Read EFB Units of Measure settings

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Are the Units of Measure on the EFB meant to refer also to the aircraft? It seems like yes?

How do I access these settings so the cockpit may reflect these units?
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I found the settings in efb_api but the question is SHOULD we be consuming these? They seem to be named specifically so they can be changed later which doesn’t bode well.

GetDataStorage().searchData("efb")

Array (39) = $4
0 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.mode", data: "1"}
1 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.efbSize", data: "0"}
2 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.orientationMode", data: "0"}
3 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.isBrightnessAuto", data: "true"}
4 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.autoBrightnessPercentage", data: "0"}
5 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.manualBrightnessPercentage", data: "1"}
6 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.favoriteApps", data: "\"[\\\"AtlasApp\\\",\\\"AircraftApp\\\",\\\"PilotBookApp\\\",\\\"SettingsApp\\\"]\""}
7 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.defaultApp", data: "\"AtlasApp\""}
8 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.unitsNavAngle", data: "\"magnetic\""}
9 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.unitsSpeed", data: "\"KTS\""}
10 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.unitsDistance", data: "\"NM\""}
11 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.unitsSmallDistance", data: "\"FT\""}
12 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.unitsAltitude", data: "\"FT\""}
13 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.unitsWeight", data: "\"LBS\""}
14 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.unitsVolume", data: "\"GAL US\""}
15 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.unitsTemperature", data: "\"°C\""}
16 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-2024-11-07.efb-settings.unitsTime", data: "\"local-12\""}
17 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.facilityIcao", data: "\"\""}
18 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.flightInfoToggle", data: "true"}
19 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapRange", data: "5.753911541377211"}
20 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapType", data: "\"IFR\""}
21 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapWeatherRadarToggle", data: "false"}
22 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapWindsToggle", data: "false"}
23 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapAirmetToggle", data: "false"}
24 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapMetarToggle", data: "false"}
25 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapAirspaceToggle", data: "true"}
26 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapOrientationMode", data: "\"NorthUp\""}
27 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapMissionToggle", data: "1"}
28 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapMissionShapesToggle", data: "true"}
29 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapTrafficToggle", data: "true"}
30 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapFriendsOnlyTrafficToggle", data: "true"}
31 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapPriorityICAOs", data: "\"\""}
32 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapFacilityToggle", data: "799"}
33 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapLargeAirportFacilityRange", data: "2000"}
34 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapMediumAirportFacilityRange", data: "300"}
35 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapSmallAirportFacilityRange", data: "100"}
36 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapVORFacilityRange", data: "45"}
37 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapNDBFacilityRange", data: "45"}
38 {__Type: "DataDictionaryEntry", key: "persistent-setting.efb-map-settings.mapWaypointFacilityRange", data: "20"}

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Hello,

In first place, EFB units settings are only meant to be scoped to the EFB itself.

However you could indeed consume them from a glasscockpit via the DataStorage.

Their names (e.g mode / efbSize / orientationMode / etc) won’t change, however they can be prefixed (efb-2024-11-07) with their creation date for cache invalidation.

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Thank you Eran.

What I’m hearing is that the most prudent approach is for each aircraft to have its own settings. If the cache is ever invalidated (say with a new version of the settings that makes new units available or something), my aircraft would have no interface to manage those settings. I want to avoid that but also wanted to avoid ignoring a global sim setting. The tradeoffs are clear now.