Changing the fuel level widget to "height of bar"

[Eric_Greenwell]

My 50% engine screen has fuel level widgets that show the amount of fuel by the height of the bar (see picture). I am unable to select this style for my 20% screen, which currently has the fuel level shown by the position of a small white horizontal bar. How do I change the horizontal bar type to vertical bar height type?

 

[dynonsupport]

Look on pages 7-85 and 7-86 of the current (Rev. AB) installation manual, for instructions on how to change the widgets. You should be able to select the vertical fuel level widgets.

 

[Eric_Greenwell]

None of the styles on page 7-85 match the picture I attached to my original post, instead, all the vertical widgets use a small white bar to indicate the parameter value on the scale. I've used the editor to cycle through all the widgets and all the sizes, and I can not find the widget that matches the ones I use on the 50% page. Note that the 50% page was laid out about 2 years ago - has the widget I want (the one in the picture) been deleted from the available styles?

 

[mmarien]

The only widget that works like that is the fuel_bar widget. It's vertical only. Just select the vertical bar style and see if it acts like the fuel bar.

 

[Eric_Greenwell]

The picture attached shows what the fuel widgets look like on my 20% page: green stay at the top of the scale, and fuel amount is shown by a thin, horizontal white bar. They used to work the way I want (like back in July 2017), but now I can't find that style in the editor, and I suspect it happened when I changed to a smaller size vertical bar a month ago.

 

[CGameProgrammer]

I agree, I would love for them to fix it so it works like in your first picture, and honestly I think this might be a bug and not intentional. The white line is still needed with the smaller size but in addition the colored background should not go above it.

 

[mmarien]

If it is NOT available with the screen layout editor, it can be manually modified.
[olist][*]Export your settings "SYSTEM SETUP>EXPORT SETTINGS" and look for the file with a .dfg extension on the USB drive.
[*]Open the file with your favorite text editor and search for the line "Layout_20={".
[*]In that section look for the fuel level pins. If you used the Dynon standard configuration file they should be "c37_p21={" and "c37_p22={".
[*]Change the line "type=WIDGET_VBAR" to read "type=WIDGET_FUEL_BAR" for each fuel level pin.
[*]Load the file back into SV with the "SYSTEM SETUP>LOAD FILE" function.
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[dynonsupport]

I am unable to select this style for my 20% screen, which currently has the fuel level shown by the position of a small white horizontal bar.

To confirm what you have found, the "height-of-colored-bar" format was removed in a previous version of firmware. We will replace it in a future version.

Murray's explanation of how to edit it manually will work. 

 

[Eric_Greenwell]

It seems like a popular format (I know others that use it). Why was it removed? Is there a safety issue of some sort?

 

[CGameProgrammer]

Thanks Murray, I will try that.

 

[dynonsupport]

Why was it removed? Is there a safety issue of some sort?

It was just a bug. We will replace it in a future version.

 

[Eric_Greenwell]

If it is NOT available with the screen layout editor, it can be manually modified.

And your instructions worked perfectly! I now have my "color level" fuel gauges again. Thanks!

 

[mmarien]

Dynon - Any of the widgets can be selected for the fuel level, but only the WIDGET_FUEL_BAR shows the black above the fuel level. Is it possible to get a WIDGET_FUEL_ARC or WIDGET_FUEL_HBAR to get a little variety in the fuel gauge?