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SSQAR
Solid State Quick Access Recorder

P/N : 200-E20-XXXX

Technical Specification

Specification No : TSP-05
Revision No : 1.00 IND B Date : Mar 15 2005
Subject : Solid State Quick Access Recorder (SSQAR) P/N : 200-E20-XXXX
Prepared by : Dominique Lopez
Approved by : Pierre Henri Tamet

Flight Data Vision Ltd

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A M E N D M E N T R E C O R D

Date Page(s) Ind. Modification Date Signature

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T A B L E O F F I G U R E S

Fig. Page Comment

01 11 SSQAR Part Number Matrix

02 11 PCMCIA Card Part Number Matrix
03 14 SSQAR Overview - 1 -
04 14 SSQAR Overview - 2 -
05 15 SSQAR Outline Drawings
06 --- Reserved
07 17 ARINC DATA A, B Electrical Characteristics
08 18 ARINC 429 32 BIT WORD
09 19 ARINC 429 Waveform Characteristics
10 19 ARINC 429 Tolerances
11 25 SSQAR LED Status Table
12 27 SSQAR Functional Diagram
13 30 Main Aircraft Connector
14 31 P/N 200-E20-XXXX Main Aircraft Connector Pin Assignment
15 --- Reserved
16 33 SSQAR Environmental Specification
17 36 SSQAR Program Configuration

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T E R M S & A B B R E V I A T I O N S

ABREVIATION COMMENT

ARINC AERONAUTICAL RADIO INC

BITE BUILT IN TEST EQUIPMENT
FDAU FLIGHT DATA ACQUISITION UNIT
DFDR DIGITAL FLIGHT DATA RECORDER
EPROM ELECTRICAL PROGRAMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
LSB LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT
MSB MOST SIGNIFICANT BIT
NOVRAM NON VOLATILE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
PCMCIA PERSONAL COMPUTER MEMORY CARD INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
RTC REAL TIME CLOCK
SRAM STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
SSQAR SOLID STATE QUICK ACCESS RECORDER
VAC VOLTS ALTERNATING CURRENT
VDC VOLTS DIRECT CURRENT
WPS WORDS PER SECOND

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TABLE OF CONTENT

I INTRODUCTION 08

I-1. SCOPE 08

I-2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS 09

II SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 10

II-1. PRODUCT APPLICATION 10

II-2. PART NUMBER MATRIX 11

II-2.1. SSQAR PART NUMBER MATRIX 11
II-2.2. PCMCIA CARD PART NUMBER MATRIX 11

II-3. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY 12

II-4. DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS 13

II-4.1. DIMENSIONS 13
II-4.2. WEIGHT 13
II-4.3. MARKING AND IDENTIFICATION 13
II-4.4. COOLING 13
II-4.5. MOUNTING AND ORIENTATION 13
II-4.6. INPUT POWER 13
II-4.7. INPUT / OUTPUT CIRCUIT PROTECTION 16
II-4.8. SOFTWARE DESIGN 16
II-4.9. RELIABILITY 16
II-4.10. MAINTAINABILITY 16

II-5. FUNCTIONNAL CHARACTERISTICS 17

II-5.1. DATA INPUT 17
II-5.1.1. ARINC 573/717 INPUT 17
II-5.1.2. ARINC 573/717 DATA STREAM SELF DETECTION 17
II-5.1.3. ARINC 429 INPUT 18
II-5.1.4. DISCRETE INPUT 20
II-5.1.5. RUN CONTROL 20
II-5.1.6. RS422 INPUT / OUTPUT 21
II-5.1.7. CONFIGURABLE DATA ACQUISITION PROGRAM 21
II-5.1.8. ETHERNET INTERFACE 22
II-5.2. STORAGE MEDIA 23
II-5.3. BUILT IN TEST RECORD AND STATUS MONITOR 23
II-5.3.1. OVERVIEW 23
II-5.3.2. BUILT IN TEST EQUIPMENT (BITE) 23
II-5.3.2.1. POWER ON SELF TEST (POST) 23
II-5.3.2.2. DATE-TIME CLOCK VALIDITY 23
II-5.3.2.3. PC CARD VALIDITY 23
II-5.3.2.4. LED INDICATORS - DETECTED FAILURES 24
II-5.4. POWER DOWN 26
II-5.5. DOWNLOAD - READOUT 26

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TABLE OF CONTENT (Cont)

II-6. PERFORMANCE 29
II-6.1. DATA INPUT 29
II-6.2. RECORDING DURATION 29
II-6.3. ERROR RATE 29
II-6.4. DATA RETENTION 29
II-6.5. POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENT 29
II-6.6. POWER UP DELAY TO OPERATIONNAL STATE 29
II-6.7. POWER INTERRUPT TOLERANCE 29
II-6.8. DATA LOSS ON POWER DOWN 29
II-6.9. ISOLATION 29
II-6.10. TEMPERATURE RANGE 29

II-7. SYSTEM INTERFACE 30

II-7.1. MAIN AIRCRAFT CONNECTOR 31

III ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATION 33

IV INTERCHANGEABILITY 34

V MAINTENANCE AND CONFIGURATION 35

V-1. BUILT IN TEST EQUIPMENT 35

V-2. MAINTENANCE PERIOD 35

V-3. REPAIR OF THE EQUIPMENT 35

V-4. CONFIGURATION AND UPDATE 35

V-4.1. UPDATING DATE AND TIME 35
V-4.2. UPDATING THE ACQUISITION PROGRAM 36

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T H I S S H E E T I S I N T E N T I O N A L LY B LA N K

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I INTRODUCTION

I-1. SCOPE

The purpose of this Product Specification is to provide a functional description of the

Solid State Quick Access Recorder (SSQAR), used as part of an improved flight recording
system.

This specification summarizes the performance capabilities and interface characteristics

of the 200-E20-XXXX maintenance recorder series.

The flexibility of the product and its adherence to the functional characteristics of ARINC
573/717 and ARINC 429 allow its installation on most aircraft types with or without
basic DFDAU/DFDR provisions.

The SSQAR utilises industry standard re-writable PC-Card (PCMCIA) disk media,
providing a significant increase in storage capacity and improvements in reliability over
existing recorders.

The SSQAR main characteristics are summarized as follows :

. Simultaneous recording of several input lines : ARINC 573, ARINC 429, RS422,
Discrete,

. Parameter selection and sampling modes available for each ARINC 429 input line,

. Run Control command,

. Maintenance Data available through RS422 line,

. Acquisition settings are fully and easily configurable by the operator,

. All recordings are precisely tagged with date, time and aircraft settings,

. Maintenance Upgrades can be easily operated through dedicated PCMCIA.

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I-2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

ARINC 573-7 Mark2 Aircraft Integrated Data System

ARINC 717-7 Flight Data Acquisition and Recording System

ARINC 429 Mark 33 Digital Information Transfer System (DITS)

ARINC 607 Design Guidance for Avionics Equipment

Design Guidance for Aircraft Electrical Power

ARINC 609
Systems
Minimum Operational Performance Specification For
EUROCAE ED 55
Flight Data Recorder Systems
Environmental Conditions And Test procedures For
RTCA DO-160D/EUROCAE ED-14D
Airborne Equipment
Software Considerations In Airborne Systems And
RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
Equipment Certification

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II SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

II-1. PRODUCT APPLICATION

The SSQAR (Solid State Quick Access Recorder) is an airborne flight data recorder
capable of fulfilling the classic QAR functions in a civil aircraft environment, as specified
in ARINC 573, ARINC 717 and ARINC 429 standard :

. One ARINC 717 Bi-Phase input line, data rate up to 2048 x 12 bit word/Second,

. One ARINC 717 Bi-Polar RZ input line, data rate up to 2048 x 12 bit word/Second,

. ARINC 717 Data stream Self Detection

. Four ARINC 429 data, High Speed or Low Speed, selectable by the user,

. Label select and sampling mode for each ARINC 429 input line,

In addition to the requirements specified in these documents, the following extra

features are available to the system integrator :

. Four discrete inputs,

. One RS422 interface for maintenance data,

. One RS232 interface for interactive diagnostics beyond the front panel status LEDs,

. Run Control selection for Start and Stop of recording,

. Acquisition program defined by the user,

. Acquisition program easily uploadable by the user,

. Uploadable update software,

. Time and date stamped records,

. Records tagged with the aircraft details : A/C type, A/C S/N, A/C Tail ...,

. 10 years battery backed up internal memory for storage of date and time,

. Storage capacity up to 2 Gigabytes depending on the PC Card type used,

. Microsoft Windows© compatible records,

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II-2. PART NUMBER MATRIX

II-2.1. SSQAR PART NUMBER MATRIX

ARINC 717 ARINC 429 Discrete Inputs Ethernet

RS422 Connection
Part Number Input Lines Input Lines &
Input/Output
(Bi-P- B-RZ) (HS/LS) RUN CONTROL

4 Discretes 1
200-E20-XXXX 2 4 1
1 RUN CONTROL 10 / 100

XXXX figures are reserved for specific Customer configurations

Fig 01 : SSQAR Part Number Matrix

II-2.2. PCMCIA CARD PART NUMBER MATRIX

The SSQAR utilizes industry standard type II PCMCIA Cards. So far, the capacity of such
storage media ranges up to 2 Giga Bytes.

The following table presents some of the most currently used models. For reference
purpose, an estimate of ARINC 573/717 data capacity is calculated for three different
data rates.

Flight Hours Flight Hours Flight Hours

Part Number Capacity
at 64 WPS at 128 WPS at 512 WPS

FMC-0128 128 MBytes 379 190 47

FMC-0256 256 MBytes 759 379 95

FMC-0512 512 MBytes 1 517 759 190

FMC-1000 1 Giga Bytes 2 963 1 481 370

FMC-2000 2 Giga Bytes 5 926 2 963 741

Fig 02 : PCMCIA Card Part Number Matrix

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II-3. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

The SSQAR has been designed to minimize the cost of ownership for customers. The
lower life cycle cost is driven by three main factors :

. High reliability - All Solid Sate design -

. “On Demand” maintenance only and no calibration required.
. Low weight

Field Repair : Only one Shop Replaceable Unit (SRU)

The board is a single circuit card which achieves all the required flight
data parameter sampling and recording and controls all states and
modes of the system. This board also includes the PCMCIA Reader /
Writer management and electrical interface.

The power supply interface converts + 28 VDC aircraft power to

secondary power for the SRU and provides power failure monitoring and
power hold-up capability.

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II-4. DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS

II-4.1. DIMENSIONS

The main dimensions of the unit are as follows :

Overall Length : 163.00 mm

Overall Width : 146.00 mm
Overall Height : 38.08 mm

See detailed drawings at pages 14 and 15.

II-4.2. WEIGHT

The weight of the unit, including recording media, does not exceed 0,600 Kg / 1,3 Lb

II-4.3. MARKING AND IDENTIFICATION

The unit will bear the following identification markings :

. Name of the manufacturer

. Country of origin
. Unit description
. Part Number
. Serial Number
. Date of manufacture
. Hardware modification level
. Software modification level

II-4.4. COOLING

Free air convection. No forced air cooling is required for the unit to operate normally. An
adequate circulation of air around the unit is, however, recommended.

II-4.5. MOUNTING AND ORIENTATION

The unit must be rigidly mounted using the four DZEUS fasteners.

The unit will operate normally in any position or orientation. It is however recommended
that the equipment is positioned in such a way that the operator can easily gain access
to the front door in order to easily remove the PC Card.

II-4.6. INPUT POWER

The unit is DC powered :

DC : 28 VDC
Typical consumption : 2 to 3 W depending on the PCMCIA Card operated
Max consumption : 4 W on power up

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Fig 03: SSQAR Overview - 1 -

Fig 04: SSQAR Overview - 2 -

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146.00

DZEUS
38.08 Fastener

163.00

Aircraft Mating
MS27473T14B35S
37 Pin connector

ED-14D Cat : (B2/A3)CA(E1/BB)XWXDFSAAAAZVHA3XXA

SQAR - Solid State Quick Access Recorder

Mod Status : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

127.00
Part Number : 200-E20-XXXX

Power Supply : 28 VDC -

CTS - 77420 - France

Max Weight : 600 gr

DO-178B : Level D
Serial Number :
Date : 02/2004

Hardware :
Software :

Note : All dimensions in mm

Fig 05: SSQAR Outline Drawings

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II-4.7. INPUT / OUTPUT CIRCUIT PROTECTION

The unit provides short circuits and voltage transients protection for all external inputs
and outputs.

II-4.8. SOFTWARE DESIGN

The software has been designed to RTCA ED-12B / EUROCAE DO-178B standards as
level D equipment.

II-4.9. RELIABILITY

The unit has an anticipated predicted Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) rate of 10,000
hours per MIL-HDBK-217F. The SSQAR is designed to have a useful life in excess of 20
years, not including the PCMCIA media card.

II-4.10. MAINTAINABILITY

The SSQAR is designed so that no scheduled periodic maintenance or calibration is

required during the life of the unit (except for the Time/Date Battery which requires
replacement approximately every 10 years). The SSQAR is constructed in a modular
fashion to allow Shop Replaceable Unit (SRU) replacement for ease of repair with an
estimated Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) of 6 hours.

The SSQAR also utilizes extensive BIT to provide comprehensive SRU fault isolation

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II-5. FUNCTIONNAL CHARACTERISTICS

II-5.1. DATA INPUT

II-5.1.1. ARINC 573/717 INPUT

The functions and characteristics of the ARINC 573/717 interface are specified as
follows:

Function :

Flight Data Serial Bit Stream from DFDAU/DFDR/DMU in accordance with ARINC
573/717 characteristics.

Characteristics :

Data Rates : 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048 x12 bit words per second
Encoding : Harvard Biphase / Bipolar RZ
Definition Document : ARINC 573-7
Electrical : See table below

Amplitude (V)
Function Mode of Coding State Input
Operation Line A to Line B to Line A to Impedance
GND GND Line B

Hi +5 ±0.5 0 ±0.5 +5 ±1
Harvard
12 KΩ
Bi-Phase
Low 0 ±0.5 - 5 ±0.5 - 5 ±1
ARINC
DATA Differential
input
1 +5 ±0.5 -5 ±0.5 +10 ±1
Bipolar
RZ 12 KΩ
0 -5 ±0.5 + 5 ±0.5 - 10 ±1

Fig 07: ARINC DATA A, B Electrical Characteristics

II-5.1.2. ARINC 573/717 DATA STREAM SELF DETECTION

The ARINC 573/717 interface is self-configuring : Upon aircraft power-on, the interface
shall automatically adapt the ARINC 573/717 data stream input rate. The configuration
is then stored to an internal non volatile memory of the equipment. This configuration
shall be selected upon the next power-up and compared to the actual data rate before
the equipment starts recording.

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II-5.1.3. ARINC 429 INPUT

The functions and characteristics of the ARINC 429 interface are specified as follows:

Function :

Flight Data Stream from ARINC 429 transmitters in accordance with ARINC 429
characteristics.

Characteristics :

Data Rates : High Speed (HS) 100 KBPS and Low Speed (LS) 12.5 KBPS
Encoding : 32-Bit Word transmitted LSB first See Fig 08 below
Definition Document : ARINC 429 Mark 33 Digital Information Transfer System (DITS)
Electrical : See tables below

P SSM Most Significant Data DATA - 19bits Least Significant Data SDI 8-Bit Octal Label

32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

MSB 32-Bit ARINC 429 Word LSB

Fig 08: ARINC 429 32 BIT WORD

The SSQAR ARINC 429 inputs are provided in 32-bit ARINC 429 words received
individually at an expected rate equivalent to the operator programmed data rate. The
sampling of each one of the labels received is defined by the user and up loaded to a non
volatile memory of the equipment.

The equipment may acquire the ARINC 429 labels according to one of the following
methods:

a) Label Recognition.

When the equipment has been up-loaded with the relevant data, it may acquire up to
64 user defined ARINC 429 labels, each one being sampled at a specific rate.

b) Label Don’t Care.

Each ARINC 429 input line of the SSQAR shall record the ARINC 429 labels as they
are received.

Each available ARINC 429 input line of the unit may be assigned one method or the other.

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TX RCV
Voltage Side Voltage Side
C D 13V

HI 10V ± 1 V HI

6.5V

2.5V
NULL 0V ± 0.5V NULL
A
ñ2.5V

ñ6.5V
B
LOW ñ10V ±1 V LOW

ñ13V

Fig 09 : ARINC 429 Waveform Characteristics

LTR Parameter High Speed Low Speed

ñ Bit Rate 100KBPS ±1% 12-14.5 KBPS

A 1st half of pulse 5 μsec ±5% B/2 ±5%
B Full pulse cycle 10 μsec ±2.5% Z* μsec ±2.5%
C Pulse Rise Time** 1.5 ±0.5 μsec 10±5 μsec
D Pulse Fall Time** 1.5 ±0.5 μsec 10±5 μsec
* Z = 1/Bit Rate; Bit Rate is the selected rate of transmission of 12 - 14.5 KBPS
** The Pulse Rise (C) and Pulse Fall (D) times are measured between their 10% to 90% amplitude.

Fig 10 : ARINC 429 Tolerances

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II-5.1.4. DISCRETE INPUT

The unit provides 4 Discrete Inputs ARINC-717 Shunt Type.

Function :

Discrete input in accordance with ARINC 573/717.

Characteristics :

Data Rates : 4 Hz
Encoding : 2-state Grounded or Open
Definition Document : ARINC 717
Shunt Type Electrical : Logical Level “0”
. Input Voltage Range : -5 V to +3 V
. Resistance : 100 Ω

: Logical Level “1”

. Input Voltage Range : +3.5 V to +35 V
. Resistance : 100 Ω

II-5.1.5. RUN CONTROL

Each one of the discrete inputs may be defined as a RUN CONTROL parameter. The unit
shall start and stop recording according to the logic assigned to the RUN CONTROL
discrete input as set up in the Configurable Data Acquisition Program (See § V-4.2.)

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II-5.1.6. RS422 INPUT / OUTPUT

The unit comes with a high speed RS422 Input / Output serial communication link.

Function :

Serial asynchronous for command transfer or record data.

Characteristics :

Data Rates : 250 K Bauds

Encoding : 7/8 bit data, Odd/Even/No Parity
Definition Document : EIA-RS422
Receiver Electrical : Input Common Mode Voltage : -7V to +12V
: Input Resistance : 12 KΩ
: Input Threshold : -0.2V to +0.2V
: Isolation Resistance : > 100 MΩ
: Isolation Barrier : 1600VRMS/ 1 minute
: Thermal Shutdown Protection
Driver Electrical : Output Common Mode Voltage : < 4V
: Output Voltage (No Load) : 8Vpp
: Output Voltage (Load = 50 Ω) : 2Vpp
: Rise and Fall time : < 2μs
: Isolation Resistance : > 100 MΩ
: Isolation Barrier : 1600VRMS/ 1 minute

II-5.1.7. CONFIGURABLE DATA ACQUISITION PROGRAM

The SSQAR acquisition program for the ARINC 429 labels and Discrete inputs is fully
customisable to the operator requirements:

ARINC 429 Input Lines :

. Each line may be identified as High Speed or Low Speed

. The labels to acquire from each one of these lines are user’s definable. Up to 16 labels
may be defined for each ARINC 429 input line.
. The sampling of each defined label is programmable by the operator
. An ARINC 429 input line may be defined as “Label Don’t Care : In such a case, all
incoming labels are recorded.

Discrete Input Lines (Shunt):

. Each discrete input line may be used for the RUN CONTROL command
. The sampling of each input line may be defined by the operator.

These settings are defined by the operator running a Windows compatible Ground
Software and uploaded to the SSQAR thanks to a dedicated PCMCIA card. The settings
are read and checked by the unit and stored to a non volatile internal memory.

The settings fully apply on next power-on of the unit

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II-5.1.8. Ethernet Interface

The SSQAR provide the relevant provisions to interface to the Ethernet network using a
standard TCP-IP 10/100 protocol.

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II-5.2. STORAGE MEDIA

The SSQAR utilizes industry standard type II PCMCIA Cards. So far, the capacity of such
storage media ranges up to 2 Giga Bytes.

II-5.3. BUILT IN TEST RECORD AND STATUS MONITOR

II-5.3.1. OVERVIEW

The SSQAR has been built using a minimal interface to aircraft systems and using only
power and data inputs. As such, most failures of internal circuitry will result only in non-
functioning of the SSQAR itself. Such non-functioning will result in the non-availability of
data when the PC Card is downloaded.

II-5.3.2. BUILT IN TEST EQUIPMENT (BITE)

The SSQAR incorporates software and hardware to support the Built In Test Equipment
(BITE), the purpose of which is to detect equipment failures or degradations that will not
allow the unit to operate normally.

The BITE techniques, used in the SSQAR to achieve the specified performance, are as
follows :

II-5.3.2.1. POWER ON SELF TEST (POST)

A comprehensive Power On Self Test (POST) is performed to test system components at

“Power up”. The comprehensive nature of the testing is only constrained by the
requirement to achieve operational status within a reasonable time (less than 10
seconds)

II-5.3.2.2. DATE-TIME CLOCK VALIDITY

On “Power up”, the date and time values are checked for accuracy. Failure of either of
these checks will cause the clock to reset to a fixed default value.

II-5.3.2.3. PC CARD VALIDITY

On “Power up”, the software performs the following PC CARD checks:

a) Presence and availability of the card

b) Free space available on the card
c) Writing capability
d) Status of the front door

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II-5.3.2.4. LED INDICATORS - DETECTED FAILURES

The front of the unit has 4 LEDs showing the following SSQAR status :

a) FAILURE
b) LOW CAPACITY
c) READY / RECORD
d) CONFIGURATION

When the unit is working properly, the LEDs illuminate in the following sequence:
ra ord
n
Co y / ity

tio
igu c
ad ac
nf Re
Re ap
Lo re
C
ilu
w
Fa

At Power Up, all LED illuminate during 3 seconds

Then all LED flicker during POST (Power On Self Test)
The Ready / Record LED illuminates when the unit is ready to record
Ready / Record LED flickers when data is received and recorded

These conditions remain until the power is switched off.

During operation, when a failure has been detected by the unit, one of the following
status displays:
ra ord
n
Co y / ity

tio
igu c
ad ac
nf Re
Re ap
Lo re
C
ilu
w
Fa

LED Status Possible Reasons Action - Notes

The PC Card is missing Check
The Door is open Check
The Power on Self Test failed Unit failure - Maintenance
The PC Card is nearly full Replace or Clear out

Note : Recording shall continue

until PC Card is full

The PC Card is full Replace or Clear out

Note : Recording is no longer

possible

The unit is ready to record but no Check. Run Control option may
incoming signal is received be the normal reason.

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After the configuration of the SSQAR has been defined on to the ground station, it is
uploaded using a dedicated PCMCIA Card. During this operation, the following LED
status applies:

ra ord
n
Co y / ity

ti o
igu c
ad ac
nf Re
Re ap
Lo re
C
ilu
w
Fa

LED Status Operation Action - Notes

Upon PCMCIA Card insertion, a Configuration PC Cards are
configuration file has been detected dedicated and may not be used
by the unit to record data
The new configuration is being For safe operation, the door of
loaded and processed the unit must not be opened
during this process

The configuration has been Remove the PCMCIA Card.

successfuly completed

Fig 11 : SSQAR LED Status Table

The LED is illuminated

The LED is OFF

The LED flickers

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II-5.4. POWER DOWN

The SSQAR contains the necessary circuitry to achieve a complete monitoring of the
incoming aircraft power supply and perform the relevant actions in order to ensure a
safe data recording process.

When a power failure occurs, the SSQAR enters a Power Down function. The recording
continues while in the Power Down function. If the power failure condition exists for more
than 1 second, “housekeeping” tasks are performed to save all pointers, flush any data
contained in buffers to the PCMCIA card and update all relevant indexes. If the power is
recovered after 1 second but before a hardware reset is issued, the record function is
re-activated. If power does not recover, recording ceases until power is applied again and
initialisation is completed.

A description of the interaction between these different states is shown in fig 12.

II-5.5. DOWNLOAD - READOUT

The download and readout of the recorded data is performed by a ground support
equipment composed of a standard laptop or desktop PC running the Professional
Ground Station (PGS) software P/N : 100-0100 or 100-0200.

This PGS software has been designed to readout and plot precisely the recorded
parameters and to provide automatic Flight Data Analysis in accordance with
FOQA/HOMP requirements. The PGS software is Windows 98/NT4/2000 and XP
compatible.

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POWER ON

NEP

BACKUP T1
RESTORE ARINC 573
DEFAULT
CONFIG AUTO SPEED
CONFIG

T0

T2
NEP

START NEP DOOR OPEN NEP STOP

TICK REC FILE TICK
ISR 1 CLOSE ISR 4

NEP STOP NEP T6 NEP START

TICK
CFG FILE REC FILE
TICK T7
DECODE OPEN
ISR 1 ISR 3

T3
T4 NEP

NEP
WAIT FOR BACKUP RECORD
DOOR CLOSED CONFIG
T9 BLOCK

NEP

T5 T8
NEP

T10 NEP START NEP DISK FULL NEP STOP

WAIT FOR
TICK REC FILE TICK
DOOR OPEN T12
ISR 2 CLOSE ISR 3

T11 NEP

NEP PSV BAD NEP STOP

PSV BAD
REC FILE TICK
STANDBY
CLOSE ISR 2
NEP

T13

NEP
WAIT FOR
RESET

Fig 12 : SSQAR Functional Diagram

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The transitions between states are as follows :

T0 End process with previous configuration file not retrieved from EEPROM or not successfully
decoded
T1 End process with previous configuration file retrieved from EEPROM and successfully
decoded and ARINC573 "ON"
T2 End process with previous configuration file retrieved from EEPROM and successfully
decoded and ARINC573 "OFF"
T3 Door closed detection
T4 End process with "Configuration file retrieved from PC-card FLASH disk and successfully
decoded"
T5 Door opened detection
T6 End process with "No configuration file present on PC-card FLASH disk"
T7 End process due to "door opened"
T8 End process due to "PC-card FLASH disk full"
T9 End process due to "PC-card FLASH disk full"
T10 Semaphores of the power supply voltage supervisor indicates that the timeout of "Bad PSV"
has expired
T11 Semaphores of the power supply voltage supervisor indicates that the timeout of "Bad PSV"
has expired
T12 End process with the semaphores of the power supply voltage supervisor indicating that the
timeout of "Bad PSV" has expired
T13 Power supply voltage wakeup time has expired
NEP Normal End of Process.

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II-6. PERFORMANCE

II-6.1. DATA INPUT

ARINC 573/717 Input : Bi-Phase or Bi-Polar RZ. Up to 2048 X 12-Bit Words per second.
ARINC 429 Inputs : Up to 64 identified labels, each one having a defined sampling.
: Or 2O00 non-identified labels per second.
Discrete Input : 4 Shunt type discrete.
A RUN CONTROL process may be operated by any one of
these 4 Discrete inputs.
RS422 Input/Output : Up to 250 K Bauds

II-6.2. RECORDING DURATION

The SSQAR utilizes ATA Flash PC Card PCMCIA Type II - From 32 MByte to 2 Gigabyte -
and may record up to 6000 flying hours at a rate of 64 WPS

II-6.3. ERROR RATE

14
Less than 1 bit in 10

II-6.4. DATA RETENTION

10 Years

II-6.5. POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENT

The unit may either be AC or DC powered :

DC : 28 VDC
Typical consumption : 2 to 3 W depending on the PC Card Used
Max consumption : 4 W on power up

II-6.6. POWER UP DELAY TO OPERATIONNAL STATE

Less than 10 Seconds

II-6.7. POWER INTERRUPT TOLERANCE

Normal operation through power interruptions < 200 MS. The unit shall however have
sufficient power to continue normal running during at least 1 second.

II-6.8. DATA LOSS ON POWER DOWN

None if capacitors are charged. Capacitors are fully charges after the unit has been
powered on during at least 20 seconds.

II-6.9. ISOLATION

Connector / Chassis > 100 MOhms at 500 VDC

II-6.10. TEMPERATURE RANGE

Normal Operating - 40° C to +70° C

Ground Survival - 55° C to +80° C

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II-7. SYSTEM INTERFACE

The table below summarizes the mating connectors with regard to the relevant unit.

Wiring
Main Unit Mating
Part Number Description
Connector Connector
Page

AE208E14B35PN-MD002 JMS27473T14B35S
200-E20-XXXX 37 Pin 37 Pin 31

Fig 13 : Main Aircraft Connector

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II-7.1. MAIN AIRCRAFT CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGMENT

Model : SSQAR
P/N : 200-E20-XXXX
Unit Main Connector : AE208E14B35PN-MD002
A/C Mating Connector : JMS27473T14B35S

PIN SIGNAL

01 CHASSIS GND
02 28 VDC LINE
03 28 VDC NEUTRAL
04 SIGNAL GND
05 ARINC 429 CHANNEL 1 INA
06 ARINC 429 CHANNEL 1 INB
07 ARINC 429 CHANNEL 2 INA
08 ARINC 429 CHANNEL 2 INB
09 ARINC 429 CHANNEL 3 INA
10 ARINC 429 CHANNEL 3 INB
11 ARINC 429 CHANNEL 4 INA
12 ARINC 429 CHANNEL 4 INB
13 ARINC 717 INA
14 SIGNAL GND
15 ETHERNET TX+ RESERVED
16 ETHERNET TX- RESERVED
17 ETHERNET RX+ RESERVED
18 ETHERNET RX- RESERVED
19 ETHERNET SHIELD RESERVED
20 DISCRETE 0/G 1
21 DISCRETE 0/G 2
22 CFG RS232 TX
23 CFG RS232 RX
24 SIGNAL GND
25 DISCRETE 0/G 4
26 SIGNAL GND
27 ARINC 717 INB
28 ETHERNET SHIELD RESERVED
29 ETHERNET SHIELD RESERVED
30 ETHERNET SHIELD RESERVED
31 DISCRETE 0/G 3
32 RS422 TX-
33 RS422 TX+
34 RS422 SHIELD
35 RS422 RX-
36 RS422 RX+
37 RS422 SHIELD

Fig 14 : P/N 200-E20-XXXX Main Aircraft Connector

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T H I S S H E E T I S I N T E N T I O N A L LY B LA N K

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III ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATION

The unit has been tested to RTCA- DO160D standards as per table below.

Specification Requirement Category/Method Comment

Temperature and Altitude

B2/A3 Operating Low Temperature: -45°C
DO 160D CHAP 04
Temperature Variations
C
DO 160D CHAP 05
Humidity
A
DO 160D CHAP 06
Operational Shock and Crash Safety 3 per axes 6g/11ms

DO 160D CHAP 07 1per axes 20g/11ms

Vibration Resonance Frequency Research

DO 160D CHAP 08 change 1 2000
Operating Test 30 Mn
décember
Endurance Test 60 mn
Operating Test 30 Mn
Resonance Frequency Research
Acceleration
Explosion
X : Not required
DO 160D CHAP 09
Waterproofness
X : Not required
DO 160D CHAP 10
Fluids Susceptibility
X : Not required
DO 160D CHAP 11
Sand and Dust
D
DO 160D CHAP 12
Fungus
X : Not required
DO 160D CHAP 13
Salt Spray
X : Not required
DO 160D CHAP 14
Magnetic Effect
Z
DO 160D CHAP 15
Power Input
A
DO 160D CHAP 16
Voltage Spike
A
DO 160D CHAP 17
Audio Frequency Susceptibility
A
DO 160D CHAP 18-issue 2001
Induced Signal Susceptibility
Z
DO 160D CHAP 19
Radio Frequency Susceptibility
V Level C equipment - ECF SPX902
DO 160D CHAP 20
Radio Frequency Emission
H ECF SPX902 Requirement
DO 160D CHAP 21
Lightning InducedTransient
X : Not required
Susceptibility
DO 160D CHAP 22
Lightning Direct Effects
X : Not required
DO 160D CHAP 23
Icing
X : Not required
DO 160D CHAP 24
Electrostatic Discharge
A
DO 160D CHAP 25

Fig 16 : SSQAR Environmental Specification

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IV INTERCHANGEABILITY

All equipment is directly interchangeable - both mechanically and electrically - with other
equipments bearing the same part number and having the same modification status.

All sub-assemblies within the equipment are also interchangeable with others bearing
the same part number and having the same modification status.

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V MAINTENANCE AND CONFIGURATION

V-1. BUILT IN TEST EQUIPMENT

Failures detected by BITE are reported in fig 11 page 25

Other than the BITE system, in-depth diagnostics of the equipment can be performed
by connecting a PC/terminal to the RS232 interface. These tests are more time
consuming than those performed during “Power-up” self test and can be performed in
situ.

V-2. MAINTENANCE PERIOD

“On condition” maintenance applies to the SSQAR, as far as it is practicable, using the
BITE to identify unit failure.

Exception to this is for the RTC backup battery. It is recommended that the RTC backup
battery is replaced every 10 years.

V-3. REPAIR OF THE EQUIPMENT

The average repair time, including testing of the repaired equipment, is 6 hours.

This assumes the following :

a) The repair is restricted to module replacement only

b) Replacement modules have been previously tested and are readily available.
c) The test equipment is, as recommended, for this unit
d) The repair is performed in a fully equipped avionic repair workshop

V-4. CONFIGURATION AND UPDATE

V-4.1. UPDATING DATE AND TIME

The internal Time and Date values are updated using the RS232 interface and the
Microsoft Windows Hyper Terminal software. Actual values are passed to the unit to
update the internal Date and Time.

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V-4.2. UPDATING THE ACQUISITION PROGRAM

Unless otherwise agreed, the SSQAR ships without any predefined acquisition program.
However, the unit comes with a Configuration Software that affords the operator to
easily set-up its own acquisition program and upload it to the unit:

Fig 17 : SSQAR Program Configuration

This software permits any compound of the following parameters :

. ARINC 573/717

This data stream may be recorded or not

. Discrete Input

Each available Discrete Input may be recorded or not. Any one of the available Discrete
Inputs may be used to operate a Run Control command. The starting of recording may
be defined when the Discrete Input turns to ON or OFF

. ARINC 429

Each available ARINC 429 input line may be set up to High Speed (HS) or Low Speed
(LS) mode. These input lines may as well use the “Label Don’t Care (LDC)” mode
(Records any incoming label) or Label Recognition Mode (LR). Using this mode, the
operator may define up to 16 labels to be acquired per ARINC 429 input line as
presented in fig 17 above.

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T H I S S H E E T I S I N T E N T I O N A L LY B LA N K

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