Free Android app for Bullseye overview and practice
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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
Thanks for the relevant information you provided this time, the problem of unable to connect is successfully solved -
@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
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I use it for practice offline, very good tool! Thank you @jayb! The 10’’ is a crazy addiction
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Thanks, that is great to hear
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A new version of the app has been released. Version 2.60 adds one new feature and has a couple of improvements.
Continous BMS mode
For those who use the app up against BMS, a continous mode has been added.
The old BMS mode will work as before, ie. with each press of the BMS button, the ownship marker is drawn showing the in-game position. This is now one of two BMS modes, the “on-demand” mode.
Long-pressing the BMS button in 2.60 activates continuous BMS mode. The dashed outline of the BMS button indicates that the app is in continous mode. In continous mode, the app updates the ownship marker once every second. To leave continous mode, press the BMS button again to get back to classic (on-demand) BMS mode.
For those who wish to use continous BMS mode, it is recommended to use the updated BMS server application. The old version will work, but a lot of messages will appear in the window. The server app is available from Github (all links are in the first post)
Improvements
Besides the BMS continous mode, I have added two small quality-of-life improvements:
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Zooming in on the chart will now keep the ownship marker in focus. In previous versions, zooming in would enlarge the top-left NW corner of the chart. This meant that if the marker was in another quadrant, subsequent pan was required to see the ownship position on the zoomed-in chart
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The range of the BullsEye chart is now more clearly shown (larger digits in red at the top) to help with assessing distance:
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Many thanks, however how do i know the server is running on my PC?
And is there a way to resize the app on my tablet? as in portrait it hides the
BMS
button off the edge and in landscape it only shows so much of the bullseye?many thanks