190-00709-05 Rev. D Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Socata TBM 850/900109ENGINE & AIRFRAME SYSTEMSCAS MESSAGES AND PRIORITIZATIONNOTE: Refer to the Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH) for corrective pilot actions.NOTE: Red warning messages cannot be scrolled through and remain at the top of the CAS display. Thescroll bar changes to yellow if more than ten caution messages exist to be scrolled through.CAS messages are grouped by criticality (warning and caution) and sorted by order of appearance (mostrecent messages on top). The color of the message is based on its urgency and on required action, and the MSGSoftkey label changes to display the appropriate annunciation when a CAS message is generated.• Warning (red) – Immediate crew awareness and action required; accompanied by an aural tone (triple chimeevery 3 seconds) and flashing ‘WARNING’ softkey annunciation• Caution (yellow) – Immediate crew awareness and possible future corrective action required; accompaniedby an aural tone (single chime every 5 seconds) and flashing ‘CAUTION’ softkey annunciationThe softkey annunciation flashes and the corresponding aural alert sounds until acknowledged by depressingthe softkey.Figure 3-34 Softkey Annunciations (MSG Softkey Labels)A CAS message does not appear more than once at a given time. Warning and caution CAS messages flashwhen they are generated, and continue to flash until acknowledged. Advisory CAS messages, flash for 5seconds or until acknowledged.Some CAS messages are differentiated as root causes of other failures and should be considered first duringthe decision-making process when multiple CAS messages are displayed. These “golden” messages flash untilacknowledged and remain in inverse video after being acknowledged manually.After the acknowledgment, a message remains displayed at the top of its respective priority group in the CASWindow until either a newer message of the same priority appears or the condition(s) that caused the alert todisplay no longer exist.CAS messages listed in tables 3-3 and 3-4 are shown in the acknowledged state (colored text on blackbackgrounds), with Caution and Advisory “golden” CAS messages shown in black text on colored backgroundscorresponding to their alert levels.
