For Saitek Pro Flight Instrument Panel.
This Primary Flight Display (PFD) Glass type gauge provides following utilities:
1. Artificial horizon with sliding bug (yellow).
2. Moving tapes for:
- Air speed.
- Altitude.
- Heading.
3. Detail window for altitude.
4. Needle for vertical speed.
5. Glide slope and Localizer bars, they appear when in range of ILS only.
6. Digital values for:
- Total Air Temperature (TAT).
- QNH.
- Mach number.
- VOR 1 selected course.
- VOR 1 bearing.
- DME 1 range.
- Radio height altitude up to 2000 feet, above a bar go through the window.
- vertical speed, a minus sign appears when vertical speed is negative.
7. Autopilot bugs for:
- Selected altitude.
- Selected speed.
- Selected heading.
Rmk: Bugs appear only when autopilot ALT, SPD or HDG functions are selected.
8. Display Autopilot functions with Text acronysm in yellow:
- AP, Autopilot Master On.
- THR, auto throttle mode engaged.
- SPD, air speed mode selected.
- HDG, heading mode selected.
- NAV, navigation mode selected (VOR 1).
- APR, approach mode selected.
- BC, back course mode selected.
9. Knobs functions:
- Right, allows to change QNH value.
- Left, allows to move VOR 1 course.
INSTALLATION.
Copy file pfdvge.xml from folder DirectOutput_Gauges to folder Saitek\DirectOutput\Gauges
Copy bmp files from folder DirectOutput_Gauges_1024 to folder Saitek\DirectOutput\Gauges\1024
Open file SaiFlightSimX.xml located in folder Saitek\DirectOutput and paste following lines:
<Gauge Timeout="100" RootFolder="Relative" File="pfdvge.xml">
<Button Id="1" Name="" Event="FLIGHT_MAP"/>
<Button Id="2" Name="" Event="PANEL_1"/>
<Button Id="3" Name="" Event="PANEL_2"/>
<Button Id="4" Name="" Event="PANEL_3"/>
<Button Id="5" Name="" Event="PANEL_4"/>
<Button Id="6" Name="" Event="PANEL_5"/>
</Gauge>
Important, let blank between "" for Name="" because this gauge fills all available space of the Flight Instrument Panel.
It is very easy to delete whatever element you don't want by opening file pfdvge.xml (I use Notepad ++). All elements have a title for what they provide.
Have a nice flight,
Autor:
Philippe Verhaege, Flight simulators supporter since 1985, 6000 flying hours on Maritime Patrol Aircraft (French Navy).
philvge@gmail.com