acms airborne communications management system - Saab

ACMS – Airborne CoMMuniCAtionS MAnAgeMent SySteM
ACMS BUILDING BLOCKS
GENERAL CONTROL PANEL (GCP)
The GCP provides the operator interface
for both audio management and peripheral
equipment control and includes:
• Five software definable rotary switches
with pushbuttons and a graphics LCD
display.
• Microphone and headset audio interfaces
with audio controls.
• HMI menus and status display for
communications management (i.e.
setting up frequencies and modes of
the radios and radio navigation equipment).
A secondary function of the GCP is to act
as a backup controller for peripheral equipment
such as radios and radio navigation
equipment. The GCP may be connected
to a Multifunction Central Display Unit
(MCDU) to enhance the HMI capability of
the cockpit.
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gCP FeAtureS
• Voice operated intercom operation (VoX).
• Alarm tone/Message generators/playback.
• Audio Digitizing, Mixing, Switching and
routing.
• radio and radio navigation equipment
Control (frequencies and modes, as well as
Ptt control and management for radios).
REMOTE CONTROL PANEL (RCP)
The RCP provides the Operator Interface
for audio management, headset interfaces
and radio PTT interfaces. A smaller unit
with less equipment interfaces compared
with the GCP. The operator interface
includes:
• Five software definable rotary switches
with pushbuttons and a graphics LCD
display.
• Microphone and headset audio interfaces
with audio controls.
• HMI menus and status display for
Communications Management.
A secondary function of the RCP is to provide
communications control management
capabilities (i.e. radio control, radio navigation
control, PTT management, and warning
tones/messages playback) via the DCB.
The RCP is smaller than a GCP (reduced
unit depth) and can be installed in areas
where limited space is available. It is suitable
for use by the pilots in a cockpit due to
the fact that all communications functions
controllable from a GCP can be controlled
from an RCP (via the DCB) as well.
rCP FeAtureS
• Voice operated intercom operation (VoX).
• Alarm tone/Message generators/playback.
• Audio Digitizing, Mixing, Switching and
routing.
• radio and radio navigation equipment
Control via the DCb (frequencies and modes,
as well as Ptt control and management
for radios etc.).
GENERAL INTERFACE UNIT (GIU)
The GIU interconnects peripheral communications
equipment and provides
integrated communications management
capabilities without any operator interface.
The GIU can be connected to Radios, Air
Traffic Control Transponders (ATC or IFF),
Aircraft Information Systems (AIS), Sonar
Buoy Systems, Global System for Mobile
communications (GSM) and Radio Navigation
equipment such as
VOR/ILS, DME, ADF etc. The GIU also
provides data bus connections to aircraft
data busses for avionics system integration
purposes. (ARINC 429 Busses and/or MIL-
STD-1553B Busses).
The GIU is basically a GCP without a bezel.
It is installed in the equipment bays of
aircraft, close to the peripheral equipment,
to reduce loom length and weight.
giu FeAtureS
• Alarm tone/Message generators/playback.
• Audio Digitizing, Mixing, Switching and
routing.
• Microphone and headset audio interfaces
with audio controls.
• radio and radio navigation equipment
Control (frequencies and modes, as well as
Ptt control and management for radios).
• Voice operated intercom operation (VoX).