Can anyone please either tell me or point me in the right direction off the FSUIPC offset I need to read to findout the state of the slats so that I can make my announciators work correctly. I have read through the lists of offsets I have but can not see them listed. I am using IOCards and could 'fake' it using SIOC but would rather just read an offset until I am fully up to speed with my new cards and software.The Porcupineaka Simon Webbwww.desktopflying.co.ukVery slowely putting together a generic twin desktop unit, decorating permitting!

I think there's just flaps. That's it.So best thing is to face it.

I thought that might be the case but no harm in checking the wonderful knowledge base available here. Time to dig the B737 AOMs out and should be easy enough to fake it with SIOC once I know the extention limits. I know I have read it somewhere in the past.The Porcupineaka Simon Webbwww.desktopflying.co.ukVery slowely putting together a generic twin desktop unit when the decorating permits!

check the aircraft.cfg file for the aircraft, shows the extention time in seconds for each flap interval

Yeah, check on your aircraft's operating manual for when the slats are extended, and check cockpit videos or observe in a real one / sim as on how fast they extend. Then simulate it with SIOC or some other method, depending on which interface system you happen to use.//Tuomas

I don't know SIOC and IOCards so i can't provide detailed info.With fsbus it can be done, so i assume it can be done with IO too.You have to define your output object, assign it to read the flap offset, and assign a range of validity.Explanation: the flap offset goes (if i remember correctly) from 0 to 16383.This extent is divided in tranches in the number of flap positions evenly spaced.I mean: you have 9 positions? Each one will switch every 1820.So from 0 to 1820 it's the first flap position, from 1821 to 3640 is the second and so on.Now it should be possible to define some parameters in the IO output object.For example: the output is ON from a value of 2000 to a value of 4000.This way (with the correct number) you can have the amber annunciators of slats and flaps transit.You can define more then one, linked to the same hardware lights, with different ranges of validity to simulate the different transitions present in the 737.Hope this helps.

Thank you Claudio & Toumas, I now have all the information I need to work it out. Just got to read through 946 pages of B737 Operations Manual for the last bit.Cheers guysThe Porcupineaka Simon Webbwww.desktopflying.co.ukVery slowely putting together a generic twin desktop unit.

>Thank you Claudio & Toumas, I now have all the information I>need to work it out. Just got to read through 946 pages of>B737 Operations Manual for the last bit.Gotta be the easiest part ;)