So do you have 2 overlays, one for PFD and MFD or one overlay with a switch option in setting like the one included with AM?
Great work by the way.
So, is this based on Airmaganer 4? I use a hardware panel and would be well-prepared to pay for a working Airmaganer-4-based 2-G1000 solution.
Thanks, I knew what I needed to do but couldnāt find itā¦ Just needed to scroll down under the panel viewā¦ Duh, getting myopic.
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There is one Overlay, but it has User Variables to Define if it is Pilot PFD or MFD. I will make basic Panel Art for single and dual (instruments) overlay panels. There is also the notion of CoPilot PFD in the Russ Barlows original work, but until I know what the differences are, I wonāt implement it. The Autopilot button array on the left is also independently controlled (visible or not) meaning you can have AP off, on or on both, Not shown in the above I have a small Debugging flag in the top left of the display that says PFD or MFD so you know what mode your overlay is running in. It was useful for debugging when running a single overlay that both have all the same buttons. It has user-defined visibility so that purists can turn it off. I had hoped that I could do the two G1000 + Center COM Stack side by side but it makes the individual overlays too small / crowded.
Iām trying to decide if I do map panning now or later I have to see if Mobitflight even have events for this. The other big wish is to handle long button presses. Iāll ask about that later today.
I will say this significantly improves my Flight Tracker Button array layouts below on the Steamdeck, I need more encoders now (I have a plan for that) 
The new code is better grouped/structured and more readable / commented especially in VS Code too BTW, that should make understanding it easier. If stuff does not make sense, feel free to ask questions.
Yeah the UI is not intuitive at times, its easily missed.
Just need 2 touchscreens side by side with a knobster or 2 in the middle. On left panel the PFD and auto panel and the right is the MFD with room for flaps or trim on the side. Makes for a nice setup.
Iām getting ready to cut a couple panels, 1 to mount my touchscreen and radio stack with the switches for other things and then another with a physical G1000 set and switches.
The touchscreen will be for steam planes and the other for glass planes
This works remarkably well (mostly). I have my 2 tablets set up as monitors using Spacedesk.
The issues Iām having:
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Itās a ā ā ā ā pain in the ā ā ā to have to set this layout up every single flight. Almost too much to be worth the effort, really. And by that, I mean the MSFS instruments, and not your work. Your work is fine. Itās having to pop put the panels and resize them to fit every single time is a massive PITA. I suppose if youāre sending it to a single monitor as you are that itās easier. For my purposes on 2 separate tablets. It takes several minutes to get things aligned.
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The second is quite possibly (and likely) something Iām doing wrong. I canāt get the MFD to work. It always triggers the PFD. I went into the panel in Air Manager, then to the instrument itself, and selected MFD from the list, but it still triggers events on the PFD. What am I doing wrong?
I think he has some debugging code you can uncomment that will display the mode the panel is in, just to confirm which panel is which mode.
It should be near the top before the function definitions.
I see that g_unitpos variable.
I donāt see a commented line to display the variable anywhere. In AirManager, I see the value. No matter what I select from the drop-down, it always shows it as the Pilot PFD (1).
I started over from scratch with a single bezel in case I had messed something up. Regardless of what display I select, actions only affect the pilot PFD.
This takes too long to set up before a flight and doesnāt work as Iād like it to. I think Iām going to pass for the time being.
I was going to suggest trying one and seeing if you could make it run in both modes
Thatās what I did. Set a single bezel as MFD. It triggered the PFD regardless of how I set that variable, be it from the select box or hard coding it in.
I even commented out the logic that selects the mode and manually forced the variable to 3. Still it functions as pilot PFD.
Are there both PFD and mfd variables in the code?
There arenāt. Just found this out while looking at the code more closely. The only function via Mobiflight are to the PFD. That would explain the issue Iām having.
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A single overlay would work but the drop down would have to set a flag then have each function check the flag to choose the correct variable. Two overlays may be just as easy from a coding standpoint since you can clone the current one
The quick fix for this would be to create a new generic instrument using that one as a base and replacing all instances of PDF command with MFD. Iām quite familiar with those Mobiflight calls as I build G1000 PFD and MFD panels for my Stream Deck XL. A quick search and replace would sort me right out.
But it would seem @XAxSys has something working on his end. Iāll likely just wait for him to share his updated final solution and use that instead vs reinventing the wheel.
Correct. In the version I downloaded from earlier in this thread, that drop down does nothing. I suspect itās an older version
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I use a 22in touchscreen where youāve got your tablets and moving and resizing the glass screens is a bit less painful. I hope one day persistency will be somehow added. Nevertheless, I am in Sim Heaven now that i can use AM 4 with these, looking forward to see the GNS units done.
Exactly. With a single touch screen, I wouldnāt be having that issue. At least it would be a lot easier to arrange stuff than doing it on tablets. Itās no fault of Air Manager or XAxSysās work. Itās the lack of persistence on window placement in the sim thatās the issue. Perhaps some day theyāll fix it, but not holding my breath on that one.
Has anyone played with a function to detect a long press in Air Manager?..want to use it with the clr button on the GNS530. Thinking somehow using the timer_start in a button_down function or something like that.
I agree with you and sadly I have no way to fix that. During development I sized my G1000 to be the correct Size for the popped out window, But I still have to pop it out each session. When I try to put both popout on the 1080p the G1000 bezel is too wide So I have to size down the popout and Bezels to fit. That then makes the bezels very crowded. I need either an ultrawide touch display - (Does anyone know if such a beast exists?) or a 4K touch display (same question) I do have a 15.6" 1080P touch display coming on Friday in the meantimeā¦
You are not doing anything wrong the current panel does not yet support the MFD and there is no logic tthat fines the differencesā¦ in the current version. Iām sorry I should have made that clearer!!!
the being said I am nearly done testing the logic.lua file where the MFD logic IS implemented and it should wor as you expect I may be ready to post the Logic.lua file tonight. Ping me on discord after 8pm PST if you want to try it out!