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2017-06-25 20:19:41 +00:00
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.TH MIDGSMOOTH 1 2017-06-25 FlightGear "FlightGear man pages"
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.SH NAME
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MIDGsmooth \- send MIDG-formatted GPS data to a FlightGear instance
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBMIDGsmooth\fR \fB\-\-help\fR
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| \fB\-\-infile\fR \fIinfile_name\fR [\fIoptions\fR]...
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| \fB\-\-serial\fR \fIdev_name\fR \fB\-\-outfile\fR \fIoutfile_name\fR
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[\fIoptions\fR]...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B MIDGsmooth
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is a utility that reads GPS data in MIDG format from a text file or from an
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MIDG device connected to the serial port, parses it and sends it to a
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FlightGear instance for replaying.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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\fB\-\-help\fR
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Display usage information and exit.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-infile\fR \fIinfile_name\fR
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Read GPS data from \fIinfile_name\fR.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-serial\fR \fIdev_name\fR
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Read GPS data from the serial device named \fIdev_name\fR.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-outfile\fR \fIoutfile_name\fR
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Save the data retrieved from the device to \fIoutfile_name\fR.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-hertz\fR \fIfrequency\fR
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Specify the frequency to use for sending data to the FlightGear instance.
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By default, events are sent at a frequency of \fB60\fR Hz.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-host\fR \fIhostname\fR
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Send the data to the FlightGear instance running on \fIhostname\fR.
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If \fB\-\-host\fR is not specified, the default is to send the data to
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\fBlocalhost\fR.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-skip\-seconds\fR \fIseconds\fR
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Do not transmit the first \fIseconds\fR seconds of data.
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This option is ignored when reading GPS data from a serial device.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-broadcast\fR
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Send flight data model and control data as broadcast packets.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-fdm\-port\fR \fIport\fR
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Set the port flight data model data should be sent to. By default, data is sent
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to port \fB5505\fR.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-ctrls\-port\fR \fIport\fR
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Set the port control data should be sent to. By default, data is sent to port
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\fB5506\fR.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-altitude\-offset\fR \fImeters\fR
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Add the specified offset (in meters) to the altitude sent to FlightGear.
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.SH "EXIT STATUS"
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.B MIDGsmooth
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exits with
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.B 0
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on success, with
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.B \-1\fR
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if the syntax of the command-line arguments is wrong or an error occurs.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR fgfs (1),
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.BR GPSsmooth (1),
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.BR UGsmooth (1)
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