Welcome to MovingMapMaster 0.3 (freeware) ============================== Introduction and important notice ================================= This program supports especially FS2000 (and FS98), but unfortunately not newer versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator like FS2004. But if you would like to continue using your Moving Map Software with newer versions like FS2004, I recommend GPSout to you, which can be found here: http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.html and is similar to my program. Although my program MMMaster is now out of date, I decided to keep this downloadable package, since it seems that it had some "success" and was seen by many people and because I would like to make some "propaganda" for peter's program now. With his program the same screenshots, as seen here, are possible. If you have got some questions or if you are still interested in the code of my program, just send an email to: marcmooser@bluewin.ch Kind Regards Marc Mooser PS: Peter Dowson developed GPSout, after I drew his attention to my program and what was now possible with it, "something not seen before". PPS: A good Scenery for Switzerland can be found here, for example: switzerland4. Old Description of MMMaster: ============================ "MovingMapMaster" is a little tool which grabs the current position of your airplane (when you are flying with FS2000) and sends the latitude/longitude-information (by using the COM1-Port) to a second computer, where you may follow your airplane on a (really good and detailed) map: Programs like [Fugawi] which normally receives the latitude/longitude-data from GPS-devices and displays your position on a moving map will now get the position directly from FS2000 and they will be able to display and update the position of your airplane! To do the connection MovingMapMaster uses the NMEA-0183-Standard (see links) [which is used eg. by Fugawi] --> So it's now possible to follow your airplane moving on a detailed map (with the normal geographic information like mountains, cities, villages, streets, rivers etc)! : -------------- -------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | COM1 Serial Connection | | -------------- --------------------------------> -------------- Computer #1 Computer #2 running FS2000 and MovingMapMaster running Fugawi or another Moving Map Software with NMEA 0183 Support ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Requirements ============ Software -------- 1) FS2000 (or FS98) 2) [files contained in this package] - MovingMapMaster.exe - fs6ipc.dll in MODULES folder 3) a moving map software like Fugawi (,TravelCenter,SwissMap,or something else which understands NMEA 0183) see links for where to find them Hardware -------- a serial null-modem cable (possibly two computers) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation ============ files _____ copy MovingMapMaster.exe to any directory! on 1st computer copy fs6ipc_6_1_0_53\fs6ipc.dll to F2000\Modules\ on 1st computer connection __________ connect computer#1[Com1] with computer#2 by using a serial null-modem cable Moving Map Software ___________________ install a moving map software on the 2nd computer and make sure that the GPS-Receiving-Settings are set to 4800 Baud no parity 1 Stopbit 8 Databit (nmea-standard) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using ===== - make sure both computer are connected (Hyperterminal) - run Fugawi or a similar program on the 2nd computer (4800,N,1,8) - run FS2000 (or FS98?) first and then run MovingMapMaster on the 1st computer (it will write latidute/longitude-informations to the console) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using on a single PC ==================== Certainly you may also use testfs with only one single computer! [see screenshots] In this case you have to connect COM1 and COM2: ------------ | |com1 >-----_ | | \ | | / | |com2 <-----serial null-modem cable ------------ Computer #1 And you have to change the settings of your GPS-Moving-Map Software to COM2! (..,4800,N,8,1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ToDo ==== - now only a single NMEA-sentence is supported (GPRMC) - make code better... - test it with FS98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author ====== Marc Mooser Bern, July, August 2000 marcmooser@yahoo.com or mooser@swissonline.ch * please inform me when you are planning to change the code or when you are writing a similar program yourself! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks ====== Thanks to the authors of fs6ipc, elecom11 and IPCclass : Adam Szofran [fs6ipc] Maarten Bekers [elecom11] Jason Grooms and Alessandro Antonini [IPCclass] * ************************************************************* *