sIMVARS Needed for DA40 NG Electric Master Switch

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Hello:
I am trying to control the DA40 NG Electric Master Switch from the X-Touch Mini and SPAD.neXt so I am looking for the simulation variables that:

  1. Turns the switch to the ‘On’ position.
  2. Momentarily turns on the starter to start the engine.
    For the life of me I cannot find the simvars that will work. I have spent all afternoon looking and I am at a complete loss.

Any assistance would be most appreciated!! Thanks.

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1 (>K:MASTER_BATTERY_ON)
1 (>K:ALTERNATOR_ON)
(A:GENERAL ENG STARTER:1, Bool) if{ 0 (>K:SET_STARTER1_HELD) }

You can find many variables here: https://hubhop.mobiflight.com/presets/

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@Sunday748 Unfortunately, the solution you suggest uses MobiFlight and not SPAD.neXt. So, the events you list are mobiflight events and don’t help me. But thanks for replying!

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Should be the same variable, because Mobiflight is using the sim variables. Different syntax probably.
I added a lot of A310 variable to that portal when the A310 shown up first in the sim and they all came from the dev-mode of msfs.

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@Sunday748 I looked in SPAD and none existed. In fact, when I looked them up in mobi, it said they were mobi events.

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Spad.next
1
MASTER_BATTERY_ON
ALTERNATOR_ON

2
ENGINE_MASTER_1_TOGGLE
SET_STARTER1_HELD

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Thanks. As I thought, same variable but different syntax to work with.

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Hello, all:
You got it spot on. However, as usual, when I asked the question I had only thought it out half way. I really wanted it to be able to go the other way, too. So I came up with the following:

  1. Electric Master to ‘ON’ - TOGGLE_MASTER_BATTERY
  2. Engine Master to ‘ON’ - TOGGLE_ALTERNATOR1
    - ENGINE_MASTER_1_TOGGLE
  3. Electric Master to ‘START’ - SET_STARTER1_HELD

So, in starting, the sequence is 1 2 3; in shuting down, it’s 2 1. I used the extra step so that I could more closely follow the checklist!
Earlier, I spent all my time looking for ‘Engine Master’ and ‘Electric Master’ so that just shows my inexperience. But I thank all of you very much!!

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It’s not unusual when inexperienced. I faced it so many times with so many different themes in my live. :laughing:
Finally you got your solution and we could help you out with it. :blush: