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I have developed servo torque indicator that monitors a selected servo channel on the CANbus and displays the magnitude and direction of torque on a bargraph display.
The idea is to mount it alongside the relevant trim indicator so it guides the pilot to tweak trim and reduce/remove servo load ...

You could achieve what you want with an illuminated pushbutton switch- 2 parts to it, the indicator and the switch.
The indicator part (LED or lamp) would be connected as described above, controlled by the alarm output from the iBox.
The switch part would be connected to an input on the iBOX ...

I take it you mean a master caution INDICATOR- a light or buzzer to let you know of a caution or alarm condition?
If so, you can use the output to drive one.
An open collector output is just a switch that is open circuit (no connection to anything) when OFF, and connects to ground when ON.
All you ...

Needs the newer CANbus RDACs

You can select XTreme NMEA baud rate in the setup menu.

MENU/MENU/pg down/1 3D view setup/2 3D terrain view is disabled

Vso set? Vs alarm ON?
Not sure, but there may some delay due to smoothing of the pitot pressure.

Sorry- 12V rail == 12V bus

rainier wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 3:01 pm We have had a couple of them do this - not really quite sure why.

Life got more difficult with the introduction of VOC-free flux and Pb-free solder!