Flight Data Systems HHMPI - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
2 Operators manual
Handheld Multi-Purpose Interface (HHMPI)
Contents
Record of changes 4
List of figures 4
List of tables 5
2.0 Introduction 5
2.1 HHMPI models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 HHMPI equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.3 Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.4 Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.0 Getting started 12
3.1 Terminology used in this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2 Using the HHMPI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.1 Connecting the HHMPI to an FDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.2 Powering and charging the HHMPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2.3 Charging the HHMPI with the docking cradle . . . . . 15
3.2.4 Turning on the HHMPI and self-test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2.5 Reset operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.3 Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.4 Menu structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.5 HHMPI configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.5.1 Clock Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.5.2 Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.5.3 Memory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.5.4 Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.5.5 Aircraft Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.5.6 Security Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.5.7 Live Data Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.5.8 Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.5.9 Settings Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.6 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.0 Operation 19
4.1 Download file name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.2 Aircraft lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.2.1 Loading aircraft details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.2.2 Creating an Aircraft List on a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.2.3 Transferring the Aircraft List to the HHMPI. . . . . . . . 20
4.2.4 Creating the Aircraft List on the HHMPI . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.2.5 Adding Entries to the HHMPI Aircraft File . . . . . . . . . 21
4.2.6 Deleting an aircraft from the Aircraft list on the HHMPI
21
4.2.7 Saving the Aircraft list to the USB flash drive on the
HHMPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.2.8 Deleting all aircraft from the Aircraft list on the HHMPI
22
4.2.9 Prompt for Tail No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.3 Downloading flight data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.3.1 Downloading recorded data from the FDR to a USB
flash drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.3.2 Decompressing CVR data at the aircraft . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.3.3 Decompressing CVR away from the aircraft . . . . . . . 25
4.3.4 Using the CVR rack adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.4 Viewing live flight data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.4.1 Live Data View Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.4.2 Adjusting ARINC 717 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.4.3 Changing the display format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.5 Viewing live flight data in engineering units . . . . . . . . 29
4.5.1 Assigning an Aircraft Definition file to an aircraft . . 30
4.5.2 Viewing Live Flight Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.6 File transfer operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.6.1 File transfer between HHMPI storage locations . . . . 32
4.6.2 Other storage operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.6.3 File transfer PC to HHMPI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.7 Network operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.7.1 DHCP network settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.0 Configuring an FTP connection 34