Monomail's ADF indicator?

[Antoninus]

How is this thing supposed to work? I guess the needle should point forward if the NDB is directly in front of me etc. However when I select the frequency of any nearby NDB nothing happens, the needle never moves.

[Moses03]

Does the aircraft.cfg have a radios entry?

[Radios] // availiable, standby frequency, has glide slope
Audio.1 = 1
Com.1 = 1, 0
Com.2 = 1, 0
Nav.1 = 1, 0, 1
Nav.2 = 1, 0, 0
Adf.1 = 1
Transponder.1 = 1
Marker.1 = 1

[Antoninus]

All entries are there. I don't think the problem is plane related, the guage in the Monomail is from the FS9 lokheed Vega. I've found an almost identical German version in Oliver Fischer Ju 52 and have the same behaviour here. Their xml code is almost the same. I think I am either doing something wrong or the gauges code doesn't work in FSX.


<Gauge Name="adf" Version="1.0">
<Image Name="adf_background.bmp"/>

<Element>
<Position X="0" Y="0"/>
<MaskImage Name="adf_needle_window.bmp">
<Axis X="117.5" Y="187.5"/>
</MaskImage>
<Image Name="adf_needle.bmp" PointsTo="South">
<Axis X="6" Y="139"/>
</Image>
<Rotate>
<!-- -360 degrees is straight ahead. Add 360 to get deviation L/R -->
<!-- 10 is left of station bearing. -10 is right of station bearing -->
<Value Minimum="-10" Maximum="10">(A:ADF Radial:1,degrees) 360 +</Value>
<Failures>
<SYSTEM_ELECTRICAL_PANELS Action="Freeze"/>
<SYSTEM_ELECTRICAL_AVIONICS Action="Freeze"/>
<GAUGE_ADF Action="Freeze"/>
</Failures>
<Nonlinearity>
<Item Value="-10" Degrees="67.5"/>
<Item Value="0" Degrees="90"/>
<Item Value="10" Degrees="112.5"/>
</Nonlinearity>
<Delay DegreesPerSecond="180"/>
</Rotate>
</Element>

<Mouse>
<Tooltip ID="TOOLTIPTEXT_ADF1_BEARING_TO_STATION"/>
</Mouse>
</Gauge>

<gauge name="adf" version="1.0"><element><maskimage name="adf_needle_window.bmp"><axis x="6" y="139"><rotate><failures><system_electrical_panels action="Freeze"><system_electrical_avionics action="Freeze"><nonlinearity><item value="-10" degrees="67.5"><gauge name="<b>adf</b>" version="<b>1.0</b>"><element><maskimage name="<b>adf_needle_window.bmp</b>"><axis x="<b>6</b>" y="<b>139</b>"><rotate><failures><system_electrical_panels action="<b>Freeze</b>"><system_electrical_avionics action="<b>Freeze</b>"><nonlinearity><item value="<b>-10</b>" degrees="<b>67.5</b>"><gauge name="adf" version="1.0"><element> <maskimage name="adf_needle_window.bmp"><axis x="6" y="139"><rotate><failures><system_electrical_panels action="Freeze"><system_electrical_avionics action="Freeze"><nonlinearity><item value="-10" degrees="67.5"><gauge name="<b>adf</b>" version="<b>1.0</b>"><element> <maskimage name="<b>adf_needle_window.bmp</b>"><axis x="<b>6</b>" y="<b>139</b>"><rotate><failures><system_electrical_panels action="<b>Freeze</b>"><system_electrical_avionics action="<b>Freeze</b>"><nonlinearity><item value="<b>-10</b>" degrees="<b>67.5</b>"><gauge name="<b>adf</b>" version="<b>1.0</b>"><element> <maskimage name="<b>adf_needle_window.bmp</b>"><axis x="<b>6</b>" y="<b>139</b>"><rotate><failures><system_electrical_panels action="<b>Freeze</b>"><system_electrical_avionics action="<b>Freeze</b>"><nonlinearity><item value="<b>-10</b>" degrees="<b>67.5</b>"><gauge name="<b>adf</b>" version="<b>1.0</b>"><element> <maskimage name="<b>adf_needle_window.bmp</b>"><axis x="<b>6</b>" y="<b>139</b>"><rotate><failures><system_electrical_panels action="<b>Freeze</b>"><system_electrical_avionics action="<b>Freeze</b>"><nonlinearity><item value="<b>-10</b>" degrees="<b>67.5</b>"><gauge name="adf" version="1.0"><element><maskimage name="adf_needle_window.bmp"><axis x="6" y="139"><rotate><failures><system_electrical_panels action="Freeze"><system_electrical_avionics action="Freeze"><nonlinearity><item value="-10" degrees="67.5"></item></nonlinearity></system_electrical_avionics></system_electrical_panels></failures></rotate></axis></maskimage></element></gauge></item></nonlinearity></system_electrical_avionics></system_electrical_panels></failures></rotate></axis></maskimage></element></gauge></item></nonlinearity></system_electrical_avionics></system_electrical_panels></failures></rotate></axis></maskimage></element></gauge></item></nonlinearity></system_electrical_avionics></system_electrical_panels></failures></rotate></axis></maskimage></element></gauge></item></nonlinearity></system_electrical_avionics></system_electrical_panels></failures></rotate></axis></maskimage></element></gauge></item></nonlinearity></system_electrical_avionics></system_electrical_panels></failures></rotate></axis></maskimage></element></gauge></item></nonlinearity></system_electrical_avionics></system_electrical_panels></failures></rotate></axis></maskimage></element></gauge>

[jmig]

Well, Piglet's aircraft are peculiar.:costumes:

Some radios need to be set a certain way for the ADF needle to work. It could also not be made to work?