I purchased a new Logitech version of the Saitek Flight Switch Panel so that I can use it as a Streamdeck-like interface for my PC and devices on my home network.
Once again, I’ve gotta map the USB HID to the various switches and knobs so you’ll find below the table of values if you ever want to use one in your own projects.
Switches
Below you’ll find a table for all the bit positions that a switch can use over the three bytes of the panel. You can have a combination of them, so a value of 00000000 00000000 00000111 indicates the Master Battery, the Master Alternator, and the Avionics Master are all on. Every switch change will send three bytes representing all the current switch states.
| Byte | Bit | Function |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Master Battery On |
| 1 | 2 | Master Alternator On |
| 1 | 3 | Avionics Master On |
| 1 | 4 | Fuel Pump On |
| 1 | 5 | De-Ice On |
| 1 | 6 | Pitot Heat On |
| 1 | 7 | Cowl Close |
| 1 | 8 | Light Panel On |
| 2 | 1 | Light Beacon On |
| 2 | 2 | Light Navigation On |
| 2 | 3 | Light Strobe On |
| 2 | 4 | Light Taxi On |
| 2 | 5 | Light Landing On |
| 2 | 6 | Dial Off |
| 2 | 7 | Dial Right |
| 2 | 8 | Dial Left |
| 3 | 1 | Dial Both/All |
| 3 | 2 | Dial Start |
| 3 | 3 | Landing Gear Up |
| 3 | 4 | Landing Gear Down |
Landing Gear Lights
Thanks to the DCSFlightPanels project for this one!
You can enable and disable the landing gear lights on the PZ55 Flight Switch Panel by sending feature reports to ID 0 followed by a single byte of data. Aside from “All Off” the values below are combinatorial. So by sending 00001100 you’ll turn the top light red, the right light green, and the left light off.
| Byte | Value | Light | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00000000 | 0 | All | Off |
| 00000001 | 1 | Up | Green |
| 00001000 | 8 | Up | Red |
| 00001001 | 9 | Up | Yellow |
| 00000010 | 2 | Left | Green |
| 00010000 | 16 | Left | Red |
| 00010010 | 18 | Left | Yellow |
| 00000100 | 4 | Right | Gree |
| 00100000 | 32 | Right | Red |
| 00100100 | 36 | Right | Yellow |