Hmm. As far as I remember some Bvars are involved. Try downloading the AAO scripts for the 208 from fsto and open the xml in a notepad like app. You should be able to see the K/Avars activated.
Otherwise open dev mode, behaviour and find the button and browse at the code.
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You’ve lost me 
Let’s just say “no, not possible” - I only have simple setup - no other software to talk to it. Was just hoping to set up some of my spare buttons to switch on/off instead of using the mouse. Oh well!
Thanks for the reply though
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I understand lvars but when people start talking bvars it may as well be occult dark arts that I need to protect my soul from.
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Have you tried SpadNext?
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Yeah once upon a time and my brain melted a bit so I gave up. It’s mainly overkill for what I need to do 
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Volanta recorded these as landings. So it’s definitely something terrain related. I have flights at rather high altitude over remote areas with “landings” sprinkled in.
Hello, does anyone know why the C208 model and also the engine.cfg of the Asobo original has 4 blade propellers, but in the Black Square engine.cfg the value is 3 blades?
Good point. The physical model appears to have 4, but the config shows 3. I’ve got an old version installed so I’ll grab whatever the latest is…no, 0.1.3 is still the latest.
looking at the POH from a C208 675HPmodel (not the caravan EX)
version 1.4 is out !!!
Chanelog version 1.4 :
New Features:
- Full Working Title (WT) GNS 530/430 compatibility. The new WT GNS entered public beta via the in-game marketplace shortly after version 1.3 of the Analog Caravan was released. This replacement GNS GPS system offers many advanced features that will be enjoyed by many serious simmers. Unfortunately, these features proved difficult to integrate fully with the Black Square aircraft due to their hot-swappable avionics. After several months of incremental patches, this aircraft now fully supports the new GPS. This was a laborious joint effort between TDS, PMS50, and Working Title developers. Thank you for your patience, and thank you to those who made it possible… Black Square and Working Title will continue to work together to ensure that there is as little interruption to service for this fabulous new GPS offering as possible should more changes become necessary. See the “Third Party Navigation & GPS Systems” section of this manual for more information.
IMPORTANT: Please be sure to update all three GPS addons before trying to use this aircraft! If any of the three GPS addons are outdated, they may affect the others, even if they are not currently selected in the cockpit.
KAP140 will now automatically display vertical speed setting for three seconds when the vertical speed is edited via external hardware, or key bindings. It will also engage the autopilot master when any of the mode buttons are pressed when the autopilot is not already engaged. When doing so, the unit will default to vertical speed hold mode. This greatly improves the ease of activating the autopilot after takeoff. After setting an altitude, pitch the aircraft for the desired vertical speed, and then press the desired lateral mode button. The autopilot will activate with the selected lateral mode, and will maintain the current vertical speed until capturing the set altitude.
A new interface into the failure system has been provided in all Black Square aircraft for those wishing to trigger failures from external applications. Simple HTML events can now be sent from Air Manager, Axis and Ohs, and many more, including payware instructor stations, and even your own custom web interfaces. To learn more about this new feature see the “Failure System HTML Interface” section of this manual.
VOR and ADF receivers now exhibit mathematically accurate signal attenuation and noise based on the aircraft’s height above the terrain and distance from the transmitter. This should greatly improve the feel of radionavigation in a flight simulator. For more information, see the “VOR & ADF Signal Degradation” section of this manual.
Custom propeller disk textures. Vast improvement over default FSX-style textures. The default G1000 Caravan is not affected, and livery mods require no change.
New handcrafted 4K window surface imperfections. Scratches and smudges are slightly less pronounced than default, but the high resolution results in minimal tiling, and a much more pleasant experience during low sun angles.
Have you ever noticed that the wind sound in all other MSFS aircraft is erroneously based on true airspeed rather than indicated airspeed? This makes wind noise during high altitude cruise far too loud. It’s likely the result of there being no persistent indicated airspeed simulation variable that is not affected by pitot-static failures. All Black Square aircraft now have wind sounds based on indicated airspeed, which makes them much more enjoyable to fly at high true airspeed.
Autopilot engagement is now MUCH smoother, with the aircraft maintaining its present attitude unless commanded to do otherwise. The PID reset mode is set to “current aircraft state” now, which resets the integrator upon engagement.
New fuel pump cycling sound when the boost pump switch is set to “NORM”.
Panel.noreg now included in the main package folder for livery creators. If you wish to create a livery mod that does not use the default tail number, simply use the line, “Panel = ....\bksq-aircraft-analogcaravan\panel.noreg” in the livery’s aircraft.cfg.
WTT Autopilot mod now supports GPS vertical deviation from the PMS GTN 750 on the CDI. Keep in mind that this is only applicable to certain RNAV minima, such as LNAV/VNAV, LNAV+V, and LPV, but not LNAV, or LP.
Electric trim switches will now only actuate trim when the “PITCH TRIM” circuit is functional. Electrical current draw is now indicated when the electric trim and other autopilot servos are in use. Disrupting power to the pitch trim or autopilot actuator circuitry will also cause the autopilot to disconnect, and it will not engage again until power is restored to both circuits. A continuous “TRIM” indication on the autopilot mode annunciator panel when the autopilot master is not engaged indicates a servo failure.
Checklists updated with a procedure for testing the function of the autopilot roll actuators in the runup checklist. When the autopilot is engaged on the ground, heading mode will attempt to follow the selected heading with yoke movement, just like in the real aircraft.
A method has been created to add engine and wind sounds to the cockpit when doors and windows are open for Steam Gauge Overhaul aircraft. The Analog Caravan was only in need of wind noise, but engine sounds have been added to the Analog King Air, and future Steam Gauge Overhaul aircraft.
New autopilot disconnect sound to replace the inherited default G1000 sound.
Rain and ice now appear on the outside of the storm window, instead of the inside.
GTX 330 Transponder screen and bezel adjusted for more true to life appearance.
Emergency toggle switch covers will now return the protected switch to its normal position when the cover is closed.
Bug Fixes:
Windshield and Airframe de-icing is verified to be working properly in SU11 Beta. Windshield and pitot-static de-icing work continuously, and slowly. Airframe de-icing is provided by pressurized boots, which are toggled with the “Boot Press” switch. The “Auto” position will continuously cycle the airframe boots and clear ice (this was not working before), and the “Manual” position will clear ice only once. Notes on ice mitigation have been added to the “Tips on Operation within MSFS” section of this manual.
The fuel selector warning annunciator and alarm now sound under three conditions: when both fuel selectors are in the off position, or the fuel cut-off handle is pulled; when either fuel selector is in the off position and the starter is engaged; and when only one fuel selector is on, and the selected tank contains less than approximately 25 US gallons. The warning alarm can still be disabled by pulling the fuel selector warning circuit breaker, but the annunciator will still illuminate normally. The system can be fully disabled by pulling both the fuel selector warning circuit breaker and the starter controller circuit breaker. The red “FUEL SELECT OFF” annunciator will remain continuously illuminated to indicate that the system has been disabled, but no alarm will sound.
New failure menu blinking cursor method. On some systems, there is an HTML rendering bug that will not blink the cursor with CSS animations, despite this being the recommended method used throughout MSFS. There is a workaround, and cursors should blink regardless now.
The fuel boost pump will extinguish the low fuel pressure annunciator light so long as fuel is available to the engine, and the light will now cycle with the fuel boost pump sound when the switch is set to “NORM”.
Thanks to the aircraft’s new persistent airspeed code, overspeed warnings will now activate at the correct indicated airspeed.
Fixed missing button sounds on GNS430.
SU10 ground handling parameters are now in the correct section of flight_model.cfg.
Engine Fires are no longer recalled at the beginning of a flight like the rest of the failures, so alarms will not sound if you had an unresolved engine fire at the end of your last flight.
Increased the polygon count of the glareshield and associated gap seal.
Audio amplifier sound now connected to audio amplifier circuit instead of audio panel.
SU11 localization compatibility.
A possible bug in the RNAV system was explored. In summary: The RNAV behavior is accurate to the real world, and matches the indications from a simultaneously monitored VOR. The apparent angular error is introduced by VOR stations with declinations where the real magnetic variation has drifted significantly since their installation. In the real world, this is most likely disregarded as a wind correction angle, but absolutely affects real aircraft. This is not an error in the operation of the RNAV system, and the courses to RNAV waypoints should be flown as they would be to any physical VOR in the real world. For VOR’s with inaccurate magnetic declinations, the actual magnetic bearing to the station is the flown course that produces a centered CDI in zero wind conditions, regardless of the OBS setting. More information is available in the Analog Caravan topic on the official MSFS forums.
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I cannot select an vertical speed on the autopilot anymore. Up and down buttons change the selected altitude and not the VS. I am clueless how to access the VS.
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and if you enter your current altitud to the target altitude or just push “alt” to maintain altitud then use again “alt” key (after increased the target alt with knobs) don’t you get the “vs” mod ?
does all your gps packages are up to date ? did you try turning all other mods off ?do you have any specific hardware such as panel , or try by using mapped key ?
maybe a conflict
maybe previous files hasn’t been fully uninstalled,in last resort I would try clean install again by performing an uninstall via windows app panel, then clean install after be sure all files has been deleted from community folder
on my side I don’t have issue, just pushing alt key to leav the maintain altitud mode and I got the VS showing up
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Hmm, it works now. I just restarted the whole sim. Not sure what i caused. The last time i only restated the flight. Some avionics systems were also not working after that.
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good ! (edit I have to clarify, because previously it was ambiguous : sim must be close when you add / update a mod !!! restarting the sim is usually necesary, for any change since file are preloaded during the sim launch, you eventually can avoid and do some change while sim is running if those changes concern only few specific files like flightmodel by using devmode & fast aircraft reload.
this new vor degradation is awsome, flying a radio at > 100 nm on mountain it is just hypnotic 
I got that feeling I may loose my navigation help at any momment and ask more attention
I again restarted the flight and again i cannot change the VS. I have all mods up to date and no special hardware stuff. Lets see weather I am the only one
I believe the intent was to represent a typical early production Grand Caravan so the flight model had to be modified to downgrade it from the Caravan EX that the Asobo version represents. All factory Caravans had a 3-blade propeller until very recently.
I just installed the update and checked on this. The UP/DN buttons work differently depending on whether you are level (or in an altitude capture mode). As long as the airplane is climbing or descending to the selected altitude, those change the VS…once you are level (or leveling off), they change the selected alt. by 100 ft per press. If you have no modes on, they always change the selected alt. I had a manual for that AP kicking around somewhere on the hard drive but I’m not going to look right now.
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What are the three GPS mods we must have installed?
I understand that this is GNS 530/430, TDS GTN750 or PMS50 GTN750 (if you use them)
That’s what I was thinking, but I guess it’s the wording that threw me off:
“Please be sure to update all three GPS addons before trying to use this aircraft!”