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Old 13th Oct 2008, 05:29
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Spanner Turner
 
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Certainly the challenge is out to everyone if they can show a TCAS unit coupled to Ground Prox and Radar Altimeters...
Oh Dear, the following is from the 747-400 Maintenance Manual(my highlighting).

The dedicated components of a TCAS system consists of:
• A TCAS computer
• A top directional antenna
• A bottom antenna,
- which may be either omnidirectional or directional, depending
on the flight phase.

The TCAS system interfaces with:
• The ATC system;
- L and R ATC Mode S transponders,
- top and bottom ATC antennae and
- ATC/TCAS control panel.
• Integrated display system (IDS)
• Modularised avionics and warning electronics assembly
(MAWEA)

The system makes use of interfaces with:
Left and Right Radio Altimeters
Ground Proximity Warning Computer (GPWC)
• Landing gear module
• Air/ground relays
• Left and Right Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
• L and R central maintenance computer (CMC’s)
• Data management unit (DMU)
The TCAS II computer is a receiver/transmitter unit which contains
the processors required to determine if the path of nearby airplanes
will intersect the flight path of the TCAS equipped airplanes.
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