Circuit Breakers

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Like any aircraft, the A320 has a big number of Circuit Breakers (C/B) that play a vital role in the safety of the electrical systems. Most of them are located in the back of the cockpit behind the pilots and the most important ones in the upper overhead above the pilots.

In our A320 Sim Software we have modelled the Circuit Breaker functionality as part of the aircraft electrical system. In total 173 C/B's have been implemented already, covering all of the main electrical devices and circuits. Dynamically as we evolve additional C/B's can be added very efficiently.

All these C/B's can be monitored and changed in state (cf. popped/reset) via the below shown Circuit Breaker page which is part of the Instructor Station web application. It features a handy filter option to select and show only the relevant C/B's you wish to see. It also allows to filter in specific properties, such as for example a specific C/B's identified by its name, location, FIN number, monitored or not, etc... And allows to filter also by state, to show for example only those C/B's that have popped.

Linked to the C/B's are of course also all the failures and warnings generated by the Flight Warning Computer (FWC) whenever the Instructor pops a C/B. 

List of implemented Circuit Breakers

HF1/1RE1/49VU
ADF1/1RP1/49VU
STBY COMP LT/1LF/49VU
ACP CAPT/4RN/49VU
ACP F/O/5RN/49VU
VHF1/2RC1/49VU
RMP1/2RG1/49VU
ATC1/5SH1/49VU
ILS1/1RT1/49VU
VOR1/2RS1/49VU
DME1/1SD1/49VU
FWC1 SPLY/3WW/49VU
SDAC1 SPLY/3WV/49VU
ADIRU1 115VAC/4FP1/49VU
ADIRU1 AOA/5FP1/49VU
CLOCK/NORM/SPLY/6FS/49VU
STBY HORIZON/5FN/49VU
VOR/ADF/DME RMI/12FN/49VU
ND CAPT SPLY/12WT1/49VU
PFD CAPT SPLY/11WT1/49VU
ECAM DU UPPER SPLY/13WT1/49VU
DMC3 STBY SPLY/14WT1/49VU
DMC1 SPLY/10WT1/49VU
CVR CTL/4RK/49VU
CVR SPLY/2RK/49VU
PRESS/CTL1/1HL/49VU
ANTI ICE/WING/MON/1DL/49VU
ANTI ICE/WING/CTL/2DL/49VU
ANTI ICE/WING/CTL/2DL/49VU
LGCIU1/1GA/49VU
L/G BRAKE PRESS IND/61GG/49VU
MCDU1/11CA1/49VU
FMGC1/10CA1/49VU
FMGC1/10CA1/49VU
FAC1 28VDC/5CC1/49VU
FCU1/9CA1/49VU
SFCC1 SLAT/5CV/49VU
SFCC1 FLAP/6CV/49VU
SEC1 NORM SPLY/21CE1/49VU
THS/ACTR/MOT2/19CE2/49VU
FCDC1 SPLY/20CE1/49VU
ELAC1 NORM SPLY/15CE1/49VU
FLIGHT CONTROLS/SLT FLP/1 POS/IND/1CN/49VU
FLIGHT CONTROLS/SLT FLP/1 POS/IND/1CN/49VU
ENGINE/HP FUEL SOV/ENG1/1KC1/49VU
ENGINE/HP FUEL SOV/ENG2/1KC2/49VU
ENG1 FIRE DET LOOP A/7WD1/49VU
ENG2 FIRE DET LOOP B/8WD2/49VU
FUEL/LP VALVE/MOT1/ENG1/1QG/49VU
FUEL/LP VALVE/MOT1/ENG2/2QG/49VU
FUEL/XFR VALVE1/WING/L/1QP/49VU
FUEL/XFR VALVE1/WING/R/2QP/49VU
FUEL/XFR VALVE1/WING/L/1QP/49VU
FUEL/XFR VALVE1/WING/R/2QP/49VU
FUEL/X FEED/VALVE/MOT1/2QE/49VU
FUEL/FQI/CHAN/1/1QT/49VU
FUEL/SMOKE/CONFIG/PUMP CTL/55QA/49VU
FUEL/SMOKE/CONFIG/PUMP CTL/55QA/49VU
ELAC1 STBY SPLY/16CE1/105VU
ELAC2 STBY SPLY/16CE2/105VU
SEC1 STBY SPLY/22CE/105VU
ADIRU1 28VDC/6FP1/105VU
PRESS/CTL2/2HL/122VU
FLT CTL/WTB/SLT/SYS1/9CV/122VU
FLT CTL/WTB/FLP/SYS1/10CV/122VU
PFD F/O SPLY/11WT2/121VU
ND F/O SPLY/12WT2/121VU
ECAM DU LOWER SPLY/13WT2/121VU
ELAC2 NORM SPLY/15CE2/121VU
SFCC2 SLAT/7CV/121VU
FUEL/PUMPS/1/L CTL AND R IND/3QA/121VU
FUEL/PUMPS/2/L CTL AND R IND/9QA/121VU
FUEL/CTR TK/PUMPS 1 AND 2/CTL AND IND 1/31QA/121VU
FUEL/CTR TK/PUMPS 1 AND 2/CTL AND IND 1/31QA/121VU
FUEL/CTR TK/PUMPS 1 AND 2/CTL AND IND 2/32QA/121VU
FUEL/CTR TK/PUMPS 1 AND 2/CTL AND IND 2/32QA/121VU
FUEL/CTR TK/AUTO/CTL/47QA/121VU
FUEL/PUMPS/1/R CTL AND L IND/4QA/121VU
FUEL/PUMPS/2/R CTL AND L IND/10QA/121VU
SDAC2 SPLY/2WV/121VU
FWC2 SPLY/2WW/121VU
DMC2 SPLY/10WT2/121VU
DMC3 SPLY/10WT3/121VU
THS/ACTR/MOT1/19CE1/121VU
THS/ACTR/MOT3/19CE3/121VU
SEC2 SPLY/21CE2/121VU
SEC3 SPLY/21CE3/121VU
FCDC2 SPLY/20CE2/121VU
SFCC2 FLAP/8CV/121VU
FUEL/R WING TK/PUMP1 SPLY/2QA/121VU
FUEL/R WING TK/PUMP2 SPLY/8QA/121VU
LGCIU1 GRND SPLY/52GA/121VU
LGCIU2/2GA/121VU
ENG1 FIRE DET LOOP B/8WD1/121VU
ENG2 FIRE DET LOOP A/7WD2/121VU
EGPWS 115VAC/3WZ/121VU
FLIGHT CONTROLS/SLT FLP/2 POS/IND/2CN/121VU
FLIGHT CONTROLS/SLT FLP/2 POS/IND/2CN/121VU
FLT CTL/WTB/SLT/SYS2/11CV/121VU
FLT CTL/WTB/FLP/SYS2/12CV/121VU
FUEL/CTR TK/PUMP1 SPLY/29QA/121VU
FUEL/CTR TK/PUMP2 SPLY/30QA/121VU
CLOCK/STBY/SPLY/4FS/121VU
ADIRU3 28VDC/6FP3/105VU
ADIRU2 28VDC/6FP2/105VU
ADIRU3 115VAC/4FP3/121VU
ADIRU2 115VAC/4FP2/121VU
ADIRU3 AOA/5FP3/121VU
ADIRU2 AOA/5FP2/121VU
MCDU2/11CA2/121VU
MCDU3/11CA3/121VU
FUEL/L WING TK/PUMP1 SPLY/1QA/121VU
FUEL/L WING TK/PUMP2 SPLY/7QA/121VU
ACP 3/6RN/121VU
FMGC2/10CA2/121VU
FMGC2/10CA2/121VU
FAC2 28VDC/5CC2/121VU
RUDDER/TRIM/IND/15CC/121VU
FCU2/9CA2/121VU
FUEL/XFR VALVE2/WING/L/3QP/121VU
FUEL/XFR VALVE2/WING/R/4QP/121VU
FUEL/XFR VALVE2/WING/L/3QP/121VU
FUEL/XFR VALVE2/WING/R/4QP/121VU
FUEL/X FEED/VALVE/MOT2/1QE/121VU
FUEL/LP VALVE/MOT2/ENG1/3QG/121VU
FUEL/LP VALVE/MOT2/ENG2/4QG/121VU
FUEL/FQI/CHAN/2/2QT/121VU
BSCU1 IND AND SPLY/2GG/121VU
BSCU1 CTL/1GG/121VU
BSCU2 CTL/3GG/121VU
BSCU2 SPLY/4GG/121VU
APU/FUEL/LP VALVE/SPLY/2QF/121VU
APU/FUEL/LP VALVE/CTL/1QF/121VU
RMP2/2RG2/121VU
RMP3/2RG3/121VU
VHF2/2RC2/121VU
VHF3/2RC3/121VU
HF2/1RE2/121VU
FUEL/RFL/DFL/XFR/DEFUEL/VALVE/1QU/121VU
FUEL/RFL/DFL/SPLY/2QU/121VU
FUEL/FQI/CHANNEL/1 AND 2/8QT/121VU
FUEL/FQI/CHANNEL/1 AND 2/8QT/121VU
APU FIRE EXTIG SQUIB A/1WF/121VU
APU FIRE EXTIG SQUIB B/2WF/121VU
APU ECB SPLY/1KD/121VU
APU FIRE & OVHT DET LOOP A/1WG/121VU
APU FIRE & OVHT DET LOOP B/2WG/121VU
ADF2/1RP2/121VU
DME2/1SD2/121VU
ATC2/5SH2/121VU
VOR2/2RS2/121VU
ILS2/1RT2/121VU
TCAS/4SG/121VU
RA1/1SA1/121VU
RA2/1SA2/121VU
RADAR1/5SQ1/121VU
RADAR2/5SQ2/121VU
RCDR/DFDR/7TU/121VU
RCDR/FDIU/8TU/121VU
Y HYD ELEC PUMP NORM/3801GX/123VU
TR2 SPLY/2PU2/123VU
B HYD ELEC PUMP/2701GJ/123VU
TR1 SPLY/2PU1/123VU
FWD GALLEY FEEDER F/16MC/123VU
FWD GALLEY FEEDER D/2MC/123VU
AFT GALLEY FEEDER B/12MC/123VU
L WING TK/PUMP 1/STBY SPLY/11QA/123VU
FWD GALLEY FEEDER C/1MC/123VU
R WING TK/PUMP 1/STBY SPLY/12QA/123VU
AFT GALLEY FEEDER A/3MC/123VU
AFT GALLEY FEEDER E/14MC/123VU

Circuit Breakers

2 thoughts on “Circuit Breakers

  1. Bonjour
    Merci de laisser à disposition toutes vos photos qui nous aident pour améliorer nos simulateurs d’A320 (car nous n’avons pas la possibilité d’avoir un vrai tronçon du cockpit par manque de place et aussi par manque d’argent)
    Votre projet est très audacieux et je suis très admiratif
    J’ai plus à apprendre de vous et n’ai malheureusement rien à vous apporter sauf…. mon soutien
    Nous sommes un petit groupe de 4 passionnés qui avons chacun des simus d’A320
    Vous avez pu faire votre projet en commun car vous etes proches alors que nous sommes assez loin les uns des autres (2 en ile de France, un à Rennes et un à Aix en Provence)
    Je regarde avec intéret vos travaux
    Merci à vous
    prenez bien soin de vous
    Philippe

    1. Hi Philippe,
      Thanks for your kind words.
      We will be posting updates on our progress.
      Also for you and your friends, take care!

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