ADF ident sound problem

[DragonflightDesign]

In that... I can't turn it off!! I have tried

trigger_key_event(KEY_RADIO_ADF_IDENT_DISABLE, 0);
trigger_key_event(KEY_RADIO_ADF_IDENT_TOGGLE, 0);   // After checking for an 'on' state
trigger_key_event(KEY_RADIO_ADF_IDENT_SET, 0);

To check for the on/off state, I've been using

double getADFSound(int adf_number)
{
    double data = 0;

    if (adf_number == 1)execute_calculator_code("(A:ADF SOUND:1,Bool)", &data, NULL, NULL);
    if (adf_number == 2)execute_calculator_code("(A:ADF SOUND:2,Bool)", &data, NULL, NULL);
    return data;
}

where (I've assumed) that a return of zero means that the ident is off. I must be doing/missing something really stupid - anyone know what it is? I can catagorically state that there is nowhere else in the code that the ADF is being set/unset/whatever.

 

[COBS]

This is probably of no help , but this is what I use in xml to toggle ADF ident sound ON or OFF , and it works .

      <Area Left="216" Right="250" Top="0" Bottom="32">
            <Click Event="RADIO_ADF_IDENT_TOGGLE"/>
            <Cursor Type="Hand"/>
         </Area>

Cheers
Karol

 

[DragonflightDesign]

Thanks Karol, but I don't do XML! 😁

I just discovered something really odd: if I change to an avatar (e.g. Army infantry) the ADF still sounds... Thart suggests a default setting but not one I can find. Also; this is a clean install of P3Dv5.1 with no addons.

 

[spokes2112]

One possibility, this has occurred on another aircraft I was working on.
The switch has its own bool variable for animation etc.. then : (in pseudo code)
If the switch = 1 then (KEY_RADIO_ADF_IDENT_SET, 1) else (KEY_RADIO_ADF_IDENT_SET, 0)
Terrible.. It was also a flooding situation so.. Made a new one

You could see if your radio is doing this by using the FSUIPC logging, non-axis events.. If it's flooding, you'll know why.
This is particularly common in older radio gauges, there was no read variable to the ADF set at the time.

 

[spokes2112]

Looked a little deeper.. Maybe ADF2 is tuned and picking up something?

KEY_RADIO_ADF_IDENT_DISABLE
KEY_RADIO_ADF_IDENT_ENABLE
KEY_RADIO_ADF_IDENT_SET
KEY_RADIO_ADF_IDENT_TOGGLE
KEY_RADIO_ADF2_IDENT_DISABLE
KEY_RADIO_ADF2_IDENT_ENABLE
KEY_RADIO_ADF2_IDENT_SET
KEY_RADIO_ADF2_IDENT_TOGGLE

 

[DragonflightDesign]

Flooding was one thing I thought of. Both have a check at the beginning - looks like this:

if (getADFSound(adf_number)trigger_key_event(KEY_RADIO_ADF(x)_IDENT_SET, 0);

That looks right, but doesn't mean I haven't missed something somewhere. Also, try tuning two ADFs to the same frequency. There's a 'Doppler effect' as the ident signal kicks off and you can definately hear two separate idents.

 

[DragonflightDesign]

Arrrrrrr stooopiddd. No audio panel declared in the aircraft.cfg file.

- no audio panel = permanent ident on
- audio panel = you can then turn it on and off

Personally I'd class that as a bug in the sim as logic says no audio panel = no audio. But what do I know... 😖

 

[gaabne]

Congratulations - that was a tough one...
Gérard