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An instrument panel for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
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how set a 10" rpi monitor to fit all instruments #59

Open duceduc opened 1 month ago

duceduc commented 1 month ago

I've successfully installed the script onto a rpi4. Tested the panel on a 24" monitor with no issue. Now I want to set it up on a 10" monitor for a rpi. The panel loads, but the instruments are quite big and it displays from the top left corner. I can only see 6 instruments. How to resize the screen to fit all the instruments? My screen resolution is 1024x600 which I have changed in the settings, but it only shrink the screen down.

fweinrebe commented 1 month ago

Did you edit the file "instrument-panel/settings/instrument-panel.json"?

In the file there is a section for "Monitor". I assume that is what you did already.

"Monitor": { "StartOn": 1, "Fullscreen": true, "Width": 1200, "Height": 800, "PositionX": 0, "PositionY": 0 },

If you look further each instrument is specified and there you can set the size as well.

"ASI": { "Enabled": true, "Position X": 566, "Position Y": 18, "Size": 277 },

The Instruments can be resized as well with these keys:

p ........ Adjust position and size of individual instruments. v ........ Adjust FlightSim variables. Simulates changes even if no FlightSim connected. m ........ Move the display to the next monitor if multiple monitors are connected. s ........ Enable/disable shadows on instruments. Shadows give a more realistic 3D look. Esc ...... Quit the program.

duceduc commented 1 month ago

ok. I think I figured it out. We need to edit each one of the instrument's positions, size and whether we want it to be visible or not. Can we move the blue bar or it is fix? The default setting had it top left. Now it is showing bottom left. I will need to re-position some more and maybe shrink it down a bit to add 4 instruments each row. I tried playing with the shortcut keys [p,v] but I didn't know how it works. Multiple pressing the P moved the instrument once to a corner and I couldn't figure out how to rearrange it back.

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