EasyFMC

Introduction

Flight Plan

FMC Pages

Notes

The Future

EasyFMC - Pages in Detail

FMC Pages

The flight plan creation and modification process is the most important part of EasyFMC. This is why it was detailed in the previous section and it allowed you to see some of the FMC pages.
This section describes in details all the other EasyFMC pages for each available look-and-feel, to let you get the best of this device.

DATA Page

Airbus	Boeing
Accessible through the DATA button:	Accessible from the MENU page through LSK 1R:

This page provides the following:

• Gives access to the navigation database to get information about any airport, VOR or NDB. Just enter the identifier and press LSK 1L, 2L or 3L depending on the type of facility (airport, VOR, NDB).
  For the airports, additional pages provide detailed information about the runways (length, orientation and ILS frequency) and COM frequencies (tower, ATIS, ...)
• Indicates the current version of EasyFMC (1.0.0 in this screenshot) on LSK 4R.
• Lets you save the current flight plan as a GPS flight plan using LSK 6L.
• (Boeing only) Lets you enter hte ILS frequency and course for arrival. It is automatically set when you select the arrival runway if it is equiped with an ILS. You can also enter this information manuallyon LSK 1R and 2R.
  On Airbus, this is available on the RAD NAV page (see below).
• (Boeing only) Lets you turn AUTOTUNE on and off. When the ILS frequency and course are set (automatically or manually), you can activate the AUTOTUNE. It will automatically set ILS frequency and course when your aircraft arrives within 30 NM of the destination airport.
  On Airbus, this is available on the RAD NAV page (see below).

INIT Page

Accessible through the INIT button:

As explained in the flight plan section, you can enter the FROM and TO airports on this page (LSK 1R). You can also enter the flight number on LSK 3L, enter the cost index on LSK 5L (it has no impact on performance at this time) and enter the cruise altitude or flight level on LSK 6L. The current lat/long position is displayed on LSK 4L and LSK 4R.

RADIO NAV Page

Accessible through the RAD NAV button:

This page lets you set the radio-nav frequencies and activate the AUTOTUNE function. To set the frequency for VOR1, VOR2, ADF1 or ADF2, you can enter the navaid frequency or enter its identifier in LSK1L, 1R, 5L or 5R respectively. Entering the identifier is very convenient, even if you may have to choose between several navaids that have the same identifier (through the 'DUPLICATES" page).

POS INIT Page

Accessible through the INIT REF button:

This page displayes the current aircraft position according to the IRS. Unlike more advanced Flight Management Computers, you cannot update the aircraft position, it is read-only.

LEGS Page

Accessible through the LEGS button or from POS INIT page and LSK 6R:

This page displays the flight plan waypoints, starting from the next waypoint (also called the active waypoint) to the last waypoint before the destination airport. The first waypoint of the first page is displayed in inverted video to indicate it is the active waypoint. This is important because specific interactions can be done on this waypoint, especially the DIRECT operations (see the Flight Plan page for more details). For each waypoint, the distance and heading to the next waypoint is indicated on this page. Use PREV PAGE and NEXT PAGE buttons to navigate through the LEGS pages.

DEP ARR Page

Accessible through the DEP ARR button:

This page lets you select the runways at the departure and arrival airport and also gives you access to any airport information from the navigation database. To select the departure runway, press LSK 1L. It may happen that the departure airport is also the arrival airport (for example if you return in case of an emergency landing). In this case, press LSK 1R to select an arrival runway on the departure airport. In normal situation, press LSK 2R to select the runway at destination. In any case, the runway selection page appears: Select the desired runway by pressing the corresponding right line select key. In order to get runway information about any other airport, enter its identifier in the scratchpad and press LSK 6L or 6R for departure and arrival accordingly.

PROG Page

Accessible through the PROG button:

This page displays the previous and next waypoint, displaying the distance to the active waypoint. It also shows the destination airport and the distance to go to the destination.