This is a multi-purpose airspeed gauge with 33 number ranges ! Designed to be used on any aircraft (not exceeding 1530 Knots). It's fully configurable and profile saved so you can save layout settings for your different aircraft profiles.

Has 21 different ranges (Ranges: 0-90, 135, 180, 225, 270, 315, 360, 405, 450, 495, 540, 585, 630, 675, 720, 765, 810, 855, 900, 945, 990, 1035, 1080, 1125, 1170, 1215, 1260, 1305, 1350, 1395, 1440, 1485, 1530).

 

You can also define the red, yellow and green zones, plus set the flaps deploy and stall speed limits. You can even switch output between Knots and MPH.

 

There is an overspeed and a couple of stall warning indicators too.

This includes graphical display of flaps position and a stall indicator. The Green LED lights when flaps are fully retracted.

 

If the blanking plate is used instead of the sidebar, then colour of the plate can now be changed by editing variable [FG_GLOBAL_BLANKING_COLOUR] in SPAD.neXt data monitor.

[S1] Toggle Small and Large Numbers

Use this to toggle between Small and Large numbers, Use this to hide "odd" numbers in intermediate x.5 ranges

 

[S2] Flaps fully up:

Press to fully retract the flaps.

 

[S3] Flaps up one indent:

Press to retract the flaps one indent.

 

[S4] Flaps down one indent:

Press to extend the flaps one indent.

 

[S5] Flaps fully down:

Press to extend the flaps fully.

 

[S6] Long Press - Auto Range :

Auto Set Speed  Range based on closest range to Mach Barberpole.

 

[S6] Short Press - Toggle Gauge Ranges:

This changes the gauge face values in the following sequence.

     1.0) = 0 - 90

     1.5) = 0 - 135

     2.0) = 0 - 180

     2.5) = 0 - 225

     3.0) = 0 - 270

     3.5) = 0 - 315

     4.0) = 0 - 360

     4.5) = 0 - 405

     5.0) = 0 - 450

     5.5) = 0 - 495

     6.0) = 0 - 540

     6.5) = 0 - 585

     7.0) = 0 - 630

     7.5) = 0 - 675

     8.0) = 0 - 720

     8.5) = 0 - 765

     9.0) = 0 - 810

     9.5) = 0 - 855

     10.0) = 0 - 900

     10.5) = 0 - 945

     11.0) = 0 - 990

     11.5) = 0 - 1035

     12.0) = 0 - 1080

     12.5) = 0 - 1125

     13.0) = 0 - 1170

     13.5) = 0 - 1215

     14.0) = 0 - 1260

     14.5) = 0 - 1305

     15.0) = 0 - 1350

     15.5) = 0 - 1395

     16.0) = 0 - 1440

     16.5) = 0 - 1485

     17.0) = 0 - 1530

 

[L Dial]  Menu value down/up & flaps down/up one indent:

Used to set flaps or when Mini Menu is open to change the value of the selected menu option.

 

[R Dial] Menu Function Previous/Next:

Used to activate the Mini Menu and scroll between the various menu options.

(Activate & Deactivate with [R Dial])

 

Version & Info:

Turn left dial clockwise to turn on and counter clockwise to turn off current version number and other useful links page.

 

Side Buttons:

Turn left dial clockwise to turn on and counter clockwise to turn off side buttons.

 

Set Red Zone:

Turn left dial counter clockwise to lower the Red Line and clockwise to raise the Red Line.

 

Set Yellow Zone:

Turn left dial counter clockwise to lower the Yellow Line and clockwise to raise the Yellow Line.

 

Set Green Zone:

Turn left dial counter clockwise to lower the Green Line and clockwise to raise the Green Line. While in the Green Zone menu you can toggle between start and end point adjustment by pressing [S1]

 

Set Flaps Zone:

Turn left dial counter clockwise to lower the flaps deployment safe position and clockwise to raise the flaps deployment safe position.

 

Set Stall Zone:

Turn left dial counter clockwise to lower the flaps stall position and clockwise to raise the flaps stall position.

 

Set VYSE:

Turn left dial counter clockwise to lower the VYSE  position and clockwise to raise the VYSE position (Off = Zero Position).

 

Knots or MPH:

Turn left dial clockwise or counter clockwise to toggle between output in Knots or MPH.

 

Speed Range:

Turn the left dial clockwise or counter clockwise to change the gauge face values in the following sequence.

     1.0) = 0 - 90

     1.5) = 0 - 135

     2.0) = 0 - 180

     2.5) = 0 - 225

     3.0) = 0 - 270

     3.5) = 0 - 315

     4.0) = 0 - 360

     4.5) = 0 - 405

     5.0) = 0 - 450

     5.5) = 0 - 495

     6.0) = 0 - 540

     6.5) = 0 - 585

     7.0) = 0 - 630

     7.5) = 0 - 675

     8.0) = 0 - 720

     8.5) = 0 - 765

     9.0) = 0 - 810

     9.5) = 0 - 855

     10.0) = 0 - 900

     10.5) = 0 - 945

     11.0) = 0 - 990

     11.5) = 0 - 1035

     12.0) = 0 - 1080

     12.5) = 0 - 1125

     13.0) = 0 - 1170

     13.5) = 0 - 1215

     14.0) = 0 - 1260

     14.5) = 0 - 1305

     15.0) = 0 - 1350

     15.5) = 0 - 1395

     16.0) = 0 - 1440

     16.5) = 0 - 1485

     17.0) = 0 - 1530

 

Glass Reflection:

Turn left dial clockwise to turn on and counter clockwise to turn off optional glass reflections. This is a global setting so all gauges that have this function will turn on and off in sync.

 

Background Colour:

Left dial will change colour styles to the following

     0 = Grey

     1 = Black Dial Face

     2 = Darker Gauge & Dial Face

     3 = Black & No Gauge GFX

     4 = Grey - Original Design

     5 = Black Dial Face - Original Design

     6 = Darker Gauge & Dial Face - Original Design.

 

Brightness:

Turn left Dial clockwise to increase gauge brightness and counter clockwise to decrease gauge brightness. This will adjust the brightness of all gauges at the same time.

     Menu Item Index (0 to 15)

     0 = Menu Closed

     1 = Version & Info

     2 = Side Buttons

     3 = Set Red Zone

     4 = Set Yellow Zone

     5 = Set Green Zone

     6 = Flaps Zone

     7 = Stall Zone

     8 = Set VYSE

     9 = Knots or MPH

   10 = Speed Range

   11 = Glass Reflection

   12 = Background Colour

   13 = No Line Colours

   14 = Brightness Control

   15 = Panel Lights Control

 

     If Menu Preview Mode is Active (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Side Buttons (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Dial colour ring on or off (On = 0, Off = 1)

 

     Position of Green Line (0 - 100)

 

     Instructions Page (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Knots/MPH Toggle (0 = Knots, 1 = MPH)

 

     Side Button Labels (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Dial Speed Digits Hidden (On = 0, Off = 1)

 

     Hides intermediate Numbers & shows Large digits (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Position of Red Line (0 - 100)

 

     Speed Range (1 to 17)

     1.0) = 0 - 90

     1.5) = 0 - 135

     2.0) = 0 - 180

     2.5) = 0 - 225

     3.0) = 0 - 270

     3.5) = 0 - 315

     4.0) = 0 - 360

     4.5) = 0 - 405

     5.0) = 0 - 450

     5.5) = 0 - 495

     6.0) = 0 - 540

     6.5) = 0 - 585

     7.0) = 0 - 630

     7.5) = 0 - 675

     8.0) = 0 - 720

     8.5) = 0 - 765

     9.0) = 0 - 810

     9.5) = 0 - 855

     10.0) = 0 - 900

     10.5) = 0 - 945

     11.0) = 0 - 990

     11.5) = 0 - 1035

     12.0) = 0 - 1080

     12.5) = 0 - 1125

     13.0) = 0 - 1170

     13.5) = 0 - 1215

     14.0) = 0 - 1260

     14.5) = 0 - 1305

     15.0) = 0 - 1350

     15.5) = 0 - 1395

     16.0) = 0 - 1440

     16.5) = 0 - 1485

     17.0) = 0 - 1530

 

     Position of Yellow Line (0 - 100)

 

     Position of Start Zone (0 - 100)

 

     Position of Flaps Zone flag (0 - 100)

 

     Position of Stall Zone flag (0 - 100)

 

     Large/small font toggle (Small = 0, Large = 1)

 

     End pont selection of red line to edit (Start Point  = 0, end Point = 1)

 

     End pont selection green line to edit (Start Point  = 0, end Point = 1)

 

     Position of red endpoint flag Vmc (0 - 100)

 

     Position of VYSE flag (0 - 100)

 

SIMCONNECT Vars Used:

BARBER POLE MACH,knots

ELECTRICAL MAIN BUS VOLTAGE

ELECTRICAL AVIONICS BUS VOLTAGE

ELECTRICAL BATTERY BUS VOLTAGE

Airspeed select indicated or true,knots

AIRSPEED INDICATED, knots

Airspeed select indicated or true,MPH

AIRSPEED INDICATED, MPH

Airspeed select indicated or true,KPH

AIRSPEED INDICATED, KPH

TRAILING EDGE FLAPS LEFT PERCENT, percent

Stall Warning,bool

Overspeed Warning,bool

Trailing edge flaps left angle, degrees

ESTIMATED CRUISE SPEED,knots

SIM ON GROUND,Bool

 

(not all vars used in every gauge)

 

     Variable used for dial acceleration (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Brightness value of physical FIP's. Affects all physical gauges (20-250)

 

     Variable used when editing Global or individual Brightness (0-1)

     0 - Global Brightness

     1 - Inedividual Brightness

 

     Text Variable used to set blanking plate colour

 

     Glass Reflection (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Toggle visibility of Mini Menu LED (0 = On, 1 = Off)

 

     Background Colour (0 to 3)

     1 = Grey panel with grey gauge face

     2 = Blue grey panel with grey gauge face

     3 = Dark grey panel with black gauge face

     4 = Dark blue panel with black gauge face.  

 

     Background Colour (Black = 0, Blue = 1 )

 

     Minimum voltage before gauge electronics turns off (-1 to 150)

     -1 = Disabled

     0 - 150 = Off Voltage Level

 

     Internal Variable - Used to store off voltage value - do not edit

  

     Night Lit Mode (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Shared variable for switching inHg and MB (0 to 1)

     0 = inHg

     1 = Millbars

 

  Background Colour (0 to 6)

     0 = Grey

     1 = Black Dial Face

     2 = Darker Gauge & Dial Face

     3 = Black & No Gauge GFX

     4 = Grey - Original Design

     5 = Black Dial Face - Original Design

     6 = Darker Gauge & Dial Face - Original Design

   

     Internal variable used to read current voltage

 

2.10.002 - Added option to Hide the Speed Digits in Menu (page 14) - Customer Request

2.10.001 - Using New Sidebar Button and Labels Code (4 display options now also) - blank sidebar custom colour

2.10.000

     - 1) SPAD.neXt 0.9.15 Compatibility (Convert "PRESS" to "PRESSSHORT") Fixes short and long press both firing on long press.

     - 2) New gauge brightness code using SPAD brightness variables.

     - 3) Can control global or individual gauge brightness in gauge (Profile saved settings)

     - 4) Better use of button lights

2.9.004 - Added long press on [S1] To open and close menu to save scrolling back through menu to exit

2.9.003 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.13 Compatibility (Author ID)

2.9.002 - Minor syntax fixed in code

2.9.001 - Worked around Max Mach to Knots unit conversion was showing wrong auto select range

2.9.000 - New Menu Design and changed default colour zone positions (more generic and useful starting points)

2.8.000 - New Custom Virtual Power supports ALL aircraft volt variables - See https://fipgauges.com/customfeatures.php

2.7.000 - Long press [S6] Auto Sets speed range based on loaded aircrafts Max speed

2.6.003 - SPAD.neXt detected code format errors fixed

2.6.002 - Virtual Power Warning added to Menu

2.6.001 - Added Blanking Plate to Left Sidebar options

2.6.000 - Added New Gauge Design and Panel Lighting control in Mini Menu

2.5.003 - Option to turn off Red, Amber and Green coloured lines (New menu option #13)

2.5.002 - Support for NEW 4 colour hue panel lights.

2.5.001 - Tweaked voltage monitoring to better support MSFS2020. Added Monitoring for Battery Bus

2.5.000 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.7.x Compatibility. Added KPH Support

2.4.001 - Fixed new function setting not getting saved

2.4.000 - Added Red Vne & Vmc markers plus blue Vyse Marker - Adjusted in Mini Menu

2.3.004 - Moved menu to stop hiding Red Zone Adjustment. Automatic Zone adjustment Acceleration

2.3.003 - Added Green Zone Start point adjustment, Left dial colour changes to match menu colour zones

2.2.002 - Brightness control Sync (All Gauges same brightness Value)

2.3.001 - Added brightness control to mini menu.

2.3.000 - Panel Lights now controlled by local variable (FG_GLOBAL_PANEL_LIGHTS) 0=Off 1=On

2.2.003 - Fixed duplicate tick marks graphics bug in Panel Lighting mode.

2.2.002 - Now 21 ranges including 1/2 ranges with option to hide intermediate number displays using [S1]

2.2.001 - Added extra digit on dial face and added an extra 4 ticks to make the top end ranges better

2.2.000 - Totally new ranges which fixes odd numbers on the dial. All dial text now divisible by 5. Plus 3 EXTRA higher ranges.

2.1.002 - Resized Text to become compliant with SPAD.neXt scaling changes. Added Flaps and Stall Markers

2.0.000 - New colour schemes available in mini menu.

1.9.005 - MPH needle not displaying correctly and needle shadow miss-positioned now fixed

1.9.004 - Colour Zone Triangle adjustment markers (if colour is hidden)

1.9.003 - Further Improved colour zoning and introduced fine control for all three colours

1.9.002 - Improvement to the colour zoning (Green has longer travel

1.9.001 - Fixed Gauge Range Variable not saved in Profile

1.9.000 - Major update using dynamic Multi Speed Labelling. 8 gauges in one !

1.8.000 - Improved graphics with shadows and transparency, Optional glass reflections.

1.7.001 - Added Profile Saved Variables

1.7.000 - Electric powered indicators off when no voltage

1.6.000 - SPAD 0.9 Mini Menu + Side Buttons & Adjustable Red and Green Zones

1.5.000 - Added Left Flaps Dial

1.4.000 - New graphics on Knots Speed Digits

1.3.000 - Panel Lighting added

1.2.000 - Public Release

1.1.000 - Initial Release