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buy a new one. And I bought the best model accordingly to the reviews on the nerds sites on the web. This
model was the X52 Pro Flight Control System from Saitek (and the Pro Flight Rudder Pedals also).
This joystick has many features, including a MFD (Multifunction Display, a 3x16 characters LCD screen)
which delivers information about the current flight – under Microsoft Flight Simulator X – and which can be
controlled using a dynamic-link library provided with the installation CD.
When I received this flight stick, I searched on the web and on the Saitek forum for a piece of software that
would be able to interface the joystick with FS9. I didn't found any. I did found many people requesting for
such a software, but nobody made the job for this purpose.
As I'm a professional developer, I decided to spend a week-end and some evenings to write this program, to
be able to control my favorite flight simulator with my new favorite joystick.
A friend of mine, who also loves virtual flights, saw the results and told me that a publication of this program
on the web would be great for other owners of this joystick. So, I opened a blog on a free site, using my
common callsign, and here it is, you may now download and use this little program as I do myself when I
have time to fly.
I hope it will be as useful for you as it is for me. And if you like it and use it, please feel free to write down a
little comment, remark or suggestion on the blog, it will be nice!
The version 1.0 of the software was created in April 2007, and with some comments from the first users, it
seems that pages were missing. The version 1.1 added three new features: one asked by the users, two
because I found them useful, and another one because the basis material was found on the internet…
X52 Pro Interface for FS9 Reference manual
http://blackswift.free.fr Page 3
Version 1.2, published in June 2007, adds new features requested from the web site, some corrections and a
new feature that permit to change the LED colors if the autopilot is engaged.
And future versions will add more and more exciting enhancements!
Frederic VALERY
aka BlackSwift
Thanks, contributions, copyrights, etc
X52 Pro Flight Control System, Pro Flight Rudder Pedals are trademarks of Saitek (http://www.saitek.com).
Microsoft Flight Simulator, FS9, FS2004, Visual Basic are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation
(http://www.microsoft.com).
FS Connect is copyrighted by Russel Dirks (e-mail: russdirks@yahoo.ca, http://www.dirks-software.ca)
DLL module uses source code from FSMenu which is © 2004, Cyril Hruscak (cyril.hruscak@gmx.de)
Hoping I don't forget anybody…
Installation
The program is developed using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (my favorite tool for rapid development) and
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 for the DLL module.
It uses the dynamic link library provided by Saitek to write down the information on the MFD, and also uses
the FS Connect library to retrieve information from the running instance of Microsot Flight Simulator 2004.
The FSConnect.dll library is a fantastic tool developed by Russel Dirks which allows software developers to
retrieve information about the current flight running in FS2004.
So, the X52 Pro Interface for FS9 software is just a piece of code that gets the FS9 information from one side
to write it down on the MFD on the other side. Pretty simple.
In addition, the X52PI4FS9.dll library has been developed on the basis of the FSMenu source code by Cyril
Hruscak. Its purpose is to start and stop the X52 Pro Interface for FS9 software when you start and stop
FS2004, and to provide an access to the main window.
To install the software, just use the setup.exe file. This program will perform the needed steps, assuming that
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and the Saitek hardware and software have been installed.
The setup.exe program does the following:
1. It copies the FSConnect.dll file in the "Modules" folder of the FS2004 installation folder,
2. It copies the aaX52PI4FS9.dll file in the "Modules" folder of the FS2004 installation folder,
3. It copies the "X52 Pro Interface for FS9" software (exe file and ini files) in a folder of your hard disk,
4. It copies this documentation in the same folder than above,
5. It installs the Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 runtime, if you don't already have it,
6. It creates a key in the Registry (in HKLM\Software\BlackSwift) to store the path to the exe file.
Once the installation of the files performed, you'll have to configure the program to tell it where the files are
located and what options you want.
Configuration
To configure the software, open the INI file located in the program folder. This INI file is just a text file, you
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