public void BroadcastPosition()
{
udp.Connect("192.168.1.103", 49002);
string basePacket = "XGPSSimulator,";
new Thread(() =>
{
Thread.CurrentThread.IsBackground = true;
while (true)
{
playerPos = FSUIPCConnection.GetPositionSnapshot();
//Populate positional variables
alt = (Decimal)playerPos.Altitude.Feet;
FsLatLonPoint location = playerPos.Location;
lat = (Decimal)location.Latitude.DecimalDegrees;
lon = (Decimal)location.Longitude.DecimalDegrees;
hdg = (Decimal)playerPos.HeadingDegreesTrue;
FSUIPCConnection.Process();
groundSpeed.Reconnect();
spd = groundSpeed.GetValue <UInt32>();
spd = spd / 65536;
spd = spd * 3600;
spd = spd / 1852;
alt = Decimal.Round(alt, 1);
lat = Decimal.Round(lat, 3);
lon = Decimal.Round(lon, 3);
hdg = Decimal.Round(hdg, 2);
//Assemble a packet
string packetToSend = basePacket + lon.ToString() + "," + lat.ToString() + "," + alt.ToString() + "," + hdg.ToString() + "," + spd.ToString() + ".0";
byte[] sendMe = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(packetToSend);
//Broadcast via UDP
udp.Send(sendMe, sendMe.Length);
//Pause the thread to allow for the one second gap required by foreflight.
Thread.Sleep(990); //Only 990 to allow for processing time.
}
}).Start();
}