Battery ON turn istrument visible

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Blinn
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Battery ON turn istrument visible

#1 Post by Blinn »

Hello there,

i try to found some information about if its possibile that istrument turn visible when i turn on my plane battery.
When i "enter" in the cockpit i will found all cold and dark but the istrument from air manager are yet on... not so real.

its possibile?
Thanks

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Sling
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Re: Battery ON turn istrument visible

#2 Post by Sling »

Hi and welcome to the forum,

Yes it’s possible and some of the instruments have that functionality. What instruments exactly did you notice being on without aircraft power and what sim are you using?

Blinn
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#3 Post by Blinn »

hello

thanks for reply.

i use these one
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JackZ
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#4 Post by JackZ »

The first one is an electro-mechanical device.
The needle are always visible, here they are in their parking position (90degrees) and there is a red flag that says « OFF » which is the correct behavior. Guess that the needles are frozen as well when not powered.

The second one is purely digital, but it seems also to be a standby instrument, so it can in some cases be self powered by an internal battery. Nonetheless this one should be off with avionics OFF, or at least with a power button somewhere
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SimPassion
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#5 Post by SimPassion »

Just made a try and it works : tested with X-Plane / MSFS2020 / FSX / P3D 👍
SI, you can freely update your original online instrument with this one, if you want, in which I've added default dark background bitmap for power off state and made some adjustments : group_add / new dataref and variable


Blinn
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#6 Post by Blinn »

very appreciated sir thank u very much

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#7 Post by Blinn »

I try on msfs2020 + pmdg 737 700 and doenst work unfortunately
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SimPassion
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Re: Battery ON turn istrument visible

#8 Post by SimPassion »

Blinn wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 12:34 pm I try on msfs2020 + pmdg 737 700 and doenst work unfortunately 20230509_142421.jpg
PMDG is indeed another thing @Blinn and further I don't own it

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#9 Post by SimPassion »

Just made a quick adaptation to the ZiboMod with changes introduced in 3.56 EA 6.0 (very nice un-cage effect)

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-- B738X_XP12_EA_6_0:
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-- new full own AP and AT system (new AP/AT logic too)
-- modeled 2 FFC units (FCC A and FCC B) - 2 independent autopilots 
-- improved VOR LOC and GS code
-- !!! **** >>> realistic animation for align analog horizon and trim wheel <<< **** !!!
-- add optional "Capture GS before LOC" in EFB
-- add support for incoming Shared flight version
-- fixed bugs (FMC pages,...)
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@Ralph, you can freely add this ZiboMod ready Standby, to the Online Store if you wish, as well as the previously updated for the NG

[EDIT] Typo


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