SENDING/BUILDING A PREPROGRAMMED MESSAGE
The PREPROGRAMMED MESSAGES MENU Page is accessed
from the SEND AFIS MSG
Page. (Figure 7-73) An entry in
the TO or # field must be made
before access to PPM is avail-
able.
1. Line Select Key -
DEPRESS to position cur-
sor over the PPM field.
2. ENTER Key - DEPRESS.
Up to six messages can be
listed on the PPM MENU
Page which appears.
3. Line Select Key - DEPRESS to position cursor over desired mes-
sage title or blank title field.
(Figure 7-74)
4. MESSAGE TITLE - VERIFY
or ENTER. A new title may
be entered with a maximum
of 18 characters.
To change an existing title,
type characters over the old
Title. The BACK Key can
be used to delete charac-
ters one at a time.
NOTE: Whenever a title is
changed or erased, the preprogrammed message associated with
the title will be erased also.
5. ENTER Key - DEPRESS. The preprogrammed message associ-
ated with that title will appear. If no message has been pro-
grammed the display will be blank. Insert message as requied up
to 7 lines of text.
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GNS-XLS Flight Management System AFIS Operation
Rev. 3
Sep/96
SEND AFIS MSG
MESSAGE PPM
TO: DISPATCH
FR: N2175C
#: SNABCDE
DELAYED DUE TO WX
NEW ETA IS 1430Z
SEND MESSAGE?
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Figure 7-73
PPM MENU
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3 HOTEL RESERVATIONS
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Figure 7-74