FIP Driver Toggler

919: FIP Driver Toggler Updated

| Tom Tsui

Many years ago, I developed the FIP Driver Toggler to quickly and efficiently turn the Logitech driver ON and OFF.

It was designed on purpose to keep both the default Logitech driver and SPAD.neXt on my system simultaneously, letting me choose which one to load since they cannot run side-by-side.  Additionally, this utility can prevent conflicts between the Logitech driver versions for FSX, P3D or MSFS and the version built for X-Plane.

The new update has optimized the code and fixed several legacy bugs specifically for MSFS2024, while keeping the core functionality exactly the same. Continue reading →

602: FIP Turn On Fix

| Tom Tsui

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 →