Newbe Question

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• admin_pps

  February 2017

  Hi Ron,

  Agreed. GIT's focus has always been on the ability to interface to non-standard aircraft which is why I encourage people to share their work here on the website. However, try this:

  If you tend to use the same configuration for each aircraft, build that standard configuration for one of the aircraft, then export the relevant config to a temporary directory (e.g. Bespoke Events from Detective if you have any, the MCP PRO config, the T8 config etc.). Zip up all those files and call it default.zip or something similar.

  Then, when you load up a new aircraft for the first time, use the Import Wizard to load default.zip and everything will be setup with your defaults.

  Obviously, you must take care to not use any aircraft specific Datarefs and Commands in your initial default build.

  Best wishes

  Steve
• rjsagel

  February 2017

  Thanks,

  Two more newie questions please:

  I can now program switch actions OK. But I have two questions:

  1. What is the correct way to get the console light to activate when the button is pushed? I programmed a P8 button to toggle the strobe light but I do not know how to get the console light above the switch to activate.

  2. I cannot figure out to get a T8 button to do the same function as the P8. The action for the strobe light seems to be a toggle action. The T8 switch does not shut the sim function off when the T8 switch is thne pushed DOWN.

  Otherwise, I am moving along OK.

  Thanks and cheers,

  Ron Sagel

  
  

  
  
• admin_pps

  February 2017 edited February 2017

  Hi Ron,

  Whilst you get familiar with Datarefs it may be worth opening up the file Datarefs.txt located in <your x-plane directory>\Resources\Plugins. Don't use Notepad, use something good to open it such as Notepad++. You can then search this file. So in relation to your question, look for strobe. You will find multiple occurrences of Datarefs containing strobe. You ignore anything containing animation, multiplayer, flightmodel and failure so you would be left with:

  sim/cockpit/electrical/strobe_lights_on

  and

  sim/cockpit2/switches/strobe_lights_on

  Next to these Datarefs are listed what data they contain. In this case 0 is off and 1 is on. So you would configure the LED in GIT using sim/cockpit2/switches/strobe_lights_on with a Light Action of ON and a value of 1 which in English means when this Dataref equals 1 turn on the LED and turn it off when it doesn't.

  For the T8 you need to configure both the ON and OFF Switch Events. So you must use Commands that specify the state. E.g. sim/ice/window_heat_on for ON and sim/ice/window_heat_off for OFF. You can use "toggle" commands for the P8 since its a push button device and doesn't need to be physically switched off.

  Best wishes

  Steve

  
  

  
  
• Heligaz

  July 2017

  How do I download the latest version of the Goflight interface tool. I bought GIT last year but its been updated since then.
  
  Thanks
• admin_pps

  July 2017

  You login via My Account and re-download.
  
  Best wishes
  Steve
• Heligaz

  July 2017

  Thanks Steve
  
• yair1956

  August 2017

  .. I wish somebody will come up with a basic video to show us how to start with GFIT for XP11 which aim toward a non tech unskilled savvy guys, that just want simple setup for their GA Birds .... something that will be as simple as the old GFConfig, which use to work for so long for some many of us ...
  Just wishful thinking :-)
  
  Cheers