I'm working on fixing the EHSI on the Airfoillabs KA350 for the GTN; out of the box the IDENT and TTG don't work. I was able to fix the IDENT by pointing the dataref to the GTN so that it's working; however I'm fighting with time. Does anyone have any ideas how to convert or use this so it's in minutes/seconds? The TTG on EHSI's always show MM:SS however when looking at the dataref below I get for example 2.11637773

RXP/radios/indicators/hsi_dme_time_min_pilot

This is the section of the ACF that I need to fix -- the AFL dataref's don't work with the RXP; they like to overwrite each other.

              GROUP TTG GPS 2 2
                SHOW_EQUAL 3.000000 KA350/instruments/EHSI_Pilot/showActiveCourse
                HIDE
                GROUP_OPEN
                GROUP Number TTG NAV1 2 2
                  SHOW_GREATER 12.000000 [0]
                  HIDE
                  GROUP_OPEN
                  gen_rheostat double dot 2 2 2 2
                    POS 747.000000 704.000000
                    IMAGE EHSI_Pilot/map_mode/double_dot_white
                    DATAREF 
                    LOCKED
                    HIDE
                    LIGHT_MODE GLASS_AUTO
                    LIGHT_RHEOSTAT 22
                    KEY_FRAME 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
                    KEY_FRAME 1.000000 1.000000
                    CLICK_RADIUS 0.000000
                    CLICK_RADIUS_DY 0.000000
                    STEP1 0.000000
                    STEP2 0.000000
                    OFFSET 0.000000
                    CURSOR DEFAULT
                    CLICK_DX 0
                    CLICK_DY 0
                    WRAP 0

                  gen_LED HH 2 2 2
                    POS 728.000000 704.000000
                    IMAGE EHSI_Pilot/map_mode/led_number_white_2
                    DATAREF KA350/instruments/EHSI_Pilot/dmeTimeHHgps
                    LOCKED
                    HIDE
                    LIGHT_MODE GLASS_AUTO
                    LIGHT_RHEOSTAT 22
                    KEY_FRAME 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
                    KEY_FRAME 59.000000 59.000000
                    DIGITS 2
                    DECIMALS 0
                    PERIOD_WIDTH 5
                    LED_ROWS 1

                  gen_LED MM 2 2 2
                    POS 766.000000 704.000000
                    IMAGE EHSI_Pilot/map_mode/led_number_white_2
                    DATAREF KA350/instruments/EHSI_Pilot/dmeTimeMMgps
                    LOCKED
                    HIDE
                    LIGHT_MODE GLASS_AUTO
                    LIGHT_RHEOSTAT 22
                    KEY_FRAME 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
                    KEY_FRAME 59.000000 59.000000
                    DIGITS 2
                    DECIMALS 0
                    PERIOD_WIDTH 5
                    LED_ROWS 1

 

Edited June 1, 20197 yr by Ither

4 hours ago, Ither said:

DATAREF KA350/instruments/EHSI_Pilot/dmeTimeHHgps
DATAREF KA350/instruments/EHSI_Pilot/dmeTimeMMgps

Hi,

It looks like they are using 2 datarefs of their own.

Given their names,  one would be the hours (HH) and the other the minutes (MM). However they most likely are mislabelled and are MM:SS isn't it?

2.11637773 is in minutes:

• integer part 2 = 2 minutes.
• fractional part .11637773 * 60 = ~ 7 secs.

I'm sure you can get what you want with the KEY_FRAME values:

1) use the RXP dataref for both.

2) change the 1st KEY_FRAME (HH) to make minutes into minutes:

                    KEY_FRAME 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
                    KEY_FRAME 1.000000 1.000000

3) change the 2nd KEY_FRAME (MM) to make fractional minutes into seconds:

                    KEY_FRAME 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
                    KEY_FRAME 1.000000 60.000000

4) it looks these are configured to display 2 digits only so this should work (I've never tested nor used this but it seems logical to me).

Otherwise, you can make a simple LUA script which read the GTN dataref value and split it in hours + minutes into 2 new datarefs, which you'd use to feed the gen_LED items.

 

have you made any progress with this?