G1000TNxi Mac Instructions

I. General Setup

  1. Connect the three provided cables to your unit:
    • USB
    • HDMI
    • Power supply
  2. To power off the unit, press and hold the Left ⇄ button.
  3. To adjust the button backlight intensity, rotate the top-right knob labeled VOL Push SQ.

V. Mac Setup 

1. Place the following three files into \X-Plane 12\Resources\joystick configs\ folder and restart the sim

Windows

FlightSimBuilder_G1000_MFD.joy

FlightSimBuilder_G1000_PFD.joy

FlightSimBuilder_Audio_Panel.joy

Mac

FlightSimBuilder_G1000_PFD_-_Mac.joy

FlightSimBuilder_G1000_MFD_-_Mac.joy

FlightSimBuilder_Audio_Panel_-_Mac.joy

If the buttons / encoders still not working, please open control panel and navigate to FlightSimBuilder PFD or MFD. If the mapping is still empty, press "Reset to Defaults for FlightSimBuilder G1000 PFD" (or MFD) on the bottom left.


2. Remove the bezel around GPS:

1. Download the following file G1000PFD_2d.png or G1000MFD_2d.png  (right click and select "Save Link As")
b. Locate "X-Plane 11\Resources\bitmaps\cockpit\EFIS\G1000" folder
c. Copy above two files  to the above folder. When asked, select "Overwrite files" 

d. Place downloaded files from above into "X-Plane 11\Resources\bitmaps\cockpit\EFIS\G1000" folder. 

X-Plane 12
1. Download the following no_bezel archive file and extract to your preferred location
b. Locate "X-Plane 12\Resources\bitmaps\cockpit\EFIS\G1000" folder
c. Copy all files from the archive to the above folder. When asked, select "Overwrite files" 

3. Launch X-Plane

4. Left click on G1000 in the sim

5. Click on top right corner to Undock it. The button on the top right corner is somewhat hidden but you can see it in the video.

6. Move the GPS to the unit screen

  To remove the bar on the buttom, you can select "Automaticly hide the taskbar" in windows taskbar behaviorsimage5.jpeg

V. Additional functionality:

1. Power On / Off - Left <->
2. Switch from PFD to MFD - Right <->
3. LED brightness - Right Vol

4. LCD Menu Mode. Hold Click Left "Nav" for 3 seconds. 
4a (once in LCD Menu Mode). "NAV" press to Enter
4b (once in LCD Menu Mode). "NAV" small knob to +/- 
4c (once in LCD Menu Mode). "Baro" press to cycle through different video inputs (VGA->HDMI) "
4d (once in LCD Menu Mode). Right "COM" press to Exit LCD Menu Mode 

Once in flight simulator, you would just undock the GPS unit and move it to the unit screen.

4. Encoder Speed Mode. This will enable to increase / decrease encoder speed mode on a scale from 1 to 10 (by default it's 5). However currently, if you increase beyond 5, X-Plane / MSFS will not be able to read it.

You don't need to be in the simulator to complete this. You can do it outside of the sim—just hold the HDG button until the backlight turns off and only three buttons remain illuminated: APR, VS, and FLC.
 
Next, rotate the HDG bug one click to the left to decrease the speed or to the right to increase. The buttons will flash several times. Repeat this process until the buttons flash how many times you need the speed to be on 1-10 scale. You need to set  the encoder speed to 5, if you use an older FW and you should be good to go.
 
Press "HDG" again to exit the encode speed mode.