MSFS2020 - CONTROL AVIONICS USING YOUR SMARTPHONE OR TABLET - Time To Ditch Your Keyboard!

MSFS2020 - CONTROL AVIONICS USING YOUR SMARTPHONE OR TABLET - Time To Ditch Your Keyboard!
In this video I am going to share how I use a freeware called #Touch-Portal to replace your keyboard by creating key-bindings/buttons on your smartphone or a tablet. You may download the page I made for my flights in the link below. If you come up with something more interesting, do share.
Take control of windows with Touch Portal using specific windows actions such as locking your computer, running batch files, copy to clipboard and more. Mac functions. Take control of MacOs with Touch Portal using specific mac actions such as text-to-speech, running batch files and more.
➤ Touch-Portal Website: www.touch-portal.com/
➤ Download my MSFS Touch Portal Page: bit.ly/392NafL
➤ Download Avionics Icons here: www.touch-portal.com/assetsdb...
➤ Help me out by buying me a LOVELY COFFEE, with this I'm able to show payware content and much more!
www.buymeacoffee.com/Adventur...
➤ Please like the video & leave comments if you find this video helpful or if you have any questions.
➤ My PC Specs:
• MSFS2020 Deluxe Premium
• Honeycomb Alpha Flight Controls
• Logitech Extreme 3D Joystick
• AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight Core Processor
• 32GB DDR4 RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX1080 Ti
• 500 GB 970 EVOPlus NVME SSD
• Windows 10 Home
• 32" 4K BENQ EW3270U Monitor
Music: KZbin Music Library
#Adventure494 #MicrosoftFlightSimulator #MSFS2020 #TouchPortal #Avionics

[@Adventure494]

Download Avionics Icon pack here: www.touch-portal.com/assetsdb/show-all.php?cat=i (Thank you Richard Carter, for the info)

[@MoviesFlaFla]

Thank you for sharing ! Discovered the software and icons thx to you ! Do you know how to toogle the looks of the buttons (ex. for AP ON/OFF) I can toogle the function, but not the look of the button. See you ;)

[@Adventure494]

@@MoviesFlaFla You’re welcome, I’ve never tried creating a toggle button but I’m pretty sure you’ll find a or tutorial on KZbin. Good luck! 😀

[@birreboi]

Purchased this app a few days ago for MSFS 2020. Fantastic! Instead of AU$200+ for Elgato and other devices, this app for AU$20 is cheap and works extremely well! It stops me reaching over my yoke to hit the keyboard, which was all a bit awkward. Highly recommended. One important thing - you said at the start that it is a free app. Yes, but you only get limited pages you can create, plus one or two other functions are not available in the free version.

[@caryanderson7212]

What a great idea! I sent myself your links to setup the computer and iPad as you have done. This will certainly help us to focus more on the enjoyment of flying with much less frustration. Thank you!! Loved and Subscribed.

[@Adventure494]

Thank you! Glad you found it useful.

[@rtocarp]

Okay, so your video was a good find. I had purchased a bluetooth keyboard to sit between my left and right Logitech X52 HOTAS throttle and joystick in order to keep them in a more natural 'position' and not have to work them around my Razer keyboard. The bluetooth keyboard works great BUT I could immediately see the advantages of Touch Portal, particularly as relates to those commands requiring multiple key combinations (Shift + Ctrl + E for Auto Start Engine as example). So I downloaded Touch Portal for my PC and for my iPad and after playing around for an hour or so, plunked down my $$$ on the pro version. Thanks for this great suggestion and for all you MSFS related videos!

[@Adventure494]

You’re welcome Art G. Glad you liked the video. Happy flying! 😊

[@jerryheritage]

You are a great teacher with very clear lessons... Thank you...

[@Adventure494]

So nice of you - thanks!!

[@pilothidayah]

Thank you so much for the tutorial!! Crystal clear & easy to understand 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@Adventure494]

You’re most welcome! 😊

[@-TK-421]

Great video. Very clear and easy to understand. Great Job!!!!!

[@Adventure494]

Thank you so much TK!

[@artisist]

Awesome, thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@jimfrederich8852]

This is great! Thanks!

[@Donkeyjon]

Thanks for your videos buddy.

[@Dreamsofwings]

Really interesting idea and a great demonstration of it sir! 👏🏻. Thanks for going into it.

[@Adventure494]

Thank you kind sir…love your vids 😊

[@kevinhendon]

What a great idea, thank you for sharing👍

[@Adventure494]

You’re welcome!

[@realsoundkaraoke]

Thankyou so much!!

[@LimaGolfCubed]

Well done Adventure 494!!! Nice video!

[@Adventure494]

You’re welcome Lima Golf Cubed! 😊

[@Beechwood18]

Hey Adventure 494 - thanks for sharing, I have tried it and think its brilliant so I bought the Pro version. At the moment I have AP Alt buttons and also heading and speed as well as Altimeter set up on my Ipad in front of my Honeycombe Alpha. It works great and looks great, it was easy setting up simple buttons, which is good for me. I also have a problem sometimes with the mouse where the rotary buttons spin, that's really bad when its the auto pilot so its great that this app solves that too. Thanks again.

[@Adventure494]

You’re welcome! Glad it works well for you. Happy Holidays! 😊

[@bertfitness5747]

Great Job!

[@Adventure494]

Thank you so much 😊

[@sascenturion]

Wow ...very nice ..thanks! 😀

[@Adventure494]

Thank you!

[@andrewsanderson1235]

Fantastic. 👏👏👏

[@Adventure494]

Thank you glad you liked it.

[@TruckdriverJONTEZZ]

Wow fantastic

[@cptairwolf]

This seems like such a huge amount of work. I just wish Asobo would includes the possibility to dock any of the in game screens to an external network accessible url which could be loaded on devices assuming they were on the same network.

[@brianfindsall]

yes that would be really good and the best resolve for the general problem. lets hope they read these things.....

[@DEeMONsworld]

very interesting, I'm sure to try it.

[@Adventure494]

Thank you. Pls subscribe for more tutorials. 😎

[@peterkmacleod]

Great idea and tutorial. Just needed to tell us to use Manage Page to export the new panel to the device (iPad pro here). Now to see how to raise the seat for a better view forward. Thank you for your patient work.

[@Adventure494]

Thanks for the feedback Peter! :-)

[@rb489012002]

brilliant

[@Adventure494]

thank you!

[@abbynormal7389]

Yes there is a free version, but you are limited to a grid of 4×2 (2×4) and you can create only one extra page extra to extend your buttons

[@richardcarter5404]

I also just found Touch Portal for my flight sim hobby. There is an avionics icon pack available from the Touch-Portal website. You can also have the icons change to reflect the button state (on/off) It also works beautifully for X-Plane 11, especially the Zibo 737. You can pretty much map a keyboard command to every switch on every panel. I have panels now for the Zibo 737, FF A320 and MSFS 2020

[@Adventure494]

Thank you Richard. Really appreciate the feedback. I’ll try and find the avionics pack and share with everyone else. Cheers!

[@sascenturion]

Cool! 👍

[@antonellomuzzana4117]

It need a plug in for X-Plane?

[@richardcarter5404]

@@antonellomuzzana4117 No you just have to map the keyboard shortcuts to Touchportal then you are good.

[@antonellomuzzana4117]

@@richardcarter5404 thank you :))

[@bertfitness5747]

I have Razer - Cynosa V2 Full Size Wired Membrane Gaming Keyboard, can i use Touch portal same way you did with my XBox not PC. Thanks

[@Mr_Spock512]

I've been using a Logitech G13 game pad for years for this purpose.

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

Neat find, I just know I'm going to drop the $ for the pro version in no time ... Thanks for sharing your page as a starter.

[@Adventure494]

You’re welcome Matt 😊

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

@@Adventure494 Sure enough bought it and already converted your autopilot on/off buttons to one toggle that changes background colour and label. Super easy to use!

[@Adventure494]

@@MatthewJohnCrittenden nicely done!

[@brianfindsall]

Hi great flog really handy thing to know. please can you tell me if this will work with the xbox msfs setup too. ???? would be really good shortcut and cut much stress and less eye straining aswell. Thankyou.

[@Adventure494]

Hi there, I don't believe Touch Portal works for Xbox. I just googled and did not find any solutions just yet. Perhaps in the near future.

[@funofflying15]

WOW, I would never have known about this software package if I hadn't come across your video purely by chance, so huge thanks for sharing! Fortunately at least one of my old iPads has iOS 10 which is still suitable for the app side of things. Presumably this can be used with X-Plane 11 as well, as keyboard bindings are incorporated in the same way as MSFS2020? Can wait to start exploring the possibilities with this software, so many thanks again for sharing it with us. Regards from the UK :-)

[@Adventure494]

Yes can be used for X-plane too. Have fun Paul!

[@antonellomuzzana4117]

Hi, does Touch Portal support Xplane11? Thank you

[@funofflying15]

@@antonellomuzzana4117 Hi there, yes you can use Touch Portal with X-Plane 11 and guess what, that is the very subject of my next video, which is being produced as we speak! Kind regards

[@antonellomuzzana4117]

@@funofflying15 wowww i subscribe💪😊

[@effhakim2612]

Thanks for the vid. I can understand how you configure things in your pc, but keen to know how do you replicate and binding your ipad to your pc, thanks

[@Adventure494]

That happens automatically, as soon as you create a button on the Desktop, it updates to the iPad given that you’ve made the connection from the PC to the iPad vv

[@jimfrederich8852]

Excellent video! One question. How do I get my iPad to talk to my WINDOWS PC?

[@Adventure494]

Thanks. Make sure you’re on the same wifi, both Pc and iPad, the TouchPad app will take care of the rest. Good luck! 😊

[@fly4fun24]

That would be nice to do a camera page. nice vi d eo

[@cornucopiahouse4204]

Thanks for the intro! Set up a page for MS2020. On my app, I can’t see the page, only the Main Page. What could be the reason?

[@Adventure494]

Ok try making another page with a diff name. Be sure to make a button at main page to take you to the MSFS page. Hope this helps.

[@ccruzsanta]

Can you do one video for fsx and explained how connect the game , the steps in how to add the commands and example using a flight using all the commands. Examples starting the game and using the touch portal.

[@Adventure494]

Sorry I don't fly with FSX :-)

[@kedilipilot07]

Unbelievable !

[@justtruth8310]

Thanks ! What is the best monitor to buy for using Air manager like this?

[@efxcocreativeskills5675]

Hi Just, if you’re referring to the ipad/tablet units. You can get a touch monitor but it might be a bit bulky. If you have a phone or a tablet laying around use that. If you’re referring to the main monitor. I am using a 32 inch 4K BENQ monitor. Hope this helps 😊

[@Adventure494]

Hey Just! Get a 4k monitor...I'm using a 31" 4K BENQ EW3270U Monitor

[@eduardogranja6418]

Thanks for the video. How do you get the button designed on the PC to the móvil device? Does it happened automatically? I have my android tablet connected to the PC, but is not replicating the PC.

[@Adventure494]

It updates automatically...as soon as you make a button it displays in the tablet. Try exiting the app on the android and getting back in.

[@danielseguin913]

This is amazing. Would that work on xbox using an iPad ?

[@Adventure494]

Thanks. At the moment TouchPortal only works with PC Mac OS. Hopefully the Xbox version is in the making. 😊

[@imaingan4884]

It worked but i accidently clicked android on my pc but i uninstalled it and installed it again and its fine

[@abbynormal7389]

Thank You. You should mention that the FREE version is only good for 2 pages.

[@Adventure494]

Thank you, yes I should have...😅

[@GinoFoto]

Is there around some more integrated solution for this purpose? As this is two years old by now.

[@Adventure494]

Yes there are other such as using the Stream Deck but I'm still using this on my iPad 🙂

[@jeanfrancoisj5534]

Thanks for your video, that made me wish to have this solution too. I downloaded and upgrade to pro version yesterday evening, isntalled everything on my comp and started to play with the software and create a few basic buttons. On the touchpad app, everything worked, I created toggle buttons and it seemed nice. I also checked that the keys were generated by Touch Portal (pening a blank word document and pressing the buttons on my ipad, I saw that everything worked fine). However, when I launched FS2020, strangely, my buttons on the ipad had no effect on FS. I mean that FS2020 did not react on the buttons I pressed, even a simple one such as the map launch (using the V key press) did not work). I was still obliged to use my real keyboard... Is there somehting special on the key presses, do we need to increase the duration of the key press (default is 100ms) ? is there something else to install on top of touch portal (which was obviously still running while I did my tests). Thansk in advance if you have an answer to that, and once again thanks for your video.

[@Adventure494]

Hi Jean, when you start-up your Touch Pad app, you should get a connection detection, if that is ok then you'll need to have touch portal running on your PC. You can check of the connections (iPad connected to the Pc) I am guessing it's a connection issue between your device and your PC. I have Wi-Fi connection on my PC to my iPad. It worked right away. Let me know?

[@jeanfrancoisj5534]

@@Adventure494 Thank you for your answer. However, it was not a problem of connection (the connection wroked fine between the two). I finally found the issue : the two softwares (Touch Portal and Fs2020) MUST run in the same mode (Administrator, or User). And because FS ran in Adminsitrator, my Touch portal on my comp ran in User mode, and the two did not communicate. I changed the mode for Touch portal, now it runs in Adminstrator mode and everything is fine. Actually, the explanation is that in two different modes, keys cannot be exchanged between the softwares. I gues Touch Portal should add a comment in the FAQ, because this is true for any software. Thnak you once again for your video, as it really helped me to configure a few buttons first, and this really makes FS2020 much more attractive.

[@Adventure494]

@@jeanfrancoisj5534 I am happy the problem got resolved! YAY! I'll remember that for future reference. au revoir!!

[@gilbertgiroux1115]

Thank you for your video. I have questions: I have an iPad and window desktop computer. If I understand well, I download the software to my desktop computer or to my Ipad. I am not sure? How do you link your IPad to your window computer? Thanks for your help.

[@Adventure494]

Hi Gilbert, you'll need download into both the PC iPad. I connect mine via WiFi (same SSID) there is a possibility to connect via Bluetooth. Hope this helps. 😀

[@gilbertgiroux1115]

@@Adventure494 Do I download the Windows version in both my computer and my IPad? Thank you

[@Adventure494]

@@gilbertgiroux1115 Yes...a connection will be established both on the iPad and the PC as long as you are on the same wifi. This link explains: www.touch-portal.com/blog/post/tutorials/connecting-touch-portal.php

[@jamesroberts3642]

Anybody know how to do this in IL2 for like a map or something?

[@pauldgardner1]

Great video, thanks. I have downloaded both versions, PC and IOS Pro version and installed. I followed your new page set up , connected to my iPad and just created a couple of buttons to test the system but all I see on my iPad is the four default buttons and the newly created buttons do not show even though I have selected the newly created page. It must be something simple but I have no idea what is wrong. Paul

[@Adventure494]

Hi Paul, did make a button to access the page you made form the main menu? You'll have to create a button to access the page you'd like to use in the sim. Hope this helps...

[@pauldgardner1]

No I didn’t do that. Not sure how to do it but will have a go later today. Thank you for the helpful reply.

[@pauldgardner1]

@@Adventure494 I been and had a look but really have no idea what to do to create the button you suggest. I don’t find the touch connect web site very helpful. Paul

[@Adventure494]

@@pauldgardner1 Paul, perhaps you can go thru my video again. I showed how to create the “msfs” page and a button on the main page to go to the “msfs” page. Best of luck! 😊

[@pauldgardner1]

I have just watched your video again and still can’t find the part you are talking about. Can you give the time in the video where you show this please ? Also when I create a new page I don’t get a “go to main” button , any idea why not? Your help is appreciated.

[@TheTattoedVRpilot]

Does touch portal on your phone need to always be open? Like can I lock the phone with the app open and unlock it and still use it? Or does the app need to be displayed at all time to not lose connection??

[@Adventure494]

Hi Shane, the idea is to have the phone/tablet always ‘on’ to use it. It connects to the desktop software. If you close either one the connection will be lost. Hope this helps. 😊

[@TheTattoedVRpilot]

@@Adventure494 awesome thanks. Tried using it with elgato game capture hd but won’t recognize any of the virtual key press commands. When I’m in elgato game capture and press the key command it works but when it’s setup in touch portal the button doesn’t do anything. I can open my software with touch portal but after that none of the buttons work unfortunately.

[@Adventure494]

@@TheTattoedVRpilot ok am not sure about using it with legato. Does it work without the legato hame capture?

[@TheTattoedVRpilot]

@@Adventure494 yes it works outside of that software... it works with my pc I can open apps, control other programs just not that one specific program which is unfortunate because that’s the software I use for recording games and streaming. Guess I’m back to using my good ol fashioned keyboard 🤣. Thanks for all your help though! 👍🏽

[@Adventure494]

@@TheTattoedVRpilot perhaps you can also try the elgato streamdeck software. Similar to touch portal. Good luck!

[@antonellomuzzana4117]

It works with ZIBO737 on X-Plane? Grazie

[@Adventure494]

Yes it does

[@antonellomuzzana4117]

@@Adventure494 thank you😊

[@Professor_Playdoh]

has anyone got this to work with a microsoft surface pro device instead of iphone or ipad?

[@Adventure494]

Not sure if anyone has…🤔

[@jaimeh9903]

Only the first two rows show up on my android phone (s10+). Any suggestions on how to fix it?

[@Adventure494]

Play with the rows and columns settings...I has the same problem but got it sort by adjusting them.

[@jaimeh9903]

@@Adventure494 I tried doing that and the buttons don't resize. I get a maximum of 8 buttons and two rows.

[@Adventure494]

@@jaimeh9903 you are limited to a grid of 4×2 (2×4) and you can create only one extra page extra to extend your buttons. The pro upgrade removes these limitations. Hope this helps! :-)

[@jaimeh9903]

@@Adventure494 that was it. Thank you

[@txcarlos2224]

It works with the A320?

[@Adventure494]

Yes as long as it’s a keyboard input it will work

[@Magura2004]

I do not know what's going on. But Ipad doesn't want to connect to the touch portal. I have something like that "partially incoming only connect touch portal"

[@Adventure494]

Both devices must be in the same wifi network

[@Magura2004]

@@Adventure494 Ok, I connected :) But I have a different problem. I don't want to switch between pages. Only the main page works for me.

[@Adventure494]

@@Magura2004 if you’re using the free version you’ll have a 2x4 only option. You can also have a 2nd page. That’s it. You can make your buttons on main page if you need to. But you’ll have only 8 buttons Max.

[@Magura2004]

@@Adventure494 The problem is that I have the full version :) I try on an android phone and an ipad with ios and nothing. I can only work on the main page :)

[@Adventure494]

@@Magura2004 you need to create new page. Perhaps view the tutorial in TouchPortals website. Hope this helps.

[@trukminiaturolengpmk9841]

Can you make a tutorial how to displays radar screen etc on Android screen?

[@Adventure494]

By radar screen do you mean navigation map?

[@trukminiaturolengpmk9841]

@@Adventure494 Yes, like this: x-plane.com/manuals/mobile/images/glomo_updates/EFIS.jpg

[@Adventure494]

@@trukminiaturolengpmk9841 i think I have pls see my other videos especially on SkyVector and Little NavMap.

[@Adventure494]

How do you use Touch-Portal?

[@birreboi]

Go to the touch-portal site, there is plenty of help on that site. Simple really! Plus, the video above does explain quite a bit on how to add the 'buttons' and how to assign a keyboard function for that button.

[@jasond7978]

I like simdashboard on Google play better

[@rjkanga]

Can you have a button for an .exe file?

[@Adventure494]

Yes, look for running an application

[@rjkanga]

Thank you. I want it to the VFR map. Can you please put your page in another file? Unable to open .tpz

[@Adventure494]

@@rjkanga you need TPZ that’s the file that opens the page, use the import feature to import the tpz page into touch portal. Hope this helps