Note: Pressing any of the six buttons when FSX is not loaded will switch the
panel display off and on.
You can connect multiple instrument panels to your PC to show different cockpit
displays simultaneously. Each panel uses system resources - see Advanced options
below to connect multiple panels with maximum system performance.
Advanced options
If you have more than one PC connected to a LAN you can connect multiple
Instrument Panels to a secondary PC which will display flight information from
Microsoft FSX running on your primary PC. This can be useful to free up system
resources for FSX.
Installation
1. On the server machine ensure Microsoft FSX and the Flight Instrument Panel
drivers are installed and running.
2. On the client machine, install Flight Instrument Panel drivers (including
DirectOutput).
3. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package - x86 or x64 dependent
on server/game machine.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-
4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=en
4. Install Simconnect.msi - copied from server/game machine.
5. On the server machine, add a section to SimConnect.xml
<SimConnect.Comm>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Protocol>IPv4</Protocol>
<Scope>global</Scope>
<Address>SERVER_MACHINE_IP_ADDRESS</Address>
<MaxClients>64</MaxClients>
<Port>SERVER_MACHINE_PORT_NUMBER</Port>
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screen display will switch to show the aircraft Altimeter instrument. If your FS X
software does not recognise the switch panel, unplug the USB cable and plug it
back in.
If FS X appears not to load, this is because it is waiting for a prompt. To view the
prompt window, select it either by pressing Alt + tab or by clicking on the prompt on
the Windows task bar. The prompt reads “Microsoft Flight Simulator security warning :
will happen once after install”. Click Run and when asked “would you like to designate
this module?”, click yes and FS X will continue to load.
The Pro Flight Instrument Panel will not register automatically if you have installed the
Pro Flight Switch Panel before installing FS X. To register the Pro Flight Switch Panel
with FS X, click on the “Launch the Flightsim X plugin manually” icon to re-run the
program.
You can select one of the above six screens to be displayed on the Flight Instrument
Panel. Press the cursor up or down buttons at the bottom centre of the panel to scroll
through the screen displays.
Additional buttons
The six buttons on the left of the instrument panel open additional cockpit screens or
displays when flying in FSX. Each button is labelled with the corresponding display to
the right of it. The Map, Main Panel, Radios and GPS buttons will open those screens
or cockpit panels when flying most aircraft. The panel 4 and 5 buttons will open
different screens or panels depending on the aircraft being flown. Press the button
once to open the panel or screen and again to close it (except map where you must
click on OK or press return to close the map screen).
Screen displays
Altimeter
Airspeed
Attitude Compass Turn and Slip
Vertical Speed
