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In a lot of addons I see default GPS units installed, I am making a custom addon aircraft and I would like to know how to implement these standard g1000s or other such units.
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How to add default GPS units to custom addon aircraft?
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Importing the 'touch' devices is the best place to start, because you can get up and running without the complex interaction of model XML knobs and buttons.
by far the simplest is the Aera GPS e.g. with panel.cfg:
A panel instrument without too complex knobs/buttons is the stock AS3X_Touch. Great example in the freeware Gotgravel Vertigo - you need to look at the panel.cfg and the model XML:
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Outside the use of Asobo templates, the model XML panel events have been decoded here:
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by far the simplest is the Aera GPS e.g. with panel.cfg:
Code:
[VCockpit06]
size_mm = 1280,800
pixel_size = 1280,800
texture = SCREEN_GPS
htmlgauge00 = NavSystems/Aera/Aera.html, 0,0,1280,800A panel instrument without too complex knobs/buttons is the stock AS3X_Touch. Great example in the freeware Gotgravel Vertigo - you need to look at the panel.cfg and the model XML:
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Outside the use of Asobo templates, the model XML panel events have been decoded here:
AS3X Touch SimConnect Events
After sleuthing around in the .xml files I’ve managed to feret out the SimConnect events for the AS3X Touch installed in the X-Cub (and maybe some other aircraft). They will require the use of the MobiFlight WASM module to access. I have tested these in the sim and they all work. These are...
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Thanks. I will try implementing this.
Don't forget, if using the Aera you will need to have a panel.xml file as well to link the electricity in the gauge to the appropriate circuit (and add the circuit for the GPS into the [ELECTRICAL] section of systems.cfg
Panel.xml in panel folder:
In systems.cfg [ELECTRICAL]
circuit.15 = Type:CIRCUIT_XML #Connections:bus.2# Power:10, 15, 11.5# Name:Aera_Tablet
Panel.xml in panel folder:
Code:
<PlaneHTMLConfig>
<Instrument>
<Name>Aera</Name>
<Electric>
<Simvar name="CIRCUIT ON:15" unit="Boolean"/>
</Electric>
</Instrument>
</PlaneHTMLConfig>In systems.cfg [ELECTRICAL]
circuit.15 = Type:CIRCUIT_XML #Connections:bus.2# Power:10, 15, 11.5# Name:Aera_Tablet