Hello fellow simmers,  I do not know how to get my side deck radios to work in explain 12. Can anyone give me some tips as to how to get that working?

Either XSaitekPanels (free):

https://forums.x-plane.org/files/file/14646-xsaitekpanels-linwinmac/

Or SPAD.next (not free):

https://www.spadnext.com/home.html

There are probably other ways to do it but those are the two I know about. Google is your friend.

Xsaitek panels, put it on at lest a 3Amp USB hub. There is also a script somewhere to disable USB power saving on win 10 and 11. link may be in the download. When you start Xplane the display should temporarily light up, than go out when plane loads till you switch on radios or avionics. Wont work with some planes escpeciallt MIL type due to teh way there radios work

Thank you so much for the help you guys. They seem to be up and running now!