"Anyway, for now the fix is just to go back to the old situation, where we
assume the user wants the GPS to |drive the AP all the time"
If you refer to your last fix (yesterday) , it is not sufficient,
since like said the /autopilot/settings/gps-driving-true-heading property
is not set to true.
Thank
Ahmad
On 17 June 2013 15:50, James Turner <zakal...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> On 17 Jun 2013, at 14:41, grtuxhangar team <hohora...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> though not sure
>
> gps.cxx line 774
>
> if (!_config.driveAutopilot() || !_defaultGPSMode) {
> _apDrivingFlag->setBoolValue(false);
>
> isn't it that strange ?
> _apDrivingFlag is ever set to false
>
>
> Yes, the problem is I assumed aircraft with an explicit GPS instrument are
> using a fully configured setup, but in fact many (such as yours) are
> listing an explicit GPS in instrumentation.xml, but relying on the default
> configuration.
>
> These problems are because long ago it was decided it would be a good idea
> to have the route-manager, GPS & AP work in aircraft which never had such
> things in real-life (Spitfires, Cubs…) , so we have to (in C++) decide if
> the user is asking for a simulated GPS (which should obey electrical power,
> and often needs manual synchronisation of the GPS course -> CDI course, and
> maybe no AP at all all), or if they are asking for the internal features to
> 'just work' regardless.
>
> Anyway, for now the fix is just to go back to the old situation, where we
> assume the user wants the GPS to drive the AP all the time.
>
> Longer term, I think I will contemplate a more radical renaming to fix the
> issue, where explicit simulated GPSs such as the Garmins and so on use a
> different instrument name. ('real-gps' or something) Then I could assume
> any aircraft requesting a 'gps' instrument is legacy and wants the old
> behaviour, but remove all the awkward defaults for people who really want
> full simulation.
>
> Regards,
> James
>
>
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