Farm Sim Panel (AKA Heavy Equip Side Panel) in MSFS2020? YES! It worked!

YES, YES, YES… :grin: :grin: :grin:

Just got the Farm Sim Side Panel, hooked it up to USB, loaded up the MSFS and Boom!
There it is in the Controls Menu.

  • I can assign views to any of the pushbuttons. (Instrument views come to mind here)
  • I can assign camera motion (drone or otherwise) to the joystick axis.
  • There are effectively two separate joysticks available due to the dual position button on top (red/blue LED)
  • I can assign Camera Translate Up/Down to the thumbwheel.

This is going to be a great help in Camera control for me, as I am not a gamer and haven’t really warmed up to the X-Box controller to do this.

Next I’m going to waste the entire weekend trying to figure out all the X, Y, and Z controls from the X-Box Controller and re-mapping them to the Farm Sim Panel (AKA, the "Heavy Equipment Side Panel - according to the box). If I have any complaint, it’s that none of the colorful buttons are LED or backlit.

Between the Honeycomb Alpha Yoke, the Bravo Throttle Quadrant (should be here next week), two Saitek Radio Panels, and the Saitek Multi Panel… I’m running out of desk to clamp this thing to.

Woooohooooo…
Jim-Sim