DashboardItemInstruments

Inherits DashboardItem

This dashboard item shows information about the status of individual instruments onboard a spacecraft with regards to upcoming image capture. An image sequence has to be registered in order to be able to show the necessary information. The dashboard item shows a visual representation on how much time has passed since the previous image capture and how much time remains until the instrument captures the next image.

Members

Name	Documentation	Type	Description	Optional
ActiveColor	This value determines the color that the active instrument is rendered in. Shortly after activation, the used color is mixture of this and the flash color. The default value is (0.6, 1.0, 0.0).	Color3	Value of type ‘Color3’	Yes
FlashColor	This value determines the color that is used shortly after an instrument activation. The default value is (0.9, 1.0, 0.75).	Color3	Value of type ‘Color3’	Yes
FontName	This value is the name of the font that is used. It can either refer to an internal name registered previously, or it can refer to a path that is used.	String	Value of type ‘String’	Yes
FontSize	This value determines the size of the font that is used to render the distance.	Double	Value of type ‘Double’	Yes

Inherited members from DashboardItem

Name	Documentation	Type	Description	Optional
Identifier	The unique identifier for this DashboardItem.	Identifier	An identifier string. May not contain ‘.’, spaces, newlines, or tabs	No
Type	Determines the type of the DashbordItem that should be created.	String	Value of type ‘String’	No
Enabled	If this value is set to ‘true’ this dashboard item is shown in the dashboard. Otherwise it will be hidden.	Boolean	Value of type ‘Boolean’	Yes
GuiName	The name for the DashboardItem that is used when showing it in the user interface.	String	Value of type ‘String’	Yes

Asset Examples

asset.require("./model")
asset.require("./pluto")



local Spacing = {
  Type = "DashboardItemSpacing",
  Identifier = "NewHorizonsSpacing",
  GuiName = "New Horizons Spacing",
  Spacing = 25
}

local Distance = {
  Type = "DashboardItemDistance",
  Identifier = "NewHorizonsPlutoDistance",
  GuiName = "New Horizons Pluto Distance",
  SourceType = "Node",
  SourceNodeIdentifier = "NewHorizons",
  DestinationType = "Node Surface",
  DestinationNodeIdentifier = "PlutoProjection"
}

local Instruments = {
  Type = "DashboardItemInstruments",
  Identifier = "NewHorizonsInstruments",
  GuiName = "NewHorizons Instruments"
}


asset.onInitialize(function()
  openspace.dashboard.addDashboardItem(Spacing)
  openspace.dashboard.addDashboardItem(Distance)
  openspace.dashboard.addDashboardItem(Instruments)
end)

asset.onDeinitialize(function()
  openspace.dashboard.removeDashboardItem(Instruments)
  openspace.dashboard.removeDashboardItem(Distance)
  openspace.dashboard.removeDashboardItem(Spacing)
end)