Getting Started

Park Road Designs builds physical cockpit hardware for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 — real knobs, buttons, and displays, connected to the sim over a CAN bus by the free SimLinkHub Windows app.

:::note Simulator peripherals only This hardware is for flight simulation. It does not transmit or receive actual radio signals. :::

Three steps

1. Install SimLinkHub — see the installation guide (download it here).
2. Connect your hardware — a CAN cable from your device to the CAN Bridge, and a USB cable from the bridge to your PC.
3. Launch MSFS 2024 and load a flight — SimLinkHub connects automatically, and your hardware syncs to the sim within a few seconds.

Where to go next

• Curious how this all fits together? Read Architecture — the hub app, the CAN bridge, and why it's built this way.
• Setting up a PRD-225 COM radio? See the PRD-225 overview.
• Setting up the Throttle Quadrant + Flaps? See its overview.
• Wiring your own CAN device, or adding one to the database? See Adding a Device.