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Hardware Setup Notes on 10.40

After upgrading to 10.40RC1, I noticed that quite a few settings have changed, so here is a re-summary. The equipment used includes: Saitek Pro Flight Yoke Saitek Three Level Pro Throttle Quadrant Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedal Saitek Pro Flight Cessna Trim Wheel Saitek Pro Flight Radio Panel Saitek Pro Flight TPM System Saitek Pro Flight Switch Panel PZ55

The configuration method is in the Settings menu.

1 Saitek Pro Flight Yoke Elevator pitch control / pitch: Y-axis telescopic axis moving forward and backward Aileron roll control / roll: X-axis telescopic axis moving left and right Move view up, down, left, right / general/tilt up, tilt down, pan left, pan right: Left 8-way hat switch View zoom / general/zoom in, zoom out: Left A1/A2 buttons Aileron trim / flight_controls/Aileron trim left, Aileron trim right: Right B1/B2 buttons Nav1 OBS / radios/Obs 1 up, Obs 1 down: Right C1/C2 buttons Brakes / flight_controls/Toggle brakes regular effort: Right red D button View switching (2D fwd, 3D fwd, chase mode) / view/fwd with panel, 3D cockpit cmd-look, chase: Mode switch roller (Left, Center, Right) NAV2 HSI / raidos/OBS 2 down: Left red E button

2 Saitek Three Level Pro Throttle Quadrant Nose wheel tiller / nosewheel tiller: Left movable axis Collective / collective: Right movable axis Carburetor heat / carb heat: Center movable axis Flaps up, Flaps down / flight_controls/flap_up, flap_down: T1/T2 buttons Altimeter adjustment / instruments/barometer down a bit, barometer up a bit: T3/T4 buttons Replay / replay/replay_toggle: T5 button Map display / map/show_current: T6 button

3 Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedal Left and right brakes / left toe brake, right toe brake: Left and right brake pedals Rudder yaw / yaw: Left and right pedals

4 Saitek Pro Flight Cessna Trim Wheel Pitch trim / elev trim: Trim wheel

5 Saitek Pro Flight Radio Panel Frequency tuning and setting for COM1/COM2/NAV1/NAV2/DME/ADF/XPDR communication and navigation instruments. See details here.

6 Saitek Pro Flight TPM System Throttle / throttle: Left movable axis Prop / prop: Center movable axis Mixture / mixture: Right movable axis X-Camera view 1 / X-Camera/Select_View_ID_1: G1 X-Camera view 2 / X-Camera/Select_View_ID_2: G2 X-Camera view 3 / X-Camera/Select_View_ID_3: G3 X-Camera view 4 / X-Camera/Select_View_ID_4: G4 X-Camera view 5 / X-Camera/Select_View_ID_5: G5 X-Camera view 6 / X-Camera/Select_View_ID_6: G6 X-Camera view 7 / X-Camera/Select_View_ID_7: G7 X-Camera view 8 / X-Camera/Select_View_ID_8: G8 X-Camera view 9 / X-Camera/Select_View_ID_9: G9

7 Saitek Pro Flight Switch Panel PZ55 After using the Xsaitekpanels Plugin, X-Plane can automatically recognize all switches, so the following functions do not need special configuration: Engine start, Landing gear, Main power, Avionics power, Air intake, Fuel pump, Anti-ice, Pitot heat, Panel power, Beacon lights, Navigation lights, Strobe lights, Taxi lights, Landing lights.

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