I'm trying to set up fgpanel for the SenecaII. There already exist some fgpanel xml files in the Panels folder that I used to get started. For the ATI, in the actual SenecaII cockpit setup xml file, it uses SenecaII/Models/AI/AttitudeGyro.xml. In the sample fgpanel configuration, it uses the ATI from the Cessna 172. The problem is that the degree offset knob in the plane (browsing internal properties) alters property /instrumentation/attitude-indicator/pitch-reference-offset-deg. However, when I send that property in the protocol file to fgpanel, the ATI doesn't respond. And I think it's because in the ati-c172s.xml file, there is no such property. It's actually horizon-offset-deg for the Cessna 172 ATI. If I use SenecaII/Models/AI/AttitudeGyro.xml in the fgpanel xml file instead of ati-c172s.xml, nothing renders for the ATI. I know it's finding the file, because as a test I used a bad filename and fgpanel terminated immediately because it couldn't find the file. I have found that some instrument xml files display in fgpanel, some don't and I don't know why.
So what I would like is to be able to display the SenecaII ATI in fgpanel and in general, how do I make sure that anything that's displayed in the plane cockpit will display properly in fgpanel. If that can't be done, is there a way to map the SenecaII property or properties to what the Cessna 172 uses. In other words, from the SenecaII protocol file, I'm sending /instrumentation/attitude-indicator/pitch-reference-offset-deg to fgpanel but the Cessna 172 ATI has no such property. Is there a way to have the Cessna 172 ATI recognize the property. I actually tried making a copy of the Cessna 172 ATI xml file and changed the properties from horizon-offset-deg to pitch-reference-offset-deg. The ATI displays ok, but the property doesn't seem to be recognized because it doesn't move when I adjust the ATi knob.
I do see the same horizon-offset-deg property for the SenecaII Gyro in the property browser, but when I adjust it, the only property that changes is pitch-reference-offset-deg.
So aside from the specific information I need, is there something in general that I can always go to that will help me resolve these issues on my own. For the most part I start with the PLANE-set.xml file when I am trying to resolve these issues. But it's not helping me in this case.
Thanks,
Dave