PanelSight 1.4.2: More of the Vision Jet's cockpit

PanelSight 1.4.2 draws more of the Cirrus Vision Jet's controls: the gear handle, the flaps selector, the power lever and the BARO knob. It also fixes three bugs, one of them in hotkeys.

The Vision Jet: gear, flaps, power and BARO

Until now, the Vision Jet's panel had its screens, the autopilot and the autothrottle. To lower the gear or set the altimeter, you had to go back to the sim's cockpit. Now these controls are on the panel too:

• The strip between the PFD and the MFD, beside the PFD as in the aircraft: the BARO knob, with PUSH STD, and the gear handle. Tap above the handle to raise the gear, below it to lower it.
• The flaps selector: tap UP, 50% or 100%.
• The power lever: drag it along its gate, from IDLE to T/O. It follows the aircraft's lever, so it also moves when you use your throttle.

The flaps and the power lever sit side by side on a new PEDESTAL tab in the Instrument Switcher. You can also put the strip, the flaps or the power lever in a custom layout on their own.

Fixes

• Hotkeys no longer block typing when the sim isn't running. Before, a key bound to a hotkey did nothing in other programs, even with MSFS closed. Now it is a hotkey only while the sim runs.
• Instruments show the right value at once after a panel switch. Before, a needle could start from a default value and sweep to the aircraft's.
• The E-Jets' MCDU screen has no thin gap any more.

Who this is for

• If you fly the Vision Jet, the gear, flaps and power lever are now on PanelSight's panel, next to the screens and the autopilot.
• If you use hotkeys, your keys work as normal when the sim isn't running.

How to update

PanelSight checks for new versions by itself. When one is out, a notice appears next to the PanelSight icon in the Windows taskbar. Click the notice, then click Update now in Settings. PanelSight downloads the update, installs it and starts again on its own. You can also run the installer from the download page again.

Updating always installs the newest version, which includes everything in this release.

For every change in 1.4.2, see the changelog.