An X-Plane network client for Elixir [1]. So far you can detect instances of X-Plane/
PlaneMaker running on the local network and load closest available DataRef definitions
included with the library [2] for a specific X-Plane version.
I'm working on the data module at the moment. This is another GenServer that will
allow a caller to subscribe to updates at a specified frequency or set writeable DREFs.
With this in place users should be able to drive X-Plane from their own hardware, write
autopilots etc.
```$elixir
iex> XPlane.Instance.start
{:ok, #PID<0.138.0>}
iex> XPlane.Instance.list
[
%XPlane.Instance{
computer_name: "Starboard",
host: :xplane,
ip: {192, 168, 0, 58},
major_version: 1,
minor_version: 1,
port: 49000,
role: :extern_visual,
seconds_since_seen: 0,
version_number: 105101
}
]
iex> XPlane.Instance.stop
:ok
iex> XPlane.DRef.load_version(105101) |> Enum.filter(&(&1.code == 200))
[
%XPlane.DRef{
code: 200,
description: "area each ring of prop",
name: "sim/aircraft/prop/acf_ringarea",
type: {:float, [8, 10]},
units: "???",
writable: true
}
]
```
1. Currently assumes that X-Plane and Elixir are running on platforms with the same
endian byte order.
2. I confirmed with X-Plane that it's ok to redistribute the DataRef files:
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/151455-redistributing-datarefs-files/
