external CDI select

[jim_in_nh 0]

Hello all,

I've added the RXP GTN650 to my home fsx sim - very nice!

I know that with the 650 and 750, the CDI source is selected on the Default Nav page, but I know that real GTN's can have a remote push button on the instrument panel switch the CDI as well.  In fsx, there is an assignable switch that does the same for the older GPS models.  When I send that command to the RXP GTN650, the CDI switches for just a second, then switches back.  Is there a different way to remotely switch the RXP GTN650 CDI that folks have found?  Is there a wish list someplace I could add this to, so that a future release might have this feature?

Thanks,

Jim

 

[RXP 2,338]

Hi,

Please make sure to read the RXP GTN User's Manual, it is all there!

Hint: 2 ways to do this, keyboard shortcuts and default Simulator GPS commands.

Edited May 13, 2020 by RXP

[jim_in_nh 0]

Very good!  Thank you.  The explicit GTN setup page made it easy to do what I'd wanted.

An additional question I've come up with, and I did not see it in the User Manual, is related to simulation outputs .. I looked through the simulation variables and did not find these, unless the "rxp.gps.discrete_out" could be used somehow?

Is there an output that indicates whether the GTN is in OBS vs direct mode?  I know we can control the mode from the sim, but if OBS mode is entered from the GTN Default NAV page, is there a simulation variable that indicates that?

Also, is there a simulation variable that indicates what the scale mode is?   i.e. ENR, TERM, LPV, etc?

Thanks,

Jim

 

[RXP 2,338]

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