777 AIMS

The AIMS has 2 cabinets that do the calculations for other avionic systems.
To do these calculations, each AIMS cabinet has these:
- A cabinet chassis
- 2 power conditioning modules (PCM)
- 4 input/output modules (IOM)
- 4 core processor modules (CPM).

The PCMs, IOMs, and CPMs are in the cabinet chassis.

The PCMs use a backplane power bus to give power to the IOMs and CPMs.
The chassis also has a backplane data bus to give data to the CPMs and IOMs.
The input/output module (IOM) moves data between the software functions in the AIMS CPMs and
external signal sources.
The CPMs supply the software and hardware to do the calculations for many avionic systems.
The software is the functions.
To keep a necessary separation between the functions, each function has a partition.
The partitions permit multiple functions to use the same hardware and be in the same CPM.

These are the types of CPMs:

- CPM/communication (CPM/Comm)
- CPM/standard (CPM/Std)
- CPM/graphics generator (CPM/GG).

CPM Functions
These are the software functions in the CPM/Comm:
- Data conversion gateway function (DCGF)
- Central maintenance computing function (CMCF)
- Data communication management function (DCMF)
- Flight deck communication function (FDCF)
- Quick access recorder function (QARF)
- Digital flight data acquisition function (DFDAF).

These are the software functions in the CPM/Std:

- Data conversion gateway function (DCGF)
- Flight management computing function (FMCF)
- Thrust management computing function (TMCF).
- Airplane condition monitoring function (ACMF) (Operates in left AIMS only).

These are the software functions in the CPM/GG:

- Data conversion gateway function (DCGF)
- Primary display function (PDF).

Each cabinet chassis is a rack enclosure. It can hold up to 14 LRMs.

Currently there are ten LRMs in the cabinet and four spare slots.
A printed wiring board backplane goes along the width of the cabinet chassis.
This backplane gives power and data to each LRM.

The AVLAN connects the left AIMS cabinet to the MAT and the right AIMS cabinet to the PMAT and
the PMAT receptacle.
There is also a connection between the CPM/Comm in the left AIMS cabinet to the CPM/Comm in
the right AIMS cabinet.
All connections are with a 10 base T bus.
The CPM/Comms also have the MTF that enables the user interface with the MAT and PMAT.

The left and right weather radar receiver-transmitters (WXR RT) and ground proximity warning
computer (GPWC) send display data to the two AIMS cabinets on high speed ARINC 453 buses.
Each WXR RT and the GPWC transmit the data over two ARINC 453 buses.
Each AIMS cabinet also sends the ARINC 453 bus inputs to the other AIMS cabinet.
2 load resistors are terminations for the ARINC 453 inputs at the rear connector in each AIMS
cabinet.

The CPM/Comm in the left & right AIMS cabinets supplies an ARINC 717 bus interface to the FDR.

The CPM/Comm sends data to the FDR on an ARINC 717 bus.

Each of the AIMS cabinets has an ARINC 717 transmitter and an ARINC 717 output bus for the FDR.
The ARINC 717 transmitter receives data from the DFDAF and sends the data to the FDR.
The FDR ARINC 717 output from the right AIMS cabinet goes to a relay in the left AIMS cabinet.
The relay sends the output from the left AIMS cabinet ARINC 717 transmitter or the right AIMS
cabinet ARINC 717 transmitter to the FDR.
The DFDAF in the left AIMS cabinet controls the state of the source select relay.

More critical systems usually send their data to more than one IOM.
The ARINC 429 buses can be low speed or high speed buses.

The AIMS cabinets receive data on all three of the flight controls ARINC 629 buses and transmit data
on the left and right buses.
The AIMS cabinets also transmit data on the center flight controls ARINC 629 bus when the airplane
is on the ground.
The AIMS cabinets transmit data loading information and maintenance data on the center flight
controls ARINC 629 bus.

The LRUs that have an interface with the AIMS cabinets on the flight controls A629 buses are the:
- Air data inertial reference unit (ADIRU)
- Secondary attitude air data reference unit (SAARU)
- Air data module (ADM), static (3)
- Air data module (ADM), pitot (3)
- Primary flight computer (PFC) (3)
- Actuator control electronics (ACE) (4)
- Flight control power supply assembly (FCPSA) (3).

The AIMS cabinets receive autopilot status and guidance data from the left, right and center AFDCs
on the left, right and center 1 systems ARINC 629 data buses.
The AIMS cabinets transmit data to the AFDCs on the left, right & center 1 systems ARINC 629
buses.

AIMS Component Locations:

An AIMS cabinet includes ten LRMs and an AIMS cabinet chassis.
The left AIMS cabinet components are:
- Cabinet chassis
- Power conditioning module (PCM) (2)
- Core processor module/communication (CPM/Comm)
- CPM/standard (CPM/STD)
- CPM/graphics generator (CPM/GG) (2)
- Input/output module (IOM) (4).
The right AIMS cabinet components are the same.

AIMS Components Locations

The AIMS components in the MEC are the:
- Left AIMS cabinet
- Right AIMS cabinet.
Integrated Systems Components Locations: The CMCS component in the MEC is the PMAT.

The FDRS component in the E7 rack is the FDR.

X1>The CPM/Comm in the left & right AIMS cabinets supplies an ARINC 717 bus interface to the
FDR.
FDR ARINC 717 Buses: The CPM/Comm sends data to the FDR on an ARINC 717 bus. Each of the
AIMS cabinets has an ARINC 717 transmitter and an ARINC 717 output bus for the FDR. The ARINC
717 transmitter receives data from the DFDAF and sends the data to the FDR.
The FDR ARINC 717 output from the right AIMS cabinet goes to a relay in the left AIMS cabinet.
The relay sends the output from the left AIMS cabinet ARINC 717 transmitter or the right AIMS
cabinet ARINC 717 transmitter to the FDR.
The DFDAF in the left AIMS cabinet controls the state of the source select relay.

X2>The left and right AIMS cabinets have program pins that set the configuration of the:
- Cabinet position
- Engine manufacturer
- Airframe type
- Wingfold configuration
- Parity for the program pins.
The parity pin is grounded when an even number of program pins are grounded.

Each LRM has an electronic hot insertion switch. Different length power, return, and hot insertion pins
make sure that the LRM does not receive power until it has good contact between its connector pins
and the backplane pins.

Operational configuration files (OPC) set the configuration of the airplane.

The OPCs replace hardware program pins used on older model airplanes.
There is only one OPC part number for the cabinet.
This one part number includes the OPCs for many avionic functions.
The OPCs are in flash memory.

X3>The control display units (CDUs) and the autopilot flight director computers (AFDCs) connect to
the flight controls ARINC 629 buses. However, the CDUs and AFDCs do not communicate with the
AIMS cabinets on the flight controls ARINC 629 buses.

X4>AIMS Cabinets:
The AIMS has two cabinets that do the calculations for other avionic systems.
To do these calculations, each AIMS cabinet has these:
- A cabinet chassis
- 2 power conditioning modules (PCM)
- 4 input/output modules (IOM)
- 4 core processor modules (CPM).
These are the types of CPMs:
- CPM/communication (CPM/Comm)
- CPM/standard (CPM/Std)
- CPM/graphics generator (CPM/GG).

CPM Functions: These are the software functions in the CPM/Comm:

- Data conversion gateway function (DCGF)
- Central maintenance computing function (CMCF)
- Data communication management function (DCMF)
- Flight deck communication function (FDCF)
- Quick access recorder function (QARF)
- Digital flight data acquisition function (DFDAF).

These are the software functions in the CPM/Std:

- Data conversion gateway function (DCGF)
- Flight management computing function (FMCF)
- Thrust management computing function (TMCF).
- Airplane condition monitoring function (ACMF) (Operates in left AIMS only).

These are the software functions in the CPM/GG:

- Data conversion gateway function (DCGF)
- Primary display function (PDF).

X5>The AIMS must have several types of software loads. These are the types of software:
- Operational program software (OPS) in all CPMs and IOMs
- Operational configuration files (OPC) in all CPMs
- Navigation Data Base (NDB) software for the FMCF function
- Airline modifiable information (AMI) software for related functions.

LRM Software
This is the software loaded into the CPM/Comm:
- CPM/Comm OPS (includes core software and DCGF, CMCF, DCMF, DFDAF, FDCF, and QARF)
- AIMS OPC
- AMI for CMCF
- AMI for DCMF
- AMI for FDCF.
This is the software loaded into the CPM/Std:
- CPM/ACMF OPS (includes core software & DCGF,ACMF, FMCF, TMCF, & performance database)
- AIMS OPC
- AMI for FMCF
- AMI for ACMF
- Nav database
The ACMF data is in the CPM/STD in the 2 AIMS cabinets but is only active in the left AIMS
cabinet.

This is the software loaded into the CPM/GGs:

- CPM/GG OPS (includes core software, DCGF and PDF)
- AMI for PDF
- AIMS OPC.
The software loaded into the IOMs is IOM OPS (includes core software).
The OPS is the core software and the application software for the avionic functions.
There is a unique software part number for each type of LRM.
Modules that are the same, like all the IOMs and the two CPM/GGs, have the same part number.

The OPCs set the configuration of the airplane. The OPCs replace hardware program pins used on
older model airplanes. There is only one OPC part number for the cabinet. This one part number
includes the OPCs for many avionic functions.

Airline Modifiable Information: The AMIs set the configuration of the airplane. You make this
software with the ground based software tool.
This gives the airlines more flexibility to set their configuration. Many avionic functions have an AMI.
There is a different software part number for each AMI.

X6>The AIMS collects and calculates large quantities of data. The AIMS uses this data for different
integrated avionics systems. These systems are the:
- Primary display system (PDS)
- Central maintenance computing system (CMCS)
- Airplane condition monitoring system (ACMS)
- Flight data recorder system (FDRS)
- Data communication management system (DCMS)
- Flight management computing system (FMCS)
- Thrust management computing system (TMCS).
The AIMS has software functions that do the calculation for each of these avionics systems.
The AIMS supplies one other software function that many airplane systems use. It is the data
conversion gateway function (DCGF).

X7>The data on the backplane buses moves at a rate of 60 million bits per second (Mbps).
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 AIMS
(Please select 6)

1) The ARINC 629 in the Boeing 777 :

1. provides positive tapping of data by inductive coupling. #

2. provides positive tapping of data by capacitive coupling.
3. is a unidirectional data bus using a twisted pair of wires.
4. provides data communication at 10 Mbps.
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2) The ARINC 629 Bus requires the following before allowing LRU
transmission:

1. The Transmit Interval is complete.

2. The Syncronous Gap Timer, Transmit Interval are complete.
3. The Syncronous Gap Timer, Terminal Gap Timer, Transmit Interval are
complete.
4. The Syncronous Gap Timer, Terminal Gap Timer, Transmit Interval are
complete and the bus is quiet. #
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3) The following components in OPAS convert switch and light signals of
the Overhead Panels to ARINC 629 format:

1. ARINC Signal Gateway Cards.

2. OPBCs. #
3. PDCUs.
4. OPCFs.
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4) The following are components of the OPAS and are interchangeable between the similar components:

1. OPBCs, OPCFs, ASG cards.

2. ASG Cards, OPBCs, OPICs.
3. OPCFs, OPICs, ASGs.
4. OPBCs, OPCFs, PDCUs. #
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5) The switches on the Control Display Unit (CDU) are connected to ARINC 629 buses through:

1. L-OPCF.
2. R-OPCF.
3. PDCU and OPBC. #
4. OPCF and OPBC.
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6) The Primary Display System of B777 is controlled by the following
Core Processor Module:

1. CPM/ GG. #
2. CPM/COMM.
3. CPM/BASIC.
4. CPM/ACMF.
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7) The FDR control functions are handled by the following Core
Processor Module :

1. CPM/ GG.
2. CPM/COMM. #
3. CPM/BASIC.
4. CPM/ACMF.
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8) The following function of AIMS is common to all the Core Processor
Modules:

1. Data Conversion Gateway function. #

2. Airplane Condition Monitoring function.
3. Primary Display function.
4. Flight Management function.
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9) Core Processor Modules in AIMS offer the following features

1. Hardware is shared between various functions limiting number of extra LRUs.

2. Many functions in the form of software can be loaded within a single CPM.
3. CPMs can even share the software functions from the opposite AIMS cabinet in
case of any loss.
4. AIMS offers all the above features. #
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10) PCMs in the AIMS cabinet:

1. Get 28V dc power supply from AIMS dedicated Battery.

2. Supply uninterrupted power to CPMs only.
3. Get Power from Normal DC buses, Flight instrument buses and hot battery bus. #
4. All the above are correct

11) In AIMS, PCMs supply power to LRMs:

1. Each PCM supplies both Ch. A & Ch. B power to each LRM
2. Ch. A to some LRM’s and Ch. B power to other LRMs #
3. Same channel failure in both PCMs does not cause loss of any LRM
4. All the above statements are correct.
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12) DCGF is carried out by

1. PCM
2. CPM #
3. IOM
4. ASG card

13) E2 rack contains

1. FLT Data Recorder

 2. Left AIMS cabinet
3. Right AIMS cabinet
4. PMAT
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14) PLANENET Local Area Network:

1. Interconnects Left & Right AIMS cabinets

2. Connects MAT, PMAT & Receptacles by Optic fiber
3. Connects using either net 10 Base T network #
4. All the above are correct
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15) Primary Display function in AIMS is provided by:

1. CPM GG #
2. Coaxial couplers
3. Display unit
4. CPM GG, Coaxial couplers and Display unit.
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Q.16 AIMS cabinet Reset Test is a part of

1. System Test #
2. Operational Test
3. ARINC 429 Relay Test
4. None of the above.
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Q.17 In AIMS

1. IOMS interface with analog and discrete signals. #

2. CPM COMM interfaces with all the analog and discretes
3. CPM STD interfaces with all the outside Data buses
4. All the above are correct.
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Q.18 In AIMS the following systems are integrated:

1. CMC, FMC, AFDC, ACMS, DCMS & TMC

2. CMC, FMC, PDS, SCMS, DFDAC, WES & TMC
3. QAR, DFDR, ACMS, DCMS, FDCF, PDS, FMC & TMC #
4. CMC, FMC, TMC, PDS, FDCF, ACMS, EEC
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 AIRCRAFT GENERAL (Avionics)
(Please select 1)
Q.1 Integrated standby Flight Display is located on panel.
1. P2 #
2. P1 & P3
3 P8
4. P9
Q.2 Engine Fire Panel is located on.
1. P10
2. P5
3. P8 #
4. P9
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Q.3 OPAS Card Files
1. Interface with system ARINC 629 Buses directly
2. Interface with all the lights and switches in the flight deck
3. Interface with OPBC #
4. Have all the above features.

Q.4 Overhead Panel Interface cards are:

1. Inside the card files ( P61) #
2. Inside the OPBC s
3. Inside the system card files ( P84 & P85)
4. Inside the PDCU’s