FS2004/FSX BlackBox XML Gauge Debugging Utility. BlackBox constructs an xml diagnostic gauge that can be used to display in readout form the numerical or string values of all or selected A:, E:, P:, L:, C:, G:*, and @c and @g macro (related to the FS9 or FSX gps module) variables of the gauge you are editing/building. It can display important parameters such as boolean, L: and A: variables that are not often displayed directly by the gauge you are building. As such, it is very useful for debugging xml gauge logic; you can see what the variables are actually doing as MS Flight Simulator flies.Author:Robbie McElrath. 74K

FSX/FS2004 VDO & Isspro instruments set. Xml compatible with FS-X and FS9. 49 XML engine and other gauges based on photographs of real VDO and Isspro instruments. Real diameter = 52mm except Tachometers : 85mm See full list in VDO&Isspro doc. Pierre FASSEAUX. 1.6MB

FS2004 Alphasim Freeware Panels Bitmaps. Here are 160 panel bitmaps I have created between 1999 and 2005, please use them any way you like - but please don't try to sell them! The high quality panel bmp's range from WW1 to the present era and cover USA/Britain/ Luftwaffe/Soviet/Japanese air forces and others. They do not include any gauges or panel.cfg's. By Phil Perrott of AlphaSim. 40.6MB

C++ source code for FS2004 Boeing 707-420 panel (b707-436.zip here).By George Carty. 4.8MB

Simple Panel Design. This browser-based, Internet style, ten lesson tutorial on panel and gauge design covers FS98 through FSX. The only software tools required design panels are the Windows accessory programs "Notepad" and "Paint". The tutorial explains in detail what's in an aircraft's panel configuration file (PANEL.CFG), how to edit that file and other Flight Simulator configuration files. It explains the difference between GAU and XML gauges, how to extract ,edit, and create your own XML gauges, how to use Windows "Notepad" to add, change, and reposition gauges on an instrument panel, and how to use Windows "Paint" to change the look, color, and size of instrument panels. The tutorial lessons are linked to hands on, step-by-step exercises. Screen captures illustrate examples in the lessons and exercises. Requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, or other equivalent XML-enhanced web browser. For beginner through advanced intermediate users. Ken Smith. Filename: PDToot.zip

Honeywell Radio Management Unit RM-85 FSC's for use in Virtual Panels/Cockpits. Used in Primus 1000 Avionics Suite Learjet 45. FSDS FSC & BMP format. By Pedro Caldeira. 314K

Honeywell Corporation MFD Display FSC's for use in Virtual Panels/Cockpits. The 4x4 " MFd is used in the F-16, Etc. The 6x6 " is used in AH-64 Apache, but may be suitable for many other projects. FDFS FSC & BMP formats. . By Pedro Caldeira. 582K

Panel Design Tutorial. The purpose of this tutorial is to give people a BASIC idea on how to design panels in Paint Shop Pro 7.You must have Paint Shop Pro before starting to read the tutorial and making panels. Download a trial version at jasc.com. This tutorial gives you a better undertanding of how panel designing is done. It does not deal with the addition of gauges, only design. (I plan to make another tutorial specifically on Gauges) Also included in the .zip is a 'template' panel.cfg that must be modified depending on the panel. The tutorial is in Rich text format (Word). Tutorial by Havoc Wreaker (Zone). 718K

Find GAU! Version 1.0.0 by Bill Yiannakos,Copyright (c) 2002,ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.THIS PROGRAM IS FREEWARE. Find GAU! searches MSFS panel.cfg files and finds which gauges are mentioned in them and so, which gauges are included in the linked panel. Very useful for panel disigners. 35K

FS2000 gauge lighting utility.(makepink11.zip) FS2000 gauge lighting utility. Adds the soft pink night lighting to FS98/CFS gauges. Version 1.1 works with more gauges, including the large CFS "clustered" GAU files. A new option adds FS98-style night lighting to unlit gauges. An added utility changes the FS2000 GPS gauge background lighting. Requires Visual Basic 4.0 driver files. By Chuck Dome.