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Thread: ENG and SYS buttons?
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09-02-2009, 04:59 PM #1
ENG and SYS buttons?
Hello all,
How do the ENG and SYS buttons work? These are the two small buttons located right below the MFD legend on the Autobrake Panel.
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09-02-2009, 06:02 PM #2
Re: ENG and SYS buttons?
From the 737 FCOM:
page 13.10.2:
Push SYS
displays hydraulic indications on lower DU; or if the lower DU is
unavailable, displays it on upper DU or inboard DU based on the position
of the display select panel selector
second push blanks lower DU.
page 7.15.3:
Push ENG
displays secondary engine indications on lower DU; or if the lower DU is
unavailable, on upper or inboard DU based on the position of the display
select panel selector
second push blanks lower DU.
you can download the FCOM from the file library
Chris
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09-02-2009, 06:18 PM #3
Re: ENG and SYS buttons?
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09-02-2009, 06:29 PM #4
Re: ENG and SYS buttons?
I must admit, I dont know the right answer for this. I [I]believe[I], it depends on the options the aircraft owner wants realized from Boeing Co.
Any real world 737 pilot out there, who might know this?
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09-02-2009, 07:53 PM #5
Re: ENG and SYS buttons?
FCOM page 9.10.13:
Push SYS
displays flight control surface position indications on lower DU; or if the
lower DU is unavailable, displays it on upper DU or inboard DU based on
the position of the display select panel selector
second push removes indications on the respective DU.
Apart from this, I guess there are no other selectable indications.
Look into the BBJ FCOM for graphic descriptions.
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09-02-2009, 08:02 PM #6
Re: ENG and SYS buttons?
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09-02-2009, 08:21 PM #7
Re: ENG and SYS buttons?
Isn't there a switch on the MIP for Lower Du? It is on a panel directly above and center of the PFD and NAV Display.....
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09-03-2009, 11:31 AM #8
Re: ENG and SYS buttons?
From what I found in the PMDG 737 documentation, there are airline customer software options for either a side by side display, a over-under-display and a compact display. In the over-under-option, you can apparently cycle thru a small elec-hydraulic page and the flight control surface position indications on the lower DU with the sys pushbutton. When pushing the eng button, the secondary engine EICAS instruments are displayed in the lower DU.
With PM, there is also a possibility to switch between these displays from inside the FMC. But I don΄t know, if this is implemented in the real smiths FMC as I did not find a description for this in the FMC guide, which can also be downloaded in the file library.
ak49er
Re: ENG and SYS buttons?
Isn't there a switch on the MIP for Lower Du? It is on a panel directly above and center of the PFD and NAV Display.....
Cheers
Chris
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09-03-2009, 11:37 AM #9
Re: ENG and SYS buttons?
Ok, so basically, once I get my LOWER EICAS monitor hooked up, I can run the MFD displays there and cycle through all the different MFD screens by using the SYS button? Cool... All I would need to do is to write a SIOC logic so that it cycles through each screen on every press of the SYS button. Also make it so that when I press the ENG button, it switches the lower EICAS to display the secondary engine display. Nice!
Thanks!
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09-03-2009, 01:00 PM #10
Re: ENG and SYS buttons?
Cycling through the MFD screen is usually done with the Tab key.
Just assign that key to an interfaced switch and your done!
(check the PM manual, most functions are accessible that way)Jackpilot
B737-700 Posky
FS9/P.Magenta
without PMSystem
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