function sendTEXT( msg, x, y, socket ) % sendTEXT Sends a string to be displayed in X-Plane. % % Inputs % msg: The string to be displayed % x (optional): The distance from the left edge of the screen to display the message. % y (optional): The distance from the bottom edge of the screen to display the message. % 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: 0 if successful, otherwise a negative value. % % Use % 1. import XPlaneConnect.*; % 2. % Set a message to be displayed near the top middle of the screen. % 3. status = sendTEXT('Some text', 512, 600); % % Contributors % Jason Watkins (jason.w.watkins@nasa.gov) import XPlaneConnect.* %% Get client global clients; if ~exist('socket', 'var') assert(isequal(length(clients) < 2, 1), '[sendTEXT] ERROR: Multiple clients open. You must specify which client to use.'); if isempty(clients) socket = openUDP(); else socket = clients(1); end end %% Validate input if ~exist('x', 'var') x = -1; end if ~exist('y', 'var') y = -1; end x = int32(x); y = int32(y); %% Send command socket.sendTEXT(msg, x, y); end