Notice SAITEK Pro Flight Instrument Panel

« nt: Do not connect the Flight Instrument Panel’s USBcable to your PC before installing the driver software. 1.With your computer switched on, close down any programs that are currently running and insert the Installation CD into your CD or DVDdrive. 2.If the CD does not run automatically, select Start from the Windows® Taskbar, then Run and type D:\Setup.exe and click OK - where D:\ is letter of your disc drive. For Vista users, if you receive the “User Account Control” prompt, click continue. 3.For XPusers, when the Set-up wizard screen appears, click “Next” to continue. For Vista users, when prompted “Would you like to install this device software?” click “Install”. After reading the Disclaimer, select the “I accept the terms of the Disclaimer” option and click “Next” to continue. 4.The following screen will say “Driver set-up is installing Direct Output”. 5.Once the driver installation has finished, click “Finish” to exit the installation process. 6.Plug in your Flight Instrument Panel. 7.For XPusers, the New Hardware Wizard will appear asking “Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software?”. Select “Not at this time” and click “Next”. For Vista users, the installation will now be completed automatically. 8.At the next screen, XPusers should choose the recommended option “Install software automatically”. Click “Next” and then “Finish” to complete the installation. 9.If prompted, restart your PC. Note 1:If you plug in your Flight Instrument Panel before installing the drivers, for XP users, the Found New Hardware Wizard will appear. Click “Cancel” and go to stage 1 of the installation process above. For Vista users, a screen will appear saying “WIndows needs to install driver software for your unknown device”. Select “Ask me again later” and go to stage 1 of the installation process. Note 2: If you have lost or damaged your CD, you can use Windows Update to restore or load software drivers. Note 3: If you install a Saitek X52 Pro after having installed the Flight Instrument Panel, the instrument panel’s Direct Output file will be overwritten. If this happens, please reinstall the instrument panel software. Troubleshooting How to assign Flight Simulator X instrument displays to the Pro Flight Instrument Panel Once you have installed the instrument panel software and plugged the switch panel’s USBcable into one or your PC’s free USBports(or Saitek Pro flight yoke USBhub), the screen will show a default scrolling display of Saitek Pro Flight products. The instrument panel buttons and screen are now automatically configured to interact with FS X software. When you open Microsoft FSX you will be asked “Do you trust this driver from Saitek?” Click “Yes”. You will then be asked “Do you always want to load this plugin when launching Flight Sim X?” Again, click “Yes”. The Instrument Panel Saite k Saite k Pro_Flight_instrument_panel.qxd 30/01/2009 11:30 Page 2Note: Pressing any of the six buttons when FSXis not loaded will switch the panel display off and on. You can connect multiple instrument panels to your PC to show different cockpit displays simultaneously. Each panel uses system resources - see Advanced options below to connect multiple panels with maximum system performance. Advanced options If you have more than one PC connected to a LANyou can connect multiple Instrument Panels to a secondary PCwhich will display flight information from Microsoft FSXrunning on yo... »