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Recent content by erjdriver

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    Using simconnect with third party airplane

    @FoxtrotScenery - thanks for the response. Yes I'm somewhat familiar with that file. They use a different simconnect api. I wanted to use `SimConnect_TransmitClientEvent_EX1` because it seems more generic - with those KVARS. @MaxPaperno - I have both the calls successively in a keyboard event...
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    Using simconnect with third party airplane

    Miscommunication - I meant with `SimConnect_AddToDataDefinition` I can get a callback when someone toggles the lights using LOGO_LIGHTS. I'd like to send an event to set the lights using LOGO_LIGHTS_SET and I'll try your suggestion. How does one decipher SIMCONNECT_RECV_EXCEPTION callbacks - I...
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    Using simconnect with third party airplane

    Yes - something like `SimConnect_AddToDataDefinition(hSimConnect, DEFINITION_LIGHT, "LOGO_LIGHTS", "bool", SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE_INT32);` and then `SimConnect_SetDataOnSimObject(hSimConnect, DEFINITION_LIGHT, SIMCONNECT_OBJECT_ID_USER, 0);` I'm setting an MSFS var -without...
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    Using simconnect with third party airplane

    Thanks. I was able to set/trigger an event using SimConnect_SetDataOnSimObject() - is that correct? But how do I trigger an event and also pass a parameter value also - e.g. below LOGO_LIGHTS_SET [0]: state, either on (1) or off (0) [1]: light index Set logo lights...
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    Using simconnect with third party airplane

    I'm trying to do a project with PMDG 737 is FS2020. How does one get a list of all the LVARS and KVARS supported by the airplane. Read somewhere you have to go thru the airplane xml files - but wasn't clear. Also, can I read set them using simconnect? The Simconnect api docs for...
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