2 minutes ago, Adrian123 said:

I have a DIY Leo Bodnar autopilot that I built. Really not an issue. Just twist the ALT encoder assigned to Alt rotary.

 

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Just now, fppilot said:

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It is a home built autopilot King Air design using rotary encoders and momentary push buttons and programmed using FSUIPC and Linda. Interfaces very well with MSFS2020

http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=94&products_id=180&zenid=d845e2cb9a05ad76ef41ae56deaa564d

Edited September 9, 20205 yr by Adrian123

Just now, Adrian123 said:

It is a home built autopilot King Air design using rotary encoders and momentary push buttons and programmed using FSUIPC and Linda.

http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=94&products_id=180&zenid=d845e2cb9a05ad76ef41ae56deaa564d

Sorry, nothing like what is being looked for here.  This is a software issue.  Almost identical panels. One has a knob that the other does not have. Admire your creation however,

Just now, fppilot said:

Sorry, nothing like what is being looked for here.  This is a software issue.  Almost identical panels. One has a knob that the other does not have. Admire your creation however,

True, but that how one can get around theses issues.

1 minute ago, Adrian123 said:

True, but that how one can get around theses issues.

In the cockpit with customary devices.

Adapt!  Never trust Software engineers. That won't go over very well. 🙂

Edited September 9, 20205 yr by Adrian123

https://www.target.com/p/logitech-f310-gamepad/-/A-13670128

Best $15 I've spent in a long time... 😉

That's a Toy! 🙂

Well I can't argue with that, but I'm not building a home cockpit and it gets the job done. I'm not even going to tell you what kind of cheap-word not allowed joystick I'm using now. You would not be impressed...

Just now, erickrueger said:

Well I can't argue with that, but I'm not building a home cockpit and it gets the job done. I'm not even going to tell you what kind of cheap-word not allowed joystick I'm using now. You would not be impressed...

Nothing wrong with that. Use the keyboard for now to select Alt! or program a Button.

Edited September 9, 20205 yr by Adrian123

3 minutes ago, Adrian123 said:

Nothing wrong with that. Use the keyboard for now to select Alt! or program a Button.

YES! That's exactly what I'm using my "toy" for. I've got "Increase Autopilot Reference Altitude" and "Decrease Autopilot Reference Altitude" set to buttons, plus a whole lot of other stuff programed, after I ran out of buttons on my joystick.

I don't care when MS gets around to adding the missing ALT SEL knob. I'll never be using it again anyway.

But if one doesn't have the hardware then, of course, your method works fine.

2 hours ago, Adrian123 said:

Textures or 'Pictures" are added to a gauge. It would be in the gauge coding. XML I assume.

I tried turning off the bit in the XML that disables autopilot, and while it re-enabled the "logic" it didn't actually add a knob to the display.  I suspect that would need some changes to the configuration of the interior object themselves which is an area I'm not familiar with.

One thing I've been thinking about doing is adding an alt select option to a softkey in my G1000 mod (configurable only for folks who want it, to keep the default as "realistic" as possible.  Would folks be interested in that?