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FredAirland asked CaptMatto commented

How to set Brake Parking Position

Hello I have a comprehensive Simconnect application developed in C# where I read and write approximately 20 variables

there's one variable I am unable to set whatever I try to write which is "BRAKE PARKING POSITION "

I add it to a struct definition together with another 10 variables and so and then update regularly, all other variables work....

SimConnect.AddToDataDefinition(DEFINITIONS.AircraftVelocities, "BRAKE PARKING POSITION", "Position", SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE.FLOAT64, 0, SimConnect.SIMCONNECT_UNUSED);


I am trying to set it to 1 or fully engaged, I tried float64, int bool etc... could you please test if it is working and how ?

thanks

Fred





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FlyingRaccoon answered

Hello Fred,

I confirm the issue is on our side as I am unable to write this simvar through the SimVarWatcher provided with the SDK.
I created a ticket on this issue and we will have a look.

Thank you for reporting the issue.

Regards,
Sylvain

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FlyingRaccoon answered CaptMatto commented

Hello Fred.

In the end, the documentation is the culprit, the "BRAKE PARKING POSITION" simvar is not writable directly but you can use the KEY_PARKING_BRAKES event id to toggle it through SimConnect.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards,
Sylvain

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CaptMatto avatar image CaptMatto ·

Hi @FlyingRaccoon

Just a quick note to say the SDK docs still show the brakes as being settable - is it possible to send the KEY_PARKING_BRAKES event via JS?

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Is it via SimVar.SetSimVarValue("K:KEY_PARKING_BRAKES", "number", 1); ??


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FlyingRaccoon avatar image FlyingRaccoon ♦♦ CaptMatto ·

Hello @CaptMatto


The doc will be good with SU6.

You can call events with Coherent.call(name, params...) method.
Parameters will match the ones defined in the EventId section of the doc (very incomplete at the moment, we're working on it)

Example: Coherent.call("HEADING_BUG_SET", 1, Math.round(heading));

Regards,
Sylvain

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CaptMatto avatar image CaptMatto FlyingRaccoon ♦♦ ·

That's awesome thank you!

I actually managed it with but will dig into the MSFS code for Coherent.calls and work out how they work. Thank you

SimVar.SetSimVarValue("K:PARKING_BRAKES", "number", Number(this.pBrake));
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