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Hi there,

I assume I found a bug in the built-in commands to close the aircraft doors.
 

Situation:

I want to open/close the passenger doors by using commands rather than the built in "Cabin Crew"-Dialog.

If I use the "Cabin Crew" dialog by clicking "Open Forward Passenger Door" both opening and closing works as intended
When I use the built-in IXEG commands to do the same process I can open the door completely but not closing it completely (see screenshots)
These are the commands I use:

  • ixeg/733/open_fwd_passenger_door
  • ixeg/733/close_fwd_passenger_door

Some observations:

  • I see that there are 2 datarefs involved or at least related. I use DataRefTool to analyze the dataref states and commands
    • door movment ratio => ixeg/733/misc/front_passenger_door_ratio (0.0 means "door closed", 1.0 mans "door opened")
    • (i assume) door handle actuator =>ixeg/733/manips/front_passenger_door_handle_act (I assume 0.0 means "door closed", 1.0 mans "door opened" here as well)
  • as expected, In both ways of closing the door (via command and via clicking the checkbox in the IXEG menu) the dataref ixeg/733/misc/front_passenger_door_ratio changes according to the door position
  • I notice that ixeg/733/manips/front_passenger_door_handle_act is only changed if the "Cabin Crew" Dialog is used but not if I use the close command.
  • When I close the door via the command ixeg/733/close_fwd_passenger_door the closing process stops at ixeg/733/misc/front_passenger_door_ratio == 0.36 (I expected 0.0 here)
  • the behaviour is the same with all other doors I tested.

Documentation:

I tried to document both the aircraft visuals + the commands / datarefs / menu state with screenshots. That way you see how the datarefs change during the tests. Screenshots 01-04 cover the open/close cycle via the checkbox click, screenshots 05-08 cover the copen/close cycle via the IXEG commands. Please find them attached:

  • 01 - screenshot taken some seconds after clicking the "Open Forward Passenger Door" checkbox in the IXEG cabin crew menu
  • 02 - screenshot taken after the door has opened completely
  • 03 - screenshot taken some seconds after clicking the "Open Forward Passenger Door" checkbox again in the IXEG cabin crew menu to close the door
  • 04 - screenshot taken after the door has closed completely
  • 05 - screenshot taken some seconds after actuating the ixeg/733/open_fwd_passenger_door command from within DataRefTool
  • 06 - screenshot taken after the door has opened completely
  • 07 - screenshot taken some seconds after actuating the ixeg/733/close_fwd_passenger_door command from within DataRefTool
  • 08 - screenshot taken after closing procedued stopped wth the door still open a bit

Conditions:

The aircraft is in go-around state at this test
I am running on the latest IXEG 737-300 on XP 12.2.0 RC1

 

Any help / recommondation would be awesome!

 

Best,

Stephan

08_close_fwd_passenger_door_by_command_COMPLETED.png

07_close_fwd_passenger_door_by_command_IN_PROGRESS.png

06_open_fwd_passenger_door_by_command_COMPLETED.png

05_open_fwd_passenger_door_by_command_IN_PROGRESS.png

04_close_fwd_passenger_door_by_dialog_click_COMPLETED.png

03_close_fwd_passenger_door_by_dialog_click_IN_PROGRESS.png

02_open_fwd_passenger_door_by_dialog_click_COMPLETED.png

01_open_fwd_passenger_door_by_dialog_click_IN_PROGRESS.png

Posted (edited)

Hi Stephan,

I can confirm that behavior! Thanks for finding this bug - I will alert @tkyler to this, it is probably just an oversight - you are the first to mention it!

Thanks for the profound and well researched report, Jan

 

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