Yes the Multi Panel is a useful addition to starting to build an actual cockpit set up I have since added the Switch Panel and the Radio Panel plus one Flight Instrument that I programmed as my Altimeter. One thing I found useful to do on the Trim Wheel was to use white enamel paint on four equal segments on the trim wheel this gave me more precision when spinning the wheel.
I have used this panel along with other Saitek/Logitech panels for several years, on FSX, Prepar3D and now MSFS2020. They certainly add to the emersion into our hobby. The way I see it, few real world pilots use a keyboard to control their plane in flight so I don't want to either lol. I can't afford one of the marvellous home built cockpits I have seen on RUclips, nor do I have the skill required but I have flown a real C172 from start up to shut down based purely on my flight simulator knowledge. Using a keyboard for control would not have given me the right experience. So I urge all flight sim pilots to make it as real as you can. I assure you that you will enjoy your hobby so much more. 😁
Well said. I failed to mention throughout this video, that real world pilots would benefit from using panels like this in a sim. It certainly makes it all the more real for myself!
I've just taken mine out of the box, really like the feel of the trim wheel. I plan to mount mine on my honeycomb alpha yoke as the screw holes line up perfectly apparently.
Nice video. Just a thought. MSFS2020 ALT settings do not change altitude (ergo does not increase/decrease altitude) until you change the way you want to change altitude: Vertical Speed (VS) versus Flight Level Change (FLC). If you change desired altitude alone, the airplane does not start climbing or descending immediately. That's why there is no change from 700ft to 800ft in your nice video.
Yes that's a great point - I find myself, more often than not, using the Auto-Pilot on the G1000s then I do with the multi Panel, going through the stages you listed here.
@@Huddison once you mentioned it, I am using "Glass cockpit" from Peix software. It's a mobile app that I use on my tablet and it simulates pretty nicely the G1000. It has also a working AP... the only missing part is the flight plan menù, but it's ok.
hi their i didnt think my multi n switch panel would work in msfs2020 soo i left it and i tried it again today after staring at it for ages n ages and with your video i downloaded the updates AND it all works ,THANKS TOO YOU ,THANK YOU IM CHUFFED TOO BITS....I LIKE DOING THINGS RIGHT ....
Great video . Got both the radio and multipanel today. The radio worked first time, but the m/panel kept coming up on screen as low power . ( no leds ) . After a lot of messing around decided to plug it straight into the computer by passing the yoke. This worked perfect . So |'ve ordered a powered USB hub and will try pluging the yoke straight into that . If that works great , if not will plug the panels straight into the hub. Will keep you all updated .
@@Patrick-ge2zn, it worked for me too! Thanks! I also had to disable the Power Management of the Multi-panel through the Regedit tut I found on RUclips. The dimly lit reddish display screen is bright now and the display shows everything clearly. 👍
Hello Hudson, I found your RUclips just days ago. It is very helpful and I enjoy the tutorial very well. There is a question for you: can the Logitech G Saitek Pro Flight Multi Panel compatible with the iMac? I have to make sure before I buy it. I am a very beginner for the X-plane 11 installed on my iMac. BTW I enjoy your British accent! Thank you in advance!
Hello, I'm not 100% certain that the Multi Panel will work with iMac, but I did find this posting for you: questions.x-plane.com/23130/multi-panel-switch-panel-radio-panel-plane-cant-find-drivers
Took me a little while to figure it, but very sensitive USB ports and extension cables (only one out of three worked. Definitely has to go direct to a computer port and not an external hub. Once I got it to work, very pleased with it.
@D800Lover, so what's the purpose of the four USB ports at the back of the Logitech Yoke, because I can't use them to plug in my both my throttle and multi-panel at the same time, since it throws up an "Insufficient power" error? Any idea?
I really like this product, although my new unit bought in October had a loose silver knob which got worse as the days went on.. I did not want to send it back for a minor fault but Logitech would not allow me to opent it up to sort it. Tons of emails later where I got the run around big time, by customer service. It took writing to the MD of Logitech at Christmas to plead for help. All thus was within the 30 days warranty. I wanted to buy a Logitech yoke but just can not get one so had to order a Honeycomb which has not come yet. I do not understand Logitech with very poor customer service to us flight simmers. But I like the product and your videos. PS the knob is nit an easy fix....they should make their products a bit better quality as we don't treat them like toys.
The Honeycomb Alpha is way better that the Logitech yoke anyway. If you also go for the Honeycomb Bravo it contains most of the functionality of the multi panel any way (but without the LCD screen)
Many thanks for all your reviews which have been most helpful to me as a 'Newbie'. I’ve just bought this multi-panel and watched your review of it before even opening the box - tells you how helpful I find your guidance! On this one, I’ve got a couple of thoughts and feedback which I hope you’ll find helpful. First, like you, I plan to keep my setting for flaps with the Yoke system as it is, which means I’d like ideally to set up the multi-panel slider for flaps to something else, perhaps gear up and down. Without the multi-panel showing up in the FS2020 settings, is there any way of customising this do you know please? Second, you didn’t appear to make use of the auto-throttle setting in your review: it would be good to understand how this works too. Thanks again for all your tuition and advice - very much appreciated. Ken PS Just seen your other review about Spad.next. Thanks!
Hi Ken, It's good to hear that you got yourself a Multi-panel: it's mine (and many others) favourite hardware flight accessory. You can't (as far as I am aware) configure the various switches & knobs on the Multi-panel to do anything other than what they are set/designed to do; but there is a program called Spad.next, that allows one to reconfigure them. I made a video on this subject and will put a link to it here for you: ruclips.net/video/XSzr0PKqAvA/видео.html I haven't had much use for the 'Auto Throttle' as yet, but will endeavour to see where and how that can be used, as part of a future video.
Do you know whether the trim wheel is analogue or digital operation? When using say the analogue trim wheel on V1 Flight stick (or yoke), is it necessary to disable the multi panel trim wheel somewhere in software to avoid any conflicts? btw, Currys/Amazon UK have the multi panel on offer for £70 at the moment. Keep up the good work.
@@Huddison Received my multi panel from Amazon last night. Got the multi panel up and running with FS2020. But after turning PC off and on, the panel refused to work in FS2020. It tested fine with the logitech test software. Wasted a few hours trying various USB power management fixes with no success. I use an Atolla powered USB hub. Eventually learned the Logitech Plugin is supposed to auto load and unload when playing FS2020, but it wasn't doing this. I also failed to notice there was a shortcut on windows desktop to manually start the Plugin.....! After more googling, I found out the EXE.xml file which is used to start/stop addons within FS2020 was corrupt. I deleted it and reinstalled the Logitech Plugin and all working as it should. The trim wheel is a bit disappointing as it requires a huge number of turns unlike trim wheel on V1 stick. I read only way to improve responsiveness is to remove the Logitech Plugin and pay for and install spad.next alternative driver software... Now looking for a used Logitech Flight switch panel but one ebay seller tells me he can't get his switch panel to work on cessnas but it works in airliners.....
@Huddison, thanks for another excellent review! I just received my Logitech multi-panel, which I'd ordered after watching your review and setup video which impressed me no end! I downloaded and installed the multi-panel MSFS2020 plugin (Driver) from the Logitech website, and ran MSFS2020. However, while setting the ALT, using the outer (Larger) rotary dial knob to the right, the increments are in 100's and not in thousands, unlike the in-game virtual rotary panel where the increments / decrements are in 1000's for the outer rotary dial knob and in 100's for the inner (Smaller) dial knob. Is it a software bug or am I doing something wrong? Moreover, when I run the Test Multi-Panel software, no lights flash and the on-screen panel does not show any flap or trim or switch movements, like it does in your video. It just runs and a FINISH prompt appears after 3-4 seconds. I'm wondering what the issue is? Will appreciate any help on this.
Hi, I just ordered it and I want it to show me the aircrafts data like vertical speed, heading etc. Instead of using it as autopilot instrument, is it possible?
It does that to some effect, but I've not used mine for a while, as I have been learning all about the Auto-pilots on the actual aircrafts themselves. Come and ask in our Discord: discord.gg/UsRD4mTJJq - lots of the members there use the Multi-panel day in & day out.
Great review....I've been thinking of getting this. For mostly flying the CJ4 or Longitude jets, is the "IAS" button essentially an "FLC" button, for setting airspeed on a climb? Or would I need the Spad.next tool to reconfigure it?
Thanks for the review. Had a Amazon voucher for Christmas so have ordered one. Coming on the 14 th of January. Do you , or any one else know if it will fit underneath my existing Logitech Switch Panel? I have this mounted under my desk. The Yoke is also mounted under the desk in a box I made. This frees up the top of the desk for normal computing use. I will have a check on their web site as well. Happy or a better new year to everyone.
Happy New Year to you Frank. I believe all the Logitech Panels are designed to fit together; but maybe somebody who already has a similar setup can confirm.
@@Huddison Have just removed the Switch Panel from the plastic mount. And there are holes top and bottom on the mount. They look around M3 . Just have to bolt them together . There are also screw holes in the ends of the mount. I used the top holes to screw the mount to the underside of my desk. Should have remembered that. If it wobbles around a bit I will add some supports to the end of the mounts, and screw this to the bottom of the desk. Will let you know if it works when it turns up. It’s a pity there is not a USB pass through on the panel, that would make it much easier to install other panels.
@@Huddison My Multi Panel arrived a couple of days ago. Came from Madrid, so quite a journey. Came a lot earlier than I thought it would. Instructions are , well non existent. Not much better on the website. I already have the switch panel which is fixed under my computer desk. The extra mount screws to the bottom of the top one. The panel then fits into the mount. It wobbles a bit. This is due the design of the mounts, which have mounting holes at the back of the mount only. There are no countersunk holes at the front of the top of the mount. I shall drill my own. Connecting up. If you have the yoke there is a spare usb 2 port on this , but only one. I have the switch panel plugged into this. On the back of my computer there are 5 usb 3.1 sockets and one usb C . I first plugged the multi panel into this via a adapter . Does not work. This was after installing the latest driver from Logitech. Changed it to a USB 3 , and it worked. Plugged one of my other devices into the usb C socket. Everything now works as expected. To sum up. These are not inexpensive units. But they are very much legacy products. You don’t need a high speed data link for this type of flight sim add on. Hence the usb 2 connections. It would have been nice if there were a couple of extra ports on the yoke unit. This would have made expansion much easier,and neater. I cannot see these ever being updated, apart from the drivers. They do work though, which is the main thing. I might try plugging a 2 port usb expansion into the yoke to see if that works at some time. This would free up the ports on the computer.
Hi Frank, good to hear that your Multi Panel arrived and that you managed to set it up (without too much hassle). The included documentation was very sparse indeed - thanks goodness for the wealth of information on the internet and youtube. I hope you get as much pleasure from your Multi Panel as I currently do :)
@@winkler323 , same here! So, I wonder what they've given the 4 USB ports on the Logietch Yoke for? I'm going to try plugging-in the Logitech Throttle & Logitech Multi-Panel to the USB Ports on the Logitech Yoke, and plug the Yoke itself to a powered hub. Maybe, just maybe, it'll sort out the "Insufficient power" error!
Super vidéo d'explication, est il possible de modifier une touche sur ce produit: par exemple pour les flaps mettre à la place le train d'atterrissage ? Merci
Ah, google translate comes to my rescue again😚. I did some French in School and College, but that was a lonnng time ago: Yes apparently programs like Spad Next (see the pinned comment on this video), lets you change button assignments on the panel.
Used different usb ports on my pc front & back and now radio and multi panel; along with my Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo all recognized by computer and the sim; all working - YAY!; since my Bravo has flaps and trim; is Spadnext really worth buying?
Hi, I have the same control and the same simulator but my panel onsly shows the letters but not any number when I´m in FS2020. I run the test app and everything works as in your video. Nevertheless as soon as I close the test app, the panel will show only the three letters (HDG or IAS or etc). I have windows 11 and I installed the EXE under this version, which I dowloaded from the same website as you did. Maybe Im missing something here, you don´t show if the FS2020 recognizes it by default or you have installed a driver before. Thanks in advance
@@Huddison thanks for your quick response, I hope Logitech does something for the Windows 11. In the meantime I will see if I can get a hold of a Windows 10 PC to test it with it. Thanks again
I don't have the Aerosoft CRJ, so can't investigate that - but I have used some other add-on aircraft and sometimes the Multi Panel auto-pilot doesn't work as intended with them. I feel this is more because it is not fully integrated with these aircraft (or the Sim itself) currently.
Nice video and thanks for sharing. I'm wondering, can you seperate the face plate from the rest? It might make it easier to mount in my simrig that way.
after help really, so thank you in advance. I have got one of these panels and am much impressed with it. BUT, got no mounting bracket with it just the panel. Does any body know where i can buy the mounting bracket, or have some way of securely mounting it without? Thank you
So everything works with this on MSFS 2020 except for one thing. The elevator trim starts out at 13%, and only moves a couple of degrees either direction No matter how long you turn the trim knob, and then automatically resets itself to 13%. Is there a fix for this?
@@Huddison Hi there, the driver is downloading but not successfully installing. This means that the multi panel is not connecting to FSX SE. I contacted Logitech support but the page they are linking is down..Hopefully you can help! Many thanks,
Hello, thank you for your video, how do you make the GPS control the Nav in the autopilot? I fly mostly the C208. but I figure it should be similar to the 172
@@Huddison hm that's interesting because the numbers go out, only alt/vs stays on. The saitek radio panels apparently turn off with avionics as well, strange this wouldn't
Hello great video but I need absolutely your help ! When I set up an altitude or a heading, is really hard to be precise for example altitude go 100 ft by 1000 ft so yo go 800 to 1800ft directly or heading goes 10 to 10 so impossible to indicate 008° when I roll the button. Sorry for my English, hope you correctly understand me. On you're video, you didn't seem to have this kind of problem with the roll button. Thanks for helps
@@gaultiergloaguen8371 After retesting my own unit, my heading still increases in increments of 1's and Altitude by 100's. I've not used Spad yet. I'll keep your issues whirling around my mind and hopefully, somebody else will beat me to it.
Hello Huddison. Thanks for the video. I'm wondering... when I set the altitude, the aircraft levels its wings and while it's climbing, I can't perform any turn. Is that normal?
I have a problem with my Logitech yoke. Sometimes when I’m holding the yoke back it just skips back a few centimeters a lot and doesn’t just move smoothly. How do I fix this?
I've never really encountered this issue myself, but it doesn't sound good :( To me, it sounds like something is wrong internally - are you brave enough to open it up and take a look?
@@airbus7379 OK now I see: your Yoke Shaft seems to have lost a lot of it's lubrication and obviously fluidity; mine in comparison has smooth pitch movements. Out of interest, how long have you had your yoke for? I did do a quick search on this issue and it seems that it may be inevitable that these yokes will lose their fluidity: www.avsim.com/forums/topic/557954-saitek-yoke-lubrication/ There are lots of DIY videos out there for replacing the innards!
I hardly use the trim wheel tbh - prefer still to use the rocker buttons/switch on the right-hand side of my yoke. Love the Autopilot aspect of this unit though👍
@@nikolaspatrikis7328 Thanks. The auto throttle seems to be on in the airbus, regardless of whether or not you flick the switch on the Multi Panel - possibly a setting I've overlooked somewhere.
I am using the Multi Panel but the panel does not light up, all the buttons and switches work, but not the panel. Got this working now it was a actual PC power option not switched on
Is your multi Panel new? It sounds like the bulbs/filament may have given up the ghost. If you bought it recently, I would send it back. On a side note: what Sim are you using it with and have you downloaded/installed the drivers form the Logitech website?
@@Huddison Thanks for comment, My Multi Panel is about 8 years old and the auto pilot display has never shown although everything else on the multi panel works I have been told it needs to be plugged into a usb3 not a usb2 have yet to try that. The screen does light up with a faint green light. I have used it this way as is, not really an urgent job.
you have to change the power parameter. Go to control panel. find the multipanel. properties, usb device and find your multipanel number/preference. Then go to reg edit and find your preference number, prameters and then enable powermanagement. set it to 0 instead of 1. There are videos for this on youtube that explain it better for you than i do.
Bonjour. J'ai dernierement apliqué la nouvelle mise a jour 1.37 et des brouettes de msfs et depuis, mes saitek flight panel ne demarrent plus quand je lance msfs. Avant cette mise a jour, tous fonctionnais parfaitement, je n'était meme plus obliger de faire la manipulation du registre, de passer de 1 a 0. Aurais tu aussi le meme probleme ou suis je le seul a avoir ce disfonctionnement. J'ai meme fais la derniere mise a jour de fsuipc7 puisque c'est a partir du lancement de ce logiciel lors de la mise en route du msfs, que les saitek s'allumaient mais rien n'y fait, ils ne s'allument plus. J'ai meme essayé le logiciel Spad Next mais rien non plus. Voilà. Aurrais tu une solution a me proposer. Toi ou celuis ou celle qui liront ce message. Merci. Pascal...
@@Huddison Yes ive doenloaded and installed it many times, ive also tried the registry editor approach changing values from 1, to 0 like some kind of Nasa rocket scientist on many mornings, many tutorials, no success. Havent seen it work since 2015 on fsx and even then it would barely work right. Honestly they are worthless. Untill someone proves me wrong...... 0/5 do not recommend
Hello, I make two SIMPLE queries about the LOGITECH MULTI PANEL (I want to find it to use in an Airbus A320neo in FS2020): - When you change the ALT on the multi panel, it ok on the A320 sim? or how do you interpret the push of the knob? (In the virtual cockpit of the simulator, once you entered the new ALT, one must press the knob (push) to activate. THIS, can it be replicated in the multi panel? - When you start the sim in a parking lot, does it start on? or can it only be used if you start on a track? THANKS.
Hi, I will test the Multi Panel with the A320 in MSFS2020 and perhaps make a video on it in the future - as yet, I've not done much testing with that aircraft.
Just done a quick test in the A320neo in FS2020 - yes, the Alt, HDG and IAS all react seamlessly when changing values on the Multi Panel - I will try and get a video out on this, this coming weekend :)
@@Huddison Ohh, thank you very much!! I will look forward to that video! I need to check if with the MultiPanel, I can totally bypass the virtual AP panel of the A320.
Yes it works fine, I don't favour the aluminium tubes but rather GA. That said, the airspeed control via multi panel and other AP functions well. Sure the throttle lever don't move (I have twin engine Logitech throttle setup) and the other thing that may screw things up is the way the trim wheel works. I have the Cessna trim wheel too, which is done with an optical encoder but the interface board presents itself to FS as a trim axis and not a momentary input. What happens is that the autopilot sets the elevator trim and that's fine but the moment you touch the trim wheel, it inputs whatever value the trim when was set at, giving a massive change. I fixed mine by bypassing the Logitech interface and fitting a rotary encoder to my Cessna trim wheel and feeding the inputs to a Leo bodnar joystick board, which provides pulsed inputs mapped to trim. IF the multipanel trim wheel is an encoder input then it will be fine but if it also implements trim axis then the same problem will occur. I do have the multipanel but don't use the trim wheel for trim but have used it in the past for AP nose up/down programming and can't remember how it presents itself. I will check later this evening when I next play FS.
I am definitely not happy with the Trim Wheel which is so slow insensitive that it is close to useless. Is there a way to increase it so that trim because more responsive to input?
Spad Next can apparently help with that; see the video I made about it. Although I didn't cover the trim sensitivity in that video, I believe you can adjust it in that program.
@@Huddison - I have bought SPAD Next and now trying to figure it out. Alas their videos are old and don't cover MSFS2020, even if there is an overlap. Perhaps not a bad time for them to consider doing update videos? EDIT... watching your video from 12th May right now, thanks for your help.
@@Huddison - I found a fix, I made an 'empty profile' and added something called FSUIPS for MSFS and using a 'snippet' find one under FSUIPS and got a way to control the trim rate to what I like. That is now fixed. But in the process, in the Cessna 172 standard (no G1000) the AP autopilot is now misbehaving, AP light won't come when pushed, various other lights flashing in less than controllable ways. Fixed one problem only to get another one gifted, thank you, but no thanks. So now how do I fix the AP behaviour?
@@Huddison - Will do. I just want AP back the way it used to work. I assume the Logitech drivers are no longer operative, but maybe somebody has duplicated them in Spad.next? As I told you, got the non-paid FSUIPS working, so maybe there is a fix in that area, that's a maybe?
Thanks for the review. It didn't work for me on any other USB other than 3.2. I have another problem though, the adjustment knob takes me from ALT 1000 to 2000 and so on and similarly for heading from 10-20 and nothing in between. Do you know if there is a fix for this?
Divyasom Malhan, that's funny, 'coz my outer (larger) rotary dial, to the right of the multi-panel, gives me increments / decrements of 100s in the ALT, and so does the inner (smaller) rotary dial! This is unlike the virtual rotary dial within the SIM, where the outer dial gives increments / decrements of 1000 and the inner dial in 100's. I'm talking about what happens when I'm flying the Cessna 172 (Haven't tried it out on other aircraft.) Any clue as to what's going on?
@AeroDynamite, I'm facing the same problem with my new multi-panel. Could you fix it? I've tried plugging it into different USB ports on my PC, after which it works intermittently and goes off again.
Bought some panels and did the exact same. But somehow the test tool is working while in msfs it doesn't work. it worked once but after a computer restart nothing is working in the sim: Any solutions?
@@Huddison The latest one. But I finally got a solution. It should be automatically but you still have to double click on the created desktop icon. So I have another question: Is it possible to change the speed of the trim wheel? So I don't need to move it for one hour only to get 5°
Downloaded the G1000GIx from the marketplace in fsms2000. The panel worked with all planes and the old G1000 real good. After downloading the G1000NIx the panel worked good on the ground and for short time in the air then went silly. Developers' sites dose has a reason why this happens. Uninstalled the G1000NIx out of my hanger files and the old G1000 worked fine again. G1000NIx is going to be in the next update. Will I be able to uninstall it if my panel does not work? Or do I need to not update? Going to be lots of unhappy panel users if this problem is not fixed
@Huddison I've got things going and I can get my heading but my alt won't kick in. If I set it at 1700 it keeps stable at 2400 because of my Trim setting. I tried doing it in sequence as per your video.
Not any plane no - I just tried it with the Pitts Special & because that aircraft doesn't have an auto pilot natively, I couldn't switch on auto pilot, via the Multi Panel, in that plane. But for any aircraft that does have auto pilot installed in FS2020, you're good to go👍
HI there follwing all the links it now states that no drivers are available for this unit is it possible to post a link to the drivers that you have some where? TIA Bill
@@BillHally Thanks to AcesDwn1 intervention, he has found a way to post the .exe file itself in the Discord discord.gg/3kra6JfHZT You should be able to download it direct from there.
@@Huddison That is to say the multipanel responds to the test program but does not respond to MSFS 2020 at all. Running Windows 10, most recent version 64-bit
Yes the Multi Panel is a useful addition to starting to build an actual cockpit set up I have since added the Switch Panel and the Radio Panel plus one Flight Instrument that I programmed as my Altimeter. One thing I found useful to do on the Trim Wheel was to use white enamel paint on four equal segments on the trim wheel this gave me more precision when spinning the wheel.
Wow you're really kitted out. Thanks for the tip re the Trim Wheel - that will be very useful👍
I have used this panel along with other Saitek/Logitech panels for several years, on FSX, Prepar3D and now MSFS2020. They certainly add to the emersion into our hobby. The way I see it, few real world pilots use a keyboard to control their plane in flight so I don't want to either lol. I can't afford one of the marvellous home built cockpits I have seen on RUclips, nor do I have the skill required but I have flown a real C172 from start up to shut down based purely on my flight simulator knowledge. Using a keyboard for control would not have given me the right experience. So I urge all flight sim pilots to make it as real as you can. I assure you that you will enjoy your hobby so much more. 😁
Well said. I failed to mention throughout this video, that real world pilots would benefit from using panels like this in a sim.
It certainly makes it all the more real for myself!
Do you think this peripheral would be compatible to use with the Airbus Captains pack peripherals?
Heck yeah! I'm getting that soon. Also consider the foot rudders! Perfect additions for taxing and runway.
I've just taken mine out of the box, really like the feel of the trim wheel. I plan to mount mine on my honeycomb alpha yoke as the screw holes line up perfectly apparently.
Oh that's interesting that the holes also line up with the Honeycomb.
Enjoy your multi panel; I am mine👍
Cheers mate, now firing up FS2020 to give it a go. Great video by the way, very informative 👍
Best of luck & thanks :)
Nice video.
Just a thought.
MSFS2020 ALT settings do not change altitude (ergo does not increase/decrease altitude) until you change the way you want to change altitude: Vertical Speed (VS) versus Flight Level Change (FLC).
If you change desired altitude alone, the airplane does not start climbing or descending immediately.
That's why there is no change from 700ft to 800ft in your nice video.
Yes that's a great point - I find myself, more often than not, using the Auto-Pilot on the G1000s then I do with the multi Panel, going through the stages you listed here.
@@Huddison once you mentioned it, I am using "Glass cockpit" from Peix software. It's a mobile app that I use on my tablet and it simulates pretty nicely the G1000. It has also a working AP... the only missing part is the flight plan menù, but it's ok.
@@AntonioFardella Interesting, I'll have to give that a look.
Thank you very much for this. I am building a flight simulator for my son for Christmas. This is a huge help to the big smile he will have.
Glad I could help :)
hi their i didnt think my multi n switch panel would work in msfs2020 soo i left it and i tried it again today after staring at it for ages n ages and with your video i downloaded the updates AND it all works ,THANKS TOO YOU ,THANK YOU IM CHUFFED TOO BITS....I LIKE DOING THINGS RIGHT ....
Great video . Got both the radio and multipanel today. The radio worked first time, but the m/panel kept coming up on screen as low power . ( no leds ) . After a lot of messing around decided to plug it straight into the computer by passing the yoke. This worked perfect . So |'ve ordered a powered USB hub and will try pluging the yoke straight into that . If that works great , if not will plug the panels straight into the hub. Will keep you all updated .
That sounds like you took the sensible path there - do keep us informed.
@Patrick, I'm facing exactly the same problem! Please share what worked for you.
Hi again. In the end I had to plug the multipanel directly into the computer. Needs a higher voltage it seems. Everything works OK now. 👍
@@Patrick-ge2zn, it worked for me too! Thanks!
I also had to disable the Power Management of the Multi-panel through the Regedit tut I found on RUclips. The dimly lit reddish display screen is bright now and the display shows everything clearly. 👍
Oh! Thanks for this info!
I just got mine this morning and am looking forward to trying it out.
Enjoy, it's one of the best add-on hardware peripherals out there.
Just got the this and the other Logitech stuff. Studying for ifr practicing comms. Thanks again
You're most welcome.
Hello Hudson, I found your RUclips just days ago. It is very helpful and I enjoy the tutorial very well. There is a question for you: can the Logitech G Saitek Pro Flight Multi Panel compatible with the iMac? I have to make sure before I buy it.
I am a very beginner for the X-plane 11 installed on my iMac.
BTW I enjoy your British accent!
Thank you in advance!
Hello, I'm not 100% certain that the Multi Panel will work with iMac, but I did find this posting for you: questions.x-plane.com/23130/multi-panel-switch-panel-radio-panel-plane-cant-find-drivers
if you set up a departure airprt and a destination you can then press nav and the plane will follow the rote, even vor to vor , love it
Yes it's wonderful
Took me a little while to figure it, but very sensitive USB ports and extension cables (only one out of three worked. Definitely has to go direct to a computer port and not an external hub. Once I got it to work, very pleased with it.
Good to hear.
@@Huddison - I now ordered the switch panel, Amazon had it on special.
Try an Anker powered hub. They're brilliant.
@D800Lover, so what's the purpose of the four USB ports at the back of the Logitech Yoke, because I can't use them to plug in my both my throttle and multi-panel at the same time, since it throws up an "Insufficient power" error? Any idea?
@@ramnik.khanna - You need a USB2 powered hub, and make sure the power rating is as high as you can get.
I really like this product, although my new unit bought in October had a loose silver knob which got worse as the days went on.. I did not want to send it back for a minor fault but Logitech would not allow me to opent it up to sort it. Tons of emails later where I got the run around big time, by customer service. It took writing to the MD of Logitech at Christmas to plead for help. All thus was within the 30 days warranty. I wanted to buy a Logitech yoke but just can not get one so had to order a Honeycomb which has not come yet. I do not understand Logitech with very poor customer service to us flight simmers. But I like the product and your videos. PS the knob is nit an easy fix....they should make their products a bit better quality as we don't treat them like toys.
Yes I've not been hearing good things about Logitech Customer Service; it might end up being their downfall.
The Honeycomb Alpha is way better that the Logitech yoke anyway. If you also go for the Honeycomb Bravo it contains most of the functionality of the multi panel any way (but without the LCD screen)
Great intro. Just got it and watched this first. Thanks!
Thanks - planning to upload another video this weekend on it.
Amazing video as always. Will this panel work with payware like the PMDG and the Fenix? Thanks and Merry Christmas!
It works ok with the default A320 and 146 professional, so it should work fine with those.
Bought this over xmas and love it
It's great!
Many thanks for all your reviews which have been most helpful to me as a 'Newbie'. I’ve just bought this multi-panel and watched your review of it before even opening the box - tells you how helpful I find your guidance! On this one, I’ve got a couple of thoughts and feedback which I hope you’ll find helpful. First, like you, I plan to keep my setting for flaps with the Yoke system as it is, which means I’d like ideally to set up the multi-panel slider for flaps to something else, perhaps gear up and down. Without the multi-panel showing up in the FS2020 settings, is there any way of customising this do you know please? Second, you didn’t appear to make use of the auto-throttle setting in your review: it would be good to understand how this works too. Thanks again for all your tuition and advice - very much appreciated. Ken
PS Just seen your other review about Spad.next. Thanks!
Hi Ken, It's good to hear that you got yourself a Multi-panel: it's mine (and many others) favourite hardware flight accessory.
You can't (as far as I am aware) configure the various switches & knobs on the Multi-panel to do anything other than what they are set/designed to do; but there is a program called Spad.next, that allows one to reconfigure them.
I made a video on this subject and will put a link to it here for you: ruclips.net/video/XSzr0PKqAvA/видео.html
I haven't had much use for the 'Auto Throttle' as yet, but will endeavour to see where and how that can be used, as part of a future video.
@@Huddison , the airliners and the Longitude are the only ones which have the Auto throttle feature, and not the Cessna 172.
I used all 6 screws on the yolk, and the two other screws are probably for adding another panel on top of the first panel.
Yes that sounds about right
Thank you sir!!!
Most welcome!
Legends say, he is still talking about how much he loves the trim wheel. XD
Not so much nowadays
Just got one of these and loving it 🙂
It's one of my all time favourite peripherals.
Where is the link so I can do the setup
Does it work with all the heavies, like A320?
It most likely will, I haven't tried it yet though.
heavies just seem to go where the bloody hell they like although i recently bought the 737 and it seems to work fine with that
@@leepateman35 I bought one, and it does work fine with all aircraft.
It even works with dc6.
It's a bit more finnicky with the X-Plane 11 MD-80, mistaking A/P and flight directors, but aside from that it's almost always great.
Do you know whether the trim wheel is analogue or digital operation? When using say the analogue trim wheel on V1 Flight stick (or yoke), is it necessary to disable the multi panel trim wheel somewhere in software to avoid any conflicts?
btw, Currys/Amazon UK have the multi panel on offer for £70 at the moment.
Keep up the good work.
Sounds like a good bargain for it. It's digital I believe and no need to disable your Stick/yoke trim with it.
@@Huddison Received my multi panel from Amazon last night.
Got the multi panel up and running with FS2020. But after turning PC off and on, the panel refused to work in FS2020. It tested fine with the logitech test software.
Wasted a few hours trying various USB power management fixes with no success. I use an Atolla powered USB hub.
Eventually learned the Logitech Plugin is supposed to auto load and unload when playing FS2020, but it wasn't doing this. I also failed to notice there was a shortcut on windows desktop to manually start the Plugin.....!
After more googling, I found out the EXE.xml file which is used to start/stop addons within FS2020 was corrupt. I deleted it and reinstalled the Logitech Plugin and all working as it should.
The trim wheel is a bit disappointing as it requires a huge number of turns unlike trim wheel on V1 stick. I read only way to improve responsiveness is to remove the Logitech Plugin and pay for and install spad.next alternative driver software...
Now looking for a used Logitech Flight switch panel but one ebay seller tells me he can't get his switch panel to work on cessnas but it works in airliners.....
@Huddison, thanks for another excellent review!
I just received my Logitech multi-panel, which I'd ordered after watching your review and setup video which impressed me no end!
I downloaded and installed the multi-panel MSFS2020 plugin (Driver) from the Logitech website, and ran MSFS2020.
However, while setting the ALT, using the outer (Larger) rotary dial knob to the right, the increments are in 100's and not in thousands, unlike the in-game virtual rotary panel where the increments / decrements are in 1000's for the outer rotary dial knob and in 100's for the inner (Smaller) dial knob.
Is it a software bug or am I doing something wrong?
Moreover, when I run the Test Multi-Panel software, no lights flash and the on-screen panel does not show any flap or trim or switch movements, like it does in your video. It just runs and a FINISH prompt appears after 3-4 seconds. I'm wondering what the issue is?
Will appreciate any help on this.
Contact support or something
Excellent video!! Just bought the same from Amazon and wanted a video of how-to. Subscribed. 👍
Great to hear this helped and thanks 👍
@@Huddison Just to say all you and running. Many thanks. Feels a bit more like a sim, although prefer 2d view as in FSX.
Great to hear Ray - just mess around with the settings a little to make it all feel more at home to you ;)
just got one ,thanks for vid ,helped a lot
No problem 👍
I think you will find there is now a single download that works for all Logitech/Saitek panels in MSFS.
That's great, makes things much easier for us.
nice video . but I think would be better when you can show other buttons and functions for use in flight.
See here: ruclips.net/video/slW0IZ7FuSc/видео.html
I am picking this up, but here we are in May 2023 and its US $150 now
Hi, I just ordered it and I want it to show me the aircrafts data like vertical speed, heading etc. Instead of using it as autopilot instrument, is it possible?
It does that to some effect, but I've not used mine for a while, as I have been learning all about the Auto-pilots on the actual aircrafts themselves.
Come and ask in our Discord: discord.gg/UsRD4mTJJq - lots of the members there use the Multi-panel day in & day out.
Hi there! Would you happen to know if this addition works even if you do not have a Saitek/Logitech yoke system. Thanks!
Yes with any flight controller it will work (on PC).
I mounted mine off center where it is easier to control everything and it leaves the two left screws open for other accessories.
Good idea
wonderful love it
Thanks Tony
Great review....I've been thinking of getting this. For mostly flying the CJ4 or Longitude jets, is the "IAS" button essentially an "FLC" button, for setting airspeed on a climb? Or would I need the Spad.next tool to reconfigure it?
I do believe the IAS button acts as a FLC mode, from what others in my discord have mentioned.
Thanks! If I do get one of these, I'll be sure to post here with my findings.
I do have this but I can’t seam to get it to work. Works fine in FSX
Need help
When I plug it in it just doesn’t work just a blank red screen
But my game is still downloading so is that the problem???
Yes, see what happens when you have the Sim fully installed.
Thanks for the review. Had a Amazon voucher for Christmas so have ordered one. Coming on the 14 th of January. Do you , or any one else know if it will fit underneath my existing Logitech Switch Panel? I have this mounted under my desk. The Yoke is also mounted under the desk in a box I made. This frees up the top of the desk for normal computing use. I will have a check on their web site as well. Happy or a better new year to everyone.
Happy New Year to you Frank.
I believe all the Logitech Panels are designed to fit together; but maybe somebody who already has a similar setup can confirm.
@@Huddison Have just removed the Switch Panel from the plastic mount. And there are holes top and bottom on the mount. They look around M3 . Just have to bolt them together . There are also screw holes in the ends of the mount. I used the top holes to screw the mount to the underside of my desk. Should have remembered that. If it wobbles around a bit I will add some supports to the end of the mounts, and screw this to the bottom of the desk. Will let you know if it works when it turns up. It’s a pity there is not a USB pass through on the panel, that would make it much easier to install other panels.
@@FrankLangford yes please do, I'll be interested to hear how it turns out.
@@Huddison My Multi Panel arrived a couple of days ago. Came from Madrid, so quite a journey. Came a lot earlier than I thought it would. Instructions are , well non existent. Not much better on the website.
I already have the switch panel which is fixed under my computer desk. The extra mount screws to the bottom of the top one. The panel then fits into the mount. It wobbles a bit. This is due the design of the mounts, which have mounting holes at the back of the mount only. There are no countersunk holes at the front of the top of the mount. I shall drill my own.
Connecting up. If you have the yoke there is a spare usb 2 port on this , but only one. I have the switch panel plugged into this. On the back of my computer there are 5 usb 3.1 sockets and one usb C . I first plugged the multi panel into this via a adapter . Does not work. This was after installing the latest driver from Logitech. Changed it to a USB 3 , and it worked. Plugged one of my other devices into the usb C socket. Everything now works as expected.
To sum up. These are not inexpensive units. But they are very much legacy products. You don’t need a high speed data link for this type of flight sim add on. Hence the usb 2 connections. It would have been nice if there were a couple of extra ports on the yoke unit. This would have made expansion much easier,and neater. I cannot see these ever being updated, apart from the drivers. They do work though, which is the main thing. I might try plugging a 2 port usb expansion into the yoke to see if that works at some time. This would free up the ports on the computer.
Hi Frank, good to hear that your Multi Panel arrived and that you managed to set it up (without too much hassle).
The included documentation was very sparse indeed - thanks goodness for the wealth of information on the internet and youtube. I hope you get as much pleasure from your Multi Panel as I currently do :)
Could you plug it into the USB connectors that are located in the Logitech Yoke?
I'd assume you could - I've yet to try it!
It told me there wasn't enough power when I tried it.
@@winkler323 same, i just plugged the multiu panel into my PC, and it was fine.
@@winkler323 , same here! So, I wonder what they've given the 4 USB ports on the Logietch Yoke for?
I'm going to try plugging-in the Logitech Throttle & Logitech Multi-Panel to the USB Ports on the Logitech Yoke, and plug the Yoke itself to a powered hub.
Maybe, just maybe, it'll sort out the "Insufficient power" error!
Super vidéo d'explication, est il possible de modifier une touche sur ce produit: par exemple pour les flaps mettre à la place le train d'atterrissage ? Merci
Ah, google translate comes to my rescue again😚. I did some French in School and College, but that was a lonnng time ago:
Yes apparently programs like Spad Next (see the pinned comment on this video), lets you change button assignments on the panel.
Used different usb ports on my pc front & back and now radio and multi panel; along with my Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo all recognized by computer and the sim; all working - YAY!; since my Bravo has flaps and trim; is Spadnext really worth buying?
Spadnext is really only worth getting if you are unsatisfied with certain control parameters - it sounds like you're all set.
Air speed adjustments?
Yes the indicated airspeed works just fine for the aircraft that support it.
Hi, I have the same control and the same simulator but my panel onsly shows the letters but not any number when I´m in FS2020. I run the test app and everything works as in your video. Nevertheless as soon as I close the test app, the panel will show only the three letters (HDG or IAS or etc). I have windows 11 and I installed the EXE under this version, which I dowloaded from the same website as you did. Maybe Im missing something here, you don´t show if the FS2020 recognizes it by default or you have installed a driver before. Thanks in advance
I'm running Windows 10 and wonder if your W 11 is the issue?
The only driver I have installed is the one I mentioned.
@@Huddison thanks for your quick response, I hope Logitech does something for the Windows 11. In the meantime I will see if I can get a hold of a Windows 10 PC to test it with it. Thanks again
I have the Aerosoft CRJ 500/700. Is there a reason the ALT adjustment doesn't work? The HDG/IAS work fine.
I don't have the Aerosoft CRJ, so can't investigate that - but I have used some other add-on aircraft and sometimes the Multi Panel auto-pilot doesn't work as intended with them. I feel this is more because it is not fully integrated with these aircraft (or the Sim itself) currently.
It works well for me on win 10, but although it responds to the test app on win 11, non of the panels work
That's not good; perhaps our Discord can help: discord.gg/xDKwFYDsZk
Nice video and thanks for sharing. I'm wondering, can you seperate the face plate from the rest? It might make it easier to mount in my simrig that way.
Thanks. Yes you can separate the face plate from the mounting bracket - in fact, it's separated out of the box.
@@Huddison many thanks
@@NGC008 Good luck with your build
after help really, so thank you in advance. I have got one of these panels and am much impressed with it. BUT, got no mounting bracket with it just the panel. Does any body know where i can buy the mounting bracket, or have some way of securely mounting it without? Thank you
So everything works with this on MSFS 2020 except for one thing. The elevator trim starts out at 13%, and only moves a couple of degrees either direction No matter how long you turn the trim knob, and then automatically resets itself to 13%. Is there a fix for this?
Hello, I am having issues with the driver/simconnect, so the panel doesn't "link"/install. Any thoughts? Thank you!
What issues are you having?
@@Huddison Hi there, the driver is downloading but not successfully installing. This means that the multi panel is not connecting to FSX SE. I contacted Logitech support but the page they are linking is down..Hopefully you can help! Many thanks,
I've tried everything to make it work and no success so far. Can you help me? I've made the lights to turn on but the numbers does not.
Are you using windows 10 or 11 and have you installed the driver?
@@Huddison , Thanks for you reply. I am using windows 10
@@Huddison , and yes, I have installed the driver.
Hello, thank you for your video, how do you make the GPS control the Nav in the autopilot? I fly mostly the C208. but I figure it should be similar to the 172
Hi Dan, I'm not quite clear on your question: are you having difficulties engaging NAV mode on the Multi Panel?
@@Huddison actually when I engage nav1, it does not default to gps controlling nav1. So need to know how to switch to gps from ROL I believe
@@DanMorera Have you turned the AP master on (the AP button)?
Does this work on jet aircraft or is this only for single engine pistons?
I use it on both the 146 Professional and Concorde (so far).
It seems to work for the majority of aircraft that I've flown.
Does your multi panel turn off with the alternator/battery? Mine doesn't and it's annoying.
I don't think that's a feature of it.
@@Huddison hm that's interesting because the numbers go out, only alt/vs stays on. The saitek radio panels apparently turn off with avionics as well, strange this wouldn't
@@cheetahfish I'll have to do more testing.
I'm considering getting one of these. Would say say it's worth the money 8 months later?
Without a doubt - one of the best peripherals I've ever purchased 👍
Is it also possible to change the alt ft by ft or is the minimum step 100ft?
I believe it's just steps of +100ft, but it soon gets to 10k+ very quickly.
Hello great video but I need absolutely your help !
When I set up an altitude or a heading, is really hard to be precise for example altitude go 100 ft by 1000 ft so yo go 800 to 1800ft directly or heading goes 10 to 10 so impossible to indicate 008° when I roll the button.
Sorry for my English, hope you correctly understand me.
On you're video, you didn't seem to have this kind of problem with the roll button.
Thanks for helps
I'll get back to you on this after a little testing.
Thank you so much!
Did I need spadnext?
@@gaultiergloaguen8371 After retesting my own unit, my heading still increases in increments of 1's and Altitude by 100's. I've not used Spad yet.
I'll keep your issues whirling around my mind and hopefully, somebody else will beat me to it.
Switches work but figures do not show on screen for various autopilot tasks. Lights all work on autopilot but does not show on screen
@Bev Penny, I'm having exactly the same problem.
Is it insufficient power? Any clue?
Hello Huddison. Thanks for the video. I'm wondering... when I set the altitude, the aircraft levels its wings and while it's climbing, I can't perform any turn. Is that normal?
Yes that's normal under auto pilot control; it essentially locks you out, until you deactivate it.
@@Huddison Thank you so much for your quick response. All the best!
I have a problem with my Logitech yoke. Sometimes when I’m holding the yoke back it just skips back a few centimeters a lot and doesn’t just move smoothly. How do I fix this?
I've never really encountered this issue myself, but it doesn't sound good :(
To me, it sounds like something is wrong internally - are you brave enough to open it up and take a look?
It might also be your sensitivity settings - check this other video of mine to get an idea of what I mean:
ruclips.net/video/eZJrzlQctQU/видео.html
@@Huddison here is the problem: ruclips.net/video/xLGAEiBd-sE/видео.html
@@airbus7379 OK now I see:
your Yoke Shaft seems to have lost a lot of it's lubrication and obviously fluidity; mine in comparison has smooth pitch movements.
Out of interest, how long have you had your yoke for? I did do a quick search on this issue and it seems that it may be inevitable that these yokes will lose their fluidity:
www.avsim.com/forums/topic/557954-saitek-yoke-lubrication/
There are lots of DIY videos out there for replacing the innards!
@@Huddison had
It since Christmas and happy new year btw
How did you find then trim wheel? I found it lacked sensitivity
I hardly use the trim wheel tbh - prefer still to use the rocker buttons/switch on the right-hand side of my yoke.
Love the Autopilot aspect of this unit though👍
does it work with airbus models as well in fs2020? great vid
Yes check out my latest video:
ruclips.net/video/L_DxrBxgbkw/видео.html
@@Huddison just viewed it very informative thank you, does the autothrottle switch work for you as well on an airbus?
@@nikolaspatrikis7328 Thanks. The auto throttle seems to be on in the airbus, regardless of whether or not you flick the switch on the Multi Panel - possibly a setting I've overlooked somewhere.
Can you substitute the auto pilot settings for coms frequencies
There's no way of altering these in the sim.
I am using the Multi Panel but the panel does not light up, all the buttons and switches work, but not the panel. Got this working now it was a actual PC power option not switched on
Is your multi Panel new? It sounds like the bulbs/filament may have given up the ghost. If you bought it recently, I would send it back.
On a side note: what Sim are you using it with and have you downloaded/installed the drivers form the Logitech website?
@@Huddison Thanks for comment, My Multi Panel is about 8 years old and the auto pilot display has never shown although everything else on the multi panel works I have been told it needs to be plugged into a usb3 not a usb2 have yet to try that. The screen does light up with a faint green light. I have used it this way as is, not really an urgent job.
@@ronholfly It unfortunately sounds like it may be 'on its way out'. Try a USB 3 and let me know ;)
you have to change the power parameter. Go to control panel. find the multipanel. properties, usb device and find your multipanel number/preference. Then go to reg edit and find your preference number, prameters and then enable powermanagement. set it to 0 instead of 1. There are videos for this on youtube that explain it better for you than i do.
@@Frontflipp86 Thanks, found videos on this but my windows ten will not let me edit.
Bonjour.
J'ai dernierement apliqué la nouvelle mise a jour 1.37 et des brouettes de msfs et depuis, mes saitek flight panel ne demarrent plus quand je lance msfs.
Avant cette mise a jour, tous fonctionnais parfaitement, je n'était meme plus obliger de faire la manipulation du registre, de passer de 1 a 0.
Aurais tu aussi le meme probleme ou suis je le seul a avoir ce disfonctionnement.
J'ai meme fais la derniere mise a jour de fsuipc7 puisque c'est a partir du lancement de ce logiciel lors de la mise en route du msfs, que les saitek s'allumaient mais rien n'y fait, ils ne s'allument plus.
J'ai meme essayé le logiciel Spad Next mais rien non plus.
Voilà.
Aurrais tu une solution a me proposer.
Toi ou celuis ou celle qui liront ce message.
Merci.
Pascal...
I can't get mine to work... I have all drivers. The test software works... but when I load the sim it doesn't connect.
Are you using the first/top driver on this page?: support.logi.com/hc/en-ch/articles/360024698434--Downloads-Flight-Radio-Panel
@@Huddison Yes ive doenloaded and installed it many times, ive also tried the registry editor approach changing values from 1, to 0 like some kind of Nasa rocket scientist on many mornings, many tutorials, no success. Havent seen it work since 2015 on fsx and even then it would barely work right. Honestly they are worthless. Untill someone proves me wrong...... 0/5 do not recommend
I don't have " L " key, does " Г " looking key works too?
😁Maybe, just maybe
Hello, I make two SIMPLE queries about the LOGITECH MULTI PANEL (I want to find it to use in an Airbus A320neo in FS2020):
- When you change the ALT on the multi panel, it ok on the A320 sim? or how do you interpret the push of the knob? (In the virtual cockpit of the simulator, once you entered the new ALT, one must press the knob (push) to activate. THIS, can it be replicated in the multi panel?
- When you start the sim in a parking lot, does it start on? or can it only be used if you start on a track?
THANKS.
Hi, I will test the Multi Panel with the A320 in MSFS2020 and perhaps make a video on it in the future - as yet, I've not done much testing with that aircraft.
Just done a quick test in the A320neo in FS2020 - yes, the Alt, HDG and IAS all react seamlessly when changing values on the Multi Panel - I will try and get a video out on this, this coming weekend :)
@@Huddison Ohh, thank you very much!!
I will look forward to that video!
I need to check if with the MultiPanel, I can totally bypass the virtual AP panel of the A320.
Do you know if it can be used with the A320? I can see problems with the push/pull operation of the knobs on the real aircraft.
It probably could, but with the a320 being very automated, I can't see the benefit of using the multi panel with it.
You might be able to get some use out of it though; I might just have to investigate ;)
Thanks :) are the buttons customisable?
@@joedavis1486 Apparently they are with Spad.Next - though I've not tried this myself.
Yes it works fine, I don't favour the aluminium tubes but rather GA. That said, the airspeed control via multi panel and other AP functions well.
Sure the throttle lever don't move (I have twin engine Logitech throttle setup) and the other thing that may screw things up is the way the trim wheel works.
I have the Cessna trim wheel too, which is done with an optical encoder but the interface board presents itself to FS as a trim axis and not a momentary input.
What happens is that the autopilot sets the elevator trim and that's fine but the moment you touch the trim wheel, it inputs whatever value the trim when was set at, giving a massive change. I fixed mine by bypassing the Logitech interface and fitting a rotary encoder to my Cessna trim wheel and feeding the inputs to a Leo bodnar joystick board, which provides pulsed inputs mapped to trim.
IF the multipanel trim wheel is an encoder input then it will be fine but if it also implements trim axis then the same problem will occur.
I do have the multipanel but don't use the trim wheel for trim but have used it in the past for AP nose up/down programming and can't remember how it presents itself. I will check later this evening when I next play FS.
I am definitely not happy with the Trim Wheel which is so slow insensitive that it is close to useless. Is there a way to increase it so that trim because more responsive to input?
Spad Next can apparently help with that; see the video I made about it. Although I didn't cover the trim sensitivity in that video, I believe you can adjust it in that program.
@@Huddison - I have bought SPAD Next and now trying to figure it out. Alas their videos are old and don't cover MSFS2020, even if there is an overlap. Perhaps not a bad time for them to consider doing update videos?
EDIT... watching your video from 12th May right now, thanks for your help.
@@Huddison - I found a fix, I made an 'empty profile' and added something called FSUIPS for MSFS and using a 'snippet' find one under FSUIPS and got a way to control the trim rate to what I like. That is now fixed.
But in the process, in the Cessna 172 standard (no G1000) the AP autopilot is now misbehaving, AP light won't come when pushed, various other lights flashing in less than controllable ways. Fixed one problem only to get another one gifted, thank you, but no thanks.
So now how do I fix the AP behaviour?
@@D800Lover I also get those kind of behaviours when using Spad Next! I'll see if I can stumble across a solution - let me know like-wise please.
@@Huddison - Will do. I just want AP back the way it used to work. I assume the Logitech drivers are no longer operative, but maybe somebody has duplicated them in Spad.next? As I told you, got the non-paid FSUIPS working, so maybe there is a fix in that area, that's a maybe?
L'ho acquistato,ma non so se è compatibile con x box serie x ... c'è qualcuno che sa come posso fare? Altrimenti dovrò fare il reso
My multi panel seems to affect my computer's recognition of my Honeycomb Alpha yoke; any ideas?
Not sure ken, but you can ask people with the Honeycomb in our Discord: discord.gg/3kra6JfHZT
@@Huddison It may be related to which ubs ports I use; I will experiment; thanks
Is it going to work after msfs update 10.G1000NIx is included and panels would not work with it Had to Uninstaller.
what issues are you having exactly?
can get my screen to display anything but the lights light up
Is that with the driver installed?
Does the multi panel work across all.aircrafts with AP ? even airliners?
It seems to. I use it in the 146 Professional and PMDG 600 with no issues.
@@Huddison thank you sir
Did u like call the auto pilot control a landing gear
Did I? Not surprising in my videos ;)
Thanks for the review. It didn't work for me on any other USB other than 3.2. I have another problem though, the adjustment knob takes me from ALT 1000 to 2000 and so on and similarly for heading from 10-20 and nothing in between. Do you know if there is a fix for this?
Hi which aircraft is that in?
Cessna 172
@@DivyasomMalhan101 hmm not sure from the top of my head. At work until tomorrow, but hopefully someone viewing this video can offer an insight.
Divyasom Malhan, that's funny, 'coz my outer (larger) rotary dial, to the right of the multi-panel, gives me increments / decrements of 100s in the ALT, and so does the inner (smaller) rotary dial!
This is unlike the virtual rotary dial within the SIM, where the outer dial gives increments / decrements of 1000 and the inner dial in 100's.
I'm talking about what happens when I'm flying the Cessna 172 (Haven't tried it out on other aircraft.)
Any clue as to what's going on?
@@ramnik.khanna What worked for me is to plug it into the higher power USD port at the back of PC as compared to lower powered front port.
My LED just turns completely red and nothing works
Is it a new unit & have you installed the drivers?
@@Huddison i have installed the drivers and i just bought it
@AeroDynamite, I'm facing the same problem with my new multi-panel.
Could you fix it?
I've tried plugging it into different USB ports on my PC, after which it works intermittently and goes off again.
I'm having the same issue over here, did anyone get it to work?
@@imflyboy_ I havent figured out a solution but mine just started randomly working mid flight one time and now they work correctly
Bought some panels and did the exact same. But somehow the test tool is working while in msfs it doesn't work. it worked once but after a computer restart nothing is working in the sim: Any solutions?
Which driver did you install?
@@Huddison The latest one. But I finally got a solution. It should be automatically but you still have to double click on the created desktop icon. So I have another question: Is it possible to change the speed of the trim wheel? So I don't need to move it for one hour only to get 5°
@@justins.6569 SPAD.neXt may help with that: ruclips.net/video/XSzr0PKqAvA/видео.html - check forums for help with setting that up.
Downloaded the G1000GIx from the marketplace in fsms2000. The panel worked with all planes and the old G1000 real good. After downloading the G1000NIx the panel worked good on the ground and for short time in the air then went silly. Developers' sites dose has a reason why this happens. Uninstalled the G1000NIx out of my hanger files and the old G1000 worked fine again. G1000NIx is going to be in the next update. Will I be able to uninstall it if my panel does not work? Or do I need to not update? Going to be lots of unhappy panel users if this problem is
not fixed
Contents folder,
not hanger file. Sorry
I believe that the G1000 NXI will be the default G1000 after Sim Update 10, so there will be nothing to uninstall to.
Can not zoom in to see web address for panel download. Can you please provide same?
Here you go: support.logi.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360024692354--Downloads-Flight-Multi-Panel
My flaps work but my ap button doesnt light up to engage my setting. Can you help me with that
Which aircraft is that in? I've noticed with the 737 600 for example, that the lights don't behave as they should.
@Huddison It's the same model you're flying in the set-up video
@@dbowman8580 sounds like there may be a fault with the lighting in your unit.
Do the lights work with other aircraft?
@Huddison haven't tried but I'll let you know
@Huddison I've got things going and I can get my heading but my alt won't kick in. If I set it at 1700 it keeps stable at 2400 because of my Trim setting. I tried doing it in sequence as per your video.
does there have any mods of it? I would like use it for other softwares
Do you mean for using the Multi Panel with other Flight sims?
Check the other comments here: Spad.next could be what you are looking for.
@@Huddison I mean use it not only for flight sim. Use it for photoshop or displaying the heat of the cpu
@@ismailjafari7050 Ah sorry, I really don't know of such a mod.
@@ismailjafari7050 it would be an expensive and cumbersome way of doing it. Why not just just software like Hwmonitor?!
Is it working for any plane ?
Not any plane no - I just tried it with the Pitts Special & because that aircraft doesn't have an auto pilot natively, I couldn't switch on auto pilot, via the Multi Panel, in that plane.
But for any aircraft that does have auto pilot installed in FS2020, you're good to go👍
@@Huddison Thank you for the information 😊
@@flav1998 No worries - working on a video now about using the Multi Panel in flight.
make a updated version
ruclips.net/video/slW0IZ7FuSc/видео.html
HI there follwing all the links it now states that no drivers are available for this unit is it possible to post a link to the drivers that you have some where? TIA Bill
The links are still working for me - here it is again: support.logi.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360024692354--Downloads-Flight-Multi-Panel
@@Huddison Wow this is really strange as it once again it states no drivers for download using Firefox and Chrome. Confused!
Thought this may have been an IP issue so put myself into the USA on my VPN and still says no downloads this is very odd. Bill
@@BillHally I'll ponder on this for you Bill.
@@BillHally Thanks to AcesDwn1 intervention, he has found a way to post the .exe file itself in the Discord discord.gg/3kra6JfHZT
You should be able to download it direct from there.
And I having problems trying to find the proper drivers to download
Here's the driver you need: support.logi.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360024692354--Downloads-Flight-Multi-Panel (the MSFS one).
@@Huddison I downloaded and installed that plug-in but the multipanel does not work after world update 6. The test program shows everything working.
@@Huddison That is to say the multipanel responds to the test program but does not respond to MSFS 2020 at all. Running Windows 10, most recent version 64-bit
The plane is stuttering towards 300 degrees
I'm not quite with you there - you mean your aircraft?
Can you
You should have invested more money into a better monitor before buying all the extra Sim gear.
Ah well, some of us don't feel the need to compensate.
Anyway, this is an older video and changes have been made since!
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