ATR ignoring SIMCONNECT's vertical speed variables

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Brief description of the issue:

ATR does not respond to SIMCONNECTs variables “Autopilot Vertical Hold” and “Autopilot Vertical Hold Var”.

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Any attempt to get or set the aforementioned vertical speed variables with SIMCONNECT will fail

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Build Version # when you first started experiencing this issue:

1.32.7.0

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If you are using Spad.next i find i get better results using LVARs.

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I only use C# and SimConnect. Thanks for the suggestion though.

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You might be able to use LVars as well via SimConnect in C#…snippet from C++ might get you started:

Blockquote SimConnect_AddToDataDefinition(hSimConnect, DataDefinitionID, “L:VAR”, “number”, SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE_FLOAT64);

Have not tried it myself, but might work.

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Not sure how to use L:VAR to get and set the vertical speed. I use the following approach which works quite well with most aircraft but not with the ATR.

simConnect.AddToDataDefinition(DEFINITIONS.VerticalSpeedStruct, “Autopilot Vertical Hold Var”, “feet/minute”, SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE.FLOAT64, 0.0f, SimConnect.SIMCONNECT_UNUSED);

Thank you for the suggestion. :+1:

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A lot of the more complex 1st/3rd party aircraft use a custom autopilot system and thus will not react to the standard SimConnect inputs. As already suggested, you should use LVARs.

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I am afraid that you and @BenBaron85 are right. I will go in that direction. Thank you both for your input.

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