TM 11-5860-200-12
CHAPTER 2
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Section I. DESCRIPTION AND USE OF OPERATOR'S
CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
2-1. Controls and Indicators (fig. 2-1)
The airborne laser tracker is operated through the ALT control panel located in the lower middle console of the pilot's
cockpit control panel.
TRACK lamp - lights when system acquires a reflected
MODE switch
laser signal from target. System must be in SCAN 1 or
selects ALT operating mode
SCAN 2 mode. Reflected laser signal code must match
OFF- turns ALT power off (tracker
code selected at CODE thumbwheel switches. TRACK
gimbals are free to move)
lamp also lights in TEST mode.
TEST - starts ALT self-test
STBY - centers ALT optics (ALT ready
FAULT lamps - RU FAULT and/or EU FAULT lamps
to scan)
light during TEST mode if self-test fails.
SCAN 1 - scans 0 -8.3 degrees
elevation and 15 degrees azimuth
RU FAULT lap - lights in TEST mode if
SCAN 2 - scans 0 to -25 degrees
receiver is defective
elevation and 60 degrees azimuth
EU FAULT lamp - lights in TEST mode if
electronics assembly is defective
GO lamp - lights in TEST mode if self-test is good.
CODE thumbwheel switches
Lights with TRACK lamp after 25 seconds. The
selects a coded 3 digit number that
GO lamp will turn off again after 30 seconds.
matches code of target' laser signal.
s
Codes 111 through 888 may be entered.
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Figure 2-1. ALT Controls and Indicators.
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