GAUGE: Hover Gauge
Gauge v1.11.001 - Current Version 13th Feb 2024

Features:

1) Horizontal forward movement gauge

2) Horizontal sideward movement gauge

3) Vertical movement gauge

4) LED lights on good hover

5) Directional marker indicate correction needed

6) Lighting changes with panel lights

7) Mini Menu with built in Side Buttons

8) 7 different Needle colours to choose from

9) Ground Warning

10) Separate Green LEDs for alignment

11) Optional Glass Reflections

12) Background Colour Change

13) Brightness Control (Physical FIP)

Also compatible with the Hype Helicopters in MSFS 2020

Aircraft Compatibility:
Simulator: Fully Compatible
3rd Party: Fully Compatible
Please report any 3rd Party incompatibility via our discord channel

Buttons & Dials Summary:

[S6] Toggle Needle Colours:

[L Dial] Menu Value Down/Up:

[R Dial] Menu Activate & Previous/Next:

The Sidebar:

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.

Variables:

FG_HOVER_MENU (Session)

Menu Item Index (0 to 7)

0 = Menu Closed

1 = Version & Info

2 = Side Buttons

3 = Needle Colours

4 = Glass Reflection

5 = Background Colour

6 = Brightness Control

7 = Panel Lights Cpntrol

FG_HOVER_INSTRUCTIONS (Session)

Instructions Page (Off = 0, On = 1)

FG_HOVER_BUTTONS (Profile)

Side Buttons (Off = 0, On = 1)

FG_HOVER_LABELS (Profile)

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

FG_HOVER_NEEDLE (Profile)

Index for Needle Colour Selection (0 to 6)

1 = White

2 = Yellow

3 = Cyan

4 = Red

5 = Green

6 = Orange

7 = Purple

SIMCONNECT Vars Used:

VELOCITY BODY X,feet

VELOCITY BODY Z,feet

VELOCITY BODY Y,feet

SIM ON GROUND,Bool

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)

-1 = Disabled

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)

0 = inHg

1 = Millbars

FG_GLOBAL_STYLE (Profile)

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

FG_GLOBAL_VOLTAGE (Session)

Internal variable used to read current voltage

FG_GLOBAL_BLANKING_COLOUR (Profile)

Text Variable used to set blanking plate colour

Release Notes:

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

1.11.000

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

2) Menu system upgraded

3) New gauge brightness code using SPAD brightness variables.

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

5) Better use of button lights

6) Added Custom Colour for blanking plate - Edit colour index for variable FG_GLOBAL_BLANKING_COLOUR

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

1.9.002 - Added sidebar blanking plate option

1.9.001 - Virtual Power Warning added to Menu

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

1.8.004 - Support for NEW 4 colour hue panel lights.

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

1.8.002 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.7.x Variable Scope Compatibility.

1.8.001 - Updated Menu GFX

1.8.000 - Background colour change, two new needle colours and brightness control to Mini Menu

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

1.6.001 - Resized Text to become compliant with SPAD.neXt scaling changes

1.5.000 - Improved graphics with shadows and transparency, Optional glass reflections, Mini Menu

1.4.001 - Added turn off powered items (LED's & Button Lights) when no voltage

1.4.000 - SPAD.neXt Mini menu, needle colours, Ground Warning, Built in Side Buttons added.

1.3.000 - Minor graphic enhancements

1.2.000 - Addition of side Gauge

1.1.000 - Addition of directional indicators

1.0.000 - Initial and Public release

Please report any bugs or feature requests via our discord channel

Document Published 13/02/2024