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--- pc:software:xplane11:start [2019/01/23 21:33]
dwheele [Servo Demo]
+++ pc:software:xplane11:start [2020/12/05 18:22] (current)
dwheele [Using Orbx Scenery]
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 ^Manual|https://www.x-plane.com/manuals/desktop/#advancedsimulationinx-plane|
+^FMS File Format|X-Plane Native FMS format\\ https://developer.x-plane.com/?article=flightplan-files-v11-fms-file-format|
 ^OBJ File Format|This is the format that aircraft, panels, buildings, etc., are in\\ https://developer.x-plane.com/article/obj8-file-format-specification/|
+  * [[.garming5:|Garmin G5 Emulation]]
 ===== NAV DATA =====
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 Sim reported **CORRUPTED NAVDATA**. Found solution here: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/167034-latest-navigraph-airac-causes-error-in-zibo-mod/  (modified file at ''X-Plane 11/Aircraft/Extra Aircraft/B737-800X/plugins/xlua/scripts/B738.fms/B738.fms.lua'', adding additional rows to the NavData date ranges, and changing to ''cycle_n = 31''
+===== Flying J Sim 727 =====
+Purchased 727 for X-Plane 7/2020. Autopilot is unusual. Found helpful PDF:
+{{ :pc:software:xplane11:727autopilotcontrolsmore.png |}}
+{{ :pc:software:xplane11:xp11_flyjsim_727-100_guide.pdf |}}
 ===== 3D Cockpit =====
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 [[xplane2blender|Xplane2Blender Notes]]
+Comment that is true:
+https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/114562-3d-cockpit-question-separate-instrument-objects/
+<code wrap>
+ I have spent some time already doing these things, just started doing it now and then, but I have some practical knowledge.
+It is possible to make instruments in 3D.
+For instrument objects that only have an animation(based on dataref) then they do not even have to be part of the object set as the _cockpit or _cockpit_INN.
+Manipulators definitions must be in the cockpit object.(if you want it to work)
+For example, an altimeter could have a 3d animated needle over a textured on numbers for  hundreds.  The baro and digit readout could be made from animated from cylinders with numbers 3d "embossed" .  This could be in any object added to the plane.  However, the baro adjustment knob can be made only click/drag - able by the mouse if in  the cockpit object.
+So for objects and texturing a single x-plane object is not required for cockpit items and there are ways to get around manipulators like click/drag  transparent rectangle in the cockpit object over another appended "not cockpit" object.
+But with 4096x4096 textures, more gray could be squeezed in the texture uv space :P. for a single cockpit object.
+</code>
 ==== Servo Demo ====
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 if __name__ == '__main__':
   main()
+</code>
+**Troubleshooting**
+Had some problems because the VVI came on index [2], not [1]. I kept seeing -999 show up. Was able to see the situation by using the code up above without responding to type=4, and it dumps all of the values out, and I saw where the VVI value was located.
+Still not knowing the relationships between the type numbers and the DataRef numbers within Xplane 11.
+/23/2019
-</code>
 ===== Changing Scenery =====
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 /21/2019
+===== Using Orbx Scenery =====
+http://www.orbxdirect.com
+Orbx uses a "Orbx Central" app to download scenery and place it where it thinks it should be. Since I want to have one copy of the scenery, but use from multiple X-Plane instances, need to implement "Libraries." But this is just a directory where the scenery is installed, and a Shortcut is placed in the X-Plane Custom Scenery directory to point at it. Note that the Library folder directory structure is a little different than X-Plane's, so point to the right places.
+As of this writing, Orbx doesn't support very well the notion of changing where Orbx thinks the X-Plane directory is located. Helpful link: https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/177698-multiple-x-plane-installations/
+Using Orbx with xOrganizer: xOrganizer controls which scenery is loaded by manipulating the ini file. Since the Orbx scenery looks like all of the rest (if installed directly here, or via symbolic link (shortcut), this works.
+===== Added NDB =====
+Added this to the end of user_nav.dat, located at ''X-Plane/Custom Data/user_nav.dat''
+<code text>
+  33.813       -117.9              100      589    50      0.0  KDIS ENRT K1 KDIS NDB
+</code>
+The K1 makes it think it is located in the Northwest, but this could be fixed.
+This marks Disneyland. Directions: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/143561-add-custom-ndb/
+===== Adding Garmin 430/530 to Custom Panel =====
+Found out about how to add Garmin to custom panel from this:
+https://developer.x-plane.com/article/obj8-file-format-specification/#ATTR_cockpit
+Looks like I'll need to add a custom property from within Blender to turn on the Garmin.
+''ATTR_cockpit_device <name> <bus> <lighting channel> <auto_adjust>''
+<code text>
+[New in 1100:] The ATTR_cockpit_device command changes the lit texture of the object to the screen of a given GPS device for an aircraft; it is legal only in aircraft-attached objects.  Use ATTR_no_cockpit when done.  Parameters:
+    Name is the device name, one of GNS430_1, GNS430_2, GNS530_1, GNS530_2, CDU739_1, CDU739_2, G1000_PFD1, G1000_MFD, G1000_PFD2.
+    The bus is a bitfield, indicating all the electrical system bus indices (zero-based) that this device gets power from.
+    The lighting channel is the zero-based index for the instrument lighting rheostats that control the screen’s brightness.  (Cockpit device lighting is not subject to ATTR_lit_level.)
+    Auto-adjust is 1 if the screen brightness increases to be readable during the day, and 0 if screen brightness is “washed out” by the sun.
+The rest of the state commands affect the above published state.
+</code>
+This goes inside of an OBJ file.
+/12/2019

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