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Nat ACP51-100 Installation And Operation Manual

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Installation and Operation Manual
DACS Audio Control Panel
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Issued on the authority of Northern Airborne Technology Ltd.
ACP51-100
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SM81
ISSUE 1.01
Northern Airborne Technology Ltd.
1925 Kirschner Road
Kelowna, BC, Canada.
V1Y 4N7
Telephone (250) 763-2232
Facsimile (250) 762-3374
Copyright 2009
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  • Page 1 Installation and Operation Manual ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel NORM NORM NORM P P P T T T PRESET PRESET PRESET CALL CALL CALL SM81 ISSUE 1.01 Northern Airborne Technology Ltd. 1925 Kirschner Road Kelowna, BC, Canada. V1Y 4N7 Telephone (250) 763-2232 Facsimile (250) 762-3374 Issued on the authority of Northern Airborne Technology Ltd.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel SM81 Installation and Operation Manual Table of Contents Section Title Page Description Introduction Product Description Design Features Specifications 1.4.1 Electrical Specifications 1.4.2 Physical Specifications 1.4.3 Environmental Specifications 1.4.4 Product Approval Installation Introduction Unpacking and Inspection 2.2.1...
  • Page 4 ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel SM81 Installation and Operation Manual Section Title Page 3.3.10 ISO/CALL Button 3.3.11 ISO Indicator 3.3.12 CALL Indicator 3.3.13 Transmit Features 3.3.14 Back-up and Emergency Modes Installation and Operation Manual Page iv ENG-FORM: 820-0115.DOT CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY TO NORTHERN AIRBORNE TECHNOLOGY LTD.

  • Page 5: Description

    Information in this section consists of product description, design features and specifications for the ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel (ACP51). All derivative product information shall be contained in the applicable manual supplement, which may be obtained from Northern Airborne Technology Ltd as required.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    SM81 Installation and Operation Manual Specifications 1.4.1 Electrical Specifications Input Signals Input Power The ACP51-100 requires a conditioned Input Voltage supplied by an external communications management unit such as the AMU50: Nominal: 25.5 Vdc Maximum Current: 0.25 A @ 25.5 Vdc Night Mode Input Activation of the Night Mode input places the ACP51 integral lighting into Night Mode.

  • Page 7: Physical Specifications

    Four Dzus fasteners, 2.89 cm (1.137 in) vertical spacing 1.4.3 Environmental Specifications The ACP51-100 has been tested to the environmental conditions listed below. Environmental categories for which TSO compliance has been demonstrated are listed on the Environmental Qualification Form in Section 2 of this manual.

  • Page 8: Product Approval

    ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel SM81 Installation and Operation Manual 1.4.4 Product Approval When installed as part of the Northern Airborne Technology Ltd DACS: 1.4.4.1 FAA: TSO-C139 FAA: TSO-C139 (RTCA/DO-214 Class Ib, RTCA/DO-160E, RTCA/DO-178B Level C) Refer to SM76 AMU50-001 Audio Management Unit Installation and Operation manual for further installation compliance details.

  • Page 9: Installation

    INSTALLED BY AN AUTHORIZED NORTHERN AIRBORNE TECHNOLOGY LTD. DEALER. Product for which a warranty card is not returned shall be warranted from date of manufacture. Continued Airworthiness Maintenance of the ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel is ‘on condition’ only. Periodic maintenance of this product is not required. Installation Procedures...

  • Page 10: Warnings

    ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel SM81 Installation and Operation Manual 2.4.1 Warnings WARNING: High volume settings can cause hearing damage. Set the headset volume control to the minimum setting prior to conducting tests, and slowly increase the headset volume to a comfortable listening level.

  • Page 11: Mounting

    ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel SM81 Installation and Operation Manual 2.4.4 Mounting The ACP51 may be mounted in any orientation. The ACP51 is provided with four Dzus fasteners for rack mounting. No shock or vibration isolators are required. The ACP51 must be mounted to a clean metal surface which is electrically bonded to the aircraft ground plane.

  • Page 12: Adjustments

    ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel SM81 Installation and Operation Manual a) Check pin <2> for +28 Vdc OR pin <3> for +5 Vdc relative to ground (selected lights voltage). b) Check pins <9> and <10> for ground (less than 0.5Ω).

  • Page 13: Legend Installation Kit

    ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel SM81 Installation and Operation Manual 2.6.2 Legend Installation Kit The contents of each approved Legend Installation Kit ACPLK\xxx can be viewed on the Northern Airborne Technology Ltd website at www.northernairborne.com. Each individual legend is specified by a Part Number in the form 55-06-xxxx, where xxxx represents the text on the legend.
  • Page 20 Description: ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel Document.: ACP51\100\724-1 Rev.: 1.00 Only for use with the NAT DACS AMU50-001 This document is used to correlate between the ACP51 controls and the AMU50 Interconnect (AMU50\001\403-0 through 403-5) and Connector Map (AMU50\001\405-0) designations.

  • Page 22: Operation

    SM81 Installation and Operation Manual Section 3 Operation Introduction Information in this section consists of the functional and operational procedures for the ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel (ACP51). The ACP51 is an Audio Control Panel for a communications management system such as the Northern Airborne Technology Ltd Digital Audio Control System (DACS).

  • Page 23: Faceplate Illumination

    ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel SM81 Installation and Operation Manual 3.3.1.2 Continuous Built-In Test (CBIT) The ACP51 requires serial communication with the communications management system (for example the Northern Airborne Technology Ltd AMU50). If serial communications is lost for more than 0.5 seconds, all the ACP51 indicators will extinguish and remain off until communication is re-established.

  • Page 24: Transmit Active Indicator

    ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel SM81 Installation and Operation Manual Above each control knob is a Transmit Access indicator, which illuminates green when the associated transceiver is selected (by the transmit selector) and the ACP51 has access to that transceiver. If access to that specific transceiver has been restricted at installation, the indicator remains dark.

  • Page 25: Transmit Selector Switch

    ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel SM81 Installation and Operation Manual 3.3.7 Transmit Selector Switch The Transmit (TX) Selector is a nine position rotary switch used to select the transceiver for transmission. For additional information see section 3.3.13. When the TX Selector switch is turned fully ccw, it will be aligned with the ICS position.

  • Page 26: Iso Indicator

    ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel SM81 Installation and Operation Manual 3.3.10.2 ISO/CALL Button Operation The way the ISO/CALL button functions is set up at installation and depends upon the communications management system, such as the DACS. In a DACS, only the crew-designated ACPs can be used to select ISO mode. On all non-crew (passenger) ACPs, the ISO/CALL button will act as a CALL button only.

  • Page 27: Transmit Features

    ACP51-100 DACS Audio Control Panel SM81 Installation and Operation Manual 3.3.13 Transmit Features Note: Confirm the specific criteria associated with this installation with your installing agency. Various features may be configured through the audio management unit during installation. Typical examples are given below.

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