ATRAK-EC/PC
ATC Executive & Planning Control System
ATRAK-EC/PC® is an executive and planning control Radar and Flight Plan data processing system and Controller Working Position (CWP) display system. The ATRAK-EC/PC system can be configured as:
- A fully functional ATC executive system or as a planning control and fall-back system alongside 3rd party executive systems.
- A fully functional ATC system for the duration of executive system unavailability.
- An integrated part of 3rd party ATM systems, providing Aircraft position and traffic flow display function
ATRAK-EC/PC provides processing of meteorological data, radar weather information and automated weather-observing system such as Vaisala/ Midas 600. The Planning control system incorporates EFDM™, Electronic Flight Data Management, a “paperless” functional block environment for the operation of electronic strips. EFDM comprises extended electronic label functionality and tabular flight display information. ATRAK works in union with Thales Eurocat 2000, and integrates into the ATRAK-AISS - Information Management System.
ATRAK-EC/PC comprises two core elements for operation:-
- Server
- Radar Workstation
The ATRAK-EC/PC server provides the core Information Data Processing system (IDP) and Flight Data Processing system (FDP) integration. The IDP and FDP data is processed in background by the ATRAK-EC/PC server and is then delivered to the corresponding ATRAK-EC/PC workstation. The data is processed across multiple power processors in a high availability configuration and supported by disk storage array raid sets to maintain maximum availability.
The ATRAK-EC/PC radar workstation comprises of a dual processor ATRAK-EC/PC workstation supporting the ATRAK digital video interface and ATRAK digital ATC displays. The displays and video interfaces are configured according to the specific requirements of the ATC workstation. The display keyboard and mouse is extended to operate remotely from the workstation via the ATRAK Desktender ensuring total security and system integrity of the workstations and servers that are housed in dedicated server racks away from the control rooms.
ATRAK-EC/PC can be provided as part of a complete ATC solution. The ATRAK-EC/PC solution can include a Unix based enterprise server, integrated database and high performance display processing. All hardware is selected specifically for the application, configured and optimised to achieve the highest levels of performance and reliability. Workstations can optionally be extended from the Controller Work Position (CWP) by up to 1000 metres using Desktender.
ATRAK-EC/PC Detailed
Main Functionality
ATRAK -EC/PC Executive and Planning Control system comprises a number of key components:-
- Planning controller display (installed on ACC and APP rooms), providing:-
- Radar track data from ARTAS/ EuroCat 2000/ MSSR
- Flight plan data from Flight data processing systems
- Radar weather information such as VAISALA/MIDAS 600
- EFDM full electronic paperless strips functional block environment encompassing:
- Electronic labels/tabular flight display
Radar and flight data processing
- Receives & processes track data from upto 3 radars, formats ASTERIX Cat.2, ASTERIX Cat.3, AIRCAT.
- Receives Flight Plan data from external FDP system
- Performs Track-flight data correlation
- Produces ASTERIX Cat.62 output for external users (ETFMS)
Aircraft position and traffic flow Display
- Radar tracks presentation and functions
- Selection of one of three radar data sources
- Provides Basic air situation display objects and functionalities
- Provides Flight Data presentation in the form of lists and windows
- Displays the radar weather data in three projections (views)
- Displays Airport Meteorological data
Weather processing
- Reception of radar weather data
- Reception of Airport Meteorological data
System Supervision
- Based on SNMP protocol
- Allows local and 3rd party Displays Radar tracks system supervision and control
System Specification
Server
ATRAK-EC/PC Enterprise server comprising:-
- AIX Operating System
- Multi (4/8) Processors
- Dual Ethernet Adapters, Dual Power supply units
- Rack mounted console, keyboard and mouse
- ATRAK Raid array subsystem with ULTRA3 SCSI disk drives
Workstation
ATRAK-EC/PC High Performance X-Display workstation comprising: -
- AIX Operating System
- Dual Processors
- Dual Ethernet Adapters, Dual Power supply units
- Rack mounted console, keyboard and mouse
ATRAK-EC/PC ATC display including: -
- 28.3" LCD Display - 2560 x 2048 resolution
- Software-Controllable Brightness And Contrast
- MOX-Compatible, Multi-Layered Display 30-inch display
ATRAK-EC/PC Digital Video interface including: -
- On-board Memory 64 MB
- Colour Lookup Tables
- PCI Interface 33/66 MHz 32/64-bit, Revision 2.2
- Video Interface DVI
ATRAK-EC/PC Desktender digital extender including: -
- DVI (dual-link) supported to VESA standards (to 3200 x 2400 pixels)
- Supports PS/2 or USB keyboard & mouse
- Extends up to 1000 meters over fibre
Software
Operating System software
- AIX UNIX
- HACMP High Availability software
Application software
- ATRAK-EC/PC application software
Database software
- Oracle, MS-SQL
Options
ATRAK-LITE
- Linux (RedHat) based platform
- Same functionality as ATRAK-EC/PC
- Utilises MS-SQL database software
- Designed for lower numbers of air traffic movements
- Cost effective alternative monitor options
Optional extension of workstation up to 1000 metres from CWP using Desktender