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TAMR Deployment and Common Terminal Digitizer (CTD) Update Submitted by Jim VanZee (GRR) Moving into the h oliday season, we have seen a busy push to achieve IOC s as well as software cutovers and other significant site activities before everything slows down until after the New Year. We continue to see the need for NATCA SMEs during the R4 STARS Software cutovers. Air t raffic at the sites we've attended have been grateful to have us there to help, particularly since the process of preparing them for what to expect is not standardized or well communicated. The CTD Program is anticipating positive results in the completion of the TechOps training and certification procedures, as well as software fixes to all identified issues except the false weather/AP pr oblem. A software build is expected to resolve this problem, but it may not be completed in time to allow TAMR to attain its APB milestones at some of the ASR - 8 sites. NATCA has requested that the CTD PMO initiate an SRMP to evaluate acceptable interim mit igations for the false weather/AP issue. Site by site activity for November are as follows: • ABQ Achieved IOC on STARS G4 ELITE • RDG Achieved IOC on STARS G4 ELITE • RST Achieved IOC on STARS G4 ELITE • GTF Achieved IOC on STARS G4 ELITE • ALB Contractor A cceptance Inspection (CAI) – G4 ELITE equipment has been installed and accepted by the FAA • HUF Contractor Acceptance Inspection • MKE Equipment Delivery • ILM Equipment Delivery • ERI Equipment Delivery • FLO Equipment Delivery • P80 Equipment Delivery • GSP Equipment Delivery TAMR Software/Hardware Report Submitted by Kyle Ness (M98) System Technical Reports Working Group (STRWG) A longstanding request from controllers using STARS has been to give them an easier way to control the length of predicted track lines (PT L) without using the Display Control Bar (DCB). Stakeholders are reviewing a new function that would give sites the option to use the two spare knobs on the STARS Display Control Panel (DCP) for a variety of adjustment functions including PTL length. This would give the controller the option of quickly rotating a knob on the panel to "roll out" PTLs. Stakeholders are moving forward with a software change to allow in - trail ATPA to display separation information for standard formation flights and another to give sites more flexibility when adapting map categories.