Supervision and control of airport lighting and ground movements

Details Supervision and control of airport lighting and ground movements Supervision and control of airport lighting and ground movements

1993-01-22

1995-06-20

Swarthout, Brent

Communications: electrical

Aircraft alarm or indicating systems

Land-based landing guidance

315130, 340642, 340933, 340947, B64F 118

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054264294

ABSTRACT:
In an arrangement for supervising and controlling field light units (20) at an airport, a regulator provided with a monitoring unit for power supply and for monitoring the light units is arranged individually for each light unit (18,20) to regulate the light intensity of the light units and to receive information as to their operational status. In a preferred embodiment, each light unit comprises two separate light sources that can be alternately and separately connected into circuit in case of failure to either of the light sources. Each light unit is provided with an electronic unit including a regulator, monitoring unit, and modem for power supply to the light unit and for monitoring the operation of the light unit. Each light unit is individually addressable from a control central for the airport. A ground traffic control system can be integrated into the field lighting system by connecting suitable presence detectors to the system.

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