Baffled by setting the AP altitude.

[metalnwood]

Hi All, I have been working through my program, figuring out little bits about FSUIPC as I go along.

Right now I am a little stuck and can't figure it out. I am setting the AP altitude offset 07d4. I set it externally and use fsuipc to set it in game. This is the piece of c# code that sets it.

Offset AP_ALT = new Offset(0x07d4); <-- this is the offset declaration

--this code is within a function

if( unitOfMeasure == 2) { // if the game is using metric units

AP_ALT.Value = newAltitude*65536;

} else {

AP_ALT.Value = (int)(((newAltitude/3.28084)*65536) +.5);

}

The problem is when the game is set to metric units and I try to set the AP ALT to 2300. I know from the debugger that 2300 is passed in to the function and newAltitude is set to that. It is multiplied by 65536 which is 150732800. In FSUIPC's logging tab I set up that offset to monitor. It is set to the value I expected. The problem is that the display on the autopilot reads 2316. Where did the extra 16 meters come from??!!?

I would understand if there was a bit of rounding error when converting to feet but there is no conversion here, I pass in a value of meters and set it as meters.. Very strange that the display doesnt match the current value of the offset/65536.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Jason

[metalnwood]

Similar problem with the vertical speed setting on the autopilot. When working in feet, no problems. I wonder if the problem is because FSUIPC is using the somconnect calls XXXXXX_ENGLISH when there are also simconnect calls XXXX_METRIC and internally . No idea.

I have been playing around in fsinterogator with the field and it needs to be set in feet, I set it to 328 feet and when the value is 91 on the vert speed on the AP. in fact, a change of a number of feet doesnt seem to alter the vert speed reading at all..

Very confusing..

[Pete Dowson]

I know from the debugger that 2300 is passed in to the function and newAltitude is set to that. It is multiplied by 65536 which is 150732800. In FSUIPC's logging tab I set up that offset to monitor. It is set to the value I expected. The problem is that the display on the autopilot reads 2316. Where did the extra 16 meters come from??!!?

It is because the A/P, or at least its display, operates in 100's of feet. 2316 metres is 7600 feet, which is your 2316 metres -> 7546 feet, rounded to the nearest 100 foot boundary.

Maybe this should not happen when using metric displays (perhaps 50 metres should be the interval, I don't know), but evidently the FS aircraft you are using isn't so sophisticated. I don't know if that's innate to FS or only to the specific gauges I'm afraid.

Regards

Pete