NAME
MIDGsmooth - send MIDG-formatted GPS data to a FlightGear instance
SYNOPSIS
MIDGsmooth --help
| --infile infile_name [options]...
| --serial dev_name --outfile outfile_name [options]...
DESCRIPTION
MIDGsmooth is a utility that reads GPS data in MIDG format from a text file or from an MIDG device connected to the serial port, parses it and sends it to a FlightGear instance for replaying.
OPTIONS
- --help
-
Display usage information and exit.
- --infile infile_name
-
Read GPS data from infile_name.
- --serial dev_name
-
Read GPS data from the serial device named dev_name.
- --outfile outfile_name
-
Save the data retrieved from the device to outfile_name.
- --hertz frequency
-
Specify the frequency to use for sending data to the FlightGear instance. By default, events are sent at a frequency of 60 Hz.
- --host hostname
-
Send the data to the FlightGear instance running on hostname.
If --host is not specified, the default is to send the data to localhost.
- --skip-seconds seconds
-
Do not transmit the first seconds seconds of data.
This option is ignored when reading GPS data from a serial device.
- --broadcast
-
Send flight data model and control data as broadcast packets.
- --fdm-port port
-
Set the port flight data model data should be sent to. By default, data is sent to port 5505.
- --ctrls-port port
-
Set the port control data should be sent to. By default, data is sent to port 5506.
- --altitude-offset meters
-
Add the specified offset (in meters) to the altitude sent to FlightGear.
EXIT STATUS
MIDGsmooth exits with 0 on success, with -1 if the syntax of the command-line arguments is wrong or an error occurs.