X-Git-Url: https://git.xandkar.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=91089e67530db16326e5d21c1181226177f7b6ae;hb=c80f9c88992a1df04203d3022016d67bd83b8b9f;hp=73d7f939104b50ff48dea9719af7f01df9d72b3d;hpb=64c0d81ff2998a38373696f3f9c8db4a4d1edf63;p=erlang-x-plane-data.git diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 73d7f93..91089e6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,43 +3,103 @@ X-Plane UDP data parser ======================= -Example -------- +Examples +-------- + +### Receive data packet ```erlang --include_lib("include/x_plane_data.hrl"). +{ok, Socket} = gen_udp:open(Port, [binary, {active, false}]), +{ok, {_, _, <>}} = gen_udp:recv(Socket, 0), +``` -main(Port) -> - {ok, Socket} = gen_udp:open(Port, [binary, {active, false}]), - {ok, {_, _, <>}} = gen_udp:recv(Socket, 0), - {ok, XPlaneData} = x_plane_data:of_bin(XPlaneDataPacket), +### Parse data packet - % Currently there're 133 possible data types sent by X-Plane 10, of which - % I've identified and labeled only some of. See x_plane_datum:t() type for - % what is currently labeled. - % The types I've not yet labeled are in the format specified by - % x_plane_datum:anonymous() and can be looked-up by their index number. +```erlang +{ok, {64=Index, GroupsRaw}=DataRaw} = x_plane_data_raw:of_bin(XPlaneDataPacket), +``` - % Find a labeled data type - {some, #x_plane_datum_speeds{}} = hope_kv_list:get(XPlaneData, speeds), - {some, #x_plane_datum_pitch_roll_heading{}} = hope_kv_list:get(XPlaneData, pitch_roll_heading), - {some, #x_plane_datum_lat_lon_alt{}} = hope_kv_list:get(XPlaneData, lat_lon_alt), +### Access parsed data - % Find an unlabled data type - {some, {10, V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8}} = hope_kv_list:get(XPlaneData, 10), +#### Raw - % Attempt to find a data type that was not included in current packet - none = hope_kv_list:get(XPlaneData, 130), - none = hope_kv_list:get(XPlaneData, 67), +At this stage, only the structure of the packet was parsed. No attempt at +interpreting the values have been made: - ... +```erlang +% Speeds are in group 3 +{3, Speeds} = lists:keyfind(3, 1, GroupsRaw), +{ VindKias +, VindKeas +, VtrueKtas +, VtrueKtgs +, _ +, VindMph +, VtrueMphas +, VtrueMphgs +} = Speeds, + +% Pitch roll and headings values are in group 17 +{17, PitchRollHeadings} = lists:keyfind(17, 1, GroupsRaw), +{ PitchDeg +, RollDeg +, HdingTrue +, HdingMag +, _ +, _ +, _ +, _ +} = PitchRollHeadings, ``` -Note: you can, of course, use any other method to search a `[{K, V}]` list -(which is how `x_plane_data:t()` is structured), such as: -`proplists:get_value/2`, `lists:keyfind/3`, etc., but I prefer the API of -`hope_kv_list`, so I used that. +#### Named + +Here we identify what each of the numbered groups mean in a given X-Plane +version. Right now only X-Plane 10 (packet index 64) is supported and I only +identified 3 groups so far: + +| packet index | group index | group name | +|--------------|-------------|----------------------| +| 64 | 3 | `speeds` | +| 64 | 17 | `pitch_roll_heading` | +| 64 | 20 | `lat_lon_alt` | + +Unidentified groups (with index other than what is listed above) will be +absent from the list of named groups (think of `x_plane_data_named:of_raw/1` as +a filter), so you'll have to access their raw version, if needed. +##### Identify +```erlang +{ok, {x_plane_data_v10, GroupsNamed}} = x_plane_data_named:of_raw(DataRaw), +``` + +##### Access +```erlang +-include_lib("x_plane_data/include/x_plane_data_group_lat_lon_alt.hrl"). +-include_lib("x_plane_data/include/x_plane_data_group_pitch_roll_heading.hrl"). +-include_lib("x_plane_data/include/x_plane_data_group_speeds.hrl"). + +... + +{speeds, #x_plane_data_group_speeds + { vind_kias = VindKias + , vind_keas = VindKeas + , vtrue_ktas = VtrueKtas + , vtrue_ktgs = VtrueKtgs + , vind_mph = VindMph + , vtrue_mphas = VtrueMphas + , vtrue_mphgs = VtrueMphgs + } +} = lists:keyfind(speeds, 1, GroupsNamed), + +{pitch_roll_heading, #x_plane_data_group_pitch_roll_heading + { pitch_deg = PitchDeg + , roll_deg = RollDeg + , hding_true = HdingTrue + , hding_mag = HdingMag + } +} = lists:keyfind(pitch_roll_heading, 1, GroupsNamed), +``` Data format references ----------------------