May 22, 20179 yr Hello, I have developed a PFD prototype that runs in a web browser, so that it can run on a PC or on a smartphone, a tablet, iPad, iPhone, Android, ... I have published a raw video to show that it works well, even on a low-end Android tablet. It is available here: Before going further in the development, I would like to know if this has any kind of interest for you. If so, please let me know, I would be happy to get your opinion about this. Thanks, Eric My Web Site
May 23, 20179 yr Commercial Member Hello Eric If you were to complete it, what other functionality would you be adding? I might not use it as I prefer the older types of aircraft but I'm always fascinated by people who take the time to push FSX beyond the expected boundaries. -Dai
May 23, 20179 yr Eric, I think web interaction is a fun and interesting expansion to flight sim gauge development. I'm working on a tablet based javascript / html gps-nav-comm. A traditional gps related gauge takes up too much real estate on my panel, so I'd like to get it onto a tablet. See this thread, FSDeveloper HttpX 2. HttpX 2.0 is the lynch-pin of that effort. Keep up the work on your PFD. It looks great! Bob
June 9, 20178 yr Author On 23/05/2017 at 3:16 PM, dragonflightdesign said: Hello Eric If you were to complete it, what other functionality would you be adding? I might not use it as I prefer the older types of aircraft but I'm always fascinated by people who take the time to push FSX beyond the expected boundaries. -Dai Indeed, the prototype I show here is a glass-cockpit PFD. I have improved it with airpseed on the left and altitude on the right, it works perfect. I also made a test with a rotating bitmap and it works just as good. It means I can easily develop old-style gauge with background and needle, such as airspeed "badin" indicator or altimeter. I can also make a rotating bitmap like a compass, in fact, any "standard" gauge can be coded using this technology. I will create a new prototype as soon as I find nice bitmaps for this. Eric My Web Site
June 9, 20178 yr Author On 23/05/2017 at 6:17 PM, Propwash said: Eric, I think web interaction is a fun and interesting expansion to flight sim gauge development. I'm working on a tablet based javascript / html gps-nav-comm. A traditional gps related gauge takes up too much real estate on my panel, so I'd like to get it onto a tablet. See this thread, FSDeveloper HttpX 2. HttpX 2.0 is the lynch-pin of that effort. Keep up the work on your PFD. It looks great! Bob HttpX is a very interesting initiative, just like WebSimConnect that I also know. Even if I didn't look at them in details yet, it seems to me that these are developer oriented tools, whereas I would like to provide a ready-to-use system for end users who know nothing about http, sockets, dll... My PFD uses Node.js as a web server with javascript code running on the server side, this is very convenient. I will go further in the development, hoping I cna show you more very soon, I have many ideas for improvement and other usages of this technology. Eric My Web Site
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