CDU Devices

SPAD.neXt supports a wide range of hardware CDU devices, to display aircraft CDU/FMC on it. Since there is no standard defined every aircraft has to be implemented manually.

You can use snippet #13161 / #13165 for a reference implementation of CDU's

All CDU devices are a complete edition feature

Currently supported aircraft

MSFS/MSFS24

• Aerosoft CRJ

• Fenix - All Aircarft

• FlyByWire - SimBridge must be running

• FsLabs

• iFLY 737

• Inibuilds A300 / A340 (MSFS 2024 Only)

• MaddogX

• PMDG - All aircraft. SDK must be enabled

• TFDI MD11/B717

• z-dementedmonkey Mod (v0.10.0 March 2026) SPAD.neXt v0.9.24 required

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    • MSFS 2020 Supported Aircraft:

      • Citation CJ4 - Working Title (This is the Default CJ4 since 2020 AAU1)

      • FFX P180 v2.0.3 (Read dementedmonkey mod instructions about additional package installation process) - Remove any z-lim-ffx-cdu mods

      • FFX C750 v1.3.9 - Remove any z-lim-ffx-cdu mods

    • MSFS 2024 Supported Aircraft:

      • 737 Max 8 - Asobo (Default Sim Plane)

      • Citation CJ4 - Working Title (Default Sim Plane - WT21v2)

      • C90 King Air - MS/Carenado (Default Sim Plane - WT21v2)

      • FFX C750 v1.3.9 (Still using the v1 Avionics Fork) - Remove any z-lim-ffx-cdu mods

      • FFX P180 v2.1.9 (WT21v2) - Remove any z-lim-ffx-cdu mods

FSX/P3D

• PMDG - All aircraftt. SDK must be enabled

• iFLY

X-Plane

• all aircraft that use the X-Plane standard cdu datarefs

• ToLiss aircraft

• ZiBO mod

• Rotate MD-11

• Rotate MD-80

  • The MD-80 has a 30 characters wide display, while CDU devices only have 24 character per line. Only the first 12 and last 12 characters will be shown on the device.

  • The horizontal/vertical lines are currently not supported

• CL650

• FF 767 / 757

• FF 777v2

CDU Devices with HDMI Interface

To drive CDU devices with a HDMI connector through SPAD.neXt to get access to all extended features without needing to popout a window in the simulator, SPAD.neXt provides a RemoteCDUDisplay-Tool which will popout a customizable window.

You can use snippet #13161 / #13165 for a reference implementation

The tool can be found in the SPAD.neXt installation directory in the subfolder Tools/cdu. It can be run on a remote computer if necessary

• to run display upon load of a profile create a profile loaded event and run the external command "<spad_install_dir>/tools/cdu/RemoteCDUDisplay.exe" or add it to a batch-file

• To run the display on a remote computer copy tools/cdu to target computer, and start "RemoteCDUDisplay.exe -h=ipOfSPAD -p=28001 -t=targetid". To get the targetid open the cdu tool once using SPAD.neXt.

WinCTRL CDU Devices

WinCTRL CDU Devices must be configured in SimAppPro as CAPTAIN, you can select to show the FO-Side inside SPAD.neXt then.

Updating the CDU Font is currently not supported. Update the font using SimAppPro

Embedded Codes

If you program your own CDU pages in SPAD.neXt you can use embedded codes to control the formatting. Defaults: Background is black , Big font

Embedded codes start with {tag} and will aply to the following text until an {end} is found.

Embedded codes can be stacked.

{tag}text{end}

{white}SPAD.{small}ne{end}{red}X{end}{small}t{end}{end} SPAD.neXt

Colors: {white} {cyan} {green} {magenta} {amber} {red} {blue} {darkgreen} {black} {gray} {yellow}

Other:

{rev} - switch background and foreground

{small} - small font

{inop} - inoperable entry