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Technical Writing and Documentation Services

ACME's technical documentation professionals create and maintain documentation at all levels to include:

Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Manuals

The O&M manual is the primary trainer support document.  It provides detailed information that enables maintenance support staff to perform day-to-day tasks, to successfully operate the trainer, to remedy discrepancies that may occur, and enable the trainer to reach a very high operational availability.

Sample topics include:

• Trainer Facility Interface

• Trainer Theory of Operation and Description
      - Functional Overview
      - Subsystem Descriptions

• Trainer Operating Procedures
      - Trainer Initialization
      - Modes of Operation
      - Readiness Testing
      - Normal and Emergency Shutdown

• Trainer Troubleshooting
      - Fault Isolation
      - Software Variable and Signal Dictionary

• Trainer Maintenance
      - Scheduled (Preventative) Maintenance
      - Corrective Maintenance

• Trainer Drawings
      - Mechanical Assemblies
      - Electrical Interconnection Diagrams


Other documentation includes: 


• Instructor/User Utilization Handbooks

• Engineering Specifications and Statements of Work

• Illustrated Parts Breakdowns

• Acceptance Test Procedures

• Software Design Documents

Government documentation efforts comply with standard data item descriptions (DIDs) as well as best commercial practices. Documentation can be delivered in print and/or standard portable electronic formats.

Instructor/User Utilization Handbooks

The Instructor Utilization Handbook (IUH) contains information on how to operate the simulator.  The guide is primarily intended for daily use by the instructors as well as by anyone needing information on the operation of the trainer.  Typically, the ACME produced IUH contains the following topics:

• Trainer Introduction and Description – This section describes how the handbook aids the instructor during training exercises and provides a brief summary of each handbook section. Describes the trainer principle features and capabilities.  Included in this section are system design information, training capabilities, modes of operation, and other supporting information.

• IOS Equipment and Operation – This section identifies the instructor's principle responsibilities and duties for setting up and operating the trainer.  Included are descriptions of the 1) equipment at the IOS including the displays and other data input devices, and 2) available IOS functions, such as trainer initialization, malfunction control, etc. used to support training.  This section also describes the individual display pages available to the instructor and discusses the procedures for using them to support training.  All of the supplied display pages will be illustrated including the cross-country, approach, and departure map displays.

Acceptance Test Procedures

An Acceptance Test Procedure identifies the process of conducting, verifying, and rectifying acceptance elements of the simulator. The procedure portion of the Acceptance Test Plan/Procedure provides for step-by-step validation and verification of all performance factors.



Software Design Documents

A Software Design Document describes all data, architectural, interface and component-level design for ACME's software.

Engineering Specifications, Statements of Work (SOW), and Illustrated Parts Breakdowns (IPBs)

Government documentation efforts comply with standard data item descriptions (DIDs) as well as best commercial practices. Documentation can be delivered in print and/or standard portable electronic formats.