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1. 17 SOFTWARE COMPATABILITY TABLE 18 1 INTRODUCTION This document is a user s guide for the Model 407 Propulsion Instrument Maintenance Software P N 407 770 002 101 This tool enables the user to communicate on the RS485 bus with the model 407 propulsion instruments specifically the MGT NG and TRQ indicators for the uploading and downloading of maintenance information This program is useable in a Windows 2000 NT Millennium or XP environments in lieu of EPMPLUS software that is useable in DOS Window 95 and Windows 98 environments 2 GETTING STARTED 2 1 2 2 MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENT The following are minimum recommended computer configurations to use this software 2 1 1 Windows 2000 NT and Millennium Operating Systems o IBM Compatible machine identified as laptop PC herein with an Intel Pentium III 500Mhz processor or equivalent or higher running o 2 5 Mbytes of free disk space o Serial or USB communication Port used to connect to the Propulsion Instruments o 3 1 2 inch 1 44 MB floppy drive 2 1 2 Windows XP Operating System IBM Compatible machine identified as laptop PC herein with an Intel Celeron 1 2Ghz processor or equivalent or higher running o 2 5 Mbytes of free disk space o One Serial or USB communication Port used to connect to the Propulsion Instruments o 3 1 2 inch 1 44 MB floppy drive
2. NO VALID ADDRESS During the downloading View Date and Time and Change Date and Time processes the following message as shown below may appear where there is no communication between the selected instrument s and this Software The error message will indicate the instrument by name COMMUNICATION ERROR 1 e TRQ Ma valid address Please check wiring connection and com port Perform the following tasks to attempt to resolve this issue o Ensure physical and wire connection is correct i e no broken wires instruments are connected etc o Ensure the proper COMM port is selected o Restart Software and perform Setting Communication Port process Refer to Section 3 2 for further details o Ensure the instrument causing the error is serviceable TIMED OUT During the downloading process the following message as shown below may appear where there is continuous communication between the selected instruments and this Software for 60 second but no end is reached This message may occur where this Software will be in an endless loop COMMUNICATION X Download TIME OUT Perform the following tasks to attempt to resolve this issue o Restart Software and perform Setting Communication Port process Refer to Section 3 2 for further details o Ensure the instrument causing the error is serviceable 15 5 USE OF FILE MENU FUNCTIONS 5 1 FILE MENU By clicking the File butt
3. Note If the USB Port is being used it must be used with a USB to DB 9M Serial Connector Adapter This Adapter is also sold as USB PDA Adapter COMPUTER AND INSTRUMENT CONNECTION The laptop computer must be connected to the aircraft and Instruments with aircraft DC electrical power on using the interface cable P N 407 275 001 103 an RS232 485 converter P N 485LP9R or 485SD9R and using the computer s serial or USB communication port in order to Connect or use any of the instrument functions Important Note Ensure the RS232 side of the RS232 485 converter is plugged into the computer s serial or USB COMM port 2 3 2 4 MICROSOFT WINDOWS AND LAPTOP SETTINGS The following Microsoft Windows and laptop PC settings are recommended for proper operation of this Software Application o Laptop screen savers should be set to more than five minutes o Any laptop PC power or battery saving features should be disabled o Disable or close non essential programs that may be running Refer to the Microsoft Windows User s Guide and laptop PC user documentation for details on how to perform these tasks GENERAL GUIDELINES The various screens windows that are shown for this software are designed to keep the standard philosophy of all programs developed in the Windows environment constant and to ensure a maximum of security in the user s actions 2 4 1 Drop Down Menus 2 4 1 1 Open Print Export and E
4. 222 Helicopter A Textron Company M407 Propulsion Instrument Maintenance Software User s Guide 1 2 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUC TION ptc RR 3 GETTING STAR TED isise a aeea aE E 3 2 1 MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENT 05 000400000 3 2 1 1 WINDOWS 2000 NT AND MILLENNIUM OPERATING SYSTEMS 3 2 1 2 WINDOWS XE OPEIRSATING SYSTEM rti sauteed da apap t ut Ud 3 2 2 COMPUTER AND INSTRUMENT CONNECTION 4 4 41 3 2 3 MICROSOFT WINDOWS AND LAPTOP SETTINGS 4 244 GENERAL GUIDELINES seen cdot sudo E bd tU Em pM 4 2 4 1 DROP Be Mm ec 5 4 2 4 2 BUTTONS AND EDITABEE FIELDS etate y Ruso tue dde cett weve d tds 4 2 4 3 RUNNING THE MAINTENANCE 0 e 4 USER INTERFACE OVERVIEW SELECT OPTION MENU 5 3 1 SEEECT OPTION WINDOW x Ee deed 5 3 2 SETTING COMMUNICATION PORT e to 7 2 9 AUTO DE TEC c RE 8 3 4 DOWNLOAD AND ERASE 2 2 022 41 9 3 4 1 DOWN
5. o Data Description Button Opens a window that will provide a description and meaning of each downloaded parameter 3 5 VIEW AND MODIFY INITIALIZED DATE AND TIME 3 5 1 View Date and Time Activation of the View Date amp Time button from the Select Option page will display the date and time that was initialized on MGT NG and TRQ propulsion instruments A Data Display window will open as shown below with all the pertinent information displayed Data Display E x MGT indicator reported BIT status 000 Real time clock was initialized 03711705 10 39 19 NG indicator reported BIT status 000 Real time clock was initialized 03 11 05 10 39 19 indicator reported BIT status 100 Real time clock was initialized 03 11 05 10 39 19 Data Description 12 o OK Button Closes the Data Display window and returns to the Select Option page o Print Button Brings up the Printing window for printing of the downloaded data o Data Description Button Opens a window that will provide a description and meaning of each downloaded parameter 3 5 2 Change Date and Time Activation of the Change Date amp Time button from the Select Option page will open a sub menu page as shown below to modify the date and time on MGT NG and TRQ instruments all at once Important Note If the information retrieved from the PC date and time settings are not the settings that wish to be uploaded the
6. Select Option page All buttons related to maintenance commands return to normal and are available for selection A message indicating the Port is opened will appear as shown below Clicking the message button will close the dialog box x P7 5 Communication of this Com has been open 3 3 AUTO DETECT If the auto detection is successful following the activation of the Auto Detect button from the COMM Selection window the following message window will appear Clicking the message button will close the dialog box DETECTED INFO l xj Ve r1 Instrument is detected Please verify iF the right port is selected USB Port or Serial Com Pork IF nat manually select the right port on Port Selection If the Auto detection is unsuccessful an error message as shown below will appear f this occurs the User needs to check the physical connection between the PC and the instruments to remedy this situation Clicking the message OK button will close the dialog box DETECTED ERROR e Mo connection Found Make sure khat PC is connected to at least one instrument Note 1 Following an Auto Detect attempt if the COMM selection is not highlighted and no selection made pressing the OK button will generate the following error message 3 4 ERROR x e Must seleck Com To correct this the User will be required select a COMM port manually Note 2 When u
7. USB port in order to Connect to the instrument s 3 1 SELECT OPTION WINDOW ixi File Help oelect Option Download Exceedarnces MGT Download NG Erase Date and Real Time Clack Initialized date and time will be modified far all Instruments that are connected View Date amp Time Change Date and Time Status lt lt BACK CONNECT Instrument Selection Select any one or combination of instruments in the appropriate box Download Button Downloads the stored exceedance and initialization data from the selected instrument s Refer to Section 3 4 1 for further details Erase Button Permanently erases the stored exceedance data from the selected instrument s Refer to Section 3 4 2 for further detail View Date amp Time Button Displays the initialized date and time recorded in the MGT NG and TRQ indicators Refer to Section 3 5 1 for further details Change Date and Time Button To write a new date and time into the MGT NG and TRQ indicators all at once Refer to Section 3 5 2 for further details Connect Button Opens a new window where the User will be able to set the communication port Refer to Section 3 2 for further details Title Bar Displays the Software title Menu Bar Displays the available menu selections Status bar Displays the status of the current process Back Button Returns to the Software Start up screen 3 2 SETTING COMMUNICATION PORT The COMM
8. date and time field can be changed by using the arrow key next to the settings or by typing over the desired field Date and Time This program uses the PC clock to set the real time clocks of the Indicators Date and Time can be manually entered by typing over the required fleld or by using the arrows MOTE The Date and Time of the PC is NOT changed zm a 11 5 2003 2 18 21 55 DONE CANCEL Done Button Will write the entered date and time into all the instruments then the Display Data window will appear showing the re downloaded data from the instruments for visual confirmation of the date and time settings The uploaded date and time settings now become the real time clock initialization settings o Cancel Button Returns to the Select Option page without execution of the Change Date and Time command 13 Data Display X HGT indicator reported BIT status nad Feal time clock was initialized 03711705 10 39 19 HG indicator reported BIT status 000 Real time clock initialized 03711705 10 39 19 indicator reported BIT status 000 Real time clock was initialized 03 11 705 10 39 19 PRINT Data Description Button Closes the Data Display window and returns to the Select Option page o Print Button Brings up the Printing window for printing of the downloaded data o Data Description Button Opens a window that will provide a descript
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10. Selection window will open following the activation of the Connect button on the Select Option window This sub menu window will allow the User to setup a valid communication port for the communication between the computer and the selected instrument s The User may manually select the COMM port settings or use the Auto Detect function Note If the User is unsure what COMM port settings to manually select it is recommended to use the Auto Detect function of the software Refer to Section 3 3 for further information O O Com Selection xX Port Selection Must select one If USB part is used to be configured as a USB Port Serial Com Port com port check USB if using actual serial com port check Serial Com Port Com Selection Must select one COMM Press Auto Dectect ta automatically detect connection between instrument and com port Auto Detect Make sure PC and instruments are connected Or manually click on the desired com Status Port Selection The Software shall present a selection for USB or Serial COMM port on which the PC will interface with the instruments for manual selection The User can use Auto Detect to automatically detect both the proper port amp COMM selection If using a USB port the signal must be converted to RS232 via a USB to RS232 adapter in order to be supported Only one option shall be selected The Software shall remember the last
11. Thefirst parameter NUMBER is the recorded incident number A total of fifty 50 incidents may be recorded in each of the applicable indicators At the recording of the fifty first 517 incident the first incident NUMBER 50 would be get deleted and all incidents would be moved up by one number This means that incident NUMBER one 1 becomes incident NUMBER two 2 In summary NUMBER 1 is the newest exceedance recorded and NUMBER 50 the oldest The second parameter PEAK is the highest value that the indicator has attained during that particular exceedance incident The third parameter DURATION sec is the amount of time that the indicator was above the applicable exceedance limitations for that indicator This time is calculated in increments of one 1 second For all exceedance limitation parameters and a description of the functionality of the indicator please refer to the BHT 407 MIM chapter 85 Instruments The fourth parameter DATE and TIME will be in a sameformat as the real clock initialization that is as follows Date Time 55 These date and clock parameters indicate the occurrence of the exceedance OK Button Closes the Dialog window and returns to the Data Display window Activation of the Erase button from the Select Option window will commence the permanent erasing of exceedance data from the selected instrument s The user will be prompted to confirm the action prior to
12. erasing as shown below warning Data is about to be Permanently Erased Please make sure that this data has been stored on your hard drive before confirmation Press OK to confirm or Cancel to return to Select Option cv O OK Button The exceedance data in the selected instrument s will be permanently erased and a Display Data window will appear showing the re downloaded data from the instrument s for visual confirmation via a Data Display window as shown below that the exceedances have been erased Cancel Button Returns to the Select Option page without execution of the Erase command 11 Data Display X MGT indicator reported BIT status Real time clock was initialized Indicator reported exceedances Peak Deg Humber HG indicator reported BIT status Feal time clock was initialized Indicator reported exceedances Duration sec Humber Peak TRO indicator reported BIT status Duration sec 000 03 711 404 18 45 50 Date and Time OO0 0311 04 18 45 50 Date and Time 000 Real time clock was initialized 03 11 04 18 45 50 Indicator reported exceedances Humber Peak Duration sec Date and Time PRINT Data Description Button Closes the Data Display window returns to the Select Option page o Print Button Brings up the Printing window for printing of the downloaded data file
13. hout execution of the Download command Once the download is complete a Data Display window as shown below will open and provide the downloaded information to the User Data pisplay x MGT indicator reported BIT status 000 Real time clock was initialized 03 11 04 18 45 50 Indicator reported exceedances Number Duration sec Date and Time NG indicator reported BIT status 000 Real time clock was initialized 13 11 04 18 45 50 Indicator reported 0 exceedances Number Peak X Duration sec Date and Time TRO indicator reported BIT status 000 Real time clock was initialized 03 11 04 18 45 50 Indicator reported exceedances Number Peak Duration sec Date and Time PRINT Data Description Button Closes the Data Display window and returns to the Select Option page o Print Button Brings up the Print window for printing of the downloaded data o Data Description Button Opens a window that will provide a description and meaning of each downloaded parameter as shown below 10 O 3 4 2 Erase The real time clock initialization is formatted in the following format Date YY MMDD 55 The HH parameter of the clock is recorded in a twenty four 24 hour setting The date and clock parameters can be modified to use the computer s default settings or can be manually modified to whatever parameters are required for local operations
14. ion and meaning of each downloaded parameter 4 ERROR MESSAGE amp TROUBLESHOOTING 4 1 ERROR DURING DOWNLOAD During the downloading View Date and Time and Change Date and Time processes the following message as shown below may appear where there is a loss corruption of data for each instrument that is selected The error message will indicate the instrument by name COMMUNICATION ERROR E e There is error during Download TRO Do vou want to download TRO again o Yes Button To attempt to download the data again from the specific instrument that caused this error You may need to press this once or twice to complete the sequence so that all the data will be downloaded correctly o No Button If the User doesn t want to attempt a download upload of data again and to skip this instrument during this process Important Note This is not unusual to occur The User should always press YES again to retry download unless the User knows this instrument is not connected If you have two instruments 14 4 2 4 3 that are connected e g MGT and NG and you have checked all boxes in the Instrument Selection area the above error message will appear indicating there is no data received from TRQ indicator If you press YES you will continue to get the same error message In order to continue you must press NO to proceed The same principle applies when there are more checked boxes than connected instruments
15. l Qu bec J7J 1R4 Canada Tel 450 437 2862 Fax 450 433 0272 E mail pselight bellhelicopter textron com About This function will open a window to display the version number of the software 17 6 SOFTWARE COMPATABILITY TABLE This software shall support the following combinations of Windows OS I O port RS232 485 and USB RS232 converters M407 Maintenance SW Interface Compatibility Summary on Win95 98 2000 XP Comm amp USB Win95 Win95 Win95 Win95 OS amp 98 Win2000 XP amp 98 Win2000 XP amp 98 Win2000 XP amp 98 Win2000 XP New RS232 485 Converter Existing RS232 485 Converter 485LP9R 14855098 Existing RS232 485 Converter 4851 9 485SD9R Serial Serial USB USB COMM Serial COMM USB USB Note 1N working not working 2 Main difference between 485LP9R and 485SD9R is that SD9R has an automatic Send data control circuit built into the connector while the LP9R control circuit hand shaking rely on the SW application 3 USB port must be converted to RS232 using a USB RS232 converter along with the correct SW driver to be installed under Windows 18
16. may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Bell Helicopter Textron except for backup purposes This software has been designed to download the propulsion instruments the Model 407 helicopter This software has been tested and functions on computers equipped with Microsoft Windows HT 2000 ME and XP operating systems with a serial communciation port or a USB port configured as serial cornmunciatian port on o OK Button This will proceed with the application to display the Select Option Menu screen o EXIT Button To quit the Software and return to the Windows OS 3 USER INTERFACE OVERVIEW SELECT OPTION MENU PAGE The User interface to perform maintenance functions on the model 407 propulsion instrument suite is separated into four groups of functions Download Exceedance data Upload Initialized date amp time General and Setting the appropriate COMM Port The user interface is described below Important Note During the initial startup of the software the maintenance functions are grayed out unavailable until the User selects a valid communication port by pressing the Connect button All the general software functions then become available The computer must be connected to the aircraft and propulsion instruments with aircraft DC electrical power on using the interface cable P N 407 275 001 103 an RS232 485 converter and using the computer s serial or
17. on another window will appear asking for the name and location of the stored data file you want to open to convert the selected raw data file into a text file txt The text file can be open with any word or ASCII text programs such as notepad Word Wordpad etc Press Cancel to cancel this transaction To continue select the desired file press Open and the Save window will appear requiring the filename to be entered Press Cancel to cancel this transaction or press Save to save it as a txt file The program will create a file with the selected name with the extension txt in the same folder as the raw data file by default 16 5 1 4 Exit When you select this function it will exit this Software 5 2 HELP MENU By clicking the Help button the following functions as shown below will appear 9 2 1 9 2 2 9 2 3 M407 Maintenance File Help User Manual Contact Info About User s Manual This function will open a window for the User Manual Make sure your PC has Adobe Acrobat reader installed in order to read the pdf file If not an error will be displayed indicating Adobe Acrobat Reader is not installed Contact Information This function will open a window containing the Product Support Engineering PSE contact information which is also detailed below Bell Helicopter Product Support Engineering Light Helicopters 12800 rue de l Avenir Mirabe
18. on in any window the following drop down menu as shown below will appear 5 1 1 1407 Maintenance File Help Print Export Exit ec Open When you select this function another window will appear asking for the name and location of the stored data file you want to open Press Cancel to cancel this transaction To continue select the desired file press Open and the Data Display window with the stored information will appear showing the exceedance data Note Only file extensions with dat raw data can be opened and displayed properly with this command If a txt file is attempted to be opened the data in the file will not be displayed Print When you select this function another window will appear asking for the name and location of the stored data file you want to open and Print Press Cancel to cancel this transaction To continue opening the desired file press Open and the Print window will appear asking for the selection of the printer to which the User wishes to print to Once a printer is selected press Cancel to cancel the transaction or Print to print the data Once printing is complete the Software will return to the Select Option page Note Only file extensions with dat raw data can be opened and printed properly with this command Ifa txt file is attempted to be opened the data in the file will not be printed Export When you select this functi
19. selected item and will become the default on the next logon to the Software During the initial installation the default selection shall be USB port COMM Selection The Software shall automatically detect the COMM port s that are available on the PC this includes both serial and USB ports This information will then be displayed in this page for selection The available COMM port along with their COMM port number will be displayed for manual selection Only one COMM port can be selected at a time The COMM port that is selected shall be highlighted The User can use the Auto Detect button to automatically detect both the proper port type and COMM number selection The Software will remember the last selected COMM settings and will become the default values on the next logon of the Software Status Bar Indicates the Auto Detect is progressing o Cancel Button This will cancel any modification resume the initial settings and return to Select Option page o Auto Detect Button Once pressed the Software shall detect the physical COMM port on the PC that is connected to the instrument s and automatically highlight and select the port and COMM number selection Connection must be made between the PC physical COMM port and the instrument in order for it to work properly Refer to Section 3 3 for further details o OK Button Confirms and saves the selection then opens the selected COMM port on the PC and returns to the
20. sing the Auto Detect function with the RS485 232 converter P N 485SD9R and a serial COMM port the Auto Detect will select the USB Port as a default rather than serial COMM port This is incorrect and therefore the User needs to manually override the Auto Detect selection by selecting the Serial COMM port This will minimize the amount of communication error messages being raised during download attempts Note 3 This software only supports COMM ports 1 through 9 If a USB port is configured as a Serial COMM port higher than 9 e g 10 or above the software won t recognize this COMM port The User needs to reconfigure this setting to COMM 1 through 9 by using the hardware configuration under the Window OS Refer to the Windows User Manual for configuring the hardware DOWNLOAD AND ERASE EXCEEDANCE The User can select one two and or three instruments to be downloaded or erased by selecting the appropriate instrument If no instruments are selected the Download and Erase buttons will remain grayed out and unavailable 3 4 1 Download Activation of the Download button from the Select Option window will start the download of exceedance data from the selected instrument s and stores it in a raw data file Each time the User requests downloading of data from the selected instrument s the software will prompt the user for saving the information into a file For file saving the software defaults to the direc
21. tory currently selected in the system The User can select a different folder if desired lf the specified folder does not exist clicking on the new folder icon can create it px Save EA My Documents 4 m c ES _ Visual Studio Projects n dd dat Save hype Data Files dat Cancel 2 eh Status o Save button Will create and write data into the selected main directory sub directory and individual file The data shall be stored as raw data The program will create a file with the selected name with the extension dat Then the Data Display window as shown below will appear showing the downloaded data o File Name bar This is where the User will enter a name for the data file being downloaded Note The User should select a unique file name for each download and store the files in a convenient location A good suggestion is to use the aircraft serial number followed by dd mm yy plus a suffix letter e g 53435 11 10 2003A The User can then add additional suffix letters for each subsequent download of that aircraft that day e g 53435 11 10 2003B 5345 11 10 2003C etc o Save as Type bar The User must ensure that the Save as type selected is Data Files dat to ensure the downloaded data is correctly saved o Status Bar Indicates the Download is progressing o Cancel button Returns User to the Select Option page wit
22. xit options are grouped under the File drop down menu 2 4 1 2 The Users Manual Product Support Engineering contact information and About the software are grouped under the Help drop down menu 2 4 2 Buttons and Editable Fields 2 4 2 1 Each window performing critical actions e g Erase contains a CANCEL button to allow canceling of the request 2 4 2 2 All options are accessible through the use of shortcuts i e without the need of a mouse by pressing the ALT key combined with the underlined letter of the command button As an example the instrument Download function would be accessed by pressing the ALT key and then the letter D together 2 4 3 Running the maintenance software 2 4 3 1 Start by powering up the computer using either the internal battery or the external power supply Start the Windows operating system OS environment 2 4 3 2 start the maintenance software double click the M407 icon from the M407 program group or double click the M407 from your Windows desktop The Model 407 Propulsion Instrument Maintenance Software start up screen appears displaying the company logo software part number and copyright notice Bee Helicopter A Textron Campany 40 Propulsion Instrument Maintenance Software of PART NUMBER 40 7 70 002 101 Copyright Bell Helicopter Textron 2003 All rights reserved Ho part of this software program
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