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Light Data/Light Action
I'm confused as to the selections under the above heading. I'm using GF PMDG INTERFACE 1.0.42.0. I,m trying to set up my T-8 for the light switches on the NGX. I've got the taxi lights working by trial and error. The landing lights have been giving me a problem. I got the Switch Event to get them on and off, but I can't get the Light Data and Light Action right to have the light come on and off on the T-8.
I can see that configuring all the switches is going to take some time, cause there are so many choices to make and I don.'t know what 3/4 of them mean. Is there a guide as to what all the selections mean and do?
Thanks Steve,
Gnacino
Answers
Hi Gnacino,
There are 4 events for the landing lights:
The Fixed lights are:
EVT_OH_LIGHTS_L_
EVT_OH_LIGHTS_R_
The Retractable lights are:
EVT_OH_LIGHTS_L_RETRACT
EVT_OH_LIGHTS_R_RETRACT
The respective light data for the fixed lights are:
DATA_BTMOH_LTS_SWITCH_LANDING_FIXED_LEFT
DATA_BTMOH_LTS_SWITCH_LANDING_FIXED_RIGHT
use a Light Action of "ON" and the Light Value of "1"
and for the retractable lights:
DATA_BTMOH_LTS_SWITCH_LANDING_RETRACTABLE_LEFT
DATA_BTMOH_LTS_SWITCH_LANDING_RETRACTABLE_RIGHT
use a Light Action of "ON_GREATER_THAN" and the Light Value of "0".
Normally you just use Light Action of "ON" and "1", however the retractable lights have 3 positions and each position returns light data of 0, 1 and 2. Hence you need to test for the light data to be greater than zero.
There isn't a guide as such. I have made some notes in the user guide which you should read, however most details are in the PMDG SDK. You can use notepad to look at the following file <flight sim directory>\PMDG\PMDG 737 NGX\SDK\PMDG_NGX_SDK.h. The file is programming code, but you should be able to see the lists of events and the comments next to them.
Best wishes
Steve
Thanks Steve,
Gnacino