Garmin G500TXi

[Vipersden]

Greetings,
New to the forum but have visited numerous times trying to gain some knowledge and insight to instrument and panel building. I am trying to develop a simulator based on a Cessna 310R that I fly that has a mostly glass cockpit. The only thing that is not glass is the fuel gauge and turn coordinator. The 310 is equipped with a Garmin GTN 750/650, G5 for backup, and G500TXI for the PFD/MFD and engine monitoring. The GTNs and G5 are readily available for X-Plane 11 but there is no G500TXI, so my question is before I purchase Air Manager and jump into the deep end. Would it be reasonable to put forth the effort to try and make a G500TXi considering I'm a newb to this type of programing ? My initial thought would be yes but at the same time I think It would be crazy. If it's to complex to develop I'm ok with being told that, so any input is greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.
Chris

[Sling]

Hi and welcome.

For your first project this is rather complex. Right now an instrument like this cannot be achieved because AM currently does not have a decent map or mature navigation features. A non synthetic vision PFD and EIS functions could be implemented now with the hope that the map and nav can be added at a later stage.

I am working on a vector based moving map right now and some navigation features should be coming to AM 4.0 beta in the new year.

Tony

[Vipersden]

Tony,
Thank you for the reply. I figured it would be a bit off more than I could chew project. Seeing all the G1000's that are available it would be easy to assume that a PFD/MFD based off the same structure would be an easier build than it is. Even comparing the GTN 750 home page to the G500TXi MFD home page there almost identical. One can hope something will come out sooner than later.

Chris

[Ralph]

Well, if it's easy, go ahead The GTN750 from RealityXP for example is the Garmin trainer, they didn't make it themselves.

[NeilM67]

Definitely not easy. However, is it possible to develop an AM bezel that works with knobster for the GTN750 and G500Txi similar to Russ' GNS530/430? Then the Reality XP display could be used. I tried using Russ' G1000 bezel and the SR22 display. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Knobster didn't change the values for heading, crs, alt,...
I understand that Reality XP is working one a G500/G600.

[Ralph]

The SR22 probably uses custom commands. Reality XP has been working on the G500/600 since 1934, I don't think you suspect it any time soon.

[Keith Baxter]

The SR22 probably uses custom commands. Reality XP has been working on the G500/600 since 1934, I don't think you suspect it any time soon.

Hi,

The HMB SR22 does respond to some standard xplane commands except for the softkeys. As Ralph says it uses custom commands.

There is a keyboard/autopilot/audio instrument for the HMB SR22T in the store. The HDG,ALT,CRS... all works

For other air-frames there is a generic GCU478.

I will look at doing a bezel for these instruments so that the softkeys work.

Keith

[Sling]

What RXP say they are working on is the old G500 not the current TXi model. As Ralph says they have been saying this for a very long time now with little sign of a release for Xplane.

[Keith Baxter]

Hi,

Just for clarity the Cirrus SR22T uses the garmin "Cirrus Perspective".
The PDF instrument is the LRU "GDU 1240A‐30/1040A‐30 (1)"
The MFD instrument is the LRU "GDU 1240A‐20/1040A‐20 (1)"

These G1000 instruments are different to say the Cessna NAV III
Both PDF and MFD use the LRU " GDU 1040/1044B"

This makes a general fit all G1000 extremely time consuming to work with all airframes

The other garmin models like the G500 TXi are similar.
Developing all these will take a few years.

Keith

[Sling]

For completeness to Keith’s list of GDU displays, the TXi system uses the GDU 1060 and GDU 720 displays.