RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: UDP port into the property tree

[dene m. <den...@ho...>]

>From: Melchior FRANZ <mf...@ao...>
>
>* dene maxwell -- Friday 17 February 2006 05:53:
> > What port number for write ?
> > What port number for read? (I prefer confirming protocols)
>
>That's called TCP, then. Yes, that's possible. Just run fgfs with
>--telnet=5500, then you can telnet into it and read/write to properties.
>
>   $ fgfs --telnet=5500
>
>Then wait until it's running, and from another terminal window
>telnet into it:
>
>   $ telnet localhost 5500
>   help
>   Valid commands are:
>
>   cd <dir>           cd to a directory, '..' to move back
>   data               switch to raw data mode
>   dump               dump current state (in xml)
>   get <var>          show the value of a parameter
>   help               show this help message
>   ls [<dir>]         list directory
>   prompt             switch to interactive mode (default)
>   pwd                display your current path
>   quit               terminate connection
>   run <command>      run built in command
>   set <var> <val>    set <var> to a new <val>
>   show <var>         synonym for get
>
>And the whole telnet/socket connection can also be done
>by a script. Look into scripts/ dir for examples.
>
>
>
> > What format to access each property?
>
>Start with        "data"
>Then read    ...  "get /position/longitude-deg"
>                   "get /position/latitude-deg"
>Or write     ...  "set /sim/foo 123"
>and finally       "quit"
>
>
>This way you can do about everything. Read/write properties,
>execute built-in commands, or transfer arbitrary Nasal code and
>let fgfs execute it. You can even transfer whole dialogs and pop
>them up in fgfs.
>
>m.
>
That would suit my needs exactly if;
a) I wanted to do it manually
b) I could start a telnet session from within VB6 (not saying you can't just 
I haven't yet)

was really hoping that it could be treated like an object using UDP. eg
set com1.freq=129.6
set nav1.pri.freq=103.3
set nav1.sec.freq=105.3
set nav1.radial=161
set adf.freq=234

will have to investigate starting a telnet session within VB if no other 
ideas come to pass

Cheers, thanks for the suggestion
=Dene

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