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INSTALLATION

This assumes you have the panel installed according to the Readme.txt file located in the zip.  From here, we will go over how to assign the panel to your particular aircraft and also minor tweaks that may be necessary to make everything work properly.

ASSIGNING THE PANEL TO YOUR AIRCRAFT

Navigate to the aircraft's panel folder and look for the file named "panel.cfg". Right click on the panel.cfg file and select copy. Right click on the same Windows Explorer pane and select paste. This makes a backup copy of the panel.cfg file in case you don't like this panel and want to revert to your old one. With Notepad, open up the panel.cfg file. Delete everything, and add these two lines:

[fltsim]
alias=fsfsconv\panel.b727

Save the file, and the panel should now be assigned to that particular aircraft. Repeat for each additional aircraft you want to assign the panel to. Or, you can simply copy the panel.cfg file and paste it to each aircraft's panel folder.



CHANGING THE CONFIGURATION FILE TO WORK WITH THE PANEL - IMPORTANT!

There's a few things that you're going to have to possibly change in your aircraft's configuration file to get all the features of the panel to work correctly.  If you are using Charles Fox's air file set, you can skip the following steps.

1)    Navigate to your the aircraft folder that you assigned the panel to.  Look for the file named "aircraft.cfg".  Double click on it and open it with Notepad.  This is a plain text file, and it allows you to customize how your airplane works.

2)    Scroll down and look for the section called "Radios".  Change the entries to look like the following if they do not already:

[Radios]
// Radio Type=availiable, standby frequency, has glide slope
Audio.1=1
Com.1=1, 0
Com.2=1, 0
Nav.1=1, 0, 1
Nav.2=1, 0, 0
Adf.1=1
Transponder.1=1
Marker.1=1

This allows your radios to be tuned correctly.

3)  Scroll down to the "Autopilot" section, and make sure the following entries appear in the Autopilot section.  You may have to either add or edit the entries.

[autopilot]
autothrottle_available=1
autothrottle_takeoff_ga=1
default_pitch_mode=0
default_bank_mode=0

This allows the autopilot and autothrottles to work correctly.

4)  Save the file.