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For clarification, this is in the recently released V2.0

Ah, apologies, I thought it was a response to the issue I had just posted.

That is very confusing because I just received an email saying "X-Aviation and RealSimGear are pleased to announce the release of the G5 Instruments v2.0 update." and directing me to download it at the original link. The downloaded installer is titled "RealSimGear_G5_v2.0.zip" which has the text "V2.0" in it.

On a real G5 HSI, you press the right knob once to get the bottom menu, scroll horizontally to the desired setting, then press again to activate that setting. To set the CDI, you would press once, scroll right to highlight, press again, then rotating the knob will bring up the "VOR" window allowing setting of the radial. On the sim, selecting the "Course" window and pressing the knob instead makes the menu disappear (as in normal use). The knob then adjusts the CDI, and does not revert to setting the heading, as it does in a real G5. Further, if I use the steam-gauge CDI to set the OBS, it does change in the g5. However, after changing the radial with steam-gauge OBS, the knob on the G5 now operates the OBS instead of the heading also. This makes using the autopilot while crossing a fix requiring a change of radials (e.g., inbound to outbound on an approach or airway) very difficult. Having the buttonology conflict with the real device seems like a problem.

In a real standard dual G5 layout where the top G5 is PFD & the bottom one is HSI, the PFD would show the heading bug set on the HSI. This is not working (at least by default) in the out-of-the-box setup. Is there a way to enable this or is it not a feature?

Never mind. This time they came up turned on. Thanks. Log.txt

That might be the issue, but now I have a new problem which is that in the 172SP with built-in G5 the G5s won't turn on. I've tried both "button press" in the sim display (where it shows the "G5 power" tooltip) and also setting a keyboard command to toggle power to the G5s. Neither one has any effect.

I see a file called acfConfig.cfg. Is that the correct one (not G5.cfg)?

OK, I think I'm getting it now. The confusion is that there are *two* installers - the first one (downloaded from the website) installs the second one. I followed the instructions but don't see the G5.cfg file in the folder X-plane 11/Aircraft/Laminar Research/Cessna 172SP that I selected at step 1.2. Nothing appears to have been placed in that directory even though the installer tells me it ran successfully.

That information says "This is an archive of the version 1.x G5. Version 2.0 is now a RealSimGear product (existing customers have been transferred to the new product)." I am using the current version downloaded from your site 2 weeks ago. There was no option during installation to "choose the aircraft". I just did it as a hail-mary attempt to get the thing to work. Since there is no online documentation of the current version, please advise on the correct procedure for installing the G5 for an aircraft other than the 172 with built-in G5s (which doesn't connect properly to a plugin GTN 650). Thanks.

I have the GTN plugin (from Reality XP) for x-plane 11. The CDI/OBS of the standard LR 172SP follows routes created in the GTN650 in GPS mode. The C172SP G5 does not (nor does its CDI/OBS). Is there a way to get them connected?

I am unable to get my (new) install of the G5 to show up in my C172SP sim that came with xplane 11. The G5 does not show up on the "plugins" menu, even after I tried the step of copying the "G5" folder from the C172 SP G5 plugins folder to the plugins folder of the LR C172SP. That added the gizmo64 menu item under plugins in xplane, but not the G5.