Battery control

[Romeo_Tango]

I know that FSUIPC can manage the battery state for PP3d and FSX.

I have disabled this feature in the .INI file in both sims; yet on many occasions I find that electric power is activated on my aircraft even though I have not switched it on.

I fly a2a aircrafts exclusively, and know that many parameters of their models are not handled by the sim. I explained the problem on the a2a forum and was told that FSUIPC caused this to happen.

Is FSUIPC the culprit? and if so, may I have some guidance on how to rectify.

 

The situation pops up on both sims, and with both default and add-on aircrafts.

 

Thanks in advance.

Robin.

[Pete Dowson]

I know that FSUIPC can manage the battery state for PP3d and FSX.

I have disabled this feature in the .INI file in both sims; yet on many occasions I find that electric power is activated on my aircraft even though I have not switched it on.

 

No, you misunderstand! Read the documentation again!

 

FSUIPC does NOT "manage the battery state". There is no facility for switching it on or off except by assignment to switch or keypress. The battery life extension facility is merely a VOLTAGE manager -- if the voltage is at X (>0) it ether maintains it as X or lets it drop slowly, slower than FS's consumption would allow for, according to the number set in the dialogue. If the battery is off, so the voltage is 0, then it stays at 0. YOU have to switch the battery on.

 

Switch the battery off and save the flight so that it is off when you reload. Or edit your flight files to do the same.

 

Pete