Setup guide
Up and flying in four steps.
Coming from the app? Good. Either way, this page takes you from nothing to a live G1000 in about two minutes — and you only ever do it once.
What you need before we start:
- A Windows 10/11 PC with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 installed — you can leave the simulator closed for now
- An Android tablet or phone with the FSG G1000 PFD or MFD app
- Both on the same network — ideally the PC on a cable
01Install FSG SimBridge on your PC
FSG SimBridge is the companion program that connects the simulator to your tablet: it brings the G1000 to your apps and feeds your button presses back into the sim. Download it on the PC that runs the simulator and run the installer — there is nothing to configure.
Download FSG SimBridge
The installer also places the FSG-Bridge package into the simulator's Community folder. That package is what lets the app drive the avionics knobs (FMS, map range, NAV/COM tuning, volumes).
02Install the app on your tablet
Get FSG G1000 PFD — or FSG G1000 MFD if it is the map you are after — from Google Play. They are separate apps: buy only the display your panel needs, or run both on two devices from the same bridge.
iOS versions are planned but not available yet.
03Connect the app to your PC
Open the app. It scans your network and lists your PC by name as soon as the bridge is running — usually within seconds. Tap your PC to connect. The choice is remembered; from now on the app connects by itself.
Nothing showing up? The app rescans every ten seconds or so — give it a moment
first. If your router isolates Wi-Fi devices from each other, or your PC and
tablet sit on different subnets of the same home network, tap
“Enter the address manually” and type the PC's local IP address, for example
192.168.0.17. You can read that address on the PC: press
Win+R, run cmd, type ipconfig and
look for “IPv4 Address”.
04First flight — show it where the PFD is
Start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and load a flight in a G1000 aircraft — the Cessna 172 is perfect. The app shows a live checklist of what it is waiting for (bridge, simulator, aircraft, the FSG-Bridge package), so you always know whether it's waiting on you.
The first time you fly a given aircraft, the app asks you to show it where the PFD is:
- Switch to the PC — the simulator window should be in the foreground.
- In the cockpit, hold right Alt and left-click the centre of the PFD screen (the screen itself, not the buttons around it).
- If nothing pops out, click once more — the simulator often ignores the first click. The panel window appears about a second later.
That's it. The bridge remembers the spot for this aircraft, hides the popped-out window off your desktop, and the G1000 lights up on your tablet. From now on it is automatic: load a flight and the panel appears on the tablet, usually within half a minute. Each new aircraft type asks for its own right Alt + click.
Make your network work for you
The G1000 picture is easy on your network, but Wi-Fi shares airtime, not megabits — and the simulator itself downloads scenery over the same network while you fly. If the picture ever freezes or goes blurry, work down this list:
- Plug the PC into Ethernet. This is the real fix — it takes the simulator's scenery downloads off the air entirely.
- Keep the tablet on a different Wi-Fi band than the PC (e.g. tablet on 5 GHz, PC on 2.4 GHz — or better yet, PC on cable and tablet anywhere).
- Limit the simulator's bandwidth in its data options and enable the rolling cache.
When the link degrades anyway, the bridge is built to soften the picture rather than let it fall behind — you will see a “weak link” notice in the app's status bar, and what you see stays current, which is what matters on a flight instrument. Fixing the network is still on you, though — start with the cable.
Troubleshooting
The app can't find my PC
- Is the bridge running on the PC? Start it and watch the app — it rescans every ten seconds or so and will pick it up.
- Are both devices on the same network? A guest Wi-Fi or a mobile hotspot on the tablet counts as a different network.
- Did Windows Firewall get its permission? It asks only once — if the
prompt was dismissed or denied, restarting the bridge will not bring it
back. Open Windows Security → Firewall & network protection →
Allow an app through firewall and make sure
fsg-simbridgeis allowed on private networks. - Some routers isolate wireless clients from each other (“AP isolation”/“client isolation”). Either disable that, or use “Enter the address manually” with the PC's IP.
The app says “Waiting for the simulator”
The bridge is fine — it just can't see the simulator. Start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and load into a flight; the app connects as soon as the simulator answers.
“Aircraft with G1000 loaded” stays on waiting, or the app says “This aircraft has no G1000”
The app works only with the Garmin G1000. Load an aircraft that flies the stock G1000 NXi — Cessna 172 G1000, Bonanza G36, DA62, DA42, DA40 NG or the Cirrus SR22T are all verified. In an airliner or a steam-gauge aircraft the app tells you so and waits for a G1000 aircraft; that's by design.
“FSG-Bridge package in Community folder” says “module not responding yet”
The simulator loads packages only at startup. If the bridge was installed while the simulator was running, restart it once.
Still not responding? The package may have been removed — repairing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 through the Xbox app is known to wipe the Community folder without asking. Re-run the FSG SimBridge installer; it puts the package back.
Everything works, except the FMS knob, map range or volumes
The buttons travel one path, the avionics knobs another — the knobs need the FSG-Bridge package in the simulator's Community folder. See the point above: restart the simulator, and if that doesn't help, re-run the installer.
The picture freezes or goes blurry in flight
Classic Wi-Fi congestion — it typically starts right when the flight begins, because that is when the simulator starts downloading scenery. Go through the network section: PC on cable first. If a “weak link” notice shows in the app, the bridge is already compensating; fix the network and it recovers on its own.
The panel window keeps appearing on my PC screen
A brief flash while the panel is created is normal. The bridge needs the simulator in the foreground to create the panel, briefly takes over the mouse to do it, then hides the window again. If the window stays visible, restart the bridge — it re-adopts the panel and tucks it away.
The panel pops out in the wrong place, or a wrong window opens
The remembered click spot no longer matches — usually after changing the cockpit camera view. The app will ask you to show it the PFD again: one right Alt + click on the centre of the PFD screen, and the new spot replaces the old one.
The MFD app says the bridge cannot serve it
The FSG SimBridge on your PC is older than the app. Update it — one update serves both displays — and the app reconnects once it restarts.