GAUGE: Fuel Management
Gauge v1.3.000 - Current Version 18th Feb 2024

Features:
1) Add or remove fuel from a single Gauge
2) Add or remove fuel from a user defined group
3) Group auto refuel
4) Group auto dump fuel
5) Toggle from lbs and Gallons output
 
Do not run this gauge on more than one FIP at a time.
 
* PMDG does not allow you to change fuel loads outside of the FMC. So while this gauge will show the amount of fuel you wont be able to adjust the amount of fuel any PMDG aircraft.

Aircraft Compatibility:
Simulator: Fully Compatible
3rd Party: Partially Compatible
Please report any 3rd Party incompatibility via our discord channel

Buttons & Dials Summary:
[S1] Add or Remove highlighted tank from group Hold to Toggle All On/Off:
[S2] Toggle Background Colour:
[S3] Set Auto Speed & Fuel Dump Percentage:
[S4] Auto Fill Tank Group:
[S5] Toggle lbs & Gallons:
[S6] Auto Dump fuel from tank group:
[L Dial] Manual Fuel Increase/Decrease:
[R Dial] Select Tank Previous/Next:

About Fuel Management:
This gauge lets you set your fuel load tank by tank. You can also automatically dump or refuel a group of tanks, at a predefined amount, to emulate on the ground or in air refuelling.

The Main Gauge:
Manual Control of Fuel levels for all tanks or a group of tanks. When group mode is on, the selected tanks are adjusted. When group mode is off, manual edit of selected tank is done.

Buttons & Dials Details:
[S1] Toggle Tank in or out of tank group.
Press to add or remove the highlighted tank to or from the tank group. Hold [S1] to toggle all tanks in or out of the tank group.
 
Group Selection Toggle: Press [S1] to toggle the selected tank from in and out of the tank selection group. When selected the tank will have a green background highlight turned on. When any tank is added to the tank group the group function is active and the left dial will only adjust the tanks that have been added to the group.
 
Toggle All: Press and hold [S1] to toggle all tanks in and out from the tank group. If the Tank selector is on "ALL" then you only need to press the [S1] to toggle all tanks in and out from the group.
 
[S2] Toggle Background Colour:
This gauge comes with alternative background colours in black or blue which can be toggled using the [S2] button. This also toggles the black/blue background on our other gauges with the same feature so they are in sync.
 
[S3] Toggle On/Off Edit Fuel Dump Percentage stop point
Settings Menu: Pressing [S3] cycles between 3 modes listed below
     0 = Normal Mode
     1 = Auto Speed Editing Mode. In this mode the left dial sets the refuelling speed from 1% - 100% per second
     2 = Dump Stop Editing Mode. In this mode the left dial set the cut-off point for the auto dumping of your tanks from 0% - 100%
 
[S4] Auto Fill Tank Group:
Pressing [S4] will start refuelling your tank group at the speed defined in the auto speed editing mode described above ([S3]). Pressing a second time will stop the refuelling.
 
[S5] Toggle lbs & Gallons:
Toggles the fuel output quantity, capacity and total from Gallons to Lbs.
 
[S6] Auto Dump fuel from tank group:
Pressing [S6] will start dumping your tank group at the speed defined in the Auto speed editing mode described above. Pressing a second time will stop the dumping. The dumping of fuel will automatically stop, per tank, at the dump stop point as defined in the dump stop editing mode as described above ([S3]).
 
[L Dial] Manual Fuel Increase/Decrease:
Fuel Adjustment: Turn the left dial counter clockwise to reduce the amount of fuel and turn clockwise to increase the amount of fuel. When you have no tanks added to the group the currently highlighted tank will be adjusted. When you have a group of tanks selected then no matter what tank is highlighted, all tanks in the selected group with be adjusted.
 
[R Dial] Select Tank Previous/Next:
Tank Selector control: Turn the right dial counter clockwise to move the tank selector to the previous tank and turn clockwise to move the tank selector to the next tank.

The Mini Menu:
The Mini Menu on this gauge is accessed via the on screen selector. Move tank selector to end to activate Mini Menu

Variables:
FG_FUELMAN_AUTODRAIN (Profile)
     Auto Drain Active (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_AUTOFILL (Profile)
     Auto Refuel (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_AUTOSTEP (Profile)
     Auto refuel/Dump Speed (1% - 100%) per second
 
FG_FUELMAN_DRAIN_MENU (Profile)
     [S3] Button Menu Page (0 to 2)
     0 = Normal Mode
     1 = Auto Speed Editing Mode
     2 = Dump Stop Editing Mode
 
FG_FUELMAN_DRAIN_PERCENT (Profile)
     Auto Drain/Dump stop point (0% - 100%)
 
FG_FUELMAN_GROUP_ACTIVE (Profile)
     Tank Group Mode active (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_INSTRUCTIONS (Session)
     Instructions Page (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_LBS (Profile)
     Output displayed in lbs or Gallons (Gallons = 0, lbs = 1 )
 
FG_FUELMAN_SLOT_SELECTOR (Profile)
     Current Tank Selected (0 - 21)
     0) = Left Main
     1) = Centre 1
     2) = Right Main
     3) = External 1
     4) = Left Aux
     5) = Centre 2
     6) = Right Aux
     7) = External 2
     8) = Left Tip
     9) = Centre 3
     10) = Right Tip
     11) = All
Menu Item Index (0 to 10)
     12) 1 = Version & Info
     13) 2 = All Tanks Selected Toggle
     14) 3 = Auto Fill Group
     15) 4 = Auto Dump Group
     16) 5 = LBS / Gallons
     17) 6 = Auto Speed
     18) 7 = Dump Stop %
     19) 8 = Glass Reflection
     20) 9 = Background Colour
     21) 10 = Brightness Control
 
FG_FUELMAN_SLOT_SELECTOR_ACTIVE (Session)
     If Menu Preview Mode is Active (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_TICKED00 (Profile)
     Left Main tank added to group  (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_TICKED01 (Profile)
     Centre 1 tank added to group  (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_TICKED02 (Profile)
     Right Main tank added to group  (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_TICKED03 (Profile)
     External 1 tank added to group  (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_TICKED04 (Profile)
     Left Aux tank added to group  (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_TICKED05 (Profile)
     Centre 2 tank added to group  (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_TICKED06 (Profile)
     Right Aux tank added to group  (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_TICKED07 (Profile)
     External 2 tank added to group  (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_TICKED08 (Profile)
     Left Tip tank added to group  (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_TICKED09 (Profile)
     Centre 3 tank added to group  (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_TICKED10 (Profile)
     Right Tip tank added to group  (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_FUELMAN_AUTOSWITCH (Profile)
 
Other Variables used internally for timing (do not use)
FG_FUELMAN_DELAY (Profile)
FG_FUELMAN_PAUSE00 (Session)
FG_FUELMAN_PAUSE01 (Session)
FG_FUELMAN_PAUSE02 (Session)
FG_FUELMAN_PAUSE03 (Session)
FG_FUELMAN_PAUSE04 (Session)
FG_FUELMAN_PAUSE05 (Session)
FG_FUELMAN_PAUSE06 (Session)
FG_FUELMAN_PAUSE07 (Session)
FG_FUELMAN_PAUSE08 (Session)
FG_FUELMAN_PAUSE09 (Session)
FG_FUELMAN_PAUSE10 (Session)
  
SIMCONNECT Vars Used:
FUEL TANK LEFT MAIN CAPACITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK CENTER CAPACITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK RIGHT MAIN CAPACITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK EXTERNAL1 CAPACITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK LEFT AUX CAPACITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK CENTER2 CAPACITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK RIGHT AUX CAPACITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK EXTERNAL2 CAPACITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK LEFT TIP CAPACITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK CENTER3 CAPACITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK RIGHT TIP CAPACITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK LEFT MAIN LEVEL,PERCENT
FUEL TANK CENTER LEVEL,PERCENT
FUEL TANK RIGHT MAIN LEVEL,PERCENT
FUEL TANK EXTERNAL1 LEVEL,PERCENT
FUEL TANK LEFT AUX LEVEL,PERCENT
FUEL TANK CENTER2 LEVEL,PERCENT
FUEL TANK RIGHT AUX LEVEL,PERCENT
FUEL TANK EXTERNAL2 LEVEL,PERCENT
FUEL TANK LEFT TIP LEVEL,PERCENT
FUEL TANK CENTER3 LEVEL,PERCENT
FUEL TANK RIGHT TIP LEVEL,PERCENT
FUEL TANK LEFT MAIN QUANTITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK CENTER QUANTITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK RIGHT MAIN QUANTITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK EXTERNAL1 QUANTITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK LEFT AUX QUANTITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK CENTER2 QUANTITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK RIGHT AUX QUANTITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK EXTERNAL2 QUANTITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK LEFT TIP QUANTITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK CENTER3 QUANTITY,Gallons
FUEL TANK RIGHT TIP QUANTITY,Gallons
FUEL SELECTED QUANTITY PERCENT,Percent
FUEL TOTAL QUANTITY,Gallons
FUEL TOTAL CAPACITY,Gallons
ZULU TIME
 
fipgauges.com GLOBAL VARIABLES:
(not all vars used in every gauge)
 
FG_GLOBAL_DIAL_SPEED (Session)
     Variable used for dial acceleration (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_GLOBAL_GAUGE_BRIGHTNESS (Profile)
     Brightness value of physical FIP's. Affects all physical gauges (20-250)
 
FG_GLOBAL_GAUGE_BRIGHTNESS_MODE (Profile)
     Variable used when editing Global or individual Brightness (0-1)
     0 - Global Brightness
     1 - Individual Brightness
 
FG_GLOBAL_GLASS (Profile)
     Glass Reflection (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_GLOBAL_HIDE_MENU_LED (Profile)
     Toggle visibility of Mini Menu LED (0 = On, 1 = Off)
 
FG_GLOBAL_JET_COLOUR (Profile)
     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.  
 
FG_GLOBAL_JET_BACKGROUND_COLOUR (Profile)
     Background Colour (Black = 0, Blue = 1 )
 
FG_GLOBAL_MIN_VOLTAGE (Profile)
     Minimum voltage before gauge electronics turns off (-1 to 150)
     -1 = Disabled
     0 - 150 = Off Voltage Level
 
FG_GLOBAL_MIN_VOLTAGE_CACHE (Profile)
     Internal Variable - Used to store off voltage value - do not edit
  
FG_GLOBAL_PANEL_LIGHTS (Profile)
     Night Lit Mode (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_GLOBAL_PRESSURE (Profile)
     Shared variable for switching inHg and MB (0 to 1)
     0 = inHg
     1 = Millbars
 
FG_GLOBAL_STYLE (Profile)
  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
   
FG_GLOBAL_VOLTAGE (Session)
     Internal variable used to read current voltage
 

Release Notes:
1.3.000
     1) SPAD.neXt 0.9.15 Compatibility (Convert "PRESS" to "PRESSSHORT") Fixes short and long press both firing on long press.
     2) Menu system upgraded
     3) New gauge brightness code using SPAD brightness variables.
     4) Can control global or individual gauge brightness in gauge (Profile saved settings)
     5) Better use of button lights
1.2.001 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.13 Compatibility (Author ID)
1.2.000 - New Custom Virtual Power supports ALL aircraft volt variables - See https://fipgauges.com/customfeatures.php
1.1.002 - Tweaked voltage monitoring to better support MSFS2020. Added Monitoring for Battery Bus
1.1.001 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.7.x Variable Scope Compatibility
1.1.000 - Added Mini Menu [Right Dial]
1.0.003 - A2A Left and Right Wing adjustment compatibility
1.0.002 - Turns of with low voltage now.
1.0.001 - Graphic enhancements
1.0.000 - Released Beta

Please report any bugs or feature requests via our discord channel


Document Published 18/02/2024

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