SimConnect Debug Console

For those of you getting started with the SimConnect SDK, there is a message console that allows you to see pretty verbose output about what's happening with your program.

To get it running, copy the SimConnect.ini file from the SDK directory, located under Core Utilities Kit/SimConnect SDK/config and paste it into your My Documents/Flight Simulator X Files directory.

The file looks like this and turns on the console by default:

[SimConnect]
level=verbose
console=1
;RedirectStdOutToConsole=1
;OutputDebugString=1
;file=c:\simconnect%03u.log
;file_next_index=0
;file_max_index=9

For programs where you are doing a lot of data transfer or waiting on events, the log feature can be helpful as well. The SimConnect section of the SDK docs tells you in detail what each line does, but it should be pretty self explanatory.