A friend recently asked if there is a simple way to change the barometric units from inHg to mBar on the Altimeter. Unfortunately, no, it is NOT possible on the earlier free gauges. But YES, it is possible on the paid gauges as their codings and image designs have been rewritten.
This automatic barometric unit switching feature should have been implemented earlier. Anyway, here it comes at last.
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Received some comments from friends who said the faceplate of the current Standalone Wet 
Compass is a bit wide. Well, it very much depends on personal preferences.
Anyway, here’ the face-lift version. Current users should have the new faceplate in their mailbox now.
If not, let know me in the Comment section below.
The ability of starting up multiple FIPs in specific order everytime has been a feature requested by almost all FIP users for a long long time. Saitek has finally implemented it onto its new drivers. However, this feature may need another tweak in order to function.
After the installation of the new drivers, a file called “SaiFlightFip.xml” containing the current setup information of the FIPs and the gauges should be created accordingly.
Via this “SaiFlightFip.xml”, the start-up order of the multiple gauges can be specified as desired.
The file is supposed to be stored under: Continue reading
Normally, driver installation should be no more than pointing-and-clicking on the mouse. Saitek’s new ProFlight drivers, “ProFlight_FSX_Plugin_7_0_40_9_x64_Software” and “Saitek_Pro_Flight_Instrument_Panel_7_0_40_9_x64_Full_pfw”, however, might need a little tweak.
Some friends said to me that the installation of these two drivers was as easy as snapping fingers. However, there were others telling me the opposite. To be more exact, their FIPs wouldn’t start up after the installation, even though all the other Saitek gears work as usual.
To me, both statements are true since I experienced both extremes myself over the last few days. Continue reading
What a coincidence of receiving a few emails in the past two weeks asking why the commands (such as the barometric settings — KOHLSMAN_DEC and KOHLSMAN_INC) assigned to the rotation knobs and buttons on the FIPs are not working any more. After checking their SaiFlightSimX.xml files, I found another coincidence that the <X52Pro> section in the beginning of their files was somehow removed.
Yeah. I do remember as they reported that the SaiFlightSimX.xml file worked properly without the <X52Pro> section before. Continue reading
So far, the only problem I have with Windows 10 is: the mouse will stop responding to mouse clicks if any of the Saitek game controllers (yoke, rudder pedals, trim wheel, etc) is hot unplugged from the computer after use.
There are many similar reports on the Internet, and it is generally agreed that the issue is caused by the Saitek driver. So far, no solution has been found.
The quickest way to put the mouse back to normal is to press the Reset button on the computer. The soft reset switch via Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn’t work.
Edit:
Some friends, like Philip M, suggest to open the Devices and Printers in Control Panel and right-click to “Remove” the Saitek devices in question prior to unplugging them. That’s another easiest cure of the problem as well.
Perhaps some of you have noticed that Saitek has released two new drivers. The “ProFlight_FSX_Plugin_7_0_40_9_x64_Software” is an integrated driver for all its Pro Flight products except the Flight Instrument Panel (FIP) which requires another new driver “Saitek_Pro_Flight_Instrument_Panel_7_0_40_9_x64_Full_pfw” to support it.
The up-sides of the two new drivers are: they simplify installation, and the load-up order of the FIPs can now be configured. The latter feature, in particular, has been a long-time request by almost all FIP users.
However, the down-sides are: Continue reading
Some friends asked me what would be the next gauges to fill up their “post-11th” FIPs after the 
10 Standalone plus the one Integrated Fuel Gauges.
Alright, here is the newly done full-size Wet Compass designed to match with the Standalone Gauges, in which the OMI Markers and Signal Sound Indicators are included.
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The fine-tuning works for the Standalone C172 Gauges have finally been completed. All instruments are now centered on the FIP and take up the whole area (320 x 240) without leaving any spaces on the left hand side for the displaying of any button commands.
In addition, none of the extra features found on the previous Integrated Series are added to these gauges, so that they could resemble and function as realistic as possible to the instruments in the real cockpit.
However, Continue reading
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