VRS rotory issue for AUTOBRAKE /737

[lineman55]

Got the LEFLAPS IN TRANS working.. also the AUTOBRAKE DISARM annunciator!

copied and pasted the FLAPS INI and changed the name and then adjusted the min/max slider till it now goes on and then extinguishes just as the LE FLAPS EXT lights up.
Heading back to the "Below GIDESLOPE P/INHIBIT" annunciator to try to figure out what to assign it to.

Even the wife cant stop me now...

James

[Chris97b]

I know this is a little old, but would you happen to remember how you got the autobrake disarm working? I don't see an FSUIPC offset for it, and while my Phidget cards are still on backorder I can't play with anything.

Does FS2Phidget have some kind of built in delay system? (ie: could I tell it when autobrake goes on, illuminate for 3 seconds)

Thanks,

-Chris

[Andras]

Does FS2Phidget have some kind of built in delay system? (ie: could I tell it when autobrake goes on, illuminate for 3 seconds)

Hi,

If you have Pmsystems, I can offer my own routine to make that work. Without Pmsystems it seems to be impossible, as it is not truly modelled in FS.

regards
Andras

[Chris97b]

I currently have the demo of PMsystems. I will probably purchase it in the next 2 weeks. If you could offer your method, I would appreciate it

Thanks,
-Chris

[Andras]

I currently have the demo of PMsystems. I will probably purchase it in the next 2 weeks. If you could offer your method, I would appreciate it

Chris,

Ok, here it is:

// AUTOBRAKE DISARM

rtoblink = rtoblink + elapsed
Braking = (LBrake > 136) or (RBrake > 136)
Landingbrk = Aconground and ((AutobrkSwitch > 1) and (flpind > 204) and Braking
Manualbrk = Aconground and Braking
GoAround = (Landingbrk and (ias > 60)) and ((Throttle1 > 10000) or (Throttle2 > 10000))
Taxibrk = Aconground and (AutobrkSwitch = 0) and (ias < 60 )

if ((Taxibrk = 0) or (Manualbrk = 0)) and (Landingbrk or GoAround)
AutobrkSwitch = 1 [6]
AutobrakeDisarm = 1
else
if Aconground and (AutobrkSwitch = 0)
AutobrakeDisarm = 1
if rtoblink > 3 // 3 sec elapsed
AutobrakeDisarm = 0
endif
else
AutobrakeDisarm = 0
rtoblink = 0
endif
endif


You also need to add the following offsets in the sysvar.txt file:

088C 2 Throttle1
0924 2 Throttle2
0C00 1 RBrake
0C01 1 LBrake
0366 2 aconground
2F80 1 AutobrkSwitch
0BE0 4 flpind
02BC 4 ias

regards
Andras

[imported_737nut]

What offset do you tie into to use that routine you made? I have my Autobrake disarm ind on a phidget 0/16/16 output
Thanks,
Rob

[Chris97b]

Thinking the same thing myself.


I've been having some issues getting the code to do anything at all (haven't had much time to play with it) PM systems just seems to ignore that section entirely

Does anyone know if adding code like this works in the demo? I don't mind purchasing the full version, but want to make sure it will work before I do


I've looked through the docs on PM's site, do those variables that were added to sysvar.txt need to be initialized? Additionally, would it be possible to take one of the free offsets, and use it for an autobrk disarm annunciator? (I forget the range, but according to Pete Dowson, there are 64 bytes that are reserved for custom user variables; check his forum)

One more Q: I don't see where AutobrakeDisarm is declared. As far as I can tell, this is not anywhere in the FSUIPC offsets. Should this be added to sysvar? If so, where?

Thx,
-Chris

[Chris97b]

OK, found the problem

In the additions to sysvar.txt; the following variables are a bit off:

0C00 1 RBrake
0C01 1 LBrake

These offsets do not indicate braking, and are only used to simulate pressing '.' in effect, they are write only

I changed these lines to:

0BC4 2 LBrake
0BC6 2 RBrake

and it works (still playing with the exact numbers for disarm, but that's a personal preference thing)


For the AB disarm indicator, I used one of the free offsets to create my own:

Since AutobrakeDisarm is already used in the code above, I just added this line to my sysvar.txt:

66C0 .0 AutobrakeDisarm

You can then use this offset to control the indicator in FS2Phidget by adding this section to myvariables.ini (I *think* it was .ini)

[Autobrake_Disarm]
Offset=66C0
FSType=Bitmap
Bit=0

Then just assign your output to Autobrake_Disarm, and you should be in business

-Chris

[Andras]

What offset do you tie into to use that routine you made? I have my Autobrake disarm ind on a phidget 0/16/16 output

Rob,

For the Autobrakedisarm light itself?
Any, any free offset.
While pmsystems is running, press ctrl-A. Will get an edit window with all your stuff and variables listed. Then close the window with the mouse. Don't press ESC close it with the mouse.
You will find a new file named sysoffsetlist.txt in the folder where pmsystems is installed. That file contains all your used and free offsets.

regards
Andras