Hardware support

[storemaster]

Hello

is there already existing or planned hardware support (i.e. winctrl) for FCU and MCDU?

[dadgametime]

You can use SpadNext or Axis and Os to control any hardware for any aircraft.

[esaahonen]

Yes, buttons of course. But does the plane expose the CDU display so that MobiFlight can read it?

[storemaster]

Exactly, thats the jumping point what it is about... display export for hardware

[JetNoise]

Is this an option ?
https://glassout.flyingart.dev/

[storemaster]

@JetNoise not for those people with hardware which works with many other different airplanes

[RPGamerous]

I'd really like to see this, as well.

[storemaster]

Any info regarding display export of FMS appreciated

[Mark]

We don't natively support any external FMS hardware at this time; however, software such as SPAD.neXt can be used to control buttons via Lvars.

We do recognise that FMS hardware has become more accessible to larger parts of the community in recent years, and supporting that hardware in our products is something that we have logged on our internal feature request trackers for evaluation.

Mark - Just Flight

[esaahonen]

That's great to hear. I hope this feature makes it onto the implementation roadmap. Affordable CDUs are no longer niche products among the audience interested in this aircraft, but quite common.

[RPGamerous]

@esaahonen Agreed. More and more people will be asking for this -- and just binding the buttons isn't very satisfying compared to utilizing the entire unit.