Autopilot modes

Struggling to get speed and altitude modes to engage. When looking at my commands, I notice several of them are duplicated and in orange. For example, 'magnetic brake on/off' start panel is duplicated twice and also 'magnetic brake on/off' main panel is duplicated twice.

Seems the default.lua for the keyboard and joystick are using different values, which probably accounts for the duplicates in the command menu.

Joystick - default.lua

Keyboard - default.lua

There are also single values being used for two commands that don't appear to be related.

Joystick - default.lua

Keyboard - default.lua

Is this why things aren't working as should be or is this normal? Am I looking in the wrong place?

Struggling to get speed and altitude modes to engage. When looking at my commands, I notice several of them are duplicated and in orange. For example, 'magnetic brake on/off' start panel is duplicated twice and also 'magnetic brake on/off' main panel is duplicated twice.

Seems the default.lua for the keyboard and joystick are using different values, which probably accounts for the duplicates in the command menu.

 

 

Joystick - default.lua

 

 

{down = device_commands.Button_22, up = device_commands.Button_22, cockpit_device_id = devices.AUTOPILOT, value_down = 1, value_up = 0,name = _('SA342 Magnetic Brake On/Off'), category = _('SA342 Start Panel')},

 

 

 

Keyboard - default.lua

 

 

{down = device_commands.Button_23,cockpit_device_id = devices.AUTOPILOT, value_down = 1, name = _('SA342 Magnetic Brake On/Off'), category = _('SA342 Start Panel')},

 

 

There are also single values being used for two commands that don't appear to be related.

 

 

 

Joystick - default.lua

 

 

{down = device_commands.Button_21, up = device_commands.Button_21, cockpit_device_id = devices.ELECTRIC, value_down = 1, value_up = 0,name = _('SA342 Battery On/Off'), category = _('SA342 Main Panel')},

 

 

{down = device_commands.Button_21,up = device_commands.Button_21, cockpit_device_id = devices.AUTOPILOT, value_down = 1, value_up = 0,name = _('SA342 Magnetic brake On/Off'), category = _('SA342 Main Panel')},

 

 

 

Keyboard - default.lua

 

 

{down = device_commands.Button_22,cockpit_device_id = devices.ELECTRIC, value_down = 1, name = _('SA342 Alternator On/Off'), category = _('SA342 Main Panel')},

 

 

{down = device_commands.Button_22,cockpit_device_id = devices.AUTOPILOT, value_down = 1, name = _('SA342 Magnetic brake On/Off'), category = _('SA342 Main Panel')},

 

 

 

 

Is this why things aren't working as should be or is this normal? Am I looking in the wrong place?

I have noticed the orange lines too, but not looked into it since I just purchased it an haven't put much time in it yet. But according to your examples the common factor is the Magnetic bake, and the only number not used for two commands is 23. Try to give all instances of Magnetic brake the value 23, and remove duplicates if any, and see if things work as suposed.