Base class handles some common instrument features, such as the
serviceable node and electrical supply. The electrical supply node
and minimum voltage to operate can now be set in the configuration
via <power-supply>/path/to/output/volts</> and <minimum-supply-volts>
- avoid updating the formatted frequencies each update()
- reset the station search timer when frequencies change
This should make the radio a bit more responsive (which aids testing
since we don’t need to wait for the search timeout when changing
frequencies)
Since the subsystem manager tracks group state, it now binds/inits
automatically. This means groups which create subsystems during init
no longer need to manually bind() them.
As this code has significant bit-rot and requires a lot of work to compile and
run again, it is currently deactivated.
The test also writes to the files "/Users/jmt/Desktop/airways.kml" and
"/Users/jmt/Desktop/procedures.kml" and would need to be modified to write to a
temporary directory and the file contents reread and checked by the test.
The "Airbus" callouts ("2500", "hundred above", "retard") are not issued
by the original mk-viii unit, but adding support helps with better
simulation for Airbus a/c. The new callouts are disabled by default, and
are enabled by a specific setting of the GPWS "category-4" configuration
value (see Wiki).
Change fgcommand to take an optional property tree root element.
This fixes the animation bindings to use the defined property tree root - to support multiplayer (or other) model that can bind to the correct part of the property tree.
Requires a corresponding fix in sg to allow the command methods to take an optional root parameter.
What this means is that when inside someone else's multiplayer model (e.g. backseat, or co-pilot), the multipalyer (AI) model will correctly modify properties inside the correct part of the property tree inside (/ai), rather than modifying the properties inside the same part of the tree as the non-ai model.
This means that a properly setup model will operate within it's own space in the property tree; and permit more generic multiplayer code to be written.
This is probably responsible for some of the pollution of the root property tree with MP aircraft properties.
Ground-bit is set manually (via the transponder GND knob position) or
automatically using a property referenced in instrumentation.xml.
Aircraft will only transmit these new properties when using the
multiplayer v2 protocol.
This change is the logical counterpart of SimGear's change from commit
79f869a7f32910197be72b21f6489fbbba02c836 that moved the following files
from simgear/misc to simgear/io/iostreams:
gzcontainerfile.cxx
gzcontainerfile.hxx
gzfstream.cxx (formerly zfstream.cxx)
gzfstream.hxx (formerly zfstream.hxx)
sgstream.cxx
sgstream.hxx
sgstream_test.cxx
Requires FGData commit: 0565eaab10a5d466cd485766b17d1870936a0a57
(which actually renames the file).
Also disables the preferences-load command since I don’t believe it
would actually be safe to reload the defaults without doing a simulator
reset (aircraft -set.xml values would be overwritten, for example)
Remove uses of .str(), .c_str() and some other methods of SGPath.
Pass SGPath directly where possible, or explicitly convert to the
appropriate 8-bit encoding.
- Add section tag to support inclusion of ATIS fragments.
- Add visibility, QNH and cloud tokens to support new ATIS formats.
- Add support for starts-with, ends-with and contains comparisons in
conditionals, including negated versions.
- Strip and convert case in comparisons.
- Speak VRB wind direction as "variable".
- Speak zeroes in fractional part of QNH inHg.
- Force US voice in US, Canada and Pacific; UK voice in UK.
- consistent with pause (freeze), /sim/speed-up is now applied to the
dt value for all subsystems, not just the FDM and some instruments.
For example AI traffic can now be sped-up or slowed down.
- requires both an FGData and Simgear update.
Usage:
Add
<comm-radio>
<name>comm</name>
<number>0</number>
<eight-point-three type="bool">true</eight-point-three>
</comm-radio>
to the instrumentation.xml
If eight-point-three is disabled nor not present, previous functionality is unchanged
If eight-point-three is enabled,
set
/instrumentation/comm[x]/frequencies/[selected|standby]-mhz
to the desired 8.33 channel (118.000..136.990) or
/instrumentation/comm[x]/frequencies/[selected|standby]-channel
to the desired channel-number (0..3039).
Valid channels are:
xxx.000
xxx.005
xxx.010
xxx.015
xxx.025
xxx.030
xxx.035
xxx.040
xxx.050
xxx.055
xxx.060
xxx.065
xxx.075
xxx.080
xxx.085
xxx.090
where 118.0 <= xxx <= 136.990
Richard J. Senior:
Without this commit, unknown top-level tags in instrumentation.xml are treated
as errors and the rest of the file is not processed.
Users running Flightgear versions prior to 3.2 have experienced problems with
the comm-radio tags after downloading updated versions of aircraft from FGADDON.
Instrumentation listed after the unrecognized comm-radio tags is not processed
for these users and is inactive in the cockpit.
This commit changes the instrumentation build method so that unrecognized tags
are treated as warnings. This won't help users running older versions but
protects against the same problems occurring if new tags are added to
instrumentation in the future.
Syd Adams:
I've added an update to dme.cxx /dme.hxx.
It adds a formatted KDI572-574/nm , min and kt string properties meant
for text animations for these instruments.Existing instruments will funtion
as usual, no breaks. The purpose here is to eliminate yet another nasal
workaround which usually needs to repeat some of what the code already does.
The 3 properties are empty when the dme is off (no need to check for power),
dashes when powered up but no source , out of range ,etc.
The are formatted to the KDI-572/573/574 limits ...
0-99.9/100-389 for distance to station,
0-99 minutes for time to station,
groundspeed 0-999 kt.
Usually, in a real cockpit, altimeter shows hPa setting as an integer number and InHg setting is limited to 2 decimals
In aviation we don't need higher numeric precision
- Add a very simple line-of-sight propagation model for the radio
range computation.
- Remove some no longer used debug log messages
- Some code cleanup
- add-noise is now on by default
adding property cuttoff-signal-quality to the comm radio
If signal-quality goes below this value, atis sound is muted.
Also: initialize property power-btn if not defined by the
aircraft or instrument designer
- fix corrupted ident on Mac (libc++ issue)
- don't clear scratch when activating DTO mode
- use the real navaid/airport for the waypt where possible
- expose active waypt name
- Calculate line of sight distance instead of distance over
ground
- Do a nav cache update if carrier_nav.dat.gz timestamp has
changed
- Allow comments in carrier_nav.dat.gz
- "Fix" range calculations (still does not take terrain/weather
and other influences into account)
Added the fallback for realweather fetch disabled, creating
ATIS from present weather
Fixed some formatting errors, mainly missing spaces
Some code cleanup
