To Activate the gauge menu Press and HOLD [S1]

 

Press [S2] To "active" Top Window. [S2] will light to indicate active window.

Press [S5] to "active" Bottom Window. [S5] will light to indicate active window.

 

Turn [Left Dial] to change "active" window's function. Each window can show 1 of 10 different Panel Display functions.

 

When Radio functions are displayed in any window, press the [S] button left of the frequency you want to swap, so..

In Top Window Press [S1] to toggle COM frequencies and [S3] to toggle NAV frequencies.

In Bottom Window Press [S4] to toggle COM frequencies and [S6] to toggle NAV frequencies.

 

Turn [Right Dial] to change the value of the "active" window's current function. When Radios frequencies are displayed you will need to toggle the value you want to edit by RE-pressing the already lit window activation button ([S2] if Top window is "active" and [S5] if bottom window is "active", this will cycle between the four changeable value and "value indicator off".

 

Transponder:

When Transponder is selected in the top window:

[S1] = Squawk 1200

[S3] = Emergency 7700

 

When Transponder is selected in the bottom window:

[S4] = Squawk 1200

[S6] = Emergency 7700

 

You can change the codes by editing the XPDR Emergency and XPDR Squawk values in the button events for [S1][S3][S4][S6]d XPDR Squawk values in the button events for [S1][S3][S4][S6]

(Hold [S1] to Activate and Deactivate)

 

Version & Info:

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

  

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.

     Menu Item Index (0 to 4)

     0 = Menu Closed

     1 = Version & Info

     2 = Glass Reflection

     3 = Colours - Custom

     4 = Brightness Control

 

     Instructions Page (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Side panel LED Style Index (0 - 0)

     1 = LED Style Red

     2 = LCD Style

     3 = LED Style Green

     4 = LCD Style Black with Green Backlight

     5 = LED Style White with Blue Backlight

     6 = LCD Style Black with Green Backlight

     7 = LCD Style Black with Blue Backlight

     8 = Custom Colours (See Below)

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is on (default = "#ff0000")

 

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

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is off (default = "#220000")

 

     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 = "FFFFFF")

 

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

 

     Background colour of fonts while power is off (default = "333333")

 

SIMCONNECT Vars Used:

AUTOPILOT ALTITUDE LOCK VAR,feet

AUTOPILOT VERTICAL HOLD VAR,FEET PER MINUTE

AUTOPILOT AIRSPEED HOLD VAR,knots

Autopilot heading lock dir,degrees

NAV obs:1,degrees

COM ACTIVE FREQUENCY:1,MHz

COM STANDBY FREQUENCY:1,MHz

NAV ACTIVE FREQUENCY:1,MHz

NAV STANDBY FREQUENCY:1,MHz

COM ACTIVE FREQUENCY:2,MHz

COM STANDBY FREQUENCY:2,MHz

NAV ACTIVE FREQUENCY:2,MHz

NAV STANDBY FREQUENCY:2,MHz

ADF ACTIVE FREQUENCY:1,KHz

NAV DME:1, Nautical miles

NAV DME:2, Nautical miles

 

(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

 

     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

 

1.4.000

     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

1.3.007 - Fixed 4th digit on XPNDR only decrementing and not incrementing

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

1.3.005 - SPAD.neXt detected code format errors fixed

1.3.004 - Virtual Power Warning added to Menu

1.3.003 - Multi FIP support, Different function selections across different FIPs

1.3.002 - Support for NEW 4 colour hue panel lights.

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

1.3.000 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.7.x Compatible. Custom Radio Frequency Colours.

1.2.002 - Added Transponder Squawk and Emergency codes.

1.2.001 - Added Brightness Control to Menu.

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

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

1.0.000 - Public Release