External Displays for Learjet 45 (FSX/P3D/FS2004)

External Displays for the Learjet 45

After the release of the Learjet 45 Full Flight Gauges, the SimScape decided to release the same displays as independant "stand-alone" applications that run separately from Flight SImulator (FSX, P3D or FS2004). This has been decided to help one of our customer who is currently building a Learjet home-cockpit, this is a great initiative !!

The features and look-and-feel of these External Displays is exactly the same as the Learjet full flight gauges that we already released, with :

Primary Flight Displays (PFD) for the main flight information: airspeed, altitude, heading, attitude and basic navigation information
Multi-Function Display (MFD) with 2 modes:

Navigation: displays heading, flight plan, TCAS, wind, ...
3 display modes available: arc, rose and plan (north oriented)
Engine and Systems: displays engine information, information about systems (flaps, fuel, ...) and alert/warning messages

The real difference is the fact that they run as separate applications on any PC of your network.

So if you have a multiple-machine configuration and want to let Flight Simulator get maximum CPU power,
or if you have several monitors and want to use one for a full-size external view,
or if you want to better take advantage of your multi-core CPU,

Then Learjet External Displays are for you !!

External PFD

Primary Flight Display (PFD) running as a stand-alone application

External MFD

Multi-Function Display (MFD) displays navigation or engine information,
depending on the display mode

The displays are based on the GDI+ vector drawing technology:

Resize without any loss of quality
Adjustable brightness
Can also be rotated (useful for cockpit builders who use rotated monitors)

The window frame and pull-down menus can be hidden for optimal layout.

PFD without menu bar and window frame

PFD without menu bar and window frame

MFD without menu bar and window frame

MFD without menu bar and window frame

The position, size, rotation and settings of each display are saved in a configuration file when it is ended. It is automatically restored when the display is launched again.This is especially useful when a precise layout must be respected for each display, place and size them once and they will always appear at the same place with the same size.

Requirements

Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Lookheed Martin Prepar3D or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
Registered version of FSUIPC
Registered version of WideFS if several PCs are used

Download and Purchase

1 - Download the Communication Module

By clicking the links below, you can download the Communication Module for FSX or FS2004.
This module must be installed on the PC that runs FS to provide information that FSUIPC does not provide: the flight plan. If it is not installed, the flight plan will not appear on the Multi-Function Display.

2 - Try before you buy

You can download the Learjet External Displays here and test them for free during 10 minutes. Testing before buying is a good way of making sure everything works fine on your system.

3 - Purchase

The Learjet External Displays are available for 34.90 Euros.
By clicking the link below, you will access the purchase page that will let you pay securely using Paypal.

Note: The same key is used for the the PFD and the MFD. You just need to register one of the displays.


Download Communication Module for FS2004	Download Communication Module for FSX

Download Learjet External Displays Installer

BUY External Displays
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Usage

All the necessary is provided in the documentation here (PDF format here), but for a quick start, here is a summary of the most important information:

The position, size, rotation and settings of each display is saved in a configuration file when it is stopped. It is automatically restored when the display is launched again. This is especially useful when a precise layout must be respected for each display, place and size them once and they will always appear at the same place with the same size.
Some keyboard shortcuts are provided for an easy access to most common features:

M: show/hide menu bar
F: show/hide window border (window frame)
R: Rotate view (by 90°)
I: Reset width/height ratio
C: Connect to FSUIPC

Some features, such as navigation display mode and range, are controlled through specific FSUIPC offsets. They are listed in the documentation. If you want to have a quick and easy access to these offsets, a graphical interface named "External Display Controller" is provided. It shows all the controllable features, with the offset associated to it. The simple rectangles are clickable switches (value is 0 or 1) and the rectangles with + and - boxes control values. You can changes the value by clicking the + or - box, or use the mouse wheel in the main rectangle.

The Future...

You will tell us if the this product is useful. If it is successful, a more advanced version may come out with more realistic displays and advanced flight planning. Today, the flight plan managed in External Displays for Learjet is the FS standard flight plan created through the FS flight planner. It may be improved by creating a dedicated Flight Management System (FMS) with advanced features such as SID/STAR management, Navigraph database handling, altitude/speed/fuel predictions, ...