Manual
HD Aerial 1

Version 2022.10.07

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0) Welcome

Thank you for purchasing Aerial 1 from HD Emergency.

If you are experiencing any problems with your product, please be sure that you have read this manual in its entirety and you fully understand its contents.
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We hope you enjoy your product from HD Emergency! Thank you for the support!


1) Specifications

General

- Full Mesh Build
- Seats up to Seven Avatars (5 in cab + 2 tailboard)
- Working Headlights, Taillights, Turn Signals and Hazard Lights
- Parking Brake to switch Physics on or off
- Opening Cab Doors and Compartments
- Compatible with the NTBI Global Fuel System
50.0 Gallon Diesel Fuel Tank
Maximum 85.0 miles to a tank
1.70 Miles Per Gallon
- Compatible with the HD Exhaust Removal System
- Compatible with the HD Electric Charging System

Aerial Boom

- 3-section telescopic boom
- minus 10° to 85° raise angle
- 360° turntable rotation
- max 24m (80ft) telescopic boom
- 1000 GPM master stream
- with 90° side to side swipe

Pump System

- Compatible with the HD Fire System 2
- 650 Gallon Water tank
- Four 5.0" Intakes
- One 5.0" Discharge
- One 2.5" Intake
- Two 2.5" Discharges
- Two 2.5" Crosslays
- One 1000 GPM Aerial Masterstream
- 1500 GPM Pump Limit

Emergency Lights System

- HD Classic Lightbar
- Rear Mounted Beacons
- Front Mounted Rotoray
- 2 Wig-Wag Front Strobes
- 2 LEDs each side
- 2 LEDs on rear
- Traffic Director Lightbar
- fully customizable with RGB input option
- 2 Scene Lights

Sound Setup

- working mechanical wave siren
- airhorn and electrical horn
- primary, secondary and manual siren
- with option for custom Sound UUID

Equipment

- Large and Small Diameter Supply Line
- Attack Line with Combi and Smoothbore Nozzles
- Suction Hose Segments and Draft Float
- Two Fire Extinguishers
- Six Spare SCBA Bottles
- Backboard and Medical Jump Bag
- Chainsaw, Circular Saw
- Caution Tape and Duct Tape
- Firefighter Hand Tools
- Handheld Lights
- Binding Agent
- Wheel Chocks
- Tool Box
- Two Foam Jugs

Customization

- Twelve Stock Paintjobs
- Twelve chevron Patterns
- Full Paintjob Templates
- Four Decal Texture Spots
- Eight Front Bumper patterns
- Truck Number 1 to 9999
- Optional Safety Bars for Open Cab
- Side Mirror Chevrons
- Wheel Cap Color
- Six Aerial Color Zones
- License Plates
- Support for HD ThemeBox3


2) Main Menu

2.1 Kick

This button allows you to eject a passenger out of the vehicle.

2.2 Manual

This button will give you a link to the online Manual, which you are reading right now.

2.3 Report

This will send a text report to your local chat in regards to the vehicle's status.
The report shows you who last drove the vehicle and the time at which they sat down.
It also shows the same information for the last person to operate the pump panel.
It will also display the vehicle's fuel status and total driven miles.

2.4 Restock

This will restock all equipment in the compartments of the truck in case any of it was lost.
In order to restock any used SCBA bottles you need to use the 'RestockSCBA' button in the main menu.
The button is only visible if any of the SCBA bottles are missing.
Restocking SCBA bottles requires a nearby SCBA Station.

2.5 Kill Fires

This button will allow you to kill any and all fires within the same region of the apparatus. This is extremely useful when a situation gets out of hand.

2.6 Modular HUD

This vehicle is compatible with the HD Modular HUD, which is distributed by a centralized server within Second Life.
To receive a copy of the latest version simply select 'Modular HUD' in the main menu of your vehicle.
The Modular HUD allows you to control all of the functions of your vehicle.
It will display different buttons and controls based on which spot you are sitting on.
An automatic sync to your vehicle is performed when attaching the HUD or sitting down.

2.7 Gear HUD

This vehicle is compatible with the HD Gear HUD, which is distributed by a centralized server within Second Life.
To get a copy of the latest version simply select 'Gear HUD' in the main menu of your vehicle.
The Gear HUD handles most of the equipment on the HD Fire Trucks.
You will not be able to use the compatible equipment without having the Gear HUD attached.
For more information on the features of the Gear HUD please consult the HD Fire System 2 Manual.


3) Owner Only


3.1 Customize

The customize menu allows you to change various settings for the appearance of your truck.
Depending on the selection you can either select a stock option or apply your own custom textures or colors.
For further information about Custom Textures and Decals please check the respective manual section.

3.2 Access

This menu allows you to change the vehicle's permissions on who can operate it.
There are two levels of access: Crew and Passenger.
Crew includes the Driver and Pump Operator as well as operating aerial ladders or booms.
Passenger only allows to sit in any of the passenger seats or stand on the tailboard.
You may set each to Owner, Group or Everyone.
Group includes all members of the group that the truck is set to.

To further restrict the access the truck supports the use of a With the whitelist you can add specific people to the Crew role.

3.3 Options

This menu allows you to change the vehicle's miscellaneous settings such as:
- Toggling Fuel System On/Off
- Renaming the vehicle
- Changing the Anti-Roll-Over (ARO) System Settings
- Installing Custom Sound UUIDs
- Adjusting Turn Radius Setting
- Adjusting Brake Strength Setting
- Activating the Pump Panel Help Mode
- Removing all HD Fires within the Region
- Setting a website URL for the Clipboard in the cab
- Setting up the Script API


4) Aerial Operation

This Truck comes with a 3-section telescopic boom that has a lightweight ladder mounted to it.
The aerial boom features a 1000 GPM masterstream on its tip.
In order to power the Aerial Boom you have to make sure that the engine of the truck is turned on.
Movement of the boom is only possible once the outriggers have been fully extended to stabilize the truck.
The outriggers can only be retracted when the aerial boom is in its resting position. To quickly return the aerial boom click on the joystick.
The aerial operator stand is at the rear end of the truck. You can 'sit' on the control panel in order to start controlling it.
You can either click directly on the controls panel elements in combination with your keyboard or use the Modular HUD.
The outriggers can be extended and retracted by using the EXT and RET buttons on the rear control panel.
The aerial boom control unit has a basic collision avoidance protection.
This means that the turntable can only be rotated once the aerial boom has been sufficiently raised in order to clear the cab and lightbar.
Also negative elevation is only possible while the aerial boom is pointing towards the rear area of the truck.
The turret can only be moved from side to side when it has been fully unfolded from its stored position.
There is the option to automatically align the rungs of the lightweight ladder that is mounted to the aerial boom.
This keeps the sections of the boom moving after the input has been released until an alignment position has been reached.

Step-By-Step Setup Guide

- Stop Truck and apply Parking Brake
- Ensure Engine is turned on
- 'Sit' on rear Control Panel
- Confirm Main Power Light is On
- Fully extend outriggers
- Confirm Outriggers Deployed Light is On
- Operate Aerial Boom as needed
- Click on Joystick to Auto-Stow Aerial Boom
- Fully retract outriggers

Aerial Master Stream

In order to utilize the Aerial Master Stream you have to make sure that the pump is running.
To turn the pump on click on the Power-Take-Off (PTO) switch on the left side of the cab dashboard and switch it from Road to Pump.
Either sit in the drivers seat and switch to the 4th gear or simply click on the manual gear shift stick to switch into 4th gear.
Confirm that the displays on the pump panel are lit up and functional.
If no external water source is used click on the Tank-To-Pump valve on the right side of the pump panel to use the internal water tank.
Now you can use the Master Valve on the rear of the truck to open up the Aerial Master Stream and start spraying water.
Please note that water will only start spraying once the turret has been moved from its folded position.

Keyboard Input

You can switch between the primary and secondary key function by using the Active Switch to select Boom or Turret.
Input Key Primary Function (Boom) Secondary Function (Turret)
Arrow Key Forward Raise Boom Unfold Turret
Arrow Key Back Lower Boom Fold Turret
Arrow Key Left Turntable Counterclockwise Turret Left Swipe
Arrow Key Right Turntable Clockwise Turret Right Swipe
Page Up or E Extend Boom Extend Boom
Page Down or C Retract Boom Retract Boom


5) Equipment

You need to wear the HD Gear HUD in order to use any of the equipment.
You can click on most of the items in the compartments to grab a copy.
The equipment will temp-attach directly to your avatar.
Some of the equipment can only be taken once and will restore to the truck when detached while in the same region.
If any of the equipment goes missing then you can select 'Options' > 'Restock' in the truck menu to restore it.

Available Equipment:
- Large and Small Diameter Supply Line
- Attack Line with Combi and Smoothbore Nozzles
- Suction Hose Segments and Draft Float
- Two Fire Extinguishers
- Six Spare SCBA Bottles
- Backboard and Medical Jump Bag
- Chainsaw, Circular Saw
- Caution Tape and Duct Tape
- Firefighter Hand Tools
- Handheld Lights
- Binding Agent
- Wheel Chocks
- Tool Box
- Two Foam Jugs


6) Chat Commands / Gestures

The truck listens on channel 2569 to the active driver and officer.
A pack of compatible gestures is available from the Manual HUD

The following commands are supported:
Signal Left [Ctrl+Left] = sigL
Signal Right [Ctrl+Right] = sigR
Hazard Lights [Ctrl+Up] = sigH
Camera [1-9] = cam1 - cam9
Next Camera [0] = cam0
Code 2 (lights) [F2] = code2
Code 3 (lights & siren) [F3] = code3
Code 4 (off) [F4] = code4
Park Brake [Space] = hb
Headlight [L] = headlight
Horn [H] = horntap
EM Master Switch [B] = light
Siren Primary [T] = siren1
Siren Secondary [G] = siren2
Siren Manual [Y] = sirentap
Lightbar [Shift+1] = lightbar
Strobes All [Shift+2] = strobe
Strobes Front [Shift+3] = strobeF
Strobes Side [Shift+4] = strobeS
Strobes Rear [Shift+5] = strobeR
Scenelight [Shift+6] = scene
Beacons [Shift+7] = beacon
Traffic Director [Shift+8] = director
Exit Vehicle [-] = exit


7) Textures

This truck comes with full templates for the body.
You can find them online: HD Templates
The body textures have to be saved as JPG in order to display properly.

To apply your custom paintjob textures:
1) Click on the roof of the cab to bring up the main menu
2) Select 'Customize' and then 'Paintjob'
3) Select either 'Custom Cab' or 'Custom Box' and enter the UUID

All decal textures have to be saved as PNG with a full transparent background.
For the decals you can use the UUID 8dcd4a48-2d37-4909-9f78-f7a9eb4ef903 for a fully transparent texture.

Decal Areas:
Cab Door: applied to the doors of the cab, aspect ratio is 1:1.
Cab Side: applied to the side of the cab behind the doors, aspect ratio is 1:1.
Call 911: applied to the most rear side compartment door, aspect ratio is 1:1.
Keep Back: applied to double compartment doors on back of truck, aspect ratio is 2:1.
Aerial Sign: applied to the aerial boom sign, aspect ratio is 8:1.

Texture Helper:
The texture helper can be used to apply local textures for your paintjob.
Rez the texture helper next to your truck and make sure that the backside is aimed towards your truck.
The owner of the helper and the owner of the truck have to match.
There are 2 faces on the front. The left is for the Cab and the right for the Body texture.
Use the Second Life build tools floater to select your texture from your inventory or your hard drive.
You can click the texture helper to force an update onto the truck it is aimed at.
Every time the local texture on your hard drive changes it will automatically be applied to the truck.



8) HD Theme Box 3

This truck is fully compatible with the HD ThemeBox3.
You can edit the basic HD ThemeBox3 that came packaged with this truck.
The Vehicle Parameter has to be set to the following: HD Aerial 1

The following Parameters are supported by this vehicle:
ThemeBox = UUID of texture that should appear on side of the HD ThemeBox
Texture Cab Top = UUID of cab top half texture
Texture Cab Bottom = UUID of cab lower half texture
Texture Body = UUID of body texture sides and front
Texture Rear = UUID of body texture on back side
Decal Door = UUID of decal on cab doors (1:1 ratio)
Decal Rear = UUID of decal on cab side behind doors (1:1 ratio)
Decal Boom = UUID of decal on side rear comapartment (1:1 ratio)
Decal Rear = UUID of decal on back double compartment (2:1 ratio)
Decal Sign = UUID of aerial sign texture (8:1 ratio)
Color Ladder = RGB-Color-Vector of ladder that is carried on the passenger side
Color Wheels = RGB-Color-Vector of the wheel caps
Color Aerial Pipe = RGB-Color-Vector of the aerial boom pipes
Color Aerial Boom = RGB-Color-Vector of the aerial boom sections
Color Aerial Ladder = RGB-Color-Vector of the aerial boom ladder frame
Color Aerial Railing = RGB-Color-Vector of the aerial boom railing
Color Aerial Tip = RGB-Color-Vector of the aerial boom railing tip section
Freebie = TRUE or FALSE. If set to TRUE then no next owner permission warnings are given.

All of those parameters are optional, you can leave any of them if you do not want to overwrite that particular setting.
The HD Texture Templates are available online: HD Templates


9) Script API

This truck comes with a simple Script API.
To activate it click on the center of the truck and select 'Options' > 'Script API'
Now enter the channel you want to use to send the commands.
Leave it blank to deactivate the Script API.

The owner of the sending object has to match the owner of the truck.

The following commands are supported:
DEREZ
the truck will derez
SET POS;(vector)
the truck will move to the given region position
SET ROT;(rotation)
the truck will change to the given global rotation
SET POS ROT;(vector);(rotation)
the truck will move to the given region position and global rotation
GET STATUS
the vehicle will report its current status to the sending object
reply: GET STATUS;(integer)ParkingBrake;(integer)PumpMode;(integer)HoseLines
parameters:
(integer)ParkingBrake : 0 for Parking Brake not applied, 1 for Parking Brake is applied
(integer)PumpMode : 0 for Pump Power Shift set to Road/Drive, 1 for Pump Power Shift set to Pump
(integer)HoseLines : 0 for no Hose Lines connected, 1 for one or more Hose Lines connecte

The truck will reply to each command by repeating it plus an integer for the execution status.
Possible reasons for movement not being successful:
- Hose Lines are connected
- Electric Cable Reel is deployed
- Exhaust Removal System is connected
- Electric Charging System is connected
- Target Position is more than 10 meters off region or above 4096m
- Target Position has parcel or region restrictions (object entry rule, prim limit, banned, etc.)

Example:
Object sends: SET POS ROT;<128.0, 128.0, 32.0>;<0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0>
Truck will reply:
SET POS ROT;1 when the move and rotate was possible
SET POS ROT;0 when something hindered the movement

Object sends: GET STATUS
Vehicle will reply:
GET STATUS;1;0;1
interpretation:
- Parking Brake is set (1)
- Pump Power Shift is set to Road/Drive (0)
- one or more Hose Lines are connected (1)


10) Feedback

Please report all bugs, issues and feature suggestions via:
Instant Message or Notecard to Lares Carter.
Or the HD Website Forms for Suggestions and Bug Reports.

Thank you for your support.