How to program a switch with guard

[hrings]

How do you program a switch that has a guard but without any switch to lift the guard.

I struggled with such a switch as it did not work until I operated the guard og screen panel then the switch on my hardware was working oh
Any tips

HenningR

[John Dowson]

What FS, version of FSUIPC and aircraft are you using?
There are no standard controls for switch guards. You should look into any available lvars, or if its an add-on that comes with its own SDK, there may be custom or rotor brake controls. For MSFS aircraft, there could be hvars or more complex calculator code. As I say, it depends on the FS, aircraft and version of FSUIPC.

John

[hrings]

Sorry. forget. I am running mostly on P3D v4.5 but occ on 5 Only flying PMDG 737 NGx and NGXu with hardware cockpit. All on win 10 at the moment
HenningR

[John Dowson]

3 minutes ago, hrings said:

Only flying PMDG 737 NGx and NGXu with hardware cockpit.

For the PMDG:
    - check available custom controls (see the SDK documentation)
    - check available lvars - there is an DSUIPC control to do this which you can assign to a button or key press. The lvars and their values are listed in the FSUIPC6.log file
       If any look applicable, you can try changing their value (using a macro or lua script) to see if they have any affect
    - ask on the PMDG support forum to see if it is possible to control the switch guards externally

John

[hrings]

Thanks

[John Dowson]

...you could also try using a mouse macro, if no appropriate control or lvar exists.