1) Analogue style Altimeter needle

2) Climb & descend feet per minute indicator

3) Level fight confirmation LED

4) Left Dial Kohlmann

5) Lighting changes with panel lights

6) Sea and Ground Level switch

7) A warning Altitude can be set

8) Warning sound with adjustable Volume

10) Built in Side Buttons

11) optional Glass Reflections

12) Brightness Control (Physical FIP)

Buttons & Dials Summary:

[S1] Acknowledge Warning Sound:

[S6] Sea / Ground Switch:

[L Dial] Pressure (QNH) down/up & Change Menu Value:

[R Dial] Menu Function Previous/Next:

About Altimeter ICON A5:

ICON A5 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.

One needle depicts the altitude in 1000's feet. There is also a barometer display for InHg which can be manually adjusted using left Dial

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.

Buttons & Dials Details:

[S1] Mute Warning Sound:

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

[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])

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Left dial will change colour styles to the following

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.

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.

FG_ALTIMETER_ICONA5_BUTTONS (Profile)

Side Buttons (Off = 0, On = 1)

FG_ALTIMETER_ICONA5_GND_SEA (Profile)

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

FG_ALTIMETER_ICONA5_INSTRUCTIONS (Session)

Instructions Page (Off = 0, On = 1)

FG_ALTIMETER_ICONA5_LABELS (Profile)

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

FG_ALTIMETER_ICONA5_MENU (Session)

Menu Item Index (0 to 9)

4 = Warning Altitude

6 = Glass Reflection

7 = Background Colour

8 = Brightness Control

9 = Panel Lights control

FG_ALTIMETER_ICONA5_MENU_ACTIVE (Session)

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

FG_ALTIMETER_ICONA5_MUTE (Session)

Mute (Off = 0, On = 1)

FG_ALTIMETER_ICONA5_PRESSURE (Profile)

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

FG_ALTIMETER_ICONA5_SOUND_PLAY (Session)

Play Sound (Off = 0, On = 1)

FG_ALTIMETER_ICONA5_VOLUME (Profile)

FG_ALTIMETER_ICONA5_WARNING (Profile)

Altitude Warning (0-9900 feet)

SIMCONNECT Vars Used:

ELECTRICAL MAIN BUS VOLTAGE

ELECTRICAL AVIONICS BUS VOLTAGE

ELECTRICAL BATTERY BUS VOLTAGE

Vertical speed,feet per minute

Kohlsman setting hg,inHg

Indicated Altitude,feet

KOHLSMAN SETTING HG,Number

fipgauges.com GLOBAL VARIABLES:

(not all vars used in every gauge)

FG_GLOBAL_DIAL_SPEED (Session)

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

FG_GLOBAL_GAUGE_BRIGHTNESS (Profile)

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

FG_GLOBAL_GAUGE_BRIGHTNESS_MODE (Profile)

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

0 - Global Brightness

1 - Inedividual Brightness

FG_GLOBAL_BLANKING_COLOUR (Profile)

Text Variable used to set blanking plate colour

FG_GLOBAL_GLASS (Profile)

Glass Reflection (Off = 0, On = 1)

FG_GLOBAL_HIDE_MENU_LED (Profile)

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

FG_GLOBAL_JET_COLOUR (Profile)

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.

FG_GLOBAL_JET_BACKGROUND_COLOUR (Profile)

Background Colour (Black = 0, Blue = 1 )

FG_GLOBAL_MIN_VOLTAGE (Profile)

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

0 - 150 = Off Voltage Level

FG_GLOBAL_MIN_VOLTAGE_CACHE (Profile)

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

FG_GLOBAL_PANEL_LIGHTS (Profile)

Night Lit Mode (Off = 0, On = 1)

FG_GLOBAL_PRESSURE (Profile)

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

FG_GLOBAL_STYLE (Profile)

Background Colour (0 to 6)

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

FG_GLOBAL_VOLTAGE (Session)

Internal variable used to read current voltage

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

- 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

1.4.001 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.13 Compatibility (Author ID)

1.4.000 - New Menu System

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

1.2.004 - Fixed panel lights control in the menu not working

1.2.003 - SPAD.neXt detected code format errors fixed

1.2.002 - Virtual Power Warning added to Menu

1.2.001 - Added Blanking Plate to Left Sidebar options

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

1.0.001 - Support for NEW 4 colour hue panel lights.

1.0.000 - First Release / Beta