54Section 3TAWS AlertsFigure 3-1: TAWS Annunciation FieldTAWS Annunciation FieldSection 3: TAWS AlertsAlerts are issued when flight conditions meet parameters that are set within TAWS software algorithms.TAWS alerts typically employ either a CAUTION or a WARNING alert severity level, or both. When analert is issued, visual annunciations are displayed. Annunciations appear in a dedicated field in the lowerleft corner of the display (Figure 3-1). Annunciations are color-coded according to Table 3-2 (page 60).Pop-up terrain alerts can also appear during an alert, but only when the TAWS Page is not displayed.There are two options when an alert is displayed:To acknowledge the pop-up alert and return to the currently viewed page:1. Press the CLR button.To acknowledge the pop-up alert and quickly access the TAWS Page:1. Press the ENT button.To further capture the attention of the pilot, TAWS issues aural (voice) messages thataccompany visual annunciations and pop-up alerts. Some aural messages are configurableduring installation of the system. For a summary of aural messages, see Table 3-2.
