nickpike

Hi Dai, I'm not sure I understand you. Maybe I could explain a little more. I'm trying to do the following. On my Tristar, if you press IAS, it needs to fix the speed. If the pilot advances the throttles, the pitch increases to hold the speed constant and the aircraft climbs. Likewise, if the throttles are reduced, the aircraft descends with constant speed. I have tried all sorts to get this to work. The ATS is useless to hold speed because this makes the physical throttles useless, that is, you move them but nothing happens as the throttle settings are controlled internally by the ATS. So I need to find a way to hold speed, but allow the throttles to be moved and affect the pitch value.

Hi all, Anyone know if this is possible? I set autothrottle so the speed is controlled. I would then like to move the throttle and be able to read the movement. I know the sim var throttle position will remain fixed. Is there some way to read the throttle movemt so I can get this to control the pitch? Just a thought. Cheers Nick

Thanks guys. I too read the SDK, but as often as not, are non the wiser :mad: I am trying to hold the speed using pitch, so if I increase the throttles, the pitch increases controlling the speed and the aircraft climbs. With the distinct lack of pitch controls I was hoping this event id would add a useful control. I was hoping to feed a pitch value into FSX, but there is no SET event for this. I have AP_PITCH_REF_INC_UP and DN used in a G1000 and allows manual control of pitch used with ATT HOLD. I have tried using speed change to access AP_PITCH_REF_INC_UP and DN, but feedback loops in my experiece are too slow in FSX, and the aircraft ends up porpoising. Nick

Hi Anyone know how the Event ID, AP_PITCH_REF_SELECT works? I'm using pitch to control speed. Rather annoying I cannot formulate a pitch value and the feed this value into FSX. cheers, Nick

Hi,I'm trying to contact Matthias Lieberecht, who is the developer of the BAe146 panel over at baepanelproject Does anyone have a current email address? I have one from many years ago, but I get no reply.Is it possible to PM me? Cheers, Nick

Hi all, I have (A:ELECTRICAL BATTERY VOLTAGE, volts) 12 < monitoring the battery voltage, and throws up a warning. The engines are running and the generators are switched on by default I notice, so power should be getting through. I have tried electric_always_available = 0 andelectric_always_available = 1 If this is set to electric_always_available = 1, does it guarantee the battery voltage remains at its maximum value, as I am still getting the warning setting this to 1, or does it mean the aircraft systems continue to function even though the battery voltage has dropped? The electrical section is actually quite short. I have [electrical]max_battery_voltage = 24.0generator_alternator_voltage = 30.0max_generator_alternator_amps = 400.0 I've not come across this problem before, so am stumped. Please help. Nick

UpdateThis actually works for more than just alphanumerics and those listed in the SDK. The SDK is wrong (not the first time either).I haven't tested all keys, but any I've tried so far works, like backspace and enter, for example.The following list was originally compiled by Rob BarendregtOriginal source from Pete Dowson 8 Backspace 12 NumPad 5 (NumLock OFF) 13 Enter 19 Pause 32 Space bar 33 Page Up 34 Page Down 35 End 36 Home 37 Left arrow 38 Up arrow 39 Right arrow 40 Down arrow 45 Insert 46 Delete 48 0 on main keyboard 49 1 on main keyboard 50 2 on main keyboard 51 3 on main keyboard 52 4 on main keyboard 53 5 on main keyboard 54 6 on main keyboard 55 7 on main keyboard 56 8 on main keyboard 57 9 on main keyboard 65 A 66 B 67 C 68 D 69 E 70 F 71 G 72 H 73 I 74 J 75 K 76 L 77 M 78 N 79 O 80 P 81 Q 82 R 83 S 84 T 85 U 86 V 87 W 88 X 89 Y 90 Z 96 NumPad 0 (NumLock ON) 97 NumPad 1 (NumLock ON) 98 NumPad 2 (NumLock ON) 99 NumPad 3 (NumLock ON) 100 NumPad 4 (NumLock ON) 101 NumPad 5 (NumLock ON) 102 NumPad 6 (NumLock ON) 103 NumPad 7 (NumLock ON) 104 NumPad 8 (NumLock ON) 105 NumPad 9 (NumLock ON) 106 NumPad * 107 NumPad + 109 NumPad - 110 NumPad . 111 NumPad / 112 F1 113 F2 114 F3 115 F4 116 F5 117 F6 118 F7 119 F8 120 F9 121 F10 122 F11 123 F12 135 NumPad Enter 144 NumLock 145 ScrollLock 186 ; : Key* 187 = + Key* 188 , < Key* 189 - _ Key* 190 . > Key* 191 / ? Key* 192 # ~ Key* 219 [ { Key* 220 \ | Key* 221 ] } Key* 222 ' @ Key* 223 `

65 (>K:GAUGE_KEYSTROKE)returns the letter 'A', so if inputting ICAO code in a gps (needs to be in focus) will input an 'A'Note from the SDK"Enables a keystroke to be sent to a gauge that is in focus. The keystrokes can only be in the range 0 to 9, A to Z, and the four keys: plus, minus, comma and period. This is typically used to allow some keyboard entry to a complex device such as a GPS to enter such things as ICAO codes using the keyboard, rather than turning dials."Also useful to know the following:- 48 0 on main keyboard 49 1 on main keyboard 50 2 on main keyboard 51 3 on main keyboard 52 4 on main keyboard 53 5 on main keyboard 54 6 on main keyboard 55 7 on main keyboard 56 8 on main keyboard 57 9 on main keyboard 65 A 66 B 67 C 68 D 69 E 70 F 71 G 72 H 73 I 74 J 75 K 76 L 77 M 78 N 79 O 80 P 81 Q 82 R 83 S 84 T 85 U 86 V 87 W 88 X 89 Y 90 ZI hope this answers your question,cheers,Nick

I keep getting blocked when I try to go to www.Hilmerby.com to study info on the MD-80.I used to be able to access ok, but lately the blocking software states that the site will download malicious software, including trojans.Any one know how I can contact Commander S. Hilmerby and inform him that his useful site is infected.One of the blocking agents in the Google type.cheer,nick

There's a few features that XML cannot handle, so it would have to be made as comprehensive as C is.I hope they ditch the overbloated XML format as used in the aces tool application, and have applications that use the more traditional/ original XML code format.cheers,nick

Hi guys,When starting an aircraft in FSX, we get the error messageAircraft model not defined.It shows on a green band.I have attached a screenshot.Why does this show?The outcome is that the VC shows but none of the VC gauges show. All is ok in 2d panel view.cheersnick

Sorted. ESP detects XML gauge code errors at panel loading, apparently.Well some of the errors are not actually errors, more a case of ESP being picky.cheers,nick

In simplistic terms a Macro is just a section of code.If you have some complex coding that gets repeated a lot, put that code into the macro, and then call up the macro when needed.It is not necessarily a complete section of code or a complete calculation, it is just some of the code you require.You can do more neat things with macros, but see Tom's stuff.An example,If you use a function and then if{ @1 }or if{ @2 }, etc in the macro called, key_input_COM1then in the code@key_input_COM1(100, 10, 1, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001)If @2 is relevant, the value 10 is used.Have a look at the default gps500 gauge. It's full of macros. You'll understand it or get a headache, depends if XML is in the blood :()

Hi,I haven't tried this yet, but I'm told that to have ESP running without various menu features 'greyed out' you need to start ESP in development mode with -dev key. The start line in the shortcut is

Ah, good. Many thanks,nick