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1. Figure 1 Runway Page Change information according to the current conditions Change the Taxiway and Apron Pages if necessary Click the Review Submit Page to review data that has been entered Insert next planned observation time optional Click the Submit button if the message is correct SA a 13 ACS User Guide A ET CD TD CUM ED Navigation Tree Aerodrome Runway Taxiway Apron Review Submit D Aer o CYowoo 2012 05 02 14 36 46 UTC S EJRunway s English L Rwy 04 22 000000 NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL D Rwy 07 25 CYON RSC 04 22 100 PCT DRY SN 0 5 INS 1205021425 D RWY 14 22 CYON RSC 07 25 100 PCT COMPACTED SN 1205021434 CYON RSC 14 32 100 PCT COMPACTED SN 1205021435 4 O Taxiway s 4 O Apron s Francais 000000F NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW RSC 04 22 100 PCT SN SECHE 0 5 INS 1205021425 CYOW RSC 07 25 100 PCT SN DURCIE 1205021434 CYOW RSC 14 32 100 PCT SN DURCIE 1205021435 Month Year HHMM Next Planned OBS Date Time UTC UTC Figure 2 Submission Page 8 After a few seconds if the submission is successful the SNOWTAM Submission Report will appear Figures 2 and 3 are for a designated bilingual site Non bilingual sites will be displayed in English only ACS Tutorial 9 The SNOWTAM Submission Report can be printed Figure 3 Marker 9 1 or downloaded Figure 3 Marker 9 2 that is saved to file SNOWTAM Submi
2. Item L If further clearance will be undertaken enter length m and width m of runway or TOTAL if runway will be cleared to full dimensions Item M The anticipated time UTC of completion of clearing operations Item N The code for Item F may be used to describe taxiway conditions enter NO if no taxiways serving the associated runway are available Note SNOWiz doesn t support Item N Item P If applicable if more than 60 cm high enter YES followed by the lateral distance apart in metres A ACS Tutorial SNOWiz doesn t support Item P Item R The code for Item F may be used to describe apron conditions enter NO if the apron is unusable A SNOWiz doesn t support Item R Item S Enter the anticipated time of next observation measurement month day hour in UTC Item T Contains the full NOTAMS that describes the SNOWTAM fields in plain language as well as the coverage of the deposits the treatments used information on windrows or snowdrifts and taxiway and apron conditions What a SNOWTAM generated message looks like A Note The following example represents a view of the items of a SNOWTAM All items are linked to their descriptions above A CVB2 B 01251045 Cyril F 2 2 2 G XX XX XX H 07 07 07 TAP J 244 0L K YESR L 1524 27 M 1045 T 000000 NOTAMJ CY YR VOISEY S BAY VOISEY S BAY CVB2 RSC 11 29 40 PCT BARE AND WET 60 PCT BARE AND DRY 90 FT TO BE CLRD BY 1045 CLEARING IN PRO
3. ula pu 67 ACS User Guide 68 Can be any width in feet from 0 feet to half of the total width of the runway from the centerline Direction note label does not appear on the screen Options e North of centre line CL e South of centre line CL e Fast of centre line CL e West of centre line CL A Only two choices appear depending upon the runway direction For example North of CL and South of CL or East of CL and West of CL Contaminants Details of the runway contaminant s and the percentage coverage of the runway by that contaminant s A maximum of three contaminants may be entered Contaminants e Coverage M Depth PAINS It is mandatory to select one item from the list of values The full list of values can be found in the list of Contaminant Layers and Codes Percentage coverage coverage A percentage value from 10 to 100 in increments of 10 The sum total of the percentage coverage for the contaminant s on the Cleared Surface must equal to 100 Depth The depth of the contaminant in inches The depth is mandatory for some contaminants and not permitted with other contaminants See Contaminant Layers and Codes for details on if the depth is required or not allowed The options are Trace 0 13 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 5 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 0 10 0 15 0 20 0 25 0 30 0 Second contaminant not labeled Contaminants SNOWiz Pages and Fields De
4. ACS Administration Pages and Fields This guides you through the ACS Administration interface It contains a description of pages fields and their options How to use the Online Help How to use the Online Help explains how to use the Online Help ACS User Guide Reference Information Reference Information contains Information about topics like FAQ error codes formats and also Reference Documents Notes and Warnings This is used to make the users aware of restrictions or other important information Additional information 5 ACS Tutorial How To Introduction The following chapter gives a short overview of the usage of ACS SNOWiz It will be a guide through the different pages and describe the usage of the application For detailed information about fields in the application refer to the linked content Definition of a NOTAMJ SNOWTAM NOTAMJ and SNOWTAM are types of NOTAM used to notify users of the presence or removal of hazardous conditions due to snow ice slush or standing water associated with snow and braking action of runway surfaces in accordance with published reporting requirements In Canada NOTAMJ are used In most countries SNOWTAM the ICAO format is used A SNOWTAM is a version of the NOTAMJ intended for international users It contains coded information formatted into a number of sections each identified by a letter The output of SNOWiz is a SNOWTAM where a NOTAMJ is fully co
5. Report on the runway surface conditions outside of the cleared width ACS Tutorial a A a Remaining Width Uncleared Portion Figure 3 Uncleared portion Contaminants A list of contaminants can be found in chapter Contaminant Layers and Codes and in Contaminant Friction Ranking Compacted Snow Snow which has been compressed into a solid mass that resists further compression and will hold together or break up into lumps if picked up 27 ACS User Guide 28 Figure 4 Compacted Snow Dry Snow Snow which can be blown if loose or if compacted by hand will fall apart again upon release Figure 5 Dry Snow Close and Open Wet Snow Snow that sticks together to form a snowball but does not readily allow water to flow from it when compressed by hand ACS Tutorial Figure 6 Wet Snow Close and Open Frost Frost is the solid deposition of water vapor from saturated air i VIS E v A iy y Ps 4 y f S2 poa E E d f AXE OR NS 3 i Figure 7 Frost 29 ACS User Guide Slush Water saturated snow which with a heel and toe slap down motion against the ground will be displaced with a spatter Figure 8 Foot prints in slush What are Snow banks Snow banks are heaps of snow created mechanically that are higher than the surrounding snow cover In this section only the heaps of snow located outside of the runway surface are considered The distance is mea
6. Administer ACS Change password ACS Screens and Fields Language preference English Francais ED ES Field Select a task e Submit permanent changes to static data not yet available Submit a NOTAM proposal not yet available e Submit a Runway Surface Conditions report e Administer ACS e Change password Only one task can be selected at a time The options available depend upon the user L3 who is currently logged in Select a language 53 ACS User Guide e English e Francais Actions Buttons available Submit Logout Details and descriptions 54 Submit permanent changes to static data Accesses the application to request static data changes Submit a NOTAM proposal Accesses the NOTAM proposal application Submit a Runway Surface Conditions report Accesses the Runway Surface Condition reporting application Administer ACS Accesses the user management application Change password Show the password change view Submit The button for submitting the choice Logout Log the user out of the application SNOWiz Pages and Fields Navigation Button and Tree 5 2012 02 28 15 18 24 UTC lavigation Tree Aerodrome Runway Iaxiway Apron Review Submit jAerodromes ej CYOW Gj Runway s P Conditions Changing Rapidly Contact Tel jan Conditions Available O RwY 07 25 O Rwy 14 32 RETAINED SNOWTAM Taxiway s r Apron s Englis
7. Air Traffic Service C CL Centre Line comp complete CRFI Canadian Runway Friction Index CTC Contact CTR Control Zone D DB Database DME Distance Measurement Equipment E EN English F FAQ Frequently Asked Question FATO Final approach and take off area 149 ACS User Guide FIC Flight Information Centre FIR Flight Information Region FR French FT Feet GNS Global Navigation System GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System GPS Global Positioning System GUI Graphical User Interface H HHMM Hours 2 digits Minutes 2 digits HMI Human Machine Interface I ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization ICD Interface Control Document ID Identifier or Identification ILS Instrument Landing System INO International NOTAM Operations INS Inches L LDG Landing LOV List of Values M MET Meteorological Services MHz Megahertz MSL Mean Sea Level N NOF NOTAM Office NOTAM Notice to Airmen NOTAMJ Special Series Canadian Domestic NOTAM 150 OBS Observation OPR Operator QA Quality Assurance QOS Quality of Service REDL Runway Edge Lights RSC Runway Surface Condition RWY Runway SDO Static Data Operations STAR Standard Instrument Arrival TA Terminal Adapter TACAN Tactical air navigation aid TBD To Be Defined determined TCA Terminal Control Area Tel Telephone THR Threshold TWY Taxiway UOM Unit of Measurement UTC Co ordinated Universal Time WWW W
8. Login Page only user please contact your group administrator Login Page contact NAV CANADA customer Login Page Login Page Log in again with your user credentials Login Page 133 ACS User Guide 134 a Description Explanation ode C 0 You have been logged out by an The You ay have Login Page administrator For NAV administrator been out of CANADA Customer Services call logged you out the system 1 800 876 4693 Monday to Fridaylof the system for technical 0800 to 1800 Eastern Time 0 0 You are not assigned to any ACS Your account Contact your User Group i group i administrator Please use only ICAO compliant Please check characters i the text and change the character Illegal word illegalWord in The given text Please check text Please correct your input contains an the text and illegal word change the word The telephone area code must be The telephone Check the three digits without leading zeros area code can t telephone has to be at correct it You do not have any aerodrome Contact your assigned i group i administrator Zeros The telephone extension must be The telephone Check the up to five digits without leading extension can t telephone correct it 1010 1011 1012 0001 0002 2001 2002 2003 3 3 3 3 3 The first part of the telephone The first part Check the number must be three digits of the first part of without leading zeros
9. Please confirm Comment text entered in SNOWIZ for bilingual SNOWTAM is not validated nor translated by NAV CANADA If comment text is required it must be provided in both languages in order to submit a bilingual SNOWTAM If you wish to use comment text but cannot provide both languages please quit and contact your FIC otherwise proceed to SNOWIZ s Figure 2 ACS Application Selection Confirmation Dialog ACS Tutorial How to create NOTAMJ SNOWTAM The following section describes both NOTAMJ and SNOWTAM because their 3 creation is the same 5 See also Aerodrome Page and Runway Page b 1 Select the Aerodrome for which you are submitting the report mandatory if you are responsible for more than one aerodrome 2 Click the New button NOTE Clicking on the New button clears ALL data from a RETAINED SNOWTAM from ALL data fields Runways Taxiways and Aprons and brings the user to the aerodrome page Do not use NEW if you wish to edit or update information from an existing RETAINED SNOWTAM For updating an existing NOTAMJ SNOWTAM please refer to the section How to Edit a NOTAMJ SNOWTAM Aerodrome Runway Taxiway Apron Review Submit CONDITION AVAILABILITY Conditions Changing Rapidly Contact Tel Conditions Available RETAINED SNOWTAM English Fran ais 000000 NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW RSC 04 22 15 FT EAST OF CL 17 FT WEST OF CL 50 PCT
10. e A valid user name and password data provided be your group administrator or the NAV CANADA administrator e A secure system virus free and updated with the latest security releases e A browser which is supported see Keyboard short cuts e The URL to access SNOWiz Administrative roles and responsibilities are defined by NAV CANADA as follows Administrator The Administrator usually a NAV CANADA agent is responsible for maintaining the application and providing guidance and assistance to group administrators and users Group Administrator The Group Administrator is responsible for assigning users to groups and providing first level support ACS User Guide How to Login into ACS Login Q See also Login Logout Registered Accountable Source Login AVAIENT lt lt For NAV CANADA Customer Services call 1 800 876 4693 Monday to Friday 0800 to 1800 Eastern Time User name Password Figure 1 Login Screen To login in 1 Enter your user name Figure 1 marker 1 2 Enter your password Figure 1 marker 2 as received from the Administrator or Group Administrator 3 Click Sign In Figure 1 marker 3 or Reset Figure 1 marker 4 if you have to reset the inserted data You are logged into the system y After five unsuccessful login attempts you will be locked out of the system It requires an Administrator or Group Administrator to unlock a locked account ACS Tutorial How to choose an ap
11. e Date area Figure 1 Marker 2 e Navigation Pages Figure 1 Marker 3 e User management view Figure 1 Marker 4 Navigation buttons e Menu e Logout e Help e About button is only available after hovering over the Help button Date area 91 ACS User Guide Gives the current date plus the current time in UTC Navigation Pages e Users e User Groups e Areas of Responsibility e Locks e Session Logs Detailed User management view The detailed user management view display information about user privileges roles and contact information It is divided into several parts explained at Navigation pages Screen prompts e Focus e Errors e Tooltips Details and descriptions Buttons Menu Return to the application menu Click the Menu button to exit and return to the ACS Application Selection menu Please confirm Do you really want to quit user administration EE o an ac A e Yes the user is returned to the ACS Application Selection menu e No the confirmation box is cancelled and the user remains at the ACS Administration page 92 ACS Administration Pages and Fields Logout Return to the Login screen Click the Logout button to exit and return to the Registered Accountable Sources Login screen Please confirm Do you really want to logout GE TED sd eS e Yes the user is returned to the Registered Accountable Sources Login screen e No the confirmatio
12. right of centreline add L or R as viewed from the threshold having the lower runway designation number Item F Deposit over total runway length observed on each third of the runway starting from threshold having the lower runway designation number Suitable combinations of the coded values may be used to indicate various deposits contaminants over runway segments If more than one deposit is present in layers on the same portion of the runway they should be reported in sequence from the top to the bottom Item G Mean depth in millimetres deposit for each third of total length or XX when TRACE is used or when the depth is not required e g ice Item H Friction measurements on each third of the runway and friction measuring device Measured or calculated coefficient expressed with two digits in the order from the threshold having the lower runway designation number Insert a code 9 when surface conditions or the available friction measuring device do not permit a reliable surface friction measurement to be made Item J If snow banks are present insert height in centimetres and distance from the outside edge of runway in metres followed by left L or right R side or both sides LR as viewed from the threshold having the lower runway designation number Item K If runway lights are obscured or partially obscured insert YES followed by L R or both LR as viewed from the threshold having the lower runway designation number
13. tips I closed the browser and now I can t log in Reference Information All missing or erroneous fields on the actual screen will be marked and a message will be shown ONLY when you leave the screen or move to a different tab view These fields are disabled because entry isn t allowed or required in combination with other data already entered Sometimes you need to activate a check box to enable the entry That is possible after login select Change Password in the menu and insert the old password and after that the new password two times After save and logout it will be possible to use the new password Sometimes if an internet connection is lost or if the server is busy it can be that the browser doesn t recognize the latest action In that case press refresh and check your last entries submissions If the problem persists or happens regularly contact the administrator and give them information on the circumstances when this occurs Take a look at the chapter on Error Messages to find out what happened If you have further question or problems with such a message ask also your group administrator for detailed information Version 8 or above is required for Internet Explorer Tool tips can be disabled enabled in the user management Administer ACS Ensure the box HMI Tool tips is checked Closing the browser Internet Explorer or Firefox does not log you out Contact the NAV CANADA Customer service to un
14. 0 B Measurement Device B IP Month Year HHMM _ Day o STE vl B M UTC Temperatue Mc The calculated average friction for the runway is provided in the CREI Friction Section If a CRFI value is provided an observation date time and temperature must be entered Unreliable If the Unreliable check box is selected all other fields are not required Selecting this check box will populate item H of the SNOWTAM fields section but will not generate any text in item T Coefficient The calculated average friction coefficient for the runway provided in two digit format The selectable values range from 00 to 99 representing 0 00 to 0 99 Measurement device The name of the device used to measure the friction coefficient The list of values contains authorized friction test equipment The selection of measuring equipment is optional and does not generate text in item T of the SNOWTAM except for the selection of Tapley meter which generates TAP in item H of the SNOWTAM The options are e Tapley Meter e James Decelerometer e Bowmonk e Decelerometre TES 79 ACS User Guide 80 Observation Date Time OBS Date Time The time at which the measurements were taken The date time must be within 24 hours and must not be in the future All date and time fields are mandatory Fields e Day e Month e Year e Time HHMM A SNOWiz will warn the user if there is more than one hour difference between the RSC obser
15. 23 70 PCT DAMP 70 PCT DAMP REMAINING WID 60 PCT DAMP 40 PCT BARE AND DRY 1110181000 CYSJ RSC 14 32 70 FT 100 PCT RIME OR FROST REMAINING WID 20 PCT RIME OR FROST 80 PCT BARE AND DRY 1110181000 NEXT OBS SKED FOR 1110181600 FRENCH GG CYZZNFRN 181300 CYHQADMS SWCY0167 CYSJ 10181000 SNOWTAM 0167 A CYSJ B 10181000 C 05 D F 1 1 1 G XX XX XX C 14 E 21 LR F 3 3 3 G XX XX XX S 10181600 T 000000F NOTAMJ CYSJ SAINT JOHN CYSJ RSC 05 23 70 PCT HUMIDE 70 PCT HUMIDE WID RESTANTE 60 PCT HUMIDE 40 PCT NUE ET SECHE 1110181000 CYSJ RSC 14 32 70 FT 100 PCT GIVRE WID RESTANTE 20 PCT GIVRE 80 PCT NUE ET SECHE 1110181000 PROCHAINE OBS SKED POUR 1110181600 Print SNOWTAM Submission Report SNOWiz Pages and Fields The SNOWTAM submission report is displayed upon successful submission of the SNOWTAM proposal Print To print the SNOWTAM submission report click the Print button on the report This will open a print dialog from the local PC Download To download the SNOWTAM submission click the Download button on the report This will open a dialog to save the text file into a directory or to open the text file in a text editor Close To close the SNOWTAM submission report click either the Close button or the button This page is only available for a user with the SNOWIZ Display Controlling Role 87 ACS User Guide 88 Navigation Tree Aerodrome Runway Taxiway Apron Re
16. ACS Application Selection SCreern oer tti ree aU pee abe e Qe eda s i ae enia bee tbse 33 SNOWiz Pages and Fields veni das 55 Navigation BUIOB dnd Tree fi A E al a aod E E AO qm 55 R nway Pates D 64 ACS Administration Pages and ds cis pis 91 Howto Use the Online Pleine aa li 106 Reference Informati n os oe cede a ds 122 HS al dan Sicas 149 A A RE PE RU UP PS 153 vil ACS Tutorial Important information Overview This help file is created to guide you through the ACS system and it is divided into several parts ACS Tutorial The How to section guides users through the handling of NOTAMJ SNOWTAM and through the ACS pages The What does it mean section contains definitions and Clarification on the various terms used in ACS Also refer to the Canadian NOTAM Procedures Manual for additional information CNPM How to create a SNOWTAM for advanced users is a guide for users that have basic knowledge of the ICAO SNOWTAM format Here the content of fields in an international SNOWTAM is described How to administrate ACS is a guideline for administrator of the ACS application and explains how to use the user administration interface ACS Screens and Fields This guides you through the ACS application interface It contains a description of screens fields and their options SNOWIz Pages and Fields This guides you through the SNOWiz pages It contains a description of pages fields and their options
17. BERGER FREQUENTIS 1 SC Eva FOSSLER FREQUENTIS 1 SC Ulrike BREUER APAC 1 SC Hans SCHERZER APAC 1 SC Change History VerionDate Reason for Change i 2012 04 04 New document structure proposal 2012 05 14 Change Structure and Information A 0 2012 07 04 Changes due to EAD RID FRRDOI 1 0a All Status Signature Created updated Paul Ivancsics 2012 07 04 Electronic Reviewed Vanessa Keitel 2012 07 04 Electronic Formally reviewed Anton Fraunschiel 2012 07 04 Electronic Released PM Harald Stoeger Electronic Approved EC Approved CCB About Accountable Sources Software Version Help Text Version 1 0 For Software Version R8 Software Build 5067 Web service Version SNOWTAM Proposal 1 38 SNOWTAM Response 1 1 Accountable Sources Main Functions e Submit permanent changes to static data e Submit NOTAM proposals e Submit a Runway Surface Condition report There is an additional function to manage users Accountable Sources ACS is designed to enhance communication between authorised data providers who are distributed among a large number of locations around the country and the data validators distributors who are located centrally The system is designed to permit paperless transfer of data between these two groups and to reduce or eliminate the need to re enter data already stored in electronic form Additionally it reduces the time needed from a data observation until the time that the information is f
18. However this is only permitted where a single side is provided in the first field and if the partial choice differs from on each side For example Permitted combination North REDL obscured South REDL partially obscured Not permitted North REDL obscured South REDL obscured Here the proper selection would have to be North and South REDL obscured Windrows and Other Conditions WINDROWS Cool a Condition je Height faf je Comment AND OTHER 2 laa os en p js CONDITIONS Location FT Location Across 07 25 14 32 From los Distance he ad i Side E Details of any windrows or other conditions are entered in the Windrows and Other Conditions area Up to two separate conditions can be entered A condition can be entered in either the first or second condition area or different conditions in both First condition Condition pe Location E From Le The condition is chosen from a list of values Location The location is given as a number of feet from one of the two runway thresholds From Indicates the threshold being used for the distance measurement above Second condition 75 ACS User Guide Condition pa Height pl p CU Location Across 97 25 14 32 Distance pe pe Sef The condition is chosen from a list of values Location The location of the condition Values are e Along inside REDL e Along inside RWY edges e Alo
19. NAV CANADA If comment text is required it must be provided in both languages in order to submit a bilingual SNOWTAM If you wish to use comment text but cannot provide both languages please close the comment text entry window logout of SNOWIZ and contact your FIC Figure 1 Taxiway Page ACS Tutorial How to use the Apron Page How to use the Apron Page 5 See also Apron Page Filling out the Apron Pages require knowledge about the current apron conditions How to use the page 1 Goto Apron Page Figure 1 Marker 1 1 or select an Apron Figure 1 Marker 1 2 in Navigation Tree 2 Insert relevant information in the comment field Figure 1 Marker 2 or 3 3 At designated bilingual sites insert the relevant information in both languages Figure 1 Marker 2 and 3 A Note The comment text entered is not automatically translated If text has to be provided for a bilingual Aerodrome both comment fields have to be filled out with the corresponding language If you wish to use comment text but cannot provide both languages please quit and contact your FIC Navigation Tree Aerodrome Runway ll Taxiway Review Submit betters APRONS CONDITIONS crow Mae English Comment L RWY 04 22 _ RWY 07 25 RWY 14 32 2 E Cj Taxiway s jApron s French Comment 3 Comment text entered in SNOWIZ for bilingual SNOWTAM is not validated nor translated by NAV CANADA If comment text is required it must be
20. OF RUNWAY AND FRICTION MEASURING DEVICE H MEASURED OR CALCULATED COEFFICIENT or ESTIMATED SURFACE FRICTION 0 40 and above GOOD 5 0 39 to 0 36 MEDIUM GOOD 4 0 35 to 0 30 MEDIUM 3 0 29 to 0 26 MEDIUM POOR 2 0 25 and below POOR 1 9 unreliable UNRELIABLE 9 When quoting a measured coefficient use the observed two figures followed by the abbreviation of the friction measuring device used When quoting an estimate use single digit gt CRITICAL SNOWBANKS ff present insert height cm distance from the edge of runway m followed by L R or LR J if applicable B RUNWAY LIGHTS ff obscured insert YES followed by L R or both LR if applicable K gt FURTHER CLEARANCE ff planned insert length m Awidth m to be cleared or if to full dimensions insert TOTAL L gt FURTHER CLEARANCE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY UTC M gt TAXIWAY If no appropriate taxiway is available insert NO N TAXIWAY SNOWBANKS ff more than 60 cm insert YES followed by distance apart m P APRON ff unusable insert NO R gt NEXT PLANNED OBSERVATION M EASUREM ENT IS FOR month day hour in UTC S gt PLAIN LANGUAGE REMARKS Including contaminant coverage and other operationally significant information T lt e g sanding de icing zm NOTES 1 Enter ICAO nationality letters as given in ICAO Doc 7910 Part 2 2 In
21. PCT COMPACTED SN 1205030855 FRANCAIS GG CYZZNFRN 030957 CYHQADMS SWCY1252 CYOW 05030855 SNOWTAM 1252 A CYOW B 05030855 C 04 F 4 4 4 G 13 13 13 C 07 F 8 8 8 G XX XX XX C 14 F 8 8 8 G XX XX XX T 000000F NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW RSC 04 22 100 PCT SN SECHE 0 5 INS 1205030855 CYOW RSC 07 25 100 PCT SN DURCIE 1205030855 CYOW RSC 14 32 100 PCT SN DURCIE 1205030855 Figure 4 SNOWTAM Submission Report 12 ACS Tutorial How to Edit NOTAMJ SNOWTAM The following part handles both NOTAMJ and SNOWTAM because their creation is the same 9 See also Aerodrome Page and Runway Page To edit a NOTAMJ SNOWTAM 1 Select the Aerodrome mandatory if you have access to more than one aerodrome 2 Select the Runway The Runway Page is displayed 22 No Winter Maintenance 04 Da Month Year HHMM e os pate Time 2 may j 2012 bel 2425 UTC mm Centred Width FULL ja FT Offset FROM Contaminant 2 Coverage Coverage Coverage Coverage Coverage D Month Year HHMM None ToComp ByO To Start At Comments OPR Contacts Tel UTC Width ight ja FT ja INS Distance Outside RWY Edge j j i PARTIAL Side e emdtim dent s Unreliable dy OBS Date Time
22. Repeat steps 5 and 6 as needed for each additional role for the user 8 Click Save The user is created QUIM qc ED CYOWOO 2012 05 09 09 06 59 UTC Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks Session Logs Last name 1 First name User enabled Phone Language Mode Password User Groups assigned Roles available Figure 1 User Management Create new user To change information for a user 1 Select the username from the list box or insert first characters of the user name A choice of possible usernames will be displayed filtered by the characters entered 1f any 2 optional Change the user data Last name First name Phone Email Language or Mode 3 optional Choose a Role 4 optional Change the user password by clicking Set Password and inserting a secure password 5 optional Assign Figure 2 Marker 4 1 chosen Role to the user or remove Figure 2 Marker 4 2 a selected role to the user 6 Click Save The user is changed After a change the user has to logout and login in order for the changes to take effect 41 ACS User Guide Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks Session Logs usar cano B ecc Last name First name User enabled Phone Email Language Mode HMI enabled HMI tooltips MMI enabled Password User Groups assigned Figure 2 User Management Change user To deactivate a user 1 Select the user name from the
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24. changes to static data e Submit NOTAM proposals Submit a Runway Surface Condition report There is an additional function to manage users Accountable services is designed to enhance communication between authorised data providers who are E distributed at a large number of locations around the country and the data validators and distributers who are located centrally The system is designed to permit paperless transfer of data between these two groups and to reduce or eliminate the need to re enter data already stored in electronic form Additionally it reduces the time needed from a data observation until the time that the information is fully distributed and thus can be seen as an enhancement to safety Top A Online Help Components e Toolbar e Navigation bar e Navigation panel e Topic panel 106 How to Use the Online Help bar Login and Menu Screens toolbar Hide Button Registered Accountable Source Login Navigation Panel Topic Panel For NAV CANADA Customer Services call 1 800 876 4693 Monday to Friday 0800 to 1800 Eastern Time User name Password Toolbar The toolbar located along the top of the viewer contains navigation buttons Contents Index Search Glossary Back Forward Reset Print Help and Close RAI si Navigation Bar The navigation bar located below the toolbar contains the Hide button OoOO r Navigation Panel The navigation
25. data required in a free text format At sites where French NOTAMJ SNOWTAM are required the user will be presented with both an English and a French text panel Note 82 Where comment text is entered in SNOWiz at designated bilingual sites it must be provided in both official languages Comment text entered in SNOWiz is accepted as is without validation or translation by NAV CANADA It is therefore the user s responsibility to ensure that the data entered is appropriate and in an acceptable format The only allowed characters are ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 TIL TILL UNTILL or UNTIL are NOT to be used on comment boxes as these terms may cause a problem with systems that receive this information The acronym CRFI should also be avoided in free form comments to describe a lower local friction SNOWiz Pages and Fields Apron page 5 See also How to use the Apron Page E e e qc ES CYOWOO 2012 05 08 13 42 18 UTC Navigation Tree Aerodrome Runway ll Taxiway Apron Review Submit A PE APRONS CONDITIONS amp amp ycvow E Runway s English Comment J Taxiway s CyApron s French Comment Comment text entered in SNOWIZ for bilingual SNOWTAM is not validated nor translated by NAV CANADA If comment text is required it must be provided in both languages in order to submit a bilingual SNOWTAM If you wish to use comment text but cannot provide both language
26. describe a lower local friction SNOWiz Pages and Fields Review Submit See also How to use the Review Submit Page b MED A E ED Navigation Tree Aerodrome Runway Taxiway Apron Review Submit Y od REVIEW amp cyRunway s English a PEN u 1 RWY 04 22 000000 NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL D RWY 07 25 CYOW RSC 04 22 10 FT EAST OF CL 10 FT EAST OF CL 30 PCT BARE AND DAMP 70 PCT BARE AND DRY REMAINING 3 RWY 14 32 WID 50 ECT BARE AND WET 50 ECT BARE AND DRY 2 FT 6 INS SN BANK 4 INS OUTSIDE EAST AND WEST RWY EDGE 1202281507 Taxiway s amp D Apron s Francais 000000F NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW RSC 04 22 10 FT EST DE CL 10 FI EST DE CL 30 PCT NUE ET HUMIDE 70 PCT NUE ET SECHE WID RESTANTE 50 PCT NUE ET MOUILLEE 50 PCT NUE ET SECHE 2 FT 6 INS BANC DE SN 4 INS EXTERIEUR EST ET OUEST BORD DE LA RWY 1202281507 Day Month Year HHMM Next Planned OBS Date Time UTC UTC The details in the review page refer to the entire NOTAMJ SNOWTAM of the subject aerodrome identified in bold and highlighted in the navigation tree You can get information about blocks as follows Review e English e Francais Next planned observation time Submit SNOWTAM Submission Report Details and Descriptions English At sites where no French NOTAMJ SNOWTAM are required the user is presented with an English review panel only The user can review the runway sur
27. digit number or the characters GA for the user who is the Group Administrator for the User group For example the users for the Ottawa airport would be CYOWGA CYOWO1 CYOWO2 CYOWO03 and CYOW04 Usernames for users at the FICs follow a different convention FIC user names depend upon whether the user is one of the Group Administrators a FIC user working for this FIC or a user acting on behalf of another FIC as a contingency FIC user group administrator usernames comprise the characters FIC followed by the FIC identifier e g CYKA for Kamloops followed by GA followed by a two digit number e g the second Group Administrator for the Kamloops FIC would have the username FICCYKAGA02 FIC user names for users working for this FIC comprise the characters FIC followed by the FIC identifier followed by a two digit number e g FICCYKAO02 FIC user names for users acting on behalf of another FIC as a contingency comprise this FIC s identifier followed by FOR followed by the FIC identifier of the FIC for which they are acting as alternate followed by a two digit number e g CYKA FOR CYEGOI 3 Enable the user for the needed application access please also note that in operational mode HMI or MMI or both is allowed whereas in Training mode only HMI is supported and in Test mode only MMI is supported 4 Insert a secure password ACS Tutorial 5 Choose a Role 6 Assign the selected Role to the user 7
28. hour esee 40 Mozilla Firefox eene 58 94 IMUlU c icta aaa 109 N Nav Dated ida 109 NAV CANADA eee 134 143 NavCanada issus togae tage 143 Navigation 58 63 94 109 NEW Re Ne 3 Non ICAO Canadian 40 NOTAM osse etui es 5 3 54 NOTAMS 3 40 67 84 86 143 NOTAMJ OR SNOWTAM 98 NOTAMWIZ part 98 NOTAMWIZ_USER 98 0 i 88 134 A ertet edet 58 Decre ero 134 154 Ontaminant vitalidad ia 145 R RED c dais 67 responcibility sese 103 Responsibility Management 103 REVIEW isis 88 RSC Sn nd 134 Runway tabe ic 67 RW Yuna 3 67 134 RWY Ident nee ete eel ones 67 S Screen Navigation 63 SDOWIZ Patins 98 SDOWIZ USER esse 98 SHIF Ponin lien 94 SLUSH iuei Sop RER T 148 SNOWIZ 1 3 40 58 94 134 143 DINO WIZ Piti 98 SNOWIZ_DISPLAY_CONTROLLING98 SNOWIZ USER vis sissies scsisetstogesscasnassios 98 SNOWTAM 1 3 40 58 65 88 90 94 98 134 143 148 SNOW TAM t b rie iii 90 SUBM Sinai 3 Submit TAD nee ass 3 58 88 Index T User Management 54 58 94 98 Taxiway TAB odes 58 84 Ur M 134 Telecommunications eene 1 Username occccccnonnnoninoccncnonononaninicin ss 3 143 TEX bi dao 5 Using Online Help 1 109
29. is no The given Observation time 1s more than one hour different from the runway Reference Information Error Description Explanation width exceeding the established Correct the planned clearance Start At time to be at least 30 minutes Planned Clearing complete the Cleared Surface sectionwith valid data Delete the Contaminant duplicate Planned contaminant Clearing CRFI the warning and ignore it or correct the CRFI time 137 ACS User Guide 138 Error Error Description Explanation Solution ode surface observation 32029 CRFIObservation time cannot be 32030 CRFI observation time is prior to The CRFI Correct the CRFI 24 hours ago observation value for the time cantbe CRFI more than 24 jobservation i time or do 32031 Input of the form is invalid Please check i the text field i and or context 2032 Both obscured lights values have Both obscured Select only the same setting for PARTIAL lights have the Jone Please select BothSides in the combobox first dropdown ition with east and 2033 3 3 cannot be in future surface Cleared observation Surface Observation time to be ji surface observation time The cleared Correct the 32034 Runway dimensions have not been The static data Please logout initialized and login and is check if it happens Reference Information Error Error Description Explanation Solution Code set aga
30. panel located below the navigation bar displays content and text input fields for the Contents Index and Search 107 ACS User Guide Static Data Operations Overview Messages Aerodrome Navaid Point Route Procedure Holding procedure Edit Holding procedure Find e Instrument approach procedure e Instrument approach procedure 1AP usage condition Edit Topic Panel The topic pane displays on the right side It displays topic content with scroll bars for further viewing In the Online Help Viewer the selected book or page at the left is synchronized with the active topic on the right Lp El Ind U Accountable Services About Accountable Services How to Use the Online Help tow to U Login and Menu screen Reference Information Login and Menu Screens Registered Accountable Source Login A Sara For NAV CANADA Customer Services call 1 800 876 4693 Monday to Friday 0800 to 1800 Eastern Time User name Password Toolbar Navigation Buttons Click these buttons to navigate in the online help system 108 How to Use the Online Help e Using Table of Contents On the Toolbar click to display the table of contents in the navigation panel The Contents tab displays books and pages that represent the categories of information in the online help system Books Group topics into chapters or sections When you click
31. select one out of the list box Figure 1 Marker 4 Assign the aerodrome to the Area of Responsibility Figure 1 Marker 5 by clicking the right angle bracket button Figure 1 marker 5 The aerodrome identifier appears in the Aerodromes assigned list box If you need to assign more than one Aerodrome repeat step 4 and 5 Click Save to save your choices Figure 1 Marker 7 43 ACS User Guide Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks Session Logs Area Of Responsibility 2 3 Description Aerodromes available Aerodromes assigned 4 e 7 eme 7 Figure 1 Create new Area of Responsibility As an Administrator to change an Area of Responsibility 1 Select an Area of responsibility from the list box or enter the name in the box and select from the suggested values displayed Figure 2 Marker 1 2 In the Aerodromes available field enter an Aerodrome identifier or select one from the list box Figure 2 Marker 2 3 Assign the chosen aerodrome Figure 2 Marker 3 by clicking the right angle bracket button Figure 2 Marker 3 The aerodrome identifier appears in the Aerodromes assigned list box Figure 2 Marker 4 OR 4 Select an assigned aerodrome from the Aerodromes assigned list box Figure 2 Marker 4 5 Remove the selected aerodrome Figure 2 Marker 5 y clicking the left angle bracket button Figure 2 Marker 5 The aerodrome identifier disappears from the Aerodromes assign
32. the plus sign will expand the list to the next level Clicking on the minus sign will collapse the list Aerodromes are shown in alphabetical order according to their ICAO or non ICAO identifier SNOWiz Pages and Fields Navigation Tree c Sj Aerodromes E CYOW Runway s L RWY 07 25 RWY 14 32 Cj Taxiway s 0 Apron s Navigation Tree E jy Aerodromes CCE3 H CCE4 CCE6 mE CNU4 CNU8 9 csc3 3 CSG3 Runway s SE Taxiway s 2 CSG5 CJCSJ2 3 CSJ5 CSK3 9 CSK4 2 CSKS 7j CSK6 amp 7 CSK8 G CSLS Cj CSP6 E CST3 9 CSV8 9 CSX3 e CSY3 csza E CTA4 6 3 CTH7 CTR6 2 CVB2 CYAB CYAV A scroll bar appears when the list is too large to fit within the available area 61 ACS User Guide Aerodrome page 5 See also How to use the Aerodrome Page A NP E ex 2012 02 28 15 18 24 UTC Navigation Tree Aerodrome Runway Taxiway Apron Review Submit NM oup CONDITION AVAILABILITY amp Cycvow E C3Runway s Conditions Changing Rapidly Contact Tel ra PONS Q RWY 07 25 Conditions Available O RWY 14 32 RETAINED SNOWTAM 4 3 Taxiway s O Apron s e English Francais 000000 NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW 04 22 10 FT EAST OF CL 10 FT EAST OF CL 30 PCT BARE AND DAMP 70 PCT BARE AND DRY REMAINING NID 50 PCT BARE AND WET 50 PCT BARE AND DRY 2 FI 6 INS SN BANK 4 INS OUTSIDE EAST AND WES
33. 4 hours old Click the Cancel button 3 The Review Submit Page appears Figures 1 and 2 are for a designated bilingual site At non bilingual sites the NOTAMJ SNOWTAM is displayed in English only Navigation Trek 2 PEA Aerodromi REVIEW English 000000 NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW RSC CANCELLED Franc 000000F NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW RSC ANNULE Day Month Year Next Planned OBS Date Time UTC Figure 1 Review Submit Page for a Cancel 4 Click the Submit button 5 After a few seconds if the submission is successful the SNOWTAM Submission Report will appear 18 ACS Tutorial The SNOWTAM Submission Report can be printed Figure 2 Marker 8 1 or downloaded Figure 2 Marker 8 2 that is saved to file SNOWTAM Submission Report ENGLISH GG CYZZNYOW 080938 CYHQADMS SWCY0020 CYOW 05080938 SNOWTAM 0020 A CYOW B 05080938 T 000000 NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW RSC CANCELLED FRANCAIS GG CYZZNFRN 080938 CYHQADMS SWCY0020 CYOW 05080938 SNOWTAM 0020 A CYOW B 05080938 T 000000F NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW RSC ANNULE Figure 2 SNOWTAM Submission Report 19 ACS User Guide How to fill out the Runway Page See also Runway Page J 20 To fill out the Runway Page the user requires knowledge about the current conditions This includes the following 1 2 10 Is
34. Comments h The SNOWTAM has been created The system CANADA Customer Service Next Planned OBS Date Time must be after current time Provide the radio frequency in the format 123 or 123 4 or 123 45 or 123 456 The type of comment which has been chosen requires Telephone or and Frequency to be provided contaminantCommentLength Planned Clearing Comments clearancePlanCommentLength Other Conditions Comments otherConditionsCommentLengt 32013 32014 The following runways have no RSC information 32015 32022 32023 combine or abbreviate information that will be relevant for Customer Service Please check all runways of the aerodrome to be sure that Correct the Next next planned Planned observation Observation timeto be in Time the future Frequency correct the frequency value and format Insert a Planned telephone Clearing number and or frequency for Error ode 32024 Planned Clearing width entered is less than established cleared runway width 2025 Planned Clearance Plan StartAt Time is less than 30 minutes after Runway RSC Observation Time 2026 Form section Cleared Surface is required 2027 Do not report the same contaminant twice 32028 CRFI observation time for runway runway should not be more than 1 hour different from the Cleared Surface Observation Time 3 3 3 The planned clearing start time is less than 30 There
35. FREUGEIS iS O A lt A lt lt lt lt lt lt aO A gt gt gt lt lt 7 gt gt k lt A AKAAADD gt 4 4 lt Accountable Sources User Manual EAD DOC FRR8XE Version Issue Date Status Deliverable No AN Distribution EC Contact Information Contact Person Harald Stoeger Department Frequentis Phone Fax 43 1 81150 1678 E mail Harald stoegerG frequentis com Document produced by FREQUENTIS AG InnovationsstraDe 1 A 1100 Vienna Austria The initial version of this document has been developed under the initiative of Nav Canada Company or product names mentioned in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies O No part of the document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose without the written permission of Nav Canada Distribution Table No of Hardcopy Maamoun MAHDI NAV CANADA 1 SC Caroline DOUCET NAV CANADA 1 SC Andrew BOBAS NAV CANADA 1 SC Omar ALOBIDAT NAV CANADA 1 SC Olivier MEIER NAV CANADA 1 SC Robert NIMZ NAV CANADA 1 SC Boris KUMMER EUROCONTROL 1 SC Volodymyr KARPENKO EUROCONTROL 1 SC Razvan GULEAC EUROCONTROL 1 SC Raul VORSMANN Group EAD 1 SC Francis BEAUCHESNE FREQUENTIS 1 SC Robert SMALLDON FREQUENTIS 1 SC Michael BISCHOF FREQUENTIS 1 SC Szabolcs NYARADY FREQUENTIS 1 SC Egon WILFINGER FREQUENTIS 1 SC Ronald
36. GRESS ICE PATCHES 100 FT FM THR11 4 FT WINDROWS 5 FT INSIDE NORTH REDL SAND 8 FT SN BANK ON NORTH RWY EDGE SOUTH REDL PARTIALLY OBSC 1201251045 CVB2 CRFI 11 29 7C 07 1201251000 RMK TWY TAXIWAY OF THIS AERODROME RMK APN APRON OF THIS AERODROME How to administrate ACS How to use User Management 39 ACS User Guide 40 In order to have access to the Administer ACS function at least one of the roles Administrator or Group Administrator must be assigned to your User name A user with an Administrator role is able to create enable change or deactivate Users User Groups and Areas of Responsibility Administrators can also unlock Users and or Aerodromes and view Session Logs A user with a Group Administer role can only activate enable deactivate or edit information associated with a listed User Name add or remove usernames from the group s they administer and view session logs for the usernames in the group s they administer With the User Management Page an administrator is able to create change or deactivate users As an Administrator to create a new user 1 Click the New User button on the Users tab 2 Insert all relevant required data User name Last name First name at least the first Phone at least the first Email Language and Mode Operational Training or Test By convention the User name for users at airports is composed of the aerodrome identifier followed by either a two
37. MARQUE OSS O O S S O S S S S S S Reference Information donn es a ronautiques Soumettre un compte rendu de l tat de la f m Submit a runway surface conditions report surface RSC oumettre une demande de NOTAM UD apleymetre TAP al emp rature HR TOTALE TRACE nitemen WY VERIFIEZ RWY LIBRE D OBST AVANT DE SE POSER PRIOR TO LDG Veuillez choisir une application Voies de circulation ID WID RESTANTE ones de responsibilit s Error Messages Note The following is a list of errors in HMI of SNOWiz All information in brackets should be set with dynamic data in accordance with the user entries Please use also Frequently Asked Question for further question about other possible actions Error Error Description Explanation Solution Code 131 ACS User Guide 132 e Description Explanation Code 00001 An error has occurred Please 00002 00003 00004 01001 01002 01003 service for further assistance The Aerodrome is locked by another user Please contact your group administrator or NAV CANADA customer service System error occurred Please contact NAV CANADA customer service SNOWIz cannot process a SNOWTAM for aerodrome aerodromeCodeld reason Please Contact NAV CANADA customer service Five successive failures to log in The User is Services action to re enable Please contact NAV CANADA Customer Services for assistance Y our user account is d
38. OBS Date Time 2 e x 2012 1425 UTC FT Comment Centred Width FULL jag FT Offset FROM TO Contaminant 1 Coverage E Depth py INS Coverage Depth INS o Coverage Depth INS The details of the cleared part of the runway are entered in the Cleared Surface area It indicates the contaminants and the percentage of the runway affected Observation Time OBS time The time that the observation took place Must be between 0 and 24 hours in the past Note the time is entered in UTC format The full details of the date and the time must be entered Fields e Day e Month e Year e Time HHMM Comments free text Using the comment button will bring up a comments box 65 ACS User Guide 66 Comment English Comment French Comment The user can enter a free text comment in either or both languages Once entered the user selects the save button to close the box and return to the runway page The above screen capture is for a designated bilingual site Only the English comment box is displayed for non bilingual sites A Where comment text is entered in SNOWiz at designated bilingual sites it must be provided in both official languages Comment text entered in SNOWiz is accepted as is without validation or translation by NAV CANADA It is therefore the user s responsibility to ensure that the data entered is appropriate and in an acceptable format If you wish to use comment text but cannot pro
39. PIDEMENT Pleine GRADED NIVELEE 123 ACS User Guide Group administrator Administrateur du groupe ICE GLACE NS GLACE Juill PACKING IN PROGRESS CTC DAMAGE EN COURS CTC PACKING IN PROGRESS VERIFY DAMAGE EN COURS VERIFIEZ RWY 124 Reference Information RWY UNOBSTRUCTED PRIOR TO LIBRE D OBST AVANT DE SE POSER LDG PARTIALLY OBSC PARTIELLEMENT OBSC PCT PERCENT PCT POUR CENT Proceed Proc der PLEASE SELECT YOUR TASK Veuillez choisir une application RWY COND CHANGING RAPIDLY COND DE RWY CHANGENT RAPIDEMENT Slush Submit a runway surface conditions Soumettre un compte rendu de l tat de la report surface RSC Submit permanent changes to static data Soumettre un changement permanent aux donn es a ronautiques SWEEPING IN PROGRESS BALAYAGE EN COURS SWEEPING IN PROGRESS CTC BALAYAGE EN COURS CTC SWEEPING IN PROGRESS VERIFY BALAYAGE EN COURS VERIFIEZ 125 ACS User Guide RWY UNOBSTRUCTED PRIOR TO RWY LIBRE D OBST AVANT DE SE LDG POSER Taxiway tab Tal Temperate THR Treatment TWY Uncleared Unreliable UREA User group Users UTC UTC PRIOR TO LDG AVANT DE SE POSER Wet snow WID Yeu Top A French English Dictionary The following table provides the English terminology used for the French interface sorted alphabetically based on the French terminology Words in uppercase letters are 126 Reference Information used for generat
40. Side East Je EiPaRmMAL Side wesr E PARTIAL BUE Condition bod Condition jos Height I9 pl CONDITIONS Location FT Location Im AGO8S 5 3 a 5 e 18 36 From br Distance p p Side pl M TREATMENT Treatment 1 Treatment 2 I CRFI Cl Unreliable Coefficient 0 ja Measurement Device ERICTION Z L its Day Month Year HHMM 4 OBS Date Time D je i UTC Temperature I is The details in the runway page refer to the subject runway highlighted in bold in the navigation tree You can get information about blocks as follows e Runway identification RWY Ident e Cleared Surface e Uncleared Surface e Planned clearing e Snow banks e Obscured lights e Windrows and other conditions e Treatment e CREI Friction A 64 SNOWiz Pages and Fields All blocks contain a clear button i near the label This can be used to reset block content Details and descriptions Runway identification RWY Ident RWY Ident No Winter Maintenance 05 The runway identification numbers are displayed This area also contains information to indicate if winter maintenance is carried out on the runway No Winter Maintenance If this box is checked it indicates that no published winter maintenance is performed on the runway concerned In that case all other fields will change to grey and data cannot be entered for that runway The default setting is unchecked Cleared Surface CLEARED Day Month Year HHMM SURFACE
41. T RWY EDGE 1202281507 The details in the aerodrome page refer to the highlighted also in bold aerodrome in the navigation tree If the highlighted is an apron taxiway or runway then the aerodrome tab refers to the aerodrome to which that apron taxiway or runway belongs Condition availability This block indicates if a detailed report is available Choices are e Conditions changing rapidly Contact Tel e Conditions available default Retained SNOWTAM This block shows the current retained NOTAMJ SNOWTAM in English or at designated bilingual sites in the user s preferred language 62 SNOWiz Pages and Fields Choices are English French Details and descriptions Conditions changing rapidly Indicates that the meteorological conditions are such that the runway surface conditions are changing too rapidly for proper reporting or measurement and no further information is to be provided in the SNOWTAM When used it is mandatory to give a telephone number for people to get current information Contact Tel Used in conjunction with conditions changing rapidly The telephone number has the following format area code seven digit phone number and optional extension number Conditions available This is the default option This means a valid condition report is available and is will be completed on the runway taxiways and apron tabs as necessary English When selected the details below the button are di
42. URCIE 1205021435 Day Month Year Next Planned OBS Date Time UTC A Figure 1 Review Submission Page 24 ACS Tutorial What does it means What does it mean is a section that uses illustrations and definitions to explain SNOWiz related topics and words A The following descriptions are only for understanding SNOWiz related terms For additional guidance and information refer to the training material provided by NAV CANADA as well as the Canadian NOTAM Procedures Manual Chapter 7 Cleared Width Definition The width of the narrowest portion of a runway that has been cleared to the greatest extent possible of contaminants Cleared width will be reported as either centred which means that the cleared portion is the same on either side of the centre line Or offset which means that the user has to define the amount that is cleared for each side m CLEARED WIDTH E CLEARED WIDTH N CLEARED WIDTH P CLEARED WIDTH E d CLEARED WIDTH Ls CLEARED WIDTH Figure 1 Cleared Width 25 26 ACS User Guide Offset Report the width that is cleared on each side in relation to the centre line ll Figure 2 Cleared Width a 100 feet SOUTH of the centreline are cleared 0 feet NORTH of the centreline is cleared b 80 feet NORTH of the centreline and 20 feet SOUTH of the centreline are cleared Remaining Width Uncleared surface
43. WE DRY REMAINING WID 100 PCT BARE AND WET COMPACTED SNOW PA ALONG INSIDE EAST AND WEST RWY EDGE AND ACROSS RWY 14 32 RWY EDGE EAST AND WEST REDL OBSC 1205020739 Figure 1 Aerodrome selection and new button action 3 The Runway Page appears All data fields are empty except for the observation OBS Date Time and the cleared width which is FULL by default ACS User Guide 04 Month Year HHMM OBS Date CENE MAY 2012 1425 UTC FT FT Cented 9 Width FULL FT offset FROM jui To Coverage n Coverage Coverage Coverage Day Month Year HHMM Noe gt UTC Width FT To Comp By O Pl MIL II J L S To Start At Comments js OPR Contacts Tel Frequency Cl le ms Distance Outside RWY Edge je H Side e i mem s is Comma Figure 2 Runway Page 4 Insert information according to the current conditions 9 Please follow the instructions How to fill out the Runway Page for these steps 5 Open the Taxiway and Apron Pages to add information as required 6 Click the Review Submit Page to review data that has been entered 6 Insert a next planned observation time optional 7 Click Submit button if the message is correct 10 ACS Tutorial AS gD ED TD LU E CYOWO0 2012 05 02 14 36 46 UTC Navigation Tre
44. ase fill in a valid email address Fill in a valid telephone number Please choose another user name Type in the correct new passwords in both fields Insert a correct password it has to be 5 20 characters and or digits Insert the correct old password into the field Frequently Asked Questions ACS User Guide 142 A Note Also refer to the chapter about error messages for problems answers in accordance to your question SNOWiz is doing nothing and displays the message Network Timeout I can t login I got a message lt text gt is longer than the maximum of 1800 characters What does it means I got a message System error occurred Please contact your system administrator after submitting a SNOWTAM NOTAMJ What does Please use only ICAO compliant characters mean I got a failure message with detailed text The user name or password is wrong I got a failure message with detailed text Y our user account is disabled Please contact NAV CANADA customer service for further assistance Why are some fields not validated at the time of input Sometimes if the internet connection is lost it is possible you will get a browser message Check your internet connection Note that sometimes the user could be locked if that happens contact your SNOWiz Group Administrator or the Administrator Check you are using the correct user name and password Check and
45. ators available List of Administrator which could be assigned to a User Group Administrators assigned This field gives a list of Administrators which are assigned to the currently selected User Group 99 ACS User Guide O ED aa 2012 03 21 15 00 02 UTC Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks Session Logs Area Of Responsibility pts METE Description Aerodromes available Aerodromes assigned The Areas of Responsibility enables an Administrator to create or change an area of responsibility and associate it with one or more aerodromes Details and description Buttons New Area The New Area button creates a new area of responsibility and changes the behaviour of the field area of responsibility from a combo box to an input field Save The Save button saves the latest changes to the area of responsibility entries Cancel This button cancels the current changes in the AOR data Fields 100 Area of Responsibility Combo box to select an area of responsibility that will be changed If the New Area button has been clicked it becomes a field for entry of the new area name Description Description is the input field to describe an Area of Responsibility Aerodromes available ACS Administration Pages and Fields This combo field gives a list of aerodromes available to assign to an Area of Responsibility Aerodromes assigned This combo field gives a list of assigned aerodromes in an Area of R
46. bject to the qualification if any in column 3 1 ontaminant et ice Bare ice Wet snow on ice Slush Frost Frozen Ruts or Ridges Dry snow on ice Dry snow on ice Dry snow on compacted snow ompacted snow Dry snow on compacted snow Dry snow on pavement Dry snow on pavement Bare and wet Bare and damp Bare and drv Contaminant Friction Ranking Qualification 1 to 4 ins snow 3 mm or less snow rom 3 mm to 25 mm snow 3 mm or less snow rom 3 mm to 25 mm snow 3 mm or less snow rom 3 mm to 25 mm snow m In the example below the Index tab was clicked snowtam was typed in the text field on the left and the Enter key was pressed The corresponding topic about Accountable Sources opens with it s referencing topics in the right hand pane This keyword is used in more than one topic therefore all topics containing snowtam are displayed 4 UNCLEARED RWY WIDTH UNRELIABLE URL User Group Management User Management Userid Username Using Online Help UTC Accountable Services Main Functions How to Use the Online Help About Accountable Services Help Text Version R7 For Software Version R7 Submit permanent changes to static data Submit NOTAM proposals Submit a Runway Surface Condition report There is an additional function to manage users Accountable services is designed to enhance communica
47. ch How to create a SNOWTAM is a Guideline for users of the ACS SNOWIZ e and explains the creation of a SNOWTAM 2 How to create a SNOWTAM for advanced users is a Guideline for users o Using the Glossary 8 On the toolbar click EL to display the glossary function in the left pane The glossary function displays the meaning of abbreviations used throughout the documentation When you click on a term in the left panel the definition for the selected term will be shown in the lower section of the glossary panel 118 How to Use the Online Help How to use the help This help file is created to guide you through the ACS system and it is divided into three different parts Help for views and field How to create a SNOWTAM How to create a SNOWTAM for advanced users What are the differences Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control Help for views and fields is responsible to guide through the application user interface In that part are the description of fields and its contents How to create a SNOWTAM is a Guideline for users of the ACS SNOWIZ and explains the creation of a SNOWTAM How to create a SNOWTAM for advanced users is a Guideline for users which have base knowledge of the ICAO SNOWTAM format Here will be explained the content of fields in an z Click on a term to display its definition Using the Hide Function of the Navigatio
48. correct your browser settings If the failure persists contact your SNOWiz Group Administrator or Administrator SNOWiz uses the ICAO standard that describes a SNOWTAM NOTAMJ can t be longer than 1800 characters for a complete message Try to shorten the text by using ICAO approved abbreviations as listed in ICAO DOC 8400 The message has not been sent due to a failure Try to resend it and if the failure persists contact your SNOWiz Group Administrator or Administrator For transmission it is recommended to use ICAO compliant characters including the letters ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ figures like 1234567890 and the characters Try removing all unusual characters and signs You are using the wrong combination of username and password Either the user name or password or both are incorrect Which one is wrong is not specified for security reasons Try the correct combination Be careful because after 5 successive failures you will be locked out of the system Contact a NAV CANADA Administrator This is the correct behavior of the system These messages only appear when you leave the screen or move to a different tab view I can t insert values because the field is light grey I would like to change my password The wait dialog is shown more than 5 minutes I got an error message and I don t understand the message SNOWiz does not display properly if I use Internet Explorer I am unable to view the tool
49. d Roles assigned is used to set the selected role s available to the user 97 ACS User Guide es E 2012 09 21 14 56 59 UTC Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks Session Logs Description Areas Of Responsibility available Areas Of Responsibility assigned Users available Users assigned Administrators available Administrators assigned User Groups view allows Administrators to relate the Users Areas of Responsibility and Administrators with a User Group Details and description Buttons New Group Creates a new user group clicking New Group causes the User Group combo box to change to an input field Save Save the last changes in user group Cancel Cancel the current changes in the user group data Fields User Group 98 ACS Administration Pages and Fields Combo box to select a user group that can be changed If the New Group button has been clicked 1t becomes a field for entry of the new group name Description Short description of the User Group Areas of Responsibility available Available Areas of Responsibility these areas are created in the Area of Responsibility page Areas of Responsibility assigned All Areas of Responsibility that are assigned to the currently selected User Group Users available This field gives a list of Users which could be assigned to a User Group Users assigned This field gives a list of Users which are assigned to a User Group Administr
50. e The language field is used to set the default language of interaction for the user Possible choices are e en English Language e fr French Language Mode Specifies if the user has operational training or test access to ACS Possible choices are ACS Administration Pages and Fields e Operational All operational functions in HMI and MMI are activated and the submission is active e Training All operational functions in HMI are activated and submission will be non active e Test All operational functions in MMI are activated and submission will be non active Password The password field provides the user password which is used to login into ACS It has to be in accordance with parameters provided by the NAV CANADA s Administrator User group assigned Shows user group s assigned to a user Roles available Roles available allow a choice to access different combination of user rights This field works in combination with field Roles assigned ADMIN NAV CANADA Administrator of the application ACS GROUP ADMIN Group administrators are responsible for a group of users NOTAMWTIZ USER User able to use the NOTAMWIZ part of ACS SDOWIZ USER User able to use the SDOWIZ part of ACS SNOWIZ DISPLAY CONTROLLING Display Controlling User has the possibility to view the Runway Surface Condition reports in SNOWTAM format and view the SNOWTAM form SNOWIZ USER User able to use the SNOWiz part of ACS Roles assigne
51. e Aerodrome Runway Taxiway Apron Review Submit Ee iii REVIEW 5 S EJRunway s English L Rwy 04 22 000000 NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL O Rwy 07 25 CYOW RSC 04 22 100 PCT DRY SN 0 5 INS 1205021425 O RWY 14 32 ICYOW RSC 07 25 100 PCT COMPACTED SN 1205021434 ICYOW RSC 14 32 100 PCT COMPACTED SN 1205021435 O Taxiway s 4 CJApron s Fran ais 000000F NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW RSC 04 22 100 PCT SN SECHE 0 5 INS 1205021425 CYOW RSC 07 25 100 PCT SN DURCIE 1205021434 CYOW RSC 14 32 100 PCT SN DURCIE 1205021435 Day Month Year HHMM next Planned OBS Date Time UTC UTC 6 Figure 3 Review Submission Page 8 After a few seconds if the submission is successful the SNOWTAM Submission Report will appear Figures 3 and 4 are for a designated bilingual site At non bilingual sites the NOTAMJ SNOWTAM is displayed in English only 11 ACS User Guide 9 The SNOWTAM Submission Report can be printed Figure 4 Marker 9 1 or downloaded Figure 4 Marker 9 2 that 1s saved to file SNOWTAM Submission Report ENGLISH GG CYZZNYOW 030957 CYHQADMS SWCY1252 CYOW 05030855 SNOWTAM 1252 A CYOW B 05030855 C 04 F 4 4 4 G 13 13 13 C 07 F 8 8 8 G XX XX XX C 14 F 8 8 8 G XX XX XX T 000000 NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW RSC 04 22 100 PCT DRY SN 0 5 INS 1205030855 CYOW RSC 07 25 100 PCT COMPACTED SN 1205030855 CYOW RSC 14 32 100
52. e than the number of results per page they are shown on multiple pages These pages are shown by the buttons at the bottom of the search area Clicking on a number will display that page of results Pressing the gt gt will show further results whilst pressing will return to items earlier in the results list Example To find text with a full text search 117 ACS User Guide Click the Search tab 2 Inthe text field at the top of the tab type the word or phrase you want to find and click the Go button 3 Click the topic you want to view The topic displays in the right pane How to use the This help file is created to guide you through the ACS system and it is divided into three different parts m Title How to use the help Using Online Help This help file is created to g a Help for views and field Using Online Help Using Online Help To access the How to create a SNOWTAM Online Help system ACS Press the F1 How to create a SNOWTAM for advanced users Snowiz Navigation and buttons Navigation and buttons SNOWTAM navigation You can a What are the differences User Management Navigation User Management Navigation User Management Navigation Note Help for views and fields is responsible to guide through the application user English French interface In that part are the description of fields and its contents English French Dictionary The following table provides the Fren
53. e the time in the format hh mm 40005 Please provide your comment in both languages bilingual sites any comments label is required 40006 40007 input is not a valid Correct the field value Please check the Form section and Please check the Field and change the value to a correct entry Please change the time format comment for the missing language Fill in valid data into the field Fill in correctly formatted text that can be parsed and converted to the required type Error ode number with defined range and maximum number of fractional digits 42001 Provide the email addresses ina The email row do not leave entries empty in between address has to 42003 Provide the phone numbers in a row do not leave entries empty in between be entered 42004 There is an ACS user with given name already 42005 There is an ADMS user with given name for a different organization already Make sure you retype the new password correctly The telephone number has to be entered A given user name can only be used once 2006 The second The new password does not meet the required format The inserted old password isn t correct not match your stored password The Uncleared section data has been discarded as the cleared width is FULL 42007 42008 The old password provided does 44001 Reference Information Error Description Explanation Ple
54. ed NOTAMJ SNOWTAM text whereas lowercase letters are used for labels and list of values When a label is the same as the generated text only the generated text is shown below Administrateur Administrateur du groupe a rodrome Agent de contr le de la glace Aide Aire de wae Autres conditions Avr BALAYAGE EN COURS VERIFIEZ SWEEPING IN PROGRESS VERIFY RWY LIBRE D OBST AVANT DE SE RWY UNOBSTRUCTED PRIOR TO POSER LDG BANC DE SN ovmonk ENTRE hamp de sai HEM ode r gional Coefficient 127 ACS User Guide 128 442 Compl t d ici To comp By COND DE RWY CHANGENT RAPIDEMENT RWY COND CHANGING RAPIDLY Conditi CONDITIONS CHANGENT RAPIDEMENT CONDITIONS CHANGING RAPIDLY DAMAGE EN COURS VERIEIEZ RWY ACKING IN PROGRESS VERIFY LIBRE D OBST AVANT DE SE POSER pu S OR Soe ERIS De Som SS DEBLAIEMENT EN COURS VERIFIEZ CLEARING IN PROGRESS VERIFY RWY LIBRE D OBST AVANT DE SE RWY UNOBSTRUCTED PRIOR TO POSER LDG D calage Diem calage cembre DEVRAIT ETRE COMPLETE D ICI O BE CLRD BY Distance du bord EAU STAGNANTE TANDING WATER travers T rier paisseur epth E C T L D D T i D S L n E D S Reference Information r quence Gestion de l ACS Ident Piste INS ula uin angue angue de preference argeur LARGEUR D GAG E argeur restante ed INTERIEUR DU BORD DE ALONG INSIDE RWY EDGES Mai 129 ACS User Guide 130 ew Q K P P F ovembre bs b RE
55. ed in feet or inches from the edge of the runway The unit of measure unlabeled box on the right needs to be chosen first Choices are e Feet FT e Inches INS Once the unit of measure has been chosen the permitted values for the distance can be displayed If the unit of measure is inches then the permitted values for the distance are from 2 to 18 inches in 2 inch increments and the words ON EDGE 73 ACS User Guide If the unit of measure is feet then the permitted values for the distance are from 1 to 50 feet in 1 foot increments and the words ON EDGE ON EDGE is available with both units of measure to indicate a value less than the minimum Side The options are e North e South e North and South e Fast e West e East and West Note Only three choices appear depending upon the runway direction For example North South North and South Obscured Lights E sde M PARTIAL Side PARTIAL If lights are obscured or partly obscured then the information is entered in the obscured lights area Side The options are e North e South e North and South e Fast e West e East and West Y Note Only three choices appear depending upon the runway direction For example East West East and West Partial A check box to indicate that the lights are partially obscured 74 SNOWiz Pages and Fields Second entry It is possible to enter a second combination for obscured lights
56. ed list box Figure 2 Marker 4 6 Click the Save button to save your changes Figure 2 Marker 6 44 ACS Tutorial Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks Session Logs Area Of Responsibility le 1 Description Aerodromes available Aerodromes assigned Figure 2 Change Area of Responsibility 45 ACS User Guide What are Roles and User Groups 46 Knowledge about Roles and User Groups helps Administrator to add roles and user groups to users The user Roles grant access to a specific application in ACS There is direct interaction with the possible choices in the Application Selection Page User Groups are logical units that contain one or more users As an Administrator to create a new User Group 1 Click the New Group button Figure 1 Marker 1 2 Insert a User Group name Figure 1 Marker 2 By convention the name should end with GROUP following the aerodrome identifier e g CYOW GROUP for the User group for Ottawa airport or following the FIC prefix e g KAMLOOPS_FIC_GROUP for the User group for the users at the Kamloops FIC Insert a relevant description Figure 1 Marker 3 Choose an available Area of responsibility from the list box Figure 1 Marker 4 and assign it to the User Group using the arrow button Figure 1 Marker 4 1 repeat this step as necessary Choose a user from the list box Figure 1 Marker 5 and assign them using the arrow but
57. ent English Comment French Comment The user can enter a free text comment in English only or both languages as necessary Once entered the user selects the save button to close the box and return to the runway page The above screen capture is for a designated bilingual site Only the English comment box is displayed for non bilingual sites A Where comment text is entered in SNOWiz at designated bilingual sites it must be provided in both official languages Comment text entered in SNOWiz is accepted as is without validation or translation by NAV CANADA It is therefore the user s responsibility to ensure that the data entered is appropriate and in an acceptable format The only allowed characters are ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 TIL TILL UNTILL or UNTIL are NOT to be used on comment boxes as these terms may cause a problem with systems that receive this information The acronym CRFI should also be avoided in free form comments to describe a lower local friction Treatment isa Treatment 1 Bb Treatment 2 M SNOWiz Pages and Fields Treatments applied to the runway are noted in the treatment section A maximum of two separate treatments may be chosen from the list of values The choices must be different The options are e Sand e Urea e Graded e Packed e ce control chemical Canadian Runway Friction Index CRFI E ION Unreliable Coefficient
58. ep 10 see also How to use the Review Submit Page The following picture shows you the location of all necessary information in accordance with steps 1 9 above Aerodrome Runway Taxiway Apron Review Submit RWY Ident 4 No Winter Maintenance Day Month Year HHMM OBS Date Time 2 MAY 2012 1425 UTC Centred Width FULL 4 FT Offset FROM Contaminant ja Contaminant HHMM UTC Day Month Year None To Comp By To Start At Comments OPR Contacts Tel Height ja FT 1Ns E a PARTIAL LIGHTS Side Distance Outside RWY Edge E kd comment Depth INS Depth INS Depth FT TO Coverage t Coverage Coverage Coverage Coverage Em Frequency Side WINDROWS Condition Condition AND OTHER E ej CD CONDITIONS 7 Location Location From Distance Side D TENUS 8 Treatment 1 Coefficient 0 Day Month OBS Date Time C Unreliable HHMM UTC Year Figure 1 Runway Page marker Measurement Device P Across 97 25 14 32 Treatment 2 Temperature If the user can answer the above questions they are able to create a valid NOTAMJ SNOWTAM The user has to insert the data into the correct fields After entering all data users are required to review the generated NOTAMJ SNOWTAM text on the Review Submit Tab before submitting A Changing to another page trig
59. er s responsibility to ensure that the data entered is appropriate and in an acceptable format The only allowed characters are ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 TIL TILL UNTILL or UNTIL are NOT to be used on comment boxes as these terms may cause a problem with systems that receive this information The acronym CRFI should also be avoided in free form comments to describe a lower local friction Operator contacts OPR Either a telephone number or radio frequency is mandatory if a value containing CTC has been chosen in the comments above Otherwise they are optional 72 SNOWiz Pages and Fields OPR Contacts Tel Frequency Telephone number The telephone number has the following format area code seven digit phone number and optional extension number Frequency The radio frequency to be used to contact the aerodrome operator The frequency has the following format 123 or 123 4 or 123 45 or 123 456 Snowbanks SRE Height FT INS Distance Outside RWY Edge Side at ph pis The height and distance from outside the runway edge of any snow banks are entered in the Snow banks area Height Height j FT wj INS Snow banks height can be defined in feet only inches only or feet and inches Distance Outside Runway Edge Distance Outside RWY Edge Le el The distance of a snow bank from outside the edge of the runway can be defin
60. esponsibility 101 ACS User Guide AE Help 2012 03 21 15 00 53 UTC Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks Session Logs Locked Users pa Unlock Locked Aerodromes Unlock The Locks view is a tool for Administrators to unlock users and or aerodromes which are currently locked Group Administrators can do this for their group users and aerodromes Details and description Buttons Unlock Locked Users This button allows an Administrator or Group Administrator to unlock a User selected in the Locked Users field A If a locked User also has a locked aerodrome both will be unlocked after using this button Unlock Locked Aerodromes This button allows an Administrator or Group Administrator to unlock an aerodrome selected in the Locked Aerodromes field Refresh The refresh button refreshes the combo lists for Locked Users and Locked Aerodromes Fields Locked Users 102 ACS Administration Pages and Fields Provides a list of users who are currently locked Locked Aerodromes Provides a list of aerodromes which are currently locked 103 ACS User Guide Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks Session Logs Sessions from E hh mm UTC Sessions till hh mm UTC User name Aerodrome v HMI Y MMI Download Logs Delete Logs till hh mm UTC Delete Logs The session log gives an Administrator or Group Administrator access
61. f the parameters available can be found in the Contaminant Layers and Codes Percentage coverage coverage A percentage value from 10 to 100 in increments of 10 The sum total of the percentage coverage for the contaminant s on the uncleared surface must equal 100 69 ACS User Guide A The maximum value for any single contaminant in patches is 90 Depth Depth pe mss jo The depth of the contaminant in the unit of measure selected from the list of values feet or inches The depth is mandatory with some contaminants and not permitted with other contaminants For details on if the depth is permitted optional or not allowed see Contaminant Layers and Codes Planned clearing PLANNED Day Month Year HHMM CLEARING None UTC Width FT To Comp By i OPR Contacts Tel Frequency The details of the clearing activities either already underway or planned for the runway s are entered in the Planned Clearing area Completion None 9 To Comp By To Start At Options are e None default e To be completed by e To start at Only one may be selected Start or Completion date time The date and time of the planned start or completion of the clearing activities in UTC time Must be in the future Fields e Day e Month e Year e Time HHMM 70 SNOWiz Pages and Fields Width Width Mr The cleared width of the runway once the clearing activities are completed in values rangi
62. face conditions 85 ACS User Guide 86 report prior to dissemination However it is not possible to edit from this location The user must return to the relevant form aerodrome runway taxiway apron Francais At sites where French NOTAMJ SNOWTAM are required the user is presented with English and French review panels The user can review the runway surface conditions report prior to dissemination however it is not possible to edit from this location The user must return to the relevant form aerodrome runway taxiway apron Next planned observation time The next planned observation time is optional Upon selecting the check box SNOWiz will input the current UTC time plus 24 hours The user can then adjust these values to select the next planned observation time The maximum selectable time is 24 hours in the future Note the time is entered in UTC format The full details of the date and the time must be entered Fields are Day Month Year Time HHMM Submit Upon clicking the Submit button the SNOWTAM is submitted for verification and distribution Successful processing of the SNOWTAM proposal is verified when the SNOWTAM Submission Report is displayed SNOWTAM Submission Report ENGLISH GG CYZZNYSJ 181300 CYHQADMS SWCYO167 CYSJ 10181000 SNOWTAM 0167 A CYSJ B 10181000 C 05 D F 1 1 1 G XX XX XX C 14 E 21 LR F 3 3 3 G XX XX XX S 10181600 T 000000 NOTAMJ CYSJ SAINT JOHN CYSJ RSC 05
63. formation on other runways repeat from C to P 3 Words in brackets not to be transmitted 89 ACS User Guide Multiple runways RUNWAY CONDITION fe C LEARED PORTION 14 o E LEN m CRITICAL SNOWBANKS WIDTH m OFFSET El HEIGHT cm DIST m SIDE RUNW AY TAXIWAY LIGHTS OBSCURED F 1 171 e xx xx xx DEPTH mm FURTHER CLEARANCE DEPOSITS Bi T FRICTION DEV x RWY LGTSSIDE LEN m EL WIDTH m H HHmm If an aerodrome has multiple runways for which winter maintenance is carried out then in the ICAO SNOWTAM items C to M are duplicated for each runway In the on line representation the user can select the runway of choice from a drop down list marked in a red box in the visual above Upon making the selection the values for that runway are displayed in items C through item M Print To print the SNOWTAM click the Print button on the screen This will open the SNOWTAM Submission Report 90 ACS Administration Pages and Fields 2 2012 01 19 16 23 33 UTC users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks User name Last name First name User enabled Phone Language Mode HMI enabled HMI tooltips MMI enabled Session logging Password User Groups assigned Roles available Roles assigned Figure 1 User Management Navigation Areas e Navigation buttons Figure 1 Marker 1
64. g topic opens in the right hand pane 110 How to Use the Online Help Lp El Ind QO cat eve Login and Menu Screens About Accountable Services 3 How to Use the Online Help How to lm Login and Menu sen Log into the system E e Registered Accountable Source Login AV CANAD A For NAV CANADA Customer Services call 1 800 876 4693 Monday to Friday 0800 to 1800 Eastern Time User name Password Using Index E Index On the toolbar click to display the index in the left pane The Index tab displays a multi level list of keywords and keyword phrases These terms are associated with topics in the online help system and they are intended to direct you to specific topics To open a topic in the right hand pane that is associated with a keyword select a keyword and click on it 111 ACS User Guide ACS ADD COMMENT ADD TWY REPORTING COMMENT ADMIN Advanced Users ALONG CLEARED PORTION And pages APN APRON APRONS Area BARE AND DRY On CANADA BOWMONK e i BSC LGTS 3 Buttons BY THIRDS Canada For NAV CANADA Customer Services call 1 800 876 4693 Monday Canadian to Friday 0800 to 1800 Eastern Time Canadian NOTAM CANCELLED Cause Action User name Characteristics Password Checkbox CLEARED PORTION OF RWY CLEARED RWY WIDT CLEARING EXPECTED TO START AT CLEARING IN PROGRESS m If the keyword is used in multiple topics clicking on the key word displa
65. gers the validation of the fields The NOTAMJ SNOWTAM can not be submitted before all open validation issues are fixed Fields that fail validation Validation Errors are marked in red and corresponding error messages are displayed How to use the Taxiway Page 21 ACS User Guide See also Taxiway Page E 22 Filling out the Taxiway Page requires knowledge about the current taxiway conditions How to use the page 1 Goto Taxiway Page Figure 1 Marker 1 1 or select a Taxiway Figure 1 Marker 1 2 in Navigation Tree 2 Insert relevant information in the comment field Figure 1 Marker 2 or 3 Only Figure 1 Marker 2 is displayed at non bilingual sites 3 At designated bilingual sites insert the relevant information in both languages Figure 1 Marker 2 and 3 A The entered comment text is not automatically translated If text has to be provided for a bilingual Aerodrome both comment fields have to be filled out with the corresponding language If you wish to use comment text but cannot provide both languages please quit and contact your FIC This can be ignored if you are providing comment text for only English language related aerodromes Navigation Tree Aerodrome Runway Apron Review Submit a SOR TAXIWAY CONDITIONS 1 1 E SjRunway s English Comment RWY 04 22 _ RWY 07 25 RWY 14 32 French Comment 3 Comment text entered in SNOWIZ for bilingual SNOWTAM is not validated nor translated by
66. h Fran ais lo OTAMJ CYOW OITAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL FI EAST OF CL 10 FT EAST OF CL 30 PCT BARE AND DAMP 70 PCI BARE AND DRY REMAINING T BARE AND WET 50 FCT BARE AND DRY 2 FI 6 INS SN BANK 4 INS OUTSIDE EAST AND WEST RW 228150 Area e Navigation buttons area 1 e Navigation tabs area 2 e Navigation tree area 3 e Detailed SNOWTAM area area 4 e Date area area 5 Navigation buttons area 1 e New e Cancel e Menu e Logout e Help e About button is only available after hovering over the Help button Navigation tabs area 2 55 ACS User Guide Aerodrome Runway Taxiway Apron Review Submit Navigation tree area 3 The navigation tree is used for aerodrome selection More information about it can be found in SNOWiz screen navigation Detailed SNOWTAM area area 4 The detail area gives the details of a single SNOWTAM proposal It contains differing information depending upon the tab that is in front as given in navigation tabs above Date and User Name area area 5 Displays the name of the user currently logged in and the current date and time in UTC Screen prompts e Focus e Errors e Tooltips Details and descriptions Buttons New Create a new SNOWTAM from scratch Cancel Cancel the active SNOWTAM ess than 24 hours old Menu Return to the application menu 56 SNOWiz Pages and Fields This option requires confirmation Please confirm Do y
67. in Iaffirmative SO contact your group administrator or NAV CANADA Customer 2035 No Winter Maintenance selected but RSC not cleared ES es 2036 Uncleared portion must be empty when RWY fully cleared 2037 The provided Planned Clearing width should exceed the Cleared width surface width or ignore warning Planned Clearance time must be Planned Correct within the next 24 hours from Clearanceis the Planned Cleared Surface Observation more than 24 Clearance to Time hours after be less than runway s 24 hours after cleared surface runway s observation cleared time surface observation time The percentages of contaminants The total Correct the coverage in the cleared portion do cleared surface cleared not add up to 100 contamination surface coverage is contaminatio less than n coverage to 100 total 100 2040 Cleared surface area defined by offsets is empty The percentages of contaminants The total Correct the coverage in the uncleared portion uncleared uncleared do not add up to 100 portion portion contamination contaminatio coverage 1s n coverage to 32038 32039 N E less than total 100 139 ACS User Guide 140 Input of label is not valid The field with details label has to 40002 Form section label is required 40003 Value of label is not in range A range is defined for the field but the value in the field isn t in 40004 Provid
68. isabled Please contact NAV CANADA customer service for further assistance The user name or password is wrong A generic error Please An Aerodrome Please can only be contact your updated by one group user at a time Another User or NAV CANADA customer service to unlock the aerodrome if A generic error If you are not occurred Most able to do common cause your work is missing Static Data or Initialization Data CANADA customer service Please contact the NAV CANADA customer service incorrect User name Passwor d combination Youraccount Please is disabled both user name and administrator contact NAV contact NAV Login Page Login Page Error ode 01004 Your user account has no access to any application Please contact your group administrator for further assistance 01005 There is a user session registered for this user already You may not log in twice at the same time service for further assistance Password is required Your ACS session has expired 01006 01007 01008 User name is required 01009 combination is submitted The group rights for the given user are not set The user is still If you are the logged in or another person with the same credentials has logged in Reference Information Error Description Explanation password are correct and try again attempts to login Login Page administrator
69. ld be used to understand the on line representation You can get information about blocks fields as follows e ICAO SNOWTAM paper form e Multiple runways e Print SNOWiz Pages and Fields Details and descriptions ICAO SNOWTAM paper form PRIORITY ADDRESSES lt COM INDICATOR heading DATE AND TIME ORIGINATOR S lt OF FILING INDICATOR Abbreviated SWAA SERIAL NUMBER LOCATION INDICATOR DATE TIME OF OBSERVATION OPTIONAL GROUP ae jelelsle 11 1111014 1411 117 SNOWTAM Serial number gt AERODROME LOCATION INDICATOR A DATE TIME OF OBSERVATION Time of completion of measurement in UTC B gt RUNWAY DESIGNATORS C gt CLEARED RUNWAY LENGTH IF LESS THAN PUBLISHED LENGTH m D gt CLEARED RUNWAY WIDTH IF LESS THAN PUBLISHED WIDTH m if offset left or right of centre line add L or R E gt DEPOSITS OVER TOTAL RUNWAY LENGTH F Observed on each third ofthe runway starting from threshold having the lower runway designation number NIL CLEAR AND DRY 1 DAMP 2 WET or water patches 3 RIMEOR FROST COVERED depth normally less than 1 mm 4 DRY SNOW 5 WET SNOW 6 SLUSH 7 ICE 8 COMPACTED OR ROLLED SNOW 9 FROZEN RUTS OR RIDGES gt MEAN DEPTH mm FOR EACH THIRD OF TOTAL RUNWAY LENGTH G gt FRICTION MEASUREMENTS ON EACH THIRD
70. list box or insert first characters of the user name A choice of possible user names will be displayed filtered by the characters entered if any 2 Deselect the User enabled check box by clicking 3 Click Save The user is deactivated If the user is logged in then in order to deactivate the user you must first unlock the corresponding user session 42 ACS Tutorial Why do areas of responsibility have to be defined The Area of responsibility AOR is used to define the aerodrome s accessible to users An AOR can contain one or more aerodromes One or more AORs can be associated with a User Group Users are members of one or more User groups The aerodromes that are displayed and thus available to a user in the Navigation Tree are the aerodromes in the AOR s associated with the User group s of which the user is a member In Administer ACS Administrators are able to assign one or more AOR to a user group As an Administrator to create an AOR click on the Areas of Responsibility tab l Press the New Area button Figure 1 Marker 1 2 Insert a name Figure 1 Marker 2 for the area of responsibility By convention the name should end with AOR following the aerodrome identifier e g CYOW AOR for the AOR for Ottawa airport or following the FIC prefix e g KAMLOOPS FIC AOR for the AOR of the Kamloops FIC Insert a description Figure 1 Marker 3 In aerodromes available insert an Aerodrome identifier or
71. lock your session Contaminant Friction Ranking The following table ranks the contaminants in order of friction from worst 1 to best 24 for purposes of choosing dominant contaminant in Item F Standing water over ice 143 ACS User Guide 3 Ice Dry snow Dry snow Bare and damp Bare and dry The table below gives specific contaminant definitions cannot be readily detected A surface condition that is not damp or wet and has no observed contaminant layer is 3mm 0 13 inch or less in depth Compacted snow Snow compressed into a solid mass that resists further compression and holds together or breaks up into lumps if picked up Dry snow Snow that is neither compacted on nor bonded to a surface including fresh fallen or old standing dry snow If compacted by hand dry snow falls apart upon release on a surface whose temperature is below 0 C Water that has frozen on a surface and includes the condition commonly known as black ice and the condition where compacted snow has turned into a polish ice surface Slush Partially melted snow or ice with a high water content from which water can readily flow Slush displaces with a splatter 144 Reference Information with a heel and toe slap down motion against the ground Snow drift A heap or mound of snow created by action of the wind Snow drifts resemble sand dunes and are formed in a similar manner namely by wind moving light snow and depositi
72. n Bar X Hide button Click to hide the Navigation panel to create a larger view of topic panel 119 ACS User Guide Accountable Sources USER GUIDE To display the Navigation panel click the Contents Index Search or Glossary button again VE Contents QA Accountable Services About ACS ON How to Use the Online Help Overview o Login and Menu screen SNOWIZ gt User Administration e Abbreviations e Error Messages 120 Accountable Sources USER GUIDE How to Use the Online Help 121 Reference Information English French Dictionary The following table provides the French terminology used for the French interface sorted alphabetically based on the English terminology Words in uppercase letters are used for generated NOTAMJ SNOWTAM text whereas lowercase letters are used for labels and list of values When a label is the same as the generated text only the generated text is shown below ALONG INSIDE RWY EDGES LE LONG INT RIEUR DU BORD DE PISTE Zones de responsibilit s 122 Reference Information CLEARED SURFACE LARGEUR D GAG E CLEARING EXP TO START AT DEBLAIEMENT PREVU DEBUTER A CLEARING IN PROGRESS DEBLAIEMENT EN COURS CLEARING IN PROGRESS CTC DEBLAIEMENT EN COURS CTC CLEARING IN PROGRESS VERIFY DEBLAIEMENT EN COURS VERIFIEZ RWY UNOBSTRUCTED PRIOR TO RWY LIBRE D OBST AVANT DE SE LDG POSER CONDITIONS CHANGING RAPIDLY CONDITIONS CHANGENT RA
73. n box is cancelled and the user remains at the ACS Administration page Help Displays the user guide in a separate browser window For information on using the help system refers to using on line help About Displays basic information about the ACS application The About button is only available after hovering over the Help button Navigation Pages Users The Users page allows an Administrator to create a user or change user related data such as user privileges roles and password Group Administrators can not create users but change data for existing users in their groups Additional information can be found here User groups 93 ACS User Guide 94 The User Groups page allows an Administrator to create a new user group or change an existing group It is possible to assign an Area of responsibility to users and administrators in a user group Group Administrators can only change group membership for their groups Areas of Responsibility The Areas of responsibility allows an Administrator to define which aerodromes are under the authority of the accountable source Locks The Locks tab gives an Administrator the ability to lock or unlock users or aerodromes Group Administrators can do this only for users and aerodromes associated with their groups Session logs In Session logs it is possible for Administrators to query download and delete portions of session logs for specified user names or aerodromes Gro
74. nformation about it can be found here SNOWiz Pages and Fields Apron The apron page displays a Comment box for all Aprons Previously entered data 1f available is also displayed More information about it can be found here Review Submit The review submit page displays a copy of the proposed SNOWTAM in English and where required in French It also displays the optional check box for the time of the next observation More information about it can be found here 39 ACS User Guide Navigation Tree amp CyAerodromes amp 7 CCE3 amp CCE4 amp C3 CCE6 S CNU4 CNUB amp C3csca amp C 3Csc3 amp 2 Runway s E cyTaxiway s amp C CS65 amp C CSm2 C3 Css amp C CSk3 amp C CSK4 CSK5 amp C3 CSK6 amp C3 CSK8 amp CSLS 9 CSP6 S O csr3 m CSV8 amp C CSX3 C3csv3 amp C3 CSZA4 5 CO CTA4 amp C CTH7 amp C CTR6 amp C3 CvB2 amp C1 CYAB 9 CYAV Field Screen Navigation ex E NUUS Aerodrome Runway Taxiway Apron Review Submit SNOWTAM CONDITION AVAILABILITY D Conditions Changing Rapidly Contact Tel Conditions Available NO EXISTING RETAINED SNOWTAM English Francais rm Navigation tree Details and descriptions 60 Navigation Tree Navigation Tree 8 CJ H 0 Taxiway s Apron s 2012 02 28 15 54 05 UTC The navigation tree lists all aerodromes to which the user has access Clicking on
75. ng 1t when the wind is slowed usually against a stationary object Snow normally crests and slopes off toward the surface on the windward side of a large object On the leeward side areas near the object are a bit lower that surrounding areas but generally flatter Water having a depth of more that 3 mm 0 13inch Ice Ice covered with a thin film of water with a Ice covered with a thin film of water film of water Wet snow Snow that sticks together to form a snowball but does not readily allows water to flow from 1t when compressed by hand See also in What does it mean for the graphical definitions 145 ACS User Guide 146 Contaminant Layers and Codes The tables below define the valid contaminant combinations of layers applicable to a runway RSC Column 1 is the code for the F field of the SNOWTAM Column 2 is the corresponding Pull down menu selection for English Column 3 is the text which will be inserted into the runway s RSC in the SNOWTAM T field text for English Column 4 is the corresponding Pull down menu selection for French Column 5 is the text which will be inserted into the runway s RSC in the SNOWTAM T field text for French If column 6 contains a check mark then depth is required for this contaminant combination Contaminant Layers and Codes Code Contaminant Generated Text Contaminant Generated Depth Layers Pull English Layers Pull Text French Required down Men
76. ng Water Patches In addition to the cleared width contaminants significant ice patches or compacted snow patches with friction measurements considerably lower than the average readings should be reported The distance in feet from a threshold or thresholds is required Distance from threshold Figure 14 Ice Patches distance from threshold Runway Orientation A runway is designated according to a magnetic or true heading using a number between 01 and 36 in ten degree increments The following figure shows the orientation with geographical dependency to left and right ACS Tutorial Figure 15 Runway Orientation What does treatment mean The surface is treated primarily by snow removal But in some cases runways also have to be treated by spreading various materials on the surface to melt ice or prevent re freezing of water for example Urea or Ice Control Chemical or to provide traction for example sand See also Ice Patches Obscured Runway Lights 35 ACS User Guide 36 For the notification of obscured runway lights the report needs to be for the worst case This means that if there is a mixture of obscured and partially obscured lights on one side it has to be reported as obscured V obscured partially obscured pa SS D e Figure 16 Obscured Lights ACS Tutorial How to for advanced users Advanced SNOWTAM knowledge Introduction Advanced user means in addition to NOTAMJ you have s
77. ng cleared width One value has to be chosen Distance Indicates the distance in either feet or inches from the location mentioned above The unit of measure unlabeled box needs to be selected first Choices are e Feet FT e Inches INS Once the unit of measure has been chosen the permitted values for the distance are displayed Side The options are e North e South e North and South e East e West e East and West Note Only three choices appear depending upon the runway direction For example North South North and South 76 SNOWiz Pages and Fields Height Height Le Le Indicates the height of the condition in either feet or inches The unit of measure unlabeled box needs to be selected first Choices are e Feet FT e Inches INS Once the unit of measure has been chosen the permitted values for the height are displayed Across runway The Across runway area displays the designators of the other runways if any of the aerodrome Use this box to indicate that the condition windrow or snowdrift crosses another runway SNOWiz does not validate the choice for example there will be no error message if a runway selected in this section is parallel to the subject runway It is not possible to add or remove a runway or a taxiway One can only select or deselect Comments free text Using the comment button will bring up a comments box 77 ACS User Guide 78 Comm
78. ng from 10 feet to the published width of the runway in 10 foot increments When it is anticipated that the entire width will be cleared the value TOTAL is selected Comments list of values Comments GRADED VERIFY RWY UNOBSTRUCTED PRIOR TO LDG CLEARING IN PROGRESS CLEARING IN PROGRESS CIC CLEARING IN PROGRESS VERIFY RWY UNOBSTRUCTED PRIOR TO LDG PACKING IN PROGRESS PACKING IN PROGRESS CIC A list of values with standard comments is included A Comments containing the words in progress are only permitted where the completion time is set to be completed by Comments containing CTC will enable the OPR Contact entry Either a contact telephone number and or a radio frequency must be entered Comments free text Beg Using the comment button will bring up a comments box 71 ACS User Guide Comment English Comment French Comment The user can enter a free text comment in English only or both languages as required Once entered the user selects the save button to close the box and return to the runway page The above screen capture is for a designated bilingual site Only the English comment box is displayed for non bilingual sites A Where comment text is entered in SNOWiz at designated bilingual sites it must be provided in both official languages Comment text entered in SNOWiz is accepted as is without validation or translation by NAV CANADA It is therefore the us
79. ntained in item T When disseminated the entire SNOWTAM will go to international users and the NOTAMJ part only will be disseminated to Canadian users See How to for advanced users for more information about SNOWTAM The maximum validity of NOTAMJ SNOWTAM is 24 hours A new or revised NOTAMJ SNOWTAM must be issued whenever there is a significant change in conditions The following changes relating to runway conditions are considered as significant e a change in the coefficient of friction of 0 05 or more e changes in the depth of deposit greater than the following 20 mm for dry snow 10 mm for wet snow 3 mm for slush e achange in the cleared width of a runway of 10 percent or more e any change in the type of deposit or extent of coverage including a return to bare and dry conditions e when snow banks exist on one or both sides of the runway any changes in the height or distance from centre line e any change in the visibility of runway lighting because the lights are obscured by contaminants e any other conditions that are in the opinion of the aerodrome authority considered to be significant ACS User Guide SNOWIz Application With SNOWiz you are able to e Create or revise a NOTAMJ SNOWTAM e Cancel a NOTAMJ SNOWTAM e Review the last submission What are the differences between NOTAMJ SNOWTAM See Definition of a NOTAMJ SNOWTAM ACS Tutorial First Time Users Before attempting to login ensure you have
80. odromes list box Figure 2 Marker 2 3 Click the Unlock button Figure 2 Marker 3 to the right of the Locked Aerodromes list box 4 The aerodrome is unlocked Unlocking the aerodrome does not unlock any users whose sessions are locked involving that aerodrome pp A CYOWOO 2012 05 09 09 07 51 UTC Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks Session Logs Locked Users pe Locked Aerodromes ie 2 Figure 2 Unlock Aerodrome 50 ACS Screens and Fields Login Logout Screen 9 See also How to Login Registered Accountable Source Login CASA NA DE iii For NAV CANADA Customer Services call 1 800 876 4693 Monday to Friday 0800 to 1800 Eastern Time User name Password Fields User name Password Actions Sign In Reset Details and descriptions User Name The name of the user as registered in the system 51 ACS User Guide Password The password of the user as registered in the system Note he password is case sensitive Sign In This button must be pressed after entering the user name and password in order to login in to the system Reset Reset the user name and password fields 52 ACS Application Selection Screen O See also How to Application Selection Page gt ACS Application Selection Please select your task Submit permanent changes to static data Submit a NOTAM proposal Submit a Runway Surface Conditions report
81. ome knowledge about SNOWTAM messages and that you have read the standard How to use ACS section What is needed If you have to read SNOWTAM in addition to NOTAMJ you need access to the user role SNOWLIZ Display Controlling What is the difference between SNOWTAM and NOTAMJ SNOWTAM is an ICAO based standard message and consists of all or some of the items A through T The T field of a SNOWTAM created by SNOWiz contains the entire NOTAMJ NOTAMS is a Canadian Domestic Runway Surface Condition message SNOWiz uses the NOTAMJ to populate the T field of the generated SNOWTAM ICAO SNOWTAM Items and their descriptions The following section describes the ICAO SNOWTAM items that are generated by SNOWiz where applicable The values below are examples only Item A Aerodrome location indicator four letter location indicator Itis possible to use either an ICAO location identifier or a non ICAO Canadian 3 domestic identifier in SNOWiz e g CYWK or CHG2 Item B Eight digit date time group of the latest observation time of either the RSC or CRFI as month day hour and minute in UTC Item C Lower runway designator number Item D Cleared runway length in metres if less than published length 37 ACS User Guide 38 A Note SNOWiz doesn t support Item D In Canada runways are always cleared to the full length Item E Cleared runway width in metres if less than published width if offset left or
82. on a closed book it opens to display its content sub books and pages When you click on an open book it closes Click on a book to display topics 109 ACS User Guide Contents E El IR 2 lt Y accutabl services About Accountable Services How to Use the Online Help Quom Login and Menu screen For Software Version Login and Menu Screens SNOWIZ QD User Administration O Reference information Accountable Services Main Functions m Submit permanent changes to static data Submit NOTAM proposals e Submit a Runway Surface Condition report There is an additional function to manage users Accountable services is designed to enhance communication between authorised data providers who are distributed at a large number of locations around the country and the data validators and distributers who are located centrally The system is designed to permit paperless transfer of data between these two groups and to reduce or eliminate the need to re enter data already stored in electronic form Additionally it reduces the time needed from a data observation until the time that the information is fully distributed and thus can be seen as an enhancement to safety Top A Pages Represent individual topics When you click a page you select a topic that can be viewed in the right hand pane Example In the example below the Contents tab and the Login Menu Screens page were clicked The correspondin
83. orld Wide Web X 25 A communication protocol XML Extensible Mark up Language Glossary 151 Index A About Accountable Services 5 ACS he dad 109 ACS Application Selection Screen 56 Administration User Unlock 105 Advanced Users eee 1 40 Aerodrome tab ee 65 AIP Candado 1 APRON I tede teet IE 40 Area 3 58 63 65 67 84 86 94 103 109 B BUON dias ida ees 58 C A tution a 1 Canadian 1 3 40 67 Canadian NOTAM eee 1 Cause ACLOT aa ie iere pete ete atte 134 Characteristics nee 40 Cheb S 143 dier EE 67 Codes sise nee te 1 40 67 Contaminant Friction 109 145 Contaminant Layers esses 148 CREN Sa qua Mo 3 58 67 134 OD G ANT 3 67 D Distinguishable tios lisis 145 DISIEIDULOES eii aa 5 E EAD domat a 109 English 58 65 67 84 86 88 English SNOWTAM e 88 Error Messages hist 134 EUROCONTROL eere eerte 1 F A TEE 109 A A desee depen 125 FEEDBACK la 125 A NON TL 67 Function Searches essaie non 109 G Group administrator 3 134 143 H A utei ie aan 134 I ICAO 1 40 63 67 84 86 90 143 ICAO SNOWTAM 1 40 90 G cm 148 ACS User Guide INS aatis eph roe ER 67 L A bb 54 109 M Microsoft 58 94 MIDDLE 4 5 ese eee ent 125 Month day
84. ou really want to quit SNOWIZ ames e Yes the user is returned to the application menu e No the confirmation box is cancelled and the user remains in SNOWiz Logout Return to the login screen This option requires confirmation Please confirm Do you really want to logout e Yes the user is returned to the application menu e No the confirmation box is cancelled and the user remains in SNOWiz Help Displays the user guide in a separate browser tab For information on using the help system see using on line help 57 ACS User Guide QA Accountable Services E acs E About ACS How to Use the Online Help overview e Login and Menu screen SNOWIZ User Administration Abbreviations Error Messages Accountable Sources m USER GUIDE Displays basic information about the ACS application The About button is only available after hovering over the Help button Tabs 58 Aerodrome The aerodrome page gives information about the condition availability and current retained SNOWTAM More information about it can be found here Runway The runway page displays the form for reporting the Runway Surface Condition Previously entered data if available is also displayed More information about it can be found here Taxiway The taxiway page displays a Comment box for all Taxiways Previously entered data if available is also displayed More i
85. plication in ACS ACS Application Selection Screen The selection fields on the ACS Application Selection Page are described in detail in ACS Application Selection Screen The options are Submit permanent changes to static data not yet implemented Submit a NOTAM proposal not yet implemented Submit a Runway Surface Conditions report SNOWiz Administer ACS Change password pu up Q The option numbers above correspond to the markers in the following figure J ACS Application Selection Please select your task Submit permanent changes to static data B Submit a NOTAM proposal Submit a Runway Surface Conditions repor D Administer ACS Change password Language preference English Francais 6 Figure 1 ACS Application Selection Screen ACS User Guide How you use this e Select the application you want at this time only Runway Surface Conditions report Administer ACS and Change password are available e Click Submit Figure 1 Marker 6 e Read the following confirmation dialog and click Proceed Figure 2 Marker 7 if you agree If not press Quit Figure 2 Marker 8 and contact your FIC Flight Information Centre A NOTAMJ SNOWTAM issued with SNOWiz are not reviewed by NAV CANADA agents prior to dissemination and therefore if the user wishes to provide additional comment but cannot do so in the required language s the responsible FIC must be contacted for assistance
86. provided in both languages in order to submit a bilingual SNOWTAM If you wish to use comment text but cannot provide both languages please close the comment text entry window logout of SNOWIZ and contact your FIC DODODDODOODOODDDOCOLnN i lil Figure 1 Apron Page 23 ACS User Guide How to use the Review Submit Page See also Review Submit Page 5 On the Review Submit Page the user is able to review the created changed SNOWTAM or cancellation message before submission To submit a SNOWTAM n Check if all needed information has been correctly entered 2 Check the Next Planned Observation Time box and insert Date and time optional 3 Click the Submit button Figure 1 is for a designated bilingual site At non bilingual sites the NOTAMJ SNOWTAM is displayed in English only IP ED ED ED ED CYOWO0 2012 05 02 14 36 46 UTC Navigation Tree Aerodrome Runway Taxiway Apron Review Submit e A Ai Asrodromes REVIEW eaq 4 3 Runway s Englisl L Rwy 04 22 000000 NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL RWY 07 25 CYOW RSC 04 22 100 PCT DRY SN 0 5 INS 1205021425 D RWY 14 32 CYOW RSC 07 25 100 PCT COMPACTED SN 1205021434 CYOW RSC 14 32 100 PCT COMPACTED SN 1205021435 Q Taxiway s Apron s Fran ais 000000F NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL ICYOW RSC 04 22 100 PCT SN SECHE 0 5 INS 1205021425 ICYOW RSC 07 25 100 PCT SN DURCIE 1205021434 CYOW RSC 14 32 100 PCT SN D
87. rator rom Administrators available Figure 2 Marker 7 2 from the group 47 ACS User Guide 8 Click the Save button The User Group is changed Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks Session Logs 1 User croup B erm Description Areas Of Responsibility available Areas Of Responsibility assigned 32 Users available Users assigned Administrators available Administrators assigned 72 Figure 2 Change User Group 48 ACS Tutorial How to unlock user or aerodromes Administrators and Group Administrators can unlock users and aerodromes Group administrators are restricted to the usernames in the group s they administer and the aerodromes those groups access To unlock a user and the aerodrome locked in that user s session 1 Make sure you have the User name of the user to be unlocked 2 Select the Locked User from the Locked Users list box Figure 1 Marker 2 3 Click the Unlock button Figure 1 Marker 3 to the right of the Locked Users list box 4 The user and aerodromes locked in the locked user session are unlocked Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks Session Logs E 2 Locked Aerodromes pe Unlock A Refresh Figure 1 Unlock User 49 ACS User Guide To unlock a locked aerodrome 1 Make sure you have the aerodrome identifier of the aerodrome which is locked 2 Select the locked aerodrome from the Locked Aer
88. s please close the comment text entry window logout of SNOWIZ and contact your FIC The details in the apron page refer to the subject apron s identified in bold and highlighted in the navigation tree You can get information about blocks as follows Apron conditions e English e Francais Details and descriptions English A free text area into which the user can enter any data required in a free text format At sites where no French NOTAMJ SNOWTAM are required the user will be presented with an English text panel only Francais 83 ACS User Guide 84 A free text area into which the user can enter any data required in a free text format At sites where French NOTAMJ SNOWTAM are required the user will be presented with both an English and a French text panel 1 Note Where comment text is entered in SNOWiz at designated bilingual sites it must be provided in both official languages Comment text entered in SNOWiz is accepted as is without validation or translation by NAV CANADA It is therefore the user s responsibility to ensure that the data entered is appropriate and in an acceptable format The only allowed characters are ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 TIL TILL UNTILL or UNTIL are NOT to be used on comment boxes as these terms may cause a problem with systems that receive this information The acronym CRFI should also be avoided in free form comments to
89. splayed in English language The user may switch from English to French by selecting the French button Francais When selected the details below the button are displayed in French language The user may switch from French to English by selecting the English button English is the default display for non bilingual sites and there is no option to display the Retained SNOWTAM in French The English and Fran ais radio buttons are displayed for designated bilingual sites only 63 ACS User Guide Runway Page O See also How to fill out the Runway Page and What does it mean ae J Navigation Tree Aerodrome Runway Taxiway Apron Review Submit GjAerodromes m E n C3CsH4 pwy iene L No Winter Maintenance 04 22 E cacyav CLEARED Day Month Year HHMM SRunway s SURFACE OBS Date Time 16 zur js 2012 1753 UTC EE RWY 13 31 Centred Width ni FT Offset FROM so west OF CL Bl TO o jw west or cx L RWY 18 36 Contaminant BARE AND WET J Coverage 100 Depth INS C CYND Coverage Depth je INS Les Coverage Depth INS UNCLEARED Contaminant Coverage j Depth pe INS E Coverage Depth Ni INS PLANNED Day Month Year HHMM CLEARING None 9 UTC Width MET To Comp By use To Start At Comments it OPR Contacts Tel Frequency posts Height FT INS Distance Outside RWY Edge lbs side js OBSCURED
90. ssion Report ENGLISH GG CYZZNYOW 030957 CYHQADMS SWCY1252 CYOW 05030855 SNOWTAM 1252 A CYOW B 05030855 C 04 F 4 4 4 G 13 13 13 C 07 F 8 8 8 G XX XX XX C 14 F 8 8 8 G XX XX XX T 000000 NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW RSC 04 22 100 PCT DRY SN 0 5 INS 1205030855 CYOW RSC 07 25 100 PCT COMPACTED SN 1205030855 CYOW RSC 14 32 100 PCT COMPACTED SN 1205030855 FRANCAIS GG CYZZNFRN 030957 CYHQADMS SWCY1252 CYOW 05030855 SNOWTAM 1252 A CYOW B 05030855 C 04 F 4 4 4 G 13 13 13 C 07 F 8 8 8 G XX XX XX C 14 F 8 8 8 G XX XX XX T 000000F NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW RSC 04 22 100 PCT SN SECHE 0 5 INS 1205030855 CYOW RSC 07 25 100 PCT SN DURCIE 1205030855 CYOW RSC 14 32 100 PCT SN DURCIE 1205030855 Figure 3 SNOWTAM Submission Report 15 ACS User Guide How to use the Aerodrome Page See also Aerodrome Page g 5 With the Aerodrome Page users are able to check the latest SNOWTAM submission RETAINED SNOWTAM or create a SNOWTAM with Conditions Changing Rapidly A The RETAINED SNOWTAM is the last NOTAMJ SNOWTAM issued whether active cancelled or older than 24 hours If the conditions are changing too rapidly for proper measurement and reporting the user has to take the following steps 1 Select Conditions Changing Rapidly Figure 2 Marker 1 2 If data still exists you must click Yes in the Please confirm dialog box Da
91. sured from the outer edge of the runway If you wish to report on a snow bank located on the runway surface please refer to the section What are Windrows 30 ACS Tutorial On MAY edge Published width Distance from edge Figure 9 Snow bank What are Snow drifts A snow drift is a deposit of snow sculpted by wind into a mound Figure 10 Snow drift What are Windrows 31 ACS User Guide 32 A windrow is a ridge of material such as snow or gravel created by airside maintenance equipment In this section only the ridges of snow located on the runway surface are considered If you wish to report on a similar condition occurring outside of the runway edges please refer to the section What are Snow Banks Figure 11 Snow plow windrow dependency In SNOWiz the windrow distance is measured and also published as either the distance inside the runway edge inside the runway edge lights or along the cleared width That distance has to be given in feet or inches with the height also in feet or inches ACS Tutorial Windrow height Distance Distance from om runway edge centreline SOUTH RWY 09 Figure 12 Windrow distance from centreline runway edge Height Distance from runway edge Along cleared width Distance from runway edge lights Figure 13 Windrow distance from runway edge lights along cleared width 33 ACS User Guide 34 Ice Compacted Snow or Standi
92. ta currently entered on the Runway Taxiway and Apron pages will be lost Please confirm Previously entered data is about to be lost Please confirm o Figure 1 Confirmation dialog 3 Insert a valid telephone number for a responsible contact person at the aerodrome Figure 2 Marker 2 4 Goto Review Submit Page Figure 2 Marker 3 16 ACS Tutorial Navigation Tree Aerodrome Runway Taxiway Apron Review Submit 3 PEREZ DITION AVAILABILITY o tions Changing Rapidly Contact Tel 2 Conditions Available RETAINED SNOWTAM English Fran ais 000000 NOTAMJ CYOW OTTAWA MACDONALD CARTIER INTL CYOW RSC 04 22 15 FT EAST OF CL 17 FT WEST OF CL 50 PCT WET SN OVER ICE 0 13 INS 50 PCT BARE AND DRY REMAINING WID 100 PCT BARE AND WET COMPACTED SNOW PATCHES 600 FT FM THR22 6 FT SN DRIFIS 10 FT ALONG INSIDE EAST AND WEST RWY EDGE AND ACROSS RWY 14 32 GRADED 10 FT SN BANK 50 FT OUTSIDE WEST RWY EDGE EAST AND WEST REDL OBSC 1205020739 Figure 2 Aerodrome page with Conditions Change Rapidly 17 ACS User Guide How to cancel NOTAMJ SNOWTAM 5 See also Aerodrome Page and Runway Page 5 To cancel a NOTAMJ SNOWTAM 1 Select the Aerodrome mandatory if you have access to more than one aerodrome 2 If an active NOTAMJ SNOWTAM exists the Cancel button is available The Cancel button is not available grayed out if the NOTAMJ SNOWTAM is more than 2
93. tails of the runway contaminant and the percentage coverage of the runway by those contaminants M Coverage B Depth Mins Note A second contaminant is only permitted where the first contaminant has less than 100 coverage Total percentage available for the second contaminant is dependent on the total percentage of the preceding contaminant The full list of values can be found in the Contaminant Layers and Codes A second contaminant is only permitted where the first contaminant has less than 100 coverage The full list of values can be found in the Contaminant Layers and Codes Third contaminant not labelled Contaminants Details of the runway contaminant and the percentage coverage of the runway by those contaminants M Coverage B Depth im INS A third contaminant is only permitted where the first and the second contaminant has in sum less than 100 coverage Total percentage available for the third contaminant is dependent on the total percentage of the preceding contaminant s The full list of values can be found in the Contaminant Layers and Codes Uncleared Surface UNCLEARED Contaminant Coverage Depth pr INS pw o Coverage Depth INS The details of the uncleared part of the runway are entered in the Uncleared Surface area If the Cleared Surface area is 100 then no values are permitted in the Uncleared areas A maximum of two contaminants may be entered Full details o
94. telephone the telephone number and Reference Information Error Error Description Explanation Solution ode must have 3 digits 32004 The second part of the telephone The second Check the number must be four digits part of the second part telephone of the number must telephone have 4 digits number and 32005 All runways are set to No Winter All existing 32006 Invalid RSC input for the runway The input in Please check designatorOfInvalidRunway Runway the input in validationIssuesAsString Surface Runway Conditions is Surface not consistent conditions The latest RSC observation time is At least one Please check prior to 24 hours ago The runway Runway has to the with latest RSC observation is be set to a observation rwyDesignator with the OBS time for all time observationTime i possible 32007 32009 The SNOWTAM could not be cancelled as there was not an active SNOWTAM found in the system 32012 The language version of The length of a Please check generated SNOWTAM text given exceeds the maxLength exceeds the information characters limit of the AFTN allowed in system nPlease reduce the size of number of SNOWTAM TWY APN or comment free characters Proposal Consider text is length and lengths of its Ways to 135 ACS User Guide Error Error Description Explanation Solution Code 136 free text portions are TWY twyTextLength APN apnTextLength Contaminant
95. there winter maintenance to report If yes what is the current value of the Cleared Width and of the coverage of contaminants Related information Cleared width Contaminants Fields Cleared Surface Is there an uncleared portion If yes what is the coverage of contaminants Related information Contaminants Fields Uncleared Surface Is there a need for planned clearance If yes some or all of the following are required complete by or start at time planned clearance width contact telephone number and or frequency in case of a comment that includes CTC Related information Fields Planned Clearing Are there any snow banks What is the height and location Related information Fields Snowbanks Are there any obscured lights and where are they located Related information Obscured lights Fields Obscured Lights Are there any windrows or other conditions What is the height and location Related information Windrows Snow drifts Distance from threshold Fields Windrows What about treatments Related information Treatment Fields Treatment Is there a valid CRFI value at the time of reporting Related information Fields CRFI Is there a next planned RWY observation time If the next observation time is known the user can include it The next observation date time applies to the entire NOTAMJ SNOWTAM ACS Tutorial Repeat Steps 1 9 if your aerodrome has more than one Runway to report E For St
96. tion between authorised data providers who are distributed at a large number of locations around the country and the data validators and distributers who are located centrally The system is designed to permit paperless transfer of data between these two groups and to reduce or eliminate the need to re enter data already stored in electronic form Additionally it reduces the time needed from a data observation until the time that the information is fully distributed and thus can be seen as an enhancement to safety Top A 4 SNOWTAM SOUTH SUBMIT Submit tab SWEEPING IN PROGRESS SWEEPING IN PROGRESS CTC SWEEPING IN PROGRESS VERIFY RWY UNI TAPLEY METER Taxiway tab TAXIWAYS Telecommunications T l phone TEXT TO BE COMPLETED BY Tooltip TOTAL Trafic TW UNCLEARED RWY WIDTH UNRELIABLE URL User Group Management User Management Userid Username Using Online Help UTC M User Group Management CD CD D Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibity Locks User Group be Description Areas Of Responsibility available Areas Of Resp LE Users available aa Users assigne m 115 ACS User Guide 116 Using Search Function Search On the Toolbar click to display the Search function in the left navigation panel The full text search function searches the online help content The Search engine searches for any words that yo
97. to the log file generated in the background Here it is also possible to set ranges for the view and or to delete records from the existing files Details and description Buttons Download Logs Start a query process with the data set in the fields Results are returned as an XML file Delete Logs Delete all log records till the date set in field Delete logs till The log file records for the last 30 days cannot be deleted Fields Session From Set the start date for a range query Session Till Set the end date for a range query User name Gives the user the possibility to filter for a user name 104 ACS Administration Pages and Fields Aerodrome Gives the user the possibility to filter for an aerodrome Delete logs till Set the end date for a delete process 105 How to Use the Online Help Using Online Help To access the Online Help system for ACS e Click the Help button on the SNOWiz toolbar or e Click on the Help icon al The application opens the Help file and displays a relevant topic in an online help window DRA El About Accountable Services M Accountable Services About Accountable Services How to Use the Online Help Q How to Help Text Version RT VL Login and Menu screen For Software Version R7 B Login and Menu Screens suowz eo User Administration L3 Reference Information m Accountable Services Main Functions Submit permanent
98. ton Figure 1 Marker 5 1 repeat the step 1f you need more than one user in the group Every group should have at least the Group Administrator user which by convention has a username ending with GA Choose an Administrator Figure 1 Marker 6 and assign Figure 1 Marker 6 1 them repeat if you need more than one Administrator Click the Save button The User Group is created ACS Tutorial Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks Session Logs reas Of Responsibility available Users available Administrators available 6 je m m Save Cancel 7 Figure 1 Creating a new User Group To change a User Group 1 2 Select a user group from the list box or enter the name in the field Figure 2 Marker 1 Assign Figure 2 Marker 2 1 a new Area of Responsibility from the Areas of Responsibility available Figure 2 Marker 2 2 to the group OR Remove Figure 2 Marker 3 1 a selected Area of Responsibility from the Areas of Responsibility available Figure 2 Marker 3 2 from the group OR Assign Figure 2 Marker 4 1 a new user selected from Users available Figure 2 Marker 4 2 to the group OR Remove Figure 2 Marker 5 1 a selected user from Users available Figure 2 Marker 5 2 from the group OR Assign Figure 2 Marker 6 1 a new Administrator selected from Administrators available Figure 2 Marker 6 2 for the group OR Remove Figure 2 Marker 7 1 a selected Administ
99. u down Menu Value Value French English V DRY bay Secus SECHE DRY DRY SECHE SECHE DAMP HUMIDE HUMIDE ET WET OU ILL E MOUILLEE ILL E S Po PSH TI mare FONDANTE FONDANTE FONDANTE EN 7 CE CE GLACE GLACE 7 ICE PATCHES ICE PATCHES PLAQUES DE PLAQUES DE GLACE GLACE rea OMPACTED COMPACTED NEIGE SN DURCIE NOW SN DURCIE OMPACTED COMPACTED M LANGE MELANGE SN 4 DRY SNOW DRY SN NEIGE SN SECHE SECHE Reference Information MPACTED COMPACTED PLAQUES DE PLAQUES DE SNPATCHES NEIGE SN DURCIE PATCHES DURCIE 8 SNOW DRIFTS kpas RIDGES RIDGES GEL ES GELEES ILL E MOUILLEE 27 TANDING STANDING EAU EAU ATER OVER WATER OVER STAGNANTE STAGNANTE ICE ICE SUR GLACE SUR GLACE 1 RY SNOW DRY SN OVER 57 ET SNOW WET SN OVER NEIGE MOU SN MOUILLEE OVER ICE ICE ILL E SUR SUR GLACE GLACE 67 SLUSH SLUSH OVER NEIGE SN OVER ICE ICE FONDANTE FONDANTE SUR GLACE SUR GLACE 47 DRY SNOW DRYSN ICE NEIGE SN SECHE OVER ICE S CHE SUR ISUR GLACE GLACE 147 ACS User Guide 148 Glossary Number ACS Accountable Sources AD Aerodrome ADMS Aeronautical Data Management System AFS Aeronautical Fixed Services AFTN Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network AIM Aeronautical Information Management AIRAC Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control AIS Aeronautical Information Service AOR Area of Responsibility APN Apron ATC Air Traffic Control ATS
100. u type in the search field Highlight search results When ticked the searched text is highlighted when the topic is displayed in the right hand pane Results per page Gives the number of results displayed in the search column This can be Number from 1 to 99 When you click the Go button 7 next to the search field all topics that contain the search words are found and the topic titles are listed How to Use the Online Help is Search E About Accountable Services Help Text Version R7 For Software Version R7 Accountable Services Main Functions Submit permanent changes to static data Submit NOTAM proposals Submit a Runway Surface Condition report There is an additional function to manage users Accountable services is designed to enhance communication between authorised data providers who are E distributed at a large number of locations around the country and the data validators and distributers who are located centrally The system is designed to permit paperless transfer of data between these two groups and to reduce or eliminate the need to re enter data already stored in electronic form Additionally it reduces the time needed from a data observation until the time that the information is fully distributed and thus can be seen as an enhancement to safety Top A Click a topic title to display the topic Moving between results pages If the results are mor
101. ully distributed and thus can be seen as an enhancement to safety Table of Contents ACS Tuto A A A a 1 Important torno sp A i 1 How Tone ennenen a e eea asa Ts te us 3 First Time tonic De eee E nn es 5 How to Losirito ACS oi eE gee US deteste 6 How to choose an application in ACS sistema edat n a Ue e Reden Ebene d 7 How to create NOTAMI SNOWTAM nat etin theta espe cbe tu Haee ia Dad eie dod eas 9 How to Edit NOTAMJ SNOWTAM cssscscsssscssesssesotentsersensconsessceanreatesnsenssoasenseesorss 13 How tose the Aerodrome Page ooo o ase eR ae 16 How to cancel NOTAMI SNOW TAM siii 18 How t fill out the Rumway Page dci 20 How to ise tne Taxi way Barc A nn pauta onc luta pe 21 How toxise the Apron Page aoe oet o e a 23 How to use the Review Submit Pase 24 What does it means eee ete etre A A dre de 25 Howto for advanced Users unicidad id iii S IP aed adis 37 Advanced SNOWTAM knowledge ttes tees tte disco chaccave Pe eee tea eee E PE dende E re EE HR 37 How to administrate ACS iuo ied Ie eh ta ne Hep te vr e oed sted TU eis demain deal 39 How to use User Management isse tenete tope hs ota Ee NERA eaae Pod eaa o Urna eee Ur Res e eR Ue depen 39 Why do areas of responsibility have to be defined 43 Whatare Roles and User Groups o gasto eed ide 46 How to unlock user ot aerodromes viii A udin aa ee ede aires 49 AGS Screens and Fields s 5e inet diede eode ne out es 51 LAME UE O a e e o do ut 51 vi Table of Contents
102. up Administrators can do this for user names and aerodromes in their groups ACS Administration Pages and Fields le 2012 03 21 14 58 39 UTC Users User Groups Areas Of Responsibility Locks Session Logs User name pe Last name First name User enabled Phone Email Language Mode HMI enabled HMI tooltips MMI enabled Password User Groups assigned Roles available Roles assigned Details and description Buttons New User Create a new User Set Password Change the password for the selected user Save Save the current user data Cancel Cancel the current changes in the user data Fields 95 ACS User Guide 96 A Note If a new user is to be created the following fields are required User name Last name First name Phone Email Language Mode and Password User name This field has two functions e To select an existing user e To create a new user name after clicking the New User button Last name Last name is the provided field for family name of a user First name First name is the provided field for first name of a user User enabled This check box is used to give a user access to the ACS System In case of disabled user this field will be unchecked Phone Phone provides three different rows to insert telephone numbers The first is mandatory Email The user email address it has to be in the correct format The first is mandatory Languag
103. vation date time and the CRFI observation date time Temperature The ambient temperature at the time the Canadian Runway Friction Index was calculated Values from 65 to 30 degrees Celsius are available from the list of values SNOWiz Pages and Fields Taxiway page See also How to use the Taxiway Page e as E E 77 evowoe 2012 05 08 13 40 54 UTC Navigation Tree Aerodrome Runway Taxiway Apron Review Submit PERS TAXIWAY CONDITIONS SE crow eG Runway s English Comment E ETaxiway s French Comment Comment text entered in SNOWIZ for bilingual SNOWTAM is not validated nor translated by NAV CANADA If comment text is required it must JApron s be provided in both languages in order to submit a bilingual SNOWTAM If you wish to use comment text but cannot provide both languages please close the comment text entry window logout of SNOWIZ and contact your FIC The details in the Taxiway page refer to the subject taxiway s identified in bold and highlighted in the navigation tree You can get information about blocks as follows Taxiway conditions e English e Francais Details and Descriptions English A free text area into which the user can enter any data required in a free text format At sites where no French NOTAMJ SNOWTAM are required the user will be presented with an English text panel only Francais 8l ACS User Guide A free text area into which the user can enter any
104. vide both languages please quit and contact your FIC The only allowed characters are ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 TIL TILL UNTILL or UNTIL are NOT to be used on comment boxes as these terms may cause a problem with systems that receive this information The acronym CRFI should also be avoided in free form comments to describe a lower local friction SNOWiz Pages and Fields Offset Centred Width FT Offset 9 FROM Le J TO W The offset if any of the clearing from the centre line of the runway Choice e Centred e Offset Default setting is Centred Width The width of the cleared runway in feet can be any width from 10 feet to the width of the runway A reserved value of full is available to indicate the full width of the runway is cleared Offset distance from centre line Offset 9 FROM la Toj jw Give the offset from the centre line for the cleared portion of the runway From Can be any width in feet from 0 feet to half of the total width of the runway from the centre line Side note label does not appear on the screen Options e North of centerline CL e South of centerline CL e East of centerline CL e West of centerline CL A Only two choices appear depending upon the runway direction For example North of CL and South of CL or East of CL and West of CL To Offset 9 FROM TO
105. view Submit SNOWTAM GjAerodromes s Q CCE3 le English Fran ais amp 2 CCE4 S O CCE6 SWCY A B amp C3 CNU4 H 0 CNUB 0 CSC3 amp 3csc3 c CLEARED PORTION m Runway s S ETaxiway s El SNOWTAM NUM AERODROME OBS MMDOHHmm RUNWAY CONDITION D E E G H LEN m WIDTH m OFFSET DEPOSITS DEPTH mm FRICTION DEV CRITICAL SNOWBANKS LIGHTS OBSCURED FURTHER CLEARANCE J K L IM mO CSG5 y HEIGHT em DIST m SIDE RWYLGTS SIDE LEN m WIDTH S Hmm amp C3 cs RUNWAY s TAXIWAY amp CJ CS15 amp 2 CSK3 C1 CSK4 CJCSK5 APRON s 3 3 CSK6 R amp C CSKS APRON DEPOSIT amp CCsLs amp C CSP6 amp C3CsT3 s amp csvs MMDOHHmm 9 CSX3 COMMENT NOTAMI amp Cjcsva amp CjCsz4 amp CTA4 amp C3 CTH7 amp Cj CTR6 C2 CVB2 C CYAB amp C3 CYAV T N P DEPOSITS CRITICAL SNOWBANKS DIST APART m NEXT PLANNED OBSERVATION T The details in the SNOWTAM page refer to the subject aerodrome highlighted in bold in the navigation tree The SNOWTAM page displays the retained SNOWTAM or the SNOWTAM being composed for the designated aerodrome It is not possible to modify this information The basic format is that of the ICAO SNOWTAM form and that form shou
106. ys the list of topics available It is necessary to select one of those topics by clicking on it before it is displayed 112 How to Use the Online Help ACS ADD Using Online Help a English French MMENT Advanced Users ALONG CLEARED PORTION And pages APN APRON APRONS Area BARE AND DRY BOWMONK BSC LGTS Buttons BY THIRDS Canada Canadian Canadian NOTAM CANCELLED Cause Action Characteristics Checkbox CLEARED PORTION OF RWY CLEARED RWY WIDT CLEARING EXPECTED TO START AT CLEARING IN PROGRESS To search for a keyword use the Type in the keyword to find field Example 1 In the example below the Index tab was clicked runway was typed in the text field on the left and the Enter key was pressed The corresponding topic contaminant friction ranking opens with it s sub keywords in the right hand pane 113 ACS User Guide 114 E Index RWY COND CHANGING RAPIDLY RWY RSC Screen Navigation September SHIFT SLUSH SLUSH ON ICE SN BANK SN DRIFT SNOW BANK SNOW DRIFT SNOW PATCHES SNOWIZ SNOWTAM SOUTH SUBMIT Submit tab 3 SWEEPING IN PROGRESS l SWEEPING IN PROGRESS CTC SWEEPING IN PROGRESS VERIFY RWY UNI TAPLEY METER Taxiway tab TAXIWAYS Telecommunications Example 2 The following table ranks the contaminants in order of friction from worst 1 to best 16 for purposes of choosing dominant contaminant for reporting su

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