// used only for testing
public PlanePos GetLocation()
{
PlanePos plane = new PlanePos();
Random rnd = new Random();
plane.lattitude = rnd.NextDouble() * 90;
plane.longtitude = rnd.NextDouble() * 180;
return(plane);
}
public PlanePos GetPlanePosition(string ip, int port)
{
// the string we need to send to the simulator to get the values
string logtitude = "get /position/longitude-deg" + Environment.NewLine;
string latitude = "get /position/latitude-deg" + Environment.NewLine;
string rudder = "get /controls/flight/rudder" + Environment.NewLine;
string throttle = "get /controls/engines/current-engine/throttle" + Environment.NewLine;
PlanePos result = new PlanePos();
try
{
IPEndPoint ep = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse(ip), port);
TcpClient client = new TcpClient();
client.Connect(ep);
using (NetworkStream stream = client.GetStream())
using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(stream))
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
// read the values we need from the simulator
string answer;
writer.Write(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(logtitude));
// make sure the data gets to the server right now.
writer.Flush();
answer = reader.ReadLine();
result.longtitude = getNum(answer);
writer.Write(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(latitude));
// make sure the data gets to the server right now.
writer.Flush();
answer = reader.ReadLine();
result.lattitude = getNum(answer);
writer.Write(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(rudder));
writer.Flush();
answer = reader.ReadLine();
result.rudder = getNum(answer);
writer.Write(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(throttle));
writer.Flush();
answer = reader.ReadLine();
result.throttle = getNum(throttle);
}
// close the connection.
client.Close();
}
catch (Exception)
{
result.lattitude = 0;
result.longtitude = 0;
}
// return the plane position with the parameters
return(result);
}