Buttons

The buttons element consists of a list of buttons. Each button object can contain the following elements.

Element	Mandatory	Description
index		Index of the button. 1-16 for layer A, 17-32 for layer B
event_press		The event to execute when the button is pressed down
event_short_press		The event to execute when the button is pressed and released
event_long_press		The event to execute when the button is pressed for 0.5 seconds and released
simvar_led		The simvar to monitor for setting the button led

Event press

The event_press, event_short_press and event_long_press give the option to fire off an event when a button is pressed. The following example toggles the flight director on the autopilot of the plane.

{
  "index": 1,
  "event_press": "TOGGLE_FLIGHT_DIRECTOR",
},

These events also support manual events and conditional events, information about those can be found in the advanced section.

Simvar led

The X-Touch has illuminated buttons so it is possible to view the status of simvars. This means that the LEDs are always syncronized with what's happening in the plane. You can enable something with this application and then use a mouse in the cockpit to disable it the LED always indicates the actual status. The previous example has now been expanded to make sure the LED indicates the status of the flight director.

{
  "index": 1,
  "event_press": "TOGGLE_FLIGHT_DIRECTOR",
  "simvar_led": "AUTOPILOT_FLIGHT_DIRECTOR_ACTIVE"
},