787 Flight Crew Operations Manual
DO NOT USE FOR FLIGHT
Flight Management, Navigation -
Controls and Indicators
Copyright © The Boeing Company. See title page for details.
D615Z003-TBC 11.10.9
• magenta – data used by FMC for lateral and vertical flight commands
• active waypoint
• active airspeed
• active altitude
•cursor
• highlight box
• shaded gray – input field
• white –
• background for modified text
• most data
CDU Cursor and Highlight Box
Interaction with the CDU is accomplished by using the Cursor Control Device
(CCD) or the Cursor Control Selector (CCS). When using the CCD, hovering the
cursor over an active area of the CDU displays the highlight box. When using the
CCS the highlight box moves down when the CCS is rotated in a clockwise
direction and up when the CCS is moved in a counterclockwise direction. The
highlight box does not return to the top or bottom of the display when it reaches
the bottom or top respectively.
Each CDU page is composed of active and inactive areas. The highlight box only
displays over an active area. When the highlight box is displayed, an action may
be performed such as data entry or line key selection.
Additional manual manipulation of the highlight box is provided by the four
corners on the CCD touch pad that, when touched, result in the highlighting of the
corresponding 1L, 1R, 6L, or 6R line select key position.
An enter or line key selection may be performed utilizing any of the following:
• pushing the ENTER key on the onside multifunction keypad
• pushing the Cursor Select Switch on the onside multifunction keypad
• pushing the Cursor Select Switch on the onside CCD
Automatic Highlight Box Positioning
To facilitate data entry during preflight an autotabbing feature (airline
configurable enabled or disabled) has been implemented to guide the pilot through
the data entry process. When data is entered into a field in which autotabbing has
been enabled, the cursor automatically moves to the next appropriate entry field.
Autotabbing only operates when entering a page from a line select key and does
not operate when a function key is used to enter a page. Autotabbing is enabled on
the following FMC pages:
• ROUTE 1/X
•PERF INIT
• TAKEOFF REF 1/2
June 16, 2008
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