Annunciator Panel on the TBM 850

GunStrauss

After getting some solid guidance here:
https://community.justflight.com/topic/5919/annunciator-panel-on-the-hc-bravo-for-baron-bonanza

The little LED lights works perfectly on my HC Bravo for the B&B's.

Will a similar hack do the trick with the TBM?

Black Square

I'm glad that previous solution worked well for you. I have now incorporated this into all my aircraft for future releases and updates. If you would like to do the same with the TBM, you should add the same line...

d (&gt;L:var_#NODE_ID#_readonly, bool)

Directly AFTER the FIRST occurrence of "#TEST_CODE#", just like you did before, and...

Directly BEFORE the SECOND occurrence of "#BRIGHTNESS_FACTOR# *"

Enjoy!

GunStrauss

Thanks, looking forward to setting it up!

There is one thing I did, that did not work perfectly with the B&B, and that is that I assigned the LED's to the Master Battery switch. It works in all circumstances, except if the plane looses power, all my instruments on my desk still lights up. It's probably easy to find another condition, but I did not see an obvious alternative. Any recommendations?

Black Square

Yes, that's a byproduct of the quick and dirty fix I gave you. I have a more sophisticated solution that I will release. Most of the annunciators in the TBM will actually not suffer from that problem, even the simple way you are doing it. The quick solution for your Baron and Bonanza is to use the condition...

(A:ELECTRICAL MAIN BUS VOLTAGE:1, Volts) 6 &gt;

This just tests whether we have at least 6 volts on the main bus, which is better than the batter switch, at least.

GunStrauss

Thanks, on the TBM I've used the Main Bus Voltage: 3, as it seems like Main Bus Voltage: 1 is not in use. Will that be sufficient for driving the Gear lights and Master lights, or will they be driven by any of the other Main Bus Voltage'es?

Black Square

You are correct. Bus number 3 is the main distribution bus in the TBM. That would generally be the best to measure, but if you're looking for the specifics before I publish an update soon, then you can find what each annunciator light is connected to by searching for "VOLTAGE_SENSE_BUS" in AnalogTBM.XML.