KA350 Condition Levers

meh1951

When I use TURB ENG CONDITION LEVER POSITION:1 or 2 in SPAD.Next for my condition levers I can see the values changing 1-100 but the lever animation never moves.

Has anybody got some insight into this?

tia

meh1951

Where can I get the variables I need to get my HC Alpha & Bravo to work?

Lemny

Same Problem here... also can't get the panel light switch to work. The default event works, but a second later is overwritten by the switch in the cockpit.

Please guys... give us a proper documentaion. Many of us using real switches.

meh1951

@lemny Here is some info
https://community.justflight.com/topic/4441/ka350i-avionics-switch

But I have not been able to get it to work yet.

I'd rather be flying!!

Lemny

@meh1951 I figured that the condition lever axis in the sim works. But thats not a satisfying solution because you want the stuff in one place and profile and not a mix of ingame and simconnect stuff.

Voice of Reason

From the developer, hope this helps...

'The condition lever behavior is unmodified from the Asobo default behavior. I recommend using the following B:Vars, instead of the A:Var, though. That should ensure that the lever moves as it would in any default aircraft.

B:FUEL_1_Condition_lever_Cut_Off
B:FUEL_2_Condition_lever_Cut_Off
B:FUEL_1_Condition_Lever_Low_Idle
B:FUEL_2_Condition_Lever_Low_Idle
B:FUEL_1_Condition_Lever_High_Idle
B:FUEL_2_Condition_Lever_High_Idle

The L:Var for the master panel lighting switch is: L:var_masterPanelLights.'

meh1951

@voice-of-reason

The TURB ENG CONDITION LEVER POSITION:1 or 2 are also values 0, 1 and 2.
0 = cutoff
1 = low
2 = high

I can't find these variables but when I do I will try to get B:FUEL_1_Condition_lever_Cut_Off working

As a follow up not sure you can use B:Vars in Spad.Next

Confirmed B:Vars are not yet implemented in SPAD.Next

Lemny

@meh1951 said in KA350 Condition Levers:

As a follow up not sure you can use B:Vars in Spad.Next
Confirmed B:Vars are not yet implemented in SPAD.Next

Is confirmed to be in the next Alpha. I will test it out and post solutions here if the miussing stuff could be solved with B:Vars.

meh1951

@lemny
Thanks...just wanting to be able to feather.

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??