Android Tablets and MSFS2020 Garmin Displays

[Michlowitz 0]

I know this thread is somewhat old... but I was wondering if this has been addressed since we are several months from the last post. I really like flying the TBM 930 but finding the MFD, PFD and Radio touch panel of the Garmin 3000 very cumbersome to use by having to move your FOV and "touch the display" with your cursor. Especially for typing in route information. I would much rather use a touch screen and "extend" the monitor to have it be popped out and be able to type away via touch. 

Can anyone confirm before I start buying a touch screen and getting other sim equipment for this type of setup if it works yet? 

[blista89 14]

Unfortunately nothing has changed since the original post. You can try it yourself without a touchscreen, but just using a single monitor. If you launch a flight with the TBM930 you can pop-out the PFD, MFD and radio panels with "Right Alt + Left Click". When you do you'll see that only the displays pop-out and not the surrounding bezels. This means, for example, that on the radio panel you can press on the icons and have some ability to navigate the settings, but to change between "PFD, MFD, NAV COM" you have to press the bezel buttons in the cockpit not on the pop-out window.

In addition, if you're mouse is hovering over the pop-out window, you lose control of your aircraft. Again, for example, hover over the pop-out window and you'll see that the aircraft no longer responds to joystick inputs. Move the mouse back over to the cockpit and the joystick will start working again. This means if you're using a touchscreen the mouse will effectively be hovering over the pop out window on the touch screen so you'll lose control of the aircraft until you mouse back over the main MSFS window.

[Downed_Aviator 3]

I use SpaceDesk and two 10 inch Android tablets for extra displays, plus SkyElite for PFD and MFD. Set up my computer as a WiFi access point and connected the tablets via WiFi Direct for best performance.

I believe SpaceDesk also works with iOS devices (eg. iPad).

I also tried Splashtop, good but it can only connect to one tablet device.

I also use an Aimos rotary controller with SkyElite (new feature), which works kind of like Knobster.

Took a while to set up and get working reliably, but seems pretty good so far, although I do get occasional glitches which seem to be MSFS/Win10 related rather than the apps that I am using.

 

 

[Pochi 69]

Hello,

I wonder if there is a way to get the GNS430 on an Ipad?

Is there any solution available?

Best regards,

Pierre