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3.2.24 Selected Heading Field<br />

© 20xx, RTCA, Inc.<br />

a. The “Selected Heading” is an 8-bit field that shall (242AR3.139-A) contain Selected<br />

Heading data encoded in accordance with Table 3.2.24.<br />

b. Encoding of Selected Heading data shall (242AR3.139-B) be rounded so as to<br />

preserve accuracy of the source data within ±½ LSB.<br />

c. Whenever there is NO valid Selected Heading data available, then the Selected<br />

Heading Status, Sign, and Data subfields shall (242AR3.139-C) be set to ZERO (0)<br />

as indicated in Table 3.2.24.<br />

Note: On many airplanes, the ADS-B Transmitting Subsystem receives Selected<br />

Heading from a Mode Control Panel / Flight Control Unit (MCP / FCU). Users<br />

of this data are cautioned that the Selected Heading value transmitted by the<br />

ADS-B Transmitting Subsystem does not necessarily reflect the true intention of<br />

the airplane during certain flight modes (e.g., during LNAV mode).<br />

Table 3.2.24: Selected Heading Status, Sign and Data Field Values<br />

Values <strong>for</strong> Selected Heading:<br />

Status Sign Data<br />

Meaning<br />

0 0 0000 0000 NO Data or INVALID Data<br />

1 0 0000 0000 0.0 degrees<br />

1 0 0000 0001 0.703125 degrees<br />

1 0 0000 0010 1.406250 degrees<br />

* * **** **** **** **** ****<br />

* * **** **** **** **** ****<br />

* * **** **** **** **** ****<br />

1 0 1111 1111 179.296875 degrees<br />

1 1 0000 0000 180.0 or -180.0 degrees<br />

1 1 0000 0001 180.703125 or -179.296875 degrees<br />

1 1 0000 0010 181.406250 or -178.593750 degrees<br />

* * **** **** **** **** ****<br />

* * **** **** **** **** ****<br />

* * **** **** **** **** ****<br />

1 1 1000 0000 270.000 or -90.0000 degrees<br />

1 1 1000 0001 270.703125 or -89.296875 degrees<br />

1 1 1000 0010 271.406250 or -88.593750 degrees<br />

1 1 1111 1110 358.593750 or -1.4062500 degrees<br />

1 1 1111 1111 359.296875 or -0.7031250 degrees<br />

3.2.25 Status of MCP/FCU Mode Bits<br />

The “Status of MCP / FCU Mode Bits” is a 1-bit field that shall (242AR3.140-A) be used<br />

to indicate whether the mode indicator bits are actively being populated (e.g., set) in<br />

accordance with Table 3.2.25.<br />

If in<strong>for</strong>mation is provided to the ADS-B Transmitting Subsystem to set the Mode<br />

Indicator bits to either “0” or “1,” then the “Status of MCP/FCU Mode Bits” shall

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