Standard general aviation altimeter used for showing current altitude of aircraft. Altitude can also be configured to use radio ground height. I have also included a height warning feature where an alarm can be set at a configurable height.

Three needles depicts the altitude in 100's, 1000's and 10,000's and is also shown numerically through the centre of the gauge face. There is also a barometer display for MB and InHg which can be manually adjusted.

At the top there is a configurable height warning or on the ground indication.

 

A vertical speed indicator is shown in the centre of the sidebar.

 

At the bottom there is an indicator showing if the height is calculated using radio ground or sea level + barometer.

 

The green Led lights when vertical height is stable.

 

If the blanking plate is used instead of the sidebar, then colour of the plate can now be changed by editing variable [FG_GLOBAL_BLANKING_COLOUR] in SPAD.neXt data monitor.

 

[S1] Mute Warning Sound:

When the ground height warning goes off you can press [S1] to acknowledge and the warning will mute.

 

[S5] Toggle Pressure Units: HG/MB

Press to toggle between pressure Units HG/MB.

 

[S6] Sea / Ground Switch:

Press to toggle between height calculated using radio ground or sea level + barometer.

 

[L Dial]   Menu value down/up & Pressure down/up & Menu Value:

Used to set the Barometer (QNH) or when Mini Menu is open to change the value of the selected menu option.

 

[R Dial] Menu Function Previous/Next:

Used to activate the Mini Menu and scroll between the various menu options.

(Activate with [R Dial])

 

Version & Info:

Turn left dial clockwise to turn on and counter clockwise to turn off current version number and other useful links page.

 

Side Buttons:

Turn left dial clockwise to turn on and counter clockwise to turn off side buttons.

 

Warning Volume:

Turn the left dial counter clockwise to lower the volume of the height warning sound and clockwise to increase.

     0-100

 

Warning Altitude:

Turn the left dial counter clockwise to lower the warning height and clockwise to increase.

     0 = Off

     100 - 9900 Feet

 

Sea / GND Level:

Turn left dial clockwise or counter clockwise to toggle between height calculated using radio ground or sea level + barometer.

 

Pressure:

Turn left dial clockwise or counter clockwise to toggle between HG and MB.

 

Glass Reflection:

Turn left dial clockwise to turn on and counter clockwise to turn off optional glass reflections. This is a global setting so all gauges that have this function will turn on and off in sync.

 

Background Colour:

Left dial will change colour styles to the following

     0 = Grey

     1 = Black Dial Face

     2 = Darker Gauge & Dial Face

     3 = Black & No Gauge GFX

     4 = Grey - Original Design

     5 = Black Dial Face - Original Design

     6 = Darker Gauge & Dial Face - Original Design.

 

Brightness:

Turn left Dial clockwise to increase gauge brightness and counter clockwise to decrease gauge brightness. This will adjust the brightness of all gauges at the same time.

     Side Buttons (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Sea Level/Radio Height Toggle (Sea = 0, Gnd = 1)

 

     Instructions Page (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Side Button Labels (Off = 0, On = 1)

  

     Menu Item Index (0 to 10)

     0 = Menu Closed

     1 = Version & Info

     2 = Side Buttons

     3 = Warning Volume

     4 = Warning Altitude

     5 = Sea/Gnd Level

     6 = Pressure HG/MB

     7 = Glass Reflection

     8 = Background Colour

     9 = Brightness Control

   10 = Panel Lights Control

 

     If Menu Preview Mode is Active (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Mute  (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     HG/MB Pressure Toggle (HG = 0, MB = 1)

 

    Play Sound (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Volume (1 - 100)

 

     Altitude Warning (0-9900 feet)

 

SIMCONNECT Vars Used:

ELECTRICAL MAIN BUS VOLTAGE

ELECTRICAL AVIONICS BUS VOLTAGE

ELECTRICAL BATTERY BUS VOLTAGE

RADIO HEIGHT

VERTICAl SPEED

SIM ON GROUND

Vertical speed,feet per minute

Radio Height,feet

Indicated Altitude,feet

Kohlsman setting hg,inHg

KOHLSMAN SETTING HG,Number

SIM ON GROUND,Bool

 

(not all vars used in every gauge)

 

     Variable used for dial acceleration (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Brightness value of physical FIP's. Affects all physical gauges (20-250)

 

     Variable used when editing Global or individual Brightness (0-1)

     0 - Global Brightness

     1 - Inedividual Brightness

 

     Text Variable used to set blanking plate colour

 

     Glass Reflection (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Toggle visibility of Mini Menu LED (0 = On, 1 = Off)

 

     Background Colour (0 to 3)

     1 = Grey panel with grey gauge face

     2 = Blue grey panel with grey gauge face

     3 = Dark grey panel with black gauge face

     4 = Dark blue panel with black gauge face.  

 

     Background Colour (Black = 0, Blue = 1 )

 

     Minimum voltage before gauge electronics turns off (-1 to 150)

     -1 = Disabled

     0 - 150 = Off Voltage Level

 

     Internal Variable - Used to store off voltage value - do not edit

  

     Night Lit Mode (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Shared variable for switching inHg and MB (0 to 1)

     0 = inHg

     1 = Millbars

 

  Background Colour (0 to 6)

     0 = Grey

     1 = Black Dial Face

     2 = Darker Gauge & Dial Face

     3 = Black & No Gauge GFX

     4 = Grey - Original Design

     5 = Black Dial Face - Original Design

     6 = Darker Gauge & Dial Face - Original Design

   

     Internal variable used to read current voltage

 

2.6.001 - Using New Sidebar Button and Labels Code (4 display options now also) - blank sidebar custom colour

2.6.000

     - 1) SPAD.neXt 0.9.15 Compatibility (Convert "PRESS" to "PRESSSHORT") Fixes short and long press both firing on long press.

     - 2) New gauge brightness code using SPAD brightness variables.

     - 3) Can control global or individual gauge brightness in gauge (Profile saved settings)

     - 4) Better use of button lights

2.5.002 - Added long press on [S1] To open and close menu to save scrolling back through menu to exit

2.5.001 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.13 Compatibility (Author ID)

2.5.000 - New Menu System

2.4.000 - New Custom Virtual Power supports ALL aircraft volt variables - See https://fipgauges.com/customfeatures.php

2.3.003 - SPAD.neXt detected code format errors fixed

2.3.002 - Virtual Power Warning added to Menu

2.3.001 - Added Blanking Plate to Left Sidebar options

2.3.000 - Added New Gauge Design and Panel Lighting control in Mini Menu

2.2.005 - Support for NEW 4 colour hue panel lights.

2.2.004 - Tweaked voltage monitoring to better support MSFS2020. Added Monitoring for Battery Bus

2.2.003 - SPAD 0.9.7.x Compatibility

2.2.002 - Brightness control Sync (All Gauges same brightness Value)

2.2.001 - Added brightness control to mini menu.

2.2.000 - Panel Lights now controlled by local variable (FG_GLOBAL_PANEL_LIGHTS) 0=Off 1=On

2.1.003 - Smoothed out the spinning of the 0-100 feet (Last two altimeter digits)

2.1.002 - Fixed bug where warning height isn't saved.

2.1.001 - Resized Text to become compliant with SPAD.neXt scaling changes + Warning Hold [S1]

2.0.001 - Added warning sound and volume control

2.0.000 - New colour schemes available in mini menu.

1.9.000 - Improved graphics with shadows and transparency, Optional glass reflections.

1.8.001 - Added Profile Saved Variables

1.8.000 - Fixed Ground /Sea level bug. Visual improvements in "Mini menu"

1.7.000 - Electric powered indicators off when no voltage

1.6.000 - Mini Menu, Ground Warning, Gnd/Sea Level

1.5.000 - Pressure Reading

1.4.000 - Added Right Kohlsman Dial

1.3.000 - Panel Lighting added

1.2.000 - Public Release

1.1.000 - Initial Release