Newbie in XML Gauges

[Guest jollive]

Hi to all: I am a newbie in programming XML of gauges and I have made some easy works where alone it was necessary to modify small things. Now my project is a little but complex and its somebody of you would need he can help me. I am modifing the RMI of the Beech Baron for one that is single RMI of VOR (VOR1 and 2). I have added him 2 flags of OFF every time that not this present a sign been worth of VOR. All this works well. Now the question comes I need that the needles move to the position of 3 o

[Herbie63 0]

Hi Jose,If I understood you right, you need to add an if / else condition tothe value - element that defines the needle's rotation.It could be something like this:Value>(A:NAV1 signal,bool)if{ (A:Plane heading degrees gyro,radians) /-/ } els{ 1.57 }1.57 is 0.5 pi, so 90 degrees right. But maybe for your gauge an other value like 0 fits better.You might also try to substitute the NAV1 signal bool by a minimumsignal strenght of the NAV1 like this:Value>(A:NAV1 signal, number) abs 10 > if { (A:Plane heading degrees gyro,radians) /-/ } els{ 1.57 }I hope this helps.Herbert

[Guest jollive]

I will check your help. I need two condition IF. One , when the signal is OFF. The gauge display the "OFF" flag and the needle go to 90 deg. The second condition is when a ILS frec is selected. The flag is out of view, but the needle go 90 deg too.I try with your help. Thank You Very much.Jose Olliver

[Herbie63 0]

So try this one:Value>(A:HSI GSI needle valid, bool)(A:NAV1 signal, number) abs 10 < || if { 1.57 } els{ (A:Plane heading degrees gyro,radians) /-/ }This causes a rotation value of 1.57 either when a glidescope signal is available or the NAV1 signal strenght < 10.Hope this helps,Herbert

[Guest jollive]

Hello Herbert: after several days working in my cockpit, I could prove your help but I have not been able to make it work. I am very inexpert in programming XML and I am surely making bad something. Sorry for the caused nuisances. Here, I copy part of the original code of the RMI in the part "Element" needle 2 (A:NAV2 Radial,radians) (A:Plane heading degrees gyro,radians) - pi 2 / + And this it is the code that I have modified according to your help. Can You check that I am writing bad (A:NAV2 Radial,radians) (A:Plane heading degrees gyro,radians) - pi 2 / + If (A:NAV2 SIGNAL, bool) 1 {(A:Plane heading degrees gyro,radians) /-/ } els{ 1.57 } Lastly to the second code I should add it this condition too (A:NAV1 has localizer, bool)Thank You very muchJose

[Herbie63 0]

Hi Jose,XML is not really difficult, you just need to get used to it...The general syntax for if - then conditions in elements is:(condition) if { (what to do when condition is true) } els{ (what to do else) }If there are two conditions, that both need to be true:(condition1) (condition2) && if { (what to do when conditions are true) } els{ (what to do else) }The && means that both conditions have to be true. Use || ifone OR the other condition needs to be true.Pay attention to add spaces or no spaces befor and after the { } brackets like in the description above.So your code should be:(A:NAV2 signal,bool) 1 > if{ (A:NAV2 Radial,radians) (A:Plane heading degrees gyro,radians) - pi 2 / + } els{ 1.57 }And with the addition of the localizer condition:(A:NAV2 signal,bool) 1 > (A:NAV1 has localizer, bool) && if{ (A:NAV2 Radial,radians) (A:Plane heading degrees gyro,radians) - pi 2 / + } els{ 1.57 }I'd higly recommend to use a XML editor instead of notepad or other text editors. I prefer a freeware from Peter Reynolds (www.iol.ie/~pxe) I use his version 1.1.1 which has some minor problems but I like it better than his newer versions or even MS's XML editor.I hope this helps!Herbert