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IMPORTANT!
Token Variables - along with the Gauge API - have been deprecated in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 in favour of the new Vars API and Event API, which work with the more extensive and supported Simulation Variables and Key Events.

This page lists the available radio navigation Token Variables for use when creating gauges using WASM / C++.

 

 

ADF

ParametersUniversal Var MemberDescription
ADF_500_HZ_TUNABLEn (FLOAT)Specifies the tuneable ADF frequency.
ADF_CARD_RADIALn (FLOAT)Specifies the ADF card cardinal direction, in degrees from 0 to 360.
ADF_EXTENDED_FREQUENCYn (FLOAT)Specifies the ADF extended frequency, Frequency BCD16 encoded.
ADF_FREQUENCYn (FLOAT)Specifies the ADF frequency, Frequency BCD16 encoded.
ADF_IDENTITYp (PVOID)Pointer to a string with the ADF identity.
ADF_MORSE_IDENTb (BOOL)This will be TRUE (1) if there is a morse signal, FALSE (0) otherwise.
ADF_NEEDLEn (FLOAT)The ADF needle position, expressed as 16-bit pseudo-degrees.
ADF_SIGNAL_STRENGTHn (FLOAT)The ADF signal strength where 0 is no signal, and 256 and above is a good signal.
ADF_SOUND_TOGGLEb (BOOL)Whether the ADF audio is on (TRUE, 1) or off (FALSE, 0).
ADF_VOLUMEn (FLOAT)The volume of the ADF output, expressed as a Percent Over 100.

 

 

ATC

ParametersUniversal Var MemberDescription
ATC_AIRPORT_IS_TOWEREDb (BOOL)This will be TRUE (1) if the airport is controlled, or FALSE (0) otherwise.
ATC_CLEARED_LANDINGb (BOOL)This will be TRUE (1) if the ATC has cleared the aircraft for landing, or FALSE (0) otherwise.
ATC_CLEARED_TAKEOFFb (BOOL)This will be TRUE (1) if the ATC has cleared the aircraft for takeoff, or FALSE (0) otherwise.
ATC_CLEARED_TAXIb (BOOL)This will be TRUE (1) if the ATC has cleared the aircraft for taxi, or FALSE (0) otherwise.
ATC_RUNWAY_AIRPORT_NAMEp (PVOID)A pointer to the name of the airport of the runway assigned by the ATC.
ATC_RUNWAY_DISTANCEn (FLOAT)This value represents the distance between the aircraft and the center of the runway selected by the ATC. Value is in meters.
ATC_RUNWAY_END_DISTANCEn (FLOAT)This value corresponds to the horizontal distance between the aircraft and the end of the runway selected by the ATC. Value is in meters.
ATC_RUNWAY_HEADING_DEGREES_TRUEn (FLOAT)This value represents the true heading of the runway selected by the ATC, in degrees.
ATC_RUNWAY_LENGTHn (FLOAT)The length of the runway assigned by the ATC, in meters. Will return -1 if no runway is assigned.
ATC_RUNWAY_RELATIVE_POSITION_Xn (FLOAT)This value corresponds to the aircraft’s main gear relative X (transverse) axis position on the runway selected by the ATC. Value is in meters.
ATC_RUNWAY_RELATIVE_POSITION_Yn (FLOAT)This value corresponds to the aircraft’s main gear relative Y (height) axis position on the runway selected by the ATC. Value is in meters.
ATC_RUNWAY_RELATIVE_POSITION_Zn (FLOAT)This value corresponds to the aircraft’s main gear relative Z (longitudinal) axis position on the runway selected by the ATC. Value is in meters.
ATC_RUNWAY_SELECTEDn (BOOL)Whether the ATC has pre-selected a runway for the aircraft (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).
ATC_RUNWAY_START_DISTANCEn (FLOAT)This value corresponds to the horizontal distance between the aircraft and the start of the runway selected by the ATC. Value is in meters.
ATC_RUNWAY_TDPOINT_RELATIVE_POSITION_Xn (FLOAT)This value represents the aircraft main gear relative X (transverse) axis position according to the aiming point of the runway selected by the ATC. Value is in meters.
ATC_RUNWAY_TDPOINT_RELATIVE_POSITION_Yn (FLOAT)This value represents the aircraft main gear relative Y (height) axis position according to the aiming point of the runway selected by the ATC. Value is in meters.
ATC_RUNWAY_TDPOINT_RELATIVE_POSITION_Zn (FLOAT)This value represents the aircraft main gear relative Z (longitudinal) axis position according to the aiming point of the runway selected by the ATC. Value is in meters.
ATC_RUNWAY_WIDTHn (FLOAT)The width of the runway assigned by the ATC, in meters. Will return -1 if no runway is assigned.
SLOPE_TO_ATC_RUNWAYn (FLOAT)The slope between the aircraft and the expected landing position of the runway, in radians. Will return 0 if no runway is assigned.

 

 

Beacons

ParametersUniversal Var MemberDescription
MARKER_BEACON_SENSITIVITY_HIGHb (BOOL)Whether the Marker Beacon is in High Sensitivity mode (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).
MARKER_BEACON_STATE

e (ENUM)

  1. 0 = no beacon
  2. 1 = outer
  3. 2 = middle
  4. 3 = inner
The marker beacon state.
MARKER_BEACON_TEST_MUTEb (BOOL)Whether the Marker Beacon is in test/mute mode (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).
MARKER_SOUND_TOGGLEn (FLOAT)Whether the Marker Beacon sound is on (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).

 

 

COM

ParametersUniversal Var MemberDescription
COM_ACTIVE_FREQUENCYn (FLOAT)The COM active frequency, Frequency BCD16 encoded.
COM_BOTH_RECEIVEn (FLOAT)Whether the audio is being recieved on both COMs (TRUE , 1) or not (FALSE, 0).

COM_FREQUENCY

COM2_FREQUENCY

n (FLOAT)Specifies COM 1/2 radio frequency, Frequency BCD16 encoded.
COM_RADIO_25_KHZ_TUNABLEb (BOOL)Whether the COM radio is tuneable (TRUE , 1) or not (FALSE, 0).
COM_RECEIVEb (BOOL)Whether the aircraft is receiving on this COM channel (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).
COM_RECEIVE_EX1b (BOOL)Whether the aircraft is receiving on this COM channel (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).

COM_STANDBY_FREQUENCY

COM_STBY_FREQUENCY

COM2_STBY_FREQUENCY

n (FLOAT)Specifies COM 1/2 radio standby frequency, Frequency BCD16 encoded.
COM_VOLUMEn (FLOAT)The volume of the COM radio, as a percentage between 0 and 100.

COM1_AUTOSWITCH_ON

COM2_AUTOSWITCH_ON

b (BOOL)Whether the aircraft COM switch 1/2 is on (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).

COM1_STORED_FREQUENCY

COM2_STORED_FREQUENCY

COM3_STORED_FREQUENCY

n (FLOAT)Specifies COM 1/2/3 stored frequency, Frequency BCD16 encoded.

COM1_TRANSMIT_SELECT

COM2_TRANSMIT_SELECT

b (BOOL)Audio panel COM transmit state, either on (TRUE, 1) or off (FALSE, 0).

 

 

DME

ParametersUniversal Var MemberDescription
CURRENT_DME

e (ENUM)

  1. 0 = DME1
  2. 1 = DME2
The currently selected DME.
CURRENT_DME_DISTANCEn (FLOAT)The DME (1 or 2) distance, in nm.
CURRENT_DME_SPEEDn (FLOAT)The DME (1 or 2) speed, in Knots.
CURRENT_DME_MINn (FLOAT)The DME (1 or 2) minutes until arriving.

DME1_DISPLAY_TYPE

DME2_DISPLAY_TYPE

b (BOOL)

The type of display for the DME, either TRUE (1) for the speed, in knots, or FALSE (0) for the distance readout.

DME1_DISTANCE

DME2_DISTANCE

n (FLOAT)The DME (1 or 2) distance readout.

DME1_MORSE_IDENT

DME2_MORSE_IDENT

b (BOOL)This will be TRUE (1) if there is a morse signal, FALSE (0) otherwise.

DME1_SPEED

DME2_SPEED

n (FLOAT)The DME (1 or 2) speed readout.
DME_SOUND_TOGGLEn (FLOAT)Audio panel DME audio state, either on (TRUE, 1) or off (FALSE, 0).

 

 

GPS

ParametersUniversal Var MemberDescription
GPS_DRIVES_NAV1b (BOOL)Whether the GPS is driving the Nav 1 indicator (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).
GPS_FLAGSf (FLAGS)GPS flag settings. See GPS_FLAG_ in GAUGES.h.
GPS_FLIGHTPLAN_TOTAL_DISTANCEn (FLOAT)The GPS flightplan total distance in meters.
GPS_GROUND_HEADINGn (FLOAT)The current GPS true heading, in Radians (0 - 2PI).
GPS_GROUND_SPEEDn (FLOAT)The current ground speed, in meters per second.
GPS_GROUND_TRACKn (FLOAT)The current GPS ground track (heading + magvar, magnetic yaw), in Radians (0 - 2PI).
GPS_MAGVARn (FLOAT)The current GPS magnetic variation, in radians.
GPS_OBS_ACTIVEb (BOOL)Whether the OBS mode is currently active (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0). If TRUE, this will disable the automatic sequencing of waypoints in the GPS flight plan.
GPS_OBS_VALUEn (FLOAT)The current course set for the OBS, in degrees.
GPS_POSITION_ALTn (FLOAT)The current GPS altitude, in meters.
GPS_POSITION_LATn (FLOAT)The current GPS latitude, in latitude meters (meters * (360 / 40007000)).
GPS_POSITION_LONn (FLOAT)The current GPS longitude, in radians.
GPS_WP_BEARINGn (FLOAT)The magnetic bearing to waypoint the next heading, in radians.
GPS_WP_CROSS_TRKn (FLOAT)The cross track distance, in meters.
GPS_WP_DISTANCEn (FLOAT)Meters to next waypoint.
GPS_WP_NEXT_ALTn (FLOAT)The altitude of next waypoint, in meters.
GPS_WP_NEXT_LATn (FLOAT)The latitude of next waypoint, in degrees.
GPS_WP_NEXT_LONn (FLOAT)The longitude of next waypoint, in degrees.
GPS_WP_PREV_ALTn (FLOAT)The altitude of previous waypoint, in meters.
GPS_WP_PREV_LATn (FLOAT)The latitude of previous waypoint, in degrees.
GPS_WP_PREV_LONn (FLOAT)The longitude of previous waypoint, in degrees.
GPS_WP_REQ_HDGn (FLOAT)The required heading, magnetic, from the prev wayppoint to next waypoint, in radians.
GPS_WP_STRINGp (PVOID)The name of the next waypoint.
GPS_WP_TRUE_BEARINGn (FLOAT)The true bearing to the waypoint, in degrees.
GPS_WP_TRUE_REQ_HDGn (FLOAT)The required true heading to the waypoint, in degrees.

 

 

HSI

ParametersUniversal Var MemberDescription
HSI_BEARINGn (FLOAT)This will return the HSI needle bearing, in degrees.
HSI_BEARING_VALIDb (BOOL)This will be TRUE (1) if the HSI_BEARING variable contains valid data, or FALSE (0) otherwise.
HSI_DESIRED_HEADING_NEEDLEn (FLOAT)The HSI desired heading, in degrees.
HSI_DISTANCEn (FLOAT)The DME/GPS distance in nm.
HSI_HORIZONTAL_NEEDLEn (FLOAT)The HSI horizontal needle position between -1 and 1, which corresponds to -0.7º and 0.7º.
HSI_HORIZONTAL_VALIDb (BOOL)Whether the HSI signal is valid (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).
HSI_OBI_NEEDLEn (FLOAT)The OBS needle setting, in degrees.
HSI_SIGNAL_LOCALISERb (BOOL)Whether the station is a localiser (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).
HSI_SPEEDn (FLOAT)The DME/GPS speed, in Knots.
HSI_STATION_NAMEp (PVOID)The HSI station name.
HSI_TF_FLAG

e (ENUM)

  1. 0 = Off
  2. 1 = TO
  3. 2 = FROM
The HSI to/from flag setting.
HSI_VERTICAL_VALIDb (BOOL)Whether the NAV flag is on (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).
HSI_VERTICAL_NEEDLEn (FLOAT)

The HSI vertical needle position. The value returned will be between -1 and 1 (corresponding to -10º and 10º) if VOR, or between -2.5º and 2.5º if localizer, or between -5nm and 5nm if GPS.

 

 

ParametersUniversal Var MemberDescription
NAV_VOLUMEn (FLOAT)The volume of the NAV Radio, expressed as a percentage from 0 to 100.

NAV1_AUTOSWITCH_ON

NAV2_AUTOSWITCH_ON

b (BOOL)Whether the NAV1/2 autoswitch is on (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).

NAV1_COMMNAV_TEST

NAV2_COMMNAV_TEST

b (BOOL)This will be TRUE (1) if the NAV1/2 COM system is working and FALSE (0) if it is not.

NAV1_FREQUENCY

NAV2_FREQUENCY

n (FLOAT)The NAV1/2 active frequency, expressed as a Frequency BCD16 value.

NAV1_MORSE_IDENT

NAV2_MORSE_IDENT

b (BOOL)This will be TRUE (1) if there is a morse signal, and FALSE (0) otherwise.

NAV1_SOUND_TOGGLE

NAV2_SOUND_TOGGLE

n (FLOAT)This will be TRUE (1) if NAV1/2 audio is enabled, and FALSE (0) otherwise.

NAV1_STBY_FREQUENCY

NAV2_STBY_FREQUENCY

n (FLOAT)The NAV1/2 standby frequency, expressed as a Frequency BCD16 value.

NAV1_VOR_RADIAL

NAV2_VOR_RADIAL

n (FLOAT)The rdial that the aircraft is on, in radians.
TACAN_DRIVES_NAV1b (BOOL)Whether the TACAN is driving the Nav 1 indicator (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).

 

 

Pilot

ParametersUniversal Var MemberDescription
PILOT_TRANSMITTER_TYPE

e (ENUM)

  1. 0 = COM1
  2. 1 = COM2
  3. 2 = COM3
  4. 3 = TEL
  5. 4 = NONE
The channel on which the pilot is transmitting.
PILOT_TRANSMITTINGb (BOOL)Whether the pilot is transmitting (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).

 

 

Radio

ParametersUniversal Var MemberDescription
RADIO_HEIGHTn (FLOAT)The radar altitude, in meters.
RADIO_MORSE_IDENT_STATESf (FLAGS)

The radio morse state, formed using these flags:

  1. 1: VOR1 (Bit 1)
  2. 2: VOR2 (Bit 2)
  3. 4: DME1 (Bit 3)
  4. 8: DME2 (Bit 4)
  5. 16: ADF (Bit 5)
RADIO_STACK_VISIBLEb (BOOL)Whether the radio stack is visible (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).

 

 

VOR

ParametersUniversal Var MemberDescription

VOR1_BACK_COURSE_FLAGS

VOR2_BACK_COURSE_FLAGS

f (FLAGS)

The status of VOR1/2, comprised from the following:

  1. BIT0:[index] Back course available
  2. BIT1:[index] Localizer tuned in
  3. BIT2:[index] On course
  4. BIT7:[index] Station active

VOR1_BEARING_DEGREES

VOR2_BEARING_DEGREES

n (FLOAT)The relative bearing for the VOR1/2 station, measured in degrees.

VOR1_CODE

VOR2_CODE

f (FLAGS)

The VOR 1/2 code flags:

  1. BIT0:[index] 1= DME available
  2. BIT1:[index] 1 = TACAN available
  3. BIT2:[index] 1= voice available
  4. BIT3:[index] 1= no nav signal available
  5. BIT4:[index] 1= DME transmitter at glide slope transmitter
  6. BIT5:[index] 1= no localizer backcourse
  7. BIT6:[index] 1= glideslope available
  8. BIT7:[index] 0= VOR, 1= Localizer

VOR1_GS_FLAG

VOR2_GS_FLAG

b (BOOL)Whether there is a glideslope signal on VOR1/2 (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).

VOR1_GS_NEEDLE

VOR2_GS_NEEDLE

n (FLOAT)The glideslope needle deflection, between -120 and 120, which corresponds to -0.7 and 0.7.

VOR1_IDENTITY

VOR2_IDENTITY

p (PVOID)The VOR 1/2 identity, as a string.

VOR1_MAG_VAR

VOR2_MAG_VAR

n (FLOAT)The magnetic deviation at the location of the VOR1/2 station, between 0 and 65536, corresponding to 0º to 360º.

VOR1_NEEDLE

VOR2_NEEDLE

n (FLOAT)The VOR1/2 needle deviation, between -127 and 127. This corresponds to between -10 and 10 if VOR, or between -2.5 and 2.5 if localizer.
VOR1_NEEDLE_RADIOn (FLOAT)The VOR1 needle deviation - driven always by VOR - between -127 and 127. This corresponds to between -10 and 10 if VOR, or between -2.5 and 2.5 if localizer.

VOR1_OBI

VOR2_OBI

n (FLOAT)The VOR1/2 OBS setting, in degrees.

VOR1_SIGNAL_STRENGTH

VOR2_SIGNAL_STRENGTH

n (FLOAT)The VOR1/2 signal strnegth where 0 is no signal and greater than or eqiual to 256 is a good signal.

VOR1_TF_FLAG

VOR2_TF_FLAG

e (ENUM)

  1. 0 = Off
  2. 1 = To
  3. 2 = From
The to/from status of VOR1/2.

 

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