X-Git-Url: https://git.xandkar.net/?p=erlang-x-plane-data.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=382c4b58d3bc85fc417e95b2213a4483770ebb31;hp=2de6895be7b3fee96d464b31c29d67016305e928;hb=HEAD;hpb=25c95554d442f93258a20e5d3e27c2733a20fd6d diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2de6895..382c4b5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ -[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ibnfirnas/erlang-x_plane_data.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ibnfirnas/erlang-x_plane_data) +[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/xandkar/erlang-x-plane-data.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/xandkar/erlang-x-plane-data) X-Plane UDP data parser ======================= +![Data output in the cockpit](screenshot.png) + Examples -------- @@ -16,14 +18,19 @@ Examples ### Parse data packet ```erlang -{ok, {Index, Groups}} = x_plane_data_raw:of_bin(XPlaneDataPacket), +{ok, {64=Index, GroupsRaw}=DataRaw} = x_plane_data_raw:of_bin(XPlaneDataPacket), ``` ### Access parsed data +#### Raw + +At this stage, only the structure of the packet was parsed. No attempts at +interpreting the values have been made: + ```erlang % Speeds are in group 3 -{3, Speeds} = lists:keyfind(3, 1, Groups), +{3, Speeds} = lists:keyfind(3, 1, GroupsRaw), { VindKias , VindKeas , VtrueKtas @@ -35,7 +42,7 @@ Examples } = Speeds, % Pitch roll and headings values are in group 17 -{17, PitchRollHeadings} = lists:keyfind(17, 1, Groups), +{17, PitchRollHeadings} = lists:keyfind(17, 1, GroupsRaw), { PitchDeg , RollDeg , HdingTrue @@ -47,8 +54,106 @@ Examples } = PitchRollHeadings, ``` -Data format references ----------------------- +#### 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_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), + +... + +-include_lib("x_plane_data/include/x_plane_data_group_pitch_roll_heading.hrl"). +{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), + +... + +-include_lib("x_plane_data/include/x_plane_data_group_lat_lon_alt.hrl"). +{lat_lon_alt, #x_plane_data_group_lat_lon_alt + { lat_deg = LatDeg + , lon_deg = LonDeg + , alt_ftmsl = AltFtmsl + , alt_ftagl = AltFtagl + , on_runwy = OnRunwy + , alt_ind = AltInd + , lat_south = LatSouth + , lon_west = LonWest + } +} = lists:keyfind(lat_lon_alt, 1, GroupsNamed), +``` + +Packet structure +---------------- + +```erlang +<<"DATA", PacketIndex:8/integer, Groups/binary>>, +<< GroupIndex:32/little-integer + , GroupValue1:32/little-float + , GroupValue2:32/little-float + , GroupValue3:32/little-float + , GroupValue4:32/little-float + , GroupValue5:32/little-float + , GroupValue6:32/little-float + , GroupValue7:32/little-float + , GroupValue8:32/little-float + , GroupsRest/binary +>> = Groups, +``` + +Where `PacketIndex` indicates something like a schema version, i.e. what each +of the numbered groups means. For example, in X-Plane 10, packet index is 64 +(character `"@"`) and group 3 contains speed data, in which the 8 group values +are: + +| Location | Label | Description | +|----------|---------------|-------------| +| 1 | `vind_kias` | Velocity indicated, in knots indicated airspeed. | +| 2 | `vind_keas` | Velocity indicated, in knots equivalent airspeed (the calibrated airspeed corrected for adiabatic compressible flow at the craft's current altitude). | +| 3 | `vtrue_ktas` | Velocity true (the speed of the craft relative to undisturbed air), in knots true airspeed. | +| 4 | `vtrue_ktgs` | Velocity true, in knots true ground speed. | +| 5 | | Unused. Contains a dummy value. | +| 6 | `vind_mph` | Velocity indicated, in miles per hour. | +| 7 | `vtrue_mphas` | Velocity true, in miles per hour airspeed. | +| 8 | `vtrue_mphgs` | Velocity true, in miles per hour ground speed. | + + +References +---------- +- `X-Plane_10_manual.pdf` (distributed with X-Plane 10) - http://b58.svglobe.com/data.html - http://www.nuclearprojects.com/xplane/xplaneref.html