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The FG version supports the setting of alarms and managing MET and CRT time, but since time synchronization is not explicitly simulated, the lower portion of the display is non-functional.
The FG version supports the setting of alarms and managing MET and CRT time, but since time synchronization is not explicitly simulated, the lower portion of the display is non-functional.
=== GPC/BUS STATUS (DISP 6) ===
[[File:Shuttle avionics disp6.jpg|600px|GPC/BUS STATUS utility display of the Space Shuttle]]
The GPC and bus status utility display contains an overview over the software configuration currently running. For each of the five GPCs, the current status (run, standby or halt) is shown along with the application software loaded (G for GNC, S for systems management, the number represents the OPS sequence.
Below is a summary which GPC is in command of which data bus and which GPC is communicating with which IDP (on this screen called 'CRT' - this is a legacy designation from the old Shuttle cockpit when a GPC was directly linked to a CRT screen).


=== DAP CONFIG (SPEC 20) ===
=== DAP CONFIG (SPEC 20) ===
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