(Creating this as a separate thread because it's a different plane.)

Just like I did for the TBM, I've spent some time poking at the DA62 to see if I could add dimming to the G1000s.  This one was easier to track down.   The PFD/MFD for the G1000 use potentiometer ID 30 for their brightness by default, but that one doesn't seem to be active in the DA62 cockpit.  Instead, I have assigned pot ID 3, which is the panel brightness knob, to them.  This works for the two main screens, but not for the standby horizon in the middle, I'm not sure why at this point.

To do this, edit asobo-aircraft-da62/SimObjects/Airplanes/Asobo_DA62/model/DA62_INTERIOR.xml.  You will add this line:

<POTENTIOMETER>3</POTENTIOMETER>

After each of these three lines:

<UseTemplate Name="ASOBO_AS1000_PFD_Template">
<UseTemplate Name="ASOBO_AS1000_MID_Template">
<UseTemplate Name="ASOBO_AS1000_MFD_Template">

Or, if you prefer, download from here.

As with the TBM, if I can find a way to make this into an actual package, I will.   I would much prefer that.

 

Will try this tonight....thanks for the work!

I too shall try this!! and thank you for sharing this.

This is excellent! Many thanks!

If i may ask...where do you get the information which "potentiometer" is connected to which switch? I'd like to connect the dimming to the hot air switch on the center console (if possible).

Thank you in advance!

Tom

OK, for anyone who hasn't felt like hacking up their files for this (or who did, but might want to return to stock and install this the right way with with the Community folder) I now have this fix installable as a package.  You can grab it from here and install it the usual way.  I also have a github repo with this fix and the one for the TBM, for anyone who's curious.

Big ups to @Barnes who pointed me in the right direction for packaging these.

I was wondering about this in the Alpha, so some of there planes not have dimming knobs / functions in them? It’s strange that a billionaire’s toy like the TBM doesn’t, but the Cessna does.

2 minutes ago, scotchegg said:

I was wondering about this in the Alpha, so some of there planes not have dimming knobs / functions in them? It’s strange that a billionaire’s toy like the TBM doesn’t, but the Cessna does.

I'm not familiar with the 3000, but I believe I read that on the real unit the brightness is controlled from within the menu system, not via a physical control.   In that case, it's likely just that it wasn't implemented within the system as it exists in the sim, in which case this is just a workaround for that.  And maybe eventually it'll actually be more fully featured.

I don't know *what* the deal with the DA62 is.   Other G1000s in the sim have it.

4 hours ago, ThomseN_inc said:

If i may ask...where do you get the information which "potentiometer" is connected to which switch? I'd like to connect the dimming to the hot air switch on the center console (if possible).

If you go into dev mode, then Windows, you can open the Model Behavior window.   In the dropdown menu on the right, select DA62_INTERIOR.XML, and you can explore the contents of the interior.   I found the pot number for the lighting knob by picking LIGHTING_PANEL in the Root Components menu, then LIGHTING_KNOB_PANEL for the child item.  Search for "potentiometer" where it says "Param Highlight" and you can see where it's set.

It looks like the heater control is an axis, not a pot.   (Explore PASSENGER_SWITCH_CABIN_HEAT to see more on that).   It looks like changing it sets the XMLVAR_CabinHeat_Position_1 LVAR, but I have no idea right now how you would map that to the brightness control, if you even can.   It's definitely not as trivial as slaving it to the panel lights.

That would take more research (or someone who already knows).  I've only been poking around with this stuff since this afternoon.  🙂

1 hour ago, kaosfere said:

OK, for anyone who hasn't felt like hacking up their files for this (or who did, but might want to return to stock and install this the right way with with the Community folder) I now have this fix installable as a package.  You can grab it from here and install it the usual way.  I also have a github repo with this fix and the one for the TBM, for anyone who's curious.

Big ups to @Barnes who pointed me in the right direction for packaging these.

Thanks a lot for this, would it be possible to apply this fix to the C172 G1000 and DA-40 as well?

29 minutes ago, captain420 said:

Thanks a lot for this, would it be possible to apply this fix to the C172 G1000 and DA-40 as well?

Probably!   I can give 'em a look tomorrow.

Ok, so the 172's displays are already controllable via the avionics brightness knob on the lower left of the panel, I don't think there's a need to change anything there.

The DA40 can be tweaked in the same way as the 62.  The interesting thing about the 40 is that it already has potentiometer settings in the G1000 templates, but they just use the default one that the G1000 already has.  

I can put a package together later today, but if you want a quick fix until then, edit asobo-aircraft-da40-ng/SimObjects/Airplanes/Asobo_DA40_NG/model/DA40_cockpit.xml and change the three lines that say

<POTENTIOMETER>30</POTENTIOMETER>

to instead read

<POTENTIOMETER>16</POTENTIOMETER>

Then you can change the brightness with the instrument lighting knob.

Thanks Rob for this! 🙂

21 hours ago, ThomseN_inc said:

 I'd like to connect the dimming to the hot air switch on the center console (if possible).

I just figured this out for you for the challenge of it.  🙂

You can make this happen by adding a custom SCREEN_EMISSIVE_CODE for the displays.   For each if the G100 displays in your DA62_INTERIOR.xml, add a line that says:

<SCREEN_EMISSIVE_CODE>(L:XMLVAR_CabinHeat_Position_1) 100 /</SCREEN_EMISSIVE_CODE>

and, boom, brightness is tied to your heater lever.

You can see this done here, on lines 702, 709, and 720.  If you'd like I can PM you a zip file you can install as a package.

 

@captain420, here's a DA40 tweak for you (and anyone else who wants it).

https://f002.backblazeb2.com/file/rcj-public/MSFS/da40ng_lighting_fix.zip

Wow great work! Many thanks for your efforts! Appreciate it! :)