Been using this without issue for quite some time, however as of late with the
WT530/430 this seems to longer work as expected. Have also lost control of the
APs independent barometer setting. Is there a new way of getting this
functionality back that I’m missing, as having alt_mode_slot_index=2 in the
systems.cfg and setting KOHLMAN_INC/DEC with an index/value of 2 has stopped
working?
I too am noticing alt_mode_slot_index = 2 is not showing a value when set. If
I use 0,1,3 all three indexes for AUTOPILOT ALTITUDE LOCK VAR return a value.
I think in most cases you should set alt_mode_slot_index = 0 since the default
is index 1 and if it gets changed zero will read ALL the active indexes. So I
think the only reason to set the alt_mode_slot_index = 1 or 2 or 3 is if you
only want that slot be readable. I figure these options were created so there
is memory for more complex altitude selectors. When this config parameter is
set to 0, the altitude capture will always use whatever the currently observed
slot is set to and will not change slots or write to any slots on capture.
@FlyingRaccoon Can you confirm there is a bug and if we are not using more
than 1 altitude selector should we be using zero? I suspect you only choose
1,2 if you need a specific index
Presently the GNS AP is hardcoded to look at altitude slot 1, which is due
currently to a limitation of the JS instruments not being able to read what
the cfg slot setting is. We hope to make this work a little less awkwardly in
the future. I thought that we added this information to our developer doc but
it appears it was mistakenly not included. We will log that and get that
updated. However, for now, I would use alt_mode_slot_index=1 in your CFG, and
then have the non-autopilot controlling altimeters use slots 2 and 3 while
having the autopilot controlling altimeter use slot 1. That being said, we
only intercept AP_ALT_VAR_* events for index 1: the rest are passed through to
the sim unaltered. We do not intercept the KOHLSMAN_SET/INC/DEC events
anywhere so you should see those reflected in the simvars regardless of your
CFG settings.