Simviation Forum - FreeFD ND Keyboard Controls?

Oct 1^st, 2007 at 9:17am

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I have been playing with FreeFD recently and it is a very impressive piece of FREE software. I was messing around with the ND and I randomly figured out that you can adjust the range with + and -. I saw in one of JBaymore's threads where he had built a panel to control a whole bunch of functions for the ND. I was just wondering if anyone had a list of all the controls and functions that are available for FreeFD, and specifically for the ND. I have searched all over the place, including on this forum, for a list of controls, but haven't been able to find any information.

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks!

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Reply #1 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 10:32am

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There is a doc file in the download... I think.

FreeFD ND Display key assignments

Keys:

1 – 6 Range settings (10, 20, 40, 80, 160, and 320nm)
a Airports on display
A Arc mode
C TCAS mode
H Heading / Track mode toggle
i Show Intersections
I ILS/APP mode
M MAP mode
N Show NDBs
P PLAN mode
r Range Ring display on/off
R Rose mode
S Frequency info on navaids
v Show VORs
V VOR mode
- and + Decrease/Increase Range

And on ALL of the FreeFD gauges:

9 and 0 Dim/Brighten
8 Set Dimmer to normal
1 and 2 Change the blue background color (hold down)
Q FPS display on / off
T Rotate display in 90 degree increments
F Window frames/title bar on/off
ESC Saves current configuration to disk and exits
. Mouse Pointer Toggle (kills mouse image on instrument)

Hope this helps.

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...................john

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Reply #2 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 12:09pm

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Unfortunately, in my download, there was nothing but the exe files. No sort of documentation at ALL.

But this is a HUGE help. I had no idea there would be THAT much control to it. Thanks a TON!

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Reply #3 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 10:27pm

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Here is the panel that is mounted on the glareshield in my simpit that controls the FreeFD ND display (and a few other parts of the sim):

It is based loosely on a real panel... but with my own unique "twist" on it, stealing from numerous aircraft...... and custom tailored to both FreeFD and the parts I had available. Pretty simple to interface it....... a Hagstrom KE72 sends the correct keystrokes depending on which switch is flipped/turned/pressed.

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Reply #4 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 10:43pm

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Here's the rest of the FreeFD keyboard commands:

PFD

& Inc / Dec decision height
I Imperial versus US type baro pressure
W Flight Director display type mode

Backup / Standby Gauges

R and C ADI Raise/Lower
T and V IAS Display Raise/Lower
Y and B Altimeter Raise/Lower

Flight Management Computer

F1 to F6 left side lineselect keys #1 to #6

F7 to F12 Right side lineselect keys #1 to #6

Backspace The CLR key

DEL DEL key

Page UP andPage Down PREV PAGE and NEXT PAGE

Left Arrow and Right Arrows Dim/Brighten display

` (unshifted tilde) Remove / Display the mouse clickable CDU keypad

~ (tilde) Window frames on/off

(The FMC is a very unfinished part of this software suite.)

EICAS

S Upper/lower eicas display shift
V Display Modes

(This part of the program seems to not work at very fast framerates for many people. Also is clearly pretty unfinished)

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.....................john

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Reply #5 - Oct 2^nd, 2007 at 9:21am

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