <52m
10=<65m, <59. 5m
11=<65m, <67m
12=<75m, <72m
13=<75m, <80m
14=<85m, <80m

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4. 6. 5 ADS- B GEN
The ADS- B GEN mode of oper at i on gener at es
Tr ansponder DF17 or Gr ound Emi t t er DF18
ext ended squi t t er s, ei t her vi a t he Ant enna
por t or RF I / O por t . The squi t t er s ar e
encoded vi a dat a ent er ed i n i ndi vi dual dat a
scr eens.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
1 0 , 5 AI RBORNE POS - ENABLED
2 0 , 6 SURF ACE POS - ENABL ED
3 0 , 8 I DENT & CAT - ENABL ED
4 0 , 9 AI RBORNE VEL - ENABL ED
7 6 , 2 T SS SUBT YPE 0 - ENABL ED
8 6, 2 T SS SUBT YPE 1 - ENABL ED
9 6 , 5 A/ C OP ST AT US AI R - ENABL ED
10 6, 5 A/ C OP ST AT US SUR - ENABL ED
11 0, A T EST MSG - ENABL ED

RUN
T E S T
BDS
DAT A

ADS- B GEN DF17

RE T URN
BDS
ON

The ADS- B GEN scr een di spl ays suppor t ed
squi t t er s t hat ar e i dent i f i ed by BDS r egi st er
number and an abbr evi at ed name. St at us of
t he gener at ed squi t t er i s di spl ayed t o t he
r i ght of t he squi t t er name. Sel ect i ons ar e
ENABLED ( squi t t er wi l l be gener at ed) or
DI SABLED ( Squi t t er wi l l not be gener at ed)

ADS- B GEN BDS 0, 5

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, 5 AI RBORNE POS T YPE: 14
DF1 7 AA: 3 AC421 ( 1 6542041) COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 00000 PERI OD: 1. 00 S
L AT : 37 39 0 N L ONG: 97 25 48 W
POS: GLOBAL NI C- B: 1 T : N/ UT C
SURVEI LL ANCE ST AT US: NO I NFO
BARO PRES ALT : 126700 f t
GNSS ALT : N/ A
NI C= 5 Rc= <1 nm ( 18 52 m)
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

GEN BDS 0, 5
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

0, 5=Ext ended Squi t t er Ai r bor ne Posi t i on.
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
NOTE: The ai r bor ne posi t i on decode,
cor r ect l y.
DF17/ 18: Sends ext ended squi t t er f or
ai r bor ne posi t i on.
COUNT
I ndi cat i ons: Di spl ays t ot al squi t t er s sent
si nce t est was r un, r ange 0 t o 9999.
ME ( Message Fi el d)
I ndi cat i ons: Di spl ays i n 14 di gi t HEX f or mat .

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PERI OD ( Per i od)
i n seconds.
I ndi cat i ons:
Suppl ement B) DO- 260B onl y, Ref er t o
Tabl e 17
SAF ( Si ngl e Ant enna Fl ag) DO- 260A onl y
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Dual Ant enna
1=Si ngl e Ant enna
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ UTC ( not UTC) ,
UTC.
I ndi cat i ons:
( Emer gency) ) ,
Al t i t ude)
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A
126700 f t .
GNSS ALTI TUDE.
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A
TO 126700 f t .
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
ADS- B GEN BDS 0, 6

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, 6 SURF ACE POS T YPE: 8
DF1 7 AA: 3 AC421 ( 1 6542041) COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 0000 PERI OD: 10. 00 S
L AT : 37 39 0 0 N LONG: 97 25 48 W
MOVMENT : 2kt s T : N/ UT C
HDG: 230 deg POS: -
NI C= 11 Rc= <7 . 5 m

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

GEN BDS 0, 6
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

0, 6=Ext ended Squi t t er Sur f ace Posi t i on.
TYPE: I dent i f i es t he ADS- B Message Type.
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
cor r ect l y.
DF17/ 18: Sends ext ended squi t t er f or sur f ace
posi t i on.
COUNT
si nce t est was r un
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.

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MOVEMENT
STOPPED
0. 125- <1 Kt ,
1- <2 Kt ,
2- <15 Kt ,
15- <70 Kt ,
70- <100 Kt ,
100- <175 Kt ,
>175 Kt ,
DECELERATI NG,
ACCELERATI NG,
BACKI NG UP
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ UTC ( Not UTC) ,
UTC
HDG ( Headi ng)
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
Ref er t o Tabl e 1
ADS- B GEN BDS 0, 8

BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, 8 I DENT & CAT T YPE: 4
DF1 7 AA=3 AC42 1 COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 00000 PERI OD: 1. 0 0 s
AI S= 610 3B3 D35C72
FL I GHT I D: XPN34 512
EMI T CAT SET : A
EMI T CAT : LARGE

RUN
T E S T
BDS
OF F
P RE V
P ARAM
GEN BDS 0, 8
NE XT
P ARAM

RE T URN

0, 8=Ext ended Squi t t er I dent i f i cat i on and
Cat egor y.
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
DF17, 18: Sends ext ended squi t t er f or
i dent i f i cat i on and cat egor y.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.

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Set ) .
EMI T CAT A:
LI GHT,
SMALL,
LARGE,
HI GH VORTEX,
HEAVY,
HI GH PERFORMANCE,
ROTOCRAFT,
EMI T CAT B:
RESERVED,
SPACE VEHI CLE.
EMI T CAT C:
CLUSTER OBSTR,
LI NE OBSTR,
RESERVED,
RESERVED
EMI T CAT D:
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED
f i el d.

ADS- B GEN BDS 0, 9

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, 9 AI RBORNE VEL T YPE: 19
DF1 7 AA: 3 AC421 ( 1 6542041) COUNT : 1000
ME=00 0000000 00000 PERI OD: 10. 00 S
E- W VEL: 1000 kt s E NACV: 4
N- S VEL: 1000 kt s N HDG: N/ A
SUB T YPE: 1- VEL OVR GND NORM
VERT RAT E= 64 f t / mi n
GEO ALT DI FF F ROM BARO: - 3125 f t
SOURCE: BARO I NT ENT CHANGE: YES
AI RSPEED: N/ A AI RSPEED T YPE: N/ A
RESERVED: YES

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

GEN BDS 0, 9
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

0, 9=Ext ended Squi t t er Ai r bor ne Vel oci t y.
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
DF17, 18: Sends ext ended squi t t er f or
Ai r bor ne Vel oci t y.
st at e t o t r ansmi t ai r bor ne vel oci t y.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.

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I ndi cat i ons:
0=NOT ASSI GNED
Gr ound Nor mal ) ,
Super soni c) ,
5=NOT ASSI GNED,
6=NOT ASSI GNED,
7=NOT ASSI GNED
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o >1021 Kt s ( subt ype 1) ,
0 t o >4086 Kt s ( subt ype 2) ,

NOTE: Fol l owed by E ( East ) or W (West )
Vel oci t y)
I ndi cat i ons:
1=<10 m/ s
2=<3 m/ s
3=<1 m/ s
4=<0. 3 m/ s

I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o >1021 Kt s ( subt ype 1) ,
0 t o >4086 Kt s ( subt ype 2) ,

HDG ( Headi ng) .
I ndi cat i ons:
0. 0 t o 359. 6 Degr ees.
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
<- 3137 f t t o >3137 f t

I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
YES
NO
AI RSPEED.
I ndi cat i ons:
AI R SPEED TYPE.
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
YES
NO

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ADS- B GEN BDS 0, A

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, A T EST MSG T YPE: 23
DF1 7 AA: 3 AC421 ( 1 6542041) COUNT =1000
ME=42 9000000 00000 PERI OD: 1. 00 S
SUBT YPE: 7
A CODE: 4122
RESERVED: 00000 0000

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

GEN BDS 0, A
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

0, A=Ext ended Squi t t er Event - Dr i ven
Regi st er .
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
DF17, 18/ 19: Sends ext ended squi t t er f or
ADS- B Test Message.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
I ndi cat i ons: Di spl ays DF17/ 18/ 19 squi t t er
per i od i n seconds.
SUB TYPES ( Subt ype Codi ng) .
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( I CAO DOC 9688 ( Fi r st edi t i on of I CAO
Mode S Speci f i c Ser vi ce manual ) not
suppor t ed. Ref er t o DO- 260/ DO- 260A,
change 1.
A CODE
Decodes & di spl ays Mode A 4096 code.
Range: 0000 t o 7777.
RESERVED
Decodes and di spl ays 9 Hex char act er
Reser ved f i el d.
ADS- B GEN BDS 6, 1 ST1

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=6, 1 A/ C ST AT US ST 1 T YPE: 28
DF1 7 AA: 3 AC421 ( 1 6542041) COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 00000 PERI OD=10 . 00 S
SUBT YPE: 1- EMERGENCY/ PRI OR ST AT US
EMERGENCY/ PRI OR CODE: 0 - NO EMERGENCY
MODE A ( 40 96) CODE: 0707
RESERVED: 00000 0000

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

GEN BDS 6, 1 ST 1
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
DF17, 18: Sends ext ended squi t t er f or Ai r cr af t
St at us.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.
St at us Codi ng) .
I ndi cat i ons:
0=NO EMERGENCY,
3=MI NI MUM FUEL,
4=NO COMM,
6=DOWNED AI RCRAFT,
7=RESERVED.

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I ndi cat i ons:
0000 t o 7777
DO- 260A, 25- 56 f or DO- 260B.
I ndi cat i ons:
0=NO I NFO
1=EMERGENCY/ PRI OR STATUS
2=TCAS RA BROADCAST
3- 7=RESERVED


AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=6, 1 A/ C ST AT US ST 2 T YPE: 28
DF1 7 AA: 3 AC421 ( 1 6542041) COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 00000 PERI OD=10 . 00 S
SUBT YPE: 0- NO I NFO
T T I :
T I DA: T I DR:
T I DB: RAT :
ARA:
MT E: RAC:
T HREAT ADDR:
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

GEN BDS 6, 1 ST 2
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
DF17, 18: Sends ext ended squi t t er f or Ai r cr af t
St at us.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.
I ndi cat i ons:
addr ess
dat a.
3=Not assi gned
I ndi cat i ons:
- 1000 t o 126700 f t r es: 100 f t

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I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o 360 deg
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
<0. 05 nm
>12. 55 nm
I ndi cat i ons:
t he RA.
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
Bi t 55=Do not pass bel ow
0=I nact i ve
1=Act i ve
Thr eat )
I ndi cat i ons:
Bi t s 63- 86.

BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=6, 2 T SS SUBT YPE 0 T YPE: 29
DF1 7 AA: 3 AC421 ( 1 6542041) COUNT =1000
ME=E9D2 A02F04 1415 PERI OD: 1. 0 0 s
VERT DAT A/ SOURCE I NFO: F MS/ RNAV
T ARG ALT CAP: HLDG ALT - ACP- F MS/ RNAV
VERT MODE I ND: ACQUI RI NG SI L: 1
T ARG ALT T YPE: MSL NI C BARO: 1
T ARG ALT : 31000 f t T ARG HDG: 2 40 deg
T CAS/ ACAS OPERAT I ONAL: YES RAA: NO
HORI Z DAT A AVAI L / SOURCE I ND: MCP/ F CU
HORI Z MODE I ND: MAI NT AI NI NG NAC: 0
EMERG/ PRI OR CODE: UNL AWFUL I NT ERFNC
RUN
T E S T
BDS
OF F
P RE V
T E S T
GEN BDS 6, 2 ST 0
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

Subt ype)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=DO- 260A
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
DF17, 18: Sends ext ended squi t t er f or Tar get
St at e.
st at us.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.

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I ndi cat i ons:
NOT VALI D
Uni t ) ,
TARG ALT CAP ( Tar get Al t i t ude Capabi l i t y)
I ndi cat i ons:
RESERVED
I ndi cat i ons:
unavai l abl e) ,
Mode) .
RESERVED
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
TARG ALT TYPE ( Tar get Al t i t ude Type)
I ndi cat i ons:
FL ( Fl i ght Level )
MSL ( Mean Sea Level )
I ndi cat i ons:
TARG ALT ( Tar get Al t i t ude)
I ndi cat i ons:
- 1000 f t t o 100, 000 f t
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o 359 degr ees.
I NVALI D
Oper at i onal )
I ndi cat i ons:
YES,
NO.
Act i ve)
I ndi cat i ons:
YES,
NO.
I ndi cat i ons:
Tr ack angl e) ,
I ndi cat or )
I ndi cat i ons:
unavai l abl e) ,
Mode) ,
RESERVED
I ndi cat i ons:
0=EPU>18. 52 km ( >10NM)
1=EPU>18. 52 km ( 10NM)
2=EPU<7. 408 km ( 4NM)
3=EPU<3. 704 km ( 2NM)
4=EPU<1852 m ( 1NM)
5=EPU<926 m ( 0. 5NM)
6=EPU<555. 6 m ( 0. 3NM)
7=EPU<185. 2 m ( 0. 1NM)
8=EPU<92. 6 m ( 0. 05NM)
9=EPU<30 m
10=EPU<10 m
11=EPU<3 m
12=Reser ved
13=Reser ved
14=Reser ved
15=Reser ved
St at us Codi ng) .
I ndi cat i ons:
0=NO EMERGENCY,
3=MI NI MUM FUEL,
4=NO COMM,
6=DOWNED AI RCRAFT,
7=RESERVED.

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AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=6, 2 T SS SUBT YPE 1 T YPE: 29
DF1 7 AA: 3 AC421 ( 1 6542041) COUNT =1000
ME=00 0000000 00000 PERI OD: 10. 0 0 s
SUBT YPE: 1 SI L: 0 SI L SUP: 1
NAC: 0 LNAV: 0 VNAV : 1
MCP: 1 AUT O P: 1 AHME: 1
AP MODE: 1 T CAS OP: NO
SEL ECT ED ALT I T UDE: 21792 f t T YPE: 1
BARO PRESSURE: 843. 2 mb NI C BARO: 0
SEL ECT ED HEADI NG : - 59 . 7 deg
SEL ECT ED HEADI NG ST AT US: 1
RESERVED ADS- R FL AG: 1

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GEN BDS 6, 2 ST 1
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

Subt ype)
I ndi cat i ons:
1= DO- 260B
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
DF17, 18: Sends ext ended squi t t er f or Tar get
St at e.
st at us and st at us. AA ( Ai r cr af t
Addr ess) i n HEX and ( OCTAL) .

COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.

SUBTYPE= 1
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
0=EPU>18. 52 km ( >10NM)
1=EPU>18. 52 km ( 10NM)
2=EPU<7. 408 km ( 4NM)
3=EPU<3. 704 km ( 2NM)
4=EPU<1852 m ( 1NM)
5=EPU<926 m ( 0. 5NM)
6=EPU<555. 6 m ( 0. 3NM)
7=EPU<185. 2 m ( 0. 1NM)
8=EPU<92. 6 m ( 0. 05NM)
9=EPU<30 m
10=EPU<10 m
11=EPU<3 m
12=Reser ved
13=Reser ved
14=Reser ved
15=Reser ved
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:

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I ndi cat i ons:
81, 82 or 84)
( Message bi t s 80, 81, 82 or 84)
I ndi cat i ons:
ai r cr af t )
I ndi cat i ons:
Unknown
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
t i me RI 3 or 4)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o 65472 f t Res 32 f t
I ndi cat i ons:
0=MCP/ FCU
1=FMS
I ndi cat i ons:
800 t o 1208 mb Res 0. 8 mb
Bar o)
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
+/ - 180 deg Res 180/ 256 ( 0. 703125 deg)
Headi ng St at us)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=I nval i d
1=Val i d

ADS- B GEN BDS 6, 5 AI R

AVAI L BAT 2 . 5 Hr
BDS=6, 5 A/ C OP ST AT US AI R T YPE : 31
DF1 7 AA: 123456 ( 00432 126 ) COUNT =11
ME=F82 AAA2 AAA4 AAF PERI OD: 1. 5 7 s
SUBT YPE: 0- AI R VERSI ON: 2- DO- 26 0B
CC F MT : 2AAA ARV: 1 T S: 0 109 0 : 0
UAT : 1 T C: 2 ADSR: 0 T CAS OP: 1
OM F MT : 0 SDA: 0 SAF: 0 AT C: 1
RA: 1 I D: NO
HRZ REF: MAG NORT H NI C- A: 0 GVA: 2
NI C- BARO: 1 SI L SUP: 1 SI L: 2
NACP: 10- EPU < 0. 0054 ADSR( 56) : 1

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GEN BDS 6, 5 AI R
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

Subt ype.
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
bei ng r ecei ved.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.

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SUBTYPE
I ndi cat i ons:
2=RESERVED,
3=RESERVED,
4=RESERVED,
5=RESERVED,
6=RESERVED,
7=RESERVED,
I ndi cat i ons:
0- DO- 260
1- DO- 260A
2- DO- 260B
Ai r bor ne.
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Sur f ace)
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Sur f ace)
CDTI DO- 260A
0=Not Capabl e
1=Capabl e
I ndi cat i ons:
messages)
UAT messages)
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Sur f ace)
3 ( Reser ved)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Not Act i ve
1=Act i ve
Not TCAS DO- 260A
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
1 ( Reser ved)
2 ( Reser ved)
3 ( Reser ved)
I ndi cat i ons:
1=Mi nor
2=Maj or
3=Hazar dous
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Dual Ant enna
1=Si ngl e Ant enna
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
i nact i ve)
act i ve)
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
TRUE NORTH
Suppl ement A)
I ndi cat i ons:
DO- 260A onl y
0 ( Rc unknown)
1 ( Rc < 20 NM)

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I ndi cat i ons:
0=Unknown or >150 m
1=<150 m
2=<45 m
3=Reser ved
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Sur f ace)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
NACP
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( EPU >18. 52 km)
1 ( EPU <18. 52 km)
2 ( EPU <7. 408 km)
3 ( EPU <3. 704 km)
4 ( EPU <1852 m)
5 ( EPU <926 m)
6 ( EPU <555. 6 m)
7 ( EPU <185. 2 m)
8 ( EPU <92. 6 m)
C ( r eser ved)
D ( r eser ved)
E ( r eser ved)
F ( r eser ved)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Not Act i ve
1=Act i ve
ADS- B GEN BDS 6, 5 SUR

AVAI L BAT 2 . 5 Hr
BDS=6, 5 A/ C OP ST AT US SUR T YPE : 31
DF1 7 AA: 123456 ( 04432 126 ) COUNT =9
ME=0 F92 AAA2 AAA4 AAF PERI OD: 1 . 64 s
SUBT YPE: 1- SUR VERSI ON: 2- DO- 26 0B
CC F MT : 2 AA B2 LOW: 1 1090 : 0
UAT : 0 NI C- C: 0 NACV: 5
OM F MT : 0 SDA: 0 SAF: 2 AT C: 1
RA: 1 I D: NO ANT OFF: RT 2 M, 20 M
HRZ REF: MAG NORT H NI C- A: 0 POA: N/ A
T RK/ HDG: NT RK SI L SUP: 1 SI L: 2
NACP: 10- EPU < 0. 0054 ADSR( 56) : 1
LN/ WD: 10 - <6 5 M, <59. 5 M
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GEN BDS 6, 5 SUR
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

Subt ype.
260, DO- 260A and DO- 260B f or
bei ng r ecei ved.
COUNT
f or mat .
PERI OD
i n seconds.

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SUBTYPE
I ndi cat i ons:
2=RESERVED,
3=RESERVED,
4=RESERVED,
5=RESERVED,
6=RESERVED,
7=RESERVED,
I ndi cat i ons:
0- DO- 260
1- DO- 260A
2- DO- 260B
B2 LOW
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Ai r bor ne)
0 ( >70 W)
1 ( <70 W)
CDTI DO- 260A
0=Not Capabl e
1=Capabl e
I ndi cat i ons:
messages)
UAT messages)
Suppl ement C)
Vel oci t y)
I ndi cat i ons:
1=<10 m/ s
2=<3 m/ s
3= <1 m/ s
4=<0. 3 m/ s
I ndi cat i ons:
1 ( Reser ved)
2 ( Reser ved)
3 ( Reser ved)

I ndi cat i ons:
1=Mi nor
2=Maj or
3=Hazar dous
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Dual Ant enna
1=Si ngl e Ant enna
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
i nact i ve)
act i ve)
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
TRUE NORTH
Suppl ement A)
I ndi cat i ons:
DO- 260A onl y
0 ( Rc unknown)
1 ( Rc < 20 NM)
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Ai r bor ne)
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Ai r bor ne)

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I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
NACP
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( EPU >18. 52 km)
1 ( EPU <18. 52 km)
2 ( EPU <7. 408 km)
3 ( EPU <3. 704 km)
4 ( EPU <1852 m)
5 ( EPU <926 m)
6 ( EPU <555. 6 m)
7 ( EPU <185. 2 m)
8 ( EPU <92. 6 m)
C ( r eser ved)
D ( r eser ved)
E ( r eser ved)
F ( r eser ved)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Not Act i ve
1=Act i ve
1=<15m, <23m
2=<25m, <28. 5m
3=<25m, <34m
4=<35m, <33m
5=<35m, <38m
6=<45m, <39. 5m
7=<45m, <45m
8=<55m, <45m
9=<55m, <52m
10=<65m, <59. 5m
11=<65m, <67m
12=<75m, <72m
13=<75m, <80m
14=<85m, <80m

4. 6. 6 GI CB GENERAL
GI CB ( Gr ound I nt i at ed Comm B) i s a pr ot ocol
used by Mode S gr ound st at i ons t o ext r act
DAP s ( Downl i nked Ai r cr af t Par amet er s) f r om
Mode S t r ansponder equi pped ai r cr af t .
DAP s ar e ut i l i zed by Ai r Tr af f i c Cont r ol
equi pment , t o pr ovi de t he ai r t r af f i c cont r ol l er
wi t h accur at e and pr edi ct i ve t r acks i . e.
ant i ci pat ed al t i t ude changes. DAP S ar e
obt ai ned f r om var i ous subsyst ems vi a a
separ at e or t r ansponder i nt egr al ADLP ( Ai r
Dat a Li nk Pr ocessor ) . DAP s ar e st or ed i n
t he t r ansponder BDS ( B- Def i ni t i on Subf i el d)
r egi st er s. Ther e ar e 255 BDS r egi st er s, not
al l def i ned at t hi s t i me.
4. 6. 7 GI CB MODE
GI CB mode of oper at i on uses UF4 or UF5
i nt er r ogat i ons wi t h r epl y l engt h set t o l ong, t o
r equest DF20 or DF21 r epl i es wi t h MB
message f i el d cont ai ni ng t r ansponder BDS
r egi st er cont ent s, whi ch ar e decoded and
di spl ayed.

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
2 0, 6 SURF ACE POS - NOT CAP
3 0, 7 SQT R ST AT US - AVAI L
6 1, 0 DAT A L NK CAP - AVAI L
7 1, 7 COM GI CB CAP - AVAI L
10 1, A SPEC SERV CAP #3 - AVAI L
11 1, B SPEC SERV CAP #4 - AVAI L
12 1, C SPEC SERV CAP #5 - AVAI L

RUN
T E S T
BDS
DAT A

GI CB DF20

RE T URN
NE XT
P AGE

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
13 1, D MSP CAP RPT 1 - 28 - AVAI L
14 1, E MSP CAP RPT 29 - 56 - AVAI L
15 1, F MSP CAP RPT 57 - 63 - AVAI L
16 2, 0 FL I GHT I DAT - AVAI L
17 2, 1 AI RCRAFT REG - AVAI L
18 3, 0 ACAS ARA - AVAI L
19 4 , 0 VERT I NT ENT - AVAI L
20 4, 1 WAYPOI NT NAME - AVAI L
21 4, 2 WAYPOI NT POS - AVAI L
22 4, 3 WAYPOI NT DET AI L S - AVAI L
23 5, 0 T RACK & T URN - NOT RUN
24 6, 0 HEADI NG & SPEED - NOT RUN

RUN
T E S T
BDS
DAT A

GI CB DF20

RE T URN
P RE V
P AGE
NE XT
P AGE

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AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
17 2, 1 AI RCRAFT REG # - AVAI L
18 3, 0 ACAS ARA - AVAI L
19 4 , 0 VERT I NT ENT - AVAI L
23 5, 0 T RACK & T URN - AVAI L
24 6, 0 HEADI NG & SPEED - AVAI L
27 6, 2 T SS SUBT YPE 0 - AVAI L
28 6, 2 T SS SUBT YPE 1 - NOT RUN

RUN
T E S T
BDS
DAT A

GI CB DF20

RE T URN
P RE V
P AGE

The GI CB scr een di spl ays t he suppor t ed BDS
r egi st er s ( det er mi ned by t est set sof t war e
ver si on) , i dent i f i ed by BDS r egi st er number
and an abbr evi at ed name. The St at us of t he
r ecei ved BDS i s di spl ayed t o t he r i ght of t he
BDS name. I ndi cat i ons ar e NOT RUN ( Test
has not r et r i eved t hi s BDS yet ) , AVAI L ( BDS
i s avai l abl e) , NO DATA ( BDS avai l abl e but
not r epor t i ng dat a) , NOT CAP ( t r ansponder
has i dent i f i ed t hat t hi s BDS i s not suppor t ed
by t r ansponder / subsyst em) .

BDS r egi st er s suppor t ed by sof t war e ver si on
1. 1. 2 and above, ar e l i st ed i n 1- 2- 4 Tabl e 21.

BDS DESCRI PTI ON
0.5 Ext Squi t ter Ai rborne Posi ti on
0,6 Ext Squi t ter Surf ace Posi t i on
0,7 Ext Squi t ter St at us
0,8 Ext Squi t ter Type and I denti fi cati on
0,9 Ext Squi t ter Ai rborne Vel oci t y
I nf ormat i on
1,0 Data Li nk Capabi l i t y Report
1,7 Common Usage GI CB Capabi l i t y Report
1,8 Mode S Speci f i c Servi ces #1
1,9 Mode S Speci f i c Servi ces #2
1, A Mode S Speci f i c Servi ces #3
1, B Mode S Speci f i c Servi ces #4
1, C Mode S Speci f i c Servi ces #5
1, D Mode S Speci f i c Servi ce Capabi l i t y
Report 1-28
1, E Mode S Speci f i c Servi ce Capabi l i t y
Report 29-56
1,F Mode S Speci f i c Servi ce Capabi l i t y
Report 57-63
2,0 Ai rcraf t Identi f i cati on (Fl i ght I D)
2,1 Ai rcraf t Regi st rati on Number
3.0 ACAS Resol ut i on Advi sory
4,0 Ai rcraf t Verti cal Intenti on
4,1 Waypoi nt Name
4,2 Waypoi nt Posi ti on
4,3 Waypoi nt Det ai l s
5,0 Track and Turn Report
6,0 Headi ng and Speed Report
6,1 Ai rcraf t Stat us ST1
6,1 Ai rcraf t Stat us ST2
6,2 Target St at e and St atus Subt ype 0
6,2 Target St at e and St atus Subt ype 1
6,5 A/ C Operati onal St at us AI R
6,5 A/ C Operati onal St at us SUR
GI CB Suppor t ed BDS Regi st er s
Tabl e 21

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GI CB BDS 0, 5

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
L AT = 37 39 0 N LONG= 97 25 4 8 W
BARO PRES ALT =126700 f t
GNSS ALT = N/ A
NI C= 5 Rc= <1 nm ( 18 52 m)

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

GI CB BDS 0, 5
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

Uses UF20/ 21 BDS 0, 7 r egi st er r equest :
Recei ves DF20/ 21 r epl y and decodes MB
message f i el d cont ai ni ng BDS r egi st er
cont ent s and di spl ays Squi t t er St at us.
TYPE: I dent i f i es t he GI CB Message Type.
DF20/ 21: Recei ves DF20/ 21 r epl y, decodes
and di spl ays ai r bor ne posi t i on
MB message f i el d di spl ayed i n 14 di gi t HEX
f or mat .
I ndi cat i ons:

Suppl ement B) 260B onl y, Ref er t o Tabl e
17
SAF DO- 260A onl y
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Dual Ant enna
1=Si ngl e Ant enna
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ UTC ( not UTC) ,
UTC.
I ndi cat i ons:
( Emer gency) ) ,
Al t i t ude)
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A
126700 f t .
GNSS ALTI TUDE.
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A
TO 126700 f t .
NI C ( Navi gat i on I nt egr i t y Cat egor y
Suppl ement A) DO- 260B
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:

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GI CB BDS 0, 6

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, 6 SURF ACE POS T YPE=8
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 00
L AT = 37 39 00 N LONG= 97 25 48 W
MOVMENT = 2kt s T =N/ UT C
HDG=230 deg POS=GLOBAL
NI C= 7 Rc= <0. 2 nm ( 3 70. 4 m)

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

GI CB BDS 0, 6
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

and di spl ays sur f ace posi t i on.
cor r ect l y.
f or mat .

MOVEMENT
STOPPED
0. 125- <1 Kt ,
1- <2 Kt ,
2- <15 Kt ,
15- <70 Kt ,
70- <100 Kt ,
100- <175 Kt ,
>175 Kt ,
DECELERATI NG,
ACCELERATI NG,
BACKI NG UP
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ UTC ( Not UTC) ,
UTC
HDG ( Headi ng)
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:

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GI CB BDS 0, 7

BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, 7 SQT R ST AT US
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 00
SURF ACE SQT R T RANS RAT E=HI GH
ALT T YPE=BARO
ESS=000000 0000000 0

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

GI CB BDS 0, 7 AVAI L
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

f or mat .
SURF SQTR TRAN RATE
I ndi cat i ons:
NOT CAP ( No Capabi l i t y t o det er mi ne sur f ace
squi t t er r at e) ,
HI GH ( Hi gh sur f ace squi t t er r at e sel ect ed) ,
LOW ( Low sur f ace squi t t er r at e sel ect ed) .
ALT TYPE
I ndi cat i ons:
BARO,
GNSS
ESS ( Ext ended Squi t t er St at us)
I ndi cat i ons:
14 di gi t hex f i el d, bi t s 1 t o 56
NOTE: Ref er t o I CAO manual on Mode S
speci f i c ser vi ces DOC 9688- AN/ 952
and RTCA DO- 260A V2 f or det ai l ed
descr i pt i on of dat a f i el ds.
GI CB BDS 0, 8

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, 8 I DENT & CAT T YPE =4
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
AI S= 610 3B3 D35672
FL I GHT I D =XPN345 12
EMI T CAT SET =A
EMI T CAT =L ARGE

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 0, 8
NE XT
T E S T

RE T URN

and di spl ays i dent i f i cat i on and cat egor y.
f or mat .
Set ) .
EMI T CAT A:
LI GHT,
SMALL,
LARGE,
HI GH VORTEX,
HEAVY,
HI GH PERFORMANCE,
ROTOCRAFT,

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EMI T CAT B:
RESERVED,
SPACE VEHI CLE. EMI T CAT C:
CLUSTER OBSTR,
LI NE OBSTR,
RESERVED,
RESERVED
EMI T CAT D:
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED,
RESERVED
f i el d.
GI CB BDS 0, 9

BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=0, 9 AI RBORNE VEL T YPE=19
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
E- W VEL=10 00 kt s E NACV=4
N- S VEL=100 0 kt s N HDG=N/ A
SUB T YPE=VEL OVR GND NORM
VERT RAT E= +12 f t / mi n
GEO ALT DI FF F ROM BARO= - 3125 f t
SOURCE=BARO I NT ENT CHANGE=YES
AI RSPEED=N/ A AI RSPEED T YPE =N/ A
RESERVED=YES

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

and di spl ays Ai r bor ne Vel oci t y.
st at us.
f or mat .
I ndi cat i ons:
0=NOT ASSI GNED
Gr ound Nor mal ) ,
Super soni c) ,
5=NOT ASSI GNED,
6=NOT ASSI GNED,
7=NOT ASSI GNED
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o >1021 Kt s ( subt ype 1) ,
0 t o >4086 Kt s ( subt ype 2) ,

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NOTE: Fol l owed E ( East ) or W (West )
Vel oci t y)
I ndi cat i ons:
1=<10 m/ s
2=<3 m/ s
3=<1 m/ s
4=<0. 3 m/ s
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o >1021 Kt s ( subt ype 1) ,
0 t o >4086 Kt s ( subt ype 2) ,

HDG ( Headi ng) .
I ndi cat i ons:
0. 0 t o 359. 6 Degr ees.
I ndi cat i ons:
Yes,
No
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
<- 3137 t o f t >3137 f t
I ndi cat i ons:
AI RSPEED.
I ndi cat i ons:
AI R SPEED TYPE.
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
YES
NO
GI CB BDS 1, 0

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=1, 0 DAT A L I NK CAP
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
SUBNET VER NBR=1 SI CAP=YES
AI RCRAFT I D CAP=YES XPDR LEVEL=2 - 4
CONT FLAG=YES SQUI TT ER CAP=YES
SPEC SERV CAP REP=YES DT E=YES
UEL M SEG CAP=16 / 250 ms
DEL M SEG CAP=16 / 250 ms
COMM USE GI CB REP=0
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

GI CB BDS 1, 0
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

Uses UF4/ 5 Repl y Lengt h Long, BDS 1, 0
r egi st er r equest : Recei ves DF20/ 21 r epl y and
decodes MB message f i el d cont ai ni ng BDS
r egi st er cont ent s and di spl ays Dat a Li nk
Capabi l i t y Repor t .
f or mat .
SUBNET VER NBR
I ndi cat i ons:
0- 127
SI CAP
I ndi cat i ons:
YES ( sur vei l l ance i dent i f i er code capabi l i t y)
NO ( no sur vei l l ance i dent i f i er code
capabi l i t y)
CONT FLAG
I ndi cat i ons:
YES ( a cont i nuat i on r epor t may be f ound i n
r egi st er s BDS 1, 1 up t o BDS 1, 6 whi ch ar e
not i mpl ement ed i n t hi s r evi si on)
NO

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GI CB BDS 1, 7

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=1, 7 COM GI CB CAP
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=FFFFFF 00000000

: 0, 5 : 0, 6 : 0, 7 : 0, 8 : 0, 9 : 0, A
: 2, 0 : 2, 1 : 4, 0 : 4, 1 : 4, 2 : 4, 3
: 4, 4 : 4, 5 : 4, 8 : 5, 0 : 5, 1 : 5, 2
: 5, 3 : 5, 4 : 5, 5 : 5, 6 : 5, F : 6, 0

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 1, 7
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

r egi st er cont ent s and di spl ays Common GI CB
Capabi l i t y Repor t .
f or mat .
Ref er t o 1- 2- 4, Tabl e 17. Each BDS r egi st er
suppor t ed by t he t r ansponder i s di spl ayed.
descr i pt i on of dat a f i el ds
GI CB BDS 1, 8 1, C

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=1, 8 SPECI F I C SERV #1
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=FFFFFFFFFFFFFF

: 0, 1 : 0, 2 : 0, 3 : 0, 4 : 0, 5 : 0, 6 : 0, 7
: 0, 8 : 0, 9 : 0, A : 0, B : 0, C : 0, D : 0, E
: 0, F : 1, 0 : 1, 1 : 1, 2 : 1, 3 : 1, 4 : 1, 5
: 1, 6 : 1, 7 : 1, 8 : 1, 9 : 1, A : 1, B : 1, C
: 1, D : 1, E : 1, F : 2, 0 : 2, 1 : 2, 2 : 2, 3
: 2, 4 : 2, 5 : 2, 6 : 2, 7 : 2, 8 : 2, 9 : 2, A
: 2, B : 2, C : 2, D : 2, E : 2, F : 3, 0 : 3, 1
: 3, 2 : 3, 3 : 3, 4 : 3, 5 : 3, 6 : 3, 7 : 3, 8

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 1, 8
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=1, 9 SPECI F I C SERV #2
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=FFFFFFFFFFFFFF

: 3, 9 : 3, A : 3, B : 3, C : 3, D : 3, E : 3, F
: 4, 0 : 4, 1 : 4, 2 : 4, 3 : 4, 4 : 4, 5 : 4, 6
: 4, 7 : 4, 8 : 4, 9 : 4, A : 4, B : 4, C : 4, D
: 4, E : 4, F : 5, 0 : 5, 1 : 5, 2 : 5, 3 : 5, 4
: 5, 5 : 5, 6 : 5, 7 : 5, 8 : 5, 9 : 5, A : 5, B
: 5, C : 5, D : 5, E : 5, F : 6, 0 : 6, 1 : 6, 2
: 6, 3 : 6, 4 : 6, 5 : 6, 6 : 6, 7 : 6, 8 : 6, 9
: 6, A : 6, B : 6, C : 6, D : 6, E : 6, F : 7, 0
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 1, 9
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=1, A SPECI F I C SERV # 3
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=FFFFFFFFFFFFFF

: 7, 1 : 7, 2 : 7, 3 : 7, 4 : 7, 5 : 7, 6 : 7, 7
: 7, 8 : 7, 9 : 7, A : 7, B : 7, C : 7, D : 7, E
: 7, F : 8, 0 : 8, 1 : 8, 2 : 8, 3 : 8, 4 : 8, 5
: 8, 6 : 8, 7 : 8, 8 : 8, 9 : 8, A : 8, B : 8, C
: 8, D : 8, E : 8, F : 9, 0 : 9, 1 : 9, 2 : 9, 3
: 9, 4 : 9, 5 : 9, 6 : 9, 7 : 9, 8 : 9, 9 : 9, A
: 9, B : 9, C : 9, D : 9, E : 9, F : A, 0 : A, 1
: A, 2 : A, 3 : A, 4 : A, 5 : A, 6 : A, 7 : A, 8

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 1, A
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

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GI CB BDS 1, 8 1, C

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=1, B SPECI F I C SERV # 4
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=FFFFFFFFFFFFFF

: A, 9 : A, A : A, B : A, C : A, D : A, E : A, F
: B, 0 : B, 1 : B, 2 : B, 3 : B, 4 : B, 5 : B, 6
: B, 7 : B, 8 : B, 9 : B, A : B, B : B, C : B, D
: B, E : B, F : C, 0 : C, 1 : C, 2 : C, 3 : C, 4
: C, 5 : C, 6 : C, 7 : C, 8 : C, 9 : C, A : C, B
: C, C : C, D : C, E : C, F : D, 0 : D, 1 : D, 2
: D, 3 : D, 4 : D, 5 : D, 6 : D, 7 : D, 8 : D, 9
: D, A : D, B : D, C : D, D : D, E : D, F : E, 0
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 1, B
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=1, C SPECI F I C SERV # 5
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 00 FFFFFFFF

: E, 1 : E, 2 : E, 3 : E, 4 : E, 5 : E, 6 : E, 7
: E, 8 : E, 9 : E, A : E, B : E, C : E, D : E, E
: E, F : F, 0 : F, 1 : F, 2 : F, 3 : F, 4 : F, 5
: F, 6 : F, 7 : F, 8 : F, 9 : F, A : F, B : F, C
: F, D : F, E : F, F

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 1, C
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

t hr ough 1, C r egi st er r equest s: Recei ves
DF20/ 21 r epl y and decodes MB message f i el d
cont ai ni ng BDS r egi st er cont ent s and
di spl ays Mode S Speci f i c Ser vi ce GI CB
Capabi l i t y Repor t s #1 t hr ough #5.
f or mat .
Mode S Speci f i c Ser vi ce GI CB Capabi l i t y
Repor t s advi se whi ch BDS r egi st er s ar e
cur r ent l y avai l abl e f r om t he t r ansponder f or
dat a downl oad vi a GI CB pr ot ocol .
GI CB BDS 1, D 1, F

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=1, D MSP CAP RPT 1 - 28
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=FFFFFFFFFFFFFF
UPL I NK
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 1 7 18 19 2 0 21 22 23
25 26 27 28
DOWNL I NK
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 1 7 18 19 2 0 21 22 23
25 26 27 28
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 1, D
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=1, E MSP CAP RPT 29 - 56
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=FFFFFFFFFFFFFF
UPL I NK
29 30 31 3 2 33 34 35 3 6 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 4 4 45 46 47 4 8 49 50 51 52
53 54 55 5 6
DOWNL I NK
29 30 31 3 2 33 34 35 3 6 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 4 4 45 46 47 4 8 49 50 51 52
53 54 55 5 6
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 1, E
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=1, F MSP CAP RPT 57 - 63
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=FFFFFFFFFFFFFF
UPL I NK
57 58 59 60 61 62 63

DOWNL I NK
57 58 59 60 61 62 63
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 1, F
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12

Uses UF4/ 5 Repl y Lengt h Long, BDS 1, D
t hr ough 1, F r egi st er r equest s: Recei ves
DF20/ 21 r epl y and decodes MB message f i el d
cont ai ni ng BDS r egi st er cont ent s and
di spl ays Mode S Speci f i c Pr ot ocol Capabi l i t y
Repor t s 1, D MSP channel s 1- 28, 1, E MSP
Channel s 29- 56, 1, F MSP channel s 57- 63.
f or mat .
Mode S Speci f i c Pr ot ocol s ( MSPs) ut i l i ze one
or mor e of t he 63 upl i nk or downl i nk channel s
pr ovi ded by t hi s pr ot ocol t o t r ansf er dat a i n
ei t her shor t or l ong f or m MSP packet s f r om
t he GDLP ( Gr ound Dat a Li nk Pr ocessor ) t o
t he ADLP ( Ai r bor ne Dat a Li nk Pr ocessor ) or
vi ce ver sa. The avai l abl e channel s ar e
di spl ayed over t hr ee scr eens BDS 1, D BDS
1, E and BDS 1, F.
GI CB BDS 2, 0

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=2, 0 FL I GHT I D
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
FL I GHT I D=UA66121

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 2, 0
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

r egi st er cont ent s and di spl ays AI S Fl i ght I D.
f or mat .
Fl i ght I d i s seven char act er s.

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
GI CB BDS 2, 1

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=2, 1 AI RCRAFT REG #
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
ARN=12345 AB
AR =AA

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 2, 1
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

cont ent s and di spl ays Ai r cr af t Regi st r at i on
Number .
f or mat .
ARN ( Ai r cr af t Regi st r at i on Number ) up t o
seven char act er s.
AR ( Ai r l i ne Regi st r at i on) t wo char act er s.
GI CB BDS 3, 0

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=3, 0 ACAS ARA
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
T I DB= 70 deg
T I DA= 32000 f t T I DR= 1 . 00 nm
ARA=11101 010000 000 T I D=3 A4518
RAC=1010 RAT =1 MT E=3
T HREAT ADDRESS=N/ A
T T I =2 - ALT / RANGE/ BEARI NG DAT A
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 3, 0
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

r egi st er cont ent s and di spl ays ACAS Act i ve
Resol ut i on Advi sor y dat a.
f or mat .
ARA ( Act i ve Resol ut i on Advi sor i es) bi t s 41-
54 di spl ayed i n bi nar y.
RAC ( Resol ut i on Advi sor y Compl i ment ) bi t
55- 58 di spl ayed i n bi nar y.
RAT ( RA Ter mi nat ed) i ndi cat or bi t 59
di spl ayed i n bi nar y. Not e: Nor mal l y 0 unt i l an
RA i s t er mi nat ed, t hen wi l l be 1 f or 18
seconds.
di spl ayed i n f eet .
N/ A ( Not Avai l abl e)
Not e: Onl y di spl ayed when TTI = 2, I nt r uder
Not Mode S Equi pped.
TI D ( Thr eat I dent i t y Dat a) Mode S addr ess
( HEX) of t he t hr eat . Not e: Onl y di spl ayed
when TTI = 1.
TI DR ( Thr eat I dent i t y Dat a Range) i n nm.
Not e: Onl y di spl ayed when TTI = 2, I nt r uder
Not Mode S Equi pped.
TI DB ( Thr eat I dent i t y Dat a Bear i ng) i n
degr ees.
NOTE: Onl y di spl ayed when TTI = 2,
I nt r uder Not Mode S Equi pped.

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12

THREAT ADDRESS ( Mode S t hr eat addr ess)
di spl ayed i n 6 HEX di gi t s
Not e: Onl y di spl ayed when TTI = 1.
MTE ( Mul t i pl e Thr eat Encount er ) di spl ayed i n
1 bi t bi nar y.
I ndi cat i ons:
0- NO DATA
1- MODE S ADDRESS
2- ALT/ RANGE/ BEARI NG DATA
3- NOT ASSI GNED
NOTE: Ref er t o I CAO Annex 10, Vol l I I , Par t
1, Chapt er 5 and RTCA- DO- 260A V2
f or det ai l ed descr i pt i on of dat a
f i el ds. Al so r ef er t o RTCA D0- 185A
par a 2. 2. 3. 9. 3. 2. 3 MB f i el ds used by
TCASI I
GI CB BDS 4, 0

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=4, 0 VERT I NT ENT
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
MCP/ F CU SEL ALT = 65536 f t
F MS SEL ALT = 65 536 f t APP MODE=YES
SOURCE I NFO=YES MODE I NFO=YES
T ARGET ALT =FCU/ MCP SEL ALT
VNAV HOLD MODE ACT I VE=YES
ALT HOLD MODE ACT I VE =YES
BARO PRES SET =1100. 0 mb
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 4, 0
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

r egi st er cont ent s and di spl ays Ver t i cal I nt ent .
f or mat .
MCP/ FCU SEL ALT ( Mode Cont r ol
Panel / Fl i ght Cont r ol Uni t Sel ect ed Al t i t ude)
I ndi cat i ons i n f eet .
FMS SEL ALT ( Fl i ght management Syst em)
I ndi cat i ons i n f eet .
TARGET ALT ( Tar get Al t i t ude)
I ndi cat i ons:
UNKNOWN,
AI RCRAFT ALT,
FCU/ MCP SEL ALT,
FMS SEL ALT
SOURCE I NFO ( Tar get Al t i t ude Sour ce
I nf or mat i on)
I ndi cat i ons:
YES ( Sour ce i nf or mat i on Pr ovi ded) ,
NO ( No Sour ce I nf or mat i on Pr ovi ded)
BARO PRES SET ( Bar omet r i c Pr essur e set )
I ndi cat i ons:
800 t o 1209. 5 i n mb.

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12

VNAV HOLD MODE ( Ver t i cal Navi gat i on
Mode)
I ndi cat i ons:
YES,
NO ( Not Act i ve)
ALT HOLD MODE ( Al t i t ude Hol d Mode)
I ndi cat i ons:
YES,
NO ( Not Act i ve)
APP MODE ( Appr oach Mode)
I ndi cat i ons:
YES,
NO ( Not Act i ve)
MODE I NFO ( Mode I nf or mat i on)
I ndi cat i ons
YES ( Mode I nf or mat i on Pr ovi ded) ,
NO ( No Mode I nf or mat i on Pr ovi ded) .
GI CB BDS 4, 1

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=4, 1 WAYPOI NT NAME
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
WAYPOI NT NAME=DFW
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 4, 1
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

r egi st er cont ent s and di spl ays Waypoi nt
Name.
f or mat .
WAYPOI NT NAME 9 I CAO char act er name
f i el ds.

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
GI CB BDS 4, 2

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=4, 2 WAYPOI NT POS
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
L AT I T UDE = 32 53 48 N
LONGI T UDE= 97 02 16 W
CROSSI NG ALT I T UDE= 32 , 000 f t
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 4, 2
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

Posi t i on.
f or mat .
LATI TUDE decoded f or mat i n degr ees,
mi nut es and seconds Nor t h or Sout h.
LONGI TUDE decoded f or mat i n degr ees,
mi nut es and seconds East or West .
CROSSI NG ALTI TUDE r ange
0 t o 131068 f t .
f i el ds.
GI CB BDS 4, 3

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=4, 3 WAYPOI NT DET AI L S
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
BEARI NG T O WAYPOI NT = 110 . 0 deg
T I ME T O GO= 25. 0 mi n
DI ST ANCE T O GO= 100 . 0 nm
RESERVED=

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 4, 3
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

Det ai l s.
f or mat .
BEARI NG TO WAYPOI NT
I ndi cat i ons: +/ - 180 degr ees ( 1 deci mal pl ace)
TI ME TO GO
I ndi cat i ons: 0 t o 409. 6 mi ns
DI STANCE TO GO
I ndi cat i ons: 0 t o 6553. 6 nm
RESERVED
f i el ds.

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
GI CB BDS 5, 0

BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=5, 0 T RACK & T URN
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
ROLL ANGLE= 40 . 1 deg
GND SPEED = 500 kt s
T RUE AI R SPEED = 560 kt s
T RUE T RACK ANGLE= 90. 3 d eg
T RACK ANGLE RAT E= 4 . 0 de g/ S
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

r egi st er cont ent s and di spl ays Tr ack and
Tur n Repor t .
f or mat .
ROLL ANGLE.
I ndi cat i ons:
+/ - 90 degr ees ( 1 deci mal pl ace)
TRUE TRACK ANGLE ( Tr ue Tr ack Angl e)
I ndi cat i ons:
+/ - 180 degr ees ( 1 deci mal pl ace) .
RATE ( Tr ue Tr ack Angl e Rat e)
I ndi cat i ons:
+/ - 0 t o 16 degr ees/ second ( 1 deci mal pl ace)
GND SPEED ( Gr ound Speed)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o 2048 Kt s, 2kt r esol ut i on.
TRUE AI R SPEED ( Tr ue Ai r Speed)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o 2048 Kt s, 2kt r esol ut i on.
GI CB BDS 6, 0

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=6, 0 HDG & SPEED
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
I ND AI R SPEED = 512 kt s MACH=0. 7 29
BARO ALT RAT E= 1400 f t / mi n
MAG HDG=180. 0 deg
I NERT VERT VEL = 1400 f t / mi n
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 6, 0
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

r egi st er cont ent s and di spl ays Headi ng and
Speed Repor t .
f or mat .
I ND AI R SPEED ( I ndi cat ed Ai r Speed)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o 1023 Kt s, 1 kt r esol ut i on.
MACH ( Mach Number )
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o 4. 096 mach number , r esol ut i on t o t hr ee
deci mal pl aces.
BARO ALT RATE ( Bar omet r i c Al t i t ude Rat e)
I ndi cat i ons:
- 16384 t o +16352 f t / mi nut e, r esol ut i on 32
f t / mi n.
MAG HDG ( Magnet i c Headi ng)
I ndi cat i ons:
- 180 t o 180 degr ees.

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12

I NERT VERT VEL ( I ner t i al Ver t i cal Vel oci t y)
I ndi cat i ons:
- 16384 t o +16352 f t / mi nut e, r esol ut i on 32
f t / mi n.
speci f i c ser vi ces DOC 9688-
AN/ 952 and RTCA DO- 260A V2 f or

GI CB MON BDS 6, 1 ST1

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=6, 1 A/ C ST AT US T YPE=28
DF1 7 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
ME=00 0000000 00000
SUBT YPE=1 - EMERGENCY/ PRI OR ST AT US
MODE A ( 40 96) CODE=0 000

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

GI CB BDS 6, 1 ST 1
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

f or mat .
St at us Codi ng) .
I ndi cat i ons:
NO EMERGENCY,
GENERAL EMERGENCY,
LI FEGUARD/ MEDI CAL,
MI NI MUM FUEL,
NO COMM,
UNLAWFUL I NTERFNC,
DOWNED AI RCRAFT,
RESERVED.

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12

I ndi cat i ons:
0000 t o 7777
DO- 260A, 25 t o 56 f or DO- 260B.
I ndi cat i ons:
0=NO I NFO
1=EMERGENCY/ PRI ORI TY STATUS
2=TCAS RA BROADCAST
3- 7=RESERVED

GI CB MON BDS 6, 1 ST2

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=6, 1 A/ C ST AT US T YPE=28
DF1 7 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
ME=00 0000000 00000
SUBT YPE=0- NO I NFO
T T I =
T I DA= T I DR=
T I DB= RAT =
ARA=
MT E= RAC=
T HREAT ADDR=
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T

GI CB BDS 6, 1 ST 2
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

f or mat .
I ndi cat i ons:
addr ess
dat a.
3=Not assi gned
I ndi cat i ons:
- 1000 t o 126700 f t r es: 100 f t
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o 360 deg

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12

I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
<0. 05 nm
>12. 55 nm
I ndi cat i ons:
t he RA.
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
Bi t 55= Do not pass bel ow
0=I nact i ve
1=Act i ve
Thr eat )
I ndi cat i ons:
Bi t s 63- 86

GI CB BDS 6, 2 ST0

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=E97FFFF8001404
VERT DAT A/ SOURCE I NFO=F MS/ NAV
T ARG ALT CAP=HLDG ALT - ACP- F MS/ RNAV
VERT MODE I ND=ACQUI RI NG SI L =1
T ARG ALT T YPE=MSL NI C BARO=1
T ARG ALT = 31 000 f t T ARG HDG=24 0 deg
T CAS/ ACAS OPERAT I ONAL =YES RAA=NO
HORI Z DAT A AVAL/ SOURCE I ND=MCP/ FCU
HORI Z MODE I ND=MAI NT AI NI NG NAC=0
EMERG/ PRI OR CODE=UNL AWFUL I NT ERFNC

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GCI B BDS 6, 2 ST 0
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

Subt ype)
I ndi cat i ons:
0= DO- 260A
st at us.
f or mat .
I ndi cat i ons:
Uni t ) ,

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12

TARGET ALT CAP ( Tar get Al t i t ude
Capabi l i t y)
I ndi cat i ons:
RESERVED
I ndi cat i ons:
unavai l abl e) ,
Mode) .
RESERVED
SI L ( Sur vei l l ance I nt egr i t y Level ) I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o 359 degr ees.
I NVALI D
Oper at i onal )
I ndi cat i ons:
YES,
NO.
Act i ve)
I ndi cat i ons:
YES,
NO.
TYPE Speci f i es cl ass and accur acy of dat a.
Ref er t o t abl e A- 2 RTCA DO- 260A V2.

I ndi cat i ons:
Tr ack angl e) ,
I ndi cat or )
I ndi cat i ons:
unavai l abl e) ,
Mode) ,
RESERVED.
I ndi cat i ons:
0=EPU>18. 52 km ( >10NM)
1=EPU>18. 52 km ( 10NM)
2=EPU<7. 408 km ( 4NM)
3=EPU<3. 704 km ( 2NM)
4=EPU<1852 m ( 1NM)
5=EPU<926 m ( 0. 5NM)
6=EPU<555. 6 m ( 0. 3NM)
7=EPU<185. 2 m ( 0. 1NM)
8=EPU<92. 6 m ( 0. 05NM)
9=EPU<30 m
10=EPU<10 m
11=EPU<3 m
12=Reser ved
13=Reser ved
14=Reser ved
15=Reser ved
St at us Codi ng) .
I ndi cat i ons:
NO EMERGENCY,
GENERAL EMERGENCY,
LI FEGUARD/ MEDI CAL,
MI NI MUM FUEL,
NO COMM,
UNLAWFUL I NTERFNC,
DOWNED AI RCRAFT,
RESERVED.

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12
GI CB BDS 6, 2 ST1

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
BDS=6, 2 T SS SUBT YPE 1 T YPE=29
DF2 0 AA=3 AC42 1 ( 1654 2041)
MB=0000 0000000 000
SUBT YPE=1 SI L =0 SI L SUP=1
NAC=0 LNAV=0 VNAV =1
MCP=1 AUT O P=1 AHME=1
AP MODE=1 T CAS OP=NO
SEL ECT ED ALT I T UDE=217 92 f t T YPE=1
BARO PRESSURE= 843 . 2 mb NI C BARO=0
SEL ECT ED HEADI NG = - 59 . 7 deg
SEL ECT ED HEADI NG ST AT US=1
RESERVED ADS- R FL AG=1

RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 6, 2 ST 1
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

Subt ype)
I ndi cat i ons:
1= DO- 260B
st at us.
f or mat .
SUBTYPE= 1
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
I ndi cat i ons:

I ndi cat i ons:
0=EPU>18. 52 km ( >10NM)
1=EPU>18. 52 km ( 10NM)
2=EPU<7. 408 km ( 4NM)
3=EPU<3. 704 km ( 2NM)
4=EPU<1852 m ( 1NM)
5=EPU<926 m ( 0. 5NM)
6=EPU<555. 6 m ( 0. 3NM)
7=EPU<185. 2 m ( 0. 1NM)
8=EPU<92. 6 m ( 0. 05NM)
9=EPU<30 m
10=EPU<10 m
11=EPU<3 m
12=Reser ved
13=Reser ved
14=Reser ved
15=Reser ved
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
81, 82 or 84)
( Message bi t s 80, 81, 82 or 84)
I ndi cat i ons:
ai r cr af t )
I ndi cat i ons:
Unknown
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
t i me RI 3 or 4)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 t o 65472 f t Res 32 f t

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

1- 2- 4
Aug 1/ 12

I ndi cat i ons:
0=MCP/ FCU
1=FMS
I ndi cat i ons:
I NVALI D
800 t o 1208 mb Res 0. 8 mb
Bar o)
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
+/ - 180 deg Res 180/ 256 ( 0. 703125 deg)
Headi ng St at us)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=I nval i d
1=Val i d

GI CB BDS 6, 5 AI R

AVAI L BAT 2 . 5 Hr
BDS=6, 5 A/ C OP ST AT US AI R T YPE =31
DF2 0 AA=12 3456 ( 0 0432126 )
MB=F82 AAA2 AAA4 AAF
SUBT YPE=0 - AI R VERSI ON=2- DO- 260 B
CC F MT =2 AAA ARV=1 T S=0 1 090 = 0
UAT =1 T C=2 ADSR= 0 T CAS OP=1
RA=1 I D= NO
HRZ REF= MAG NORT H NI C- A=0 GVA=2
NI C- BARO=1 SI L SUP=1 SI L =2
NACP= 10- EPU < 0. 0054 ADSR( 56) =1

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T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 6, 5 AI R
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

Subt ype.
bei ng r ecei ved.
f or mat .
SUBTYPE
I ndi cat i ons:
2=RESERVED,
3=RESERVED,
4=RESERVED,
5=RESERVED,
6=RESERVED,
7=RESERVED,
I ndi cat i ons:
0- DO- 260
1- DO- 260A
2- DO- 260B

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Ai r bor ne.
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Sur f ace)
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Sur f ace)
0=Not Capabl e
1=Capabl e
I ndi cat i ons:
messages)
UAT messages)
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Sur f ace)
3 ( Reser ved)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Not Act i ve
1=Act i ve
Not TCAS DO- 260A
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
1 ( Reser ved)
2 ( Reser ved)
3 ( Reser ved)
I ndi cat i ons:
1=Mi nor
2=Maj or
3=Hazar dous
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Dual Ant enna
1=Si ngl e Ant enna
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
i nact i ve)
act i ve)
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
TRUE NORTH
Suppl ement A)
I ndi cat i ons:
DO- 260A onl y
0 ( Rc unknown)
1 ( Rc < 20 NM)

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I ndi cat i ons:
0=Unknown or >150 m
1=<150 m
2=<45 m
3=Reser ved
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Sur f ace)
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
NACP
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( EPU >18. 52 km)
1 ( EPU <18. 52 km)
2 ( EPU <7. 408 km)
3 ( EPU <3. 704 km)
4 ( EPU <1852 m)
5 ( EPU <926 m)
6 ( EPU <555. 6 m)
7 ( EPU <185. 2 m)
8 ( EPU <92. 6 m)
C ( r eser ved)
D ( r eser ved)
E ( r eser ved)
F ( r eser ved)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Not Act i ve
1=Act i ve
GI CB BDS 6, 5 SUR

AVAI L BAT 2 . 5 Hr
BDS=6, 5 A/ C OP ST AT US SUR T YPE =31
DF2 0 AA=12 3456 ( 0 4432126 )
MB=0F92 AAA2 AAA4 AAF
SUBT YPE=1 - SUR VERSI ON=2- DO- 260 B
CC F MT =2 AA B2 LOW= 1 1090 =0
UAT =0 NI C- C=0 NACV=5
RA=1 I D=NO ANT OFF=RT 2 M, 20 M
HRZ REF= MAG NORT H NI C- A=0 POA=N/ A
T RK/ HDG=NT RK SI L SUP=1 SI L=2
NACP= 10- EPU < 0. 0054 ADSR( 5 6) =1
LN/ WD=10 - <65 M, <59 . 5 M
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
T E S T
GI CB BDS 6, 5 SUR
P RE V
T E S T

RE T URN

Subt ype.
bei ng r ecei ved.
f or mat .

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UBTYPE
I ndi cat i ons:
2=RESERVED,
3=RESERVED,
4=RESERVED,
5=RESERVED,
6=RESERVED,
7=RESERVED,
I ndi cat i ons:
0- DO- 260
1- DO- 260A
2- DO- 260B
B2 LOW
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Ai r bor ne)
0 ( >70 W)
1 ( <70 W)
0=Not Capabl e
1=Capabl e
I ndi cat i ons:
messages)
UAT messages)
Suppl ement C)
Vel oci t y)
I ndi cat i ons:
1=<10 m/ s
2=<3 m/ s
3= <1 m/ s
4=<0. 3 m/ s
I ndi cat i ons:
1 ( Reser ved)
2 ( Reser ved)
3 ( Reser ved)

I ndi cat i ons:
1=Mi nor
2=Maj or
3=Hazar dous
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Dual Ant enna
1=Si ngl e Ant enna
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
i nact i ve)
act i ve)
I ndi cat i ons:
I ndi cat i ons:
TRUE NORTH
Suppl ement A)
I ndi cat i ons:
DO- 260A onl y
0 ( Rc unknown)
1 ( Rc < 20 NM)
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Ai r bor ne)
I ndi cat i ons:
N/ A ( Ai r bor ne)

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I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( Unknown) ,
1 ( 1x10( - 3) per f l i ght ) ,
2 ( 1x10( - 5) per f l i ght ) ,
3 ( 1x10( - 7) per f l i ght )
NACP
I ndi cat i ons:
0 ( EPU >18. 52 km)
1 ( EPU <18. 52 km)
2 ( EPU <7. 408 km)
3 ( EPU <3. 704 km)
4 ( EPU <1852 m)
5 ( EPU <926 m)
6 ( EPU <555. 6 m)
7 ( EPU <185. 2 m)
8 ( EPU <92. 6 m)
C ( r eser ved)
D ( r eser ved)
E ( r eser ved)
F ( r eser ved)
I ndi cat i ons:
0=Not Act i ve
1=Act i ve
1=<15m, <23m
2=<25m, <28. 5m
3=<25m, <34m
4=<35m, <33m
5=<35m, <38m
6=<45m, <39. 5m
7=<45m, <45m
8=<55m, <45m
9=<55m, <52m
10=<65m, <59. 5m
11=<65m, <67m
12=<75m, <72m
13=<75m, <80m
14=<85m, <80m

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4. 7 TI S GENERAL DESCRI PTI ON
Pr i mar i l y a U. S. depl oyed syst em, t he Tr af f i c
I nf or mat i on Ser vi ce ( TI S) dat a l i nk pr ovi des
aut omat i c di spl ay of near by t r af f i c and war ns
t he pi l ot of pot ent i al l y t hr eat eni ng t r af f i c
condi t i ons. Usi ng t he Mode- S dat a l i nk, a TI S
gr ound pr ocessor upl i nks sur vei l l ance
i nf or mat i on gener at ed by Mode S sensor s t o
equi pped ai r cr af t . The ai r cr af t TI S pr ocessor
r ecei ves t he dat a and di spl ays t he dat a on
t he TI S di spl ay, pr ovi di ng i ncr eased
si t uat i onal awar eness and an enhanced see-
and- avoi d capabi l i t y f or pi l ot s.

TI S dat a i s obt ai ned f r om t he gr ound Mode S
sensor t hat acqui r es and mai nt ai ns ai r cr af t
t r acks wi t hi n i t s cover age ar ea.
TI S can onl y pr ovi de t r af f i c i nf or mat i on t o
ai r cr af t equi pped wi t h Mode S, al t hough t he
syst em acqui r es and mai nt ai ns t r ack
i nf or mat i on on al l ai r cr af t equi pped wi t h an
ATC Radar Beacon Syst em ( ATCRBS) . TI S
can al so i nt egr at e pr i mar y r adar cover age t o
mai nt ai n t r acks of non- t r ansponder equi pped
ai r cr af t . Because i t i s avai l abl e t o al l Mode S
t r ansponder s, TI S i s i nexpensi ve and i t s
avai l abi l i t y makes col l i si on avoi dance
t echnol ogy mor e accessi bl e t o t he pr i ce-
sensi t i ve gener al avi at i on communi t y.

TI S sof t war e and Mode S sensor s ar e f i el ded
at a number of t er mi nal s nat i onwi de ( U. S. )
Ter mi nal Mode S i nst al l at i ons cur r ent l y
pr ovi de 60 naut i cal mi l e cover age, i ncl udi ng
a 5- mi l e buf f er r equi r ed f or TI S cover age.

A Mode S equi pped ai r cr af t r equest s TI S dat a
vi a a downl i nk message at 1090 MHz. The
gr ound st at i on sends TI S dat a t o t he ai r cr af t
vi a a dat al i nk t hat oper at es at 1030 MHz.
Dat a f or mat s f or TI S ar e descr i bed i n t he
Mi ni mum Oper at i onal Per f or mance St andar ds
f or Tr af f i c I nf or mat i on Ser vi ce ( TI S) Dat a
Li nk Communi cat i ons RTCA DO- 239. The TI S
cockpi t di spl ay pr ovi des at l east 5 mi l es of
di spl ay r ange and TI S encodi ng pr ovi des
val ues up t o seven mi l es i n 1/ 8- mi l e
i nt er val s. Rel at i ve al t i t udes f r om 3, 000 t o
+3, 500 f eet ar e al so accommodat ed.
4. 7. 1 TI S MODE
Pr ess t he TCAS mode key t wi ce t o di spl ay
t he TI S scr een.
4. 7. 2 TI S SETUP
Set up TI S Scr een cont ai ns par amet er s whi ch
det er mi ne oper at i onal char act er i st i cs of t he
TI S Funct i onal Mode. Unl ess ot her wi se
st at ed, l ast used val ues ar e r et ai ned on
Power - up.

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
P RE V
P ARAM

SET UP- T I S
NE XT
P ARAM

RF PORT : ANT ENNA
ANT RANGE: 12 f t
ANT HEI GHT : 12 f t

ANT GAI N ( d Bi )
ANT CABLE LEN: 6 f t 1 . 0 3 GHz : 7. 1
ANT CABLE LOSS: 1. 8 d B 1. 0 9 GHz : 6. 1
UUT ADDRESS: AUT O
MANUAL AA: 12 3456

STEP PROCEDURE
1. Pr ess SETUP Sof t Key t o di spl ay
SETUP TI S Scr een.
RF PORT:
CONNECT vi a RF I / O Connect or .

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STEP PROCEDURE
ANT DI R CPL CABLE LEN:
CABLE LOSS:
Di spl ays ant enna cabl e l oss i n dB
( at 1090 MHZ) . Fi gur e mar ked on
suppl i ed RF coaxi al cabl e
9. 9 dB.
I f pr eset l engt h 1, 6, 25, 50 or
60 f eet i s sel ect ed, t hen cabl e l oss
i n dB i s aut omat i cal l y cal cul at ed
and di spl ayed.
cabl es.
ANT GAI N:
Ent er ed i n dBi , gai n f i gur es f or
1030 and 1090 MHz mar ked on
suppl i ed Di r ect i onal Ant enna.
20. 9 dB.
ANT RANGE:
Test Set Ant enna t o t r ansponder
ant enna hor i zont al r ange ( 6 t o 250) .
Ent er par amet er s f or BOTTOM and
TOP ant enna i f i nst al l at i on has
di ver si t y capabi l i t y.
STEP PROCEDURE
ANT HEI GHT:
Test Set Ant enna Range t o
t r ansponder ant enna hei ght
di f f er ence ( 1 t o 99) .
UUT ADDRESS:
MANUAL or AUTO ( def aul t s t o
AUTO on power - up) . AUTO
sel ect i on Mode S addr ess i s
obt ai ned vi a ATCRBS/ Mode S Al l
Cal l ( FAR Par t 43, Appendi x F
appr oved met hod) .
On l oss of ATCRBS/ Mode S Al l Cal l
r epl y ( i . e. , UUT pl aced i n gr ound
st at e) t est s al r eady r unni ng
cont i nue t o use l ast ATCRBS/
Mode S Al l Cal l obt ai ned addr ess.
AUTO uses manual l y ent er ed
addr ess i f no r epl y i s r ecei ved.
NOTE: I CAO amendment 77
t r ansponder s onl y r epl i es
t o Mode S di scr et e
i nt er r ogat i ons when
i nst al l at i on i s i n gr ound
st at e.
MANUAL ADDRESS:
A si x di gi t HEX addr ess i s ent er ed
i f UUT ADDRESS: MANUAL i s
sel ect ed.

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TI S TEST SCREEN

AVAI L BAT 2. 5 Hr
T ARGET S: 5 UUT HDG: 180 deg
1 2 3 4 5
BRG( deg) : 12 0 90 234 18 2 23
RNG( nm) : 6. 0 0 4. 00 3 . 00 2. 0 0 1. 00
ALT ( f t ) : 3500 20 00 1000 50 0 0
ALT RAT E: CL I MB L EVEL L EVEL CL I MB L EVEL
HDG( deg) : 23 4 178 56 22 0
T RAFF I C : PROX PROX PROX PROX T RFC

ADDR=3 AC421 ( 16542 041) N1 2345
T SCR= 5 T SDR= 1 ALT =126700 f t
T I S ST AT US=CONNECT I NG I NFO=0000
RUN
T E S T
P RE V
P ARAM
NE XT
P ARAM
T I S

Test Scr een Descr i pt i on:
TARGETS: Set s t he number of si mul at ed
t ar get s 0 t o 5.
UUT HDG: Pr ovi des ent r y f or UUT Headi ng i n
degr ees r ange 0 t o 354. Thi s or i ent at es t he
t ar get bear i ngs wi t h r espect t o UUT ( ai r cr af t )
headi ng.
BRG: Set s t ar get bear i ng r el at i ve t o UUT
( ai r cr af t ) r ange 0 t o 354 degr ees
RNG: Set s t ar get s r ange r el at i ve t o UUT
( ai r cr af t ) r ange 0 t o 7 nm
ALT: Set s t ar get al t i t ude r el at i ve t o UUT
( ai r cr af t ) r ange +/ - 3500 f t
ALT RATE: Set s Al t i t ude Rat e annunci at i on
on TI S di spl ay i ndi cat i ons: CLI MB, LEVEL,
DESCEND, UNUSED.
HDG: Set s t ar get Headi ng
TRAFFI C: Set s t ar get t r af f i c st at us on TI S
di spl ay. PROX ( Pr oxi mi t y) , TRFC ( Tr af f i c)
ADDR= ( UUT Ai r cr af t Addr ess) i n HEX and
( OCTAL)
TSCR= Number of TI S connect r equest s
r ecei ved
TSDR= Number of TI S di sconnect r equest s
r ecei ved

ALT UUT= UUT Al t i t ude i n f t
TI S STATUS: I ndi cat i ons
CONNECTED ( Up- l i nki ng dat a t o UUTTSCR
but not up- l i nki ng dat a t o UUT)
I NFO= ( Debug out put of I FR 6000)
0x0001 - Repl y t o Dat al i nk Cap Repor t
0x0002 - No r epl y t o Dat al i nk Cap Repor t
0x0004 - Repl y t o MSP Cap Repor t
0x0008 - No r epl y t o MSP Cap Repor t
0x0010 - Repl y t o Br oadcast Cap Repor t
0x0020 - No r epl y t o Br oadcast Cap Repor t
0x0040 - Repl y t o keep al i ve upl i nk
0x0080 - No r epl y t o keep al i ve upl i nk
0x0100 - Repl y t o TI S upl i nk
0x0200 - No r epl y t o TI S upl i nk Repl y
0x0400 - Repl y t o l ockout
0x0800 - No r epl y t o l ockout

TI S DI SPLAY
The Ai r cr af t headi ng i s shown at t he t op of
t he TI S di spl ay and t he t ar get headi ngs ar e
shown as l i nes r adi at i ng f r om t he t ar get
symbol s.

Tar get st at us:

Whi t e symbol Pr oxi mi t y
Yel l ow symbol Tr af f i c

Rel at i ve al t i t udes ar e di spl ayed al ongsi de t he
t ar get s wi t h ar r ow symbol s i ndi cat i ng
cl i mbi ng or descendi ng. The bl ue cr oss
( bot t om cent er ) , i s t he UUT Ai r cr af t .

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TI S Oper at i on Fl ow Char t
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4. 8 DI RECTI ONAL ANTENNA USE
The Di r ect i onal Ant enna i s used t hr ee ways:
on t he Test Set , Hand Hel d or Tr i pod
Mount ed.

Mount Di r ect i onal Ant enna on f r i ct i on hi nge
and connect Di r ect i onal Ant enna ANT
Connect or t o Test Set ANT Connect or vi a
12 i n coaxi al cabl e.

Connect Di r ect i onal Ant enna ANT Connect or
t o Test Set ANT Connect or vi a 72 i n coaxi al
cabl e. Poi nt Di r ect i onal Ant enna at UUT
ant enna.

Connect Di r ect i onal Ant enna ANT Connect or
t o Test Set ANT Connect or vi a 72 i n coaxi al
cabl e. Mount Di r ect i onal Ant enna on t r i pod
and poi nt at UUT ant enna.

XPDR:
XPDR ant ennas ar e t op and bot t om mount ed
on ai r f r ame. Ver i f y whi ch ant enna( s)
i st r ansponder ant enna( s) as t he DME
ant enna( s) l ook si mi l ar .
Posi t i on Di r ect i onal Ant enna i n di r ect si ght of
UUT ant enna, avoi di ng cl ose obst r uct i ons
( such as gant r i es, l adder s and t ool chest s
et c. ) , t o mi ni mi ze mul t i - pat h r ef l ect i ons whi ch
cause r andom t est f ai l ur es.
Di st ance f or t est i ng t op UUT ant enna shoul d
be suf f i ci ent so UUT ant enna i s vi si bl e.
.
Shi el d wi t h Ant enna Shi el d ( Appendi x J) or
di sconnect and t er mi nat e UUT Ant enna not
bei ng t est ed. Deact i vat e ot her ar ea
t r ansponder s or posi t i on t r ansponder s at
l east t hr ee t i mes t he XPDR Set up Menu
Range f r om Di r ect i onal Ant enna.

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Procedure t o Avoi d Fal se TCAS RA s on
Over f l yi ng Ai rcraf t or Al t i t ude:
I f t he ai r cr af t bar omet r i c syst em i s at
al t i t ude, shi el d UUT Ant enna bei ng t est ed
wi t h Ant enna Shi el d ( Appendi x J) . Shi el d wi t h
anot her Ant enna Shi el d or di sconnect and
t er mi nat e UUT Ant enna( s) not bei ng t est ed.
Deact i vat e ot her ar ea t r ansponder s or
posi t i on t r ansponder >50 f t ( 15. 24 m) f r om
t he Di r ect i onal Ant enna. Posi t i on Di r ect i onal
Ant enna s20 f t ( 6. 1 m) f r om UUT Ant enna
bei ng t est ed.
DME:
DME Ant ennas ar e bot t om mount ed on
ai r f r ame. Ver i f y whi ch ant enna( s) i s DME
Ant enna( s) as t he t r ansponder l ower
ant enna( s) l ook si mi l ar .
Posi t i on Di r ect i onal Ant enna i n di r ect si ght of
UUT ant enna, avoi di ng cl ose obst r uct i ons
( such as gant r i es, l adder s and t ool chest s
et c. ) , t o mi ni mi ze mul t i pat h r ef l ect i ons whi ch
cause r andom t est f ai l ur es. Usual di st ance
f r om UUT ant enna i s appr oxi mat el y 10 t o
20 f eet .
NOTE: Di r ect i onal Ant enna shoul d not be
posi t i oned cl oser t han 6 f eet , t o
ensur e t hat t he ant enna f ar f i el d i s
t est ed
TCAS:
Most TCAS i nst al l at i ons have t op and bot t om
di r ect i onal ant ennas. Some ai r cr af t ar e f i t t ed
wi t h an omni - di r ect i onal bot t om ant enna.
Fol l ow Avoi d Fal se TCAS RA s on Over f l yi ng
Ai r cr af t or Al t i t ude pr ocedur e.
Posi t i on t he Test Set Di r ect i onal Ant enna i n
di r ect si ght of UUT ant enna. To mi ni mi ze
i nt r uder bear i ng er r or , Test Set ant enna
shoul d be at t he same hei ght as t he UUT
ant enna. Ensur e Test Set Di r ect i onal
Ant enna i s wi t hi n ef f ect i ve cover age ar ea f or
ei t her ATCRBS or Mode S.

Avoi d cl ose obst r uct i ons ( such as gant r i es,
l adder s and t ool chest s) t o mi ni mi ze
mul t i pat h r ef l ect i ons whi ch cause er r oneous
i nt r uder bear i ngs.
Test i ng i n ai r cr af t hanger s may r esul t i n
er r at i c bear i ng of si mul at ed i nt r uder .
Changi ng bear i ng may r esul t i n a mor e
r el i abl e t r ack. When t est i ng t op ant enna i n a
hanger use a gant r y at t he same hei ght as
t he t op ant enna.

Due t o hi gh power densi t y r educt i on i n some
TCAS i nt er r ogat or s, Mode S ef f ect i ve
cover age di st ance may be dependent on t he
Test Set si mul at ed r ange. For t hose uni t s
pl ace Test Set accor di ng t o Si mul at ed Range
gr aph. For si mul at ed r anges wi t hi n 1 nm,
posi t i on t est set wi t hi n 30 f t ( 9. 0 m) of UUT
ant enna.

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Suggest ed Layout t o Reduce Mul t i pat h Er r or s
Fi gur e 11

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Ramp Test i ng
Fi gur e 12

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4. 9 BREAKOUT BOX
The Br eakout Box accessor y pr ovi des access
t o i ndi vi dual user i nt er f aces vi a st andar d
connect or s. The Test Set REMOTE
Connect or pr ovi des t he mai n user si gnal
i nt er f ace f or t he Br eakout Box.

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SECTION 3 - SPECIFICATIONS
NOTE: A 5 mi nut e war m- up per i od i s r equi r ed f or al l speci f i cat i ons.
NOTE: Speci f i cat i ons ar e subj ect t o change wi t hout not i ce.

DME MODE SI GNAL GENERATOR
Out put Frequency:
Repl y Fr equency:
Range: 962 t o 1213 MHz
Accur acy: 10 kHz
Out put Level :
ANT Connect or :
Range: - 67 t o - 2 dBm at ANT Connect or
Resol ut i on: 1 dB
Accur acy: 2 dB
Di st ance t o UUT Ant enna: 6 t o 300 f t wi t h suppl i ed ant enna
RF I / O Connect or :
Range: - 115 t o - 47 dBm
Resol ut i on: 1 dB
Accur acy:
- 95 t o - 47 dBm: 1 dB
- 115 t o <- 95 dBm: 2 dB
Repl y Pul se Spaci ng:
P1 t o P2: 12 s ( 100 ns) ( X Channel ) at 50% peak
P1 t o P2: 30 s ( 100 ns) ( Y Channel ) at 50% peak
Repl y Pul se Wi dt h:
P1/ P2: 3. 5 s ( 0. 5 s)
Echo Repl y:
Cont r ol : On/ Of f
Posi t i on: 30 nmi ( 1 nmi )
Ampl i t ude: - 11 dB ( 1 dB) r el at i ve t o r epl y l evel

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DME MODE SI GNAL GENERATOR ( cont )
Repl y Pul se Ri se and Fal l Ti mes:
Al l Pul ses:
Ri se Ti me: 2. 5 s ( 0. 25 s) ( 10% t o 90%)
Fal l Ti me: 2. 5 s ( 0. 25 s) ( 90% t o 10%)
Repl y Del ay:
X Channel :
Fi xed Repl y Del ay: 50 s ( 100 ns)
Y Channel :
Fi xed Repl y Del ay: 56 s ( 100 ns)
Range Del ay:
X and Y Channel :
Range: 0 t o 450. 00 nmi
Resol ut i on: 0. 01 nmi
Accur acy: 0. 01 nmi
Range Rat e:
X and Y Channel :
Range: 10 t o 6500 kt s
Resol ut i on: 1 kt s
Accur acy: 0. 01 % t ypi cal , t est ed t o 0. 5%
Squi t t er :
PRF: 2700 Hz
Accur acy: 2%
Di st r i but i on: Per ARI NC 568
Repl y Ef f i ci ency:
Range: 0 t o 100%
Resol ut i on: 1% i ncr ement s
Accur acy: 0. 5%
I dent Tone:
Sel ect i on: Sel ect abl e t hr ee l et t er code
Fr equency: 1350 Hz
Accur acy: 2 Hz

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DME MODE UUT MEASUREMENTS
ERP:
Range: +47 t o +64 dBm
Resol ut i on: 0. 1 dB
Accur acy: 2 dB
Di rect Connect i on Peak Pul se Power:
Range: +47 t o +64 dBm
Accur acy: 1 dB
Frequency:
Range: 1025. 00 t o 1150. 00 MHz
Resol ut i on: 10 kHz
Accur acy: 20 kHz
I nt er rogat i on Pul se Wi dt h:
P1 and P2 Pul se Wi dt hs:
Range: 2. 00 t o 5. 00 s
Resol ut i on: 1 ns
Accur acy: 50 ns
I nt er rogat i on Pul se Spaci ng:
P1 t o P2 Spaci ng: 10 t o 14 s ( X Channel )
34 t o 38 s ( Y Channel )
Resol ut i on: 10 ns
Accur acy: 20 ns
I nt er rogat i on PRF:
Range: 1 t o 300 Hz
Resol ut i on: 1 Hz
Accur acy: 2 Hz

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TRANSPONDER MODE SI GNAL GENERATOR
RF Out put Frequency:
I nt er r ogat i on Fr equency: 1030 MHz
Accur acy: 10 kHz
RF Out put Level :
Ant Connect or : MTL +6 dB t ypi cal , aut omat i cal l y cont r ol l ed f or a MTL
r ange of - 83 t o - 68 dBm
Accur acy: 2 dB
RF I / O Connect or : MTL + 6 dB t ypi cal , aut omat i cal l y cont r ol l ed
Accur acy:
- 95 t o - 47 dBm: 1 dB
- 115 t o <- 95 dBm: 2 dB
ATCRBS/ Mode S I nt err ogat i on Pul se Spaci ng:
Mode A:
P1 t o P2: 2. 00 s ( 25 ns)
P1 t o P3: 8. 00 s ( 25 ns)
Mode C:
P1 t o P2: 2. 00 s ( 25 ns)
P1 t o P3: 21. 00 s ( 25 ns)
Mode S:
P1 t o P2: 2. 00 s ( 25 ns)
P1 t o P6: 3. 50 s ( 25 ns)
P1 t o SPR: 4. 75 s ( 25 ns)
P5 t o SPR: 0. 40 s ( 50 ns)
I nt ermode I nt err ogat i on Pul se Spaci ng:
Mode A:
P1 t o P3: 8. 00 s ( 25 ns)
P1 t o P4: 10. 00 s ( 25 ns)

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TRANSPONDER MODE SI GNAL GENERATOR ( cont )
I nt ermode I nt err ogat i on Pul se Spaci ng ( cont ) :
Mode C:
P1 t o P3: 21. 00 s ( 25 ns)
P1 t o P4: 23. 00 s ( 25 ns)
I nt er rogat i on Pul se Wi dt hs:
Mode A, C, S, I nt er mode:
P1, P2, P3: 0. 80 s ( 50 ns)
Mode S:
P6 ( Shor t DPSK Bl ock) : 16. 25 s ( 50 ns)
P6 ( Long DPSK Bl ock) : 30. 25 s ( 50 ns)
P5 0. 80 s ( 50 ns)
I nt er mode:
P4 ( Shor t ) : 0. 80 s ( 50 ns)
P4 ( Long) : 1. 60 s ( 50 ns)
I nt er rogat i on Pul se Ri se and Fal l Ti mes:
Al l Modes:
Ri se Ti me: 50 t o 100 ns
Fal l Ti me: 50 t o 200 ns
Phase Modul at i on:
Al l Modes:
Tr ansi t i on Ti me: 80 ns
Phase Shi f t : 180 ( 10)
SLS Level s:
ATCRBS:
SLS Level ( P2) : - 9 dB, - 1 t o +0 dB r el at i ve t o P1 l evel
0 dB, - 0 t o +1 dB r el at i ve t o P1 l evel
Of f
Mode S:
SLS Level ( P5) :
NOTE 1
- 12 dB, - 1 t o +0 dB r el at i ve t o P6 l evel
+3 dB, - 0 t o +1 dB r el at i ve t o P6 l evel
Of f

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TRANSPONDER MODE SI GNAL GENERATOR ( cont )
I nt er rogat i on Test Si gnal s:
Mode S:
PRF: 50 Hz ( 5 Hz)
ATCRBS:
PRF: 235 Hz ( 5 Hz)

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TRANSPONDER MODE UUT MEASUREMENTS
ERP ( at 1090 MHz) :
Range: +45. 5 t o +59 dBm ( 35. 5 t o 800 W)
Accur acy: 2 dB
Di rect Connect i on Peak Pul se Power ( at 1090 MHz) :
Range: +46. 5 t o +59 dBm ( 45 t o 800 W)
Accur acy: 1 dB
Transmi t t er Frequency:
Range: 1087. 000 t o 1093. 000 MHz
Accur acy: 50 kHz
Recei ver Sensi t i vi t y, Radi at ed MTL:
Range: - 79 t o - 67 dBm i nt o 0 dBi ant enna
Accur acy: 2 dB, t ypi cal
Recei ver Sensi t i vi t y, Di rect Connect i on MTL:
Accur acy: 2 dB
Repl y Del ay:
ATCRBS:
Range: 1. 80 t o 7. 00 s
Accur acy: 50 ns
Mode S and ATCRBS Mode S Al l - Cal l :
Range: 125. 00 t o 131. 00 s
Accur acy: 50 ns

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TRANSPONDER MODE UUT MEASUREMENTS ( cont )
Repl y Del ay Ji t t er :
ATCRBS:
Range: 0. 00 t o 2. 30 s
Resol ut i on: 1 ns
Accur acy: 20 ns
Mode S and ATCRBS Mode S Al l - Cal l :
Range: 0. 00 t o 6. 00 s
Resol ut i on: 1 ns
Accur acy: 20 ns
Pul se Spaci ng:
F1 t o F2:
Range: 19. 70 t o 21. 60 s
Resol ut i on: 1 ns
Accur acy: 20 ns
Mode S Pr eambl e:
Range:
P1 t o P2: 0. 8 t o 1. 2 s
P1 t o P3: 3. 3 t o 3. 7 s
P1 t o P4: 4. 3 t o 4. 7 s
Resol ut i on: 1 ns
Accur acy: 20 ns
Pul se Wi dt hs:
F1 and F2:
Range: 0. 25 t o 0. 75 s
Resol ut i on: 1 ns
Accur acy: 20 ns
Mode S Pr eambl e:
Range: 0. 25 t o 0. 75 s
Resol ut i on: 1 ns
Accur acy: 20 ns

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TRANSPONDER MODE UUT MEASUREMENTS ( cont )
Pul se Ampl i t ude Vari at i on:
Range:
Mode S ( Rel at i ve t o P1) : - 3 t o +3 dB
ATCRBS ( Rel at i ve t o F1) : - 3 t o +3 dB
Resol ut i on: 0. 1 dB, ( 0. 01 dB vi a RCI )
Accur acy: 0. 5 dB
DF 11 Squi t t er Peri od:
Range: 0. 10 t o 4. 88 sec
Resol ut i on: 10 ms
Accur acy: 10 ms
Di versi t y I sol at i on:
Range: 0 t o >20 dB ( Dependi ng on Test Di st ance)
Test Di st ance i s 1. 83 m ( 6 f t ) t o 28. 96 m ( 95 f t )
Accur acy: 3 dB

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TCAS MODE SI GNAL GENERATOR
Out put Frequency:
Repl y Fr equency: 1090 MHz
Accur acy: 10 kHz
Out put Level ( Si mul at ed ERP) :
ANT Connect or : Si mul at es a 50. 5 dBm XPDR ERP at 10 nmi r ange.
Radi at ed pwr at 0dBi UUT ant : - 68 dBm t ypi cal at 10 nmi r ange, aut omat i cal l y
cont r ol l ed
Accur acy: 2 dB
RF I / O Connect or :
Aut omat i c mode: - 68 dBm at 10 nmi r ange, aut omat i cal l y cont r ol l ed
Manual Mode Range - 115 t o - 47 dBm
Accur acy:
- 95 t o - 47 dBm: 1 dB
- 115 t o <- 95 dBm: 2 dB
Repl y Pul se Spaci ng:
Mode C:
F1 t o F2: 20. 30 s ( 25 ns)
F1 t o C1: 1. 45 s ( 25 ns)
F1 t o A1: 2. 90 s ( 25 ns)
F1 t o C2: 4. 35 s ( 25 ns)
F1 t o A2: 5. 80 s ( 25 ns)
F1 t o C4: 7. 25 s ( 25 ns)
F1 t o A4: 8. 70 s ( 25 ns)
F1 t o B1: 11. 60 s ( 25 ns)
F1 t o D1: 13. 05 s ( 25 ns)
F1 t o B2: 14. 50 s ( 25 ns)
F1 t o D2: 15. 95 s ( 25 ns)
F1 t o B4: 17. 40 s ( 25 ns)
F1 t o D4: 18. 85 s ( 25 ns)

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TCAS MODE SI GNAL GENERATOR ( cont )
Repl y Pul se Spaci ng ( cont ) :
Mode S:
P1 t o P2: 1. 00 s ( 25 ns)
P1 t o P3: 3. 50 s ( 25 ns)
P1 t o P4: 4. 50 s ( 25 ns)
P1 t o D1: 8. 00 s ( 25 ns)
D1 t o Dn ( n = 2 t o 112) : 1. 00 s t i mes ( n- 1) ( 25 ns)
Repl y Pul se Wi dt hs:
Mode C:
Al l Pul ses: 0. 45 s ( 50 ns)
Mode S:
P1 t hr ough P4: 0. 50 s ( 50 ns)
D1 t hr ough D112: 0. 50 s ( 50 ns) , 1 s chi p wi dt h
Repl y Modes: TCAS I / I I Mode C ( wi t h al t i t ude r epor t i ng)
TCAS I I Mode S f or mat s 0, 11, 16
Repl y Pul se Ampl i t udes:
ATCRBS: 1 dB r el at i ve t o F1
Mode S: 1 dB r el at i ve t o P1
Repl y Pul se Ri se and Fal l Ti mes:
Al l Modes:
Ri se Ti me: 50 t o 100 ns
Fal l Ti me: 50 t o 200 ns
Percent Repl y:
Range: 0 t o 100%
Resol ut i on: 10%
Accur acy: 1%
Repl y Del ay
ATCRBS: 3. 0 s ( 50 ns)
Mode S: 128 s ( 50 ns)
Range Del ay:
Range: 0 t o 260 nmi
Resol ut i on: 0. 1 nmi
Accur acy: 0. 02 nmi

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TCAS MODE SI GNAL GENERATOR ( cont )
Range Rat e:
Range: - 1200 t o +1200 kt s
Resol ut i on: 10 kt s
Accur acy: 10%
Al t i t ude Range:
Range: - 1000 t o 126, 000 f t
Resol ut i on:
Mode C: 100 f t
Mode S: 25 f t
Al t i t ude Rat e:
Range: - 10, 000 t o +10, 000 f pm
Resol ut i on: 100 f pm
Accur acy: 10%
Squi t t er :
Cont r ol : On/ Of f
Rat e: 0. 8 t o 1. 2 sec, r andoml y di st r i but ed

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TCAS MODE UUT MEASUREMENTS
Pul se Spaci ng:
ATCRBS ( Mode C Al l Cal l ) :
S1 t o P1: 2. 0 us
Accept s: 200 ns
Rej ect s: ( <10% Repl i es) 1. 0 us
P1 t o P3: 21. 0 us
Accept s: 200 ns
P1 t o P4: 23. 0 us
Accept s: 200 ns
Mode S:
P1 t o P2: 2. 0 us
Accept s: 200 ns
P1 t o SPR: 4. 75 us
Accept s: 200 ns
Suppresi on
ATCRBS ( P2 or S1) :
>0. 5dB above l evel of P1 <10% Repl i es
ERP ( at 1030 MHz) :
ATCRBS:
Range: +43 t o +58 dBm ( 20 t o 631 W)
Accur acy: 2 dB
Mode S:
Range: +43 t o +58 dBm ( 20 t o 631 W)
Accur acy: 2 dB
Di rect Connect i on Peak Pul se Power ( at 1030 MHz) :
ATCRBS:
Range: +43 t o +58 dBm ( 20 t o 631 W)
Accur acy: 1 dB

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TCAS MODE UUT MEASUREMENTS ( cont )
Di rect Connect i on Peak Pul se Power ( at 1030 MHz) ( cont ) :
Mode S:
Range: +43 t o +58 dBm ( 20 t o 631 W)
Accur acy: 1 dB
Frequency:
Range: 1029. 900 t o 1030. 100 MHz
Accur acy: 10 kHz
TCAS Broadcast I nt er val :
Range: 1. 0 t o 12. 0 sec
Resol ut i on: 0. 1 sec
Accur acy: 0. 2 sec

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MI SCELLANEOUS
I nput s/ Out put s:
RF I / O:
Type: I nput / Out put
I mpedance: 50 t ypi cal
Maxi mum I nput Level : 4 kW peak
10 W aver age
VSWR: <1. 3: 1
Ant enna:
Type: I nput / Out put
Maxi mum I nput Level : 10 W peak
1/ 2 W aver age
Vi deo
Type: Out put
Gener at e Vi deo Level : 1. 1 0. 4V peak i nt o 50
Recei ve Vi deo Level : Pr opor t i onal t o I F l evel
Test Ant enna:
VSWR: <1. 5: 1
Gai n: 6 dB, Typi cal
Ti me Base ( TCXO) :
Temper at ur e St abi l i t y: 1 ppm
Agi ng: 1 ppm per year
Accur acy: 1 ppm
Test Li mi t : 0. 3 ppm
Bat t er y:
Type: Li I on
Dur at i on: >4 hr s cont i nuous oper at i on
>6 hr s, Typi cal
I nput Power ( Test Set ) :
I nput Range: 11 t o 32 Vdc
Power Consumpt i on: 55 W Maxi mum
16 W Nomi nal at 18 Vdc wi t h char ged bat t er y
Fuse Requi r ement s: 5 A, 32 Vdc, Type F

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MI SCELLANEOUS ( cont )
I nput Power ( Suppl i ed Ext ernal AC t o DC Convert er) :
I nput Range: 100 t o 250 VAC, 1. 5 A Max, 47 t o 63 Hz
Mai ns Suppl y Vol t age Fl uct uat i ons: 10% of t he nomi nal vol t age
Tr ansi ent Over vol t ages: Accor di ng t o I nst al l at i on Cat egor y I I
Envi ronment al ( Test Set ) :
Use: Pol l ut i on Degr ee 2
Al t i t ude: 4800 m
Oper at i ng Temper at ur e: - 20C t o 55 C
NOTE 2

St or age Temper at ur e: - 30C t o 71 C
NOTE 3

Rel at i ve Humi di t y: 95% ( 5%) f r om 5C t o 30C
75% ( 5%) f r om 30C t o 40C
45% ( 5%) f r om 40C t o 55C
Envi ronment al ( Suppl i ed Ext ernal AC t o DC Convert er) :
Use: I ndoor s
Al t i t ude: 10, 000 m
Oper at i ng Temper at ur e: 0C t o 40C
St or age Temper at ur e: - 20C t o 71 C
Physi cal Charact er i st i cs:
Di mensi ons:
Hei ght : 11. 2 i n ( 28. 5 cm)
Wi dt h: 9. 1 i n ( 23. 1 cm)
Dept h: 2. 7 i n ( 6. 9 cm)
Wei ght ( Test Set onl y) : <8 l bs. ( 3. 6 kg)

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SUPPLEMENTAL I NFORMATI ON:
Test Set Cert i f i cat i ons:
Al t i t ude, Oper at i ng: MI L- PRF- 28800F, Cl ass 2
Al t i t ude, Non- Oper at i ng: MI L- PRF- 28800F, Cl ass 2
Bench Handl i ng: MI L- PRF- 28800F, Cl ass 2
Bl owi ng Dust MI L STD - 810F, Met hod 510. 4, Pr ocedur e 1
Dr i p Pr oof : MI L- PRF- 28800F, Cl ass 2
Expl osi ve At mospher e: MI L- STD- 810F, Met hod 511. 4, Pr ocedur e 1
Rel at i ve Humi di t y: MI L- PRF- 28800F, Cl ass 2
Shock, Funct i onal : MI L- PRF- 28800F, Cl ass 2
Vi br at i on Li mi t s: MI L- PRF- 28800F, Cl ass 2
Temper at ur e, Oper at i ng: MI L- PRF- 28800F, Cl ass 2
NOTE 4

Temp, Non- Oper at i ng: MI L- PRF- 28800F, Cl ass 2
NOTE 5

Tr ansi t Dr op: MI L- PRF- 28800F, Cl ass 2
Saf et y Compl i ance: UL- 61010B- 1
EN 61010- 1
CSA 22. 2 No 61010- 1
EMC: EN 61326
Ext ernal AC- DC Conver t er Cert i f i cat i ons:
Saf et y Compl i ance: UL 1950 DS
CSA 22. 2 No. 234
VDE EN 60 950
EMI / RFI Compl i ance: FCC Docket 20780, Cur ve B
EMC: EN 61326
Transi t Case Cer t i f i cat i ons:
Dr op Test : FED- STD- 101C, Met hod 5007. 1, Par agr aph 6. 3,
Pr ocedur e A, Level A
Fal l i ng Dar t I mpact : ATA 300, Cat egor y I
Vi br at i on, Loose Car go: FED- STD- 101C, Met hod 5019
Vi br at i on, Sweep: ATA 300, Cat egor y I
Si mul at ed Rai nf al l : MI L- STD- 810F, Met hod 506. 4, Pr ocedur e I I of 4. 1. 2
FED- STD- 101C, Met hod 5009. 1, Sec 6. 7. 1
I mmer si on: MI L- STD- 810F, Met hod 512. 4

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NOTES
NOTE 1
SLS l evel i s aut omat i cal l y cont r ol l ed i n t he SLS LEVEL t e st .
NOTE 2
Bat t er y char gi ng t emper at ur e r ange i s 5 t o 40 C ( cont r ol l ed by i nt er nal char ger ) .
NOTE 3
Li I on Bat t er y must be r emoved bel ow - 20 C and above 60 C.
NOTE 4
Temper at ur e r ange ext ended t o - 20C t o 55C.
NOTE 5
Temper at ur e r ange r educed t o - 30 C t o 71C.

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SECTION 4 - SHIPPING
1. SHI PPI NG TEST SETS
Aer of l ex Test Set s r et ur ned t o f act or y f or
cal i br at i on, ser vi ce or r epai r must be
r epackaged and shi pped accor di ng t o t he
f ol l owi ng condi t i ons:
Aut hori zat i on
Do not r et ur n any pr oduct s t o f act or y wi t hout
f i r st r ecei vi ng aut hor i zat i on f r om Aer of l ex
Cust omer Ser vi ce Depar t ment .
Cont act Aerof l ex:
Cust omer Ser vi ce Dept .
Tel ephone: ( 800) 835- 2350
FAX: ( 316) 524- 5330
E- Mai l : amer i cas. ser vi ce@aer of l ex. com
Taggi ng Test Set s
Al l Test Set s must be t agged wi t h:
I dent i f i cat i on and addr ess of owner
Nat ur e of ser vi ce or r epai r r equi r ed
Model Number
Ser i al Number
Shi ppi ng Cont ai ners
Test Set s must be r epackaged i n or i gi nal
shi ppi ng cont ai ner s usi ng Aer of l ex packi ng
mol ds. I f or i gi nal shi ppi ng cont ai ner s and
mat er i al s ar e not avai l abl e, cont act Aer of l ex
Cust omer Ser vi ce f or shi ppi ng i nst r uct i ons.
Frei ght Cost s
Al l f r ei ght cost s on non- war r ant y
shi pment s ar e assumed by t he cust omer .
( See War r ant y Packet f or f r ei ght char ge
pol i cy on war r ant y cl ai ms. )
Frei ght I nsurance
Aer of l ex r ecommends t hat cust omer s obt ai n
f r ei ght i nsur ance wi t h t he f r ei ght car r i er when
shi ppi ng Test Set . Aer of l ex i s not r esponsi bl e
f or cost of r epai r s f or damages t hat occur
dur i ng shi pment on war r ant y or non- war r ant y
i t ems. Cont act Aer of l ex Cust omer Ser vi ce f or
Test Set shi ppi ng i nst r uct i ons.

NOTE: Test Set must be pr oper l y packaged
or f r ei ght company may not honor
i nsur ance cl ai m.

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Subj ect t o Expor t Cont r ol , see Cover Page f or det ai l s Page 2
Aug 1/ 12
1. 2 REPACKI NG PROCEDURE
Make sur e bot t om packi ng mol d i s seat ed
on f l oor of shi ppi ng cont ai ner .
Car ef ul l y wr ap Test Set wi t h pol yet hyl ene
sheet i ng t o pr ot ect f i ni sh.
Pl ace Test Set i nt o shi ppi ng cont ai ner ,
maki ng sur e Test Set i s secur el y seat ed i n
bot t om packi ng mol d.

Pl ace t op packi ng mol d over t op of Test
Set and pr ess down unt i l t op packi ng mol d
r est s sol i dl y on Test Set .
Cl ose shi ppi ng cont ai ner l i ds and seal wi t h
shi ppi ng t ape or an i ndust r i al st apl er . Ti e
al l si des of cont ai ner wi t h br eak r esi st ant
r ope, t wi ne or equi val ent .

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Repacki ng Pr ocedur e
Fi gur e 1
SECTI ON 5 - St or age
Per f or m t he f ol l owi ng st or age pr ecaut i ons
whenever t he Test Set i s st or ed f or ext ended
per i ods:
Di sconnect Test Set f r om any el ect r i cal
power sour ce.
Di sconnect t he wi r e har ness connect i ng
t he bat t er y t o t he Test Set and r emove t he
bat t er y. Ref er t o t he Bat t er y/ Vol t age
I nst r uct i ons.
Di sconnect and st or e ac power cabl e and
ot her accessor i es wi t h Test Set .
Cover Test Set t o pr event dust and debr i s
f r om cover i ng and ent er i ng Test Set .

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APPENDI X A
Aug 1/ 12
APPENDIX A - CONNECTOR PI N-OUT TABLES
1. I / O CONNECTORS

CONNECTOR TYPE SI GNAL TYPE I NPUT/ OUTPUT
SYNC BNC TTL OUTPUT
VI DEO BNC TTL OUTPUT
DC POWER 2.5 mm CI RCULAR
(2.5 mm center,
5.5 mm outer di ameter,
cent er posi ti ve)
11 to 32 Vdc I NPUT
RF I / O TNC RF, 30 W CW MAX I NPUT/ OUTPUT
ANT TNC RF, 0. 5 W CW MAX I NPUT/ OUTPUT
REMOTE 44-Pi n Femal e MI XED I NPUT/ OUTPUT

Ref er t o Appendi x A, Tabl e 2 f or REMOTE Connect or descri pt i on.

I / O Connect or s
Tabl e 1

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2. REMOTE CONNECTOR PI N- OUT TABLE

PI N NO. SI GNAL NAME SI GNAL TYPE DESCRI PTI ON
1 VBUS_DN1 Suppl y +5V suppl y for USB devi ce port
2 GND_DN1 Ground Ground f or USB devi ce port
3 VBUS_UP Suppl y +5V suppl y i nput f rom USB host
4 GND_UP Ground Ground f or USB host port
5 GND Ground System Ground
6 HOST-RTS Output RS-232 Request to send
7 A2 I nput Al ti t ude Encode I nput
9 C2 I nput Al ti t ude Encode I nput
12 REM_I N1 I nput General Purpose Input
13 REM_OUT2 Output General Purpose Out put
16 H_D- I n/ Out USB Host Data Compl i ment
17 H_D+ I n/ Out USB Host Data True
18 D_D- I n/ Out USB Host Data Compl i ment
19 D_D+ I n/ Out USB Host Data True
21 HOST_TXD Output RS-232 Data Out put
22 HOST_CTS I nput RS-232 Cl ear t o send
23 B1 I nput Al ti t ude Encode I nput
25 D2 I nput Al ti t ude Encode I nput
REMOTE Connect or Pi n- Out Tabl e
Tabl e 2

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2. REMOTE CONNECTOR PI N- OUT TABLE ( cont )
33 VBUS_UP Suppl y +5V suppl y i nput f rom USB host
36 HOST_RXD I nput RS-232 Data Input
40 REM_SP1 Spare Pi n
REMOTE Connect or Pi n- Out Tabl e ( cont )
Tabl e 2

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APPENDI X B
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APPENDIX B - METRIC/ BRITISH I MPERI AL CONVERSION TABLE
WITH NAUTI CAL DISTANCE CONVERSIONS
TO
CONVERT:

I NTO:
MULTI PLY
BY:
TO
CONVERT:

I NTO:
MULTI PLY
BY:
cm f eet 0. 03281 met er s f eet 3. 281
cm i nches 0. 3937 met er s i nches 39. 37
f eet cm 30. 48 m/ sec f t / sec 3. 281
f eet met er s 0. 3048 m/ sec km/ hr 3. 6
f t / sec km/ hr 1. 097 m/ sec mi l es/ hr 2. 237
f t / sec knot s 0. 5921 mi l es f eet 5280
f t / sec mi l es/ hr 0. 6818 mi l es km 1. 609
f t / sec
2
cm/ sec
2
30. 48 mi l es met er s 1609
f t / sec
2
m/ sec
2
0. 3048 mi l es nmi 0. 8684
gr ams ounces 0. 03527 mi l es/ hr f t / sec 1. 467
i nches cm 2. 54 mi l es/ hr km/ hr 1. 609
kg pounds 2. 205 mi l es/ hr knot s 0. 8684
kg/ cm
2
psi 0. 0703 nmi f eet 6080. 27
km f eet 3281 nmi km 1. 8532
km mi l es 0. 6214 nmi met er s 1853. 2
km nmi 0. 5396 nmi mi l es 1. 1516
km/ hr f t / sec 0. 9113 ounces gr ams 28. 34953
km/ hr knot s 0. 5396 pounds kg 0. 4536
km/ hr mi l es/ hr 0. 6214 psi kg/ cm
2
0. 0703
knot s f t / sec 1. 689 100 f t km 3. 048
knot s km/ hr 1. 8532 100 f t mi l es 1. 894
knot s mi l es/ hr 1. 1516 100 f t nmi 1. 645

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APPENDI X C
Aug 1/ 12
APPENDIX C - FACTORY/POWER UP PRESETS
Set up General

CONTROL FACTORY POWER UP
POWER DOWN 10 mi ns Last Used
ERP UNI TS dBm Last Used
UNI TS Feet Last Used
REMOTE OPERATI ON RS-232 Last Used

Set up XPDR Screen

FI ELD FACTORY POWER UP
ANTENNA SELECTI ON Bot t om Last Used
RF PORT Ant enna Last Used
ANTENNA RANGE 12 f eet Last Used
ANTENNA HEI GHT 1 f oot Last Used
DI R CABLE LOSS 1. 2 dB Last Used
ANT CABLE User Def i ned Last Used
ANT CABLE LOSS 0. 1 dB Last Used
ANT GAI N 1. 03 GHZ 7. 1 dB Last Used
UUT ADDRESS AUTO AUTO
MANUAL AA 000000 Last Used
DI VERSI TY TEST ON Last Used
CONFI G TYPE GENERI C MODE S Last Used

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APPENDI X C
Aug 1/ 12
Set up DME Screen

RF PORT Ant enna Last Used
ANTENNA RANGE 12 f eet Last Used
I DENT TONE I FR Last Used
DI R CABLE LOSS 1. 2 dB Last Used
CABLE LOSS 1. 3dB Last Used
ANT CABLE User Def i ned Last Used
ANT CABLE LOSS 0. 1 dB Last Used
MAX RANGE 400 nm Last Used

DME Screen

VOR / FREQ / CHAN 978/ 108. 00/ 17X 978/ 108. 00/ 17X
RF LVL Maxi mum Maxi mum
RANGE 0 nm 0 nm
RATE 10 kt s 10 kt s
RATE DI RECTI ON OUT OUT
% REPLY 100% 100%
ECHO OFF OFF
I DENT ON ON
SQTR ON ON

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APPENDI X C
Aug 1/ 12
XPDR Aut o Test Screen

CONFI G GENERI C MODE S Last Used
ANTENNA Bot t om Last used
LEVEL Bl ank Bl ank
REPLI ES Bl ank Bl ank
FREQ Bl ank Bl ank
TOP ERP Bl ank Bl ank
TOP MTL Bl ank Bl ank
BOT ERP Bl ank Bl ank
BOT MTL Bl ank Bl ank
A CODE Bl ank Bl ank
C ALT Bl ank Bl ank
S CODE Bl ank Bl ank
S ALT Bl ank Bl ank
TAI L Bl ank Bl ank
DF17 Bl ank Bl ank
FLI GHT I D Bl ank Bl ank
AA Bl ank Bl ank
FS Bl ank Bl ank
VS Bl ank Bl ank
COUNTRY Bl ank Bl ank

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APPENDI X C
Aug 1/ 12
TCAS Set up Screen

RF PORT Ant enna Last used
ANT RANGE 12 f t Last used
ANT HEI GHT 1 f t Last used
UUT ADDRESS Aut o Aut o
MANUAL AA 000000 Last used
DI R CABLE LOSS 1. 2dB Last used
ANT CABLE User def i ned Last used
ANT CABLE LOSS 0. 1dB Last used
ANT GAI N 1. 03GHZ 7. 1dB Last used
ANT GAI N 1. 09GHZ 6. 1dB Last used
SQUI TTERS ON Last used
ALT REPORTI NG ON Last used
DI SPLAYED ALT Rel at i ve Last used
TEST SET AA A92493 Last used

TCAS Screen

SCENARI O 0 Cust om 0 Cust om
TCAS TYPE TCAS I I TCAS I I
REPLY 100% 100%
I NTRUDER TYPE Mode S Mode S
RANGE START 10. 00 nm 10. 00 nm
RANGE STOP 0. 00 nm 0. 00 nm
RANGE RATE 300 kt s 300 kt s
ALT START +1000 f t +1000 f t
ALT STOP 0 f t 0 f t
ALT RATE 500 f pm 500 f pm
CONVERGE OFF OFF
UUT ALT 0 f t 0 f t
ALT DETECT OFF OFF

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I FR 6000

APPENDI X C
Aug 1/ 12
ADS- B Set up Scr een

POS DECODE Gl obal Last used
LAT 90 0 O N Last used
LONG 180 0 0 E Last used
ADS-B GEN DF17 Last used
ADS-B MON DF17 Last used
GI CB DF20 Last used

ADS- B GEN BDS 0, 5 Screen

TYPE 9 9
DF 18 Last used
AA A92492 A92492
PERI OD 1. 00 s 1. 00 s
LAT 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 N
LONG 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 E
POS - -
SAF 0 0
T N/ UTC N/ UTC
SURVEI LLANCE
STATUS
No i nf o No i nf o
BARO PRES ALT 0 f t 0 f t
GNSS ALT - -

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APPENDI X C
Aug 1/ 12

TYPE 5 5
DF 17 Last used
AA A92492 A92492
PERI OD 1. 00 s 1. 00 s
LAT 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 N
LONG 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 E
MOVEMENT No i nf o No i nf o
T N/ UTC N/ UTC
HDG 0 deg 0 deg


TYPE 1 1
DF 18 Last used
COUNT 0 Last used
AA A92492 A92492
PERI OD 1. 00 s 1. 00 s
FLI GHT I D ++++++++ ++++++++
EMI T CAT SET D D
EMI T CAT Reserved Reserved

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APPENDI X C
Aug 1/ 12

TYPE 19 19
DF 17 Last used
AA A92492 A92492
PERI OD 1. 00 s 1. 00 s
E-W 0 kt s E 0 kt s E
NACV 0 0
N-S 0 kt s N 0 kt s N
HDG - -
SUBTYPE 1 vel ovr gnd norm 1 vel ovr gnd norm
VERT RATE 0 f t / mi n 0 f t / mi n
GEO ALT DI FF FROM
BARO
0 f t 0 f t
SOURCE GEO GEO
I NTENT CHANGE NO NO
AI RSPEED - -
AI RSPEED TYPE - -
I FR CAP ADS-B/ CLASS
A1>
NO NO


TYPE 28 28
DF 18 Last used
AA A92492 A92492
PERI OD 1. 00 s 1. 00 s
EMERG / PRI OR CODE 0 No i nf o 0 No i nf o
RESERVED 000000000000 000000000000
SUBTYPE 0 No i nf o 0 No i nf o

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APPENDI X C
Aug 1/ 12

TYPE 29 29
DF 17 Last used
AA A92492 A92492
PERI OD 1. 00 s 1. 00 s
VERT DATA / SOURCE
I NFO
Not used Not used
TARG ALT CAP HLDG ALT HLDG ALT
VERT MODE I ND Unknown Unknown
SI L 0 0
TARG ALT TYPE FL FL
NI C BARO 0 0
TARG ALT 0 f t 0 f t
TARG HDG 0 deg 0 deg
TCAS/ ACAS
OPERATI ONAL
No No
RAA No No
HORI Z DATA AVAL/
SOURCE I ND
Not val i d Not val i d
HORI Z MODE I ND Unknown Unknown
NAC 0 0
EMERG/ PRI OR CODE No Emergency No Emergency

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APPENDI X C
Aug 1/ 12

TYPE 31 31
DF 18 Last used
AA A92492 A92492
PERI OD 1. 00 s 1. 00 s
SUBTYPE D-ai rborne D-ai rborne
NAC D D
BAQ D D
SI L 0 0
TC 0 0
CDTI 0 0
ARV 0 0
TS 0 0
RA 0 0
VER NBR Do-260 / Do-242 Do-260 / Do-242
NOT-TCAS 0 0
OPER MODE SUBFI ELD 0 0
NI C BARO 0 0
HORI Z REF DI R True Nort h True Nort h
I DENT No No
TRK/ HDG - -
NI C 0 0
LENGTH/WI DTH - -
REC ATC SERV 0 0
B2 LOW - -
POA - -

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I FR 6000

APPENDI X C
Aug 1/ 12
Set up TI S Screen

RF PORT Ant enna Last used
ANT RANGE 12 f t Last used
ANT HEI GHT 1 f t Last used
DI R CABLE LOSS 1. 2 dB Last used
ANT CABLE User def i ned Last used
ANT CABLE LOSS 0. 1 dB Last used
ANT GAI N 1. 03 GHz 7. 1 Last used
ANT GAI N 1. 09 GHz 6. 1 Last used
UUT ADDRESS Aut o Aut o
MANUAL AA 000000 Last used

TI S Screen

TARGETS 5 Last used
UUT HDG 0 Last used
BRG (deg) (1-5) 0 Last used
RNG (nm) (1-5) 0 Last used
ALT (f t ) (1-5) 0 Last used
ALT RATE Level Last used
HDG (1-5) 0 Last used
TRAFFI C (1-5) Prox Last used

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APPENDI X D
Aug 1/ 12
APPENDIX D - ABBREVI ATI ONS
A
A Amper es
AA Addr ess Announced
AC Al t i t ude Code
AC Al t er nat i ng Cur r ent
ac Al t er nat i ng Cur r ent
ACAS Ai r bor ne Col l i si on Avoi dance
Syst em
ACS Comm- A Capabi l i t i y Subf i el d
A/ D Anal og t o Di gi t al
ADC Anal og t o Di gi t al Conver t er
ADDR Addr ess
ADLP Ai r bor ne Dat a Li nk Pr ocessor
ADS A- Def i ni t i on Subf i el d
AI S Comm- A Capabi l i t y Subf i el d
ALT Al t i t ude
AP Addr ess Par i t y
AQ Acqui si t i on Speci al
ASCI I Amer i can Nat i onal St andar d
Code f or I nf or mat i on
I nt er change
ATC Ai r Tr af f i c Cont r ol
ATC ATCRBS ( scr een abbr evi at i on)
ATCRBS Ai r Tr af f i c Cont r ol Radar
Beacon Syst em
ATE Aut omat i c Test Equi pment
ATTEN At t enuat i on
AUTO Aut omat i c
AVG Aver age
B
BAT Bat t er y
BCS Comm- B Capabi l i t y Subf i el d
BD Comm- B Dat a
BDS B- Def i ni t i on Subf i el d
BI T Bui l t I n Test
BOT Bot t om
bps Bi t s per Second
BR Br i dge Rect i f i er
BT Bat t er y
C
C Cel si us or Cent i gr ade
CA Tr ansponder Capabi l i t y
CC Cr ossl i nk Capabi l i t y
ccw Count er cl ockwi se
CFS Cont i nuat i on Subf i el d
CHAN Channel
CHC Cancel Hor i zont al Resol ut i on
Advi sor y
CLOS Cl oseout
cm Cent i met er ( 10
- 2
Met er s)
Cont Cont i nued
CPU Cent r al Pr ocessi ng Uni t
Cr Lf Car r i age Ret ur n and Li ne Feed
CTRL Cont r ol
CTS Cl ear t o Send/ ( One- way
har dwar e)
CTS/ DTR Two- way har dwar e
CVC Cancel Ver t i cal Resol ut i on
Advi sor y Compl ement
CW Cont i nuous Wave
cw Cl ockwi se
D
D/ A Di gi t al t o Anal og
DABS Di scr et e Addr ess Beacon
Syst em
DAC Di gi t al t o Anal og Conver t er
dB Deci bel
dBi Deci bel s above i sot r opi c
dBm Deci bel s above one mi l l i wat t
dB W/ m
2
Deci bel s above one wat t per
squar e met er
DCD Dat a Car r i er Det ect
DCXO Di gi t al l y Compensat ed Cr yst al
Osci l l at or
DELM Downl i nk Ext ended Lengt h
Message
DF Downl i nk For mat
DI Desi gnat or I dent i f i cat i on
DMM Di gi t al Mul t i met er
DPSK Di f f er ent i al Phase Shi f t Keyi ng
DR Downl i nk Request
DSP Di gi t al Si gnal Pr ocessor
DSR Dat a Set Ready
DTR Dat a Ter mi nal Ready

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I FR- 6000

APPENDI X D
Aug 1/ 12
E
ECS Ext ended Capabi l i t y
Subf i el d
ELM Ext ended Lengt h Message
EMC El ect r omagnet i c Compat i bi l i t y
EMI El ect r omagnet i c I nt er f er ence
EOL End of Li ne
ERP Ef f ect i ve Radi at ed Power
ESB Encoded Sense Bi t s
ESD El ect r ost at i c Di schar ge
EXT Ext er nal
F
FCC Feder al Communi cat i ons
Commi ssi on
FPM Feet Per Mi nut e
FREQ Fr equency
FS Fl i ght St at us
FT Foot / Feet
Ft Foot / Feet
G
GEN Gener at or
GND Gr ound
H
h Hexadeci mal
Hz Her t z
HRC Hor i zont al Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Compl ement
I
I D I dent i f i cat i on
I DS I denti fi er Desi gnat ors Subfi el d
I FF I dent i f i cat i on Fr i end or Foe
I I I nt er r ogat or I dent i f i cat i on
I I S I nt er r ogat or I dent i f i cat i on
Subf i el d
I N I nput
I NTERR I nt er r ogat i on
I / O I nput / Out put
I TM I nt er mode
K
KE Cont r ol , ELM
kg Ki l ogr am ( 10
3
Gr ams)
kHz Ki l oher t z ( 10
3
Her t z)
km Ki l omet er ( 10
3
met er s)
Kt s Knot s ( Vel oci t y)
L
LCA Logi c Cel l Ar r ay
LCD Li qui d Cr yst al Di spl ay
LED Li ght Emi t t i ng Di ode
LF Li ne Feed
LO Local Osci l l at or
LOS Lockout Subf i el d
LSB Least Si gni f i cant Bi t
LSD Least Si gni f i cant Di gi t
M
m Met er s
MA Message, COMM- A
MAX Maxi mum
MB Message, COMM- B
MBS Mul t i si t e COMM- B Subf i el d
MC Message, COMM- C
MD Message, COMM- D
ME Message, COMM- E
MEAS Measur i ng
MES Mul t i si t e ELM Subf i el d
MHz Megaher t z ( 10
6
Her t z)
s Mi cr osecond ( 10
- 6
Seconds)
MI D Mode S Addr ess
MI N Mi ni mum
MPU Mi cr opr ocessi ng Uni t
ms Mi l l i second ( 10
- 3
Seconds)
MTB Mul t i pl e Thr eat Bi t
MTE Mul t i pl e Thr eat Encount er
MTL Mi ni mum Thr eshol d Level
MU Message, COMM- U
MV Message, COMM- V
N
N/ A Not Appl i cabl e
NC C- Segment Number
ND D- Segment Number
nmi Naut i cal Mi l es
No Number
ns Nanosecond ( 10
- 9
Seconds)
O
o Oct al
OUT Out put
Ohm

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR- 6000

APPENDI X D
Aug 1/ 12
P
PC Per sonal Comput er
PC Pr i nt ed Ci r cui t
PC Pr ot ocol
PI Par i t y/ I nt er r ogat or I dent i t y
PLCS Pl aces
PN Par t Number
PPM Pul se Posi t i on Modul at i on
ppm Par t s per Mi l l i on
PR Pr obabi l i t y of Repl y
PRF Pul se Repet i t i on Fr equency
PROM Pr ogr ammabl e Read Onl y
Memor y
psi Pounds per Squar e I nch
PWM Pul se Wi dt h Modul at i on
PWR Power
R
RAM Random Access Memor y
RAC Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Compl ement
RAT Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Ter mi nat i on
RC Repl y Cont r ol
RCI Remot e Cont r ol I nt er f ace
RCVD Recei ved
RCVR Recei ver
Ref Ref er ence
RF Radi o Fr equency
RI Repl y I nf or mat i on Ai r - t o- Ai r
RL Repl y Lengt h
RMS Root Mean Squar e
ROM Read Onl y Memor y
RR Repl y Request
RRS Repl y Request Subf i el d
RSS Reser vat i on St at us Subf i el d
RTCA Requi r ement s and Techni cal
Concept s f or Avi at i on
or gani zat i on
RTS Request t o Sent
RX Recei ve
RXD Recei ve Dat a
S
SCOPE Osci l l oscope
SCPI St andar d Commands f or
Pr ogr ammabl e I nst r ument s
or gani zat i on
SD Speci al Desi gnat or
Sec Second
SL Sensi t i vi t y Level
SLM St andar d Lengt h Message
SLS Si de- Lobe Suppr essi on
SPI Speci al I dent i f i er Pul se
SQTR Squi t t er
SRQ Ser vi ce Request
SRS Segment Request Subf i el d
SSR Secondar y Sur vei l l ance Radar
SYNC Synchr onous
T
TAS Tr ansmi ssi on Acknowl edgment
Subf i el d
TCAS Tr af f i c Al er t and Col l i si on
Avoi dance Syst em
TI D Thr eat I dent i t y Dat a
TMS Tact i cal Message Subf i el d
Tr i g Tr i gger
TTI Thr eat Type I ndi cat or
TTL Tr ansi st or - Tr ansi st or Logi c
TX Tr ansmi t
TXD Tr ansmi t Dat a
U
UDS U- Def i ni t i on Subf i el d
UELM Upl i nk Ext ended Lengt h
Message
UF Upl i nk For mat
UM Ut i l i t y Message
UUT Uni t Under Test
V
V Vol t
VAC Vol t s, Al t er nat i ng Cur r ent
VCO Vol t age Cont r ol l ed Osci l l at or
Vdc Vol t s, Di r ect Cur r ent
VDS V- Def i ni t i on Subf i el d
VERS Ver si on
VRAM Vi deo Random Access Memor y
VRC Ver t i cal Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Compl ement
Vr ms Vol t s Root Mean Squar e
VS Ver t i cal St at us
VSB Ver t i cal Sense Bi t s
VSWR Vol t age St andi ng Wave Rat i o
W
W Wat t
X
XMTR Tr ansmi t t er
Xon/ Xof f Sof t war e Handshake
XPDR Tr ansponder

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR- 6000

APPENDI X D
Aug 1/ 12

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

APPENDI X E
Aug 1/ 12
APPENDIX E - BREAKOUT BOX

Br eakout Box - Top Vi ew
Fi gur e 1

Br eakout Box - Fr ont Vi ew
Fi gur e 2

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

APPENDI X E
Aug 1/ 12
1. USB HOST CONNECTOR

1 VBUS_DN1 Suppl y +5 V suppl y f or USB devi ce port
USB HOST Connect or Tabl e
Tabl e 1

2. USB DEVI CE CONNECTOR

1 VBUS_UP Suppl y +5 V suppl y i nput f rom USB host
USB DEVI CE Connect or Tabl e
Tabl e 2

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

APPENDI X E
Aug 1/ 12
3. ALTI TUDE ENCODER CONNECTOR

10
14
15
ALTI TUDE ENCODER Connect or Tabl e
Tabl e 3

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APPENDI X E
Aug 1/ 12
4. AUX I N CONNECTOR

9 DNU Suppl y Do Not Use, Reserved
AUX I N Connect or Tabl e
Tabl e 4

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

APPENDI X E
Aug 1/ 12
5. RS- 232 CONNECTOR

1
2 HOST_TXD BI POLAR RS-232 Data Out put
3 HOST_RXD BI POLAR RS-232 Data Input
4
6
7 HOST_CTS BI POLAR RS-232 Cl ear t o Send (Input )
8 HOST_RTS BI POLAR RS-232 Cl ear t o Send (Output )
9
RS- 232 Connect or Tabl e
Tabl e 5

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

APPENDI X E
Aug 1/ 12
6. AUX OUT CONNECTORS

CONNECTOR SI GNAL TYPE DESCRI PTI ON
AUX OUT 1 Output Mode S Int errogati on Tri gger
AUX OUT 2 Output ATCRBS I nt errogat i on Tri gger
AUX OUT 3 Output Not Used
AUX OUT 4 Output Not Used
Remot e OUT Connect or Tabl e
Tabl e 6

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

APPENDI X E
Aug 1/ 12
7. REMOTE CONNECTOR

6 HOST-RTS Output RS-232 Request to send
21 HOST_TXD Output RS-232 Data Out put
22 HOST_CTS I nput RS-232 Cl ear t o send
Tabl e 2

OPERATI ON MANUAL
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APPENDI X E
Aug 1/ 12
7. REMOTE CONNECTOR ( cont )
36 HOST_RXD I nput RS-232 Data Input
40 REM_SP1 Spare Pi n
REMOTE Connect or Pi n- Out Tabl e ( cont )
Tabl e 2

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I FR 6000

APPENDI X F
Aug 1/ 12
APPENDIX F - CONFIGURATI ONS

FAR 43

ANT/ DI R Conf i gurat i on TX Power ( dBm) RX MTL ( dBm) TX Freq ( MHz)
GENERI C ATCRBS 48. 5 t o 57. 0 - 73 ( 4) 1090 ( 3)
ATCRBS CLASS A 51. 0 t o 57. 0 - 73 ( 4) 1090 ( 3)
ATCRBS CLASS B 48. 5 t o 57. 0 - 73 ( 4) 1090 ( 3)
GENERI C MODE S 48. 5 t o 57. 0 - 74 ( 3) 1090 ( 3)
MODE S CLASS A 51. 0 t o 57. 0 - 74 ( 3) 1090 ( 1)
MODE S CLASS B 48. 5 t o 57. 0 - 74 ( 3) 1090 ( 3)
MODE S CL B OPT FRQ 48. 5 t o 57. 0 - 74 ( 3) 1090 ( 1)
MODE S CL B OPT POW 51. 0 t o 57. 0 - 74 ( 3) 1090 ( 3)

DI R w/ Coupl er
Conf i gurat i on
TX Power ( dBm) RX MTL ( dBm) TX Freq ( MHz)
GENERI C ATCRBS 48. 5 t o 57. 0 - 66 t o - 77 1090 ( 3)
ATCRBS CLASS A 51. 0 t o 57. 0 - 66 t o - 77 1090 ( 3)
ATCRBS CLASS B 48. 5 t o 57. 0 - 66 t o - 77 1090 ( 3)
GENERI C MODE S 48. 5 t o 57. 0 - 68 t o - 77 1090 ( 3)
MODE S CLASS A 51. 0 t o 57. 0 - 68 t o - 77 1090 ( 1)
MODE S CLASS B 48. 5 t o 57. 0 - 68 t o - 77 1090 ( 3)
MODE S CL B OPT FRQ 48. 5 t o 57. 0 - 68 t o - 77 1090 ( 1)
MODE S CL B OPT POW 51. 0 t o 57. 0 - 68 t o - 77 1090 ( 3)

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I FR 6000

APPENDI X F
Aug 1/ 12

MOD 43

Port Conf i gurat i on TX Power ( dBm) RX MTL ( dBm) TX Freq ( MHz)
GENERI C ATCRBS 48. 5 - 69 1090 ( 3)
ATCRBS CLASS A 51. 0 - 69 1090 ( 3)
ATCRBS CLASS B 48. 5 - 69 1090 ( 3)
GENERI C MODE S 48. 5 - 71 1090 ( 3)
MODE S CLASS A 51. 0 - 71 1090 ( 1)
MODE S CLASS B 48. 5 - 71 1090 ( 3)
MODE S CL B OPT FRQ 48. 5 - 71 1090 ( 1)
MODE S CL B OPT POW 51. 0 - 71 1090 ( 3)

DI R w/ Coupl er
Conf i gurat i on
TX Power ( dBm) RX MTL ( dBm) TX Freq ( MHz)
GENERI C ATCRBS 48. 5 - 66 1090 ( 3)
ATCRBS CLASS A 51. 0 - 66 1090 ( 3)
ATCRBS CLASS B 48. 5 - 66 1090 ( 3)
GENERI C MODE S 48. 5 - 68 1090 ( 3)
MODE S CLASS A 51. 0 - 68 1090 ( 1)
MODE S CLASS B 48. 5 - 68 1090 ( 3)
MODE S CL B OPT FRQ 48. 5 - 68 1090 ( 1)
MODE S CL B OPT POW 51. 0 - 68 1090 ( 3)

OPERATI ON MANUAL
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APPENDI X G
Aug 1/ 12
APPENDIX G - MODE S ADDRESS BLOCKS
Thi s t abl e cont ai ns Mode S addr ess bl ocks f or count r i es whose t ai l number s ar e decoded by t he
I FR 6000. For an expanded l i st of Mode S codes, r ef er t o Appendi x H.

COUNTRY ADDRESS BLOCK
Bel gi um 448000 - 448FFF
Canada C00000 - C3FFFF
Denmar k 458000 - 45FFFF
Fr ance 380000 - 3AFFFF
Ger many 3C0000 - 3FFFFF
Pol and 488000 - 48FFFF
Swi t zer l and 4B0000 - 4B7FFF
USA A00000 - AFFFFF

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APPENDI X G
Aug 1/ 12


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APPENDI X H
Aug 1/ 12
APPENDIX H - MODE S ADDRESS BLOCKS
Thi s t abl e cont ai ns a compl et e l i st of Mode S addr ess bl ocks. For count r i es whose t ai l number s
ar e decoded by t he I FR 6000, r ef er t o Appendi x G.

COUNTRY ADDRESS BLOCK COUNTRY ADDRESS BLOCK
Af ghani st an 70000 - 700FFF Br azi l E40000 - E4FFFF
Al bani a 501000 - 5013FF Br unei Dar assal am 895000 - 8953FF
Al ger i a 0A0000 - 0A7FFF Bul gar i a 450000 - 457FFF
Angol a 090000 - 090FFF Bur ki n Faso 09C000 - 09CFFF
Ant i gua and Bar buda 0CA000 - 0CA3FF Bur undi 032000 - 032FFF
Ar gent i na E00000 - E3FFFF Cambodi a 70E000 - 70EFFF
Ar meni a 600000 - 6003FF Camer oon 034000 - 034FFF
Aust r al i a 7C0000 - 7FFFFF Canada C00000 - C3FFFF
Aust r i a 440000 - 447FFF Cape Ver de 096000 - 096FF
Azer bai j an 600800 - 600BFF Cent r al Af r i can
Republ i c
06C000 - 06CFFF
Bahamas 0A8000 - 0A8FFF Chad 084000 - 084FFF
Bahr ai n 894000 - 894FFF Chi l e E80000 - E80FFF
Bangl adesh 702000 - 702FFF Chi na 780000 - 78BFFF
Bar bados 0AA000 - 0AA3FF Col ombi a 0AC000 - 0ACFFF
Bel ar us 510000 - 5103FF Comor os 035000 - 0353FF
Bel gi um 448000 - 448FFF Congo 036000 - 036FFF
Bel i ze 0AB000 - 0AB3FF Cook I sl ands 901000 - 9013FF
Beni n
094000 - 0943FF
Cost a Ri ca 0AE000 - 0AEFFF
Bhut an
680000 - 6803FF
Ct e d/ I voi r e 038000 - 038FFF
Bol i vi a E94000 - E94FFF Cr oat i a 501C00 - 501FFF
Bosni a and
Her zegovi na
513000 - 5133FF Cuba 0B0000 - 0B0FFF
Bot swana 030000 - 0303FF Cypr us 4C8000 - 4C83FF

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Czech Rep 498000 - 49FFFF Gui nea- Bi ssau 048000 - 0483FF
Dem Republ i c Kor ea 72000 - 727FFF Guyana 0B6000 - 0B6FFF
Dem Republ i c Congo 08C000 - 08CFFF Hai t i 0B800 - 0B8FFF
Denmar k 458000 - 45FFFF Hondur as 0BA000 - 0BAFFF
Dj i bout i 098000 - 0983FF Hungar y 470000 - 477FFF
Domi ni can Rep 0C4000 - 0C4FFF I cel and 4CC000 - 4CCFFF
Ecuador E84000 - E84FFF I ndi a 800000 - 83FFFF
Egypt 010000 - 017FFF I ndonesi a 8A0000 - 8A7FFF
El Sal vador 0B2000 - 0B2FFF I r an, I sl ami c Rep 730000 - 737FFF
Equat or i al Gui nea 042000 - 042FFF I r aq 728000 - 72FFFF
Er i t r ea 202000 - 2023FF I r el and 4CA000 - 4CAFFF
Est oni a 511000 - 5113FF I sr ael 738000 - 73FFFF
Et hi opi a 040000 - 040FFF I t al y 300000 - 33FFFF
Fi j i C88000 - C88FFF Jamai ca 0BE000 - 0BEFFF
Fi nl and 460000 - 467FFF Japan 840000 - 87FFFF
Fr ance 380000 - 3AFFFF Jor dan 740000 - 747FFF
Gabon 03E000 - 03EFFF Kazakhst an 683000 - 6733FF
Gambi a 09A000 - 09AFFF Kenya 04C000 - 04CFFF
Geor gi a 514000 - 5143FF Ki r i bat i C8E000 - C8E3FF
Ger many 3C0000 - 3FFFFF Kuwai t 706000 - 706FFF
Ghana 044000 - 044FFF Kyr gyzst an 601000 - 6013FF
Gr eece 468000 - 46FFFF Lao Dem Rep 708000 - 708FFF
Gr enada 0C000 - 0CC3FF Lat vi a 502C0 - 502FFF
Guat emal a 0B4000 - 0B4FFF Lebanon 748000 - 74FFFF
Gui nea 046000 - 046FFF Lesot ho 04A000 - 04A3FF

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Li ber i a 050000 - 050FFF New Zeal and C80000 - C87FFF
Li byan Ar ab Jam 018000 - 01FFFF Ni car agua 0C0000 - 0C0FFF
Li t huani a 503C00 - 503FFF Ni ger 062000 - 062FFF
Luxembour g 4D0000 - 4D03FF Ni ger i a 064000 - 064FFF
Madagascar 054000 - 054FFF Nor way 478000 - 47FFFF
Mal awi 057000 - 058FFF Oman 70C000 - 70C3FF
Mal aysi a 75000 - 757FFF Paki st an 760000 - 767FFF
Mal di ves 05A000 - 05A3FF Pal au 684000 - 6843FF
Mal i 05C000 - 05CFFF Panama 0C2000 - 0C2FFF
Mal t a 4D2000 - 4D23FF Papua New Gui nea 898000 - 898FFF
Mar shal l I sl ands 900000 - 9003FF Par aguay E88000 - E88FFF
Maur i t ani a 05E000 - 05D3FF Per u E8C000 - E8CFFF
Maur i t i us 060000 - 0603FF Phi l i ppi nes 758000 - 75FFFF
Mexi co 0D0000 - 0D7FFF Pol and 488000 - 48FFFF
Mi cr onesi a, Feder al
St at es
681000 - 6813FF Por t ugal 490000 - 497FFF
Monaco 4D4000 - 4D43FF Qat ar 06A000 - 06A3FF
Mongol i a 682000 - 6823FF Rep of Kor ea 718000 - 71FFFF
Mor occo 020000 - 027FFF Rep of Mol dova 504C00 - 504FFF
Mozambi que 006000 - 006FFF Romani a 4A0000 - 4A7FFF
Myanmar 704000 - 704FFF Russi an Fed 100000 - 1FFFFF
Nami bi a 201000 - 2013FF Rwanda 06E000 - 06EFFF
Naur u C8A000 - C8A3FF Sai nt Luci a C8C000 - C8C3FF
Nepal 70A000 - 70AFFF St Vi ncent and
Gr enadi nes
0BC000 - 0BC3FF
Net her l ands, Ki ngdom 480000 - 487FFF Samoa 902000 - 9023FF

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San Mar i no 500000 - 5003FF The For mer Yugosl av
Republ i c of Macedoni a
512000 - 5123FF
Sao Tome and
Pr i nci pe
09E000 - 09E3FF Togo 08800 - 088FFF
Saudi Ar abi a 710000 - 717FFF Tonga C8D000 - C8D3FF
Senegal 070000 - 070FFF Tr i ni dad and Tobago 0C6000 - 0C6FFF
Seychel l es 074000 - 0743FF Tuni si a 028000 - 02FFFF
Si er r a Leone 076000 - 0763FF Tur key 4B8000 - 4BFFFF
Si ngapor e 768000 - 76FFFF Tur kmeni st an 601800 - 601BFF
Sl ovaki a 505C00 - 505FFF Uganda 068000 - 068FFF
Sl oveni a 506C00 - 506FFF Ukr ai ne 508000 - 50FFFF
Sol omon I sl ands 897000 - 8973FF Uni t ed Ar ab Emi r at es 896000 - 896FFF
Somal i a 078000 - 078FFF Uni t ed Ki ngdom 400000 - 423FFFF
Sout h Af r i ca 008000 - 00FFFF Uni t ed Rep of
Tanzani a
080000 - 080FFF
Spai n 340000 - 37FFFF Uni t ed St at es A00000 - AFFFFF
Sr i Lanka 770000 - 777FFF Ur uguay E90000 - E00FFF
Sudan 07C000 - 07CFFF Uzbeki st an 507C00 - 507FFF
Sur i name 0C80000 - 0C8FFF Vanuat u C90000 - C903FF
Swazi l and 07A000 - 07A3FF Venezuel a 0D8000 - 0DFFFF
Sweden 4A8000 - 4AFFFF Vi et Nam 888000 - 88FFFF
Swi t zer l and 4B0000 - 4B7FFF Yemen 890000 - 890FFF
Syr i an Ar ab Rep 778000 - 77FFFF Zambi a 08A000 - 08AFFF
Taj i ki st an 515000 - 5153FF Zi mbabwe 004000 - 0043FF
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COUNTRY ADDRESS BLOCK
Non- Cont r act i ng St at es
Yugosl avi a 4C0000 - 4C7FFF
Ot her Al l ocat i ons
I CAO ( 1) F00000 - F07FFF
I CAO ( 2) 899000 - 8993FF
I CAO ( 2) F09000 - F093FF

( 1) I CAO or i t s desi gnat e admi ni st er s t hi s bl ock f or assi gni ng t empor ar y ai r cr af t addr esses i f
and when an i mmedi at e act i on i s t o be t aken t o avoi d t he assi gnment of an unaut hor i zed
24- bi t ai r cr af t addr ess.

I t i s i nt ended t hat t he t empor ar y addr ess i s t o be r el i nqui shed as soon as pr act i cabl e when
t he 24- bi t ai r cr af t addr ess i s assi gned by a St at of Regi st r y or common mar k r egi st er i ng
aut hor i t y i n conf or mance wi t h t he pr ovi si ons i n 4, 5 and 6 of t he I CAO Annex 1 0 Vol . I I I .

The St at e concer ned i s t hen expect ed t o i nf or m I CAO or i t s desi gnat e r egar di ng t he r el ease
of t he t empor ar y addr ess.
( 2) Bl ock al l ocat ed f or speci al use i n t he i nt er est of f l i ght saf et y

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APPENDIX I - SIGNAL FORMATS
1. OPERATI NG GOALS
Mode S combi nes secondar y sur vei l l ance r adar
and a gr ound- ai r - gr ound dat a l i nk syst em t o
pr ovi de ai r cr af t sur vei l l ance and
communi cat i ons necessar y f or suppor t i ng
aut omat ed ATC i n dense t r af f i c envi r onment s.
Mode S pr ovi des common- channel
i nt er oper at i on wi t h t he ATC beacon syst em
and may be i mpl ement ed over an ext ended
ATCRBS- t o- Mode S t r ansi t i on per i od. I n
suppor t i ng ATC aut omat i on, Mode S pr ovi des
t he r el i abl e communi cat i ons necessar y f or
dat a l i nk ser vi ces.
2. MODE S MESSAGE CONTENT
2. 1 ADDRESS/ PARI TY ( FI ELD AP)
Al l di scr et e Mode S i nt er r ogat i ons ( 56- bi t or
112- bi t ) and r epl i es ( except t he Al l Cal l r epl y)
cont ai n t he 24- bi t di scr et e addr ess of t he
Mode S t r ansponder upon whi ch 24 er r or -
det ect i ng par i t y check bi t s ar e over l ai d. I n t he
Al l Cal l r epl y, t he 24 par i t y check bi t s ar e
over l ai d on t he addr ess of t he Mode S
i nt er r ogat or . The t ext of t he r epl y i ncl udes t he
di scr et e addr ess of t he t r ansponder .
2. 2 SURVEI LLANCE
The pr i mar y f unct i on of Mode S i s
sur vei l l ance. For t he Mode S t r ansponder , t hi s
f unct i on i s accompl i shed by usi ng shor t ( 56-
bi t ) t r ansmi ssi ons i n bot h di r ect i ons. I n t hese
t r ansmi ssi ons, t he ai r cr af t r epor t s al t i t ude
( DF04) or ATCRBS 4096 code as wel l as f l i ght
st at us ( ai r bor ne, on t he gr ound, al er t , Speci al
Posi t i on I dent i f i cat i on [ SPI ] , et c. ) .

2. 3 DATA LI NK COMMUNI CATI ONS
The di scr et e addr essi ng and di gi t al encodi ng
al l ow Mode S t r ansmi ssi ons t o be used as
di gi t al dat a l i nks. I nt er r ogat i on and r epl y
f or mat s of t he Mode S syst em cont ai n
suf f i ci ent codi ng space t o t r ansmi t dat a. Most
Mode S dat a l i nk t r ansmi ssi ons ar e handl ed as
one 56- bi t message i ncl uded as par t of l ong
112- bi t i nt er r ogat i ons or r epl i es. The
t r ansmi ssi ons i ncl ude t he message i n addi t i on
t o sur vei l l ance dat a, and i s gener al l y used i n
pl ace of a sur vei l l ance i nt er r ogat i on and/ or
r epl y.
An ef f i ci ent t r ansmi ssi on of l onger messages
i s accompl i shed by t he ext ended l engt h
message ( ELM) capabi l i t y ( UF24 and DF24) .
Usi ng t hi s capabi l i t y, a sequence of up t o
si xt een 80- bi t message segment s ( each wi t h a
112- bi t t r ansmi ssi on) i s t r ansmi t t ed, ei t her
gr ound- t o- ai r or ai r - t o- gr ound and i s
acknowl edged wi t h a si ngl e r epl y/ i nt er r ogat i on.
ELMs do not cont ai n sur vei l l ance dat a and
t hus cannot subst i t ut e f or a sur vei l l ance
i nt er r ogat i on- r epl y cycl e.
3. SI GNAL FORMATS
Si gnal f or mat s f or upl i nk and downl i nk
messages ar e out l i ned i n Chapt er 2, RTCA
DO- 181 and Chapt er 2, Vol ume I of RTCA DO-
185. Tabl es 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 i n Appendi x B
cont ai n t he si gnal f or mat s and def i ni t i ons.
Dat a i s expr essed i n deci mal unl ess ot her wi se
speci f i ed. Ref er t o Appendi x B, Tabl e 6 f or
conver si on t o hexadeci mal , oct al or bi nar y.
Appendi x B, Tabl e 7 shows t he ATC- 601- 2
f i xed f or mat s f or Mode S usi ng Fr ont Panel
oper at i on.
NOTE: TCAS oper at es i n Mode S and many
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NO. UF
0 ( 0 0000) 3 ( RL: 1) 4 ( AQ: 1) ( BD: 8) 10 ( AP: 24) . . . . . . . . Shor t Ai r - Ai r Sur vei l l ance
1 ( 0 0001) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
2 ( 0 0010) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
3 ( 0 0011) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
4 ( 0 0100) ( PC: 3) ( RR: 5) ( DI : 3) ( SD: 16) ( AP: 24) . . Sur vei l l ance, Al t i t ude Request
5 ( 0 0101) ( PC: 3) ( RR: 5) ( DI : 3) ( SD: 16) ( AP- 24) . . Sur vei l l ance, I dent i t y Request
6 ( 0 0110) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
7 ( 0 0111) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
8 ( 0 1000) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
9 ( 0 1001) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
10 ( 0 1010) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
11 ( 0 1011) ( PR: 4) ( I I : 4) 19 ( AP: 24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mode S Onl y Al l Cal l
12 ( 0 1100) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
13 ( 0 1101) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
14 ( 0 1110) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
15 ( 0 1111) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
16 ( 1 0000) 3 ( RL: 1) 4 ( AQ: 1) 18 ( MU: 56) ( AP: 24) . . . . . . . . . Long Ai r - Ai r Sur vei l l ance
17 ( 1 0001) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
18 ( 1 0010) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
19 ( 1 0011) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
20 ( 1 0100) ( PC: 3) ( RR: 5) ( DI : 3) ( SD: 16) ( MA: 56) ( AP: 24) . . . . . . . Comm- A, Al t i t ude Request
21 ( 1 0101) ( PC: 3) ( RR: 5) ( DI : 3) ( SD: 16) ( MA: 56) ( AP: 24) . . . . . . . Comm- A, I dent i t y Request
22 ( 1 0110) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
23 ( 1 0111) 27 or 83 ( AP: 24)
24 ( 1 1xxx) ( RC: 2) ( NC: 4) ( MC: 80) ( AP: 24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comm- C ( ELM)
NOTE: ( XX: M) r epr esent s a f i el d desi gnat ed XX cont ai ni ng M number of assi gned bi t s.
NOTE: N r epr esent s f r ee codi ng space wi t h N avai l abl e bi t s, coded as Zer os f or
t r ansmi ssi on.
NOTE: For Upl i nk For mat s ( UF) 0 t hr ough 23, t he f or mat number cor r esponds t o t he bi nar y co de
i n t he f i r st 5 bi t s of t he i nt er r ogat i on. For mat number 24 i s ar bi t r ar i l y def i ned as t he
f or mat begi nni ng wi t h Ones i n t he f i r st t wo bi t posi t i ons. The f ol l owi ng t hr ee bi t s ( xxx)
var y wi t h t he i nt er r ogat i on cont ent .
NOTE: Al l f or mat s ar e shown f or compl et eness, al t hough a number of t hem ar e unused.
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NO. DF
0 ( 0 0000) ( VS: 1) ( CC: 1) - 1- ( SL: 3) - 2- ( RI : 4) - 2- ( AC: 13) ( AP: 24) . . . . . . . . . Shor t Ai r - Ai r Sur vei l l ance
1 ( 0 0001) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
2 ( 0 0010) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
3 ( 0 0011) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
4 ( 0 0100) ( FS: 3) ( DR: 5) ( UM: 6) ( AC: 13) ( AP: 24) . . . . . Sur vei l l ance, Al t i t ude Repl y
5 ( 0 0101) ( FS: 3) ( DR: 5) ( UM: 6) ( I D: 13) ( AP- 24) . . . . . . Sur vei l l ance, I dent i t y Repl y
6 ( 0 0110) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
7 ( 0 0111) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
8 ( 0 1000) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
9 ( 0 1001) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
10 ( 0 1010) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
11 ( 0 1011) ( CA: 3) ( AA: 24) ( PI : 24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al l Cal l Repl y/ Squi t t er
12 ( 0 1100) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
13 ( 0 1101) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
14 ( 0 1110) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
15 ( 0 1111) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
16 ( 1 0000) ( VS: 1) - 2- ( SL: 3) - 2- ( RI : 4) - 2- ( AC: 13) ( MV: 56) ( AP: 24) . . . . . . . . . Long Ai r - Ai r Sur vei l l ance
17 ( 1 0001) ( CA: 3) ( AA: 24) ( ME: 56) ( PI : 24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ext ended Squi t t er
18 ( 1 0010) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
19 ( 1 0011) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
20 ( 1 0100) ( FS: 3) ( DR: 5) ( UM: 6) ( AC: 13) ( MB: 56) ( AP: 24) . . . . . . . . . . . Comm- B, Al t i t ude Repl y
21 ( 1 0101) ( FS: 3) ( DR: 5) ( UM: 6) ( I D: 13) ( MB: 56) ( AP: 24) . . . . . . . . . . . Comm- B, I dent i t y Repl y
22 ( 1 0110) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
23 ( 1 0111) 27 or 83 ( P: 24)
24 ( 1 1xxx) ( KE: 1) ( ND: 4) ( MD: 80) ( AP: 24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comm- D ( ELM)
NOTE: ( XX: M) r epr esent s a f i el d desi gnat ed XX cont ai ni ng M number of assi gned bi t s.
NOTE: ( P: 24) r epr esent s a 24- bi t f i el d r eser ved f or par i t y i nf or mat i on.
NOTE: N r epr esent s f r ee codi ng space wi t h N avai l abl e bi t s, coded as Zer os f or
t r ansmi ssi on.
NOTE: For Downl i nk For mat s ( DF) 0 t hr ough 23, t he f or mat number cor r esponds t o t he bi nar y
code i n t he f i r st 5 bi t s of t he r epl y. For mat number 24 i s ar bi t r ar i l y def i ned as t he f or mat
begi nni ng wi t h Ones i n t he f i r st t wo bi t posi t i ons. The f ol l owi ng t hr ee bi t s ( xxx) var y wi t h
t he r epl y cont ent .
NOTE: Al l f or mat s ar e shown f or compl et eness, al t hough a number of t hem ar e unused.
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AA 24 9-32 X The ai r cr af t addr ess announced i n t he
cl ear , used i n DF=11, 17.
AC 13 20-32 X The al t i t ude code used i n f or mat s DF=0, 4,
16 and 20. Al l bi t s ar e Zer os i f al t i t ude
i nf or mat i on i s not avai l abl e. Cont ai ns
met r i c al t i t ude i f M- bi t ( 26) i s One.
AP 24
24
33-56
89-112
X Par i t y over l ai d on t he Addr ess appear s at
t he end of al l t r ansmi ssi ons, upl i nk and
downl i nk, wi t h t he except i on of f or mat
DF=11.
AQ 1 14 X Desi gnat es f or mat s UF=0, 16 as acqui si t i on
t r ansmi ssi ons. Bi t 14 ( RI , DF=0, 16) ,
r epeat s AQ as r ecei ved by t r ansponder .
BD 8 15-22 X Cont ai ns t he i dent i t y of t he gr ound- i ni t i at ed
Comm- B r egi st er cont ent s t o appear i n t he
MV f i el d of t he cor r espondi ng r epl y, used i n
UF=0.
CA 3 6-8 X Used i n DF=11, Acqui si t i on Squi t t er & DF17
Ext ended Squi t t er or Al l Cal l r epl y, t o r epor t
t r ansponder capabi l i t y. Codes ar e:
0 = Si gni f i es no communi cat i ons capabi l i t y
( sur vei l l ance onl y, ) no abi l i t y t o set CA
code 7, ei t her on t he gr ound or ai r bor ne.
1 = Not Used
2 = Not Used
3 = Not Used
4 = Level 2, 3 or 4; abi l i t y t o set code 7, and
i s on t he gr ound.
5 = Level 2, 3 or 4; abi l i t y t o set code 7, and
i s ai r bor ne.
6 = Level 2, 3 or 4; abi l i t y t o set code 7.
7 = DR0 or FS=3, 4 or 5.
NOTE: Codes 1 t o 3 wer e used by ear l i er
Mode S t r ansponder s t hat di d not
use CA code 7.

CC 1 7 X I ndi cat es t r ansponder has abi l i t y t o suppor t
cr ossl i nk capabi l i t y ( decode t he cont ent s of
t he UF=0 BD f i el d and r espond wi t h t he
cont ent s of t he speci f i ed gr ound- i ni t i at ed
Comm- B r egi st er i n t he MV f i el d of t he
cor r espondi ng DF=16 r epl y. Used i n DF=0.
0= Ai r cr af t Cannot Suppor t
1= Ai r cr af t Can Suppor t
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CL 3 14-16 X Codi ng i n Bi nar y
000=I C Fi el d cont ai ns t he I I code
001=I C Fi el d cont ai ns SI codes 1 t o 15
DF 5 1-5 X The f i r st f i el d i n al l downl i nk f or mat s i s t he
t r ansmi ssi on descr i pt or .
DI 3 14-16 X I dent i f i es codi ng cont ai ned i n t he SD codes
ar e:
0 = SD has I nt er r ogat or I dent i f i er ( I I S) .
1 = SD cont ai ns ( I I S, MBS, MES, LOS, RSS,
TMS) .
2 = SD used f or ext ended squi t t er sur f ace
cont r ol
3 = SD cont ai ns SI S, LSS, RRS
4- 6 = Not assi gned.
7 = SD cont ai ns I I S, RRS, LOS, TMS
DR 5 9-13 X Request s ext r act i on of downl i nk messages
f r om t he t r ansponder by t he i nt er r ogat or
and appear s i n f or mat s DF=4, 5, 20, 21.
The codes ar e:
0 = No downl i nk r equest .
1 = Request t o send Comm- B message ( B
bi t set ) ,
2 = TCAS i nf or mat i on avai l abl e.
3 = TCAS i nf or mat i on avai l abl e and r equest
t o send Comm- B message.
4 = Comm- B Br oadcast #1 avai l abl e.
5 = Comm- B Br oadcast #2 avai l abl e.
6 = TCAS i nf or mat i on and Comm- B
Br oadcast #1 avai l abl e.
7 = TCAS i nf or mat i on and Comm- B
Br oadcast #2 avai l abl e.
16- 31 = Request t o send n- segment s,
si gni f i ed by 15 + n.
Codes 1- 15 t ake pr i or i t y over codes 16- 31.
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FS 3 6-8 X Repor t s f l i ght st at us of ai r cr af t and i s used
i n f or mat s DF=4, 5, 20, 21. Codes ar e:

CODE

ALERT

SPI

AI RBORNE
ON THE
GROUND
0 no no yes no
1 no no no yes
2 yes no yes no
3 yes no no yes
4 yes yes ei t her
5 no yes ei t her
6 - Reser ved
7- Not assi gned.
I D 13 2-32 X The 4096 i dent i f i cat i on code, number s , as,
set by t he pi l ot , i n DF=5, 21.
I C 4 10-13 X Cont ai ns I I or SI dependi ng on val ue of CL
f i el d.
I I : I dent i f i es t he i nt er r ogat or and appear s i n
UF=11, t he Mode S Onl y Al l Cal l .
NOTE: The same i nf or mat i on may al so
appear i n t he I I S subf i el ds.
SI : Sur vei l l ance I dent i f er
( l ower 4 bi t s of 6 bi t SI code)
NOTE: Sur vei l l ance I dent i f i er i s der i ved
f r om CL and I C f i el ds of UF11, or
di r ect l y i n t he SI S subf i el d of SD
f i el d val ue of CL f i el d i n f or mat s
UF4, 5, 20 and 21
KE 1 4 X Def i nes t he cont ent of t he ND and MD f i el ds
i n Comm- D r epl i es, DF=24.
MA 56 33-88 X Messages di r ect ed t o t he ai r cr af t , par t of
Comm- A i nt er r ogat i ons, UF=20, 21.
ADS 8 33-40 X Def i nes t he cont ent of t he MA message f i el d
i n Comm- A r equest s and i s expr essed i n
t wo gr oups of 4 bi t s each, ADS1 ( 33- 36)
and ADS2 ( 37- 40) .
ADS1 4 33-36 X Par t of t he A- Def i ni t i on Subf i el d and i s set
t o 0 f or TCAS Sensi t i vi t y Level Commands.
ADS2 4 37-40 X Par t of t he A- Def i ni t i on Subf i el d and i s set
t o 5 f or TCAS Sensi t i vi t y Level Commands.
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MA SLC 4 41-44 X Sensi t i vi t y Level Command f or t he TCAS
ai r cr af t . The codes ar e:
0 = No command.
1 = Not Assi gned.
2 = Sel ect TA_ONLY mode of oper at i on.
3 = Set TCAS Sensi t i vi t y Level t o 3.
8- 14 = Not Assi gned.
15 = Cancel pr evi ous Sensi t i vi t y Level .
MB 56 33-88 X Messages t o be t r ansmi t t ed t o i nt er r ogat or ,
par t of t he Comm- B r epl i es, DF=20, 21.
The f i el d cont ai ns Dat a Li nk, Capabi l i t y
Repor t s or Ai r cr af t I dent i f i cat i on Repor t s or
TCAS Resol ut i on Advi sor y Repor t s.
ACS 20 45-64 X Comm- A capabi l i t y subf i el d r epor t s dat a l i nk
ser vi ce( s) suppor t ed by t he i nst al l at i on. I f
al l bi t s ar e Zer os, no Comm- A dat a l i nk
ser vi ces ar e suppor t ed.
AI S 48 41-88 X Ai r cr af t I dent i f i cat i on, r epor t ed when a
sur vei l l ance or Comm- A i nt er r ogat i on
( UF=4, 5, 20, 21) cont ai ns RR=18 and
DI =anyt hi ng but 7. AI S cont ai ns up t o ei ght
6- bi t char act er s as def i ned i n Tabl e 4.
MB ARA 14 41-54 X TCAS Resol ut i on Advi sor y Repor t i ndi cat i ng
cur r ent Act i ve Resol ut i on Advi sor i es ( i f any)
gener at ed by own TCAS uni t agai nst one or
mor e t hr eat ai r cr af t . Each bi t i ndi cat es a
speci f i c r esol ut i on advi sor y wi t h One bei ng
act i ve and Zer o bei ng i nact i ve. Bi t
i ndi cat i ons ar e:
41- Cl i mb.
42- Don' t descend.
43- Don' t descend f ast er t han 500 FPM.
44- Don' t descend f ast er t han 1000 FPM.
45- Don t descend f ast er t han 2000 FPM.
46- Descend.
47- Don' t cl i mb.
48- Don' t cl i mb f ast er t han 500 FPM.
51- Tur n l ef t .
52- Tur n r i ght .
53- Don' t t ur n l ef t .
54- Don' t t ur n r i ght .
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MB BCS 16 65-80 X Comm- B capabi l i t y subf i el d r epor t s i nst al l ed
dat a sour ces t hat can be accessed by t he
gr ound f or t r ansmi ssi on vi a a gr ound-
i ni t i at ed Comm- B. I f al l bi t s ar e Zer os, no
dat a i s accessi bl e by a gr ound- i ni t i at ed
Comm- B.
BDS 8 33-40 X Def i nes t he cont ent of t he MB message f i el d
i n r epl y t o gr ound- i ni t i at ed Comm- B and i s
expr essed i n t wo gr oups of 4 bi t s each,
BDS1 ( 33- 36) and BDS2 ( 37- 40) .
BDS1 4 33-36 X Cor r esponds wi t h RR i n UF=4, 5, 20, 21.
The codes ar e:
0 = MB cont ai ns Ai r - i ni t i at ed Comm- B.
1 = MB cont ai ns Dat a Li nk Capabi l i t y
Repor t .
2 = MB cont ai ns Ai r cr af t I dent i f i cat i on.
3 = MB cont ai ns TCAS Resol ut i on Advi sor y.
BDS2 4 37-40 X Basi c r epor t uses BDS2=0. Mor e compl ex
Mode S i nst al l at i ons r epor t addi t i onal
capabi l i t i es i n var i ous f or mat s assi gned t o
BDS2 codes ot her t han 0 as r equest ed by
i nt er r ogat or , speci f i ed i n t he RRS subf i el d
of SD.
CFS 4 41-44 X Cont i nuat i on subf i el d cont ai ns t he BDS2
val ue of t he next addi t i onal capabi l i t y r epor t
avai l abl e f r om t he i nst al l at i on.
MB ECS 8 81-88 X Dat a Li nk Capabi l i t y subf i el d r epor t s ELM
capabi l i t y of i nst al l at i on. No ELM dat a l i nk
ser vi ces ar e suppor t ed i f al l bi t s ar e Zer os.
MTE 1 60 X
Mul t i pl e Thr eat Encount er bi t i ndi cat es 2
si mul t aneous TCAS t hr eat s.
RAC 4 55-58 X Resol ut i on Advi sor y Compl ement s subf i el d
i ndi cat es cur r ent l y act i ve r esol ut i on,
advi sor y compl ement s ( i f any) r ecei ved f r om
al l ot her TCAS ai r cr af t wi t h on- boar d
r esol ut i on capabi l i t y. Bi t s ar e set t o One
when act i ve and Zer o when i nact i ve. Bi t
i ndi cat i ons ar e:
55- Don' t descend.
56- Don' t cl i mb.
57- Don t t ur n l ef t .
58- Don' t t ur n r i ght .
RAT 1 59 X Resol ut i on Advi sor y Ter mi nat ed i ndi cat or i s
set t o One f or 18 seconds ( 1 second)
f ol l owi ng t er mi nat i on of a pr evi ousl y
r epor t ed r esol ut i on advi sor y.
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MB TI D 26 33-88 X Thr eat I dent i t y Dat a subf i el d cont ai ns dat a
accor di ng t o TTI f i el d. I f TTI =1, TI D
cont ai ns Mode S addr ess of t hr eat i n bi t s
63- 85 ( bi t s 87- 88 ar e Zer o) . I f TTI =2, TI D
cont ai ns al t i t ude, r ange and bear i ng dat a.
TI DA 13 63-75 X Thr eat I dent i t y Dat a, Al t i t ude subf i el d
r epor t s Mode C al t i t ude code of t he t hr eat .
TI DB 6 83-88 X Thr eat I dent i t y, Bear i ng subf i el d r epor t s
most r ecent bear i ng of t he t hr eat .
TI DR 7 76-82 X Thr eat I dent i t y, Range subf i el d r epor t s most
r ecent r ange of t he t hr eat .
TTI 2 61-62 X Thr eat Type I ndi cat or subf i el d def i nes t ype
of dat a i n TI D f i el d.
MC 80 9-88 X Comm- C f i el d cont ai ns one segment of a
sequence of segment s t r ansmi t t ed t o t he
t r ansponder i n t he ELM mode. MC i s par t
of UF=24.
I I S 4 9-12 (i f
RC=0 to 2)
or 25-28 (i f
RC=3)
X I nt er r ogat or I dent i f i er subf i el d r epor t s t he
i dent i t y of t he i nt er r ogat or ( See SD and UM
f i el ds) .
SRS 16 9-24 X I f a Comm- C i nt er r ogat i on ( UF=24) cont ai ns
RC=3, t he SRS subf i el d cont ai ns a l i st of
segment r equest - aut hor i zat i ons f or DELMs
i n t he 16- bi t ( 9- 24) SRS subf i el d. St ar t i ng
wi t h bi t 9, denot i ng t he f i r st segment , each
of t he f ol l owi ng bi t s i s set t o One i f t he
t r ansmi ssi on of t he cor r espondi ng segment
i s r equest ed. Ref er t o Tabl e 5.
MD 80 9-88 X Comm- D f i el d, par t of DF=24, cont ai ns one
segment of a sequence of segment s
t r ansmi t t ed by t he t r ansponder i n t he ELM
mode. I t may cont ai n a summar y of
r ecei ved MC segment s of an upl i nk ELM.
TAS 16 17-32 X Repor t s segment s r ecei ved i n a Comm- C
sequence. St ar t i ng wi t h bi t 17 denot i ng t he
f i r st segment , each successi ve bi t i s One i f
t he cor r espondi ng segment was r ecei ved.
TAS appear s i f KE=1 i n t he same r epl y.
Ref er t o Tabl e 5 f or val ues.
ME 56 33-88 X Ext ended squi t t er message, par t of DF=17,
cont ai ns br oadcast messages.
MU 56 33-88 X Fi el d, par t of t he l ong ai r - ai r sur vei l l ance
i nt er r ogat i on UF=16, cont ai ns i nf or mat i on
used i n ai r - t o- ai r exchanges ( TCAS,
Resol ut i on Messages and TCAS Br oadcast
Messages) .
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MU CHC 3 47-49 X Cancel Hor i zont al Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Compl ement . I n TCAS Resol ut i on
Messages t r ansmi t t ed by TCAS wi t hout
hor i zont al r esol ut i on capabi l i t y, CHC i s set
t o 0. The codes ar e:
0 = No cancel l at i on.
1 = Cancel , don' t t ur n l ef t .
2 = Cancel , don' t t ur n r i ght .
CVC 2 43-44 X Cancel Ver t i cal Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Compl ement . The codes ar e:
0 = No cancel l at i on.
1 = Cancel , don' t descend.
2 = Cancel , don t cl i mb.
3 = Not assi gned.
HRC 3 50-52 X Hor i zont al Resol ut i on Advi sor y
Compl ement . I n TCAS Resol ut i on
Messages t r ansmi t t ed by TCAS wi t hout
hor i zont al r esol ut i on capabi l i t y, HRC i s set
t o 0. The codes ar e:
0 = No hor i zont al r esol ut i on advi sor y
compl ement sent .
1 = I nt r uder TCAS sense i s t ur n l ef t / do not
t ur n l ef t .
2 = I nt r uder TCAS sense i s t ur n l ef t / do not
t ur n r i ght .
5 = I nt r uder TCAS sense i s t ur n r i ght / do not
t ur n l ef t .
6 = I nt r uder TCAS sense i s t ur n r i ght / do not
t ur n r i ght .
7 = Not assi gned.
HSB 5 56-60 X Encoded Sense Bi t s f or Hor i zont al
Resol ut i on Compl ement s pr ovi de a par i t y
codi ng f i el d pr ot ect i ng t he si x hor i zont al
sense bi t s ( CHC and HRC) and ar e used i n
TCAS I I I Resol ut i on Messages.
MI D 24 65-88 X Cont ai ns di scr et e addr ess of i nt er r ogat i ng
ai r cr af t and i s i n TCAS Resol ut i on
Advi sor i es Lock Request s, TCAS Resol ut i on
Messages and TCAS Br oadcast Messages.
NOTE: TCAS Br oadcast Message i s sent at
10- second i nt er val s.
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MU MTB 1 42 X Mul t i pl e Thr eat Bi t i ndi cat es mor e t han one
TCAS t hr eat when set t o One and no mor e
t han one t hr eat when set t o Zer o.
UDS 8 33-40 X Def i nes t he cont ent of t he MU message
f i el d and i s expr essed i n t wo 4- bi t gr oups,
UDS1 ( 33- 36) and UDS2 ( 37- 40) .
UDS1 4 33-36 X I s set t o 3 f or TCAS Resol ut i on Messages
and TCAS Br oadcast Messages.
UDS2 4 37-40 X I s set t o 0 f or TCAS Resol ut i on Messages
or set t o 2 f or TCAS Br oadcast Messages.
VRC 2 45-46 X Ver t i cal Resol ut i on Advi sor y, Compl ement .
The codes ar e:
0 = No ver t i cal r esol ut i on advi sor y
compl ement sent .
1 = Don' t descend.
2 = Don' t cl i mb.
3 = Not assi gned.
VSB 4 61-64 X Encoded Sense Bi t s f or Ver t i cal Resol ut i on
Compl ement s pr ovi de a par i t y codi ng f i el d
t o pr ot ect f our ver t i cal sense bi t s ( CVC and
VRC) i n al l TCAS Resol ut i on Messages. I f
bi t s 43- 46 do not agr ee wi t h bi t s 61- 64, t he
TCAS r ecei ver assumes an er r or and
di sr egar ds message. Bi t s ar e as f ol l ows:

43 44 45 46 61 62 63 64
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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MV 56 33-88 X Fi el d, par t of t he l ong ai r - ai r sur vei l l ance
r epl y DF=16, cont ai ns i nf or mat i on used i n
ai r - t o- ai r exchanges ( Coor di nat i on Repl y
Message) .
ARA 14 41-54 X Same as i n MB f i el d.
MTE 1 60 X Same as i n MB f i el d.
RAC 4 55-58 X Same as i n MB f i el d.
RAT 1 59 X Same as i n MB f i el d.
MV VDS 8 33-40 X Def i nes t he cont ent of t he MV message f i el d
and i s expr essed i n t wo 4- bi t gr oups, VDS1
( 33- 36) and VDS2 ( 37- 40) .
VDS1 4 33-36 X I s set t o 3 f or Coor di nat i on Repl y Message.
VDS2 4 37-40 X I s set t o 0 f or Coor di nat i on Repl y Message.
NC 4 5-8 X Pr ovi des t he segment number t r ansmi t t ed i n
an upl i nk ELM and i s par t of a Comm- C
i nt er r ogat i on, UF=24.
ND 4 5-8 X Pr ovi des t he segment number t r ansmi t t ed i n
a downl i nk ELM and i s par t of a Comm- D
r epl y, DF=24.
PC 3 6-8 X Cont ai ns oper at i ng commands t o t he
t r ansponder and i s par t of sur vei l l ance and
Comm- A i nt er r ogat i ons UF=4, 5, 20, 21.
The codes ar e:
0 = No changes i n t r ansponder st at e.
1 = Non- sel ect i ve Al l Cal l l ockout .
2 = Not assi gned.
3 = Not assi gned.
4 = Cancel B.
5 = Cancel C.
6 = Cancel D.
7 = Not assi gned.
PI 24 33-56 X Cont ai ns t he par i t y over l ai d on t he
i nt er r ogat or i dent i t y code. PI i s par t of t he
r epl y, DF=11, t o t he Mode S Onl y Al l Cal l .
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PR 4 6-9 X Fi el d cont ai ns commands t o t he t r ansponder
speci f yi ng t he r epl y pr obabi l i t y t o t he Mode
S Onl y Al l Cal l i nt er r ogat i on, UF=11
cont ai ni ng t he PR. A command t o di sr egar d
any l ockout st at e can al so be gi ven. The
assi gned codes ar e:
0 = Repl y wi t h pr obabi l i t y = 1.
1 = Repl y wi t h pr obabi l i t y = 1/ 2.
5, 6, 7 = Do not Repl y.
8 = Di sr egar d l ockout , r epl y wi t h pr obabi l i t y
= 1.
9 = Di sr egar d l ockout , r epl y wi t h pr obabi l i t y
= 1/ 2.
10 = Di sr egar d l ockout , r epl y wi t h,
pr obabi l i t y = 1/ 4.
11 = Di sr egar d l ockout , r epl y wi t h
12 = Di sr egar d l ockout , r epl y wi t h
13, 14, 15 = Do not r epl y.
NOTE: On r ecei pt of a Mode S Onl y Al l Cal l
cont ai ni ng a PR code ot her t han 0 or
8, t r ansponder execut es a r andom
pr ocess and makes a r epl y deci si on
f or t he i nt er r ogat i on i n accor dance
wi t h t he commanded pr obabi l i t y.
Random occur r ence of r epl i es
enabl es i nt er r ogat or t o acqui r e
cl osel y spaced ai r cr af t when r epl i es
woul d ot her wi se synchr onousl y
gar bl e each ot her .
RC 2 3-4 X Desi gnat es t r ansmi t t ed segment as i ni t i al ,
i nt er medi at e or f i nal i f coded 0, 1 or 2
r espect i vel y. RC=3 i s used t o r equest
Comm- D DELMs by t he transponder . RC i s
par t of Comm- C i nt er r ogat i on, UF=24.
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RI 4 14-17 X I nf or mat i on i n DF=0, 16. The codes ar e:
0 = No on- boar d TCAS.
1 = Not assi gned.
2 = On- boar d TCAS wi t h r esol ut i on
capabi l i t y i nhi bi t ed.
3 = On- boar d TCAS wi t h ver t i cal - onl y
r esol ut i on capabi l i t y.
4 = On- boar d TCAS wi t h ver t i cal and
hor i zont al r esol ut i on capabi l i t y.
8 = No maxi mum ai r speed dat a avai l abl e.
9 = Ai r speed i s 75 kt s.
10 = Ai r speed i s >75 kt s and 150 kt s.
14 = Ai r speed i s >1200 kt s.
15 = Not assi gned.
RL 1 9 X Command, sent i n UF=0, 16; sol i ci t s DF=0
r epl y i f Zer o and DF=16 r epl y i f One ( onl y
i f t r ansponder i s associ at ed wi t h Ai r bor ne
Col l i si on Avoi dance Syst em [ ACAS]
equi pment ) . Ot her wi se, i n UF=0, Zer o
sol i ci t s DF=0 r epl y and One sol i ci t s no
r epl y. I n UF=16, Zer o sol i ci t s DF=16 r epl y
and One sol i ci t s no r epl y.
RR 5 9-13 X Cont ai ns l engt h and cont ent of i nt er r ogat or
r equest ed r epl y. RR i s par t of sur vei l l ance
and Comm- A i nt er r ogat i ons UF=4, 5, 20, 21.

RR
CODE
REPLY
LENGTH

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0-15 Short N/ A
16 Long Ai r i ni ti ated Comm-B
17 Long Data l i nk capabi l i t y
18 Long Ai rcraf t Identi f i cati on
19 Long Resol uti on Advi sori es
20-31 Long Not Assi gned

NOTE: I f f i r st bi t of RR code i s One,
deci mal equi val ent of l ast f our bi t s
of RR code desi gnat es code f or
BDS1 i n r epl y ( gr ound i ni t i at ed) .
BDS2 i s assumed t o be Zer o i f not
speci f i ed by DI =7 and RRS.
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SD 16 17-32 X Cont ai ns cont r ol codes, as speci f i ed by t he
DI f i el d af f ect i ng t r ansponder pr ot ocol and
i s par t of sur vei l l ance and Comm- A
i nt er r ogat i ons UF=4, 5, 20, 21.
I I S 4 17-20 X I nt er r ogat or I dent i f i er subf i el d cont ai ns t he
sel f - i dent i f i cat i on code of t he i nt er r ogat or
and i s numer i cal l y i dent i cal t o t he I I code
t r ansmi t t ed by t he i nt er r ogat or i n Mode S
Onl y Al l Cal l s. I I S codes ar e 0 t hr ough 15;
I I S=0 i s not a val i d i nt er r ogat or i dent i f i er
f or mul t i si t e pur poses. I I S i s sent onl y
when DI =0, 1 or 7.
LOS 1 26 X Lockout subf i el d, i f set t o One, i ni t i at es a
mul t i si t e Al l Cal l l ockout t o Mode S Onl y Al l
Cal l s ( UF=11) f r om t he I nt er r ogat or
i ndi cat ed i n I I S of t he i nt er r ogat i on. I f LOS
i s set t o Zer o, no change i n l ockout st at e i s
commanded. LOS i s sent onl y i f DI =1 or 7.
LSS 1 23 X Lockout sur vei l l ance subf i el d, i f set t o One,
shal l si gni f y a mul t i si t e l ockout command
f r om t he i nt er r ogat or i ndi cat ed i n SI S. LSS
set t o zer o shal l be used t o si gni f y t hat no
change i n l ockout st at e i s commanded.
MBS 2 21-22 X Mul t i si t e Comm- B subf i el d, sent when DI =1,
i s assi gned t he f ol l owi ng codes:
0 = No Comm- B act i on.
1 = Comm- B r eser vat i on.
2 = Comm- B cl oseout .
MES 3 23-25 X Mul t i si t e ELM subf i el d, sent when DI =1,
cont ai ns r eser vat i on and cl oseout
commands f or ELM as f ol l ows:
0 = No ELM act i on.
1 = Comm- C r eser vat i on.
2 = Comm- C cl oseout .
3 = Comm- D r eser vat i on.
4 = Comm- D cl oseout .
5 = Comm- C r eser vat i on and Comm- D
cl oseout .
6 = Comm- C cl oseout and Comm- D
r eser vat i on.
7 = Comm- C and Comm- D cl oseout s.
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SD RCS 3 24-26 X Rat e cont r ol subf i el d shal l cont r ol t he
squi t t er r at e of t he t r ansponder when i t i s
r epor t i ng t he sur f ace f or mat . The codes ar e:
0 = No squi t t er r at e command
1 = Repor t hi gh sur f ace squi t t er r at e f or
60 seconds
2 = Repor t l ow sur f ace squi t t er r at e f or
60 seconds
3 = Suppr ess al l sur f ace squi t t er s f or
60 seconds
4 = Suppr ess al l sur f ace squi t t er s f or
120 seconds
5- 7 Not assi gned
RRS 4 21-24 X Repl y Request subf i el d, sent when DI =7,
cont ai ns codi ng cor r espondi ng t o t he
r equest ed BDS2 code.
RRS 4 24-27 X Repl y Request subf i el d, sent when DI =3,
cont ai ns codi ng cor r espondi ng t o t he
r equest ed BDS2 code.
RSS 2 27-28 X Reservat i on St at us subfi el d, sent when DI=1,
r equest s t r ansponder t o r epor t r eser vat i on
st at us i n t he UM f i el d. The codes ar e:
0 = No r equest .
1 = Repor t Comm- B r eser vat i on st at us.
2 = Repor t Comm- C r eser vat i on st at us.
3 = Repor t Comm- D r eser vat i on st at us.
SAS 2 27-28 X Sur f ace Ant enna Subf i el d, shal l cont r ol t he
di ver si t y ant enna t hat i s used f or t he
acqui si t i on and ext ended squi t t er s when t he
ai r cr af t i s r epor t i ng t he sur f ace f or mat . The
codes ar e:
0 = No ant enna command, use t he t op
ant enna
1 = Al t er nat e t op and bot t om ant ennas f or
120 seconds
2 = Use bot t om ant enna f or 120 seconds
3 = Ret ur n t o t he def aul t
SI S 6 17-22 X Sur vei l l ance I dent i f i er Subf i el d, shal l
cont ai n an assi gned SI code of t he
i nt er r ogat or .
Tabl e 3

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FI ELD
SUB
FI ELD
NO. OF
BI TS
BI TS
POSI TI ON
FORMATS
UP DOWN

CONTENT
SD TCS 3 21-23 X Type Cont r ol Subf i el d, shal l cont r ol t he
posi t i on t ype r epor t ed by t he t r ansponder .
The codes ar e:
0 = No posi t i on t ype command
1 = Use sur f ace posi t i on t ype f or t he next
15 seconds
2 = Use sur f ace posi t i on t ype f or t he next
60 seconds
3 = Cancel sur f ace t ype command
TMS 4 29-32 X Tact i cal Message subf i el d, sent when DI=1 or
7, cont ai ns codi ng f or l i nki ng t he Comm- A
message segment s. The codes ar e:
0 = No Act i on.
1 = Unl i nked, Pr i or i t y.
2 = Unl i nked, Acknowl edge.
3 = Unl i nked, Pr i or i t y, Acknowl edge.
4 = Li nked 1st Segment , Si ngl e ADS.
5 = Li nked 1st Segment , Si ngl e ADS
Pr i or i t y.
6 = Li nked 1st Segment , Si ngl e ADS
Acknowl edge.
7 = Li nked 1st Segment , Si ngl e ADS,
Pr i or i t y, Acknowl edge.
8 = Li nked 1st Segment , Mul t i pl e ADS.
9 = Li nked 1st Segment , Mul t i pl e ADS,
Pr i or i t y.
Acknowl edge.
Pr i or i t y, Acknowl edge.
12 = Second Segment .
13 = Thi r d Segment .
14 = Fi nal Segment .
15 = Not Assi gned.
Tabl e 3

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FI ELD
SUB
FI ELD
NO. OF
BI TS
BI TS
POSI TI ON
FORMATS
UP DOWN

CONTENT
SL 3 9-11 X Repor t s t he cur r ent oper at i ng sensi t i vi t y
l evel of t he TCAS uni t and i s a par t of ai r -
ai r sur vei l l ance r epl i es, DF=0, 16. The
codes ar e:
0 = No TCAS sensi t i vi t y l evel r epor t ed.
1 = TCAS oper at es at sensi t i vi t y l evel 1.
NOTE: The SL f i el d has no meani ng f or
ai r cr af t wi t h RI =0 ( no on- boar d
capabi l i t y t o gener at e r esol ut i on,
advi sor i es) .
UF 5 1-5 X The f i r st f i el d i n al l upl i nk f or mat s i s t he
t r ansmi ssi on descr i pt or i n al l i nt er r ogat i ons.
UM 6 14-19 X Cont ai ns t r ansponder st at us r eadout s i n
r epl i es DF=4, 5, 20, 21.
I DS 2 18-19 X I dent i f i er Desi gnat or subf i el d r epor t s t he
t ype of r eser vat i on made by t he i nt er r ogat or
i dent i f i ed i n I I S and cor r esponds wi t h t he
RSS subf i el d of SD. Assi gned codi ng i s:
0 = No i nf or mat i on avai l abl e.
1 = Comm- B r eser vat i on act i ve.
2 = Comm- C r eser vat i on act i ve.
3 = Comm- D r eser vat i on act i ve.
I I S 4 14-17 X I nt er r ogat or I dent i f i er subf i el d r epor t s t he
i dent i t y of t he i nt er r ogat or t hat has made a
mul t i si t e r eser vat i on.
VS 1 6 X I ndi cat es ai r cr af t i s ai r bor ne when Zer o or
ai r cr af t i s on t he gr ound when One. VS i s a
par t of DF=0, 16.
Tabl e 3

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B5 0 0 1 1
B6 0 1 0 1
B4 B3 B2 B1
0 0 0 0 P SP 0
0 0 0 1 A Q 1
0 0 1 0 B R 2
0 0 1 1 C S 3
0 1 0 0 D T 4
0 1 0 1 E U 5
0 1 1 0 F V 6
0 1 1 1 G W 7
1 0 0 0 H X 8
1 0 0 1 I Y 9
1 0 1 0 J Z
1 0 1 1 K
1 1 0 0 L
1 1 0 1 M
1 1 1 0 N
1 1 1 1 O
SP=SPACE code
6- Bi t Char act er Set f or AI S Subf i el d
Tabl e 4

SRS OR TAS SUBFI ELD VALUE
OCTAL HEXADECI MAL NUMBER OF SEGMENTS
100000 8000 1
140000 C000 2
160000 E000 3
170000 F000 4
174000 F800 5
176000 FC00 6
177000 FE00 7
177400 FF00 8
177600 FF80 9
177700 FFC0 10
177740 FFE0 11
177760 FFF0 12
177770 FFF8 13
177774 FFFC 14
177776 FFFE 15
177777 FFFF 16
Val i d Val ues f or SRS and TAS Subf i el ds
Tabl e 5

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BI NARY OCTAL DECI MAL HEXADECI MAL
000 0 0 0
001 1 1 1
010 2 2 2
011 3 3 3
100 4 4 4
101 5 5 5
110 6 6 6
111 7 7 7
1000 10 8 8
1001 11 9 9
1010 12 10 A
1011 13 11 B
1100 14 12 C
1101 15 13 D
1110 16 14 E
1111 17 15 F
10000 20 16 10
Number Syst ems Conver si on
Tabl e 6

UF# FI ELDS
0 VS( b) CC( b) SL( d) RI ( d) AC( h&o) AA( h&o)
4 FS( d) DR( d) UM( h) I DS( d) I I S( d) AC( h&o) AA( h&o)
5 FS( d) DR( d) UM( h) I DS( d) I I S( d) I D( h&o) AA( h&o)
11 CA( d) PI ( h) AA( h&o)
16 VS( b) SL( d) RI ( d) MV( h) AC( h&o) AA( h&o)
20 FS( d) DR( d) UM( h) I DS( d) I I S( d) MB( h) AC( h&o) AA( h&o)
21 FS( d) DR( d) UM( h) I DS( d) I I S( d) MB( h) I D( h&o) AA( h&o)
24 KE( b) ND( d) I DS( d) I I S( d) AA( h&o)
h=hex b=bi nar y d=deci mal
Mode S UF Fi el ds Numer i c Uni t s
Tabl e 7

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APPENDI X J
Aug 1/ 12
APPENDIX J - STANDARD ACCESSORIES
1. AUXI LI ARY EQUI PMENT
Ref er t o Appendi x J, Fi gur e 1.
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
DC Power Suppl y
Used t o power t he Test Set .
Ant enna
RF ant enna used wi t h Test Set when power
accur acy i s most cr i t i cal .
Br eakout Box
Pr ovi des means of accessi ng i ndi vi dual user
i nt er f aces vi a st andar d connect or s
Ant enna Shi el d
Used wi t h Ant enna Cl amp Assembl y t o
cover UUT Ant enna not bei ng t est ed.
12 i n. Coaxi al Cabl e
Used t o connect Test Set ANT Connect or t o
Di r ect i onal Ant enna ANT Connect or .

I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
72 i n. Coaxi al Cabl e
Used t o connect t he Test Set t o t he UUT.
5 A Fuse
Spar e Fuse
Power Cor d ( US Onl y)
Used t o connect AC power f r om an ext er nal
AC power sour ce t o AC PWR Connect or .
Power Cor d ( Eur opean)
Used t o connect AC power f r om an ext er nal
AC power sour ce t o AC PWR Connect or .

Auxi l i ar y Equi pment
Fi gur e 1

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APPENDI X J
Subj ect t o Expor t Cont rol , see Cover Page f or det ai l s . Page 2
Aug 1/ 12
2. ANTENNA SHI ELD PROCEDURE
STEP PROCEDURE
1. Posi t i on Ant enna Cl amp Assembl y i nsi de
t he sl ot i n t he Ant enna Shi el d Pl at e,
al i gni ng capt i ve scr ews i nt o t he
r espect i ve scr ew hol es.
2. Ti ght en capt i ve scr ews.

STEP PROCEDURE
3. Cover UUT Ant enna wi t h Ant enna Shi el d.
Loosen Thumbscr ews i f necessar y.
NOTE: I t may be necessar y t o r emove
UUT Ant enna Guar d i f access t o
UUT Ant enna i s r est r i ct ed.
4. Secur e Ant enna Shi el d by t i ght eni ng
t humbscr ews.

Ant enna Shi el d
Fi gur e 2

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APPENDI X J
Page 3
Aug 1/ 12
3. ANTENNA COUPLER PROCEDURE
STEP PROCEDURE
Ant enna.
Pl ace Coupl er over t he
ant enna, gui di ng ant enna i nt o
t he sl ot on t he bot t om of t he
coupl er .
Push Coupl er f i r ml y agai nst
t he ai r cr af t ski n unt i l t he bl ack
coupl er i s compl et el y
depr essed t i ght l y agai nst t he
ai r cr af t .

STEP PROCEDURE
NOTE: Coupl er must be t i ght l y
pr essed

2. Connect UUT t o Test Set RF I / O
Connect or vi a coaxi al cabl e.
CAUTI ON: TO PREVENT DAMAGE
TO TEST SET, DO NOT
CONNECT UUT TO TEST
SET ANT CONNECTOR.

Ant enna Coupl er
Fi gur e 3

OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

APPENDI X J
Subj ect t o Expor t Cont rol , see Cover Page f or det ai l s . Page 4
Aug 1/ 12


OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

APPENDI X K
Aug 1/ 12
APPENDIX K - TARGET ACQUISI TION TI ME PROBABI LITY TABLE
The f ol l owi ng t abl e shows t he pr obabi l i t y of t ar get acqui si t i on t i me i ncr easi ng by mor e t han a
speci f i ed t i me ( i n addi t i on t o t he nor mal t wo t o t hr ee sec) . The t abl e i ndi cat es, f or exampl e, t her e
i s a 10% pr obabi l i t y t he t ar get acqui si t i on t i me i ncr eases by mor e t han t en sec.
NOTE: The t abl e onl y appl i es when t est i ng one UUT Ant enna. Ot her UUT Ant ennas ar e
shi el ded, di sabl ed or out of t he l i ne of si ght pat h wi t h t he I FR 6000 TCAS.
.

I NCREASE I N TARGET
ACQUI SI TI ON TI ME
PROBABI LI TY
PERCENTAGE
>3 sec 91%
>4 sec 76%
>5 sec 59%
>6 sec 44%
>7 sec 31%
>8 sec 22%
>9 sec 15%
>10 sec 10%
>11 sec 7%
>12 sec 4%
>13 sec 3%
>14 sec 2%
>15 sec 1%
>16 sec 0. 7%
>17 sec 0. 4%
>18 sec 0. 3%
>19 sec 0. 2%
>20 sec 0. 1%
Tar get Acqui si t i on Ti me Pr obabi l i t y
Tabl e 1

OPERATI ON MANUAL
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APPENDI X K
Aug 1/ 12


OPERATI ON MANUAL
I FR 6000

I NDEX
Aug 1/ 12
INDEX

Abbr evi at i ons App D
AC Power Requi r ement s 1- 2- 1, p 2
ADS- B 1- 2- 4, p 56
ADS- B GEN 1- 1- 2, p 7
1- 2- 4, p 78
ADS- B/ GI CB 1- 1- 2, p 8
1- 2- 4, p 90
ADS- B/ GI CB MAI N 1- 2- 4, p 58
ADS- B MON 1- 1- 2, p 6
1- 2- 4, p 58
ADS- B Set up 1- 2- 4, p 56
ALTI TUDE ENCODER Connect or
Al t i t ude Encoder Test 1- 2- 4, p 28
Pi n- Out Tabl e App E, p 3
Ant enna Coupl er
Set up and Test i ng 1- 1- 2, p 5
1- 2- 4, p 29
Ant enna, Di r ect Connect
Descr i pt i on 1- 1- 2, p 4
1- 2- 4, p 29
Ant enna, Di r ect i onal
Ant enna Shi el d Pr ocedur e App J, p 2
Aut o Test 1- 2- 4, p 8
AUX I N Connect or Pi n- Out Tabl e App E, p 4
AUX OUT Connect or s Pi n- Out Tabl e App E, p 6

Bat t er y
Char gi ng 1- 2- 1, p 1
Oper at i on 1- 2- 1, p 1
Rechar gi ng 1- 2- 1, p 2
Br eakout Box
Connect or s App E
Oper at i on 1- 2- 4, p 123
Compl yi ng wi t h I nst r uct i ons 1- 2- 1, p 1
Conf i gur at i ons, Tr ansponder
Tabl e App F
Connect or Pi n- Out Tabl es
Br eakout Box
ALTI TUDE ENCODER Connect or App E, p 3
AUX I N Connect or App E, p 4
AUX OUT Connect or App E, p 6
REMOTE Connect or App E, p 7
RS- 232 Connect or App E, p 5
USB DEVI CE Connect or App E, p 2
USB HOST Connect or App E, p 2
Test Set
I / O Connect or s App A, p 1
REMOTE Connect or App A, p 2
Cont r ol s, Connect or s and I ndi cat or s 1- 2- 2, p 1

DME 1- 2- 4, p 31
DME Set up 1- 2- 4, p 32
DME Set up Ant enna 1- 1- 2, p 9
DME Set up Di r ect Connect 1- 1- 2, p 9
DME Test i ng 1- 1- 2, p 10

Ext er nal Cl eani ng 1- 2- 1, p 3

Fact or y/ Power Up Pr eset s App C
Funct i onal Capabi l i t i es 1- 1- 1, p 1

Gener al Descr i pt i on and Capabi l i t i es 1- 1- 1, p 1
Gener al Oper at i on 1- 2- 1, p 1
Gener al Set up 1- 1- 2, p 2
Gr oundi ng Power Cor d 1- 2- 1, p 1

I nst al l at i on 1- 2- 1, p 1
I / O Connect or s App A, p 1

Met r i c/ Br i t i sh Conver si on Tabl e App B
Mode S Addr ess Bl ocks
Pr oduct Speci f i c Li st App G
Compl et e Li st App H

Oper at i ng Pr ocedur es 1- 2- 4, p 1
Oper at i ng Saf et y 1- 2- 1, p 1
Oper at i on 1- 2- 1, p 1
Over t he Ai r Gr ound Test 1- 2- 4, p 30
Over t he Ai r Si mul at ed Al t i t ude Test 1- 2- 4, p 30

Per f or mance Eval uat i on
Gener al 1- 2- 3, p 1
Sel f Test 1- 2- 3, p 1

Qui ck St ar t 1- 1- 2, p 1

Regul at or y Responsi bi l i t i es 1- 1- 1, p 2
Test Set App A, p 2
Br eakout Box App E, p 7
Repacki ng Pr ocedur e 1- 4- 1, p 1
RS- 232 Connect or Pi n- Out Tabl e App E, p 5

Saf et y Pr ecaut i ons 1- 2- 1, p 1
Sel f Test 1- 2- 3, p 1
Shi ppi ng
I nf or mat i on 1- 4- 1, p 1
Repacki ng Pr ocedur e 1- 4- 1, p 1
Si gnal For mat s App I
Speci f i cat i ons 1- 3- 1, p 1
DME Mode Si gnal Gener at or 1- 3- 1, p 1
UUT Measur ement s 1- 3- 1, p 3
Mi scel l aneous 1- 3- 1, p 14
Suppl ement al I nf or mat i on 1- 3- 1, p 16
TCAS Mode Si gnal Gener at or 1- 3- 1, p 10
Tr ansponder Mode Si gnal Gener at or 1- 3- 1, p 4
St andar d Accessor i es App J
St ar t - Up 1- 2- 4, p 2
St or age 1- 5- 1, p 1

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I NDEX
Subj ect t o Expor t Cont rol , see Cover Page f or det ai l s. Page 2
Aug 1/ 12
Tar get Acqui si t i on Ti me App K
Test Li st 1- 2- 4, p 10
TCAS Mode 1- 2- 4, p. 35
ATCRBS 1- 2- 4, p 51
Br oadcast Moni t or 1- 2- 4, p 49
Moni t or Scr eens 1- 2- 4, p 47
Oper at i on Concept 1- 2- 4, p 35
Recommended Test Pr ocedur e 1- 2- 4, p 54
Scr een 1- 2- 4, p 42
Set up 1- 2- 4, p 38
Set up Ant enna 1- 1- 2, p 10
Set up Scenar i o Dat a Scr een 1- 2- 4, p 45
Sur vei l l ance Moni t or 1- 2- 4, p 47
Test i ng 1- 1- 2, p 11
1- 2- 4, p 38
TI S Mode
Gener al descr i pt i on 1- 2- 4, p 115
Mode 1- 2- 4, p 115
Set up 1- 2- 4, p 115
Set up Di r ect Connect 1- 1- 2, p 13
Test i ng 1- 1- 2, p 13

USB DEVI CE Connect or App E, p 2
USB HOST Connect or Pi n- Out Tabl e App E, p 2

XPDR
Al t i t ude Encoder 1- 2- 4, p 28
Aut o Test 1- 2- 4, p 8
Conf i gur at i ons 1- 2- 4, p 2
Di r ect Connect Pr ocedur e 1- 1- 2, p 4
1- 2- 4, p 29
Ant enna Coupl er Connect
Pr ocedur e 1- 1- 2, p 5
1- 2- 4, p 29
Over The Ai r Test s 1- 2- 4, p 30
Set up 1- 2- 4, p 3
Test Li st 1- 2- 4, p 10
Test i ng 1- 1- 2, p 5

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