787 Flight Crew Operations Manual
DO NOT USE FOR FLIGHT
Flight Management, Navigation -
Company Datalink
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Manual Downlinks
Select a REQUEST prompt to start the downlink request for data. REQUEST
prompts (as configured by the airline) may be displayed on the PERF INIT,
TAKEOFF REF 1/2, DESCENT FORECAST, RTE, ALTN, ALTN LIST or RTE
DATA pages. Downlink reports of the active route may be accomplished by
selection of the REPORT prompt on the RTE page and a position report may be
downlinked by selection of the REPORT prompt on the POS REPORT page.
When the communications function is unable to prepare FMC downlinks, the
words FAIL, NO COMM, or VOICE display on the CDU pages in place of the
REQUEST and REPORT prompts. The datalink status also displays on the FMC
COMM page. Radios supporting datalink operations can be reconfigured by the
crew through the MFD COMM function.
(Refer to Command Key Functions
in Chapter 5, Section 40, for additional
information.)
The status messages are:
•FAIL –
• the data communications management function is inoperative, or
• the data radios have failed
• NO COMM –
• the data radios are operational but, not available
• VOICE – all available radios are operating in the VOICE mode
Reports
A REPORT prompt on each page downlinks a unique report applicable to that
page. The pages below contain report prompts.
Report Status
Below is a typical sequence of status in response to sending a report.
POS REPORTRTE
<PERRTO
UORET
>RTOPER
October 31, 2007
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