Landing Light toggle (NGX)

[lancealotg 95]

PMDG 737 NGXHaving some trouble editing the lua file to make the landing lights toggle with one button.Tried a few things but I cant seem to get it.It works great if I assign two buttons, one for on and one for off, but I would like to only use one button. Can anyone nudge me in the right direction?

[Artem Crum 5]

Add this function somewhere inside "Lights, external" section:

function NGX_LAND_ALL_toggle ()	if _t('LAND_ALL') then    	NGX_LAND_ALL_on ()	else    	NGX_LAND_ALL_off ()	endend

...and assign it.

[Andydigital 93]

Send the CTRL + L key presses via LINDA, this is the default key shortcut which toggles the landing lights on and off for the NGX. EDIT: you beat me to it Artem with a more elegant method.

[lancealotg 95]

Forgot to check for the default shortcut Added Artem's code and it works great. Thanks Artem and Andy, much appreciated. Looking at Artem's code brings up another question though, what is the _t in the code signify?

[Artem Crum 5]

Looking at Artem's code brings up another question though, what is the _t in the code signify?

This is a part of LINDA framework. We call it "universal toggler". This is just an easy way to toggle two parts of code on each call. String in parentheses is a unique identifier for this particular toggling case.

[lancealotg 95]

Great information. Thanks again.

[FSC190 30]

Hi Artem,this sounds interesting, is it also possible to make a toggle with FSX_Control View_Camera_Panel_# (which is 66850 to 66859)so I could toggle between 2 VC-CamerasWould this funktion work?

function VC_Pedestal_toggle ()if _t("Pedestal") then 		ipc.control(66853)else      	ipc.control(66851)endend

[guenseli 1,606]

try it ;) use the LINDA LUA editor:left clicking on the first line of the function executes it immediatelly for testing (if FSX running of course and script saved)

[Artem Crum 5]

Little corection: Right-click the function name in editor to get it instantly executed inside FSX.

[FSC190 30]

Hallo Günter,one question about LUA Editor.I enabled developer-mode, and every time I click on Open, I receive an error And I don't believe it, that it could be so easy, my first function works :-)))

[Artem Crum 5]

1. You don't have to use 'Open' inside the editor. Choose module in LINDA as always, popup the menu and inside each library and module sub menu you will see the "Edit module" item. It will open corresponding Lua file for editing.2. The error you got tell's you, that you have to use Vista or Win7 to be able to open files from inside the editor.

[FSC190 30]

Hi Artem, that is copied. And I have to click the right mouse button, to activate funktions in the LINDA-Editor, not the left Button.

[guenseli 1,606]

And I have to click the right mouse button, to activate funktions in the LINDA-Editor, not the left Button.

yes, I'm left hand, sorry