Falcon MFD Software for android tablets
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Excellent software, i take advantage of the rewriting of the software in order to ask you to add to the HSI gauge.
It would be comfortable to have it on the tablet during the phase of alignment to the runway since it is impossible to read it near the stick.Thank you :rolleyes:
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This is simply awesome! You’ve done a great job!
Tried it myself and it works brilliantly after trying it on my ASUS tablet last night although I had some issues after initially getting it to work. Everything was working except for the values along the very top bar like fuel flow but after being in and out of BMS a few times, the MFDs screens started lagging a fair bit in updating (the left more than the right at first) while the MFD buttons still worked really quick. Eventually the MFD screens stopped working altogether after trying to play around with resetting the MFD server and app on the tablet. Funnily enough I got the top bar values working but the MFD screens would only ever show the initial image and never update again for the entire flight, yet all the buttons worked fine.
I have since factory reset my tablet and disabled anything I don’t need for basic functionality to run the MFD app and will be testing again tonight if I get a chance.
Also, should I have to enter the tablet’s IP address everytime I open the MDF server? I thought it would simply save it?
- Hyp3rion
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Also, should I have to enter the tablet’s IP address everytime I open the MDF server? I thought it would simply save it?
- Hyp3rion
I am guessing you are referring to entering the Server IP address in the tablet. If that is the case, the IP address should not have to be reentered every time you start the tablet…assuming you selected “save”.
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I am guessing you are referring to entering the Server IP address in the tablet. If that is the case, the IP address should not have to be reentered every time you start the tablet…assuming you selected “save”.
No definitely in the MFD server application on the PC, under the testing section. Unless specifying the IP in this area is only for testing the actual connection and that data is transmitting but otherwise the tablet app makes the necessary connection to the PC. Makes sense thinking about it that way since the PC is “serving” and so you only need to point the tablet to the server, not the other way around. The instructions for installing are a little cryptic so it wasn’t exactly clear if this setting was required for use every time (attached particular section in question).
- Hyp3rion
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No definitely in the MFD server application on the PC, under the testing section. Unless specifying the IP in this area is only for testing the actual connection and that data is transmitting but otherwise the tablet app makes the necessary connection to the PC. Makes sense thinking about it take way since the PC is “serving” and so you only need to point the tablet to the server, not the other way around. The instructions for installing are a little cryptic so it wasn’t exactly clear if this setting was required for use every time.
- Hyp3rion
Server IP address does not need to be changed…just start the server and go. Just make sure you saved the server IP address (only once) to the tablet…that’s it.
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Server IP address does not need to be changed…just start the server and go. Just make sure you saved the server IP address (only once) to the tablet…that’s it.
At work currently so can’t test sorry but just going of the documentation, it does say that the tablet IP needs to be set. I’ve attached a screenshot in my previous reply as to the section I was referring to in that response but you can also see under the “Simple Instructions for Running Falcon MFD for Android - Single Tablet” that at step 5 it does say “Verify “Tablet/Android IP address” is correct. If not, change to correct IP address” and this clearly refers to the “Android IP” field in the testing part as I was talking about in my previous reply.
I will be testing tonight but just going of the doc, it does appear you need to check / set this every time. I doubt it has anything to do with the actual issues I raised though as it was set during these occurring and the green buttons were lit indicating communication with the tablet app.
- Hyp3rion
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At work currently so can’t test sorry but just going of the documentation, it does say that the tablet IP needs to be set. I’ve attached a screenshot in my previous reply as to the section I was referring to in that response but you can also see under the “Simple Instructions for Running Falcon MFD for Android - Single Tablet” that at step 5 it does say “Verify “Tablet/Android IP address” is correct. If not, change to correct IP address” and this clearly refers to the “Android IP” field in the testing part as I was talking about in my previous reply.
I will be testing tonight but just going of the doc, it does appear you need to check / set this every time. I doubt it has anything to do with the actual issues I raised though as it was set during these occurring and the green buttons were lit indicating communication with the tablet app.
- Hyp3rion
If you gotten the server and the apk to work previously, then there is nothing else you have to do but start the server, start the apk and go. Try this first and let me know if it does not work. Also, are you located in the United States? If so, what time zone are you in?
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Hi Dracfalcon,
I think you are misunderstanding my original post. I did and still can get the app to connect to the MFD server and was just asking out of curiosity in a completely separate sense about the Android IP field needing to be set each time when trying to troubleshoot the issues I detailed below:
Everything was working except for the values along the very top bar like fuel flow but after being in and out of BMS a few times, the MFDs screens started lagging a fair bit in updating (the left more than the right at first) while the MFD buttons still worked really quick. Eventually the MFD screens stopped working altogether after trying to play around with resetting the MFD server and app on the tablet. Funnily enough I got the top bar values working but the MFD screens would only ever show the initial image and never update again for the entire flight, yet all the buttons worked fine.
The official documentation seems to indicate the need to set it each time (Step5. Verify “Tablet/Android IP address” is correct), though from what you are saying you in fact do not need to do this. I’ll play with it when I get home tonight (which will be in another 6 hours as I am in Australia) and let you know.
Cheers for all the help
- Hyp3rion
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Hi Dracfalcon,
I think you are misunderstanding my original post. I did and still can get the app to connect to the MFD server and was asking out of curiosity separately about the Android IP field needing to be set each time when trying to troubleshoot the issues I detailed below:
The official documentation seems to indicate the need to set it each time, though from what you are saying you in fact do not. I’ll play with it when I get home tonight (which will be in another 6 hours as I am in Australia) and let you know.
Cheers for all the help
- Hyp3rion
Once it’s set, you are good to go. What version of the Apk are you using…since you talk about the freeze? Version 1.7.0 to me is a better one to use if you are using one tablet.
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Once it’s set, you are good to go. What version of the Apk are you using…since you talk about the freeze? Version 1.7.0 to me is a better one to use if you are using one tablet.
See this is what I don’t get - if you have to initially set the “Android IP” field under the “Testing Part” settings to be good to go, when I next open the MFD server and find this field blank would I not need to then set it again?
Running version 1.7.0, will be testing with 1.7.1 tonight.
- Hyp3rion
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See this is what I don’t get - if you have to initially set the “Android IP” field under the “Testing Part” settings to be good to go, when I next open the MFD server and find this field blank would I not need to then set it again?
Running version 1.7.0, will be testing with 1.7.1 tonight.
- Hyp3rion
What you were doing initially with the testing is to make sure the server and tablet are communicating. Once you have verified communication, from that point on, you only have to start the Server and Apk and go. Do not go through the testing again.
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What you were doing initially with the testing is to make sure the server and tablet are communicating. Once you have verified communication, from that point on, you only have to start the Server and Apk and go. Do not go through the testing again.
Ok, that’s the confirmation I was looking for. It’s also what I said in a previous post so I don’t know why you didn’t just confirm what I said then ha ha
No definitely in the MFD server application on the PC, under the testing section. Unless specifying the IP in this area is only for testing the actual connection and that data is transmitting but otherwise the tablet app makes the necessary connection to the PC. Makes sense thinking about it that way since the PC is “serving” and so you only need to point the tablet to the server, not the other way around. The instructions for installing are a little cryptic so it wasn’t exactly clear if this setting was required for use every time (attached particular section in question).
Thanks for clarifying that for me
Komurcu, I think the documentation could use a slight update ;). Step 5 of the single tablet simple instructions (that come after the initial installation instructions) specify to verify the Android IP address is correct which is under the Testing Part area of the MFD Server. If this field is blank each time when starting the MFD Server, the only way to verify this field is to in fact re-enter the tablet’s IP address, even though as confirmed by Dracfalcon this is not necessary.
The only time I would think you’d need to do this is if your tablet IP actually changes because you are using DHCP (and it’s IP lease has expired, therefore your router / switch will assign it a new and most likely different IP address) and not static IP addresses on your local network. Even then, I am thinking that as long as the tablet points correctly to the server IP then it’s still not necessary to set that field unless wanting to actually test the connection from the server end.
I’m an IT tech and so understand how this all works but I can’t know how the MFD server application itself works (since I didn’t code it) without reading the documentation and in this instance I feel it is a little misleading in trying to understand the essential configuration required for the tablet app to communicate with the server application.
Please take this as constructive feedback. For something that someone has created in their own time though as a free enhancement on this great game, it’s without a doubt a brilliant effort
- Hyp3rion
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…although I had some issues after initially getting it to work. Everything was working except for the values along the very top bar like fuel flow but after being in and out of BMS a few times, the MFDs screens started lagging a fair bit in updating (the left more than the right at first) while the MFD buttons still worked really quick. Eventually the MFD screens stopped working altogether after trying to play around with resetting the MFD server and app on the tablet. Funnily enough I got the top bar values working but the MFD screens would only ever show the initial image and never update again for the entire flight, yet all the buttons worked fine…
So, I ended up popping home at lunch and testing it with the android tablet reset to factory settings and version 1.7.1 of the MFD app installed:
- started the MFD server
- opened the tablet app, set the server IP (since I had reinstalled the app), saved and quit
- opened the tablet app, closed the initial prompt and waited, none of the lights turned green on the server (yet the simple instructions said they would)
- closed the tablet app, reopened it and pressed each of the “Start on…” and “Start…” buttons () which subsequently started turning various lights green on the server
- opened BMS and flew several TEs and did some dogfighting for over an hour, the tablet MFDs and everything else in the tablet app worked flawlessly the entire time
This is the first time that everything worked at the same time in the tablet app and I never ran into the MFD display lag / freezing issues I had last night. I believe the freezing may have been resolved by resetting my tablet back to factory and disabling everything bar the essentials to run the Android OS and the MFD app as the tablet itself beforehand was quite inconsistent in it’s performance in it’s use with other apps. So now I’m pretty much relegating it to BMS use only so it will only ever have the MFD app and the Electronic Flightbag installed.
I think getting everything in the app to connect to the server properly needs a fresh instance of the server with a fresh instance of the app which you then click each of the “Start on…” and “Start…” buttons to connect in each of the individual cockpit display extractions before starting BMS (going of my troubleshooting last night and today). I can see in reading the simple instructions for two tablets the “Start on…” buttons are meant to preference which mode the app starts in when opening on each tablet but I couldn’t seem to get the MFDs to work properly until clicking both of these mode buttons today before even getting into BMS.
Please correct me if I am wrong on any of this, it’s just what I’ve found from my experiences so far in using the software. In having trouble with it initially, I have tried as part of my troubleshooting to follow the instructions to the letter but I kept getting different outcomes than what was documented to happen. I think this indicates a review of the official doco could be beneficial to anyone trying to set this up for the first time like myself.
- Hyp3rion
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I have problems with my network connections. I don’t know why, but I often can’t connect my PC and the tablet. Neither I can’t connect my PC with the other PC I have. It seems that my wireless LAN is not functioning
The strange thing is that every device I have goes in Internet without a problem, but they can’t ping each others.
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I have problems with my network connections. I don’t know why, but I often can’t connect my PC and the tablet. Neither I can’t connect my PC with the other PC I have. It seems that my wireless LAN is not functioning
The strange thing is that every device I have goes in Internet without a problem, but they can’t ping each others.
Any thought?please control your firewall
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i am working on new screens
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man u r spoiling us… :lol:
U r on the right track … this way one can have 2mfd and icp functionality at the same time with just 2 tablets… -
man u r spoiling us… :lol:
U r on the right track … this way one can have 2mfd and icp functionality at the same time with just 2 tablets…That is the way I am currently using the old version. One tablet MFDs and the other ICP.
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