Choose System Settings - Cockpit Variables in the main menu, to view the table of existing cockpit variables.
Use Edit to modify a cockpit variable. The view is separated in to tabs:
Options
Name | A name associated with the cockpit variable. |
The type of the | Choose what the variable should represent: |
Initial Value | This is the initial value the variable is reset to |
Value | The current value of the variable. |
Min | Additional parameter for numeric values: The minimum value |
Max | Additional parameter for numeric values: The maximum value |
Description | A descriptive text |
Visible in Cockpit | Select this option, if the variable can be read or modified via |
Read / Write | Choose the read and write variant for this variable |
Description
The descriptions tab can be used to provide descriptions for individual values of the cockpit variable. The descriptions can be retrieved via the cockpit SOAP interface, to give values in the external application a meaning. Example: 0 = Emergency Routing Off, 1 = Emergency Routing On The table is used to edit the values. Use New to create a new description,Edit to edit a description, and Delete to remove a description.
Counters
These values represent counters stored in the variable. If you want to perform a comparison with a counter value, then you need to compare with the respective counter value, and not with the value of the variable itself.