leonpo Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) I want to share my side project: simple instrument panel for Android devices that can present basic flying instruments - mainly focused for landing procedures. If any interest for beta testing, app is here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.portman.panel The sources available on github: https://github.com/leonpo/instrument-panel Regards Leon P.S UH-1H version : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.portman.panel.uh1h Edited May 18, 2013 by leonpo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseGill Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Nice :) Rig: Home Built, water cooled,i5 2500K @ 4.3Ghz, ASUS P8P67Pro Mobo, 8GB Patriot Viper 2 Sector 5 RAM, MSI Nvidia GTX970 4GB Gaming OC, 120GB OCZ Vertex 2e SSD Boot, 120GB OCZ Vertex 2e SSD Games (BS & WH), Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB other, Samsung UE37D5000 37" LED TV,EloTouch 1600x1200 secondary, Thrustmaster Warthog No.467, Thrustmaster MFD, Saitek Pro Pedals, Track IR4 with Track Clip Pro. Ex RAF Aircrew, Real Life Pilot, proud Geek and father of one :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonpo Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Please see updated version on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.portman.panel It also includes installation instructions. Leon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTFDarkEagle Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Is this also able to run on an android smartphone? (I.e. galaxy sII)? Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonpo Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) I have tested it on two device: Kindle Fire with ICS and HTC Sensation phone. The problem with phone is the small screen size, but it is definitely usable Leon Edited November 23, 2012 by leonpo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVNona Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Vsjo otlichno rabotalo no cherez 1 min Crash To Desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonpo Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 Please check if you using correct android IP address in telemetry.lua Leon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonpo Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 Attached update telemetry.lua with exception handling Fixes DCS crashes Leontelemetry.lua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarthogSmurf Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Looks great will see in using it but is it possible to also make this for an A-10C there isnt much for android users only Icontrol which is ipad releated. I would love to pay for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonpo Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 It will be easy to do only for gauges but MFDs export will be challenging. I did not want to get into all these additional monitors and layouts stuff. Will check and update Leon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarthogSmurf Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) It will be easy to do only for gauges but MFDs export will be challenging. I did not want to get into all these additional monitors and layouts stuff. Will check and update Leon My thoughts extacly ... it would beat using helios on an extra display with touch then using a simple android tablet .. keep up the good work keeping a close eye on this thread P.S I cant get it to work on my tablet (crash) and on my galaxy SII the app works but no data is being send Edited November 25, 2012 by WarthogSmurf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonpo Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 please report crash via the app, i will get the exception info. Regarding no data, please just recheck config.lua, export.lua and telemetry.lua with correct IP address. dcs.log file will be helpful as well Leon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarthogSmurf Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 config.lua, export.lua and telemetry.lua Leon Config.lua ? It didnt mentoin this in the install description. I changed the ip in the telemetry.lua where is states Android IP but it says host2 or "192.168.1.8" that is correct ? I also run Tacview and TARS btw i hope that doenst interfere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonpo Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 it seems that your tablet does not support hardware acceleration. So i am getting exception for drawing clip. Regarding export from lua. Just make sure that dofile for latest telemetry.lua is the last line in export.lua. I do call original exports so it should work together with other apps. Regarding IP, yes, 192.168.1.8 should be IP of the android device Hope it helps, Leon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonpo Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 I just uploaded updated version with support for HW acceleration and alsa engine gauges (click on RPM) Please also update telemetry.lua Leon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarthogSmurf Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Yeah works on the Asus Transformer now And the telemery.lua file works now too. I only had one bug which was strange. I started the app then the sim and it worked perfectly. i then tried to start the sim and had a "woops forogt app moment"-test .. the app didnt worked and i was like well okay proably the telemetry file cant find the app so shutsdown. So i restarted the app and then sim again and nothing worked anymore. So i restarted PC , app and then sim .. again nothing. i then rebooted the entire tablet , then app then sim and it worked again ... so somewhere the app at one point refuses to use the data stream being send over. other then that works fine and i will do some more testing when i moved to my new home somewhere next week. Also your gauge are a bit different then the sim gauges perhaps you could mimic them more because it is bit difficult if you expect the needle to be at your 9 oclock and your gauge shows it at 6 oclock. i hope you can do more feature like fuel gauges,and perhaps some button to press =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonpo Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Thank for the feedback. Good point regarding needle positions. BTW, clicking on RPM opens Engine gauges Leon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonpo Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 I just uploaded updated version with correct needle positions. Leon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cltmmm Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 So now I need this for BS2. I don't care so much for guages as I do my main buttons and switches I hit a lot. Any takers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonpo Posted May 3, 2013 Author Share Posted May 3, 2013 Attached telemetry file for using with UH-1H. Obviously the display are different but main instruments: alt, speed, heading, vertical speed, slip are working LeontelemetryUH1H.lua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm212hd130 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Thanks for the app Leon, seems great. Have not been able to make it work yet though, starts fine on my Nexus 7 but does not seem to receive data (gauges do not update at all). Tried with P-51 and UH-1, same result. I double checked I did what is explained in the instructions and searched on the forum but could not make things work. I am running DCS 1.2.4 though, and maybe this could be the issue, should I use the paths and .lua files from your instructions, or has anything changed ? export.lua and telemetry.lua are in C:\Users\$$$$$\Saved Games\DCS\Scripts and edited properly Not sure if I have to set EnableExportScript = true in Config.lua or in Network.cfg or if it is not needed, tried the different possibilities but it did not help... Any ideas guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonpo Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Couple of directions: 1. please check if you can ping from PC to your android tablet to the same IP as you put in telemetry.lua 2. I did not change anything in default config.lua and network lua 3. can you please post your log file? Leon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm212hd130 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 thanks for your reply Leon, not sure what happened last time but everything works fine today just tried to ping, checked the .lua files for typos, launched the app and voila! tried both P-51 and UH-1 telemetry files, no particular issue except gauges stop working when switching to an outside view and start working again when getting back in the cockpit... But I'm pretty sure you knew already... thanks again for your great app, can't wait for the next versions! keep up the good work! P.S. : I didn't change anything either in default config.lua/network.cfg Couple of directions: 1. please check if you can ping from PC to your android tablet to the same IP as you put in telemetry.lua 2. I did not change anything in default config.lua and network lua 3. can you please post your log file? Leon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonpo Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Thanks for the feedback. In the outside view the simulator does not send any data. Regarding ping, some time when android device on battery power, it puts wifi on sleep. Please make sure to have it connected to power regards leon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuby Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 (edited) Could someone "slowly" walk through this for a NEWB to kindle stuff.. I plug in the kindle to USB.. I made folders as described.. I placed telemetry.lua and telemetryUH-1H.lua as well as Export.lua from DCS inside those folders. I edited the "kindle" file telemetry.lua to add IP.. I put dofile( "C:\\Users\\[Fuby]\\Saved Games\\DCS\\Scripts\\telemetry.lua ") as last line in export.lua on kindle.. now at this point.. what should I do or what should happen? anything needed added within DCS itself? How do I "Start the application" on the device even? lol Directions I tried to follow..but lost something on the way.. Instructions: 1. Create directory $HOME\Saved Games\DCS\Scripts\ 2. Copy export.lua from C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Scripts to $HOME\Saved Games\DCS\Scripts\ 3. Copy the above telemetry.lua file into $HOME\Saved Games\DCS\Scripts\ directory. 4. Add the folowing line at the end in export.lua to: dofile( "C:\\Users\\[username]\\Saved Games\\DCS\\Scripts\\telemetry.lua "). Please note using double slashes. 5. Change [username] to your user name 6. Edit telemetry.lua and change IP to Android table IP. You can check it in the android setting view for WiFi connection. Please try to ping your device from the command line 7. Start the application on the device EDIT: OH WAIT... this does not work on a regular Kindle does it? What has to be done to the Kindle to make this work? I assume anything with android 4 ice cream sandwich (ICS) will work then.. I.E.. Samsung Galaxy 2 etc? I was thinking of getting one of those anyways.. Edited May 8, 2013 by Fuby Games-Survival.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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