After reporting that my existing FSX/P3D Gauges can be run with the new Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) via Logitech’s MSFS plugin, or the latest FSUIPC, or SPAD.neXt in the last few Posts, I received some emails asking for more details and clarifications about this MSFS-compatibility and my plan on MSFS specific gauges.
Here’s the reply to those who are interested: Continue reading
I pulled out my Logitech Panels from storage earlier today. After a few hours testing, they are successfully communicating with MSFS via FSUIPC 7, like the FIPs.
Followings are the steps I found the most effective:
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Whether your flightsim gears are instantly recognized by MSFS or not, you’ll need 
to find out what the numbers of the buttons are when selecting them in MSFS Control.
Unless your gears already come with a button number map, you’ll have to find them out yourself. It’s pretty easy. Continue reading
At the moment, only a few accessories are instantly recognized by the new 
Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS). The Honeycomb Alpha Yoke is one of them, which I used as a reference to set up my VRInsight Flight Master Yoke and other flightsim gears on my second computer.
It’s funny to look at the white buttons and the red buttons on the Yoke panel as they are wrongly placed carelessly. The two red buttons for Batteries should be on the left and the two white buttons for Avionics should be on the right. Wonder why no one from the Asobo team nor the Honeycomb team spotted the mistake and have it corrected in the last update.
Anyway, followings are the default button mappings on the Alpha Yoke: Continue reading
I am excited to inform you guys that FIP gauges under Logitech Drivers can actually be run properly in MSFS without the need of SPAD.neXt or other similar utilities available on the market. In other words, all existing FSX/P3D gauges in my store are MSFS-compatible ready, despite whether Logitech will have updates supporting MSFS or not.
To run the FIP gauges using Logitech Drivers in MSFS, all you need Continue reading
A user of my Integrated Fuel Gauges (INTFG) for the A2A C182T recently asked if 
it is possible to reconfigure JUST the left or the right knob on the FIP to handle all fuel tank selections, instead of using both knobs for the left and right tank individually as I predefined for the gauges.
Yes, it is possible via SPAD.neXt. Here are the steps: Continue reading
As mentioned in My P3Dv5 Settings, I set the Autogen and Scenery Draw Distance to High as 
it gives me the best balance to see as much autogens as possible.
Recently, I am cling to push it one more step to Very High for even more visible objects. Sadly, this brings a little impact even though it is just barely noticeable. I couldn’t help to think that it would be great if there were one more stop in between High and Very High.
Since the Setting Page doesn’t have the option, I turned to Continue reading
From time to time, I receive emails from non-SpadneXt users asking if it is possible to turn off the up/down LEDs on the FIPs. Frankly speaking, I didn’t care much whether they were lit or not in the past. So typically I would give them an answer NO.
Until recently I have my cockpit layout properly, I then understand why they 
have the needs. Even so, my answer was still a NO unfortunately.
But there was one time I was joking to a friend saying that “You could Continue reading
After Windows 10’s last few updates, I encountered some strange behavior on my Flight Instrument Panels (FIPs). They are connected via two USB hubs on my networked Surface Pro as described in Post 581. I normally turn them ON after the flight simulator is loaded on the main PC.
But after recent updates, a few FIPs (not the same every time) won’t turn on at all sometimes. I’ll need to cold boot the Surface Pro in order to have them back to work normally. This happens about once or twice in every 10 start ups.
The FIPs were checked; hubs – checked; power – checked. I even swapped the ports and the hubs. Nothing unusual found. Besides Continue reading
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