Where do I get the groundstation software shown in the screenshot? I did not find it in this project. Are you using the groundstation from the MNAV project?
Thanks,
Cory
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The ground station software you see in the project screenshots is a commercial software suite being developed in partnership with LSFTechnologies. They make glass cockpit displays that run on linux and are FlightGear compatible. They have a set of 747 displays and are currently developing a set of 737 displays for a NASA project. A while back, they did a prototype of an avidyne display such as you'd find in a Cirrus SR-22 and we used that as the starting point for our UAS PFD display. The navigational displays is patterned more after a 747 nav display and can cycle through a couple different display modes and show your route.
The display can show your autopilot's (microgear's) target altitude via an altitude bug on the altitude tape, it can show the target vertical velocity, and target pitch/roll via flight director style "vbars". It also shows target heading on the nav display, along with commanded control surface positions. This is a really valuable tool for seeing what is going on with your autopilot and for gain tuning.
I'm an open-source nut (MicroGear and FlightGear are both open-source and I'm a big fan of linux) but also I have several hungry mouths at home to feed. :-)
Best regards,
Curt.
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Thanks! I have my own little one on the way, so I can understand that hungry mouths take priority. I'll try out the ground station software from the MNAV project then, and see how that works. If it needs any modifications to work with microgear, I will send them to you so you can include them in the project if the code passes muster.
Cory
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Where do I get the groundstation software shown in the screenshot? I did not find it in this project. Are you using the groundstation from the MNAV project?
Thanks,
Cory
Hi Cory,
The ground station software you see in the project screenshots is a commercial software suite being developed in partnership with LSFTechnologies. They make glass cockpit displays that run on linux and are FlightGear compatible. They have a set of 747 displays and are currently developing a set of 737 displays for a NASA project. A while back, they did a prototype of an avidyne display such as you'd find in a Cirrus SR-22 and we used that as the starting point for our UAS PFD display. The navigational displays is patterned more after a 747 nav display and can cycle through a couple different display modes and show your route.
The display can show your autopilot's (microgear's) target altitude via an altitude bug on the altitude tape, it can show the target vertical velocity, and target pitch/roll via flight director style "vbars". It also shows target heading on the nav display, along with commanded control surface positions. This is a really valuable tool for seeing what is going on with your autopilot and for gain tuning.
I'm an open-source nut (MicroGear and FlightGear are both open-source and I'm a big fan of linux) but also I have several hungry mouths at home to feed. :-)
Best regards,
Curt.
Curt,
Thanks! I have my own little one on the way, so I can understand that hungry mouths take priority. I'll try out the ground station software from the MNAV project then, and see how that works. If it needs any modifications to work with microgear, I will send them to you so you can include them in the project if the code passes muster.
Cory