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ForceSender communication protocol

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Building Q&A / FAQ' started by sep_5, Jan 6, 2011.

  1. sep_5

    sep_5 New Member

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    Hi, I'm building a Stewart platform based simulator as my school project. As the second computer (wich should be running the Profiler app) is running linux. So I'm asking about the communication protocol of the ForceSender app, how is the data sended, structure of
    the data etc.
    Thx for the reply.
  2. egoexpress

    egoexpress Active Member

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    Using Force Sender and Profiler on windows, while running the stewart algorithm on the linux machine could be an option. Via the X-Sim USO you would receive already scaled and filtered X,Y,Z,Rx,Ry,Rz axis data from the windows game machine, which you simply would have to feed into a self coded stewart algorithm application on the linux machine.
    The USO (Universal Serial Output) output command line would be something like this (example for 6 DOF with 8bit resolution [while AB is a randomly definable start command variable]):
    AB~255~~a01~~a02~~a03~~a04~a05~~a06~

    Regards
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    He's asking for the protocol of the Sender sending data to the Profiler.
    I guess he wants to write a linux app that can handle the data sent by the Sender, which I'd say, isn't such a bad idea. ;)

    M.
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    bvillersjr Active Member

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    There is no formal SDK or API and no such documentation currently. The USO route would be the fastest way to accomplish the goal until an SDK is ready.

    When SirNoName has time to explain it, I would be happy to document it.