New free MFD/ICP app to control Falcon BMS from touch devices
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<p>On request (and also because it was fairly easy to do) I created a Linux client. This can help with touch enabled devices that are not fast enough to run Windows 10 but can easily run Linux. The client is available as an appimage, so running it should be as simple as anywhere else.<br /><br />Check it out here: <a href=“https://github.com/kungfoo/falcon-bms-control/releases/tag/client-1.3.1” target=“_blank”>https://github.com/kungfoo/falcon-bms-control/releases/tag/client-1.3.1</a><br /><br />Oh: and there is a 32 bit windows build as well.</p>
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<p>@kungfoo Excellent !</p>
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<blockquote>On request (and also because it was fairly easy to do) I created a Linux client. This can help with touch enabled devices that are not fast enough to run Windows 10 but can easily run Linux. The client is available as an appimage, so running it should be as simple as anywhere else.<br /><br />Check it out here: <a href=“https://github.com/kungfoo/falcon-bms-control/releases/tag/client-1.3.1” target=“_blank”>https://github.com/kungfoo/falcon-bms-control/releases/tag/client-1.3.1</a><br /><br />Oh: and there is a 32 bit windows build as well.</blockquote><p><br />Windows RT? Oh, never mind.<br /><br /><br />I have an original MS Surface :)<br /><br /></p>
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<p>@kungfoo that is a great app! I just installed it on my android tablet, and it worked immediately! Thank you! <br />Also a small suggestion since it seems to be a lot of space going to waste :-), for a better no keyboard - mouse experience, maybe you can add Fence IN - Fence Out options like main light switch and master arm On -Off or even autopilot switches. <br /><br />Thank you for a great tool! </p>
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<p>@danaos75 Yeah, I am still pondering on how to implement those and hook into the callbacks, so users don’t have to do anything for it to work. Right now, to properly support for example AP tri-state switches, one would have to find free keyboard bindings for the appropriate callbacks, as the default keyfile does not have them. That’s a very bad user experience, and I’d like to avoid that.<br />A future version of BMS may well offer a better way for external applications to invoke callbacks, rather then pretend to be a keyboard. Maybe one of the BMS devs can shed some light on how the ‘issue named callbacks over a socket’ feature is going. :)<br /></p>
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@kungfoo I couldn’t get the app to work with 4.36. Is this your experience? If yes then any chance of an update? I love the app
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@wazza69
Check to see if this line is set to 1 in Falcon BMS.cfg or Falcon BMS User.cfg:set g_bExportRTTTextures 1 // This enables the shared texture memory area for HUD/MFDs/HMS/RWR/DED/PFL
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@wazza69 it works ok , just tried it … all ok. stable .
But not quite happy with mfds size , could be bigger on 10.1" , there’s still unused space on tablet screen.
@kungfoo is there a way to make app auto-fit better on android? to utilize whole space… mfd’s are smaller then when I zoom my view with trackir on my monitor … well, understandable.
I am using primarily because of mfd buttons , but if you can enlarge mfds it would be shaggy
Cheers
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Hi does anyone have problem with the dobber switch in app? Other button works fine tho…
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@white_fang Afaict the newest client versions should enlarge the mfds to fit the screen size, as long as they can keep the square aspect ratio. Maybe a screenshot of your device can illustrate your layout? Are you using the newest client?
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@kungfoo Yes, no prob, 'ere you are, screenshots from device.
ICP is what it is from top to bottom , but there’s about 1" - 1.5" space below mfds.
-the 3rd pic i another, older, mfd android software … abut amazingly it still works -- aaah , now I figured why , I had the feeling … burt now when compared side to side … I see clearly , well blimey , it is not A BIG difference , but I somehow felt it , as I was using that other soft for years … so that’s it.
- will try ingame shots , when I fire up today…
Cheers
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I’m still waiting for the triptych version, so you can separate the ICP/DED/RWR and two MFDs onto their own screens
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MFD dimensions and visuals are great now the way they are. I wouldn’t change a thing on that.
I still get the freezing issue regularly. When server will still take inputs, but screens aren’t refreshed any more. Not a big deal, but just a thought: Would it make sense that the App would have a button in a corner so that the corresponding server display module could be reset so to restart sending images again?
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@Logic Ok, … well , you wouldn’t change anything , but let me be clear, it isn’t you to make that call.
WHY ON EARTH ANYONE WOULDN’T want it bigger , even women would disagree.
THERE IS not even needed to say REASON BEHIND IT … to have a bigger MFD’s , - TO SEE BETTER
Why do I even have to mention it …BUT SMALLER ??? what the hell
tshk tshk , if it isn’t just :opposing force" … Well, that’s just childish.
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@white_fang said in New free MFD/ICP app to control Falcon BMS from touch devices:
@Logic Ok, … well , you wouldn’t change anything , but let me be clear, it isn’t you to make that call.
WHY ON EARTH ANYONE WOULDN’T want it bigger , even women would disagree.
THERE IS not even needed to say REASON BEHIND IT … to have a bigger MFD’s , - TO SEE BETTER
Why do I even have to mention it …BUT SMALLER ??? what the hell
tshk tshk , if it isn’t just :opposing force" … Well, that’s just childish.
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You might want to reread mine and your post and edit yours when you are sober.
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What did I miss in the first statement? “You’re ok with things they are and don’t change a thing”
You better think carefully what will say next , as when “I get sober” I might spank your ass kid. -
@Logic Are you using the 0.5 version of the server? Maybe you can adjust the refresh rate to 30fps and set the compression quality slightly lower to get the streams working reliably. How far you can go is kinda dependent on your wifi setup…
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@white_fang to me it looks, like they are pretty much exactly the same size. Maybe the komercu app ones are even a bit smaller, but in falcon-bms-control you get more ‘black space’ around them, since the app is truly full screen. so you don’t see the system menu and action bar.
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@kungfoo
Yes, I am at the minimums already, 15kb/s, quality 50.
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@Logic Oi, that must be really quite slow wifi then. There are three things you can do:
- find a way to get a wired connection for the tablet, there are adapters for android.
- get a better access point/wifi setup (may not work if you’re not the person running it), I’m sure there are many people that can suggest something better.
- live with the slow updates and low quality.
I have been thinking about switching to a better jpeg compressor than the stock .NET one server side, so that would lower the bandwidth requirements a bit more, but don’t expect too much, there is only so much that can do…