FIP Gauges

494: Abnormal FIP Knob Adjustment Fix

| Tom Tsui

Not sure how many of you have occasionally encountered a bizarre situation in which all functions, such as OBS and heading bug, that are controlled by the knobs on the Logitech/Saitek FIPs (Flight Instrument Panels) suddenly move faster in 10-degree (step) per turn than the default 1-degree (step) per turn.

The cause of the issue is unknown but generally it can be cured by warm-booting (or in some cases, cold-booting) the computer.

In the last six months, I encountered the issue once or twice.  Instead of rebooting the computer, Continue reading →

493: Heading Bug Synchronizing Fix

| Tom Tsui

A friend, Sergey Dronyaev in Moscow, who reported an issue that he found the Autopilot Heading Bug on the A2A Cessna Shared HDG FIP gauge didn’t synchronize with the one in the virtual cockpit.  I had my head scratched since it was the first time I heard about the issue regarding the gauge.

Sergey later submitted a solution he found from the A2A forum:  Pressing the AP button once (Autopilot on/off) – both gauges will synchronize accordingly.

Just in case someone encounters the same issue, above tip should help.

 

492: X-PLANE B58 Gauges Released

| Tom Tsui

The Baron 58 Gauges for X-Plane 11 are done.   Pre-sale users should have the download links in their mailboxes by now.
If not, contact me directly.

490: Carenado B58 Gauge Updated

| Tom Tsui

Updates for the Carenado B58 Gauges are ready and download links are being sent to users today.  Similarly, there are bug fixes, feature enhancements and code optimizations. Should any user not receiving the email by tomorrow, feel free to contact me by email or via Comment of this post.

489: B58 Baron Gauge Updated

| Tom Tsui

Following the A36 Bonanza update, links for the Default B58 Baron Gauges update have been sent to all users earlier today.  Similarly, there are bug fixes, feature enhancements and code optimizations.   Should any user not receiving the update, feel free to contact me by email or via Comment of this post.

Updates for the Carenado B58 will be ready in the next few days.

488: A36 Bonanza Gauge Updated

| Tom Tsui

Have been working hard on the updates for many of my earlier Gauges these few weeks.   The first one ready is the A36 Bonanza instrument, in which there are bug fixes, feature enhancements and code optimizations.

Download Links are being sent to all existing users by emails.   Should any one not receiving it by tomorrow, feel free to contact me.

Updates for the default B58, followed by the Carenado B58, will come next.

486: SL Migrator Lite Version

| Tom Tsui

In response to some friends requests, a simplified version of the SL_Migrator is created to help other non-FSX Times Gauges users to convert their “exe.xml” files after the Logitech Drivers migration.    Similarly, it is good for FSX, FSX-SE, P3Dv3 and P3Dv4 and can handle more than one simulators simultaneously if exists.

The utility is called SL_Migrator_Lite and it can be downloaded from the Freeware section in my Store.

 

485: SL Migrator v1.1 Update

| Tom Tsui

The SL_Migrator has just been updated to version 1.1, which helps further speeding up and simplying the Saitek-to-Logitech migration.

Besides the FIP Gauges copying process, the new utility can now automatically modify ALL the “exe.xml” files found in the computer’s simulator cfg folders for the necessary Logitech conversion, including FSX, FSX-SE, P3Dv3 and P3Dv4.

In other words, Continue reading →