Free Android app for Bullseye overview and practice
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@zed8 said in Free Android app for Bullseye overview and practice:
@jayb a simply awesome and useful tool. Thank you very much!
Seconded.
I do love software that aims to make me better but makes me look worse
Chapeau!!
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I have put out a new version 2.50 of the BullseyeHelper app.
Changes in 2.50
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The Hard practice mode is working again
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The countdown in the practice modes now has a slider so you can adjust how fast you want to be when doing the exercises. Note that while the exercise is running, you can not adjust the time. You can change it from 5-20 seconds using steps of 5 (so 5,10,15,20 seconds).
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There is a new practice mode, HSI Practice, see below
HSI practice
With this method, you learn how to use the HSI in the jet as a bullseye aid.
Say that we are given this picture: You: 90-50, Contact: 180-100
You start out by determining who is furthest away from bullseye, you or the contact. In this case that would be the contact at 100 nm.
A basic flowchart of how you then use this mode through 4 easy steps could be this:
Or in a single picture:
So what would that look like in the jet? Something like this:
By projecting the bearing line from you to the contact through the center, you get the required heading as approx 210. As for distance, remember that radius represents 100 nm. Since the projected line is a bit longer than one radius, he is probably 110-120 out.
One thing I particularly like about this training mode is that you use something which is already in the jet. No outside tools required (like this app or printed bullseye charts).
When testing it out in the jet I used the heading bug for the first marker (the one on the circumference which decides the radius). That made it a bit easier, since then there is only one marker that has to be imagined. And then the CRS arrow can help with the projected heading.
In the app, the practice mode is used like shown here. My estimates of where the markers should be are the yellow circles, placed by tapping the screen:
The HSI practice mode may seem complicated at first. But once it “clicks”, it is no more complicated than the two other modes. It could be interesting to hear if anyone can consistently beat 10 seconds in 5 out of 5 tries, assessment of heading and distance included.
The numbers used above are nice round numbers for illustration. In reality you will get bullseye calls that are much closer. So use the timing slider to become good and quick
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<p>Hi @jayb <br />I’m still intrigued with how you get this to connect to BMS? Does it only work in MP?</p>
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<p>@CriticalMass <br /><br />I have only used in it SP myself, but that should not matter. Have you launched the server app on the PC running BMS? <br /></p>
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<p>@jayb Oh boy, I totally missed the link to that!! Sorry, for my ineptitude.<br /><br /></p>
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<p>@CriticalMass No problem!</p>
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<blockquote>@CriticalMass <br /><br />I have only used in it SP myself, but that should not matter. Have you launched the server app on the PC running BMS? <br /><br /></blockquote><p>Hi I tried this last sunday night, downloaded server app and clicked
install
but im not sure anything was, does it run a program and give you a desktop icon?<br /><br />cheers<br /><br />John.</p> -
<p>@arabianjules <br /><br />There is no install, you just place the file somewhere you prefer. To run it, locate it in the folder and doubleclick it or select it and press enter. First time you run it, it will probably ask to be whitelisted from the firewall.<br /><br />You should see this:<br /><br /><img class=“ql-image” src=“https://i.imgur.com/Xx9OYaS.png” /><br /><br />Then once you are in the cockpit in BMS, you press the BMS button on the app and it should connect to BMS via the server program and show you your posit<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>
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I executed BMSBullsEyeServer.exe but got error message
Where did you go wrong? windows7 system -
After trying to fix the error message, it can be executed normally now, but what is the connection between the mobile phone and the computer? Is it correct to use the USB cable of the mobile phone? And start the game to enter the 3D cockpit, open the APP and click the BMS button of the APP to get the local bullseye position?
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@discmis You just have to have the phone on WiFi, no cable required. The wifi needs to be the same network as the PC.
Then once you are in the cockpit (in 3D), you can press the BMS button to plot your own position
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@jayb Thank You. I use it when i am lazy and i don’t have the will to do the math.
Good job, server works flawlessly and the communication with my android phone to show your own position is very reactive.
My best,
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@ericfa2a About being “lazy” I know that many use some sort of printout tool or pen-and-paper or other things to help with the Bullseye calls. This is just a digital version of such tools.
Thank you for the feedback, highly appreciated
JayB
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@jayb What should I do if there is no Wifi connection to the mobile phone in the network environment used? Are there other alternatives?
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@discmis I do not have first-hand experience with that, but a search reveals that it might be possible with a cabled connection between the PC and the phone. Here is one link I found in a simple search:
Another option could be if your PC has a WiFi network card. You should be able to create a wifi hotspot on the PC and connect the phone to that hotspot using the phones WiFi. That requires that the phone is wifi capable and that the PC has wifi
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@jayb I’m wondering whether it is possible to use the USB network sharing function of the mobile phone to allow the two devices to be in the same network in addition to connecting the mobile phone to the PC via wifi. If possible, this may be the fastest and easiest way.
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@discmis Yeah, you should give it a try, only way to find out. The method you suggest would avoid a cable which is always nice.
Does your BMS computer (desktop or laptop) have WiFi ?
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@jayb I don’t have my desktop computer and I don’t have WiFi, so I can only try through USB network sharing to see if I can connect so that the APP can connect to the BullsEyeServer
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@jayb I later thought of a workaround, I found a router with wifi function and he has DHCP function
I connected the Eth Port of the PC to the LAN Port of the Router through a network cable and a set of virtual IPs that can be obtained through DHCP
192.168.XXX.AAA Then I turned on the wifi of my mobile phone and connected it through the wifi of this router.
In the same way, through DHCP, get a group of IP of 192.168.XXX.BBB and then ping 192.168.XXX.BBB from the PC side
It is possible to ping the IP of this group. Now open the BullsEyeServer and click the BMS Button through the APP on the mobile phone
The connection is successful after discovery, and it can work normally after entering the Falcon BMS, and the connection and data transmission are very good
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@discmis This is great news. I find network problems hard to handle, so I am very happy that you got it solved. It is really good that you describe in such detail what you did to make it work. Your ideas might help others who do not have easy access to WiFi in their environment
-JayB