CDS – OPERATION
CURSORS
Up to three different cursors can be displayed on one DU in both pilots’
stations at a time.
Pilot and co-pilot can independently control cursors using their own CCD.
Cursors are typically shown as green boxes and respond either to the
joystick and the associated ENTER button or to any of the SET concentric
knobs.
At power up cursors are automatically selected on the MFDs, one on the top
line and one on the CAS window.
Cursors can be toggled between PFD and MFD by using the DISPLAY
SELECT buttons.
MFD FORMAT SELECTION
The top line of the MFD shows four virtual pushbuttons where a green box
cursor can be displayed.
The virtual pushbuttons are labelled as follows:
• Map
• Plan
• System
• Pwr Plant
At power-up, the Pwr Plant format is automatically selected.
The cursor can be positioned on any of the virtual pushbuttons using the
joystick on the CCD and then, pressing the ENTER pushbutton on the CCD,
the associated format is selected for the MFD: the corresponding pushbutton
is shown as “pressed”.
MFD DROP-DOWN MENUS
Each MFD virtual pushbutton has an associated drop-down menu that can
be displayed by moving the joystick down.
Joystick is then used to highlight the desired option and the ENTER
pushbutton to select it.
Quick escape from drop-down menu display is obtained by moving the
joystick to the left or to the right.
Some drop-down menu options operate as toggle switches: a black box
adjacent to the option label can be checked or unchecked by pressing the
ENTER pushbutton (e.g.: PwrPlant/Analog).
Some drop-down menu options are mutually exclusive selections: a black
dot is displayed adjacent to each option label involved. Pressing the ENTER
pushbutton to select an option (black dot changes into green dot), deselects
the others (e.g.: Map/TAWS, Map/Weather, Map/Off).
Some drop-down menu options show a LH or RH white arrow: moving the
cursor in the direction of the arrow a submenu opens to show additional
options (e.g.: System/Config, Map/Traffic).