tdbscotland Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Hi folks. I am just getting back into flight sim and trying to set up some 10/15 year old GoFlight panels. GoFlight do not seem to offer support for FS2020 so am going with Spad.next.... Now to my question lol..... Currently setting up avionics switch for the 172, could someone please explain what the "SET" feature is used for for avionics (and other settings although I understand the feature with autothrottle) ON and Off are self explanatory but don't understand how or why the "SET" option would be used with avionics. I have assigned "Master Avionics 1" and "Master Avionics 2" in events but both only actvate the left bus switch on the 172. I can assign "Master Toggle" and that works both avionic bus switches but would prefer an on/off switch set up. There may well be a way of defining it in Spad but I am not at that level yet. My basic question however is how "SET_AVIONICS" works or is used. Regards, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) perhaps you can create something like: read switch position if switch is in on position, read avionics state in FS if off --> toggle avionics (both on). if on --> do nothing. if switch is in off position, read avionics state in FS if on --> toggle avionics (to both off). if off --> do nothing. ------------------ to avoid situations like: 1=on 2=off flip switch and now 1=off 2=on. you may need to make the thing a little more complex. Using something like: read switch position if on read avionics 1 state if on do nothing then also read avionics 2 state if off toggle avionics 2 (so both are then on) + same for switch off position. (Note, I do NOT have FS2020. So I do no know if these variables like 'read_avionics_2_state' & "toggle_avionics_2" even exist in FS2020. (If not, you coild akso achieve "toggle_avionics_2" with ) In FSX K:Events (Key events ("commands" if you want)) such as toggle_engine_starter:1 1 and toggle_engine_starter:2 do occur in gauges and such. (maybe the exact K:Var-names are slightly different)) Edited May 10, 2022 by il88pp [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdbscotland Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 Thanks for this excellent info. I am slowly understanding "conditions" and this will help a lot. Cheers :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnuss Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 I have assigned "Master Avionics 1" and "Master Avionics 2" in events but both only actvate the left bus switch on the 172. A C-172 only has one bus in real life, so that may be your problem. I don't have 2020 so I can only guess that the "SET" feature is just a means of setting certain conditions (may have a save too, I don't know) perhaps on a per aircraft basis??? or some such. Larry N. As Skylab would say: Remember: Aviation is NOT an exact Science! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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