ThrottleManager and FSlabs A3xx

Hi all

I realize that this is a hardware forum, but my question does revolve both hard- and software, so please bear with me 😀

I have the Saitek X52 Pro as well as a couple of Saitek Throttle quadrants. I use Throttlemanager.lua to enable thrust reverse when flying non-airbus planes.

But I do love FSlabs Airbuses, however using the X52 throttle with with Reverse enabled if hoping for problems: If you pull back just a bit too much on the throttle, you'll activate the reversers. 

I did manage to tweak/modify ThrottleManager.lua to overcome that problem, but pushing the throttle forward to increase Reverse Thrust is not how you do it in an Airbus. So, I have begun a modification of Throttlemanager, so that:

1) Pulling back the throttles will only take you to FWD Idle

2) In order to actually reverse, you have to activate some button (I will pull up on Throttle Hat) to "Unlock" the throttles - and then you can pull back to increase reverse thrust.

However, I would like to use the same values within my script as is used in setting detents in the Airbus - what FSlabs refers to as Throttle Position. This will enable me to read the config file and determine where FWD/REV is located. The Throttle Pos values go from -1 to +1, whereas the actual values from the throttle (FSUIPC) go from -16384 to +16384.

Now, I'm not a matematician, so I really could use some help to create a formula that will convert the FSUIPC values to the FSlabs' standard.

It would be so much easier, if I could just read some offset in the Airbus and get the values there - but FSlabs is like a closed book here.

Thanks in advance, BRGDS

Sven Sorensen

EKCH