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XCSoar never is able to pick up a 'GPS fix' #1

Closed jeffchrisope closed 3 years ago

jeffchrisope commented 3 years ago

I'm definitely getting TCP traffic into XCSoar, so everything else is working, but a) the timestamps of all the NMEA sentences never seems to advance beyond the H:M:S that your .exe was launched, and b) lat/long in the RMC and GGA sentences don't seem to ever have anything but 0/0. I'm guessing some combination of these two things makes XCSoar think the data isn't valid yet?

matc17 commented 3 years ago

Hi,

you are right. As long as you didn't start a flight AFTER the Exe was started it keeps sending a one-time dummy string. It just does this to avoid XCSoar showing error. But once you start a new flight it should show valid fix, doesn't it? Unfortuntately you must follow this strict order, otherwise there is not GPS data coming through Flight Simulator SDK. Credits to Microsoft on that :-(

matc17 commented 3 years ago

Hi Jeff,

please try 0.2 release which should always provide proper GPS Fix.

Please keep Flight Simulator in main menu until Exe says "Connected". Then hopefully when starting a flight it sould show proper GPS coordinates. If not please let me know.

jeffchrisope commented 3 years ago

Yep, that did it! Thanks much, seems to be working!

jeffchrisope commented 3 years ago

BTW, in case you didn't know, there's a Facebook group specifically for glider pilots in MSFS - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1803376689823050 - if you're interested. Also a link in there to a glider MSFS Discord channel.

matc17 commented 3 years ago

Thx for the hint. However I gave up facebook some years ago. Also I quit gliding som years ago and started powered ultralight flight. Still think gliding is the best way to fly, however it turned to be incompatible to my way of life (being working person with working wife & 2 small kids).