Hello all, first post on the forum. Been skimming through for a year or so, finally purchased all my components. So I have a gaming computer with msfs2020 running. I also have the honeycomb Alpha and Bravo. The problem I’m having is that I can not get the auto pilot on the Bravo to interact with the auto pilot on the G1000 in the C172 with the Garmin. In fact I tried a few other airframes and no go with them also. I have read many article on binding, updating drivers. I’ve watched countless YouTube vids as well. I totally understand the method of binding a switch, lever, or button as I have done so previously. It’s just that for example, when I select the left dial and rotate to say, HEADING BUG, the right dial will NOT make the incremental changes on the G1000 in the cockpit. Nothing adjusts. It’s like that for all of the selections with the left dial on the auto pilot. I’m embarrassed to say I literally have been trying this for approximately two weeks but to no avail. I’m going crazy, but I know it will work. Can someone help me and direct me in the right direction? I would be very appreciative. Thank you all.
As a follow up, when I attempt to bind a switch, I clear the current input even if there isnt one, start scanning, operate rotary switch/knob into the position I want, then back out. When I rotate the switch into the position I know I should be seeing the switch name/number in the scan box at which point I rotate out and select validate. I dont get any of that. Thought that would give more exacting detail to my problem. Again thank you.
What plane are we talking about.
Cessna 172 with the G1000
This is a normal process when binding a switch that holds down a button, which is what the Bravo does for the AP rotary selector, toggle switches, gear switch, axis fully back switches and commercial lever reverse thrust lever switches. You have to scan, move the control to hold the switch, move the control away to set.
You can take a couple of different tacks with some of these bindings.
For example, “Set Heading Bug” is used with “Plus” and “Minus”. That isn’t plus/minus on a keyboard, but bindings you might set to the 360° rotary knob clockwise/anti-clockwise on the Bravo.
Conversely, you can use “Increase Heading Bug” and “Decrease Heading Bug” by creating a “chord” where both the binding for the left rotary knob is set to HDG and the right knob set to increase or decrease at the same time. You can do this by binding one of those the traditional scan way and then, once set, clicking the little gear to the far right of the binding line and locating the other switch/knob in the list on the left and toggling it on, so that both controls are set for that binding.
That way when the rotary selector is on HDG the mode that the 350° knob is set to is clockwise for “Increase Heading Bug” and anti-clockwise for “Decrease Heading Bug”
Thank you for your detailed response. However when I “”START SCANNING”, and I actuate the switch I want to bind, that switch position does not register in the box where it should validating that the bind worked. I was able to bind throttles, flaps, speed brakes, and gear. Can’t seem to get the auto pilot to work though. I haven’t tried binding the rocker switches yet, I wanted to get AP working first and try this out. Any other ideas? Thanks again, appreciate your help.
Horrible question, I know, but have you verified that those switches/buttons are actually working?
I ask, because I am in the middle of a warranty issue with my Bravo where none of the rocker switches are working and the 6th axis full-back switch is not working.
You can check in Windows (if you’re not on Xbox) via joy.cpl.
Not a horrible question at all. Always start off with the most simple and basic.
I’m actually just checked switches 1-8 on the Bravo and they are bound correctly. I’m now going to check the left rotary selector knob. I THINK those get bound to items listed as index. That leaves me to ask how do you bind the right rotary selector knob if it’s an adjustable variable for increase/decrease? Another question, when using the AP, what is the process of selecting a mode to adjust and or use? For example do you select the left knob to say VS, then press the VS button, then adjust with the right knob? Of course with the AP engaged.
Here are some screenshot clips of the settings for using “Select Heading Bug” and “Plus” and “Minus”. Note these are seen when you click the small gear on the right of the binding line:
Alternately, these show using Increase/Decrease Heading Bug. Note in the first image that is 19+13 and in the second it is 19+14:
You don’t necessarily have to use the left knob first, as the VS button will behave regardless of the left knob’s setting. However, to actually adjust the VS value, you would need the left knob on VS and then you adjust with the right knob.
EDIT:
GAH! I just realized you tagged this thread with 2020 and XCloud. My images are from 2024. I do not have experience with XCloud.
Thank you for your help. I’ll take a look at your 2020 settings. I’m still so confused. Thank you again for helping.
So everyone using MSFS2020 with Honeycomb Bravo has no problem binding the AUTOPILOT to the G1000 in the cockpit?
I don’t. I can speak for anybody else.
Hmmmm, interesting. Was it somewhat an automatic thing for you? I’m wondering does this Bravo need an update of some sort? I went to Honeycomb’s website, scrolled down to Downloads, found MSFS2020 and downloaded the “New Setup”, not knowing if I needed it. Problem is, it down loads in a zip file and I can’t unzip the file, (running MS 11). I’m wondering if this has something to do with me not being able to bind the auto pilot to the G1000. Anybody have any thoughts, I’m at my wits end and surely would appreciate some guidance. Thank you.