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Hello Can you similarly create a six pack app that can be used on the G1000 with ipads I have a PFD and MFD it it would be great to have a six pack that can be used if you dont intend to fly using a modern avionic system.
Hello can you customize a six pack replacing the attitude indicator and heading indicator for two G5
Hi Li,
not sure if you still maintain this blog. Seems like my earlier inquiries did not reach you.
I have the SBH1000 model bezel, downloaded the current PFD app (not the NNXi) on my iPad 6 running iPadOS 17.71
I downloaded and installed the SimConnect Runtime Library from your website,
and the G1000Bridge v4.9.0.
MSFS2024
I am able to seer the iPad app G1000 with the bezel.
But the inflight G1000 in the Absobo Cesna 172p only reacts for some knobs and dials.
E.g. Baro adjusts OK in MSFS when turning the bezel knob, Autopilot master also switches on and off OK.
But pressing the HDG button on the bezel autopilot section e.g. has no effect in the sim. Also pressing the CDI button will switch through the modes on the app but has no effect ingame.
How do I make all the buttons on the G1000 bezel work in game, and how do I get the ingame states to synch over onto the app/bezel?
Thanks,
Jan
Hi Jan, yes, of course this site is active. Well, our G1000 apps do not control all the G1000 logics in the game since the built-in G1000 does not fully implement all the functionalities of the real G1000 system. Our apps are meant to run independently and sync only basic data which are necessary for it to be work with the flight simulators, for example, altitude, heading, etc. If you want a device only to control the built-in G1000 you can choose our LCD version with is only a monitor and buttons and knobs to the built-in G1000.
Hi Li,
Yes, I would like only to control the in game G1000 with the bezel.
But as i understand it, the bezel connects via bluetooth to the iPad on which the app the interacts via wifi withe the bridge software into the sim.
How does this work when an LCD is used?
Also I see in the current bezel documentation a switch on the backside next to the JTAG jack for iPad and PC.
Thing is: There is no such switch on my bezel.
What exactly does it do? And can i also mimic it? Closing pins manually or soldering a bridge somewhere.
Thanks for clarifying!
Regards from Germany,
Jan
Hi Jan, the LCD connects to the PC via HDMI port and work as a monitor to the PC. I guess your bezel is not the lated model. Earlier versions don’t support using LCD screens. What the switch exactly does is to switch the UART wires. They either wire from the micro controller to the bluetooth module or from the micro controller to the USB-serial module. The one you have is using a BLE113 module for bluetooth. We didn’t leave an opening port for the micro controller’s UART port. So I think it will not be easy to modify the PCD although it’s pretty easy in theory.
Hi Li,
OK, got it.
So to display the ingame G1000 in the bezel one needs to get an(y) external display connected to the PC and plug it into the bezel’s open space.
Leaves us with the challenge of getting the signal when pressing e.g. the HDG button into the sim.
Does the bezeel (i.e. my older bezel without the iPad/PC switch) transmit a signal via the BLE – only the G1000 app on the iPad does not interpret it? I think it is as within the app the change of AP mode works.
In this case it would still be available if only one figures out how to pick up the bluetooth transmission.
The bezel’s bluetooth seems masked as it is not openly visible when scannning for pairable devices.
Anything to considder when trying to pick up this signal?
Thanks,
Jan
Ah… When using it to control the built-in G1000, the bezel is connected to the PC via an USB-serial cable, not bluetooth. The ops like HDG or ALT buttons are sent through the USB serial port. There is another plugin interpreting those data and talks to flight simulators. I think the only LCD that fits in the bezel is the one we are selling on our website. The LCD panel itself is nothing special, just 10.4″ with resolution of 1024 * 768. But we make it fit the bezel with HDMI and the USB-serial port integrated.
Hmm, I don’t see a serial jack on the bezel.
Also, as mentioned, I can not switch from iPad to PC on my bezel.
And simply connecting the bezel with a double male USB to the PC and using the PC bridge does not seem to do the trick…
The switch only exists on the latest M model. On that model, an USB-serial cable can be plugged to the USB port that was used to power the iPad(not the one providing power). Or, with the M model and the LCD put in, the USB-serial port will be available on the back of the LCD module. Please refer to the user manual of the bezel: http://www.simionic.net/SHB1000M_Manual.pdf
So maybe the confusion comes from the term “USB-serial” cable.
In the documentation the cable looks like a cable with a USB Type A plug (male) on BOTH ends.
Or doe you mean one end has a swrial RS232 plug?
Thanks for clarifying!
Best regards,
Jan
I meant DB9 plug for arS 232 protocol…
Ah, or do you mean a usb “link” cable used to connect two computers with a chip set in between simulating a COM Port?
Yes. Please see the link below:
https://www.simionic.net/wordpress/shop/usb-cable-for-g1000-bezel/