Saitek Flight Panels

You may have done this already but for mine to work on airliners I have to set a master avionics master 1 on key bind. Then it will light up. R

I have tried that @alittlegaming to no avail
I get it illuminated no problem that is not the issue, if I change the transponder for example it changes in the cockpit of said planes, but when I try to use com 1 & 2 or nav rad the input do not change that of the plane

Maybe @Tr1cky could be of some help?

The only airliner Iā€™m aware of with issues is the Airbus A320e, which Asobo are aware of and is on the list of things to fix. Are you saying that you canā€™t adjust the COM/NAV in any of the airliners?

That is correct, I have the latest driver installed, but canā€™t get radio panel to work in any airliner, however the multi panel works fine

And it works fine in non-airliners?

My flight instrument panel is driving me crazy. Last weekend it worked perfectly. This weekend post the latest game update it would only shown me the adverts on the screen. I had to reinstall the saitek driver three times and then it worked for a couple of hours. PC off and then back for another flight a few hours later and all I get on it are the adverts again!!!

And Breathe

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Iā€™m having the same problema with Saitek radio panles using ADF/DME/XPDR, after upgrading to latet Logitech Saitek drivers 8.0.285. DME goes on and off, when moving the knob to change navā€™s or comā€™s dials ADF and DME go on and offā€¦any way to have either logitech or asobo to expedite resolution on this?

Hi there!!!
Another one with issues with radio, switch and multi panels!!! Not any solution so far???

Please provide more details of what isnā€™t working. With the exception of the flashing DME/ADF/XPDR issue and then aircraft-specific issues (which we canā€™t affect), the current plug-in works with all of the panels.

@ggeler1974 Weā€™re aware of this one, as mentioned above. Working on it.

Still no joy with the B.I.P. even after redownloadng and reinstalling the Logitech drivers. Help here would be appreciated short of going to SpadNext which I seem to remember created other issues because of some reliance on a Siatek driver that does/did create issues. I may have this twisted or wrong but it is stuck in the back of my head.

My 12 F.I.P.'s, Yoke, Rudder, Trim Wheel and second Throttle Quad are working fine and did so before the updated drivers. The new drivers did help with the radioā€™s, switch and multi panels though.

I have the las tests drivers of logitessch, my switch panel doesnā€™t work, landing lights are on but I canā€™t assign any button, any solution?

@Tr1cky

Appreciate you being here! Another problem that Iā€™m having with the FIP is that in the NAV display, my DME displays as DME2 and I cannot get to to display DME1. I also tried FSX and Prepar3D (which I presumably once used to get it to DME2, not sure) that have planes with a clear DME 1/2 switch in their cockpits, but the change is not displayed on the FIP. The text DME2 keeps being displayed with the corresponding DME of NAV 2, which is quite irritating. I hope you can let it respond to the DME toggle event.

@RickSinGA Have you downloaded and installed the drivers and software for the BIP from here? The software says itā€™s for the X52, but it also covers the BIP. Once theyā€™re both installed and youā€™ve configured your specific layout of the BIP in the software then it should all work (it definitely does here).

@VivaceDegree988 You canā€™t reassign the buttons on the Switch Panel, but then you shouldnā€™t need to: the plug-in takes care of assigning the switches to their appropriate function using commands that are part of SimConnect. The landing lights are definitely operating when I flick the switch on the Switch Panel.

@FloweryParrot50 Weā€™re taking a look at DME at the moment and will check if it can respond.

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Hello @Tr1cky,

Is there any chance to have different multi panel increments based on knob rotation speed?
e.g.
altitude fast = 1000
altitude slow = 100
VS fast = 100
VS slow = 50
HDG fast = 10
HDG slow = 1
CRS fast = 10
CRS slow = 1
IAS fast = 10
IAS slow = 1

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Tricky, are you referring to the Current Products ā€œX52 Flight Control Systemā€ which in turn redirects to Logitechā€™s website and the following driver:

  • Software Version: 8.0.213.0
  • Last Update: 2018-09-24

or the Legacy Products ā€œPro Flight Backlit Information Panelā€ software and driver Pro_Flight_BIP_7_0_47_1_x64_Drivers.exe at the Saitekā€™s website which is dated way back as memory serves?

If it is the later then there is no joy as that is what I have been using.

BTW, thanks for the quick response.

That is much the way the Saitek Panels work in X-plane with their plugin (mod by a member), the Logitech driver does not do the same, it works ok but not quite like the Xsaitekpanels plugin. Logitech would have to do more work to get it to work like that.
The way I use it in MSFS is to make large changes with the Saitek and small ones with the planes controls, specially ALT and HDG with the knobs in the Garmin, some planes have dedicated knobs or small panels , specially for ALT.

Hi.
I also have the increment problem with the multi panel.
Iā€™m using a Honeycomb yoke and I can confirm that the problem goes away when the body mounted switches are unassigned.

As far as power goes, I use the multi panel and radio panel in a powered usb hub.
Each port has itā€™s own on off switch, which makes it easy to disconnect and reconnect.

I also adjusted the registry to turn off power saving mode and both panels always illuminate when the sim starts.

I donā€™t have any problems with this combination in XP11, the trouble is I only fly ga and I just canā€™t go back to it nowā€¦

Hope Asobo get this problem sortedā€¦

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@RickSinGA Thatā€™s very strange - Iā€™ve got no issue here using the BIP with that combo of driver and software that you have. When you open the profile editor, do all of the BIP positions light up with the corresponding LED colour for the indicator that you drag on to each position? In the support section of the software do you have a Software version of 7.0.53.6 and a Driver version of 7.0.47.1?

@ArantisAir No plan to implement that at this stage Iā€™m afraid.

Also, Iā€™m putting in the upload request for the next version of the plug-in today. This fixes the DME/ADF/XPDR flashing issue. It also implements Active and Standby ADF, as well as letting you change the DME to display DME1 or 2 by pressing the Active/Standby button.

Hopefully it should be on the ftp before the end of the week - Iā€™ll let you know once itā€™s up.

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@Tr1cky

Awesome, thanks!!

The Profile Editor is the likely culprit Tricky. I have no Profile Editor that I can find! I have both Software and Driver versions you mentioned but can not find any editor on my system or on the net?

What have I missed?