Caution Light Panel (CLP)
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Upper-right section of the right console, directly below the Countermeasure Set Control Panel (CMSP) and beside the Canopy Control Panel.
Provides visual alerts and system status warnings to the pilot for critical aircraft subsystems. Each annunciator light indicates a malfunction or system condition requiring attention. Lights are amber when illuminated, signaling either a fault, configuration warning, or system disablement.
Each light corresponds to a monitored aircraft subsystem (see label list below).
All caution lights illuminate during the cockpit “Lamps Test” to verify bulb integrity.
Recommended hardware (simpit)
30 × 5 mm amber LEDs or 3 mm SMD LEDs behind a translucent light diffuser.
Each LED individually wired to an Arduino or shift register via DCS-BIOS for accurate light mapping.
Optional laser-engraved acrylic light plate, dual-layer (black top / translucent amber base).
Top layer: 3 mm matte black acrylic with engraved legends.
Bottom layer: 2 mm frosted or translucent amber acrylic diffuser.
Engraving depth ~0.2 mm for uniform light bleed.
Individual 10 × 10 mm square cutouts (approx.) for LEDs.
Amber LED illumination for active cautions.
Optional white backlight for standby readability.
Notes (DCS-BIOS) All lights mapped in DCS-BIOS under CAUTION_LIGHT_PANEL.
Typical syntax:
DcsBios::LED cautionLightHydL(0xXXXX, 0x01); Each LED index corresponds to a light name in the A-10C export list.
A-10C Caution Light Panel — Label Matrix Row A B C D 1 ENG START CYCLE L-HYD PRESS R-HYD PRESS GUN UNSAFE 2 ANTI-SKID L-HYD RES R-HYD RES OXY LOW 3 ELEV DISENG L-AIL TAB R-AIL TAB SEAT NOT ARMED 4 AIL DISENG L-ENG HOT R-ENG HOT BLEED AIR LEAK 5 PITCH SAS L-ENG OIL PRESS R-ENG OIL PRESS SERVICE AIR HOT 6 YAW SAS L-MAIN PUMP R-MAIN PUMP WINDSHIELD HOT 7 GCAS L-WING PUMP R-WING PUMP CICU 8 LASTE L-MAIN FUEL LOW R-MAIN FUEL LOW HARS 9 IFF MODE 4 L-FUEL PRESS R-FUEL PRESS L-R TKS UNEQUAL 10 EAC L-CONV R-CONV NAV 11 STALL SYS L-GEN R-GEN CADC 12 APU GEN — — INST INV