FSXA FlightPlanWaypoint problem.

[kowal5376]

Hi,
I'm trying to make a gauge to display:
FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedFuelConsumption,
FlightPlanWaypointFuelRemainedAtArrival,
FlightPlanWaypointDistanceTotal,
FlightPlanWaypointRemainingTotalDistance,
FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedTimeRemaining.
Unfortunately,it shows zero.
I have been struggling with it for several days.
I searched various forums and read "GPS_GUIDEBOOK_v.2.0.1", unfortunately I can not deal with it.
I'm a graphic designer and I'm poor at writing codes (but I'm trying to learn).
I do not know where the error is.
Here's how my .xml document is built:

<Gauge Name="new 1" Version="1.0">



    <Macro Name="c">C:fs9gps</Macro>
    <Macro Name="g">C:fs9gps</Macro>
    
    
<!-- CALC -->         
<Element>
      <Visible>(L:calc, number) 1 ==</Visible>
      <Element>
         <Position X="25" Y="40"/>
     <FormattedText X="980" Y="300"  Font="Quartz" FontSize="100" LineSpacing="120" Color="greenyellow" BackgroundColor="transparent" Bright="Yes">
     <String>
            \{dn}%EFC%\{md}%((@c:FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedFuelConsumption,liters))%!d!
            %/%((@c:FlightPlanWaypointFuelRemainedAtArrival,liters))%!d!%\{dn}%RFA L%
            \n%WDT%\{md}%((@c:FlightPlanWaypointDistanceTotal,nmiles))%!d!
            %/%((@c:FlightPlanWaypointRemainingTotalDistance,nmiles))%!d!%\{dn}%WRD NM%
            \{dn}%  ETR:%\{md}%((A:FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedTimeRemaining, hours) 24 % flr)%!02d!:%((A:FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedTimeRemaining, minutes) 60 % flr)%!02d!:%((A:FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedTimeRemaining, seconds) 60 % flr)%!02d!%
            </String>
       </FormattedText>
     </Element>
 </Element>   

  
 <Mouse>
      <Area Left="517" Width="90" Top="614" Height="60">
             <Cursor Type="Hand"/>
         <Click>
           1 (&gt;L:calc, number)
         </Click>
     <Tooltip>%CALC%</Tooltip>
   </Area> 
</Mouse>   

</Gauge>

And it looks like this:

 

[rpmc]

The reason they're all zero is that the FlightPlanWaypoint variables are indexed variables. You must tell the gps module which waypoint (that is, set the index number) you want information about.

Also, you have a line, ETR:%\{md}%((A:FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedTimeRemaining, hours) ... Those are gps variables, not A:Vars

The function of FlightPlanWaypointFuelRemainedAtArrival. It's the fuel that remained after a waypoint has been passed, not the estimated fuel remaining at the destination airport, which, I guess, is what you may want.

Finally, it should go without saying, but all of this works only when one is flying an active flight plan.

You're really not that far off ... take another look at the INDEX POINTER discussion in the GPS Guidebook (pages 16,17).

Bob

 

[kowal5376]

I am very grateful to you Rob.
It seems to me that the script works.
I was already afraid that I would have to combine something in "<Update>".
And that I could not understand (you programmers build such wonders with numbers there)...
Now the code looks like this:

     <String>
%( 1 (&gt;@c:FlightPlanWaypointIndex,enum))     
            \{dn}%EFC%\{md}%((@c:FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedFuelConsumption,liters))%!d!
            %/%((@c:FlightPlanWaypointFuelRemainedAtArrival,liters))%!d!%\{dn}%RFA L%
            \n%WDT%\{md}%((@c:FlightPlanWaypointDistanceTotal,nmiles))%!d!
            %/%((@c:FlightPlanWaypointRemainingTotalDistance,nmiles))%!d!%\{dn}%WRD NM%
            \{dn}%  ETR:%\{md}%((A:FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedTimeRemaining, hours) 24 % flr)%!02d!:%((A:FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedTimeRemaining, minutes) 60 % flr)%!02d!:%((A:FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedTimeRemaining, seconds) 60 % flr)%!02d!%
            </String>

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

 

[kowal5376]

Upss, a small mistake, in the last line of code, of course, is:

    \{dn}%  ETR:%\{md}%((@c:FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedTimeRemaining, hours) 24 % flr)%!02d!:%((@c:FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedTimeRemaining, minutes) 60 % flr)%!02d!:%((@c:FlightPlanWaypointEstimatedTimeRemaining, seconds) 60 % flr)%!02d!%

So once again thank you and Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.