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MSFS24 Building a Basic Instructor Station

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Hi everyone, I'm working on building simconnect based 2D instrument panel windows and also a basic instructor station for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 or 2024, I want to connect it using SimConnect. What's the simplest way to set up a SimConnect connection? Any tips or basic requirements to get started?
I started doing some tests using python as some threads in forums sugested as the most efective way, I have pip installed the pysimconnect library but I am stuk at the very begining since I haven't been able to stablish a conection to the sim as I dont have a working script, I am not a programer and I am new to simconnect enviroment, so I was trying to relay on AI but every script it gives me doesn't work keeping in an endless loop of trial and error, from my POV at this point AI it's a great tool to translate the meaning of the lines of code but when it comes to write a functional code it self it doesn't really know what it's doing, maybe in a not so distance future will gaing that capability but as of know it cant. I have a lot experience and knowlege with simvars as I made many 2D gauges for FSX and P3D in the past, also I am very experienced with scenery and missions development but everything I've done has never been intended to work outside the sim, allways inside, but with these new sims (2020 and 2024) as they dont have 2D panel interfaces I will like to be able to use my more than 100 gauges I've created over the years with the new simulators. so if someone could be kind enough to point me in a right direction I would appreciated very much :)
 
The SimConnect SDK has this to say:
  • Out-of-process add-on components for Microsoft Flight Simulator can be written in C, C++, or - if the managed API calls are being used - any .NET language such as C#.net or VB.net.
  • In-process modules are written in C++ and compiled into WebAssembly modules
-so if you're trying to use Python then you need to create a whole new layer to communicate with the sim which will require an in-depth knowledge of both SimConnect and Python. Stick with C/C++ or dotNet. If you've created FSX/P3D gauges in the past, that suggests you have some grounding in C/C++. In this case, read these:

sd2gau42 DragonflightDesign

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Managed SimConnect in vb.Net

Programming SimConnect in vb.Net

Although sd2gau42.5 is based on P3D, the principle to connect SimConnect to MSFS2024 is the same. Cross-reference the SimConnect section to the MSFS2024 SimConnect SDK samples. However, you will never be able to connect your existing gauges to MSFS because it's an entirely different system.
 
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