Control software AGL

measurementmonitoringmeteorological

control and monitoring of airfield ground lighting equipment Description of function airfield ground lighting equipment are shown on the screen representing the airport layout control of airfield ground lighting equipment is made by trackball and push-buttons situated at the bottom on the screen (touchscreen) METEOROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT Application • meteorological data for air traffic controller (for sending on board of the air-plane) • automatic regulation of luminous intensity of airfield ground lighting equipment (data base the on measurement of runway visual range from the METAR/SPECI report) Connection • serial lines RS-232 or TCP/IP • working site Meteo is connected via the LAN network Representation • basic meteorological data are shown in the report “Airfield ground lighting” at the top part of the screen in meteorological ruler. This ruler contains a selection of the most important meteorological data. • color shading gives to the air traffic controllers information about trend of the measured data, or about manually entered values • remaining meteorological data (among others also QFE) are in the data windows Metreport, which can be opened from the top bar • extended meteorological information is shown in the data window Meteo • it is possible to switch representation of meteorological in requested runway directions • tendency of the runway visual range is expressed by color shading of RVR, if the visual range is below 1500 m: Yellow steady state Red deteriorating state Green improving state