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Saitek FSP (Flight Switch Panel Plugin

NOTE
If you have not bought the Flight Switch Panel hardware from Xplane Org, please consider giving a donation to XPlane Org.
Nicolas was kind enough to supply the hardware free so that I could create this plugin.

This plugin allows the FSP (Flight Switch Panel) to be used with XPlane.
As there is no SDK or support from Saitek, this plugin works directly at the USB HID level.
Full functionality of the FSP is available.

Saitek Plugin V1.3.0.1 (Both Windows and OSX Versions)

Certain aircraft like the Cirrus and the P180 Avanti would not work properly when using the Ignition switch on the Flight Switch Panel.
This was because these aircraft use a special start operation that affects Auto Ignite and Engine Cutout.
I have added code to mimic this operation so that these aircraft will work with the Ignition switch on the Flight Switch Panel.
I have tested this and it works fine with the other aircraft that already worked with the V1.20 version of the plugin.
However in order to retain the function of the V1.20 plugin I have added an INI option that enables or disabled it.
The STSBSupport.ini file is included in the zip with the settings set at the default values.
You do not need this file if you want to use the defaults as the plugin will set these automatically.

NOTE
The INI file format has changed to a proper INI format.
So if you have been using the old STSBSupport.ini file you will need to edit it to change to the new settings.
These are the settings.

[CONFIG]
LandingGearEnabled = 1
EngineStartSpecialEnabled = 1

NOTE
If there is no STSBSupport.ini file then the above defaults are used.
So you only need an INI file if you want to disable the Landing Gear or Engine Special Start settings.

Check the Version History file below for information on this version and previous versions.

SaitekVersionHistory.txt
 

OSX (PPC/Intel) Version Notes

The plugin also sets the Aircraft panel switches to the positions on the FSP.
So there is no need to do any switch flicking to sync the FSP with the Aircraft panel
It also supports hot swapping.
So if you connect or disconnect the device when Xplane is running the plugin will handle it.

Windows Version Notes

The plugin also sets the Aircraft panel switches to the positions on the FSP.
But on windows you need to flick one switch in order to sync this.
Also no hot swapping support on windows at the moment.
None of these things are a high priority for me so please don't email me about them.

Downloads

These downloads must not be hosted on another web server.
Use a link to this page instead.

Unzip the plugin from the zip file below and then copy it to the "Resources/plugins" folder in Xplane.

OSX

STSBSupportMac.zip

Windows

STSBSupportWin.zip

Thanks to Nicolas for sending the hardware to me.