Datarefs and commands for IXEG 737

[flightman49]

Does the IXEG 737 come with all the dataref and/or commands to make building a homecockpit worth while? I have theGoflight MCP PRO and EFIS so I don't need any datarefs to make these work. I'm using Polly's Interface tool. I am more interested in datarefs for all the overhead switches and all the Main Instrument Panel (MIP) switches and selectors  

[Maurits]

yes it does

[mmerelles]

yes and all custom commands and datarefs available are documented under the aircraft documentation folder, file '2-interface guide.pdf'

Edited January 14, 2017 by mmerelles
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[flightman49]

That is good news.......Thank you

[flightman49]

I am using Dataref Editor. When I load IXEG 737 and view the datarefs I don't see the IXEG 737 datrefs. Only Xplanes datarefs. How can I view the IXEG 737datrefs?

[Tom Stian]

6 hours ago, flightman49 said:

I am using Dataref Editor. When I load IXEG 737 and view the datarefs I don't see the IXEG 737 datrefs. Only Xplanes datarefs. How can I view the IXEG 737datrefs?

Hello

You can use Dataref Tool

https://github.com/leecbaker/datareftool/releases

 

[flightman49]

Thank You

[flightman49]

Does the IXEG 737 have a dataref to control the speed brakes setings?. I can't seem to find it?

Thank you

 

[mmerelles]

4 hours ago, flightman49 said:

Does the IXEG 737 have a dataref to control the speed brakes setings?. I can't seem to find it?

Thank you

 

The speed brake has no settings like a switch or a knob, it is a handle lever that works vía xplane speed brake axis dataref

 

To control the speed brakes lever, you may:

A. you can map xplane speed brake axis to a hardware handle lever you have (same as you map a throttle lever)

B. you can map 2 buttons or keys to xplane 'sim/flight_controls/speedbrakes extend one' & 'speedbrakes retract one' (each clic will cycle them up or down a bit)

C. you can make a lua script or similar to manipulate xplane dataref speed brakes axis writting values 0.xxxx to 1.0 (sim/cockpit2/controls/speedbrake_ratio)

 

Or did you mean wheel brakes knob settings? (RTO, OFF, 1, 2, 3, MAX)

dataref 'ixeg/733/hydraulics/hyd_auto_brake_act'

RTO = -1

OFF = 0

1,2,3 setting = 1,2,3 respectively

MAX = 4

 

hope this helps

 

Edited April 6, 2017 by mmerelles
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[tracer]

Hello everybody! Tell me please if anyone knows which dataref is responsible for the speeding warning for flaps in IXEG733 (blinking 8 on the speed indicator). And does anyone have a complete list of datarefs for IXEG733? Thank you in advance

[mmerelles]

41 minutes ago, tracer said:

Hello everybody! Tell me please if anyone knows which dataref is responsible for the speeding warning for flaps in IXEG733 (blinking 8 on the speed indicator). And does anyone have a complete list of datarefs for IXEG733? Thank you in advance

 

the official list of custom commands & dataref is included with the aircraft in the documentation folder, file "2-interface guide.pdf"

 

[jixeg737]

Hello mmerelles,

you wrote: "you can make a lua script or similar to manipulate xplane dataref speed brakes axis writting values 0.xxxx to 1.0 (sim/cockpit2/controls/speedbrake_ratio)".

However, modifying the dataref "sim/cockpit2/controls/speedbrake_ratio" via my plugin does NOT move the lever of the IXEG 737.

But: Modifying the dataref "sim/cockpit2/controls/speedbrake_ratio" moves the lever of the 737 of Laminar Research.

What could be the cause?

(The data ref tool confirms that my plugin successfully writes to "sim/cockpit2/controls/speedbrake_ratio"; no joystick axis is mapped to the speedbrake)

I have the impression that a different dataref needs to be written for the IXEG 737.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Kind regards

Jens

Edited September 14, 2017 by jixeg737

[mfor]

"ixeg/733/hydraulics/speedbrake_act" works for me.

[jixeg737]

Hello mfor,

thank you for your answer.

I fear that the automatic activation/deactivation of the speedbrake is disturbed if I use "ixeg/733/hydraulics/speedbrake_act".

Or is this function not affected?

Regards

Jens

[mfor]

I'm setting it to 0.154 for the armed position in my little plugin and automatic deployment works just fine.

If there's a better way to do it I'm sure one of the devs will chime in. 

[jixeg737]

If I only set the dataref "ixeg/733/hydraulics/speedbrake_act" if the joystick axis value changes, the automatic movement to the up / down position is not prevented.

Regarding the flap lever it's similar: We need to set the respective dataref only on change to get the lever snapped.