The ILS (Instrument Landing System) gauge is a standard navigational gauge used for Landings. The two needles show both directional and glide slope corrections required to line up an aircraft correctly for an approach. The ILS gauge is an asset during IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) flight and where visibility is reduced.

 

The CRS dial can be adjusted using the left dial on the gauge.

 

There are heading and distance values shown digitally on the left should you opt not to use the optional side buttons.

 

You can also activate the Autopilot Approach by pressing [S1} and turn on listen to ILS signal by pressing [S6]

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.

     Menu Item Index (0 to 10)

     0 = Menu Closed

     1 = Version & Info

     2 = Side Buttons

     3 = AP APR On/Off

     4 = NAV = NAV (1 or 2)

     5 = Listen to NAV

     6 = Glass Reflection

     7 = Background Colour

     8 = LCD - LED - Custom Colours

     9 = Brightness Control

     10 = Panel Lights control

 

     Gauge outputs NAV:1 or NAV:2 (NAV1 = 0, NAV2 = 1)

 

     Side Buttons (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

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

 

     Instructions Page (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is on (default = "#dd0000")

 

     Background colour of fonts while power is on (default = "#000000")

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is off (default = "#000000")

 

     Background colour of fonts while power is off (default = "#000000")

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is on (default = "#00DD00")

 

     Background colour of fonts while power is on (default = "TRANSPARENT")

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is off (default = "#001100")

 

     Background colour of fonts while power is off (default = "TRANSPARENT")

 

     Side panel LED Style Index (1 - 3)

     1 = LED Style

     2 = LCD Style (Default)

     3 = Custom

 

SIMCONNECT Vars Used:

NAV obs:1,degrees

NAV obs:2,degrees

Plane heading degrees magnetic,degrees

NAV DME:1,nmiles

NAV DME:2,nmiles

MIDDLE MARKER

OUTER MARKER

INNER MARKER

NAV TOFROM:1,enum

NAV TOFROM:2,enum

NAV HAS GLIDE SLOPE:1,bool

NAV HAS GLIDE SLOPE:2,bool

NAV CDI:1,number

NAV GSI:1,number

NAV CDI:2,number

NAV GSI:2,number

NAV obs:1,radians

NAV obs:2,radians

NAV HAS NAV:1,bool

NAV HAS NAV:2,bool

NAV SOUND:1,Bool

NAV SOUND:2,Bool

AUTOPILOT APPROACH HOLD,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

 

     Text Variable used to set blanking plate colour

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

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) 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

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

2.4.004 - Added sidebar blanking plate option

2.4.003 - Virtual Power Warning added to Menu

2.4.002 - Reverted the HSI variables for GPS tuning

2.4.001 - Changed ILS localiser and Glide Slope Variables (More compatible)

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

2.3.003 - Changed heading from gyro to magnetic

2.3.002 - Support for NEW 4 colour hue panel lights.

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

2.3.000 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.7.x Custom LED Foreground and Background Colours.

2.2.006 - Bug Fixes for new Multi FIP mode (AP APR and Listen)

2.2.005 - Supports Multi FIP now (NAV1 on one FIP and NAV2 on another)

2.2.004 - ILS gauge now support NAV1 & NAV2 (toggle in Mini Menu). Automatic Left Dial acceleration

2.2.003 - Added Brightness Control to Mini Menu

2.2.002 - Added Outer, Middle and Inner Marker flags.

2.2.001 - Fixed AP HDG Locked to CRS toggle not working. Added PMDG 737 & 747 Support

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

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

2.0.000 - New colour schemes available in mini menu.

1.6.002 - TO/FROM now working (n/a ILS)

1.6.001 - SPAD.neXt offset compliancy changes (legacy code no longer supported)

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

1.5.001 - Small bug fix where CRS = "360" and not "000"

1.5.000 - Ident Listen (Button and Menu) AP APR Toggle Button added

1.4.000 - Electric powered indicators off when no voltage

1.3.000 - SPAD Enhanced with Mini Menu, Built in Side Buttons

1.2.000 - Added Left Dial to adjust CRS

1.1.000 - Public Release

1.0.000 - Beta Build