I'm looking for a procedure to alter the displayed time on the default G1000 to be in UTC instead of localtime.    I've not done any work with gauges in the past, so any pointers to newbie resources would be appreciated, I'm not even sure where to begin looking for this.

 

 

Paul

Paul,

 

Look in your ..\Gauges folder and find the Mooney_Acclaim.cab file.

 

Using WinZip unzip the Mooney_Acclaim.cab file to a ..\Mooney_Acclaim folder

 

In the new ..\Gauges\Mooney_Acclaim folder, look for the g1000_pfd.xml file

 

Open the g1000_pfd.xml file using Notepad.exe

 

Use the Crtl-F keys to open a "Find Box" and search for P:Local Time

 

You should find this line in that gauge file:

<GaugeString>%((P:Local Time, hours))%!02d!:%((P:Local Time, minutes) 60 %)%!02d!:%((P:Local Time, seconds) 60 %)%!02d!</GaugeString>

Simply replace "Local" with "Zulu" (without the quotes of course!) in all three places

 

"Find" LCL to locate this line (just a few lines above the previous one):

<GaugeString>LCL</GaugeString>

Change LCL to UTC

 

Save the edited file using the same name of course, overwriting the existing file

 

Start P3D, load the Mooney Acclaim and you should now see Zulu (UTC) time instead of Local time.

Thanks for the tip, I think I'd have probably muddled through it if I thought to unzip the cabinet file.    Now that I see it in front of me, that knowledge was locked up someplace in the back of my brain.