Analogue Clock with date and timer function.

Has two main functions, toggled by pressing the [S1] button.

 

1) Analogue Clock:

Shows the current date & time on 5 different clock faces and 5 different colour second hand needles.

 

Output time can be one of 4 different combinations:

     1) SIM time - GMT

     2) SIM time - Local

     3) PC time - GMT

     4) PC time - Local

 

2) Analogue Timer with integrated digital display also.

Time can be stopped, started, rewound or fast forwarded in steps of 1 minute or set to "00:00:00".

Contains information on your selected time settings and button labels, which change depending if clock or timer is selected.

 

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] Clock & Timer Function:

Press to toggle between the clock and timer function.

 

[S2] Simulator time:

Press to set time to use time from simulator.

 

[S3] PC time:

Press to use time from PC.

 

[S4] GMT:

Press to set time zone to GMT/UTC.

 

[S5] Local time:

Press to set time to local time.

 

[S6] - (In Clock Mode)

Long Press: When in clock mode LONG PRESS to toggle through the 5 different second hand colours.

Short Press: When in clock mode SHORT PRESS to toggle through the 5 different clock faces.

 

[S6] - (In Timer Mode)

Short  Press: Starts and Stops the timer. When stopped the Timer LED lights to let you know it's not running.

Long Press: Reset timer to "00:00:00"

 

[L Dial] Menu Value Down/Up:

Used to increase or decrease the function of the selected menu option.

 

[R Dial] Menu Left/Right:

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

(Activated 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.

 

Side Buttons:

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

 

Time Source:

Turn left dial clockwise or counter clockwise to toggle time source between SIM & PC.

 

Time Zone:

Turn left dial clockwise or counter clockwise to toggle time zone between GMT & Local.

 

clock face:

Turn left dial counter clockwise to step back through clock faces and clockwise to step forward through clock faces.

 

Second hand:

Turn left dial counter clockwise to step back through second hand colours and clockwise to step forward through second hand colours.

 

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.

     Clock Face (Face 1 = 0, Face 2 = 1, Face 3 = 2, Face 4 = 3, Face 5 = 4)

 

     Second Hand Colour (Colour 1 = 0, Colour 2 = 1, Colour 3 = 2, Colour 4 = 3, Colour 5 = 4)

 

     Time Zone taken from (GMT=0, LOACL = 1)

 

     Time taken from (SIM = 0, UTC = 1)

 

     Menu Item Index (0 to 10)

     0 = Menu Closed

     1 = Version & Info

     2 = Side Buttons

     3 = Time Source

     4 = Time Zone

     5 = Clock Face

     6 = Second Hand

     7 = Glass Reflection

     8 = Background Colour

     9 = Brightness Control

   10 = Panel Lights control

 

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

 

     Internal Variable used to turn the left dial (0 - 1000)

 

     Mode Timer or Clock (Clock = 0, Timer = 1)

 

     Stop Watch Start Variable (Internal Use Only)

 

     Stop Watch Paused - Restart Variable (Internal Use Only)

 

     Side Buttons (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

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

 

     Timer Stop Start Status (Running = 0, Paused = 1)

 

     Instructions Page (Off = 0, On = 1)

  

SIMCONNECT Vars Used:

 

 

(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

2.7.002 - Using New Sidebar Button and Labels Code (4 display options now also)

2.7.001 - Added Custom Colour for blanking plate - Edit colour index for variable FG_GLOBAL_BLANKING_COLOUR

2.7.000

     - 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

2.6.001 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.13 Compatibility (Author ID)

2.6.000 - New Menu System

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

2.4.003 - Added sidebar blanking plate option

2.4.002 - Fixed removed red background to digital timer

2.4.001 - Virtual Power Warning added to Menu

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

2.3.006 - Support for NEW 4 colour hue panel lights.

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

2.3.004 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.7.x Compatibility

2.3.003 - Automatic Dial Acceleration added to timer adjustment

2.3.002 - Added 3 new clock Faces

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

2.2.001 - [S6 Long Press] = Change Second Hand Colour in clock mode.

2.2.000 - Timer Start and Stop function added [S6] Toggle start Stop. Reset is now [S6 long press]

2.1.001 - Resized Text to become compliant with SPAD.neXt scaling changes

2.0.001 - New Timer Function

2.0.000 - New colour schemes available in mini menu.

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

1.5.000 - Added Profile Saved Variables and Style Selection Graphics (Can be turned off in Menu)

1.4.001 - Fixed S1 not changing Clockface when menu is off

1.4.000 - Mini Menu added including Button Side Bar (SPAD.neXt 0.9.x)

1.3.000 - New bml format coded buttons (SPAD.neXt 0.9.x)

1.2.000 - Inclusion of switch for SIM or PC times (SPAD.neXt 0.9.x)

1.1.000 Initial Release