PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-575
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 575
OCTOBER 2000
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viation mission planning system (AMPS) users, if an AMPS error message
tells you that the batteries in the Rockwell Collins data transfer cartridge (DTC),
NSN 5895-01-339-5215, are dead, wait one before you replace them.
First, check out the battery contacts. The DTC gives the same error message
for bent or broken contacts.
The contacts in the DTC battery compartment are fragile and can be easily
broken–especially since the AAA batteries are changed every 30 days.
When you pull the DTC and open the battery compartment, eyeball the
battery contacts to see if they are bent or broken. If they are OK, then replace
the batteries. Use TLC when you do. Do
not
force them into place.
Make sure the batteries are
seated properly. After you
replace the batteries, eyeball
the contacts again to make
sure they are not damaged.
Bent or broken contacts
make the DTC NMC. You
can keep the aircraft FMC
by using the DTC from
another aircraft to meet mission needs. Since you are not authorized to repair
broken DTC units—only Rockwell Collins is authorized to repair them—expe-
dite the exchange of the broken DTC for a new one at support.
The headshed is working to make the contacts more durable. Until they do,
TLC is the key when replacing the batteries in the DTC.
AH-64, OH-58D and UH-60Q . . .
it's
time to
make
contact
...
...with your
amps battery
contacts!
Remove
DTC from
Data
Transfer
Receptacle.
Check DTC
battery
contacts
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