Brightness issue when using dual 750s

[vrdubin6 184]

The issue I'm having is in all the aircraft where I have 2 GTN 750s. I set the screen brightness to 70 on both but when reloading the aircraft only the secondary 750 keeps the brightness setting. The main 750 will be at full brightness but when going to the settings for that window it will still show the setting of 70% or whatever I had it set for. So each time I load up any aircraft with 2 750s I will have to go to the settings menu for the main unit and adjust the screen brightness 1% either direction and then apply in order to get it where I would like. I'm assuming it's a simple setting I'm overlooking but any help would be greatly appreciated. 

 

Thanks in advance!

[RXP 2,338]

Hi, this may be a bug, we'll review and report.

Can you please post the content of the RealityXP.GTN.ini fiel, and the panel.cfg file?

Edited February 18, 2020 by RXP

[vrdubin6 184]

15 minutes ago, RXP said:

Hi, this may be a bug, we'll review and report.

Can you please post the content of the RealityXP.GTN.ini fiel, and the panel.cfg file?

Thanks for the speedy reply! I will grab it this evening when I get home.

[vrdubin6 184]

7 hours ago, RXP said:

Hi, this may be a bug, we'll review and report.

Can you please post the content of the RealityXP.GTN.ini fiel, and the panel.cfg file?

So it looks like I lied. I fired up the RealAir Legacy and it looks like it's the secondary GTN that doesn't maintain the brightness setting.

Here is a screenshot when I fire up the Legacy. I go to the settings for the bottom GTN and it has a brightness setting in the 60s just like the top GTN but is obviously displaying 100% brightness.

Panel.cfg

// RealAir Legacy P3D 2016

[Window Titles]
Window00=Main
Window01=Reality XP GTN Unit 1 (managed)
Window02=Reality XP GTN Unit 2 (managed)

[VIEWS]
VIEW_FORWARD_DIR=0.000, 0.000, 0.000

//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window00]
size_mm=1024,1024
position=0
BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0
visible=0
ident=15552

//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window01]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=937,887
ident=14401
window_pos=0.707, 0.000
window_size=0.293, 0.500
zorder=99
gauge00=rxpGTN!GTN_750_1, 0, 0,937,887

//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window02]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=937,887
ident=14402
window_pos=0.707, 0.500
window_size=0.293, 0.500
zorder=99
gauge00=rxpGTN!GTN_750_2, 0, 0,937,887

//--------------------------------------------------------
[VCockpit01]
size_mm=1024,1024
pixel_size=1024,1024
texture=$RASLegacy_CFG
background_color=1,1,1

gauge01=Config!Options, 1020, 1023, 1, 1
gauge02=Config!RealView, 1021, 1023, 1, 1
gauge03=RASLegacy!InitVars, 1022, 1023, 1, 1
gauge04=RASLegacy!1hzCode, 1023, 1023, 1, 1
gauge05=RASLegacy!2hzCode, 1024, 1023, 1, 1
gauge06=RASLegacy!18hzCode, 1025, 1023, 1, 1
gauge07=Config!RadioLayout, 1027, 1023, 1, 1

gauge08=RASLegacy!NavCom1, 1, 2, 509, 61
gauge09=RASLegacy!NavCom2, 1, 64, 509, 61
gauge10=RASLegacy!ADF, 4, 127, 332, 49
gauge11=RASLegacy!Xpndr, 7, 243, 305, 57
gauge12=RASLegacy!Autopilot, 5, 177, 292, 62
gauge13=RASLegacy!DME, 320, 197, 256, 46
gauge14=RASLegacy!VM1000C, 579, 0, 445, 446
gauge15=RASLegacy!Annunciator, 0, 305, 453, 68
gauge16=RASLegacy!AOA_Pro, 347, 131, 106, 63
gauge18=RASLegacy!Master_Warn, 457, 271, 108, 107

// ===============================================================================
// IMPORTANT - 'gauge19'. 'gauge20, 'gauge21', and 'gauge22' BELOW CAN BE OVERWRITTEN 
// BY THE CONFIG PANEL. PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN MANUALLY EDITING THIS FILE
// IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE GPS ENTRIES AND DON'T WANT THEM OVERWRITTEN IN ANY 
// CIRCUMSTANCE THEN CHANGE THE GAUGE NUMBERS. EG - CHANGE 'gauge 19' TO 'gauge22'
// ===============================================================================

gauge19=rxpGTN!GTN_750_1, 2,563,390,460,NO_BEZEL
gauge20=rxpGTN!GTN_750_2,398,563,390,460,NO_BEZEL

gauge21=RASLegacy_Sound_V2!Sound, 0,0,1,1, .\SimObjects\Airplanes\RealAir Legacy V2\Panel\Sound\RASLegacy_Sound_V2.ini
gauge22=RASLegacy!Sound_Manager, 0,1,1,1

gauge23=RASLegacy!Oxygen, 1,1,1,1
gauge24=RASLegacy!Gauge_Backlight, 811,446,213,213
gauge25=RASLegacy!Gauge_Backlight_Screens, 794,447,16,16
gauge26=rxpGTN!f1vc.xml,0,0,1,1

[Default View]
X=0
Y=0
SIZE_X=8192
SIZE_Y=3500

Day=255,255,255
Night=255,255,255
Luminous=201,64,64

 

RealityXP.GTN.ini

 

[GTN_750_1]
; is the master device if true.
MasterDevice = true
; aviation db: 0: nav_db2_grm, 1: nav_db2, 2: nav_heli_db2_grmn, 3: nav_heli_db2
NavDbType = 1
VoicePref = MALE
; connects to: 'PFC_GTN' or any '#PID' (#D067 for PFC_GTN)
; no value connects to first found, 'OFF' disables connection.
HardwareDevice = 
; hardware selector number or -1 to disable.
HardwareIdx = -1
LinkVor = true
UseSimGpsCmds = true
Rheostat.Display = 57

[GTN_750_1.DEFAULT]
; show screen only gauge if true.
nobezel = false
; screen only border size (pixels).
border.size = 0
; screen only border color (#RGB or #RGBA).
border.rgba = #000000
; display mouse tooltips if true.
tooltips = false
; enable mouse clickspots if true, disable if false.
usemouse = true
; enable alternate click-spots (left CCW, right CW, middle Push) if true.
usealtmouse = false
; enable default 'hand' cursor over the touch screen (2D only).
usealtcursor = false
; enable touch beyond screen bounds if true (2D only), clip if false (GTN native).
extendtouch = true
; auto-resize dimension (width,height)
refsize = 
; left mouse button on the screen toggles popup window by ident (ex: GPS_PANEL or 225) (requires SHIFT+left mouse button).
popleft = 
; right mouse button on the screen toggles popup window by ident (ex: GPS_PANEL or 225).
popright = 
; adjust brightness (0 to 100)
brightness.bezel = 100
; offset brightness (-100 to +100)
brightness.screen = 0

[GTN_750_2]
; is the master device if true.
MasterDevice = false
; aviation db: 0: nav_db2_grm, 1: nav_db2, 2: nav_heli_db2_grmn, 3: nav_heli_db2
NavDbType = 1
VoicePref = MALE
; connects to: 'PFC_GTN' or any '#PID' (#D067 for PFC_GTN)
; no value connects to first found, 'OFF' disables connection.
HardwareDevice = 
; hardware selector number or -1 to disable.
HardwareIdx = -1
Rheostat.Display = 62
Rheostat.Buttons = 100

[GTN_750_2.DEFAULT]
; show screen only gauge if true.
nobezel = false
; screen only border size (pixels).
border.size = 0
; screen only border color (#RGB or #RGBA).
border.rgba = #000000
; display mouse tooltips if true.
tooltips = false
; enable mouse clickspots if true, disable if false.
usemouse = true
; enable alternate click-spots (left CCW, right CW, middle Push) if true.
usealtmouse = false
; enable default 'hand' cursor over the touch screen (2D only).
usealtcursor = false
; enable touch beyond screen bounds if true (2D only), clip if false (GTN native).
extendtouch = true
; auto-resize dimension (width,height)
refsize = 
; left mouse button on the screen toggles popup window by ident (ex: GPS_PANEL or 225) (requires SHIFT+left mouse button).
popleft = 
; right mouse button on the screen toggles popup window by ident (ex: GPS_PANEL or 225).
popright = 
; adjust brightness (0 to 100)
brightness.bezel = 100
; offset brightness (-100 to +100)
brightness.screen = 0
 

Edited February 19, 2020 by RXP

[vrdubin6 184]

7 hours ago, RXP said:

Hi, this may be a bug, we'll review and report.

Can you please post the content of the RealityXP.GTN.ini fiel, and the panel.cfg file?

I think I've come up with a fix I can live with.

 

I used the [GTN_750_1.NO_BEZEL] trick to adjust the brightness of only the VC gauge and not the pop up. With the following setup the gauges load at 100% brightness but if I just open the pop up windows really quick and then close them it adjusts the VC gauges to the correct brightness. I have no problem doing this at the beginning of flights as it's much less annoying than going into the setup each time and adjusting the brightness slider. 

 

Let me know if there is a better fix but this will hold me over 🙂

 

New .ini settings

[GTN_750_1]
; is the master device if true.
MasterDevice = true 
; aviation db: 0: nav_db2_grm, 1: nav_db2, 2: nav_heli_db2_grmn, 3: nav_heli_db2
NavDbType = 1
VoicePref = MALE
; connects to: 'PFC_GTN' or any '#PID' (#D067 for PFC_GTN)
; no value connects to first found, 'OFF' disables connection.
HardwareDevice = 
; hardware selector number or -1 to disable.
HardwareIdx = -1
LinkVor = true 
UseSimGpsCmds = true 
ReduceRate = true 
Rheostat.Buttons = 100

[GTN_750_1.DEFAULT]
; show screen only gauge if true.
nobezel = false
; screen only border size (pixels).
border.size = 0
; screen only border color (#RGB or #RGBA).
border.rgba = #000000
; display mouse tooltips if true.
tooltips = false
; enable mouse clickspots if true, disable if false.
usemouse = true
; enable alternate click-spots (left CCW, right CW, middle Push) if true.
usealtmouse = false
; enable default 'hand' cursor over the touch screen (2D only).
usealtcursor = false
; enable touch beyond screen bounds if true (2D only), clip if false (GTN native).
extendtouch = true
; auto-resize dimension (width,height)
refsize = 
; left mouse button on the screen toggles popup window by ident (ex: GPS_PANEL or 225) (requires SHIFT+left mouse button).
popleft = 
; right mouse button on the screen toggles popup window by ident (ex: GPS_PANEL or 225).
popright = 
; adjust brightness (0 to 100)
brightness.bezel = 100
; offset brightness (-100 to +100)
brightness.screen = 0

[GTN_750_2]
; is the master device if true.
MasterDevice = false
; aviation db: 0: nav_db2_grm, 1: nav_db2, 2: nav_heli_db2_grmn, 3: nav_heli_db2
NavDbType = 1
VoicePref = MALE
; connects to: 'PFC_GTN' or any '#PID' (#D067 for PFC_GTN)
; no value connects to first found, 'OFF' disables connection.
HardwareDevice = 
; hardware selector number or -1 to disable.
HardwareIdx = -1
Rheostat.Buttons = 100
ReduceRate = true

[GTN_750_2.DEFAULT]
; show screen only gauge if true.
nobezel = false
; screen only border size (pixels).
border.size = 0
; screen only border color (#RGB or #RGBA).
border.rgba = #000000
; display mouse tooltips if true.
tooltips = false
; enable mouse clickspots if true, disable if false.
usemouse = true
; enable alternate click-spots (left CCW, right CW, middle Push) if true.
usealtmouse = false
; enable default 'hand' cursor over the touch screen (2D only).
usealtcursor = false
; enable touch beyond screen bounds if true (2D only), clip if false (GTN native).
extendtouch = true
; auto-resize dimension (width,height)
refsize = 
; left mouse button on the screen toggles popup window by ident (ex: GPS_PANEL or 225) (requires SHIFT+left mouse button).
popleft = 
; right mouse button on the screen toggles popup window by ident (ex: GPS_PANEL or 225).
popright = 
; adjust brightness (0 to 100)
brightness.bezel = 100
; offset brightness (-100 to +100)
brightness.screen = 0

[GTN_750_1.NO_BEZEL]
; offset brightness (-100 to +100)
brightness.screen = -40

[GTN_750_2.NO_BEZEL]
; offset brightness (-100 to +100)
brightness.screen = -40
 

 

[RXP 2,338]

9 hours ago, vrdubin6 said:

I used the [GTN_750_1.NO_BEZEL] trick to adjust the brightness of only the VC gauge and not the pop up. With the following setup the gauges load at 100% brightness but if I just open the pop up windows really quick and then close them it adjusts the VC gauges to the correct brightness. I

This is the correct way to do this and for further information there is a pinned discussion:

 

However it shouldn't require opening the popup window first in order for the VC gauges to catch up the lighting offset value?!? I'll have to cross check this further.

[RXP 2,338]

update:

I can't repro the issue you're reporting and everything is working as expected!?!?

It would help if someone else cross-check how it goes on his system.