NAS MONITORING EQUIPMENT (NME)
Corrie Conrad (PDX) is the Article 114 Representative for Navaids Monitoring
Equipment (NME), Integrated Control Monitoring System (ICMS) and Remote Radio
Control System (RRCS). Ms. Conrad's report to the membership is below:
RRCS Update
Vendor will be chosen at the end of March.
ICMS Update
ICMS Pop-Up Window Issue at Cleveland (CLE) – week of March 12, 2018. Having a
follow up telcon this week.
Because all the ICMS systems are baselined using Local NCPs, all parties (FAA parties,
that is) agree that CLE needs a new Local NCP to show the Workstation version change
from Version 4.6.0 to 4.6.1.
Because a Local NCP cannot be approved before the proposed installation date (early
March), CLE TechOps will issue an Emergency Mod that will allow them to get the
change installed before the Local NCP is actually approved.
ICMS Power Supply Upgrade at 12 sites – starting early March, 2018.
OKC AJW team has a contract in place with NBP to upgrade the power supplies at 12
ICMS sites.
AJW initiated an NCP to get the upgraded ICMS power supplies approved for
connection to critical power at ATCT facilities.
Currently, ICMS is not officially approved for use with ATCT critical power. ICMS needs
to be connected to conditioned, uninterrupted power (i.e., critical power) because, if
power to the ICMS is interrupted, any radiating (ON) ILS system will automatically turn
OFF, which is extremely undesirable.
UIC
Installation of UIC Rev 3 "Restricted" software at Houston Hobby (HOU) – Week of
March 26.
Rev 3 Restricted will not allow any additional navaid interfaces (than those currently
available) to be connected to the UIC.
Rev 3 Restricted is the first test of the mods needed to implement Far-Field Monitor
(FFM) policy changes that were included in Change 2 to Order 6750.24E.
The installation will include software mods to the UIC, as well as a firmware mods to the
ILS LOC and GS stations, and their respective RCSUs.
NME
No new update
