Digital 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.

The needle depicts the altitude in 1000's feet. There is also two barometer displays, hPa and  InHg which can be manually adjusted using Right Dial.

 

While there are 5 pre-configured LED colours you can change any of them to your choosing. Just edit [S5] Button code in SPAD. Change any of the #Colour web colour codes to your own preferences. To restore defaults remove and re-add gauge or edit colours back to the default indexes shown in Butgton and dials reference.

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] Open Gauge Menu

[S1 - Long Press] Close Menu

 

[S2 - Long Press] Developer test mode toggle - Manual displayed altitude control, changed with left dial when active (doesn't affect aircraft altitude). Used only to debug gauge GFX.

 

[S5] Toggle between the 5 default LED Colours

0 - White (#eeeeee)

1 - Orange (#ffbe30)

2 - Green (#00dd00)

3 - Blue (#2f51fa)

4 - Yellow (#dddd00)

Colours can be changed by editing the colour indexes programmed on the [S5] button.

 

[S6] Altitude Mode: Press to toggle between height calculated using radio ground or sea level + barometer altitudes.  

 

[S6 - Long Press] Turns On and Off Outer pointer manual adjustment mode. Left Dial changes from STD to ALT. Use left dial to adjust pointer.

 

[L Dial]

When menu open: Menu values down/up

When Menu closed: Used to reset the Barometer (QNH) to 29.92.  

When outer pointer manual adjustment mode is active (Left dial showing ALT) then you can adjust outer Altitude pointer with the left dial.

 

[R Dial]

When menu open: Menu Function Previous/Next:  scroll between the various menu options.

When Menu closed: Used to increase and decrease the Pressure values.

(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

     10 - 1000 Feet

 

Sea / GND Level:

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

 

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)

 

     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 = Digit Colour

     7 = Glass Reflection

     8 = Background Colour

     9 = Brightness Control

     10 = Panel Lights control

 

     LED Colour Index (0 to 5)

     0 = White

     1 = Orange

     2 = Green

     3 = Blue

     4 = Yellow

     5 = Red

 

     Altitude Warning Pointer Edit Mode (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Developer Use Only - Manual Altitude Input

 

     SIM Altitude VARS Routed To Gauge Altitude Variable

 

     Used for STD Button animation (Up = 0, Down = 1)

 

    LED Power On Colour index #000000 - #FFFFFF

 

    LED Power Off Colour index #000000 - #FFFFFF

 

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

 

     Play Sound Once Reset (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Volume (1 - 100)

 

     Altitude Warning (0-1000 feet)

 

 

 

(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 - Individual 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

 

SIMCONNECT Vars Used:

(Indicated Altitude)

(Radio Height)

(VERTICAl SPEED)

(SIM ON GROUND)

(Vertical speed,feet per minute)

(Indicated Altitude,feet)

(Radio Height,feet)

(Kohlsman setting hg,inHg)

(Kohlsman setting mb,Millibars)

(KOHLSMAN SETTING HG,Number)

(SIM ON GROUND,Bool)

1.3.002 - Added digit colour selection to Menu. Added red digit colour.

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

1.3.000

     - 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

1.2.003 - Forcing Altitude Units to feet

1.2.002 - Altitude Alert Sound and Indicator linked with Outer Ring Pointer Now. New Alert Sound

1.2.001 - Fixed Needle now moves in hundreds (Not Thousands) Added Altitude Pointer with manual adjustment.

1.0.002 - Implemented new 4 Step digit code into main Ground and Sea output (removed beta code)

1.0.001 - New extra beta 4 step move on LED number. Developer digit test mode - Manual Altitude

1.0.000 - Public Release

0.0.000 - First Beta Release