[Flightgear-devel] Help: Building a binary IO driver based on Altas driver

2009-03-23 Thread Harry Campigli
Could I ask for some help and advise on this issue. I am trying to interface my Microchip Pic based sim hardware to FG. I have it working with a genetic string but the string is becoming to large for the pics to handle, also I would like a crc or check sum on the data. Thus i prefer a compressed

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Carrier landing and groundcache with JSBSim Aircrafts

2009-03-23 Thread Mathias Fröhlich
Hi, On Sunday 22 March 2009 02:39:29 gerard robin wrote: With JSBsim aircraft i get now some strange behaviour regarding the groundcache on a moving Carrier. We can start from catapult on carrier, and the Aircraft is sitting correctly in place on the Ship , it follows correctly the speed of

[Flightgear-devel] Possible new .ac loader bug?

2009-03-23 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Hi Guys, I think I've found a regression in the model loading code. As part of the Vulcan cockpit , there is a display showing the current position of the control surfaces and trim settings (Aircraft/vulcanb2/Models/Instruments/control_pos.xml). It is the oblong box in the upper center on

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Carrier landing and groundcache with JSBSim Aircrafts

2009-03-23 Thread gerard robin
On lundi 23 mars 2009, Mathias Fröhlich wrote: Hi, On Sunday 22 March 2009 02:39:29 gerard robin wrote: With JSBsim aircraft i get now some strange behaviour regarding the groundcache on a moving Carrier. We can start from catapult on carrier, and the Aircraft is sitting correctly in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Carrier landing and groundcache with JSBSim Aircrafts

2009-03-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
..on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:14:49 +0100, Gerard wrote in message 200903231314.49784.ghma...@gmail.com: My purpose was to point that error: When we start FG with a JSBSim aircraft on a moving carrier the groundcache is right, the Aircraft behaviour is right as long as we don't leave the deck.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Carrier landing and groundcache with JSBSim Aircrafts

2009-03-23 Thread gerard robin
On lundi 23 mars 2009, Arnt Karlsen wrote: ..on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:14:49 +0100, Gerard wrote in message 200903231314.49784.ghma...@gmail.com: My purpose was to point that error: When we start FG with a JSBSim aircraft on a moving carrier the groundcache is right, the Aircraft behaviour

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Help: Building a binary IO driver based on Altas driver

2009-03-23 Thread Curtis Olson
Hi Harry, I've only skimmed your example code, but off the top of my head here are a couple things. The FlightGear serial IO defaults to non-blocking. That means characters will only be read if they are available, and you can't depend on the entire message string being there when you try to read

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Carrier landing and groundcache with JSBSim Aircrafts

2009-03-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
Hi gerard, ..on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:54:02 +0100, you wrote in message 200903231554.03018.ghma...@gmail.com: On lundi 23 mars 2009, Arnt Karlsen wrote: ..on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:14:49 +0100, Gerard wrote in message 200903231314.49784.ghma...@gmail.com: My purpose was to point that error:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Carrier landing and groundcache with JSBSim Aircrafts

2009-03-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
Hi, ..sorry guys, I hit the wrong button: ..on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:54:02 +0100, Gerard wrote in message 200903231554.03018.ghma...@gmail.com: On lundi 23 mars 2009, Arnt Karlsen wrote: ..on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:14:49 +0100, Gerard wrote in message 200903231314.49784.ghma...@gmail.com:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [RFC][PATCH] Extensions for the generic protocol capability (Was: Extending generic protocol for binary input streams.)

2009-03-23 Thread Anders Gidenstam
Hi all, This patch has been sitting in my source tree since 2007. It still works, so if there is any interest in being able to handle generic binary input protocols in FlightGear.. http://www.gidenstam.org/FlightGear/HeadTracking/FlightGear/generic_binary_input_protocol.new.diff It is part of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Carrier landing and groundcache with JSBSim Aircrafts

2009-03-23 Thread gerard robin
On lundi 23 mars 2009, Arnt Karlsen wrote: Hi, ..sorry guys, I hit the wrong button: ..on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:54:02 +0100, Gerard wrote in message 200903231554.03018.ghma...@gmail.com: On lundi 23 mars 2009, Arnt Karlsen wrote: SNIP ..I am (quite possibly cluelessly) suggesting runways