Computers

The complete Flight Deck is managed by 3 PCs named as follow:

PC-1 SERVER

PC-2 CAPTAIN

PC-3 FIRST OFFICER

All computers are connected together via LAN and controlled by:

–          A “D-LINK 4 port KVM Switch” (used do switch keyboard, video and mouse).

The Switching can be managed by hardware (pushing bottom on the unit or by software using a keys combination)


–          A “D-LINK” 8 port 10/100 Mbps Switch” (used to connect the PC via LAN)


The main computer configuration’s characteristics are showed in the following tables:

PC-1 SERVER:

Mother Board ASUS – P5K (P35) – SOCKET 775
Microprocessor INTEL – CORE 2 DUO E6750 2.66Ghz 1333 4MB
Memory 3 Giga Byte as following:

ICEMEMORY – 1GB DDR2-800 PC2-6400

ICEMEMORY – 1GB DDR2-800 PC2-6400

ICEMEMORY – 512MB DDR2-800 PC2-6400

ICEMEMORY – 512MB DDR2-800 PC2-6400
HD Western Digital 160GB Caviar WD1600AAJS
Video Card Point of View 8600 GT 512 MB PCI-E
Sound Card Sound Blaster Live 5.1
DVD/CD-ROM
Other Devices Mouse, Keyboard, etc.
Operating System Windows XP Professional

PC-2 CAPTAIN:

Mother Board
Microprocessor Pentium IV 2.66 GHz
Memory 1.5 Gb (1Gb + 512Mb)
HD 80 GB
Video Card Asus X800XT Platinum Edition 256 Mb AGP
DVD/CD-ROM
Other Devices Mouse, Keyboard, etc.
Operating System Windows XP Home Edition

PC-3 FIRST OFFICER:

Mother Board ASUS – P5VD2-VM ALLinONE – SOCKET 775
Microprocessor
Memory ICEMEMORY – 1GB DDR2-800 PC2-6400
HD 4 GB
Video Card
DVD/CD-ROM
Other Devices Mouse, Keyboard, etc.
Operating System Windows XP Home Edition

All the computer have be placed below the desk equipped with all other hardware peripherals .

From this station will be possible to manage the entire Flight Deck, switching between all computers, loading the scenario, to prepare the flight plan etc.

This area is called “737 Manager & Instructor Station”.


A fourth Computer at the actual status is not foreseen … if problems will occur a new PC will be installed …