Calls Panel
Description
The Calls Panel is used to alert the cabin crew of a call from the flight deck.
The Calls Panel buttons are not yet functional in the A380X.
Usage
PURS pb
When pressed:
- A pink light, on the Purser Area Call Panel (ACP), comes on
- The CAPTAIN CALL message appears on the Purser Attendant Indication Panel (AIP)
- A high/low chime sounds through the associated cabin loudspeakers.
PILOT REST pb
When pressed, a high/low chime sounds in the forward and the main crew rest.
DECK pb
When pressed:
- A pink light, on the upper/lower deck Area Call Panels (ACP), comes on
- The CAPTAIN CALL message appears on the upper/lower deck Attendant Indication Panels (AIP)
- A high/low chime sounds through the upper/lower deck cabin loudspeakers.
ALL pb
When pressed:
- A pink light, on all the ACP s in the cabin, comes on.
- The CALL ALL CAPT message appears on all AIP s in the cabin.
- A high/low chime sounds through the cabin loudspeakers.
MECH pb
When pressed:
- The COCKPIT CALL light on the maintenance nose gear panel comes on
- An external horn sounds as long as the ground crew maintains the MECH pb pressed.
EMER pb-sw
- Closed and dark:
- Neither the flight crew nor the cabin crew has made an EMER call.
- Closed and illuminated (amber CALL):
- The cabin crew has made an EMER call.
- The CALL light flashes
- A buzzer sounds three times through the cockpit loudspeakers.
- The ATT transmission key flashes on all RMPs.
- Open and illuminated (amber CALL, white ON):
- The ON and the CALL lights come on
- A pink light, on all the area call panels in the cabin, comes on
- The CALL PRIO CAPT message appears on all AIPs in the cabin
- Three successive high/low chimes sound through the cabin loudspeakers.