GAUGE: Military Hover/VTOL Gauge
Gauge v1.1.001 - Current Version 18th Feb 2023

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) Mini Menu with built in Side Buttons

7) Ground Warning

8) Separate Green LEDs for alignment

9) Optional Glass Reflections

10) Brightness Control (Physical FIP)

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

Buttons & Dials Summary:

[S6] Menu Virtual Power Toggle:

[L Dial] Menu Value Down/Up:

[R Dial] Menu Activate & Previous/Next:

Variables:

FG_MILHOVER_MENU (Session)

Menu Item Index (0 to 4)

0 = Menu Closed

1 = Version & Info

2 = Side Buttons

3 = Glass Reflection

4 = Brightness Control

SIMCONNECT Vars Used:

NUMBER OF ENGINES

GENERAL ENG THROTTLE LEVER POSITION:1,Percent

GENERAL ENG THROTTLE LEVER POSITION:2,Percent

COLLECTIVE POSITION,Percent

VELOCITY BODY X, Feet

VELOCITY BODY Z, feet

Vertical speed,feet per minute

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 - Individual Brightness

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)

0 = Grey panel with grey gauge face

1 = Blue grey panel with grey gauge face

2 = Dark grey panel with black gauge face

3 = 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

Release Notes:

1.1.001 - Added Blank Sidebar and Blank Sidebar with Labels

1.1.000

- 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

1.0.007 - Added Blanking Plate to Left Sidebar options

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

1.0.005 - Virtual Power Warning added to Menu

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

1.0.003 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.7.x Variable Scope Compatibility

1.0.002 - Updated Menu GFX.

1.0.001 - Added Brightness Control to Menu.

1.0.000 - First Public Release

Please report any bugs or feature requests via our discord channel

Document Published 18/02/2024