// altimeter.cxx - an altimeter tied to the static port. // Written by David Megginson, started 2002. // Modified by John Denker in 2007 to use a two layer atmosphere // model in src/Environment/atmosphere.?xx // // This file is in the Public Domain and comes with no warranty. // Example invocation, in the instrumentation.xml file: // // encoder // 0 // /systems/static/pressure-inhg // 10 // 0 // // Note non-default name, quantum, and tau values. #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H # include #endif #include #include #include
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#include #include "altimeter.hxx" Altimeter::Altimeter ( SGPropertyNode *node, double quantum ) : _name(node->getStringValue("name", "altimeter")), _num(node->getIntValue("number", 0)), _static_pressure(node->getStringValue("static-pressure", "/systems/static/pressure-inhg")), _tau(node->getDoubleValue("tau", 0.1)), _quantum(node->getDoubleValue("quantum", quantum)) {} Altimeter::~Altimeter () {} void Altimeter::init () { string branch; branch = "/instrumentation/" + _name; SGPropertyNode *node = fgGetNode(branch.c_str(), _num, true ); raw_PA = 0.0; _pressure_node = fgGetNode(_static_pressure.c_str(), true); _serviceable_node = node->getChild("serviceable", 0, true); _setting_node = node->getChild("setting-inhg", 0, true); _press_alt_node = node->getChild("pressure-alt-ft", 0, true); _mode_c_node = node->getChild("mode-c-alt-ft", 0, true); _altitude_node = node->getChild("indicated-altitude-ft", 0, true); if (_setting_node->getDoubleValue() == 0) _setting_node->setDoubleValue(29.921260); } void Altimeter::update (double dt) { if (_serviceable_node->getBoolValue()) { double trat = _tau > 0 ? dt/_tau : 100; double pressure = _pressure_node->getDoubleValue(); double setting = _setting_node->getDoubleValue(); double press_alt = _press_alt_node->getDoubleValue(); // The mechanism settles slowly toward new pressure altitude: raw_PA = fgGetLowPass(raw_PA, _altimeter.press_alt_ft(pressure), trat); _mode_c_node->setDoubleValue(100 * SGMiscd::round(raw_PA/100)); _kollsman = fgGetLowPass(_kollsman, _altimeter.kollsman_ft(setting), trat); if (_quantum) press_alt = _quantum * SGMiscd::round(raw_PA/_quantum); else press_alt = raw_PA; _press_alt_node->setDoubleValue(press_alt); _altitude_node->setDoubleValue(press_alt - _kollsman); } } // end of altimeter.cxx