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    PMDG B737 Logitech Panels SPAD.neXt Profile - Image 1

    Description

    This profile has been discontinued as I am unable to provide any future fixes or updates.


    This SPAD.neXt profile is designed for Logitech/Saitek panels, including multi, switch, and radio panels, to make them compatible with the PMDG Boeing 737. If you come across any bugs, mistakes, or have suggestions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me!

    This profile requires a SimConnect connection, LVAR Bridge to be installed and PMDG SDK enabled.

    I recommend using a lower multi panel tuner pollrate. You can change it in settings > devices > multipanel (image)

    Lower values will give you a smoother experience. If you experience problems with stuck knob animations, increase its value.

     

    PMDG SDK:

    You need to enable PMDG SDK in add-on files. Video about it (not mine)

    Make sure to enable PMDG 737 support in SPAD.neXt options as well (image)

     

    Installation:

    Put "PMDG B737 Logitech Panels (current version) by Pollot.xml" into your SPAD.neXt profiles folder.

    [Default location: C:\Users\[your name]\Documents\SPAD.neXt\profiles]

     

    Displays work - I have used LVAR variables for them, so the refresh rate is slower like in the CRJ's case

     

    FO version is made for first officer setups (CRS for NAV 2, QNH on FO side etc.)

     

    Description of profile functions (also located in the .zip file):

     

    PMDG B737 Logitech Panels SPAD.neXt Profile - version 1.1 / created by Pollot (don't copy my work without my permission)
    Changelog:
    1.1:
    - Fixed radio panel not displaying selected barometric pressure in inHg
    - Separated radio panel decimal point location function from REV button on multi panel
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    Switch Panel:

    Master Battery [BAT] - Turns battery ON/OFF
    Master Alternator [ALT] - Starts APU / Turns APU OFF

    Avionics Master - Turns IRSes to NAV position / Turns IRSes OFF
    Fuel Pump - Turns all fuel pumps ON/OFF
    De-Ice - Turns both engines de-ice ON/OFF
    Pitot Heat - Turns pitot and window heats ON/OFF

    Close Cowl - Turns dome light DIM/OFF

    Panel Lights - Turn panel and floodlights ON/OFF
    Beacon Lights - Turn beacon lights ON/OFF
    Navigation Lights [NAV] - Turns navigation lights STEADY/OFF
    Strobe Lights - Turns strobe lights POS STROBE & STEADY/OFF
    Taxi Lights - Turns runway turnoff and nose taxi Lights ON/OFF
    Landing Lights - Turn landing lights ON/OFF

    Magnetos - Autobrake

    Gear Lights:
    Green - Fully extended
    Yellow - Fully extended, but with airspeed equal to or greater than 200 knots
    Red - Not fully extended
    Off - Retracted

    Landing Gear Lever - Controls landing gear lever position (UP/DOWN, no OFF position)

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    Multi Panel: value after "/" is used when the REV button is pressed

    Alt tab:
    - Displays selected altitude and selected vertical speed
    - Knob changes selected altitude by 100ft / 500ft

    VS tab:
    - Displays selected altitude and selected vertical speed
    - Knob changes selected vertical speed by 100ft / 250ft

    IAS tab:
    - Displays selected autothrottle speed
    - Knob changes selected speed by 1kt / 5kt

    HDG tab:
    - Displays selected heading
    - Knob changes selected heading by 1° / 5°

    COURSE tab:
    - Displays left course (for NAV1)

    - Knob changes selected course


    function after "//" is activated when you press and hold a button for longer than one second

    Autopilot [AP] - Turns CMD A ON/OFF // Turns CMD B ON/OFF
    Heading [HDG] - Turns heading mode ON/OFF // Turns LNAV mode ON/OFF
    Navigation [NAV] - Turns vertical navigation mode [VNAV] ON/OFF
    Indicated Airspeed [IAS] - Turns speed mode ON/OFF // Turns N1 mode ON/OFF
    Altitude [ALT] - Turns altitude hold ON/OFF // Turns flight level change [LVL CHG] ON/OFF
    Vertical Speed [VS] - Turns vertical speed mode ON/OFF
    Approach [APR] - Turns approach mode ON/OFF // Turns LOC/VOR mode ON/OFF 
    Reverse Course [REV] - Changes increment and decrements by multiplying them by 5 and enables faster frequency changes on the radio panel

    Auto Throttle - Turns autothrottle ON/OFF

    Flaps - Flaps up/down by a 1 notch / Flaps full up/full down

    Pitch Trim - Changes selected vertical speed

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    Radio Panel:

    The inner knob changes COM1/2 frequency by 0.005 MHz and the outer by 1 MHz
    The inner knob changes ADF1/2 frequency by 1 MHz and the outer by 10 MHz

    With REV ON inner knob changes COM1/2 frequency by 0.025 MHz and the outer still by 1 MHz
    With REV ON inner knob changes ADF1/2 frequency by 10 MHz and the outer by 100 Mhz

    ADF tab shows active ADF1 and standby ADF1 frequencies. However, you can only change active one

    DME shows a distance from NAV1 on the left side and the NAV2 on the right side

    In the XPDR tab, you can change your QNH using the outer knob, and squawk using the inner (press the transfer button to change between squawk numbers)
    Holding the transfer button in the XPDR tab for longer than one second will set QNH to a standard value

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    That's all, fly safe!

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    M

    over 1 year ago

    it works with msfs 2024?
    L

    over 1 year ago

    Work.Great job !
    S

    about 2 years ago

    Multipanel works great! THX!
    N

    over 2 years ago

    I am using the Pro Switch Panel only, this profile works absolutely perfect! Thank you!
    K

    almost 3 years ago

    Hi thanks for you exceptional work on this.


    I have an issue. Hopefully you can assist me. Sometimes I don't use any button on the Pro Switch Panel until I'm airborne and then I use it for the first time with the gear lever. When the buttons are incorrectly set at the beginning and do not correspond with the pmdg buttons, this makes all electronics on the pmdg to switch off inflight. So I first need to set all buttons to "off" and only then start a flight. But as I forget this usually, can you think of a way to bypass this problem?

    L

    over 3 years ago

    for the number values on the screen of the logitech panel, it works on some liveries on the 737 but not on others, I noticed that pmdg has 2 types of autopilots which have different knobs and textures, and on one of them the numbers work and on the other they do not, other than that, it was a very good profile and I had actually reprogrammed the magnetoes to start the engines

    d

    about 2 years ago

    Sir, are you able to share your profiles?
    N

    over 3 years ago

    Many thanks for the profile. the panels work

    B

    almost 4 years ago

    Works like a charm. Thanks for your efforts!

    There´s one thing that is not working on my Multipanel: When I'm using VS mode while descending I can control the descent rate with the knob but the display shows "0" instead of the negative value. On a climb the positive rate is being displayed correctly.

    P
    PollotAuthor

    almost 4 years ago

    It's a known issue on the PMDG site (the same problem happens with MobiFlight as an example) and I am unable to do anything about it at the moment. I'll update this profile as soon as their SDK values for MCP displays will work correctly (I'm using LVAR variables instead)

    m

    almost 4 years ago

    Hi there! Thanks for this config! I have one problem, whatever I do, the number on display does not change. they stay at "0"

    P
    PollotAuthor

    almost 4 years ago

    Make sure that you have the LVAR bridge installed. If you do, try to reinstall it. It works fine for me (running the latest version of B737 and B738)

    m

    almost 4 years ago

    Thanks for the tip :-) Works like charm!

    m

    almost 4 years ago

    Hey, I just bought pro switch panel, but I have a little problem. It looks like all the switche only want to shut off lights etc... but I can not turn on anything with buttons, or set autobrake. The only thing working properly is Landing gear.

    b

    almost 4 years ago

    Hey Pollot - thanks for yet another great config! I have one minor issue in that the HDG light on my multipanel seems to constantly flash on and off every second or so with the a/p engaged. This is with LNAV/VNAV engaged.

    P
    PollotAuthor

    almost 4 years ago

    It's used for LNAV because the NAV button is already reserved for VNAV. It can be annoying, so I'm up to any ideas of rebinding it

    b

    almost 4 years ago

    Ah - ok - tbh I don't use the panel buttons atm - quite happy to click on the sim FCU. The way I have it on my desk the buttons are masked by my k/b so just use the mouse. Realise most others would prefer to use the hardware buttons so don't worry.


    Having looked at the code, I'm thinking I could just clone a new profile and modify the LIGHT=longmode ON to longmode OFF and see what happens :-)


    Again thanks - I've use your profiles for a long time now and they're so helpful.


    Cheers



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    PMDG B737 Logitech Panels SPAD.neXt Profile

    This SPAD.neXt profile by Pollot is tailored for Logitech/Saitek panels, enhancing compatibility with the PMDG Boeing 737. The profile necessitates SimConnect connection, LVAR Bridge installation, and PMDG SDK activation. Included are detailed instructions for installation and profile functions such as multi, switch, and radio panel capabilities for an optimized flight simulation experience.

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    Updated3 years ago

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    MSFS2020
    CategoryUtilities
    Sub-CategoryTweaks

    Version History

    - Fixed radio panel not displaying selected barometric pressure in inHg - Separated radio panel decimal point location function from REV button on the multi panel

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