Saitek Switch Panel Integration

[Marcusmmc]

Has anybody been able to get a Saitek Switch panel to integrate into an airplane? I've just purchased my first aircraft (Saab 340) for X-Plane 10 and can't figure out how to get the switch panel to recognize any switch.

[Mario Donick]

The Switch panel is working fine with the appropriate plugin, but it won't work (very well or at all) out of the box with the Saab, as all the Saab's systems are customly programmed. The same is, too varying degrees, true for any complex (i.e.: with custom systems) aircraft.

 

You can try to create your own config file, though. There's a manual included with the plugin.

Edited March 16, 2014 by Mario Donick

[Marcusmmc]

The Switch panel is working fine with the appropriate plugin, but it won't work (very well or at all) out of the box with the Saab, as all the Saab's systems are customly programmed. The same is, too varying degrees, true for any complex (i.e.: with custom systems) aircraft.

You can try to create your own config file, though. There's a manual included with the plugin.

Thank you for the reply.

I've downloaded and installed the plugin. I've read through the manual included with it and have been trying to get it to work for about an hour. I've had no luck. The manuals instructions make little sense to me. I'm new to the x-plane world and not a programmer at all. Much of the language in the manual may as well be foreign to me.

Would you be willing/able to help me out? Any help would be appreciated.

[Mario Donick]

I would be willing -- but am not able, because I also don't fully understand the manual.

 

I use the switch panel only for small GA aircraft or for aircraft where the plugin author has predefined config files. You may ask him to offer one for the Saab.

Edited March 16, 2014 by Mario Donick

[Marcusmmc]

I've spent the better part of 5 hours straight working on getting this dang switch panel to work. I've not been able to get anything to work. Anybody have any suggestions?

[Ben Russell]

http://forums.x-pilot.com/topic/5806-xsaitekpanelsini/

[Marcusmmc]

Thank you. I found that link earlier but am not having success with it. Still at a complete loss.

[Mario Donick]

That's because the .ini file in that link does not work with the switch panel, only with the multi and the radio panel.

To be honest, I would not use the switch panel for big aircraft, as they have much more systems than can be mapped to the switch panel. You would need to use the overhead panel in the 3D cockpit anyway (for example for landing lights, deicing, engine start), simply because these aircraft are more complex than a Cessna C172. In fact, I have deactivated the Saitek panels in aircraft like the Saab or the 757...

Edited March 17, 2014 by Mario Donick

[raven1982]

Using the switch panel for large aircraft is not that great. Like others have said it is good for a GA aircraft but once you get into actual systems you will find it lacking. 

 

IF you want to spend more time getting it to work I would suggest that you open the included files for using the switch panel with other large aircraft and attempt to modify it for the Saab. I recommend that you do this on a separate install of X-Plane for safeties sake. Good luck, I would help but I stopped working with code back in the 90's and really don't want to touch it now.