'Flaps Down' Warning 'not' Warning.

[lionheart]

Hey guys,

I think I am missing a condition here. I have a font warning in a guage Element I am trying to get to come on.

The font says 'Flaps Up' in green when the flaps are up. When Flaps are lowered/retracted, then the Flaps Down warning should come up in red font. However it doesnt.

I have tried some variations on the 'Flaps Down' code, trying to trigger it. Nothing seems to work.

Here is the code so far. Flaps UP works fine. I need to say to the system 'when flaps are 1% or more down, that switch is on for Flaps Down Text.

      <Element Name="FLAPS DOWN MESSAGE">
            <Position X="65" Y="100"/>
            <Text X="135" Y="20" Bright="Yes" Length="120" Font="Arial Bold" FontSize="18" Color="Red" Adjust="Left" VerticalAdjust="Bottom" Multiline="No">
               <String>%((A:FLAPS HANDLE PERCENT ,percent)  near 1+ ==)%{if}FLAPS DOWN%{end}%</String>
            </Text>
   </Element>

      <Element Name="FLAPS UP MESSAGE">
            <Position X="65" Y="100"/>
            <Text X="135" Y="20" Bright="Yes" Length="120" Font="Arial Bold" FontSize="18" Color="Green" Adjust="Left" VerticalAdjust="Bottom" Multiline="No">
               <String>%((A:FLAPS HANDLE PERCENT,percent)  near 0 ==)%{if}FLAPS UP%{end}%</String>
            </Text>
   </Element>

Thanks for any ideas or input on this,


Bill
LHC

 

[ronh]

Bill,

Is there suppose to be a % after end}

Also why the 1+ - don't think it makes a difference or did you forget some value?

Your code translates to.

( near( (A:FLAPS HANDLE PERCENT , percent) ) == 1+ )

 

[lionheart]

Hey Ron,

I dont see the negative in there, only the 1+ with two equals.

What I need is to declare a zone from 1% to 100%, where zero is 'Flaps UP', and 1% through to 100% would be Flaps Down.

Bill

 

[taguilo]

Bill, this will work (for RED light):

<String>%(1 100 (A:FLAPS HANDLE PERCENT ,percent) near rng)%{if}FLAPS DOWN%{end}</String>

rng is an operator to test whether a value fails within two bound values, placing a 1 on the stack if so and 0 otherwise.

syntax:

n1 n2 value/variable rng

Tom

 

[lionheart]

Many thanks Tom.

I am just going to sit here and memorize how this works.. Its a wonder to me, really fascinating how the code works. Sometimes its very easy, and sometimes its terribly complex, (like Endurance calculation factors). Adding the 1 thru 100 at the front would have had me think that it would have shown up as font in the gauge, but I guess its 'in' the brackets, making it subject to the Value/Variable equasion process.

By the way, it didnt work at first, but I spotted a space between the Comma and the Value, and closing the gap repaired it. Works brilliant....!

Thanks for your help and explanation on how that works.


Bill

 

[n4gix]

Just for the sake of completeness, here is the code I tested and sent to Bill via email.

Sometimes the simplest solution is hard to see...

<Element Name="FLAPS DOWN MESSAGE">
   <Position X="65" Y="100"/>
   <Text X="135" Y="20" Bright="Yes" Length="120" Font="Arial Bold" FontSize="18" Color="Red" Adjust="Left" VerticalAdjust="Bottom" Multiline="No">
      <String>%((A:FLAPS HANDLE PERCENT,percent) 1 &gt;)%{if}FLAPS DOWN%{end}%</String>
   </Text>
</Element>

<Element Name="FLAPS UP MESSAGE">
   <Position X="65" Y="100"/>
   <Text X="135" Y="20" Bright="Yes" Length="120" Font="Arial Bold" FontSize="18" Color="Green" Adjust="Left" VerticalAdjust="Bottom" Multiline="No">
     <String>%((A:FLAPS HANDLE PERCENT,percent) 0 ==)%{if}FLAPS UP%{end}%</String>
   </Text>
</Element>