KN 62A-style DME
A DME in the style of the Bendix/King KN 62A, with red digits showing the distance, ground speed and time to the station. RMT follows NAV 1; FREQ and GS/T use its own frequency, set on its knob, which reads whichever NAV receiver is tuned there.
- Modeled on
- Bendix/King KN 62A-style DME
- Category
- Radios and panels
- Size
- 2 × 1 cells
- Version
- 1.0 · 2026-10-19
- Plan
- Pro
- Simulators
- MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Features
- Red gas-discharge digits: distance (NM), ground speed (KT), time to station (MIN)
- RMT: the DME of NAV 1
- FREQ: the distance and its own frequency
- GS/T: distance, ground speed and time on its own frequency (108.00-117.95)
- Ground speed and time computed from the rate of change of the distance, smoothed
- Dashes when no station with DME is received; blank when switched OFF
- Digits dimmed (not tinted) at night and dark without avionics power; faceplate under the red flood light
On the iPad
- Tap the top slide switch to pick RMT, FREQ or GS/T (tap a position, or tap the lever for the next)
- Tap the lower slide switch to switch the DME on or off
- Drag the dual knob to set its own frequency: outer MHz, inner 50 kHz (wraps within 108.00-117.95)
Simulator data
What the Hub reads from the simulator for this instrument, and what the instrument sends back. Names are the simulators' own: MSFS SimVars and events, X-Plane datarefs and commands.
Reads
| Value | MSFS | X-Plane |
|---|---|---|
| NAV1 active frequency (kHz) | NAV ACTIVE FREQUENCY:1 (MHz) | sim/cockpit2/radios/actuators/nav1_frequency_hz |
| NAV2 active frequency (kHz) | NAV ACTIVE FREQUENCY:2 (MHz) | sim/cockpit2/radios/actuators/nav2_frequency_hz |
| NAV1 station has DME (1/0) (bool) | NAV HAS DME:1 (bool) | sim/cockpit2/radios/indicators/nav1_has_dme |
| NAV2 station has DME (1/0) (bool) | NAV HAS DME:2 (bool) | sim/cockpit2/radios/indicators/nav2_has_dme |
| NAV1 DME distance (nm) | NAV DME:1 (nautical miles)NAV HAS DME:1 (bool) | sim/cockpit2/radios/indicators/nav1_dme_distance_nmsim/cockpit2/radios/indicators/nav1_has_dme |
| NAV2 DME distance (nm) | NAV DME:2 (nautical miles)NAV HAS DME:2 (bool) | sim/cockpit2/radios/indicators/nav2_dme_distance_nmsim/cockpit2/radios/indicators/nav2_has_dme |
Add-on aircraft with their own systems may use other variables; the Hub reads the standard ones.
Changes
The instrument's version counts what its faces share (the case, the mechanism, the data, the sounds); a face's own version counts that face alone.
- 1.0 2026-10-19
- First numbered version.
