33. ECAM Control Panel (Indicating/ Recording Systems)

Question 1

If the upper DU knob is selected to OFF what will occur?

Answer 1

The E/WD display would automatically transfer to the “lower” display.

Question 2

With the E/WD displayed on the “lower” screen, what steps should be taken to view SD information?

Answer 2

Press and hold the appropriate system button on the ECAM CONTROL panel. The information selected will be available for 30 seconds.

Question 3

What does the ALL pushbutton do?

Answer 3

• Displays ALL the system pages successively in 3-second intervals when held down

• Release the pushbutton to maintain display of the selected page

Question 4

What does pressing the RCL pushbutton do?

Answer 4

• Allows the flight crew to review any warning or caution messages that the CLR pushbutton or flight phase inhibition may have suppressed

• If held longer than 3 seconds, the E/WD will show any caution messages suppressed by the EMER CANC pushbutton

Question 5

If the STS pushbutton is pressed and the system has no STATUS messages, what will be displayed?

Answer 5

“NORMAL” for 5 seconds

Question 6

What occurs during the Before Takeoff Flow when the T.O. CONFIG pushbutton is pressed?

Answer 6

• The system simulates the application of takeoff power and checks certain systems for proper configuration

• A warning is displayed if a system is not configured properly

• “TO CONFIG NORMAL” is displayed in the TO MEMO section if the configuration is correct

Question 7

What does the EMER CANC accomplish?

Answer 7

• Cancels the audio for warning messages (without removing any ECAM message)

• Cancels the present caution for the rest of the flight

• Calls up the STATUS page, which displays “CANCELLED CAUTION” and the TITLE of the failure

• Inhibited message can be recalled by holding RCL for more than three seconds

Question 8

What is the purpose of having the EMER CANC pushbutton?

Answer 8

Used to cancel spurious MASTER CAUTIONS