Saitek Pro Flight Switch

[brucek 38]

I'm thinking of purchasing a Saitek Pro Flight Switch panel for X-Plane, but see references to "FSX only".  Has anyone tried this with XP, and is it just less functional than with FSX, or is it totally useless with XP? I use XP on an iMac (I see references to "works on a Mac" and "Win XP only").

 

Thanks- Bruce.

 

[finkelstein 25]

The key is this plugin: http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/14646-xsaitekpanels-linwinmac3264/

[brucek 38]

Thanks, awesome. Better support here than from the one vendor I contacted.

Bruce

[laserit 93]

Saitek was recently purchased by Logitech last September so hopefully the drivers and software will improve once the dust settles

 

Spad.next is a payware option that works flawlessly with XP11 and seems to be quite robust. 

[pmb 5,137]

Also, SPAD.neXt http://www.spadnext.com/home.html just added XP support. It may be still a bit rough and lack plane profiles, but these will come for sure. Basically it works, at least with the C172, as I tried recently. It's also able to drive Saitek FIPs already.

 

Best, Michael

[brucek 38]

Can I just confirm that it's ok on a Mac ?

Thanks, I really appreciate the help.

 

Thanks for all the great info.

Bruce