A snippet for controlling a "Saitek Flight Multi Panel" with Python via HID.

SaitekFlightMultiPanel.py

# http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod-bak/multi.html

from pynput.keyboard import Key, Controller
import hid
import time

keyboard = Controller()

name = 'Pro Flight Multi Panel'
vend_id, product_id = None, None

for dev in hid.enumerate():
    if dev['product_string'] == name:
        print(dev)
        vend_id = dev['vendor_id']
        product_id = dev['product_id']
        break

handlers = [
    [[None] * 8, [None] * 8, [None] * 8],
    [[None] * 8, [None] * 8, [None] * 8]
]

def multi_panel_handle(byte_idx, bit, non_zero):
    
    def wrap(func):
        
        if non_zero:
            handlers[1][byte_idx][bit] = func
        else:
            handlers[0][byte_idx][bit] = func
            
        return func
    
    return wrap


@multi_panel_handle(1, 7, True)
def on_auto_throttle_arm():
    print('Throttle ARM')
    pass

@multi_panel_handle(1, 7, False)
def on_auto_throttle_off():
    print('Throttle OFF')
    pass

@multi_panel_handle(2, 0, True)
def on_flaps_up():
    print('Flaps Up')
    pass

@multi_panel_handle(2, 1, True)
def on_flaps_down():
    print('Flaps Down')
    pass

@multi_panel_handle(0, 5, True)
def on_tune_up():
    print('Tune Up')
    pass

@multi_panel_handle(0, 6, True)
def on_tune_down():
    print('Tune Down')
    pass

@multi_panel_handle(2, 2, True)
def on_pitch_trim_up():
    print('Trim Up')
    pass

@multi_panel_handle(2, 3, True)
def on_pitch_trim_down():
    print('Trim Down')
    pass

h = hid.device()
h.open(vend_id, product_id)
h.set_nonblocking(1)


h.send_feature_report([0, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 0, 0])


for i in range(100):
    bits = [0,
            ((i + 1) % 11),
            ((i + 2) % 11),
            ((i + 3) % 11),
            ((i + 4) % 11),
            ((i + 5) % 11),
            ((i + 1) % 11),
            ((i + 2) % 11),
            ((i + 3) % 11),
            ((i + 4) % 11),
            ((i + 5) % 11),
            1 << (i % 8), 0]
    print(bits)
    print(len(bits))
    print(h.send_feature_report(bits))
    # time.sleep(0.01)

h.write([1, 5, 0, 3, 4, 5, 0, 0, 2, 3, 0, 255, 0])

while True:
    
    data = h.read(64)
    
    if data:
        
        print(data)
        a, b, c = data
        print(bin(data[0]), bin(data[1]), bin(data[2]))

        for i, val in enumerate([a, b, c]):
            for bit in range(8):
                idx = 1 if val & (1 << bit) else 0
                func = handlers[idx][i][bit]
                if func: func()