EICAS
Purpose
Differences
Modes of Display
Various Messages
To display engine parameters
Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System (EICAS)
Alerting crew to system configuration or faults
Ground proximity warning system
May display other information such as fuel quantity, cabin pressure or landing gear and flap/slat position.
Traffic alert and collusion avoidance system
Maintenance information.
System alerts.
status messages
communication alerts
alerts the crew to conflicting traffic
identifies a three-dimensional airspace around the airplane
interrogates operating transponders in other aircraft
Air data system
Inertial Reference System
Instrument Landing System
radio altimeters
Operational Mode
Alert Messages
Engine Parameters(Primary & Secondary)
Status Mode
Maintenance Mode
Airplane System Parameters
Status Messages
Maintenance Parameters
Maintenance Messages
Test Displays
Design
EICAS:Boeing
ECAM:Airbus
Data Display
ECAM:Always displayed in checklist and schematic format
EICAS:Data not necessarily always shown
Advice
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ECAM:Displays corrective action to be taken during failures
EICAS:Does not give advice
Display of errors
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ECAM:Errors are presented to pilot and disappears when they are resolved
EICAS:Pilot has to interpret what instrument readings mean