Navigation Radios

 

The Navigation radio models the ability to tune and receive VOR or NDB information and display the raw data on the displays and pass back positional data to the FMGS.  The data set for the station data contains information about the reception range of each station, which sis used to determine if reception is possible. Line Of Sight calculations are used to determine the current range to station. Terrain occultation is not done.

 

Lights

 

The Light model computes the lighting discretes that would be needed by a visual interface. It also provides the electrical loading input to the electrical system. The overhead light switches are used as input.

 

Flap control unit

 

This model encompasses the flaps, slats and their respective drive mechanisms and control unit. the model computes flap load relive and schedules the flaps according to the flap handle setting and the aircraft POF. The model responds correctly to hydraulic supply availability of the Green and Yellow systems. The model also interfaces with the Flight Controls System to produce the Alpha Lock function.

 

ECAM, FWC, SDAC etc

 

The simulation uses a central warning system model which ultimately produces the ECAM messages on the EWD and auto-page changes on the System displays. The model is designed to produce any ECAM message that is known. Not all ECAM messages are known to date, so the model is flexible and allows any additional logic and message to be added easily. The text message and its control status (underlined, indented, color, associated messages etc) is sent to the display so only one model needs to be updated as more ECAM messages and possibility of ECAM messages occurs.

 

 

 

Display System

 

To allow for the possibility of using other displays systems and in accordance to the hardware design, the whole of the interface to the PFD, ND, EWD and System displays is performed in one model.  This one model collects the data from the simulated avionics buses and discrete information from the models and packages the information ready to send on Ethernet to any other PC capable of producing a Display.  Each Display data is a single package.  Each display system package has a header indicating the type of display and therefore allows the end user to interrupt the package data. In this way the physical left ND can show the left PFD, simply by changing the data package.  For some displays, there are various "pages" such as the system display and the Navigation Display. The Page header information within the data package allows the end user to interpret the information correctly. thus there is only one ND data package sent (to each side), but it may contain the VOR, or Plan information depending upon the knob selection in the cockpit. Pilot and Co-Pilot display data are independent.

 

Doors

 

There is a simple model of the doors to allow the Doors Page on the system Display and the pressurisation model to function.

 

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