KA350 Condition Levers

Lemny

@meh1951 feather should work by simply set the standard prop axis to a huge negative value like -5000 IIRC. I could double check it tomorrow, but my feather settings worked on all my recent planes like C310, Baron and King Air.

hangar_101

@lemny it does work in Spad, see below how I have it implemented

In the client events page I have created the following events using the B:Vars

Below an example of axis setup in Spad.Next

axis range between 0 and 25 (Cut Off)

There's a delay in the axis movement so I added a check for the condition lever position != 0 so I could activate the repeat function to make sure no matter how fast I move the lever it will always catch up and get the position right - without such check of the condition lever position it would create an infinite loop (and we don't want to waste resource on that, right?! :) )

axis range between 26 and 74 (Low Idle)

- the condition lever position must be != 1 in this case

axis range between 75 and 100 (High Idle)

- the condition lever position must be != 2 in this case

These are all script events hence I get the levers in the game in sync with my hardware all the time.

In case someone does not know where to find the Client Events page

Some extra 2 cents (out of topic)

There are some other events I have added you guys may find useful like events for the Radar, External Power, Pressurization Alt knob (yeah I also use the same event in the C414AW), for instance. Check it out!

Regards

Anderson

hangar_101

@meh1951 below follows how I setup feather in the KA

There are two events (axis change event & scripted event)

The axis change event is a regular one for controlling the propeller axis

The scripted event is the one that controls the feather position

Regards

Anderson

meh1951

@anderson
I have tried to replicate this but I am not sure what the reference to Local:Joy_0X16D00X09C1_Slider is or where it came from. I do not have it on my system.

hangar_101

@meh1951 you got to replace that by whatever the appropriate var for your hardware lever/switch/button is.
This var just tells spad.next whether that button/switch of your hardware position is pressed or not - for instance.
The key piece of information here is the PROP_PITCH2_SET (-25), that's the one that actually makes the lever move to the feather position in the game.

meh1951

@anderson
Could not get the feather to work that way but I did get it to work this way

Still have not got the Condition Levers to work :-(

hangar_101

@meh1951 for button 26 try to setup the following

Button Pressed -> Send PROP_PITCH1_SET - Event (-25) for Left Prop

For whatever the other button used for right prop set the following

Button Pressed -> Send PROP_PITCH2_SET - Event (-25) for Right Prop

The condition levers you got to create those events listed above first

Regards,

Anderson

meh1951

@anderson

Yes I got feather wotking your way...thx

Yes I created the BVars and copied what you had minus the Joy

hangar_101

@meh1951 how are controlling the lever? Are you using one of the Bravo axis for that?

Show a printscreen of the Spad.Next setup you have for controlling the lever.

As per the printscreen you have sent before I guess your setup will be something like

LOCAL: search for RX_AXIS in the Bravo device list

The condition lever setup

Cut Off setup

If you are going to use a different axis just replace the RX_AXIS by the correct axis name

There will be 3 entries for each lever

0 - 25 Cut Off
26 - 73 Low Idle
75 - 100 High Idle

You may change these range values to whatever range is best for you.

Regards,

Anderson

meh1951

@anderson

Thank you buddy the first screen shot answered a ton of questions for me.

I will try this...

thanks for your support!

meh1951

@anderson

Does this look close??

meh1951

@meh1951
No I still have problems.
Handle still not moving and Looping

Just realized I am getting 0 and 1 in the data monitor not 0 to 100 for the TURN ENG CONDITION LEVER

Failed again. Been working on this way to long.

hangar_101

@meh1951 you are almost there, notice you have not activated the repeat feature

It should be ON

You also can simplify the evaluation code by replacing the following line

by

Regards

Anderson

meh1951

@anderson
Repeat has been implemented but still the same results

meh1951

@anderson
Gone through a lot of programming but it's still the same results

hangar_101

@meh1951 the very first condition should be

Your condition is different

Turb Eng Condition Lever Position:2 equals ((LOCAL:JOY .... <=100))

Delete this Turb Eng Condition Lever Position:2

Your condition

The correct condition

There's no Turbo Eng Condition Lever Position:2 in the first line.

Give it a try as indicated.

Anderson

meh1951

@anderson
Are you talking about the
While TURB ENG CONDITION LEVER:2 equals ??

hangar_101

@meh1951 yes, scripted event window should look like this

Notice the first condition line just evaluates the lever position.

Anderson

meh1951

@anderson not sure I know how to do that

?

meh1951

@anderson
This is what I am supposed to have ... correct?

(([LOCAL:JOY_0X294B0X1901_Z_AXIS] >= 0) && ([LOCAL:JOY_0X294B0X1901_Z_AXIS] <= 25))

[TURB ENG CONDITION LEVER POSITION:2] != 0

B:FUEL_2_Condition_Lever_Cut_Off-Event

(([LOCAL:JOY_0X294B0X1901_Z_AXIS] >= 26) && ([LOCAL:JOY_0X294B0X1901_Z_AXIS] <= 74))

[TURB ENG CONDITION LEVER POSITION:2] != 1

B:FUEL_2_Condition_Lever_Low_Idle-Event

(([LOCAL:JOY_0X294B0X1901_Z_AXIS] >= 75) && ([LOCAL:JOY_0X294B0X1901_Z_AXIS] <= 100))

[TURB ENG CONDITION LEVER POSITION:2] != 2

B:FUEL_2_Condition_Lever_High_Idel-Event