Not sure If I want to include them in my unit if they just for visuals.
Yes indeed they are. I just recently had a case where the unit wouldn’t turn on because it was turned off at the local com vol control. It doubles as the local power on/off. Rotated the volume and unit powered up.
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I thought it would be a cool idea to implement it into vpilot somehow via arduino code, its probably possible but I’ve never made a gns 530 and therefore haven’t tried it. But it seems like a cool implemenation if you fly vatsim
I use Mobiflight so hopefully I can work out something. Either way, I guess it will be good to have them as I fly in VR and if they weren’t there it might be confusing.
All drawn up and the printing has begun.
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Did you end up recreating these by hand, or using the method removed?
Looks very clean if it’s the second.
I used the method removed as a template to draw them by hand. Like doing a tracing. I’ve gotten pretty proficient at it.
I think it’s time for a resin printer, so I can transfer that level of detail to the physical model.
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Back to the original topic. I cannot find the variable for the on/off switch or the volume control. It’s been a very long time since I’ve had to use FSUIPC for variables. Or will it be a sim connect variable? Maybe an eventID, hmmm.
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I checked with Realsimgear. Their on/off and volume are non-functional so I’m thinking it’s not an option. But I’ll go ahead and install the switching pots anyway seeing as they’ll be here tomorrow and only cost $9 for 5 of them. Who knows, maybe they’ll be made functional at a later date.