Formatting to add a decimal doesn't work ?
Chpouky opened this issue · 16 comments
Hi !
I've been trying to setup a frequency display on my Stream Deck, but for some reason I can't format a frequency value.
Following your example in the documentation, putting 3.3 in the format area should work, but it's not doing what I expect.
It adds a decimal at the very end and 3 zeroes after, instead of splitting the value with 3 values before, 3 values after.
I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong ?
Mmh, I just tried it on another value (fuel) with the Display Gauge (Dual) and it works there.
But with any template, the frequency is not formatted properly.
Can you post more Details - like e.g. Screenshots on what you have configured on said Action?
Why would you need 3.3 on a Frequency? Is that non-VHF? Because for VHF Frequencies a 3 would be sufficient (you don't need to add leading Zeros there).
Also: are you sure the Value has a Decimal Point? Because Format is not there to add a Decimal Point.
In the Sense of manipulating the Value: you could format a Value of "25" to "25.0" - but both is still the same Value (in a different Format). But if you get a Value like 25000 which should read as "25.0" you would need to manipulate the Value with Scale and Format (in the Example a Scale of 0.001 with a Format of 1).
Ah !
Well, I was just dumb and didn't think of simply using Scalar to have properly formatted frequencies 😅
Using "0.001" as Scalar is perfect (so I can have 123.155 showing up).
I was too focused on the Format option for some reason :p Thank you !
Well, I would not call it dumb - it is a lot to take when starting. But it hopefully should be easy & fast once you know all the "Tools" 😃
Have fun!
I almost completed a great looking profile for the Cirrus SR22 in XPlane, I'll send it to you if you want to add it to the template list !
I saw it, but I have to admit I'm not a big fan of the layout 👀
Also, if I may have a suggestion: it would be great to be able to use Ranges for Mapping !
So for example if the Wind is between 20 and 70, I could show North East. 340 to 20 would show North, etc...
I tried combining comparisons, but without success.
Additional Note: The first true Comparison in the user defined List is chosen.
So Ranges can be represented to some Point (the defined List does not have to be in "Order") - but it is just not made for something that only consists of Ranges and is not a Cockpit-Control.
It would be more reasonable to implement that with Lua. So figuring out the Range/Direction there and then write a distinctive Result in a custom DataRef which then can be straight-forward mapped (e.g. a Value of 0 stands for "North").
I am not familiar with LUA at all unfortunately :/ Maybe I'll check later, I'll stick with the heading in the mean time.
You can use the PilotsDeck-TLS321-Sync Script from the Toliss Script (available on x-plane.to) as an Example if you like :)
Ah ! Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out ! It's really a small detail that I want to add but it's a good QoL improvement.
Here's the profile if you want to use/check ! https://x-plane.to/file/1296/stream-deck-profile-for-pilotsdeck-cirrus-sr22
I added a few icons so everything is more coherent.
Nice Work!! 👍
But one Tip: for the SD+ it can be beneficial to organize the Actions via Pages. That allows to quickly change the Page with a swipe on the Touch-Display. E.g. to quickly jump between Auto-Pilot and Radio!
Thank you !
I wanted to avoid using the TouchScreen, I prefer having it clean of fingerprints and use it strictly for display purposes.
I also prefer analog tactile feedbacks compared to touchscreens, so I choosed to not use it at all :p
Yeah, that is understandable. Tbh, it also "freaks out" sometimes requiring to disconnect/reconnect it. (Swipe on Touch, and Touch on Swipe -.-)