Vertical Speed
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I’ve built a replica Arrow panel and an expanded autopilot “box” and would like to use Mobiflight to program a physical button for whichever variable is triggered when you click on the hidden spot for VS Mode, and I’d like to program an encoder to adjust the Vertical Speed Rate dial (?) that is normally done with the mouse wheel in that same area. I have tried SOOO many variables, and haven’t found them. I’ve read the manual looking for clues. I’ve enabled developer mode and searched the Locals, to no avail.
I’ve successfully programmed the Autopilot Engage, Heading Switch, NAV/GPS switch, 5-position Selector Dial & Heading Bug, but for the life of me I can’t find which VS Mode or VS Speed Rate functions…
Help, please.?.
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For the hidden VS enable/disable clickspot, you'd need to set 'L:AUTOPILOT_vs' to a value of 1.
For VS increase/up clickspot, you'd need to set 'L:AUTOPILOT_vs_up' to a value of 1, and for VS decrease/down, you'd need to set 'L:AUTOPILOT_vs_dn' to a value of 1.
In all three cases our systems code would reset those back to a value of 0, ready for the next trigger.
If you would like to directly control the vertical speed, you should be able to use the MSFS 'AP_ALT_VAR_DEC' and 'AP_ALT_VAR_INC' key events. You should be able to toggle VS hold mode using 'AP_PANEL_VS_ON' and 'AP_PANEL_VS_OFF'.
