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Re: A350 Radio Problems
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 2:19 pm
by sronayne96
Well it reads zero after I've connected ground power and even when I turn on the APU. I'm presuming it would continue to do so as the radios still don't work even when I fire up the engines
Re: A350 Radio Problems
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 2:33 pm
by sronayne96
Just fired up the engines there and it still reads zero....
Re: A350 Radio Problems
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 2:57 pm
by Keith Smith
Whereas if you do NOT start cold and dark, I assume it reads a happy value?
Re: A350 Radio Problems
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:03 pm
by sronayne96
I think so
Re: A350 Radio Problems
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:50 pm
by sronayne96
Keith Smith wrote:Whereas if you do NOT start cold and dark, I assume it reads a happy value?
Just checked again there and it does indeed!
Re: A350 Radio Problems
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:20 pm
by Keith Smith
very good, that's the answer, then. they probably have a custom electrical system and this is a bug. it's not setting the voltage properly.
Re: A350 Radio Problems
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:07 am
by sronayne96
So should I inform flight factor of the bug and see if they can fix it?
Re: A350 Radio Problems
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 6:26 am
by Keith Smith
Yes, you can show them how the dataref is set when you load it with engines running, then show them what it's set to after a cold and dark start with everything fully running. Let them know that it's rendering your radios inop on PilotEdge.
Re: A350 Radio Problems
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 7:23 am
by sronayne96
Ok I'll do that. Thanks for your help.
Re: A350 Radio Problems
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 1:26 pm
by Keith Smith
I worked with Roman (the author of the airplane) and he showed me the custom datarefs they're using for the various buses. I've built a new version of the plugin to detect his dataref and use that instead of the generic bus_voltage dataref. If anyone wants to give it a try, let me know.