PRIMUSr 880 Digital Weather Radar System
Appendix B
Enhanced Ground-Proximity Warning System (EGPWS)
The Mark VII EGPWS combines information from aircraft navigation equipment (i.e., flight management system (FMS), inertial reference system (IRS), global positioning system (GPS), radio altimeter) with a stored terrain database that alerts the pilot to potentially dangerous ground proximity.
In addition to the verbal alert, the EGPWS can display the terrain data on the weather radar indicator. Depending on the installation, the pilot pushes a button to display the terrain, or the terrain data is automatically displayed when a Terrain Alert occurs.
SYSTEM OPERATION
To display the EGPWS, the weather system can be in any mode except OFF. When the EGPWS is active, the indicator range up and down arrows control the EGPWS display range. The AZ button on the indicator is also active and the azimuth lines can be displayed or removed.
The other radar controls do not change the terrain display, but if they are used while the EGPWS is displayed, they control the radar receiver transmitter antenna (RTA), and the effect is displayed when the system returns to the radar display.
EGPWS Controls
The typical EGPWS installation has remotely mounted push button controls and status annunciators that are related to the display on the radar indicator. The paragraphs below give a functional description of the recommended controls.
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