Saitek flight system setup

[peteramd 0]

Hi

I was happily flying with FSX and W10 for years using the Logitech G940 force feedback gear. Then came W11 and MSFS2020 and I decided to upgrade my hardware so I could switch to W11. My current setup is therefore as follows:

Mobo: MSI B550 GAMING PLUS

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core

Mem: 16Gb Corsair Vengeance

Graphic: Radeon RX 560

Windows 11 22H2

First disappointment: the G940 did not work with MSFS2020. I decided to give the Saitek flight system a try and bought a Saitek Flight Yoke and pedals as well as two panels, a multipanel and a switch panel.

I struggled for quite a while now but could not get the stuff to work correctly. Apart from some glitches and a real difficulty in controlling the plane, there are also issues with the display panels, namely I can undock them to my second display but cannot properly interact with them. In FSX I could change the map view of the Garmin glass panel, zoom in and out of the map and generally interact with most of the controls. This doesn’t seem to work any more in MSFS2020. After trying with no results to get some help I decided to give the Saitek system a try on FSX.

So, after making an image of my C drive so I could easily go back and forth, I uninstalled MSFS2020 and removed all drivers then went back to FSX. However, the Saitek panels are not recognized and so far all my efforts of getting them to work failed. I tried the Saitek drivers and also SPAD. In FSX when I go to the control setting, I can only see the Yoke and the pedals, the multipanel in completely inoperant.

This is really extremely frustrating and I really hope someone can put me on the right track. It seems that hoping for some support from either Saitek or Logitech is quite illusory, so hopefully I can find someone on the forum who can help.

[RichD 17]

https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024693814--Downloads-Flight-Switch-Panel

There you go. Download the Flight Switch Panel driver, check it's version 8.0.313.0. Install and it should start when you fire MSFS up.