Settings

In this chapter, we'll go over the connector's available settings. The settings menu can be accessed from the main menu in the settings tab.

Connection settings

These settings affect the way the connector interacts with your devices.

Enable TRS

The terminal-ready signal is a signal that can be sent to your devices when the connector connects to your controller. Specific microcontrollers like the Arduino use this signal to prepare the controller for incoming data. The behavior of this signal depends on the microcontroller manufacturer's implementation. For example, an Arduino Due uses the signal to reset the controller before establishing a serial connection.

If your microcontrollers reset, pay attention to the order of your devices. For example, the Arduino Due has 2 USB ports (programmer and default). When these ports are reset, the order in which the connectors are reset can affect whether the connection is established or dropped. For the Due, it’s recommended that the programming port be placed at the top of the connection rows.

Launch when sim starts

This settings will launch the connector when you start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. At the moment it just opens the application but doesn't start a connection (this is being worked on). In order to achieve this the connector adds an entry to the exe.xml file used by MFS2020. This file is located 2 levels up from the community folder. The connector uses the community folder path to navigate to this file. If no community folder path has been set the connector will ask for the path.