Possible to make external lights datarefs accessible as commands

[mgeiss]

Hi IXEG team,

I would love to have the datarefs for the external lights (landing lights, strobes, taxi lights, nav, beacon) accessible as custom commands in the X-Plane interface, like you already did with many of them (MCP controls etc.). Perhaps you could sneak that in one of the next updates?

I know that I could map these DRs to buttons using XJoyMap or FlyWithLua, but I don't want to install those plugins just for a handful of commands in one plane, and I like to have as few X-Plane Plugins as possible to avoid issues.

 

Thank you!

Edited July 18, 2017 by mgeiss

[Tom Stian]

Custom commands would be the best I guess, but could Xlua do the job for you ? That is built-in.

[mokny]

[Landing Light Combo]
description=All Landing Lights ON
new_command=IXEG_737/LL
dataref=ixeg/733/lighting/land_light_all_act
on_value = 1
off_value = 0

[Nav switch]
description=Switch NAV-Lights
new_command=IXEG_737/Nav_Switch
dataref=ixeg/733/lighting/position_lt_act
on_value = 1
off_value = 0

[Beacon switch]
description=Switch BCN-Lights
new_command=IXEG_737/Beacon_Switch
dataref=ixeg/733/lighting/anti_col_lt_act
on_value = 1
off_value = 0

[FD1 switch]
description=Switch FD1
new_command=IXEG_737/FD1_Switch
dataref=ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_plt_fd_act
on_value = 1
off_value = 0

[FD2 switch]
description=Switch FD1
new_command=IXEG_737/FD2_Switch
dataref=ixeg/733/MCP/mcp_cplt_fd_act
on_value = 1
off_value = 0

[Taxi switch]
description=Switch TAXI-Light
new_command=IXEG_737/TAXI_Switch
dataref=ixeg/733/lighting/taxi_lt_act
on_value = 1
off_value = 0

[Transponder switch]
description=Switch Transponder
new_command=IXEG_737/Transponder_Switch
dataref=ixeg/733/xpdr/xpdr_stby_act
on_value = 2
off_value = 1

[LLLeft switch]
description=Switch LandingLightLeft
new_command=IXEG_737/LLL_Switch
dataref=ixeg/733/lighting/l_inboard_ll_act
on_value = 0
off_value = 1

[LLRight switch]
description=Switch LandingLightRight
new_command=IXEG_737/LLR_Switch
dataref=ixeg/733/lighting/r_inboard_ll_act
on_value = 0
off_value = 1

[LLLeftOut switch]
description=Switch LandingLightLeftOutboard
new_command=IXEG_737/LLLO_Switch
dataref=ixeg/733/lighting/l_outboard_ll_act
on_value = 2
off_value = 0

[LLRightOut switch]
description=Switch LandingLightRightOutboard
new_command=IXEG_737/LLRO_Switch
dataref=ixeg/733/lighting/r_outboard_ll_act
on_value = 2
off_value = 0

[Strobe switch]
description=Switch Strobe
new_command=IXEG_737/Strobe_Switch
dataref=ixeg/733/lighting/strobe_lt_act
on_value = 1
off_value = 0

[EHSI Mode Flick]
new_command=IXEG_737/EHSI_Mode
dataref=ixeg/733/ehsi/ehsi_mode_pt_act
description=EHSI Mode
values = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4


[EHSI Range]
new_command=IXEG_737/EHSI_Range
dataref=ixeg/733/ehsi/ehsi_range_pt_act
description=EHSI Range
values = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Quick & Dirty xJoyMap file that adds the light commands and a command to change the map range.