public void SendData(ControlsUpdate controlUpdate) //function called to encode data to be sent to simulator
{
string dataToSend; //string to hold data being sent
dataToSend = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(controlUpdate); //converting the control instructions to json and storing it in dataToSend
byte[] rawData = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(dataToSend); //converts string to bytes passing in string to get bytes function
stream.Write(rawData, 0, rawData.Length); // write to stream (ASCII data, starting at inex 0, ending at last index.)
SendingEvent?.Invoke(controlUpdate); //invokes a new sending event with instance of controls update
}
private void setControlsUpdate(ControlsUpdate controlUpdate) //called to set new control instructions to send to the simulator
{
if (this.InvokeRequired) //if invoke is required
{
this.Invoke(new SendingDataHandler(setControlsUpdate), new object[] { controlUpdate }); //invokes a new sending event with instance of setcontrolsupdate
}
else
{
controlUpdate.Throttle = trkThrottle.Value; //set throttle control to value of throttle trackbar
controlUpdate.ElevatorPitch = trkElevator.Value * 0.1; //set pitch control to value of pitch trackbar
}
}
public void ControlsScrollUpdate()
{
NetworkStream stream = Client.GetStream(); //new stream to send instructions
ControlsUpdate controlsUpdate = new ControlsUpdate(); //generate a new set of controls to send off to the simulator
controlsUpdate.Throttle = trkThrottle.Value; //setting the new throttle control instructions to the trackbar value
controlsUpdate.ElevatorPitch = trkElevator.Value * 0.1; //setting the new pitch control instructions to the trackbar value
Sender.stream = stream;
Sender.SendData(controlsUpdate);//pass controlsUpdate object to SendData function to be sent off to the simulator
Thread.Sleep(0100);
}
//
//Sending values to simulator from trackbars
//
private void sendTrackbarValues()
{
ControlsUpdate controlsUpdate = new ControlsUpdate();
//
// Assigning values from track bar to struck
//
controlsUpdate.Throttle = trkThrottle.Value;
controlsUpdate.ElevatorPitch = Convert.ToDouble(trkElevatorPitch.Value) / 10;
//
// geting stream and sending serialized data
//
JavaScriptSerializer Serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
string jsonString = Serializer.Serialize(controlsUpdate);
NetworkStream stream = client.GetStream();
byte[] rawData = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(jsonString); // serializing data
stream.Write(rawData, 0, rawData.Length); // writting to stream
//
// passing json string
//
addSendMessage(jsonString);
}