Vars not working

[ScottOrange]

The values I posted are for using the FS2020 SDK directly via SimConnect, not through any third-party software. They are the values that the actual aircraft is using.

[b3lt3r]

I'm using them via Spad Next so they do seem to work with that. I'm working my way through functions *very* slowly - it's a bit of an art finding LVARS as some seem to show in Spads' debug mode and others only in FS2020 dev mode which is weird as they are all prefixed a310_... 

The one I'm stuck on atm is the gear lever control - I have the up/down mapped fine on my HC bravo with the standard MS commands but cannot fine the one to let me centre the lever in the un-pressurised position.

I'm hoping @xDennis0811 publishes the comprehensive list he mentioned a couple of days ago soon. I did d/l a streamdeck profile from .to but I'm not sure if that's readable in notepad or not yet. Failing that I just have to hope Les O'Reilly does a full spad profile - his 737-n00 one was awesome and covered every function in that...

[FlyingFox]

3 hours ago, ScottOrange said:

The values I posted are for using the FS2020 SDK directly via SimConnect, not through any third-party software. They are the values that the actual aircraft is using.

Ok, fair enough. So, now, how do I bind them to my Honeycomb Alpha Yoke and other peripherals? Obviously they cannot be chosen from the standard MSFS controls setup.

[Deleted Account]

On 11/17/2022 at 11:37 AM, FlyingFox said:

Ok, fair enough. So, now, how do I bind them to my Honeycomb Alpha Yoke and other peripherals? Obviously they cannot be chosen from the standard MSFS controls setup.

I´m not 100% sure as I never used it, but I´m pretty sure you can use those LVARs with AAO or spad.next 🙂

[Moderate Chop]

FSUIPC user here.  From what I can see so far, the A310 uses roughly 2500 LVARs.  At least this is what I get out of FSUIPC when I ask for an LVAR list.  Many are prefaced with 'A310_' as was noted above, while others begin with 'A300_' or 'A300DR_'.  There also seem to be specific outputs (read only, I assume) that simply begin with an underscore.

The MobiFlight site (https://hubhop.mobiflight.com/presets/) has about 350 presets defined (so far), and these are very useful when assigning buttons and keys directly from the FSUIPC dialog using the presets dropdown.  Note, however, that the FSUIPC preset list is only updated when John drops a new build, so if you want the latest and greatest, use the 'Export presets' button at the bottom of the MobiFlight window and drop the resulting 'events.txt' file into your FSUIPC directory.

External lights are listed by their preset name, not the LVAR actually used by the airplane, so you'll find them listed as 'A310 Ovhd Extlt <light>'.  The FSUIPC dialog would look something like this:

 

There are presets for the landing gear lever as well, 'A310 Landing Gear Lever <Down/Mid/Up>'.  The actual LVAR used for this preset is 'A310_GEAR_HANDLE_STATUS' with values 0, 1, and 2 for UP, MID, and DOWN.  There is also an 'A310_GEAR_HANDLE_STATUS_ANIMATION' LVAR.  Perhaps I need this to sync the handle animation in the virtual cockpit.  Haven't gotten that far yet... 🙂

For the (many) other items that require multiple actions, conditionals, or delays, I use Lua scripts. Still working on that for the A310.

Hope that's helpful.

 

[FlyingFox]

Yessssssssssssss. I also got my hands on MobiFlight now and with the help of friends we made it work! Interestingly we were only able to use A310-vars that we got with the latest update of MobiFlight. Implementing our own Lvars did not work as expected, but we may have made something wrong. I got all the light switches working now, phew!

And I will also update FSUIPC to the latest version that covers the A310-variables.

Edited November 18, 2022 by FlyingFox

[ArtAir]

Hello guys,

Have you tried to use 7 segment displays for output HDG, ALT, SPD, V/S data? Is it work?

Regards

[asessa]

53 minutes ago, ArtAir said:

Hello guys,

Have you tried to use 7 segment displays for output HDG, ALT, SPD, V/S data? Is it work?

Regards

I had setup only EFIS for now.

The LVAR is :

 - (A:KOHLSMAN SETTING HG, Number) 100 / near for HG 

- (A:KOHLSMAN SETTING HG, Number) 33.866 / near for Hpa

[ArtAir]

How about other indication? ALT, HDG..and how about NAV frequencies?

[ArtAir]

Just now, ArtAir said:

How about other indication? ALT, HDG..and how about NAV and COMM frequencies?

 

[ScottOrange]

Does anybody know how to turn on Localiser Capture (V/L button in cockpit).

I can read the value using L:A310_LOCALIZER_BUTTON but if I write the value it doesn't work.

[b3lt3r]

@ScottOrangeThis may help? Dennis posted in another thread. Not an intuitive name but easy enough to try 🙂

 

[asessa]

On 11/20/2022 at 1:24 PM, ArtAir said:

How about other indication? ALT, HDG..and how about NAV frequencies?

No sorry. for now i had my FCU under revision

[ScottOrange]

I'm also struggling to find the settings for ENG1 and ENG2 fuel valves.

I did find the settings for the eng ignition and starters though. These are:

A310_ENG_IGNITION_SWITCH
A310_ENG1_STARTER
A310_ENG2_STARTER
 

[ScottOrange]

Found just about everything I need now apart from the engine fuel valves.

[Traveler Ray]

27 minutes ago, ScottOrange said:

Found just about everything I need now apart from the engine fuel valves.

A310_ENG1_MIXTURE_COMMAND

A310_ENG2_MIXTURE_COMMAND

 

[ScottOrange]

@Traveler Ray Yes, tried those thanks but if I set them to 1 they don't turn on the valves.

[b3lt3r]

I actually just use my TCA config I use for the Fenix start toggles mapped in the MS controls section. The 3 position I mapped in Spad with start/off/cont which works nicely. When I complete my current flight - either with a CTD or landing in a couple of hours I'll check config and update here.

[ScottOrange]

Problem solved with the fuel valves thanks to @b3lt3r
They are actually mapped to the SET ENGINE MASTER 1 & 2 controls so I don't need LVars for them anymore.

[b3lt3r]

Kind of makes sense as it's an MS Store plane which they will want able to be managed by default control sets.

[ScottOrange]

Here's a list of all the LVars I used in the end. All working really well now:

https://github.com/scott-vincent/instrument-data-link/blob/master/instrument-data-link/LVars-A310.h