Carburettor temperature gauges use to tell the temperature within the carburettor. This is used on piston engine aircraft when monitoring for the possibility of icing.

The Main gauge shows the temperature of the selected engine in the range of -40C to +60C using an analogue needle.

On the left sidebar we have digital readouts for the carb temps for each engine.

 

You can also change the foreground and background of the Digital values. The on and Off values determine colours when power is on and when power is off when checked against (FG_GLOBAL_MIN_VOLTAGE)

 

Default Colours: (Red on Black)

    "FG_PROFILE_LED_COLOUR_BACK_OFF"    Value="#000000"

    "FG_PROFILE_LED_COLOUR_BACK_ON"     Value="#000000"

    "FG_PROFILE_LED_COLOUR_FORE_OFF"    Value="#000000"

    "FG_PROFILE_LED_COLOUR_FORE_ON"     Value="#dd0000"

 

LCD Style:

    "FG_PROFILE_LED_COLOUR_BACK_OFF"    Value="#889988"

    "FG_PROFILE_LED_COLOUR_BACK_ON"     Value="#99aa99"

    "FG_PROFILE_LED_COLOUR_FORE_OFF"    Value="#889988"

    "FG_PROFILE_LED_COLOUR_FORE_ON"     Value="#000000"

 

Use the above or create your own. Edit variables in the data monitor and they will be saved in your profile.

 

In data monitor click [Add Data] and Search for "LED_COLOUR". Select all 4 colour variables and click [OK]. Click on values to edit.

 

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.

[S5] - [Short Press] Toggle Engine Split (Only in Multi Engine Needle Mode. See Below)

     1) All needles shown, one for each physical engine

     2) Engines 1 & 2 split

     3) Engines 3 & 4 split

 

[S6] - [Short Press] to change engine selection.      

 

[S6] - [Long Press] Multi Engine Needle Mode Long press to toggle engine output functions.      

     Mode 1) Multi Needle - one needle for each engine.   

     Mode 2) Only one needle shown for the selected engine.

 

[L Dial] Redline adjust & Value Down/Up:   

 

[R Dial] Menu Activate & Left/Right:

Version & Info:

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

 

Side Buttons:

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

 

ENGINE NUMBER:

Select which engine to output data from. If displaying out put for engine that doesn't exist then the output will be "0"

 

MULTI NEEDLE:

This option toggles on/off multi needle mode this with display a needle for each engine in the aircraft on the same gauge.

 

MULTI ENG SPLIT:

This option is dependant on Multi Needle being on and then toggles between the following output.

1) All needles

2) Engines 1 & 2

3) Engines 3 & 4

 

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 10)

     0 = Menu Closed

     1 = Version & Info

     2 = Side Buttons

     3 = Engine Number Selection

     4 = Multi Needle Mode

     5 = Multi Engine 1-2 & 3-4 split

     6 = Glass Reflection

     7 = Background Colour

     8 = LCD - LED - Custom Colours

     9 = Brightness Control

   10 = Panel Lights Cpontrol

 

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

 

     Engine number selected for Output (0 - 4)

 

     Toggle for multineedle mode (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

          Toggle for multineedle [1 & 2] / [3 & 4] Split (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Instructions Page (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Side Buttons (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Internal Variable used to rotate on screen dial (-50 - 150)

 

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

  

     Background colour of fonts while power is off (default = "#000000")

 

     Background colour of fonts while power is on (default = "#000000")

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is off (default = "#000000")

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is on (default = "#dd0000")

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is on (default = "#00DD00")

 

     Background colour of fonts while power is on (default = "TRANSPARENT")

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is off (default = "#001100")

 

     Background colour of fonts while power is off (default = "TRANSPARENT")

 

     Side panel LED Style Index (1 - 3)

     1 = LED Style

     2 = LCD Style (Default)

     3 = Custom

 

SIMCONNECT Vars Used:

NUMBER OF ENGINES,Number

RECIP CARBURETOR TEMPERATURE:1,Celsius

RECIP CARBURETOR TEMPERATURE:2,Celsius

RECIP CARBURETOR TEMPERATURE:3,Celsius

RECIP CARBURETOR TEMPERATURE:4,Celsius

 

 

(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

 

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

1.6.000

     - 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

1.5.001 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.13 Compatibility (Author ID)

1.5.000 - New Menu System

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

1.3.002 - Added sidebar blanking plate option and fixed bug where low minus temps show when no engines available

1.3.001 - Virtual Power Warning added to Menu

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

1.2.002 - Support for NEW 4 colour hue panel lights.

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

1.2.000 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.7.x - Custom Font Colours

1.1.003 - Added Engine Selection, Multi Needle mode switch and Multi Needle split to Mini Menu

1.1.002 - Automatic Dial Acceleration added

1.0.001 - Added Brightness Control to Mini Menu

1.0.000 - First Public Release