G5 Pop out

[Harshad]

Dear Support,

I have purchased the Garmin G5 add-on and am using it with the default
Cessna 172 on xplane. I was wondering if there is a way I can get both G5s
permanently overlayed as pop-outs so that I can increase the size and view
them clearly when flying. They are far too small when using as part of the
sim instrument panel.

I've tried changing the config file and managed to get popout working but
they disappear when I click on the screen - my current config file is
attached. I run xplane 11 in full screen mode.

Regards,
acfConfig.cfg
Harshad 
 

[Coop]

If you go into the X-Plane Settings -> Keyboard page, search G5 for commands and there are commands for Toggle G5 A and Toggle G5 B. Bind these to a key on your keyboard and then those will popup as in-sim popups instead of external window popups.

[Harshad]

On 7/27/2020 at 5:29 PM, Coop said:

If you go into the X-Plane Settings -> Keyboard page, search G5 for commands and there are commands for Toggle G5 A and Toggle G5 B. Bind these to a key on your keyboard and then those will popup as in-sim popups instead of external window popups.

You are a genius @Coop. I can now practice my approaches! Another quick question. When you press and hold the knob on the HSI on the real world G5, the heading bug auto aligns with the current heading. Is that possible on the sim G5?

[Coop]

4 hours ago, Harshad said:

You are a genius @Coop. I can now practice my approaches! Another quick question. When you press and hold the knob on the HSI on the real world G5, the heading bug auto aligns with the current heading. Is that possible on the sim G5?

That is on the list to get implemented. Thanks for the feedback!

Edited July 29, 2020 by Coop

[aselaviation]

@Coop I'm having trouble finding the G5 commands in the keyboard settings. Is there something I have to do to make them show up?

[Coop]

 

2 hours ago, aselaviation said:

@Coop I'm having trouble finding the G5 commands in the keyboard settings. Is there something I have to do to make them show up?

Does the G5 function properly with the C172 G5 included?

[aselaviation]

1 hour ago, Coop said:

 

Does the G5 function properly with the C172 G5 included?

Well... that might be subjective. It has some bugs which I would love to get figured out (dials jumping by 2 per click randomly) but yes, it does work in the standard 172 which is what I’ve been using it in exclusively so far. 

[Coop]

Commands can be found and bound in X-Plane keyboard settings (note, these only will appear if the G5 plugin is currently running, so it needs to be installed into the aircraft that is currently loaded):