Saitek flight sim hardware - now on sale!
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Topic: Saitek flight sim hardware - now on sale!
Posted By: Martyn
Subject: Saitek flight sim hardware - now on sale!
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2009 at 3:04pm
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We are now selling a range of Saitek flight sim hardware.
As well as the ever popular X52 Pro Flight Control System (joystick and throttle) and Pro Flight Rudder Pedals, we are also selling several other items from Saitek's Pro Flight range of cockpit equipment. Products such as the Pro Flight http://www.justflight.com/productHardware.asp?pid=436 - Radio Panel , http://www.justflight.com/productHardware.asp?pid=437 - Multi Panel , http://www.justflight.com/productHardware.asp?pid=428 - Switch Panel and http://www.justflight.com/productHardware.asp?pid=430 - Instrument Panel are guaranteed to add realism to your sim environment without costing the earth and installing them won't require you to spend several days with a soldering iron and multimeter! Full details and images of the range are available in the http://www.justflight.com/hardwareproducts.asp - Hardware section of our website. All Saitek hardware products carry the full number of http://www.justflight.com/justrewards.asp - Just Rewards points, so buying a set of http://www.justflight.com/productHardware.asp?pid=426 - Pro Flight Rudder Pedals (£104.99 / €159.95 / $199.99), for example, will give you £10.50 off any subsequent purchase from Just Flight or http://www.justtrains.net/ - Just Trains . Due to the size and shipping cost of these items, they are available on special order. We guarantee, however, to despatch your order within six working days and we WON’T bill your credit card until the item has been shipped, at which point we'll send you an e-mail notification confirming that your product is on its way. ------------- Martyn Just Flight Ltd |
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Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2009 at 4:20pm
| I've just got the email from just flight, but I think they are over priced, £125 for one instrument, seems a bit dear to me. You say that you would get £12.50 back because of points, but this is just added on to what you pay! |
Posted By: Martyn
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2009 at 4:28pm
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Hi Tom, We are selling the product for below the RRP and you will get £12.50 for your next purchase. So, providing you choose to use the points, it is approx £17.50 below RRP. The points aren't added to the price of the product... You will also get our unrivalled support/service!  If you are referring to the actual cost of the item, relative to other FS hardware, its worth bearing in mind that its several instruments in one: Choose between 6 different flight instruments at the touch of a button: * Altimeter * Attitude Indicator * Airspeed Indicator * Compass * Turn and Slip indicator * Vertical Speed You are, of course, welcome to purchase the product elsewhere if you think we are charging too much Thanks Martyn ------------- Martyn Just Flight Ltd |
Posted By: RasOlo
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2009 at 11:33pm
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omg!! nice to see u guys recieved them!! im waiting for them to arrrive in AUS, they said the 20/09! HOPE SO!! i currently own the saitek throttle, yoke & switch panel atm.. and just bought the rudder pedals 4 days ago! im going to purchase the multi, radio & instrument right away... but dunno how many instrument panels to grab.. im thinking 1, 2 or 3.. ? ------------- http://www.flightsim.com"> 
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Posted By: johnsmithfsx
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2009 at 3:30am
 That's going to cost a fortune no matter where you make the purchase RasOlo
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Posted By: RasOlo
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2009 at 9:58pm
yeah, its gonna hurt.. but its for the love of flight sim.. 
the plan >>
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Posted By: johnsmithfsx
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2009 at 3:03am
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Ooo that would be nice!
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Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2009 at 7:18am
| I don't really see the point in the Saitek instruments, for a start they don't look very real, and you can only use them on certain aircraft. |
Posted By: Aircraft Aviation
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2009 at 8:11am
Tom are you anti Saitek are something? ------------- http://forum.mutleyshangar.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3698"> 
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Posted By: Edward Longe
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2009 at 12:39pm
Yes I think he is. I would love the yoke though! ------------- 
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Aircraft Aviation wrote:Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2009 at 5:25pm
| No, I really like their panel switch, but their instruments... I don't like them, very unrealistic. You will only ever use them for GA flying and IFR, but very limited. |
Posted By: Slopey
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2009 at 5:41pm
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I'm with Tom on this one - they just don't look right, and it's almost impossible to get a decent looking standard "T" setup.
Interesting yes, but they're more Buck Rogers than aircraft instruments at present. Maybe if there's a decent SDK, that'll solve it (is there yet?). ------------- AirHauler Developer For AH2 queries - PLEASE USE THE EA Forums as the first port of call. |
Posted By: 737Chris
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2009 at 7:32pm
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Completely agree with Slopey and Tom. I love Saiteks products in general, not just their joysticks but I think those small (they are very small apparently) boxy and most importantly limited instruments, are a little pointless and far too overpriced. I think Rasolo you would be abit disapointed if you bought this.
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Posted By: MartinW
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2009 at 11:11pm
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I think moderators should get them free for long term testing.
I mean they could explode and hurt someone. They should definitely be given the once over by moderator/stunt simmers.
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Posted By: mutley
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2009 at 11:21pm
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Posted By: MartinW
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2009 at 11:24pm
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Thanks Uncle Mutley. Only moderators with decades of experience like you and me should be trusted with such a task. We can't have these kids dropping like flies can we, the springs on those joysticks can be deadly. |
Posted By: Minty
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2009 at 11:36pm
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O M G - Listen to you 2 guys ----- Please
Sorry - Did I say listen - I meant to type SHOOT
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Posted By: RasOlo
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2009 at 3:14am
eg. switch panel didn't work with 737 pilot in command, which i found out yesterday! but works with the C-130 & F-117A
thanks for the heads up! in that case ill grab just the one instrument panel! VRinsight ProPit is the way to go...but i dont have AU$2400 upfront! thats 15 gauges (incl. GPS).... compared to Saitek u would get only about 9!! (approx. AU$250)------------- http://www.flightsim.com">
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Posted By: johnsmithfsx
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2009 at 3:30am
So can the possible lead used in the paint (depending on where it was made) -------------
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Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2009 at 4:10pm
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RasOlo- If you want the ultimate realism go Elite. |
Posted By: Slopey
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2009 at 4:46pm
If there's one manufacturer who stuff has compatibility issues, it's theirs! Unless you're running their overpriced IR trainer software that is. The VRInsight pro-pit is just as unrealistic as the Saitek stuff imho. The only real way to go is CockpitSonic or FlyEngravity, but get yer chequebook out! The VRInsight MCP Combo is pretty good however as is their new CDU - I have the MCP and its a cheap and acceptable compromise between nothing and a "proper" MCP unit from CS and FE. ------------- AirHauler Developer For AH2 queries - PLEASE USE THE EA Forums as the first port of call. |
Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2009 at 5:24pm
| Yes, Elite has got lots of compatibility issues. I am also running their software, which is a joy to use with their hardware, but with FSX, it takes ages setting everything up. Infact, I can't even use their throttle and yoke together in FSX! |
Posted By: 737Chris
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2009 at 7:58pm
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I wish JF would LOWER their prices on this hardware. and those points are a screw, basically you almost feel obliged to come back and use your "points" at JF. . . ------------- Generic forum signature |
Posted By: RasOlo
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2009 at 12:13am
 OMG!!! ...THANKS TOM, this is madness, i like but still cost abit too much for me! only supplier is through simmarket.com. considering some of they're prices are much much lower than suppliers here they'll be charging me approx. AUD$71.00 for P&H as the products will be shipped from simWare in Belgium! the new saitek hardware available in aus now...
 BUT just found some new VRinsight products, the µ-Pro Pit & µ-Jet Pit !! its the more afforadble & micro versions of the ProPit & JetPit. basically with the µ-Pro Pit u get 8 gauges witth 2x programmable 2-position switches for under AUD$600!
missed ur post. hmmm....CockpitSonic or FlyEngravity....the real way to go!! thanks! checking them out now
 but, im also looking at the most affordable way to go  ------------- http://www.flightsim.com">
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Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2009 at 7:31am
| If you buy some Elite products direct from Elite, they are a lot cheaper than elswhere. I gpt my yoke from them and got it at an amazing £200 less than normall. Also if you are interested in Elite, check out ebay, I've seen quite a few on their. But do not buy the serial version! |
Posted By: RasOlo
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2009 at 10:20am
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VRinsight seems too complicated to setup, i found simflight.com.au, says they're the sole dealer & agent for ESS products for the australiasian region!! and there prices seem to be 50-60% less..  another brand i was looking was goflight http://www.goflightinc.com/order/index.php - www.goflightinc.com/order/index.php .. ?? ------------- http://www.flightsim.com">
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Posted By: Slopey
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2009 at 10:32am
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The go-flight stuff looks horrible. Looks like something made by a high school physics student than a piece of aircraft equipment. ------------- AirHauler Developer For AH2 queries - PLEASE USE THE EA Forums as the first port of call. |
Posted By: RasOlo
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2009 at 10:54am
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Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2009 at 4:05pm
| Brilliant way of putting it Slopey! |
Posted By: Slopey
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2009 at 4:25pm
Eh? Install software on CD, Plug in MCP Combo via USB, start FSX, run the utility application for the MCP and choose the aircraft you're going to fly, job done. Takes seconds, works like a charm. ------------- AirHauler Developer For AH2 queries - PLEASE USE THE EA Forums as the first port of call. |
Posted By: johnsmithfsx
Date Posted: 25 Sep 2009 at 12:15am
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Looks good! Yet, as always, expensive
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Posted By: RasOlo
Date Posted: 25 Sep 2009 at 1:57am
but between the 2, saitek or goflight?
(btw im only after the uProPit). i was doing a quick flick though manual and kinda got lost with step3.. but reading it again now it seems simple..
looks like it'll be the uProPit! thanks for helping me out.... still a newbie  ------------- http://www.flightsim.com">
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Posted By: kessler
Date Posted: 25 Sep 2009 at 7:40am
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Just been reading this post with some interest and thought to add my two penneth. It may be just my way of thinking, but, if we all had banks of instruments and switches, then this would probably make the vc cockpit surplus to requirements. We would have the flight dynamics of a particular aircraft and the external views, but what would be the point of the vc? All we'd need is a view as though looking out of the windsheilds.
Having said that, I do have several goflight instruments! I like to try and find a happy medium. I have their mcp pro panel as its excellent to use with the pic 737, also the landing gear and flaps panel and finally a radio panel. The only other instument I'd like would be a pfd, particularly for takeoff and landing. I use the trackir 5 with 3 screens but always have a problem with viewpoint, especially clocking the pfd on takeoff. I know I can click on the pfd of some aircraft and have it on the screen but this seems unrealistic. Oh, and forgot to mention the fmc/cdu ! Can imagine that being quite a useful add on.
Rory
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Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2009 at 6:03pm
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Oh, and forgot to mention the fmc/cdu
Have you seen the new CDU from VRinsight? It looks much better than their first one, and the price is fairly good, compared to the likes of flygravity etc. Here is a link, there's also a video of it in use further down the page.
http://www.flightstore.co.uk/prod/VRSCDU2/DEPT-FSIM/Y4/ - http://www.flightstore.co.uk/prod/VRSCDU2/DEPT-FSIM/Y4/
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Posted By: Slopey
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2009 at 10:53pm
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It does look good - but be warned about buttons. The MCP Combo comes with flat white keys, not the backlit capped keys in the original product shots.
i.e. 
And for the CDU - the promo shot is: 
Hopefully it will come with the raised, capped keys rather than the flat ones. Anyone got one yet? I'll fire one out at some point, but I'm not flying the heavies yet - still messing around in prop jobs with AirHauler. ------------- AirHauler Developer For AH2 queries - PLEASE USE THE EA Forums as the first port of call. |
Posted By: kessler
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2009 at 7:26am
| I did read on the flightstore website that this one cant be used with triplehead2go or trackir?? Although I'm not sure what this means, as would've thought it would display as above. unless they mean there is a conflict when you use in conjuntion with trackir and triplehead. |
Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2009 at 7:29am
| That's strange. I won't be getting that then, as I have no other way to look around other than TrackIR. |
Posted By: RasOlo
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2009 at 8:19am
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it also seems to be some problems with its display... ------------- http://www.flightsim.com">
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http://vrinsight.com/phpBB3_en/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=639 - http://vrinsight.com/phpBB3_en/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=639 Posted By: Slopey
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2009 at 1:14pm
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The display on the CDU *is* a display. Hence if you only have one gfx card which is running a TH2Go, then you've only got one output which is spread across the 3 monitors. And you can't use a second gfx port on the card when using the TH2Go.
Easy solution - fit an additional, cheap gfx card in a second PCI-E/PCI/AGP slot, and run it off that. Or use WideFS/WideView on a second PC to power the CDU. ------------- AirHauler Developer For AH2 queries - PLEASE USE THE EA Forums as the first port of call. |
Posted By: JMsheldon
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2010 at 12:28am
| It's a rip off!!!! Get it from amazon for less than half the price!!!!!! |
Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2010 at 8:15am
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But you don't get the excellent tech support from Just Flight
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Posted By: Magic Man
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 8:01pm
Course you can, I run an additional monitor off mine.
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Posted By: M31
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 12:05am
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I actually bought all those panels bar one FIP instrument gauge I got as a freebie from Saitek for helping test it and finished the set up just before Christmas. Six FIP's, one Switch Panel, one Radio Panel, one Multi Panel, one Yoke and Throttle quad, second Throttle quad I've super glued to the yoke one, rudder pedals and X-52 pro. You do need a good quality powered USB 2.0 hub for the FIP's though. Cost me a fortune, but I do enjoy flying with them, as as been said, its mostly GA type stuff, but that's my preferred type of flying :) Third party user gauges for the FIP's are starting to come out, as well as third party drivers for the other panels I'll be trying very soon ... Saitek have also promised to support all this new stuff in the forthcoming sim from Aerosoft as well as add on more official support for the FIP's. Heres a pic of my set up I took just before Christmas ... Immersion is a much used word in Flight Sim, but I do get that feeling flying with this stuff and its very satisfying for the type of sim flying I do.  |
Posted By: Slopey
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 12:19am
Really? Is that a Digital Edition? The Docs I have somewhere said it wasn't possible. Meh - I've decamped to Eyefinity now anyway. ------------- AirHauler Developer For AH2 queries - PLEASE USE THE EA Forums as the first port of call. |
Posted By: Magic Man
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 12:34am
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Is a digital edition but see no reason why the analogue version shouldn't work as well. Have the TH2Go on one output and a 24" panel on the other output. Will be going Eyefinity myself with my next build but hoping to use it alongside the TH2Go.
M31, nice setup by the way!
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Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 7:32am
| Nice setup M31. Still not sure why people buy the instruments, really limits your flying. |
Posted By: Magic Man
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 12:24pm
In what way?
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Posted By: M31
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 12:31pm
Tom, I'm Disabled now ... I was lucky enough to test some of Saiteks Hardware. its not perfe ct. This stuff only limits your imagination with what you can do with your perceived power ------------- None |
Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 4:29pm
Well firstly there is no point buying analogue instruments because if you want to fly a 767 they will look rather out of place. You can only really fly GA. And secondly, they are already on the screen!
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Posted By: M31
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 5:21pm
I've never wanted to fly 767's though ... what I have done in real life is fly the RAF Kinloss Flying club, Piper Warrior III from there to RAF Luchers on a Night flight on instruments, this modest set up helps me re-create that flight and countless other GA flights ... its not all about flying, Heavys, you know. Thanks for letting me know I've wasted money In YOUR Opinion. GRRR. ------------- None |
Posted By: 737Chris
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 5:30pm
He didn't quite say that. ------------- Generic forum signature |
Posted By: M31
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 5:47pm
In so many words. ------------- None |
Posted By: Magic Man
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 10:15pm
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Posted By: reider
Date Posted: 05 May 2011 at 11:30am
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I only really started flying heavies when my son came to stay for a fortnight and couldn`t figure them out. I now use them a lot but got to agree my heart is really in the light planes. That's why I like visiting Barton airfield near Manchester so much. Though I do get a kick watching all planes (light and heavy) at Liverpool, theirs a handy little side lane and you can almost touch the undercarriage as they fly over the fence. Steve ------------- 
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Posted By: Flyguy
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2013 at 5:19am
| I just looked at the web site and their are no prices listed and no stock on any of them, what's the deal? |
Posted By: fly.w4vy
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2014 at 3:27am
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I ordered both the Yoke & Pedals from Just Flight on the 15th of July understanding there would be a delay of 1 to 2 weeks with the pedals. The Yoke came a day or 2 later after I placed my order and when it got to the 7th of August I sent the guys a message asking them to chase up the order for me and a day or 2 later I got an email asking if I would take a refund instead as the suppliers were being sloppy. Anyway I waited another week before accepting the refund so now I have the Yoke and no Pedals. Anyway this isn't a rant at Just Flight as I know they do all they can. I do wonder though if they will have stock for the show they are attending in October. I was thinking of buying a ticket and popping down, maybe get a set of pedals then but we'll see.
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Posted By: Slopey
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2014 at 9:34am
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I doubt JF will be stocking any hardware at the show, but Saitek were there last year - they sold out, very quickly. So if you're looking for some Saitek stuff there, get in fast! Why not just buy from Amazon though? Madcatz (i.e. Saitek themselves) are showing stock. ------------- AirHauler Developer For AH2 queries - PLEASE USE THE EA Forums as the first port of call. |
Posted By: wain
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2014 at 5:32pm
| got my pedals from amazon, delivered in 2 days.... |
Posted By: fly.w4vy
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2014 at 6:07pm
| ok guys I will check Amazon out for the pedals cheers. |
Posted By: KoryBorah
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2016 at 4:11pm
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Which Radio panel do you have with you? What are its specifications? Is it any frequency and interference error free? Also what are the specifications for your Panel Switch ? http://www.7pcb.com/PCB-Assembly-Service.php" rel="nofollow - printed circuit board assemblies
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