[x] Rework the broadcaster to support COM alongside UDP
[x] Test in Sky Demon
[x] Add the get available com ports command
[x] Rework the UI to support COM alongside UDP
[x] Release v0.3.0-alpha.1
[x] Test in Jeppesen Flitеdesk
[x] Update the documentation
There are some decisions that I've taken that I'm not sure of:
PRESSURE ALTITUDE from MSFS is reported over COM rather than the PLANE ALTITUDE used for X-Plane mode. PRESSURE ALTITUDE seems more accurate in Sky Demon when the data is sent over COM.
A hard-coded GPGSA message is broadcasted every second. Its value, $GPGSA,A,3,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12,1.0,1.0,1.0*30\r\n, should mean perfect accuracy.
A pair of GPGGA and GPRMC messages are broadcasted each interval. GPGGA contains the location and altitude. GPRMC contains the location, ground speed and track.
The NMEA protocol contains some fields for which SimConnect doesn't provide a value.
Implements #28.
TODO
There are some decisions that I've taken that I'm not sure of:
PRESSURE ALTITUDEfrom MSFS is reported over COM rather than thePLANE ALTITUDEused for X-Plane mode.PRESSURE ALTITUDEseems more accurate in Sky Demon when the data is sent over COM.GPGSAmessage is broadcasted every second. Its value,$GPGSA,A,3,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12,1.0,1.0,1.0*30\r\n, should mean perfect accuracy.GPGGAandGPRMCmessages are broadcasted each interval.GPGGAcontains the location and altitude.GPRMCcontains the location, ground speed and track.PDOP- I default it to1.0HDOP- I default it to1.0VDOP- I default it to1.0Geoid Separation- I default it to0.0Age of Diff. Corr.- I left it emptyDiff. Ref. Station ID- I left it empty