AUTOMATION PPT FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINEES

1. FAMILIARIZATION ON
ATS AUTOMATION SYSTEM
(AIRCON 2100)
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2. AUTOMATION
DEFINITION
• It is a technique of operating or controlling a
process by automatic means such as by
electronic devices reducing human
intervention to a minimum.
• Automation system provides Air surveillance
data (through radars)and flight related
information to ATCOs for safe & efficient
management of traffic.
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3. REQUIREMENT OF AUTOMATION SYSTEM
• The air traffic controller's job consists of complex
tasks demanding a high degree of skill and active
application of unique cognitive abilities such as
spatial perception, information processing. The
controller must know where all of the aircraft under
his/her responsibility are, and determine how and
when to take action to ensure that they remain
separated from each other, while also seeing to their
requests and needs for descent, climb, take-off,
departure, etc.
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4. CONTINUED
• Although it is well accepted that the human
controller in the system has performed
these tasks more than adequately over the
years, it is also accepted that improvements
could be made by using decision support
software tools. These tools are expected to
assist the controller to some degree with
conflict prediction, detection, advisory and
resolution.
• The expectation is that greater degrees of
accuracy could be achieved through the
sophisticated data processing associated 4

5. CONCLUSION
• PRIMARY MISSION OF AUTOMATION SYSTEM
IS TO ENHANCE AIR TRAVEL SAFETY BY
PROVIDING ATCOs WITH INFORMATION
CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING AN ORDERLY FLOW
OF AIR TRAFFIC IN SAFEST AND MOST
EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE.
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6. BENEFITS OF AUTOMATION
• ENHANCED SAFETY, REDUCED DELAYS AND
INCREASED AIRPORT CAPACITY
• MORE EFFCIENT USEOF AIRSPACE WITH
REDUCED SEPERATIONS.
• REDUCES CONTROLLER WORKLOAD.
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7. SERVERS INTERCONNECTION
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8. General System Architecture
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9. SUBSYSTEMS
 Local Area Network(LAN)
 Common Time Facility (CTF)
 Servers
• Radar Data Communication Unit (RDCU)
• Flight Data Processor (FDP)
• Surveillance Data Processor (SDP)
 External Inputs
• Radar/ADS-B
• AFTN
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 Data Recording Facility (DRF)
 Control and Monitoring Display (CMD)
 Database Management System (DBM)
Controller Workstation
• Situation Data Display (SDD)
• Flight Data Display (FDD)
SUBSYSTEMS

11. Local Area Network(LAN)
 All communication in AIRCON 2100 is through LAN
only
 Dual operational LAN-1 & LAN-2 are provided
 In case of failure of one LAN , other LAN will operate
 LAN-3 also provided (Type B2 &Type C )
 If both LAN-1 & LAN-2 fail , LAN-3 can provide radar
data to the controllers
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12. Common Time Facility (CTF)
A common timing system is used by automation system
which is derived from GPS.NTP servers provide this
common time (GPS time) to all subsystems of aotomation.
Two time servers are provided , which are updating time
through LAN
Time is updated on regular basis for all machines to
ensure time synchronization
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13. SERVERS
RDCU: Radar Data Communication Unit
• Processes surveillance data received from different
Radars and send to SDP
 FDP: Flight Data Processor
• Processes flight plans data and other ATS messages
SDP : Surveillance Data Processor
• Receives data from RDCU & FDP to correlate tracks
with flight plans and then supply to SDD
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14. DATA RECORDING FACILITY (DRF)
DRF records data of all Air Traffic Control Displays(SDD)
round the clock
02 DRF servers are provided and both are working
simultaneously
All the recordings are available in two DRFs for
redundancy
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15. CONTROL AND MONITORING DISPLAY (CMD)
 AIRCON 2100 has redundant centralized Control and
Monitoring Display (CMD)
 CMD continuously monitors the health of entire
Automation system
 It gives Visual & Audio indication , if any component
fails
 It gives system messages to provide system
information about any change/fail
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16. DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DBM)
 DBM is used to :
• Define data related with Airport ( geographical
coordinates, routes ,airports , fix points etc.)
• To create, manage & remove databases using a user
friendly tools
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17. Controller Work Positions
 Each controller work Position has two Displays
(SDD & FDD)
• Situation Data Display (SDD) :
Displays radar targets
• Flight Data Display (FDD) :
Work Position for Flight Plans handling
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18. SDD
FDD
CONTROLLER WORKSTATION
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19. DIFFERENT TYPES OF
AIRCON 2100 SYSTEMS
TYPE C/B2/B1/A
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20. COMMON IN ALL SYSTEMS
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S.N0. ITEM TYPE A
(LOWEST)
TYPE
B1
TYPE
B2
TYPE C
(HIGHEST)
1. LAN 1 & LAN2
Common in all Indra Automation
Systems
2. NTP & FDP Servers
3. DRF & VRF
4. TECHNICAL &
OPERATIONAL
SUPERVISOR
5. DBM
6. ARO & BILLING
7. TOWER CONTROL

21. DIFFERENCE IN SYSTEMS
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S.N0. FACILITY TYPE A
(LOWEST)
TYPE
B1
TYPE
B2
TYPE C
(HIGHEST)
1 APPROACH CONTROL
(NON RADAR BASED)
X √ -- --
2 APPROACH CONTROL
(RADAR BASED)
X -- √ √
3 AREA CONTROL X X X √
4 RDCU & SDP SERVERS
and LAN-3
X X √ √

22. USEFUL FACTS OF TYPE C/B2 SYSTEMS
 Type C & B2 are same except 3 workstations extra in
Type C (2 – ACC & 1 – ACC TRG)
Type C & B2 have all servers (RDCU,SDP &FDP)
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23.  Type B1 & A systems are same except 2 workstations
extra in Type B1 (2- APP)
 Do not have RDCU,SDP servers (only FDP) and LAN3
USEFUL FACTS OF TYPE B1/A SYSTEMS
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 Reliable HP Servers and Workstations are used
 All Servers are redundant to ensure uninterrupted
operation
 All Servers have dual power supply , hence power
failure is minimum
 The operating system used is RED HAT ENTERPRISE
LINUX(RHEL) , which is very powerful and secured
IMPORTANT FEATURES OF AIRCON 2100

25. LAN CABLING
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Entire ATS Automation system is working on LAN &
hence LAN cabling plays very important role in smooth
operation
Very good quality STP CAT 6 LAN cables have been
used
Structured LAN cabling have been done for entire
LAN by fixing identification tags on all cables

26. In case of failure of any LAN cable , it can be easily
identified & replaced
LAN cabling diagrams are also displayed at the
required locations
Sufficient no. of spare cables have been also laid
down to replace the faulty cable
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27. Type C SYSTEM
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28. Type B2 SYSTEM
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29. Type B1 SYSTEMS
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30. Type A SYSTEMS
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31. Additional facilities
AIRCON 2100 has 02 additional facilities : (available
only at Ahmadabad)
 ATC Training Simulator : To provide ATC training to
the Controllers
 Software Support Facility (SSF): For testing of new
software and new versions
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32. Software Support Facility (SSF)
 It is a small AIRCON 2100 system , which is used for:
• Testing of S/W of entire system including database
management
• Verification of the operational suitability of software
versions updates
• New versions are updated in the operational system
only after verification in SSF for smooth operation
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34. Power supply distribution
 Four UPS of 15-KVA capacity each have been
provided
 UPS are divided into two sets (Set-I & Set-II)
 Each set of UPS consists of two UPS in load sharing
mode (50% load on each UPS)
 Both Set of UPS have I/P power supply through
different feed from the power house to ensure
maximum redundancy
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35.  All servers & LAN have dual power supply and
hence have supply from both the Set of UPS
 Hence even in case of failure of one Set of UPS ,
all servers & LAN will have supply available from
other Set
 Set-1 supply power to main Workstation
 Set-II supply power to S/By Workstations
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36.  The capacity of each UPS is sufficient enough so that :
•Each UPS of every set can take the load of entire Set
of UPS in case of failure of one UPS
 By following these steps , the failure due to power has
been minimized
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37. DRF1 DRF2 CMD
TECH.
CMD
OPER.
NEP.
SUPERVISOR
TECH.
PRINTER
OPER.PRINTE
R
DBM
RPS
2
RPS3
RPS
1
UCS1 UCS2 UCS6
UCS5
UCS4
UCS3 UCS10
UCS9
VAAH/VAUD
(radar)
FDP1 FDP2 NEP1
RDCU
Tx
RDCU
2
RDCU
1
SDP2
SDP1 NEP2
LAN1 LAN2 AFTN LINE
DRIVER
TWR LAN2
CTF2
CTF1
LAN3
VAPB/VABP(RADAR)
&
TWR LAN1/3
SET2 O/P SET2 O/P
SET2 O/P SET2 O/P
SET1 O/P SET1 O/P
SET1 O/P SET1 O/P
UPS
SET
-1
A
15K
VA
UPS
SET
-1
B
15K
VA
UPS POWER DISTRIBUTION
UPS
SET
-II
B
15K
VA
UPS
SET
-II
A
15K
VA
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38. Power supply of main server rack
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39. Power supply of s/by server rack
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42. Integration of multiple radars
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 AIRCON 2100 can be integrated with multiple
radars
 05 Radars/ADS-B are integrated at Trivandrum:
• Mode –S MSSR/Primary RADAR (Trivandrum)
• Mode-S Radar (Cochin/Mangalore/Bangalore)

43. SAFETY features (warning/alerts)
 Provides various safety features for the air traffic to
ensure safety of aircrafts :
• SHORT TERM CONFLICT ALERT (STCA)
• MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING (MSAW)
• AREA PROXIMITY WARNING (APW)
• MEDIUM TERM CONFLICT DETECTION (MTCD) 43

44.  SHORT TERM CONFLICT ALERT (STCA)
• Detection of potential violations of the separation
standards
 MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING (MSAW)
• Check for Actual Flight Levels(AFLs) below pre-
defined safe altitude
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45.  AREA PROXIMITY WARNING (APW)
• Detection of intrusion into Restricted areas
 Medium Term Conflict Detection (MTCD)
• Detection and identification of potential
conflicts in standard separations of flight plans
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46. CONTROL ANDMONITORINGDISPLAY (CMD)
 AIRCON 2100 has two centralized Control and
monitoring display (CMD) to monitor the health of
entire automation system continuously
 Displays each components in a graphical display
format
 It gives Visual & Audio alarm to alert the supervisor , if
any component fails
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47. When a component fails, appropriate action can be
taken on the CMD
It gives system messages to provide system
information about any change/fail
Each element at CMD has a color code, which defines
its status
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48. Cmd display (type c SYSTEM)
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49. different colors of SDD icons
1. Green - Integrated mode,
2. Light green - Mono mode,
3. Purple - Bypass mode,
4. Orange - Application down
5. Red - SDD down
6. Blue - Replay
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50. Recording facility
Data Recording Facility (Video data)
Voice recording Facility (Voice data)
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51. DATA RECORDING FACILITY (DRF)
DRF records data of all Air Traffic Control Displays(SDD)
round the clock
02 DRF servers are provided and both are recording
simultaneously
Every recording is available in two DRF at a time for data
redundancy
DRF records data in DAT tapes
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52. The last 24 hours data is recorded in the local disk of
SDD , which can be replayed at any time
Data beyond 24 hrs is saved in DAT tapes of DRF for
future playback
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53. Voice recording facility
 Two NEPTUNO Servers provided for voice recording
 Both NEPTUNO Servers records voice simultaneously
 NEPTUNO Server is 32 channel voice recorder
 One Neptuno supervisor provided to control and
monitor both Neptuno servers & to Configure the
recording channels
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54. Synchronized replay
AICON 2100 has one position for synchronized
replay
In synchronized replay both video and voice
data are synchronized
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55. Kickstart server
AIRCON 2100 has a very important server known as
Kickstart server
Basically it has backup & restore facility , which can
restore any machine through a single click (kickstart)
It has the backup of all servers & workstations
No CD/DVDs are being used in AIRCON 2100 due to
the important feature of Kickstart Server
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56. Backups are being taken on regular basis to ensure
the backup of all machines
In case of S/W failure of any machine this backup can
be used to restore it
Backup has to be taken whenever there is any
change in system configuration
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57. INTEGRATION OF RADAR DATA
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58. LINUX IMP FEATURES
• IT HAS A MULTI USER,MULTITASKING CAPABILITY.
• REDUCED IMPACT OF SECURITY
VULENARIBILITIES.
• IT IS AN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE i.e IT IS FREE
OF COST AND LINUX AND MANY LINUX
APPLICATIONS ARE DISTRIBUTED IN SOURCE
FORM.SO IT CANBE MDIFIED AND IMPROVED AS
PER REQUIREMENT.
• HIGH DEGREE OF PORTABILITY i.e. WE CAN DO
MODIFICATIONS.
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59. SDD
 Presents the controller with “the real air picture”
 Provides tabular and situation display formats
 Receives data processed by both SDP and FDP and
manages all these information for a coherent display
 Displays radar tracks integrated with the flight plan
information(data supply through SDP)
 Displays aeronautical, geographical, and
meteorological data through the use of graphical
objects
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60. SDD FUNCTIONS
 Radar tracks, plots and meteorological data display
 Flight plans lists display
 Automatic modification of flight plans lists according
to the different flight plan statuses
 Display of lists of flights in Hold, Lost or Conflict
Route graphical display of flight plans with estimates
of passing time and levels on each route fix point
 Flight Plan route graphical modification
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61. SDD SCREEN
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62. Thanks
FOR
YOUR ATTENTION
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