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Embraer Prodigy® Flight Deck 100 Pilot’s Guide
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ADDITIONAL FEATURES
SYSTEM DATA LOGGING
NOTE
: An account must be established with Garmin Flight Data Services to make full use of the System Data
Logging feature.
ThesystemprovidesrecordingofCASandCMCmessagesthatoccurwhiletheaircraftisonthegroundorin
ight,includingenginetrendandexceedancedata,aswellasaircraftpositionandightphasetransitionlogs.
Theloggeddatawillincludethemessagetimeandthemessagestate(active,inactiveorinhibited).
Additionally,thesystemiscapableofloggingdatapacketsfromtheHighSpeedDataBus.
Therecordeddata isthen assembledintoreports thatcanbe transmittedtoGarmin FlightData Services
using any of three data transmission methods (Wi-Fi,IridiumRUDICS,and IridiumShortBurstData). The
systemselectstheappropriatetransmissionmethodbased onparameterssetbytheaircraftmanufacturerand
communicationnetworkavailability.Datatransmissionmaybeinitiatedmanuallywhentheairplaneisonthe
ground.
Ifreport transmissionisinterrupted forsomereason (e.g.networksunavailable, hardwarefailure,loss of
power),thesystemwillattempttoresumesendingthereportsatthenextopportunity.Thesystemensuresthe
complete data set is transmitted.
Transmittedreportsremaininthesystem’smemoryuntiltheyareoverwrittenbynewerdata.
ControlandmonitoringofreporttransmissionsisaccomplishedthroughtheAUX-REPORTSTATUSPageas
seeninFigure8-114.
Viewing the Report Status Page:
1) Turn the large FMS Knob on the MFD to select the AUX page group.
2) Turn the small FMS Knob to select REPORTS/DATA LINK.
3) If necessary, select the REPORT Softkey to display the AUX-REPORT STATUS Page.
Figure 8-114 Report Status Page