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Post by Allen Peterson on Nov 4, 2010 0:33:55 GMT -5
You are right, Tom. I wasn't trying to get the landing lights to show, I was trying to get the amp meter to show a current drain when the landing lights were turned on.
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Post by budsbud on Nov 4, 2010 9:43:15 GMT -5
Well guys My landing light switch turns the things on /off ok but the ammeter in the FE station does not bump up a bit. Same with the pitot heat ect. If it is not a night flight you would never know the lights were on or off. As I siad before it is a small matter but when I was flying these birds I watched the current loads pretty constantly. Wires were known to chafe trough and spoil your whole day. Thanks Bud
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Post by Tom Goodrick on Nov 4, 2010 20:15:23 GMT -5
I was just thinking of making an ammeter and trying to fiddle with this problem. But I am not sure I can. You'd have to define buses for sets of items and then take care to which part of the system you insert the ammeter. Not sure that can be done.
Hey there are a whole bunch of ways to measure amps and volts with a digital gauge using XML. The list of parameters is in the Panels SDK.
Examples: TOTAL_LOAD_AMPS, BATTERY_VOLTAGE, bATTERY_AMPS, MAIN_BUS_VOLATEG, MAIN_BUS_AMPS, AVIONICS_BUS_VOLTAGE, AVIONICS_BUS_AMPS HOT_BAT_BUS_VOLTS, HOT_BAT_BUS_AMPS,
Then there are pairs of volts/amps for generator/alternator_bus_1, _2, _3,_4 as defined.
With digital values it might be easier to spot a change. I can see stacked pairs of VOLTS AMPS for main bus, avionics bus, hot bat bus and bat bus.
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