[DEVELOPMENT UPDATE] 747 MCP Hardware

[MinsooPark]

Hello everyone,

My name is Minsoo Park, and I'm an independent developer working on a full-scale 747 MCP hardware unit.
This is my first post here on the PSX forum, and I'm excited to finally introduce the project to this community.

I began this development mainly because the 747 has been a personal passion of mine since childhood — my father flew the 747-400 and 747-8 as a captain, so I grew up surrounded by the aircraft. While flying PMDG's 747 for years, I often felt the desire to build something more tactile and realistic. That eventually led me to start constructing a fully functional MCP from scratch.

Acknowledgment

Before sharing the technical update, I want to express my sincere gratitude to Mark, a long-time PSX user whom many of you may know.
His continuous communication and detailed feedback have been invaluable.
Through him, I learned just how passionate and dedicated the PSX 747 community truly is — far more than I ever imagined.
His input has shaped several important decisions in this project, and I'm grateful for the support he has shown from the very beginning.

1. Development Status – PMDG Integration Completed

Over the past months, I've completed full compatibility with PMDG on MSFS and P3D.
All logic and mapping are operational.

A short demonstration video (P3D) is available here:
https://youtu.be/wlLN1ZKHQ78?si=gvJ9hWPyfRquSh0S
https://youtu.be/wlLN1ZKHQ78

Regarding the Asobo 747-8 in MSFS — due to internal limitations, the integration remains restrictive and will require significantly more work.

2. Hardware Status – Complete Structure, Ongoing Detail Refinements

The MCP is essentially complete in terms of functionality and layout.
However, I am still making refinements to improve realism.
Some imperfections you may notice in the images (uneven markings, paint wear, etc.) are from rough bench testing before the final protective coating — production units will, of course, be clean.

Link to Photo(Imgur)


✔ Completed / In-Progress Improvements

Backlight upgrade
(higher brightness, improved uniformity, corrected fonts & line weights)

Pushbutton enhancements
(more accurate shape and dimensions)

DSP panel layout decision
→ Initial release will use the 747-400 layout
→ A 747-8 upgrade kit will follow later

Annunciator & backlight color tuning
(Amber/White backlight, Green/Orange annunciators)

3. Entering the PSX Integration Phase (Starting This Week)

This week marks the beginning of full integration work for PSX Aerowinx.

I have already contacted Hardy Heinlin, whose brilliance and long-standing commitment to accuracy I deeply respect.

Over the past few days, I have been analyzing the official manuals and PSXSeecon documentation to understand the IO mechanisms.

With the hardware now stable, I will begin testing the actual communication layer using PSX and refining the interface step-by-step.

Although I am relatively new to PSX itself, I have already purchased the software specifically for this development, and I look forward to learning more through direct interaction with it — and with all of you.

4. What Comes Next

Remaining tasks include:

Final physical detailing
FCC/CE certification
PSX interface development & testing


My goal is to introduce the final MCP before the end of this winter, possibly earlier depending on certification timelines.

Closing

I'm honored to join this community, and I sincerely welcome any feedback, criticism, or suggestions that may help improve this project.
Thank you again to Mark for representing PSX users and encouraging me to bring this project here.

I hope this MCP can eventually become a meaningful addition to the incredible ecosystem that PSX has built over the years.

Warm regards,
Minsoo Park
pms70845@naver.com

[Hardy Heinlin]

Hello Minsoo Park,

congratulations on your progress! And thank you for the kind lines.

Sorry, I think I've missed your mail. When did you contact me? I can't find anything in my mailbox with the given search words.


Best wishes,

|-|ardy

[MinsooPark]

Hello Minsoo Park,

congratulations on your progress! And thank you for the kind lines.

Sorry, I think I've missed your mail. When did you contact me? I can't find anything in my mailbox with the given search words.


Best wishes,

|-|ardy

Glad to hear you hardy!

I've mailed to info@aerowinx.com yesterday.

Please let me know your any other active email address or Could you send a simple email to my address?
Thank you!

Sincerely,
Minsoo Park
pms70845@naver.com

[Hardy Heinlin]

That address is correct and it works. I just tested it. Could you try again, please?

[MinsooPark]

That address is correct and it works. I just tested it. Could you try again, please?

I've sent again a minute ago.
The big size video file attached would be problem, so I excluded it.
You can check the same video on the youtube link.

Please let me know if you cannot still find my mail.

Sincerely,
Minsoo Park

[Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers]

This may help for experiments:
https://www.hoppie.nl/psx/python/

[Hardy Heinlin]

I still got no mail. I think it went into the spam bucket on the server side, even though my spam filter setting is rather low.

Anyway, I prefer to discuss PSX related things on the forum. So let's discuss it here on the forum, please.

For add-on developers we have this "Networkers" section which is only visible to registered forum members:

https://aerowinx.com/board/index.php/board,4.0.html


Regards,

|-|ardy

[Hardy Heinlin]

Now I got your mail. I'll answer your questions here:

There is just one type of PSX license and that is valid for everyone: Commercial and private.

All PSX retailers are listed here: https://aerowinx.com/html/retailers.html – There are no further retailers.

All documents for developers are here in the "Networkers" section and in your subfolder Aerowinx/Developers. If you have questions regarding network programming please feel free to post them in the "Networkers" section.

Thank you :-)


Best wishes,

|-|ardy

[MinsooPark]

This may help for experiments:
https://www.hoppie.nl/psx/python/

Thank you for your kind help.
The contents seems very helpful!

Sincerely,
Minsoo Park

[MinsooPark]

I still got no mail. I think it went into the spam bucket on the server side, even though my spam filter setting is rather low.

Anyway, I prefer to discuss PSX related things on the forum. So let's discuss it here on the forum, please.

For add-on developers we have this "Networkers" section which is only visible to registered forum members:

https://aerowinx.com/board/index.php/board,4.0.html


Regards,

|-|ardy

Now I got your mail. I'll answer your questions here:

There is just one type of PSX license and that is valid for everyone: Commercial and private.

All PSX retailers are listed here: https://aerowinx.com/html/retailers.html – There are no further retailers.

All documents for developers are here in the "Networkers" section and in your subfolder Aerowinx/Developers. If you have questions regarding network programming please feel free to post them in the "Networkers" section.

Thank you :-)


Best wishes,

|-|ardy

I hugely appreciate for your kind answer.
As your suggestion, networkers section is quite cool.
I collected some good sources from there and it maybe will not take long to finish works with these.

I will update soon!

Sincerely,
Minsoo Park

[JG]

Good Morning Minsoo Park. A brief addition to this thread to welcome you to the PSX community. Anyone building a 747 cockpit will agree obtaining hardware components is difficult and anyone willing to help with that is a valuable addition to our community.
Cheers, J.G.

[SwissMark]

Hello Minsoo,

Welcome to the PSX Forum.

I thank you very much for your kind words; please do rest assured of my continued support and cheering you up to continue tonexcel in developing continuous hardware for our beloved 744 & Aerowinx.

If you require any assistance through navigating the 744 PSX, please just give a shout out - I have found out that this community is beautifully helpful when asking in the right way.

My best personal regards

Mark

[MinsooPark]

Good Morning Minsoo Park. A brief addition to this thread to welcome you to the PSX community. Anyone building a 747 cockpit will agree obtaining hardware components is difficult and anyone willing to help with that is a valuable addition to our community.
Cheers, J.G.

Thank you, J.G.
I'm glad to be here, and it's an honor to contribute to a community that keeps the 747 alive with such dedication.
I'll do my best to build hardware worthy of PSX and its users.
Sincerely,
Minsoo Park

[MinsooPark]

Hello Minsoo,

Welcome to the PSX Forum.

I thank you very much for your kind words; please do rest assured of my continued support and cheering you up to continue tonexcel in developing continuous hardware for our beloved 744 & Aerowinx.

If you require any assistance through navigating the 744 PSX, please just give a shout out - I have found out that this community is beautifully helpful when asking in the right way.

My best personal regards

Mark

Thank you, Mark.
I deeply appreciate the warm welcome and your continued support.
PSX integration has now been successfully implemented, and this community played no small part in motivating that progress. I'll keep here update about the progress.

Warm regards,
Minsoo Park