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The FAA’s Great Lakes Data Display System (AGL
DDS) is implemented at Port Columbus (CMH) Air Traffic Control
Tower and Terminal Radar Approach Control facilities. In
addition to the ATCT/TRACON hub system, the CMH DDS connects
with three remote satellite towers for bi-directional data
sharing. This project was awarded
competitively to Systems Atlanta, Inc.
Systems Atlanta delivered a
high-functionality, high-value COTS/NDI solution. The AGL DDS
utilizes enhanced IDS5 functionality implemented on latest
technology COTS equipment for a reliable, inexpensive, risk-free
solution.
The AGL DDS allows data from a variety of
internal and external sources to be consolidated onscreen in
many combinations and formats. Reference data, such as charts,
maps, approach plates, procedures, etc., are integrated with
dynamic data collected by interfaces to other status
systems/sensors for display, automatic update, alert, and
distribution through IDS5.
At CMH, these external sources include:
- Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)
- Advanced Weather Integrated Processing
System (AWIPS/AFOS)
- Digital Altimeter Setting Indicator
(DASI)
- Flight Data Input Output (FDIO)
- IRIG-B Time Source
- Runway Visual Range (RVR) NG
- Low Level Windshear Alert System
(LLWAS-NE) RBDT
- Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR)
Graphical Situation Display (GSD)
Displaying real-time data from external
sources through IDS5 eliminates the need for multiple special
use displays, freeing console space, creating a single focal
point for air traffic controllers to access information, and
providing cost savings through integration.
The latest IDS5 features for database
management have reduced the time required for updating charts
from days to minutes.
Both Air Traffic (AT) and Airway Facilities
(AF) personnel at CMH have given the AGL DDS high marks for
instantaneous data access for all users and reliability of
operation. Air traffic controllers have described their level of
satisfaction as “ecstatic.”
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