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Engine Started?

salvapatuel

salvapatuel

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Hi guys,

Have you find an easy way to detect when the engine has started? I have tried with MAGNETO_START event but it does not work :confused: (don't know why they publish events that are not triggered!).

I have tried (on my cessna 172)

MAGNETO_START (does not work)
MAGNETO1_START (does not work)
TOGGLE_STARTER1 (does not work)
TOGGLE_ALL_STARTERS (does not work)
ENGINE_AUTO_START (works but useless in my case)
MAGNETO_INCR (works but useless in my case)


I was thinking in a thread checking for the RPM variable but before I do it I want to know if any of use have found a workaround.

Thanks a lot!!
 
Hi,

The list of event IDs, that you see in the FSX SDK is for send (not receive, if u use it using SimConnect, NOT gauges.....as far as i know....), using the TransmitClientEvent function (of SimConnect)...

For detect when an engine is ON or OFF, there is a simulation variable called:

GENERAL ENG COMBUSTION:index

which you can request every certain time, so you can see what is the state of the engine1,2,3 or 4:

GENERAL ENG COMBUSTION:1
GENERAL ENG COMBUSTION:2
GENERAL ENG COMBUSTION:3
GENERAL ENG COMBUSTION:4

That simulation variable "GENERAL ENG COMBUSTION" is a BOOLEAN so it will always return TRUE (1) when the engine is ON, ..or.. FALSE (0) when the engine is OFF.

I think you can also use the RPM variable, but i think it wont work for some specifics engines types...because there is RPM for propellers and i think N1 and N2 for jet engines,.... the one i told you (GENERAL ENG COMBUSTION) works for ANY engine type....

Hope this helps,

Best Regards,

Manuel Ambulo
 
Thanks for this,

I thought that the events are for send and receive as some of them I can receive as I posted "MAGNETO_INCR", but nothing says which ones are sent by the FS and which ones not :confused:

Anyway, thanks for the tip, I will have my second thread reading the variable to check when the engine is running.

Thanks a lot!
 
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