PAMS is an advanced solution designed to provide clear, unambiguous alarm and warning indications for airfield ground-based equipment. Its primary purpose is to enhance situational awareness for both Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Air Traffic Engineering (ATE) technical staff.
All monitored alarm inputs are seamlessly integrated into the ATE system. With intuitive touchscreen interfaces, PAMS offers instant visual feedback on equipment status through color-coded indicators and audible alerts.
Key alarm statuses are then prioritized and displayed for ATC personnel. Touchscreens at each Control Work Position (CWP) — including VCRs and ACRs — present critical equipment states, with alarm groups managing degraded conditions to ensure efficient response and decision-making.
The Modern Replacement to an Alarm Annunciator Light Box
Originally designed to replace old-style alarm light boxes, but with alarm condition and acknowledgement recording, improved visualisation and automatic reporting. PAMS has been proven in a civil airport environment since 2003.
Other features now include:
- Frequency of Issues Tracking
- Maintenance Mode
- Alarm Nag
- Alarm Hysteresis
- Alarm Revert Acknowledgement
- Alarm Delay Periods
- Alarm Groupings
- Comment Recording
- Alarm Statistics
Interfacing & Connectivity
| UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply |
DME Distance Measuring Equipment |
Compressors |
| Radios VHF / UHF |
NDB Non-Directional Beacon |
VCS Voice Communication System |
Recorders VREC |
IRVR Instrumented Runway Visual Range |
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| ILS Instrument Landing System |
NTP Network Time Protocol |
SAMOS |
The system provides Engineering, Maintenance and ATC with a cost effective, state of the art solution for alarm management, which gives instant alarm notification and recording of user response and overall status for all monitored systems and services.
Advanced systems for monitoring the status of airfield ground based systems and services, ranging from Air Traffic Control (ATC), Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS), UPS and meteorological equipment. Proven in a commercial airport environment since 2003, PAMS is now used for both civil and military sites across the United Kingdom, including London City remote tower.
The system provides Engineering, Maintenance and ATC with a cost effective, state of the art solution for alarm management, which gives instant alarm notification and recording of user response and overall status for all monitored systems and services.
The system offers:
- Excellent reliability.
- Easy re-configuration of alarm channels.
- Automatic event recording and reporting.
- Capacity to expand to meet future requirements.
- Distributed, remote monitoring via PC network.
- Global & sub-grouped alarms.
- Multiple alarm access & acceptance points.
PAMS has been designed to provide a highly reliable alarm status monitoring package to replace traditional manual alarm panels and outdated alarm logging methods.
With highly configurable layouts of alarms, user restrictions and configuration, PAMS uses touchscreens to display status information to users. Alarms can be either shown individually as separate buttons or grouped together for high level presentations which allow the user to drill down further into the group or selection.
The touch screen functionality provides a quick and intuitive method of acknowledging status changes whilst keyboard and mouse are availabile for more complex tasks such as alarm configuration and report generation.
Reference: CAP670 Air Traffic Services Safety Requirements Air Traffic Services Safety Requirements
