Global configuration file

The global configuration file consists of multiple parts.

Element	Description
default	The default configuration to be loaded
aircraft	Aircraft specific configurations
midi_input_device	The name of the midi input
midi_output_device	The name of the midi output
additional_simvars	Extra simvars that are not available in python-simconnect

Default

Which json file to load when there is no match from the aircraft_contains elements of the aircraft element.

"default": "config_default.json",

Aircraft

Warning

Please note that the name of the aircraft can be different when selecting another livery, so select an identifier that is always there.

Load a specific config file when the name of the aircraft contains a specific string. To find out the name of your aircraft look at the output of the application when you switch aircraft.

"aircraft": [
  {
    "aircraft_contains": "A320",
    "file": "config_a320.json"
  }
],

Midi input & output device

Generally this is always X-TOUCH MINI 0 for the input and X-TOUCH MINI 1 for the output. But if you have more midi devices connected to your PC it might be different. To find out which device you need to select, launch the application and it will print out the found input and output devices.

"midi_input_device": "X-TOUCH MINI 0",
"midi_output_device": "X-TOUCH MINI 1",

Additional simvars

This is an advanced use case. This application uses the Python-SimConnect library to communicate with the Flight Simulator, but the library does not have all the simvars built in. To find out which simvars are built in look in the RequestList.py. Any additional simvars can be defined in this element.

"additional_simvars": [
  {
    "name": "APU_SWITCH",
    "description": "When the APU is available",
    "simvar": "APU SWITCH",
    "type": "Bool",
    "writable": false
  }
]

Element	Description
name	The name that you reference in the config files
description	Description
simvar	Name of the actual simvar in MSFS
type	The type of the simvar, view Requestlist.py for possibilities
writable	true when you can write to the simvar