Fix the property /radios/nav[*]/radials/actual-deg to show the radial

[flightgear.git] / docs-mini / README.IO

diff --git a/docs-mini/README.IO b/docs-mini/README.IO
index 61db580bd10e5778ec80f9783f99b1449ceaf0d1..f5b45799d22b852834ba9b9202fb3d98535226aa 100644 (file)
--- a/docs-mini/README.IO
+++ b/docs-mini/README.IO
@@ -15,6 +15,50 @@ The general form of the command line option is as follows:
     hz = number of times to process channel per second (floating
          point values are ok.
 
     hz = number of times to process channel per second (floating
          point values are ok.
 

+Generic Communction:
+
+    --generic=params
+
+    With this option it is possible to output a pre-configured
+    ASCII string using a predefined seperator. The configuration is
+    defined in an XML file located in the Protocol directiory of 
+    the base package.
+
+    params can be:
+    serial port communication:    serial,dir,hz,device,baud,protocol
+    socket communication:         socket,dir,hz,machine,port,style,protocol
+    output to a file:             file,dir,hz,filename,,protocol
+
+
+    The confinfiguration file is defined as follows:
+
+    <?xml version="1.0"?>
+    <PropertyList>
+
+     <generic>
+      <output>
+       <seperator>\n</seperator>
+
+        <chunk>
+         <name>speed</name>               <!-- for readabillity              -->
+         <type>int</type>                <!-- one of: bool,int,float,string -->
+         <format>V=%d</format>            <!-- output format string          -->
+         <node>/velocities/speed</node>   <!-- location of the value         -->
+         <offset>0.0</offset>             <!-- add this to the value         -->
+         <factor>1.0</factor>             <!-- multiply by this value        -->
+       </chunk>
+
+       <chunk>
+        ...
+       </chunk>
+
+       ...
+
+      </output>
+     </generic>
+    </PropertyList>
+
+

 Serial Port Communication:
 
     --nmea=serial,dir,hz,device,baud
 Serial Port Communication:
 
     --nmea=serial,dir,hz,device,baud


@@ -88,3 +132,26 @@ Moving Map Example:
     your current location.  Atlas is a really nifty program with many
     neat options such as the ability to generate and use background
     bitmaps that show the terrain, cities, lakes, oceans, rivers, etc.
     your current location.  Atlas is a really nifty program with many
     neat options such as the ability to generate and use background
     bitmaps that show the terrain, cities, lakes, oceans, rivers, etc.

+
+
+HTTP Server Example
+
+    You can now interact with a running copy of FlightGear using your
+    web browser.  You can view all the key internal variables and even
+    change the ones that are writable.  If you have support in your
+    favorite [scripting] language for interacting with an http server,
+    you should be able to use this as a mechanism to interface your
+    script with FlightGear.
+
+    Start up fgfs with the --httpd=<port#> option:
+
+    For example:
+
+        fgfs --httpd=5500
+
+    Now point your web browser to:
+
+        http://host.domain.name:5500/
+
+    When a value is displayed, you can click on it to bring up a form
+    to assign it a new value.