Stream Deck XL being the best auxiliary device for installing and then using a sensible well organized command structure to send commands to the MSFS sim.

This is just a quick note about how to find the profiles on Flightsim.to and begin to see what they can do for you.

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From the above menu, just choose Other | Miscellaneous | Stream Deck

And there they all are, for you to browse.

If you have a Stream Deck, then just observing how the profile is organized in the right side column of the stream deck app will give you the clues you need to easily learn how to change the profiles to be more to your liking. To tweak it so to speak. And how to use a profile as a map for you to make a similar profile, perhaps for instance, for a different plane. 

@guenseli creates incredible StreamDeck and MCP profiles for us - https://flightsim.to/profile/Guenseli/uploads

Yes he does. And most of his are for the XL (32 button) Stream Deck.

A stream deck button can

open any webiste on your PC

boot up any program on your PC

run any command that's in MSFS options.

To do the latter: in MSFS options, assign some weird keyboard keystroke to the MSFS command you want to put onto a streamdeck button. Then assign that weird keystroke to a Steamdeck button and make a label image and text that appears on the Streamdeck button. Now you no longer need to remember that weird complicated keystroke (such as Control Alt Shift F11). Just push the handy labeled Streamdeck button once. This is great use of Streamdeck for changing views (or creating new views such as Custom View number 6). 

 

to quote myself:

"To do the latter: in MSFS options, assign some weird keyboard keystroke to the MSFS command you want to put onto a streamdeck button. Then assign that weird keystroke to a Steamdeck button and make a label image and text that appears on the Streamdeck button."

The video below near the beginning explains why this is not the best way to do this. 

Then the video explains how you can use  Axis and Ohs (modestly priced payware) to can program any switch that can you see in an MSFS panel in the game, so that the switch will operate from a Streamdeck device.

Since Streamdeck allows many profiles to be swapped in and out, and many subfolders in any profile to be whats displayed on the Streamdeck screen, then you can use streamdeck to be any cockpit panel for any plane. In other words you don't have to buy a whole lot of hardware panels and make a cockpit. And you don't have to worry about fps dropping with a popout panel on the MSFS monitor.

The downside is that Streamdeck is a button device, not a variable knob. There are no knobs on a Steamdeck. But you can use two Streamdeck buttons to mimic turning a knob, sort of like using a controller button a throttle, to turn a knob forwards or backwards.  

A Stream Deck is very powerful and versatile. You can use a different profile for each plane.

 

 

 

 

All 32 buttons on an XL Streamdeck are actually a tiny monitor screen. The image on them does not have to be stationary. It can look like a steamguage and/or digital values can be displayed. A moving hand for speed, altitude. Digits for NAV and ADF frequencies. Or DME miles. Or  a moving compass dial. Or a wind direction and wind speed indicator. And many other things. 

As an example how my "mainscreen" looks on StreamDeck:

 

 

You can have different pages, for additional aircraft profiles in my case page 2 for helicopters

 

From there you can go into each aircraft specific profile, as example the PMDG DC-6:

You can see steam gauges (in that case always gauge with hottest oil temp is shown), "dial" switches, toggle switches, or - on the top left - a small weather information gauge, where you can see wind, temp, pressure and wind relative to your plane.

But for this advanced buttons you need AAO (or similar plugins, softare)

 

Here are other examples:

You can see a profile for the Blacksquare B58, where you can control the cowlflaps, all lights, KC192 or KNS81, the complete aircon, lights, fuel, gear etc.
In the second screenshot you see a standard autopilot panel with knobs and values

Nearly everything is possible (if you find the right variables of the addon!)

 

Each profile can have 10 pages. And every page can have countless folders with subfolders. So in the end you can create an endless amount of buttons.

5 hours ago, Fielder said:

The downside is that Streamdeck is a button device, not a variable knob. There are no knobs on a Steamdeck. But you can use two Streamdeck buttons to mimic turning a knob, sort of like using a controller button a throttle, to turn a knob forwards or backwards.  

And this is mostly remedied by adding a Streamdeck+ in the mix. It is better than I expected for setting radios and AP. Without Guenseli's work these devices would not have been have as usefull as they are now. Off course without AAO this would not have been possible as well.

Trying to create my own templates for aircraft that do not already have a profile made me appreciate Guenseli's work even more. It is time consuming and a bit daunting, especially if you strive for perfection.

I use both a Streamdeck XL and a Loupedeck Live for the 6 rotary encoders. Streamdeck currently is a little more mature for MSFS but there is a great plugin just now for Loupedeck which works very well and some added functionality on the roadmap that will bring parity with the Streamdeck if it gets the support.

Most of the downloadable profiles are so full of errors and mistakes that it´s easier to do them yourself. It´s pretty easy to fiddle around with AxisAndOhs and the Streamdecksoftware so that you can easily build a kind of home cockpit yourself.

Has anyone of you guys tried the behringer one-touch midi-thing for playing around with some autopilot-dials?

As an aside, @guenseli is there a way to program the PDMG landing gear to go up, and then into the off position?  I can do it via a spad profile but would rather have it in the streamdeck. 

1 hour ago, techman said:

Most of the downloadable profiles are so full of errors and mistakes that it´s easier to do them yourself.

Which ones do you mean??

 

@BrammyH Had thought about it myself but came not to a good solution until now.

Only idea would be to let it go down "automatically" after a fixed time?

 

2 minutes ago, guenseli said:

@BrammyH Had thought about it myself but came not to a good solution until now.

Only idea would be to let it go down "automatically" after a fixed time?

Yah, the SPAD profile has its version of a wait command. I put the gear switch up, it goes up and then ~15-30 seconds later it automatically goes to off. 

@techman There seems some personal differences between you and me. Sent you a PM, please answer.
Hope we can solve it so that you do not need to discredit my work on all platforms any more.

thx

As stated in the PM I was talking about low quality profiles in general on FS.to. I don´t even own your profiles and I pretty much hate to be contacted via PM regarding an "personal attack" which is pretty clear not a "personal attack". If you think that your product is perfect - well, ok. I would like to have your self-confidence.

I wanted to keep this via PM.

You say here "most of the profiles" and there are not many on flightsim,to, so you meant mine of course
On an other thread you also discredit my work without evidence, so therefore my question via PM, where the problem is between us. And this is no "personal attack". So, stay fair and do not claim things in public which have not been the case in the PM.

And please, let us keep this private now

 

Edited May 11, 20233 yr by guenseli