Interior Lighting and Aircraft Presets
Interior Lighting Presets
Usage
The Interior Lighting Presets page allows you to save and load up to 8 presets for lighting levels of all internal lights and display brightness settings.
Lighting presets can be loaded manually or automatically.
Lighting Preset can only be loaded and saved when the aircraft is powered.
Changing Preset Name
To change a preset's name click on the current name of the preset and change the name to any string up to 16
characters. When you leave the input field a confirmation dialog will ask you to confirm the name change. Press
Confirm to save the new name.
Load a Preset
Manual
To load a preset please click on the "Load Preset" button. The aircraft must be powered for the buttons to be enabled.
Automatic
You can also configure the aircraft to set your lighting preset automatically depending on the time of day. There are three configurable settings based on the simulator's time of day.
Using the automatic preset only sets the aircraft lighting once (when enabled or aircraft power is switched on). This feature will not automatically change your flight deck lighting as time progresses during your flight.
Select a preset from the dropdown menu and ensure that you enable the feature using the toggle.
Save a Preset
To save a preset please click on the "Save Preset" button. The aircraft must be powered for the buttons to be enabled.
A confirmation dialog will appear to prevent you to accidentally overwrite existing presets.
Aircraft Presets
Aircraft presets allow you to automatically let a virtual co-pilot set up your aircraft to the requested preset state.
When loading a preset the virtual co-pilot will perform all necessary setup tasks in real time. Therefore, systems like ADIR alignment, APU start, Engine starts will take the usual time to start up.
You as the pilot can use the time to set up the FMGC (MCDU), Flight Control Unit (FCU), Transponder-Ident and radios.
It is important that you still set up the MCDU and FCU correctly for a successful flight.
Aircraft presets can only be used on the ground.
Interference While Loading a Preset
You can interfere with the setup of the virtual co-pilot any time, but it will be your own responsibility to make sure the setup is correct after the virtual co-pilot has finished setting up. Also, there is the risk that the virtual co-pilot will wait for certain steps to complete forever if you interrupt these steps before they complete.
E.g. if the virtual co-pilot started the APU and you turn it off before the procedure is complete it can happen
that the virtual co-pilot waits in vain for this step to complete. In this case you must cancel the loading with
the Cancel button.
Loading a Preset
To load a preset click on the corresponding preset button.
To avoid accidentally loading a preset a confirmation dialog will appear.
During the loading the status bar will show the currently executed step.
It will also show when the execution pauses for certain steps to complete. For example ADIR alignment, the APU start and the engines starts.
Canceling Loading a Preset
You can cancel loading of a preset any time by pressing the Cancel button. The currently executed step will be
completed and the aircraft will be in between presets in the state up to the last executed step. You can then either
complete the setup manually or simply click another preset (or the same) to be loaded.
Aircraft States Overview
| State | System |
|---|---|
| Cold & Dark | All Systems Off |
| Turnaround | BAT 1+2 On |
| EXT PWR On | |
| APU Master On | |
| APU Start On | |
| AC BUS Avail Check | |
| Nav & Logo Lt On | |
| ADIRS 1,2,3 Nav | |
| GND CTL On | |
| Crew Oxy On | |
| NO SMOKING Auto | |
| EMER EXT Lt Arm | |
| APU Avail Check | |
| APU Bleed On | |
| Ready for Pushback | EXT PWR Off |
| FUEL PUMP 1-6 On | |
| PWS Auto | |
| Transponder On | |
| ATC ALT RPTG On | |
| TCAS TRAFFIC ABV | |
| COCKPIT DOOR LCK | |
| Strobe Auto | |
| Beacon On | |
| SEAT BELTS On | |
| ADIRS 1,2,3 Await Alignment | |
| Ready for Taxi | ENG MODE SEL START |
| ENG 2 ON | |
| ENG 2 Avail Check | |
| ENG 1 ON | |
| ENG 1 Avail Check | |
| ENG MODE SEL NORM | |
| APU Bleed Off | |
| APU Master Off | |
| Autobrake Max | |
| Spoiler Arm | |
| Rudder Trim Reset | |
| Flaps 1 | |
| NOSE Lt Taxi | |
| RWY TURN OFF Light L&R On | |
| Ready for Takeoff | WX Radar On |
| WX Radar Mode | |
| TCAS Switch TA/RA | |
| NOSE Light Takeoff | |
| Landing Light L&R On |
Quick Help
For convenience there is also a summarized help page in the flyPad for your reference.
