
REVUETHOMMENAG
CH-4437 Waldenburg
AC32 DIGITAL AIR DATA COMPUTER
INSTALLATION MANUAL
Table of Contents Page
REVISION HISTORY..........................................................................................................................................2
SERVICE BULLETIN INDICES..........................................................................................................................4
SECTION I..........................................................................................................................................................9
Introduction................................................................................................................................. 9
A. Purpose of the manual ........................................................................................................ 9
B. Equipment Specification...................................................................................................... 9
C. Technical Specification...................................................................................................... 13
D. Equipment Dimensions ..................................................................................................... 14
E. Interface Block diagram..................................................................................................... 16
SECTION II.......................................................................................................................................................17
General Information................................................................................................................... 17
Description................................................................................................................................ 17
A. Equipment Description ...................................................................................................... 17
Operations ................................................................................................................................ 18
A. Theory of Operations......................................................................................................... 18
B. Operating Modes............................................................................................................... 22
Testing...................................................................................................................................... 23
A. Built-in-Test....................................................................................................................... 23
B. Failure Modes.................................................................................................................... 24
SECTION III......................................................................................................................................................26
Approvals.................................................................................................................................. 26
A. General ............................................................................................................................. 26
B. Instructions for Continued Airworthiness............................................................................ 26
C. Environmental Qualification............................................................................................... 27
SECTION IV .....................................................................................................................................................31
Installation................................................................................................................................. 31
A. General ............................................................................................................................. 31
B. Unpacking and Inspecting ................................................................................................. 31
C. Pre and Post Installation Check ........................................................................................ 31
D. Electrical Interface............................................................................................................. 31
E. Electrical connector........................................................................................................... 35
G. Digital Data Interfaces....................................................................................................... 43
G.3.1 Label 203 (Pressure Altitude)....................................................................................... 46
G.3.12 Label 217 (Indicated static pressure).......................................................................... 57
G.3.20 Label 320 (Magnetic Heading) ................................................................................... 65
I. ICAO Encoded Altitude Output ........................................................................................... 71
J. RS-232 Serial Interface...................................................................................................... 71