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gazzazh
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Saitek Multipanel issues

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HI,

I have been going crazy trying to get the multipanel to work as intended.
I am using latest P3dv4. Registered spadnext. Simconnect, LAVR enabled .
latest A2A C172 P3dv4
my problem is that its almost impossible to engage AP. not everything is working as it should. sometimes it engages but if i am choosing att hold or heading, only one would work if lucky after several presses and most of the time the light on the panel wont engage. I have tried several profiles for spadnext. I have tried programming myself. I don't know what i am doing wrong. Has anyone been able to get the panel to actually work fully without issue. The panel seems to work with all the planes that came with P3d but not the A2A.
Please if someone has an idea of what iam doing wrong , kindly let me know.
PS: I am not using Saitek Drivers :(

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Re: Saitek Multipanel issues

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Might be best to post on the Spad forum to check there. In the past they have had it all working OK using our LVars, not sure if its been updated for P3Dv4 version yet though.

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Re: Saitek Multipanel issues

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Lewis - A2A wrote:Might be best to post on the Spad forum to check there. In the past they have had it all working OK using our LVars, not sure if its been updated for P3Dv4 version yet though.

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Thanks Lewis,

I have already done that. Hopefully will find a solution to the problem soon.

Thanks again
Cheers

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Re: Saitek Multipanel issues

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gazzazh wrote:[...] my problem is that its almost impossible to engage AP.
One other think to bear in mind is that the 'AP' button needs to pressed and held for at least 0.25 seconds to engage the autopilot. Is it possible you're misinterpreting this basic safety feature as an issue with the Saitek hardware integration?

Thanks,
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Re: Saitek Multipanel issues

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Nick M wrote:
gazzazh wrote:[...] my problem is that its almost impossible to engage AP.[/quote

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Nick
Thanks Nick, that's not the issue. Thanks again for trying to help out. Much appreciated

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Re: Saitek Multipanel issues

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Hmm, I don't use the Saitek gear so can't help with SPAD.neXt, but the only other thing that comes to mind is that there are two L:Vars associated with the AP button (and each of the autopilot mode buttons).

For instance for the AP button, "L:kap140_ap_button" should be SET to 1 on press and SET to 0 on release, but "L:kap140_ap" should be SET to 0 on press, but not SET to 0 on release. The same principal applies to HDG, ALT etc.

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Re: Saitek Multipanel issues

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Nick M wrote:Hmm, I don't use the Saitek gear
Thanks,
Nick
May I ask what gear are you using ?
Thanks

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Re: Saitek Multipanel issues

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gazzazh wrote:May I ask what gear are you using ?
Oh, nothing fancy here! :P Just a Thrustmaster joystick and pedals. However, I use FSUIPC for a few keyboard and button press events with text macros and L:Vars. Do you use a registered version of FSUIPC5 along with SPAD.neXt?

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Re: Saitek Multipanel issues

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Just the registered version of spas with simconnect and lvar

Thanks again for the help
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Re: Saitek Multipanel issues

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Okay, I see from this page that SPAD.neXt has some native L:Var support which you may need to utilise. There's more info on the A2A C172 L:Vars here. Maybe one of the other forums members who uses SPAD.neXt will be able to help a bit more... :)

Good luck!
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Re: Saitek Multipanel issues

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Good luck!
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Thanks a million nick.. Much appreciated

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