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Multi Switch Panel Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................... 2
General .......................................................................................................... 2
Features ........................................................................................................ 2
Installation .......................................................................................... 4
Connecting the Multi Switch Panel ..................................................................... 4
Calibration ........................................................................................... 5
General .......................................................................................................... 5
Windows 7 (or Vista) ....................................................................................... 5
Windows XP ................................................................................................... 9
Assignment keys/commands to the Multi Switch Panel .....................
Introduction ................................................................................................. 11
Flight Si ulator X (or FS2004) ....................................................................... 11
La inar Research X-Plane 9.x ........................................................................ 14
Falcon 4.0 Allied Force ................................................................................... 16
Appendix ............................................................................................ 7
FSX Standard.x l file .................................................................................... 17
Modifying Standard.x l (FSX) ........................................................................ 17
Modifying FS9.CFG (FS2004) .......................................................................... 18

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Introduction
General
The Multi Switch Panel is a co pact unit to control any function available fro ALL si ulators
and ga es capable of handling joystick inputs. Because of this, the installation as a joystick
akes it easy as well as co ands/key assign ents. Due to its design, the VRinsight Multi
Switch panel will fit needless with other VRinsight flight panel products like the MCP Panel,
CDU II, and Instru ent RadioStack or even with the JetPit or ProPit.
Co binations are endless!
The Multi Switch Panel black box offers the following parts:
•Multi Switch Panel co plete with angled bracket,
•A DVD with this User Guide, standard.x l sa ple file, MSFS_Controls text file and
several VRinsight product instruction ovies and Wilco Publishing pro otion ovies.
•An “Application Instruction” sheet with three re oval tools and attached to it, a
pushbutton placards sheet.
Features
The following offers all the features of the VRinsight Multi Switch Panel.
•Fully co patible with all si ulators:
- Flight Si ulator X and FS2004,
- Falcon 4,
- IL-2 Stur ovik,
- Black Shark,
- Lock ON,
- X-Plane,
- Ship Si Extre es,
- Space Shuttle etc.
•Plug & Play installation.
•No driver required.
This eans it’s fully progra able directly fro your si ulators or FSUIPC.
•Full etal case.
•A USB 2.0 cable connection.
•Panel backlight, which is always ON.
•Ten push buttons.
•Two 2-positions ON/OFF toggle switches.
•One return toggle switch.
•One 3-position ON/OFF toggle switch.
•Six encoder switches.
•Two potentio eters.
•Four sliders.
•One four position HAT view button.
•Measure ents:
Length: 30.5c (12 inch)
Width: 12.5c (4.9inch)
Height: 11c (4.3 inch).
•Weight: 1.5kg
•1 year warranty.

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These two i ages of the Multi Switch Panel show you the identification of the used push
buttons, switches, knobs, encoders and sliders.
A Fast Rotate and Hold feature for rotary encoders “D”
B Pushbuttons (12)
C Encoder switches (6)
D Potentio eters (2)
E Four positions view button (1)
F Two positions ON-OFF toggle switches (2)
G Return toggle switch (1)
H three positions ON-OFF toggle switch (1)
J Sliders (4)
A
B C D E
F G H J

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Installation
Connecting the Multi Switch Panel
Since the Multi Switch Panel co es only with one USB cable, hardware installation will be as
easy as possible. Re e ber that the USB receptacle should be USB 2.0 co pliant else
proble s could arise. Follow these steps for a successful hardware installation. Although the
following steps represent Windows Vista/7 installation, the Multi Switch panel is also
co patible with Windows XP.
•Connect the USB cable of Multi Switch panel to a USB PC receptacle or to a USB 2.0 hub.
•The Multi Switch panel is recognized as a new Hu an-Interface Device (New Hardware).
•Check all four parts of the Multi Switch panel are illu inated. This eans the blue
backlight behind the pushbuttons, switches, sliders and HAT switch should illu inate at
the light blue arked areas down below.
Note: The blue LED light will be di ed in a bright environ ent.

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Calibration
General
Since the Multi Switch panel is recognized as a joystick, it ust be calibrated before using it.
Hardware calibration exa ples are given for working with Windows 7 and Windows XP-SP3.
Because of the si ilarity with Windows Vista, no calibration exa ple of this Operating Syste
is included. The actual Windows calibration is for all Windows syste the sa e and therefore
only screenshot in relation to Windows 7 are shown.
Windows 7 (or Vista)
Step 1 Connect your Multi Switch panel to a USB 2.0
receptacle.
Step 2 Open the Windows Control Panel.
Either you have Category view or Large (s all Icons)
view active. For Category view follow step 3A else 3B.
Step 3A - Category view -Click Hardware and Sound.
-Click Devices and Printers.
-Right click the usb pad icon and chose
Ga e controller settings.

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Step 3A - Category view (con’t) -The Ga e Controllers window appears.
-Click the Properties button.
-Continue with step 4.
Step 3B – Large (s all) Icon view -Click the Devices and Printers icon.
-This will bring you to the 3
rd
screenshot of step 3A
thus right click the usb pad icon and chose
Ga e controller settings.
-The Ga e Controllers window as you can see above
appears. Click the Properties button.
Step 5 -Click the Settings tab in the usb pad properties
window followed by the Calibrate button.
Step 6 -The Welco e to the Device Calibration Wizard
appears. Start the wizard by clicking the Next>
button. Continue till the Axis Calibration appears.

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Step 7 -Gently rotate knobs R1 and R2 several ti es fro
left to right and follow their output on the screen.
Note: Knob R1 will ove “+” left to the right and
knob R2 will ove “+” up and down).
-When done, click the Next> button.
Step 8 -The Axis Calibration Z Axis window appears.
-Move S1 slider, which is recognized as Z axis,
up and down and check for ove ent of the blue bar
down below.
-When you are ready, click the Next> button.
Step 9 -The Axis Calibration for X Rotation appears.
-Move S2 slider, which is recognized as X Rotation,
up and down. Check for correct blue bar ove ent.
-When you are ready, click the Next> button.

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Step 10 -The Axis Calibration for Rudder window appears.
-Move S3 slider, which is recognized as Rudder,
up and down.
-Click once ore the Next> button.
Step 11 -The Axis Calibration for Throttle windows appears.
-Move S4 slider, which is recognized as Throttle,
up and down.
-Click Next> and finish the Calibration Wizard.
This concludes the calibration procedure for the
sliders and rotary encoders R1 and R2.
Step 12 -Select the Test tab as shown below.
-Move and/or press all Multi Switch panel buttons,
switches, knobs and sliders and check for their
correct output on the usb pad properties window.
-When you are finished with testing are the switches,
buttons, sliders and knobs, click the OK button.

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Windows XP
Since the Ga e Device Calibration is ore or less the sa e for every Windows version, this
Windows XP section only covers those parts that differ fro Windows 7 (or Vista). Once you’ve
reached Windows XP step 4, you continue with the device calibration of the previous section.
Step 1 -Connect your Multi Switch panel to a USB 2.0
receptacle.
Step 2 -Open the Windows Control Panel.
-Either the contents co es up with Category view or
Classic view. For Category view take step 3A else 3B.
Step 3A (Category view) -Click Printers and Other Hardware.
-Click Ga e Controllers icon.
-This will lead you to the Ga es Controllers window
with the usb pad joystick or actually the Multi Switch
panel.
-Click the Properties button.

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Step 3B (Classic view) -Click “Ga e Controllers” icon.
-This will lead you to the Ga es Controllers window
with the usb pad joystick or actually the Multi Switch
panel.
See for this the 3rd screenshot on the previous page.
-To continue with the test, click the Properties button
on the Ga e Controllers window.
Step 4 -Click the Settings tab in the usb pad properties
window followed by the Calibrate button.
For actual Windows XP usb pad calibration; go to
page 6, step 6 of the Windows 7 (or Vista) section.

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Assignment keys/commands to the Multi Switch Panel
Introduction
Calibrating the Multi Switch panel is essential for correct operation with Microsoft Windows
Operating Syste s. Once this calibration is co pleted, assigning keys and/or co ands to
the various pushbuttons, knobs, sliders and switches on the Multi Switch panel is essential to
get it “custo ized” with the si ulator. This section deals with so e exa ples of how to assign
keys/co ands to the panel. Because the panel is recognized as an ordinary joystick, the
assign ent procedure is not different than other hardware. Although the assign ent
procedure is not uch different co pared to other joysticks, find in this section a Microsoft
Flight Si ulator X (or FS2004), La inar Research X-Plane 9.x and Falcon 4.0 exa ples.
Flight Simulator X (or FS2004)
Step 1 -If not yet done, connect the Multi Switch Panel USB
cable to a USB 2.0 receptacle.
-Start FSX. Either FSX starts up with a default flight or
you will get the FSX startup window.
-When FSX co es up with the startup window, select
on the left side Settings, followed by Controls.
-When FSX co es up with a default flight, select fro
the enu Options – Settings - Controls.

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Step 2 -By default the Settings-Controls window shows up
with the Calibration tab active.
Confir that the Controller Type shows usb pad.
Step 3 -Click the BUTTONS/KEYS tab.
-Select fro the Event Category list an event of your
choice. For this exa ple we take the Autopilot.
-
Step 4 As you can see on the screenshot, event Category
Autopilot is active. I want to assign event Autopilot
master (on/off) to VRinsight Multi Switch panel
pushbutton B6. To achieve this, perfor the
following actions.
-If already a joystick is assigned to this, click the
Delete Joystick Assign ent button.
-Click the New Assign ent button.

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Step 5 -Press pushbutton B6 (or any other) on the Multi
Switch Panel.
This Multi Switch panel button B6 is recognized in
FSX as button 12, which is of no further use.
-Click the OK button to confir your action.
Step 6 As you can on the screenshot, Autopilot aster
(on/off) is actually assigned to FSX Joystick Button 12,
but ore i portant, to your Multi Switch panel
pushbutton B6.
Step 7 -Perfor the previous steps and apply this to all
buttons, switches, rotary knobs, encoders and
sliders.
Note: If the VRinsight Multi Switch panel is your
only si ulation hardware co ponents then
you use the Control Axis tab for assigning
Rudder, Throttle, X Rotation and Z axis.
The procedure to do this is the sa e as the
previous discussed steps.

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Laminar Research X-Plane 9.x
Step 1 -If not yet done, connect the Multi Switch Panel USB
cable to a USB 2.0 receptacle.
-Start X-Plane 9.x and select fro the X-Plane enu
Settings – Joystick, Keys & Equip ent.
Step 2 Basically, assigning keys, buttons, knobs, sliders etc. is
very si ilar to Microsoft Flight Si ulator. The only
difference is the way it is created and organized.
The Axis tab allows you to assign Multi Switch panel
sliders to an X-Plane function. Perfor the following
steps:
-Slider S1 on the VRinsight panel is oved up and
down. On the X-Syste window this is the 3
rd
LH red
bar fro the top.
-Click on the text left of the red bar.
-A pull-down list appears. Select one of your choices.
Here we selected pitch.
Step 3 -After you selected pitch, the red bar beco es green
and shows pitch left of it, indicating this is assigned
to the pitch channel on your Multi Switch panel.

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Step 4 Assigning Multi Switch panel pushbuttons goes in the
sa e way however, for this we need the Buttons:Basic
tab.
As an exa ple we assign Multi Switch panel switch T3
to the GEAR UP/DOWN co and.
-If not yet done, select the Buttons: Basic tab.
-Toggle Multi Switch panel switch T3 to DN. The X-
Syste shows in the LH upper corner 15 (or another
value).
-Click the circle next of the Landing gear down text.
-The assign ent of the GEAR DN co and is done.
See the output on the screenshot below.
Step 5 -Do the sa e with the Multi Switch panel switch T3 to
UP. This should give you in the LH upper corner value
14 or another value.
-Click the circle next of the Landing gear up text.
-The assign ent of the GEAR UP co and is done.
Step 6 -Perfor the previous steps and apply this to all
buttons, switches, rotary knobs, encoders and
sliders. Additional assign ent infor ation can be
found in the X-Plane User Manual.

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Falcon 4.0 Allied Force
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Step 3
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-If not yet done, connect the Multi Swit
c
cable to a USB 2.0 receptacle.
-Run Falcon and go to SETUP-KEYS.
Note:
Falcon4AF_patch_1.0.13 should be installed
before use.
-Assign
function for A1 ~ B6, T1 ~ T4, E1 ~ E4.
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Click the Apply button and save the file.
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Go to CONTROLLERS and chose fro the FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS dropdown list usb pad.
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Rotate R1 and R2. Knob R1 will be assigned as
aileron and knob R2 as elevator.
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Move up switch T1 and switch T3 up and down.
T1 is then assigned as Throttle and T3 as rudder.
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When you are finished, click the OK button to save
the changes.
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c
h Panel USB
Falcon4AF_patch_1.0.13 should be installed
function for A1 ~ B6, T1 ~ T4, E1 ~ E4.
Click the Apply button and save the file.
Go to CONTROLLERS and chose fro the FLIGHT
Rotate R1 and R2. Knob R1 will be assigned as
Move up switch T1 and switch T3 up and down.
T1 is then assigned as Throttle and T3 as rudder.
When you are finished, click the OK button to save

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Appendix
FSX Standard.xml file
Actually, Microsoft’s Flight Si ulator X has ore than hundred possible controls, which are not
listed in the previous discussed Control Assign ents of the Settings page.
To assign unlisted co ands for operation with the VRinsight Multi Switch Panel, the user can
anually edit the FSX Standard.x l file.
The DVD co es with a MSFS_Controls.txt that lists all the possible FS co ands of which only
a li ited a ount is available via the Settings-Controls window. Further ore the DVD co es
with an exa ple standard.x l, which should not be used. This file offers only possible
assign ents and is not replacing your whole standard.x l file.
Users are able to anually odify the standard.x l file with the help of the MSFS_Controls.txt
file. This should only be done when the basic FSX/FS2004 co ands are not enough.
Editing co ands within FS2004 (FS9) is done in the sa e way however, for this the FS9.cfg
(configuration file) should be used.
Modifying Standard.xml (FSX)
In case you want to odify your FSX Standard.x l file, you have two options; either you
assign keys/co ands within FSX (easiest and practical way). Using this ethod is easy and
practical. Assign ent changes ade in FSX are stored in the standard.x l file.
Another option is in co bination with the supplied MSFS_Controls.txt file. You then odify the
standard.x l file directly. When you are looking for this option, follow the next steps:
-For Windows Vista/7 users:
Go to “X”:\Users\your_na e\AppData\Roa ing\Microsoft\FSX\Controls.
Note: Since “AppData\Roa ing” is a hidden directory, you need to type the whole
directory path. Instead of <your_user> you put your own na e e.g.
“X”:\Users\Angelique\AppData\Roa ing\Microsoft\FSX\Controls where “”X”
should be replaced by the FSX drive letter.
-For Windows XP users you go to:
“X”:\Docu ents and Settings\<your_na e>\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX\Controls.
Note: Since “Application Data\” is a hidden directory, you need to type the whole
directory path and instead of <your_user> you put your own na e.
-Your own standard.x l file offers, with the usb pad connected, two entries:
<Na e>usb pad{DEAAC6B0-E5A6-11DF-8001-444553540000}</Na e> and
<Na e>usb pad SLEW {DEAAC6B0-E5A6-11DF-8001-444553540000}</Na e>.
Note: All the characters between {xxxxxx xxxx etc} will differ on your PC.
-Where you need to look for is the <Na e>usb pad section.
Find here an exa ple of a standard.x l, section <Na e>usb pad:
<Entry>
<Index>5</Index>
<Down>AP_MASTER</Down>
</Entry>
<Entry>
<Index>6</Index>
<Down>AP_N1_HOLD</Down>
</Entry>
-For exa ple, bold text – AP_MASTER – is an assign ent that can be found in the
MSFS_Controls.txt file as well. By changing this na e and thus the assign ent, you
can change the function of Multi Switch panel button, switch, knob etc.

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Modifying FS9.CFG (FS2004)
FS9 key/co and assign ents are very si ilar to that of FSX however; assign ent changes
are not ade in the standard.x l file, but in FS9.CFG.
-For Windows Vista/7 users:
Go to “X”:\Users\<your_na e>\AppData\Roa ing\Microsoft\FS9.
Note: Since “AppData\Roa ing” is a hidden directory, you need to type the whole
directory path. Instead of <your_user> you put your own na e e.g.
“X”:\Users\Angelique\AppData\Roa ing\Microsoft\FS9 where “”X” should be
replaced by the FSX drive letter.
-For Windows XP users:
Go to “X”:\Docu ents and Settings\<your_na e>\Application Data\Microsoft\FS9.
Note: Since “Application Data\” is a hidden directory, you need to type the whole
directory path and instead of <your_user> you put your own na e.
-Your own fs9.cfg file offers, with the usb pad connected, the following entry:
[JOYSTICK_MAIN {DEAAC6B0-E5A6-11DF-8001-444553540000}].
Note: All the characters between {xxxxxx xxxx etc} will differ on your PC.
-Where you need to look for is the [JOYSTICK_MAIN xxxx] section.
-Find here an exa ple of a fs9.cfg file:
AXIS_EVENT_00=AXIS_AILERONS_SET
AXIS_SCALE_00=64
AXIS_NULL_00=36
AXIS_EVENT_01=AXIS_ELEVATOR_SET
AXIS_SCALE_01=64
AXIS_NULL_01=36
AXIS_EVENT_02=AXIS_THROTTLE_SET
AXIS_SCALE_02=127
AXIS_NULL_02=1
AXIS_EVENT_03=AXIS_RUDDER_SET
AXIS_SCALE_03=64
AXIS_NULL_03=36
AXIS_EVENT_05=AXIS_RUDDER_SET
AXIS_SCALE_05=64
AXIS_NULL_05=36
BUTTON_DOWN_EVENT_00=BRAKES
BUTTON_DOWN_REPEAT_00=1
BUTTON_DOWN_EVENT_01=VIEW_MODE
BUTTON_DOWN_EVENT_02=ELEV_TRIM_DN
BUTTON_DOWN_REPEAT_02=1
BUTTON_DOWN_EVENT_03=ELEV_TRIM_UP
BUTTON_DOWN_REPEAT_03=1
BUTTON_DOWN_EVENT_06=KNEEBOARD_VIEW
BUTTON_DOWN_EVENT_07=GEAR_TOGGLE
BUTTON_DOWN_EVENT_08=VIEW_MODE
BUTTON_DOWN_EVENT_09=GEAR_TOGGLE
BUTTON_DOWN_EVENT_14=FLAPS_DECR
BUTTON_DOWN_EVENT_15=FLAPS_INCR
POV_MOVE_EVENT_00=PAN_VIEW
POV_MOVE_REPEAT_00=1
Find right below an extraction fro y own FS9.CFG related to this particular section.
The “AXIS” refers to sliders when it co es to the Multi Switch panel and “BUTTON”
ite s to for exa ple the pushbuttons.