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With CAQ selected, the crewmember’s cursor is active for
selecting a terrain point on the TSD. When the crewmember
does not select a point on the TSD the TRN (terrain) “cross”
symbol is displayed with the label PLT or CPG. The TRN
symbol is white. The geographic location is stored in coordinate
COORD file T55 for the pilot and T56 for the CPG. If
each crewmember has a point selected, two TRN symbols
with the appropriate crewstation label will be displayed on the
TSD. RFI detected threats are only selectable when the selected
sight is TADS or Helmet Mounted Display (HMD).
Selecting the CAQ button freezes the TSD map.
3A.79.13 Acquisition (ACQ) Button. The ACQ button
provides the ability to select the desired acquisition
source for the selected sight. See Chapter 4 for description
of selections.
3A.79.14 INST Page Button. Selection of the INST
button will cause the INST page to be displayed.
Figure 3A-91A.
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MAP Viewing Range (Extended)
NOTE
Certain maps can be zoomed out further than
the viewable limits of the map in order to show
the entire FCR footprint when the ownship is
centered on the display. (The 12.5K Scale
maps can only be zoomed to show the entire
footprint when the ownship is decentered.)
3A.79.10 Center (CTR) Button. Selecting the CTR button
toggles the ownship symbol to the center or aft section of the
map area (based on orientation selection) on the display.
3A.79.11 Freeze (FRZ) Button. Selection of the FRZ
button provides the ability to freeze the map display or return
to an active display.
3A.79.12 Cursor Acquisition (CAQ) Button.
The CAQ
button allows for rapid selection of points/icons on the TSD
to set as an acquisition source. When the CAQ button is selected
the crewmembers can use the cursor to select any of
the following on the TSD page for use as acquisition source:
• Waypoints, Hazards, Control Measures
• Pre-planned or Stored Targets/Threats
• FCR Detected Targets
• RFI Detected Targets
• A Terrain TRN location on the TSD selected using
the cursor
3A.79.15 Receive (REC) Button. The REC button is used
to receive the most recent IDM messages that can be received
from the TSD page. The REC button is only displayed
when a message is in the IDM buffer. The REC button is displayed
in WHITE. When the REC button is selected by a
single push, the received grouped options are displayed with
up to four IDM messages (IDM sender callsign) displayed.
Selection of an IDM callsign will store the message to the current
mission or automatically switch to the RCVD message
page for TACFIRE messages. When the REC button is selected
by a double push, the last message received will be
stored. When the selected message is one of the following,
the message will be stored in the appropriate current mission
file location without being identified:
• WPT/HZD
• CTRLM
• TGT/THRT
• FCR TGT RPT
• BDA REPORT
• PF ZONE
• NF ZONE
• PF/NF ZONE
• RFHO
• PP REPORT
• FARM REPORT
When the message received is one of the following, selecting
the IDM callsign will automatically switch to the
RCVD MSG page of the ATHS-TACFIRE. See figure
3A-89A in paragraph 3A.71.6 for more information.
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