ATC equipment location information display system-4 (ids-4).

Attributes
ACN	322023
Time
Date	199511
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dsm
State Reference	IA
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 18
ASRS Report	322023
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	other physical facility

Narrative:

Location of ids-4's in TRACON is too high causing too long of a distraction from radar scope/aircraft. Solution move ids- 4's one panel lower. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: FAA supervisor said the ids-4 is the information display system at the radar position. This gives the controller the runway in use and WX and pertinent NOTAMS.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC EQUIP LOCATION INFO DISPLAY SYS-4 (IDS-4).

Narrative: LOCATION OF IDS-4'S IN TRACON IS TOO HIGH CAUSING TOO LONG OF A DISTR FROM RADAR SCOPE/ACFT. SOLUTION MOVE IDS- 4'S ONE PANEL LOWER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: FAA SUPVR SAID THE IDS-4 IS THE INFO DISPLAY SYS AT THE RADAR POS. THIS GIVES THE CTLR THE RWY IN USE AND WX AND PERTINENT NOTAMS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.