FlightGear Serial Out to Arduino

[IndiPal]

Hey zakalawe,

Thanks for your input.

You mean I should fix the bug? I would have loved to but unfortunately I'm currently not familiar with FG source code and serial communication to even know where to start.

If it doesn't get fixed soon I just might have to give it a try though.

[SE-HK]

I just made a short test. The loading of the protocol is in file flightgear/Network/generic.cxx in method FGGeneric::reinit().

Instead of

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    if (direction == "out") {
. . .
    } else if (direction == "in") {
. . .
    }


I rewrote it to

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   if (direction == "out" || direction == "bi") {
. . .
    }
    if (direction == "in" || direction == "bi") {
. . .
    }


After compiling I can now use direction "bi" in FG. If you know how to compile the source, you can give it a try.
Since I am on Linux I can already use "out" and "in" for same Arduino device. It would be good if this solved it on Windows.

[wlbragg]

Would be nice to bring this up on the developers mailing list and get it officially included in a release.

[IndiPal]

Hey SE-HK,

Nice!

I'll definitely give it a try. I'm running into some issues with compiling but I'll try again and get back here once/if I succeed.

I agree with you @wlbragg. Would be great if a few more Windows users could try this and then get it included in a release if it works.

[ludomotico]

I'm totally interested in testing this on Windows, but I cannot build FlightGear in Windows from sources.

[IndiPal]

Hi ludomotico,

That makes 2 of us. I tried several times without success since I have no knowledge or experience with compiling.

Unfortunately work got in the way and I haven't been able to try again but I'll get back here as soon as I have some spare time.

Has anyone else succeeded with this on Windows?