Control panel for type "D" reconnaissance pod 1.   AShchAFA-5M status light 2.   Forward A-39 status light 3.   Lateral A-39 status light 4.   Camera hatches status light 5.   Triggering of forward A-39 cameras 6.   Triggering of the AShchAFA-5M camera 7.   Triggering of lateral A-39 cameras 8.   Cameras heating 9.   Radar or pod selection (it was not possible to use the reconnaissance pod and the       onboard radar at the same time) 10. Altitude selection in kilometers 11. SPO-3 Sirena on / off 12. ASO-2I : manual / automatic (triggered by the SPO-3) 13. ASO-2I : sequential (flares ejection from one cassette) / parallel (flares ejection from the two       cassettes simultaneously) / off 14. ASO-2I : selection : salvos of 4 flares / salvos of 16 flares       The two cassettes contained 32 cartridges each. In sequential mode, it was possible to fire 16 series       of 4 cartridges or 4 series of 16 cartridges. In parallel mode, one could fire 8 series of       8 cartridges or 2 series of 32 cartridges. 15. Flares drop in manual mode 16. Lira recorder : automatic / off / continuous recording

> The control box for the type "R" pod had a switch to trigger the heating of the Romb A and B ELINT systems. The four status lights were related to the Romb A and Romb B systems, the A-39 camera
   and the camera hatch. Selector n°10 was absent.

> The control box for the type "N" pod had six status lights: UA-47 camera, illumination flares cassette n°1, cassette n°2, cassette n°3, cassette n°4, camera hatch. Selector n°10 was absent.