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Appendix F
Bendix
®
Driver Interface Unit (DIU): Displays & Alerts
F3.1 Object Detected
When there is no valid object detected and no other high priority alert is displayed, the DIU will stand by with
the following screen:
When a valid object is detected, and is outside the range of the rst level of alert, and no other higher priority
alert is displayed, the DIU will display the following and no audio tones will be issued. The distance to the
object will be displayed in large characters in the white space at the center of the screen (not shown) in
seconds, feet, or meters, depending on the menu-selected preferences. By default, seconds will be displayed.
Object Detected
55
mph
sec
2.8
F3.2 Following Distance Alert (FDA) Level 1 (Slow audible two-tone alert/single LED illuminated)
When FDA Level 1 is issued, the following distance to the object/vehicle ahead has been reduced to the
distance determined in the current conguration for FDA Level 1. The DIU will begin to give the driver audio
and visual alerts for as long as the forward vehicle is in this zone and traveling at the same speed or slower.
The DIU will not display following distance units while in an FDA Level. For FDA Level 1, the audible alert will
be a single repeating tone, and the visual alert is a single yellow LED and a screen with the vehicles slightly
closer as shown below.
Object Detected
Single Yellow LED
Illuminated
F3.3 Following Distance Alert (FDA) Level 2 (Medium audible two-tone alert/two LED’s illuminated)
The DIU will give the driver audio and visual alerts for as long as the object/vehicle ahead is in this zone and
traveling at the same speed or slower. The DIU will not display following distance while in an FDA Level. For
FDA Level 2, the audible alert will be a repeating double tone, and the visual alert is two yellow LEDs and a
screen with the vehicles closer as shown below.
Object Detected
Two Yellow LEDs
Illuminated
(No LEDs
Illuminated)
(No LEDs
Illuminated)
Appendix F