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Hello World

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Hi
simply add Hello World to the DA62 SDK example doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?
Many thanks


// Panel Configuration File
// DA62

[VCockpit01]
size_mm=1024,768
pixel_size=1024,768
texture=$SCREEN_1
background_color=42,42,40
htmlgauge00=NavSystems/WTG1000/MFD/WTG1000_MFD.html, 0,0,1024,768

[VCockpit02]
size_mm=1024,768
pixel_size=1024,768
texture=$SCREEN_2
background_color=42,42,40
htmlgauge00=NavSystems/WTG1000/PFD/WTG1000_PFD.html, 0,0,1024,768

[VCockpit03]
size_mm=400,512
pixel_size=400,512
texture=$SCREEN_3
background_color=42,42,40
htmlgauge00=NavSystems/AS1000_BackupDisplay/Attitude/AS1000_AttitudeBackup.html, 0,0,400,512

[VCockpit04]
size_mm=400,512
pixel_size=400,512
texture=$SCREEN_4
background_color=42,42,40
htmlgauge00=NavSystems/AS1000_BackupDisplay/Speed/AS1000_SpeedBackup.html, 0,0,400,512

[VCockpit05]
size_mm=1024,768
pixel_size=1024,768
texture=$SCREEN_5
background_color=255,0,0
gauge00=AircraftInterior!SimpleGauge, 0,0,1024,768


AircraftInterior.xml in the same directory:

<Gauge Name="SimpleGauge" Version="1.0">
<Element>
<Position X="0" Y="0"/>
<Size X="1024" Y="768"/>
</Element>

<SimGauge.Gauge Version="1.0" Name="SimpleGauge">
<!-- Define a simple text element -->
<Element ID="SimpleText" Type="Text" X="100" Y="100" Font="Arial" FontSize="24" TextColor="white" Text="Hello, World!" />
</SimGauge.Gauge>
</Gauge>
 
Does the plane's model have a polygon mapped to a texture called $SCREEN_5? Those are built into the model itself, you cannot just add it to the panel config file.
 
The "Hello World" tutorial is incorrectly written. I think they even say in the instructions that it is intentional to teach us how to troubleshoot. I could not figure it out so I hacked the lesson example into the default DA-62.

// Panel Configuration File
// DA62

[VCockpit01]
size_mm=1024,768
pixel_size=1024,768
texture=$AS1000_PFD_2
background_color=42,42,40
htmlgauge00=NavSystems/WTG1000/MFD/WTG1000_MFD.html, 0,0,1024,768

[VCockpit02]
size_mm=1024,768
pixel_size=1024,768
texture=$AS1000_PFD_1
background_color=42,42,40
htmlgauge00=NavSystems/WTG1000/PFD/WTG1000_PFD.html, 0,0,1024,768

[VCockpit03]
size_mm=400,512
pixel_size=400,512
texture=AttitudeDisplay
background_color=42,42,40
htmlgauge00=NavSystems/AS1000_BackupDisplay/Attitude/AS1000_AttitudeBackup.html, 0,0,400,512

[VCockpit04]
size_mm=400,512
pixel_size=400,512
texture=SpeedDisplay
background_color=42,42,40
htmlgauge00=HelloWorldDisplay/helloworld.html, 0,0,400,512


[VIEWS]
VIEW_FORWARD_DIR=2.000, 0.000, 0.000

[Color]
Day=255,255,255
Night=255,255,255
Luminous=201,64,64

[VPainting01]
size_mm = 2048,512
texture = RegistrationNumber
location = exterior
painting00=Registration/Registration.html?font_color=black, 0, 0, 2048, 512

[VPainting02]
size_mm = 512,128
texture = RegistrationNumber
location = interior
painting00=Registration/Registration.html?font_color=white, 0, 0, 512, 128
 
No log and it's been so long I can't walk you through it. I posted that mainly to prove it is possible and it's also not that hard. What worked for me was to look at what I had to work with and then compare that to the developer version of DA-62 and how that package builds into the flying DA-62, then make my hello world project look just like the similar part of the DA-62 sample project. If you compare them side by side, you should be able to spot the issue, I think it is bad path assignments, but I forget, it's been too long.
 
To the best of my memory only panel.cfg was edited. Bear in mind the test instrument already exists, is registered and functions. We change only it's display.
 
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As I'd commented, it's been a while, but currently my radios refuse to display and that part of the instrument is the same as the Hello World sample instrument. I might have to redo the entire thing anyway, if you're still trying to figure it out. If not, maybe I can show you my files and let you tell me what I did wrong.
 
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