AIRCRAFT AUTOPILOT/FLIGHT ASSISTANCE EVENTS
The event IDs listed here are all related to the aircraft autopilot and flight assistance systems.
Autopilot
IMPORTANT! The events listed here are not applicable and will not work correctly (if at all) when used with a helicopter.
Event Name | Parameters | Description |
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AP_AIRSPEED_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles airspeed hold mode |
AP_AIRSPEED_OFF |
N/A |
Turns airspeed hold off |
AP_AIRSPEED_ON |
N/A |
Turns airspeed hold on |
AP_AIRSPEED_SET |
[0]: TRUE/FALSE to enable/disable |
Sets airspeed hold on/off (1,0) |
AP_ALT_VAR_DEC |
[0]: New reference altitude [1]: Index |
Decrements the reference altitude. |
AP_ALT_VAR_INC |
[0]: New reference altitude [1]: Index |
Increments the reference altitude. |
AP_ALT_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles altitude hold mode |
AP_ALT_HOLD_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off altitude hold mode |
AP_ALT_HOLD_ON |
N/A |
Turns altitude hold mode on |
AP_ALT_RADIO_MODE_OFF |
N/A | Deactivate autopilot radio altitude mode. |
AP_ALT_RADIO_MODE_ON |
N/A | Activate autopilot radio altitude mode. |
AP_ALT_RADIO_MODE_SET |
[0]: bool | Set autopilot radio altitude mode. |
AP_ALT_RADIO_MODE_TOGGLE |
N/A | Toggle autopilot radio altitude mode. |
AP_ALT_VAR_SET_ENGLISH |
[0]: New reference altitude [1]: Index |
Sets altitude reference in feet |
AP_ALT_VAR_SET_METRIC |
[0]: New reference altitude [1]: Index |
Sets reference altitude in meters |
AP_APR_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles approach hold (localizer and glide-slope) |
AP_APR_HOLD_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off approach hold mode |
AP_APR_HOLD_ON |
N/A |
Turns both AP localizer and glide-slope modes on/armed |
AP_ATT_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggle attitude hold mode |
AP_ATT_HOLD_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off attitude hold mode |
AP_ATT_HOLD_ON |
N/A |
Turns on AP wing leveler and pitch hold mode |
AP_AVIONICS_MANAGED_OFF |
N/A |
Turn off the Managed Avionics mode. This is linked to the SimVar AUTOPILOT AVIONICS MANAGED . |
AP_AVIONICS_MANAGED_ON |
N/A |
Turn on the Managed Avionics mode. This is linked to the SimVar AUTOPILOT AVIONICS MANAGED . |
AP_AVIONICS_MANAGED_SET |
[0]: TRUE/FALSE to enable/disable |
Set the autopilot managed avionics mode (TRUE for on, FALSE for off). |
AP_AVIONICS_MANAGED_TOGGLE |
N/A |
Toggle on/off the avionics managed mode on the autopilot. |
AP_BANK_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles the autopilot bank hold mode on / off. |
AP_BANK_HOLD_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off the autopilot bank hold mode. |
AP_BANK_HOLD_ON |
N/A |
Turns on the autopilot bank hold mode. |
AP_BC_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles the backcourse mode for the localizer hold |
AP_BC_HOLD_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off backcourse mode for localizer hold |
AP_BC_HOLD_ON |
N/A |
Turns localizer back course hold mode on/armed |
AP_HDG_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles heading hold mode |
AP_HDG_HOLD_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off heading hold mode |
AP_HDG_HOLD_ON |
N/A |
Turns heading hold mode on |
AP_LOC_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles localizer (only) hold mode |
AP_LOC_HOLD_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off localizer hold mode |
AP_LOC_HOLD_ON |
N/A |
Turns AP localizer hold on/armed and glide-slope hold mode off |
AP_MACH_VAR_DEC |
[0]: the Index of the engine to target (1 - 4) |
Decrements the reference mach by the amount set in the systems.cfg using the NOTE: along with the |
AP_MACH_VAR_INC |
[0]: Index of the engine to target (1 - 4) |
Increments the reference mach by the amount set in the systems.cfg using the NOTE: along with the |
AP_MACH_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles mach hold |
AP_MACH_OFF |
N/A |
Turns mach hold off |
AP_MACH_ON |
N/A |
Turns mach hold on |
AP_MACH_SET |
[0]: TRUE/FALSE to enable/disable |
Sets mach hold on/off (1,0) |
AP_MACH_VAR_SET |
[0]: Integer mach value / 100 (eg: 100 as value results as mach 1) [1]: Index of the engine to target (1 - 4) |
Sets the mach reference. NOTE: along with the |
AP_MACH_VAR_SET_EX1 |
[0]: Integer mach value \ 1000000 (eg: 1000 as value results as mach 0.001) [1]: Index of the engine to target (1 - 4) |
Sets the mach reference using a precise value. NOTE: along with the |
AP_MANAGED_SPEED_IN_MACH_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off the use of the mach value to compute airspeed used by AP. |
AP_MANAGED_SPEED_IN_MACH_ON |
N/A |
Turns on the use of the mach value to compute airspeed used by AP. |
AP_MANAGED_SPEED_IN_MACH_SET |
[0]: use TRUE/FALSE to enabled/disable |
Sets the use of the mach value to compute airspeed used by AP. |
AP_MANAGED_SPEED_IN_MACH_TOGGLE |
N/A |
Toggle the use of the mach value to compute airspeed used by AP. |
AP_MASTER |
N/A |
Toggles AP on/off |
AP_MASTER_ALT |
No longer used in the simulation. Use |
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AP_MAX_BANK_ANGLE_SET |
[0]: angle | Set the bank angle for the aircraft and override the predefined max bank angle of the aircraft. |
AP_MAX_BANK_INC |
N/A |
Increment the AP max bank angle index. Note that if there is only one index possible then using this event will do nothing. However if there are 2 or more available indices, this event will increase the index by 1, and when the number passes the maximum available indices - 1, it will loop back around again to index 0. For example, if you have 3 indices, the maximum index is 2, and incrementing past that will go to index 0. NOTE: for further information on indices, please see the |
AP_MAX_BANK_DEC |
N/A |
Decrement the AP max bank angle index. Note that if there is only one index possible then using this event will do nothing. However if there are 2 or more available indices, this event will decrease the index by 1, and when the number passes 0, it will loop back around again to the max index - 1 position. For example, if there are 4 indices, and you decrement from 0, the new index will be 3. NOTE: for further information on indices, please see the |
AP_MAX_BANK_SET |
[0]: the index to use for max bank angle. |
Sets the autopilot max bank angle index to the parameter [0] value, where the value is clamped between 0 and the number of available indices. The indices correspond to the number of values set for the To give an example, if the
If auto banking is not enabled, then setting this to 0 will have no effect. |
AP_MAX_BANK_VELOCITY_SET |
[0]: Velocity | Set the bank velocity of the aircraft and overrides the predifined maximum bank velocity of the aircraft. |
AP_N1_HOLD |
N/A |
Autopilot, hold the N1 percentage at its current level. |
AP_N1_REF_DEC |
N/A |
Decrement the autopilot N1 reference. |
AP_N1_REF_INC |
N/A |
Increment the autopilot N1 reference. |
AP_N1_REF_SET |
[0]: Integer N1 reference value [1]: Index of the engine to target (1 - 4) |
Sets the autopilot N1 reference. |
AP_NAV_SELECT_SET |
[0]: the NAVindex to use |
Sets the NAV (1 or 2) which is used by the Nav hold modes |
AP_NAV1_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles the nav hold mode |
AP_NAV1_HOLD_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off nav hold mode |
AP_NAV1_HOLD_ON |
N/A |
Turns lateral hold mode on |
AP_PANEL_ALTITUDE_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles altitude hold mode on/off |
AP_PANEL_ALTITUDE_OFF |
N/A |
Turns altitude hold mode off |
AP_PANEL_ALTITUDE_ON |
N/A |
Turns altitude hold mode on (without capturing current altitude) |
AP_PANEL_ALTITUDE_SET |
[0]: TRUE/FALSE to enable/disable |
Sets altitude hold mode on/off (1,0) |
AP_PANEL_HEADING_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles heading hold mode on/off |
AP_PANEL_HEADING_OFF |
N/A |
Turns heading mode off |
AP_PANEL_HEADING_ON |
N/A |
Turns heading mode on (without capturing current heading) |
AP_PANEL_HEADING_SET |
[0]: TRUE/FALSE to enable/disable |
Set heading mode on/off (1,0) |
AP_PANEL_MACH_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles mach hold |
AP_PANEL_MACH_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off mach hold |
AP_PANEL_MACH_ON |
N/A |
Turns on mach hold |
AP_PANEL_MACH_SET |
[0]: TRUE/FALSE to enable/disable |
Sets mach hold on/off (1,0) |
AP_PANEL_SPEED_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles airspeed hold mode |
AP_PANEL_SPEED_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off speed hold mode |
AP_PANEL_SPEED_ON |
N/A |
Turns on speed hold mode |
AP_PANEL_SPEED_SET |
[0]: TRUE/FALSE to enable/disable |
Set speed hold mode on/off (1,0) |
AP_PANEL_VS_OFF |
N/A |
Turn off the AP mode that maintains a vertical speed. |
AP_PANEL_VS_ON |
N/A |
Turn on the AP mode that maintains a vertical speed. |
AP_PANEL_VS_SET |
[0]: TRUE/FALSE to enable/disable |
Enables or diables the AP mode that maintains a vertical speed. |
AP_PANEL_VS_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles the AP mode that maintains a vertical speed. |
AP_PITCH_LEVELER |
N/A |
Toggles the AP mode that maintains the pitch and sets the pitch reference to 0°. |
AP_PITCH_LEVELER_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off the AP mode that maintains the pitch and sets the pitch reference to 0°. |
AP_PITCH_LEVELER_ON |
N/A |
Turns on the AP mode that maintains the pitch and sets the pitch reference to 0°. |
AP_PITCH_REF_INC_DN |
N/A |
Decrements the pitch reference for pitch hold mode |
AP_PITCH_REF_INC_UP |
N/A |
Increments the pitch reference for pitch hold mode |
AP_PITCH_REF_SELECT |
Selects pitch reference for use with +/- | |
AP_PITCH_REF_SET |
[0]: pitch value between -16384 and 16384 |
Sets the pitch reference value that will be maintained by the AP pitch hold mode. The pitch value supplied as parameter [0] will be divided by 16384 before being multiplied by the |
AP_RPM_SLOT_INDEX_SET |
[0]: slot index from 1 to 4 |
Sets the managed index for the RPM hold mode. |
AP_SPD_VAR_DEC |
N/A |
Decrements airspeed hold reference |
AP_SPD_VAR_INC |
N/A |
Increments airspeed hold reference |
AP_SPD_VAR_SET |
[0]: value in Knots. [1]: the managed index, from 1 to 4, or 0. |
Sets airspeed reference in knots |
AP_SPD_VAR_SET_EX1 |
[0]: value in Knots. [1]: the managed index, from 1 to 4, or 0. |
Set the airspeed reference, in knots, for the maintain speed AP mode. The speed supplied as parameter [0] will be divided by 100 to give you more precision with the value, for example: giving 55050 will result in an airspeed hold of 550.50 knots. For parameter [1], giving a value of 0 instead of a single index from 1 to 4, then the speed value will be copied to all managed indices. |
AP_SPEED_SLOT_INDEX_SET |
[0]: slot index from 1 to 4 |
Sets the managed index for the speed hold mode. |
AP_VS_HOLD |
N/A |
Toggles the AP mode that maintains a vertical speed. |
AP_VS_OFF |
N/A |
Turn off the AP mode that maintains a vertical speed. |
AP_VS_ON |
N/A |
Turn on the AP mode that maintains a vertical speed. |
AP_VS_SET |
[0]: TRUE/FALSE to enable/disable |
Sets the AP mode that maintains a vertical speed. |
AP_VS_SLOT_INDEX_SET |
[0]: slot index from 1 to 4 |
Sets the managed index for the vertical speed hold mode. |
AP_VS_VAR_DEC |
N/A |
Decrements vertical speed reference |
AP_VS_VAR_INC |
N/A |
Increments vertical speed reference |
AP_VS_VAR_SET_CURRENT |
Sets the current managed index vertical speed reference to be the current vertical speed (the current index can be set using AP_VS_SLOT_INDEX_SET ). If no vertical speed indicator is on the aircraft, the vertical speed reference will calculated based on the world Y-axis velocity. Note that the resulting value will be clamped between the CFG parameters min_vertical_speed_ref and max_vertical_speed_ref . |
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AP_VS_VAR_SET_ENGLISH |
[0]: New VS reference [1]: Index |
Sets reference vertical speed in feet per minute |
AP_VS_VAR_SET_METRIC |
[0]: New VS reference [1]: Index |
Sets vertical speed reference in meters per minute |
AP_WING_LEVELER |
N/A |
Toggles wing leveler mode |
AP_WING_LEVELER_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off wing leveler mode |
AP_WING_LEVELER_ON |
N/A |
Turns wing leveler mode on |
AP_PANEL_SPEED_HOLD_TOGGLE |
N/A |
Turns airspeed hold mode on with current airspeed |
AP_PANEL_MACH_HOLD_TOGGLE |
N/A |
Sets mach hold reference to current mach |
AUTOPILOT_AIRSPEED_ACQUIRE |
N/A |
Triggers both the NOTE: This is a legacy event and you should be calling the above mentioned events directly. |
AUTOPILOT_DISENGAGE_SET |
[0]: boolean value to enable/disable the disengage value |
Set if the AP should be disengaged or not. |
AUTOPILOT_DISENGAGE_TOGGLE |
N/A |
Toggle the status of the AP disengage value. |
AUTOPILOT_OFF |
N/A |
Turns AP off |
AUTOPILOT_ON |
N/A |
Turns AP on |
AUTOPILOT_PANEL_AIRSPEED_SET |
N/A |
Not currently used in the simulation. |
AUTOPILOT_PANEL_CRUISE_SPEED |
N/A |
No longer used in the simulation. Previously used by the Concorde flight model. |
AUTOPILOT_PANEL_MAX_SPEED |
N/A |
No longer used in the simulation. Previously used by the Concorde flight model. |
ALTITUDE_SLOT_INDEX_SET |
Sets the index for the SimVar AUTOPILOT ALTITUDE LOCK VAR which the altitude hold mode will track when captured. See alt_mode_slot_index for more information. |
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FLIGHT_LEVEL_CHANGE |
N/A |
Toggles the autopilot FLC mode on or off. When on, the AP will adjust the engine power to try and fly the aircraft at a pitch attitude corresponding to the desired flight profile (climb or descent), while maintaining the airspeed reference. |
FLIGHT_LEVEL_CHANGE_OFF |
N/A |
Turns off the autopilot FLC mode. |
FLIGHT_LEVEL_CHANGE_ON |
N/A |
Turn on the autopilot FLC mode. This mode adjusts engine power to fly the aircraft at a pitch attitude corresponding to the desired flight profile (climb or descent), while maintaining the airspeed reference. |
HEADING_SLOT_INDEX_SET |
Set autopilot heading slot index. | |
RPM_SLOT_INDEX_SET |
Set autopilot RPM slot index. | |
SPEED_SLOT_INDEX_SET |
Set autopilot speed slot index. | |
VS_SLOT_INDEX_SET |
Set autopilot vertical speed slot index. |
Flight Assistance
Event Name | Parameters | Description |
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AIRSPEED_BUG_SELECT |
[0]: the reference value |
Selects the airspeed reference for use with +/- |
ALTITUDE_BUG_SELECT |
[0]: the reference value |
Selects the altitude reference for use with +/- |
AUTO_THROTTLE_ARM |
N/A |
Toggles autothrottle arming mode |
AUTO_THROTTLE_DISCONNECT |
[0]: The engine to target. Use 0 to target all engines, or 1 to 4 to target a specific engine. |
Disconnect the AutoThrottle of the AP for one engine or all engines. |
AUTO_THROTTLE_TO_GA |
N/A |
Toggles Takeoff/Go Around mode |
AUTOBRAKE_DISARM |
N/A |
Sets the autobrake switch to either :
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AUTOBRAKE_HI_SET |
N/A |
Sets the autobrake switch to the maximum position (ie: the auto_brakes number, so that the maximum braking force will be applied). |
AUTOBRAKE_LO_SET |
N/A |
Sets the autobrake switch to the minimum position (position 2, the first position after the off position). |
AUTOBRAKE_MED_SET |
N/A |
Sets the autobrake switch to a medium position (the exact position will depend on the number of autobreaks defined by the auto_brakes parameter). |
DECREASE_AUTOBRAKE_CONTROL |
N/A |
Decrements the autobrake level by 1. When the level reaches 0, autobreaks will be off, and the event will no longer decrement further. |
FLY_BY_WIRE_ELAC_TOGGLE |
N/A |
Turn on or off the fly by wire Elevators and Ailerons computer. |
FLY_BY_WIRE_FAC_TOGGLE |
N/A |
Turn on or off the fly by wire Flight Augmentation computer. |
FLY_BY_WIRE_SEC_TOGGLE |
N/A |
Turn on or off the fly by wire Spoilers and Elevators computer. |
GPWS_SWITCH_TOGGLE |
N/A |
Turn the ground proximity warning system (GPWS) on or off. |
HEADING_BUG_DEC |
N/A |
Decrements heading hold reference bug |
HEADING_BUG_INC |
N/A |
Increments heading hold reference bug |
HEADING_BUG_SELECT |
[0]: heading bug index |
Selects the heading bug for use with +/- |
HEADING_BUG_SET |
[0]: Value in degrees [1]: Index |
Set the heading hold reference bug in degrees. The event takes integer values only, from 0º to 360º. |
AP_HEADING_BUG_SET_EX1 |
[0]: Value between 0 and 16384 [1]: Index |
Set the heading hold reference bug. This is the same as the input value: 477 process: 477 * (360/16384) actual value: 10.504º |
INCREASE_AUTOBRAKE_CONTROL |
N/A |
Increases the autobrake level by 1. When the level reaches the auto_brakes value, the event will no longer increment further. |
SET_AUTOBRAKE_CONTROL |
[0]: autobreak level |
Uses the input parameter [0] to set the autobreak level from 0 (off) to the value set for the auto_brakes parameter (maximum breaking). If a value greater than that specified for auto_brakes is given as input, it will be clamped to the auto_brakes value. |
SYNC_FLIGHT_DIRECTOR_PITCH |
N/A |
Synchronizes flight director pitch with current aircraft pitch |
TOGGLE_FLIGHT_DIRECTOR |
N/A |
Toggles flight director on/off |
YAW_DAMPER_TOGGLE |
N/A |
Toggles yaw damper on/off |
YAW_DAMPER_ON |
N/A |
Turns yaw damper on |
YAW_DAMPER_OFF |
N/A |
Turns yaw damper off |
YAW_DAMPER_SET |
[0]: enable/disable yaw damper (TRUE, FALSE) |
Sets yaw damper on/off (1,0) |
VSI_BUG_SELECT |
[0]: reference value |
Selects the vertical speed reference for use with +/- |
G1000 (Multi-Function Display)
Virtual Copilot
G-Limiter
Event Name | Parameters | Description | Multiplayer |
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G_LIMITER_OFF |
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G_LIMITER_ON |
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G_LIMITER_SET |
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G_LIMITER_TOGGLE |