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 ] AUTHOR:            ]                             ] DR:              ]
 ] J. BRADBURY        ]    PASS PROGRAM NOTE        ]    46500         ]
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 ] ORG/PHONE:         ] OPS NOTE ( )  USER NOTE (X) ] DATE: SEPT. 1987 ]
 ] ENG/282-7368       ]      RELEASE NOTE( )        ]                  ]
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 ] OI/FLIGHT EFFECTIVITY:        ]  USER AFFECTED:                     ]
 ] REL 19 AND SUBS               ]  CREW (X)  GROUND (X)  DUMP ONLY ( )]
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 ]        MAJOR SOFTWARE AREA:       ] OPS MODES AFFECTED:             ]
 ]SSW ( )  GNC (X)  VU ( )  SM/PL ( )] G2, G8                          ]
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 ] SOFTWARE SUB-AREA: OMS, RCS                                         ]
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 ] PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS: 4.101, 5.16                                    ]
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 ] TITLE:                                                              ]
 ] OMS/RCS INTERCONNECT GAUGING                                        ]
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 ] DESCRIPTION:                                                        ]
 ] A. IF THE CREW IS GAUGING AN INTERCONNECT ON THE RCS SPEC (023)     ]
 ]    AND CHANGES (VIA HARDWARE SWITCHES) THE INTERCONNECT TO FEED     ]
 ]    OMS PROPELLANT FROM THE OPPOSITE POD WITHOUT TERMINATING THE     ]
 ]    GAUGING, ANY OMS PROPELLANT USED BY THE RCS SUBSEQUENT TO THAT   ]
 ]    CHANGE WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE WRONG OMS POD.                  ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] B. IF THE CREW PERFORMS AN OMS/RCS INTERCONNECT VIA HARDWARE        ]
 ]    SWITCHES AND ON THE RCS SPEC (023) INADVERTENTLY SELECTS THE     ]
 ]    WRONG OMS POD FOR INTERCONNECT QUANTIZATION THE WRONG OMS POD    ]
 ]    WILL BE "CHARGED" WITH THE PROPELLANT USAGE.                     ]
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 ]USER RESPONSE:                                                       ]
 ] A. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD THE CREW CHANGE OMS/RCS            ]
 ]    INTERCONNECTS VIA HARDWARE WITHOUT FIRST TERMINATING THE         ]
 ]    INTERCONNECT GAUGING ON THE RCS SPEC.                            ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] B. THIS CONDITION MAY BE RECTIFIED BY SELECTING THE PROPER OMS POD  ]
 ]    FOR GAUGING ON THE RCS SPEC WITHOUT USING THE TERMINATE (OFF)    ]
 ]    ITEM (ITEM 7) ON THAT SPEC. THE OMS QUANTITY USED FOR THE TOTAL  ]
 ]    INTERCONNECT TIME WILL THEN BE ADDED TO THAT POD'S FULL USAGE    ]
 ]    FOR RCS. AFTER THE INTERCONNECT IS COMPLETED, TERMINATE THE      ]
 ]    GAUGING AND SELECT THE OTHER POD FOR GAUGING. WHEN (AFTER A FEW  ]
 ]    SECONDS) THAT QUANTITY CORRECTS ITSELF TO THE QUANTITY PRIOR TO  ]
 ]    THE INTERCONNECT, TERMINATE (VIA ITEM ENTRY) THE GAUGING FOR     ]
 ]    THAT POD.                                                        ]
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 ]CONCURRENCE:                           ]APPROVAL:                    ]
 ]IBM: WYATT COOPER         DATE 7/27/88 ]                             ]
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 ]SSD: SAM ANKNEY           DATE 7/28/88 ]                             ]
 ]    --------------------      ---------] RW MOOREHEAD        7/30/88 ]
 ]PF MGR: LW JENKINS/WELLS  DATE 7/29/88 ]------------------- -------- ]
 ]       -----------------      ---------] CHAIRMAN, SASCB      DATE   ]
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