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Setup

Get connected in four steps

Four steps, one small program on your PC, one Wi-Fi network. No accounts, no cloud relay.

  1. Install DETENT Bridge

    Get DETENT Bridge free from the Microsoft Store, on the same PC that runs Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. It updates itself through the Store from then on.

  2. Let it through the firewall

    On first launch the bridge shows a pairing screen with a QR code. Windows will ask to allow it through the firewall on private networks. Choose Allow. This one prompt is the most common setup snag.

    DETENT Bridge running on Windows, Status view showing Waiting for MSFS, a pairing QR code, a blurred token, and no devices connected yet
    The bridge's first-launch pairing screen.

    Windows will also show its own "Allow DETENT Bridge to communicate on private networks?" prompt around this time. Choose Allow. Missed it? See Support.

  3. Pair your iPhone or iPad

    Open DETENT, tap the connect control, and choose Scan QR to pair. iOS will ask for the Local Network permission the first time. Allow it, both apps need it to find each other on your Wi-Fi.

    DETENT connect screen with a scan-QR pairing option and a demo mode fallback
    Scan a QR code to pair with the bridge on your network.

    iOS will ask for the Local Network permission the first time you scan. Declined it by mistake? See Support.

    DETENT Bridge Status view showing green Sim connected, a pairing QR code, a blurred token, and an iPad connected at 0 ms round trip
    Sim connected, iPad paired, 0 ms round trip.

    Back on the PC, the bridge shows the same thing: your iPad in the Devices list, connected.

  4. Tune your first radio

    Spin the outer ring for the whole megahertz, the inner ring for the decimal. Hold the inner ring still for a beat to swap active and standby.

    DETENT on iPhone showing a single COM radio with concentric tuning knobs
    One radio at a time on iPhone, swipe between them.
    DETENT Bridge app Activity view listing live COM and NAV tune and swap events, a transponder code and ident, autopilot button presses, and a connected iPad by IP address
    Watch every radio change land in real time.

Not connecting?

The two most common causes are the Windows Firewall prompt in step 2 and the iOS Local Network permission in step 3. Still stuck after checking those? Support covers VPNs, guest Wi-Fi isolation, and where the logs live. Go to Support →

Now that you're connected

Here is what every control on the panel does: the keypad, presets, airport lookup, NAV, the transponder, and the autopilot beta.

Read the user guide →