Webpanel url

[rooman]

Stupid newbie question;
The c172 web panel works as instructed.
However I'm trying to use it with another plane.
I created the webpanel folder in
/usr/share/games/flightgear/Aircraft/Cessna337
This is the FG root install (Ubuntu)

I also put the folder in
/home/andrew/.fgfs/Aircraft/org.flightgear.fgaddon.stable_2020/Aircraft/Cessna337
Where the plane is installed.

But I cannot find the correct url to show the copied webpanel when I choose to fly with the 337

[rooman]

got it showing by putting the WebPanel folder at;

/home/andrew/.fgfs/Aircraft/org.flightgear.fgaddon.stable_2020/Aircraft/Cessna337

and pointing the browser to;

http://localhost:8080/aircraft-dir/WebPanel/webpanel.html

when flying the 337.

Having removed references to the c172p in file names and inside the html file

[Volador]

Hi Rooman, (thank for your recent help). Regarding your post, are you saying you need to change the code in the html every time you switch aircraft and keep the same url on the device showin g the web page? So there is only ever one location for webpanel? SurferTim said something that suggested that there may indeed be an individual webpanel.html for each aircraft (that had one in it's sub folders)

[SurferTim]

The WebPanels html file can be the same name, but I keep the aircraft type in the filename to avoid confusion.

It doesn't even need to be a WebPanel. Phi will serve up any html doc.

[Alant]

It would be useful if the local IP address used by the server machine (i.e. the machine running flightgear) was available in the property tree so that it could be displayed when phi is started.
Alan

[SurferTim]

The functions ifconfig (Linux) and ipconfig (Windows) run in the FG computer will show the localnet ips. Simple enough.

Unless you set those as static, the IP could change if using dhcp.

Edit: I had to try this first. If you change the filename to index.html, you don't need a filename in the URL
http://192.168.1.20:8080/aircraft-dir/WebPanel/

[Alant]

Yes, but it would be more helpful if, when starting Phi, instead of a pop-up window saying "The file is shown in your web browser window", a message saying "open a web browser at 192.168.1.44/map" (or other local network address) were shown.
Alan

[SurferTim]

That would be helpful if running Phi on the server. I'll have to check if Phi supports php.

Edit: Phi does not support php. Not a bad idea. I'll think about it.

[wkitty42]

It would be useful if the local IP address used by the server machine (i.e. the machine running flightgear) was available in the property tree so that it could be displayed when phi is started.

which "local IP address"?? one of my FG systems has no less than 6 IP addresses and FG listens for connections on all of them...

it is easier to add the FG system to a/the "static DNS" definitions in one's router or in the hosts files so you have a name for the machine associated with its IP address(es)... then you use the name instead of "localhost" or an IP address...

eg hosts file with two IPs for one system:

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192.168.99.7          myflightgear
192.168.99.8          myflightgear

now using "http://myflightgear:5500/#Map" will connect to FG on port 5500 and load the Phi map to follow the craft... the connection will use which ever one of the IPs it can reach so if one is down, the other should work...

[SurferTim]

I thought about it. It's not just knowing the IP, but you must knock a hole in your firewall. Getting the IP is the easy part.

[Volador]

To update on my question, it seems that the android app doesn't care which aircraft you are in after you've set it up and the data is being sent to it. I've yet to tinker with the interactivity back to FG, I think you can assign switches and change some values from the tablet or phone. I still don't see the OSM map for some reason, just a basic icon for your plane