function [ status ] = sendPOSI( posi, varargin ) % sendPOSI Send X-Plane Aircraft Position over UDP % Version 0.25 % % Inputs % posi: Position array where the elements are as follows: % 1. Latitiude (deg) % 2. Longitude (deg) % 3. Altitude (m above MSL) % 4. Roll (deg) % 5. Pitch (deg) % 6. True Heading (deg) % 7. Gear (0=up, 1=down) % acft (optional): Aircraft # (default is 0; 0 = own aircraft) % IP Address (optional): IP Address of the machine that will receive the data as a character array. Default is '127.0.0.1' (local machine) % port (optional): Port on the receiving machine where the data will be sent. Default is 49009 (XPlaneConnect). In general use 49009 to send to the plugin and 49005 to send to the x-plane udp % % Outputs % status: If there was an error. Status<0 means there was an error. % % Use % 1. import XPlaneConnect.*; % 2. #Send the data array to port 49009 on the computer at IP address 172.0.100.54. % 3. status = sendPOSI([37.5242422, -122.06899, 2500, 0, 0, 0, 1], 1, '172.0.100.54'); % % Note: send the value -998 to not overwrite that parameter. That is, if -998 is sent, the parameter will stay at the current X-Plane value % % Change Log % 10/02/14: [CT] V0.25: Updated to work with updated xpcPlugin % 09/25/14: [CT] Code created % % Contributors % [CT] Christopher Teubert (SGT, Inc.) % christopher.a.teubert@nasa.gov % % To Do % % BEGIN CODE import XPlaneConnect.* %% Handle Input p = inputParser; addRequired(p,'posi'); addOptional(p,'acft',0,@isnumeric); addOptional(p,'IP','127.0.0.1',@ischar); addOptional(p,'port',49009,@isnumeric); parse(p,posi,varargin{:}); %% BODY header = ['POSI'-0,0]; dataStream = [header, p.Results.acft]; % Deal with position update position = [37.4185718,-121.935565,500,0,0,0, 0]; for i=1:min(length(position),length(p.Results.posi)) position(i) = p.Results.posi(i); end dataStream = [dataStream, typecast(single(position),'uint8')]; % Send POSI status = sendUDP(dataStream, p.Results.IP, p.Results.port); end