Question Trying to log simtools output to Dof reality

i'm trying to log the output to check what's being sent to my dof reality's arduino. I tried setting up interface 6 as a network outputting to port 9000 on 127.0.0.1 and then used microsoft network monitor to try and capture the output. It couldn't see any output though.

Any suggestions anyone for how to make this work, or suggest a different way?

You can modify one of the sample plugins (here) and output the values directly into a file for example.

That sounds like a fun challenge - I'll give that a go thanks.

As I'm trying to capture output when flying in AeroFly FS2 I guess I need to start with the source for that plugin, do you have that? Actually I think you did make something close to this when we were debugging the FS2 problem as I recall a version that output data to a DOS window.

I managed to get the output this way. Set up interface6 as follows and then downloaded ncat.exe from https://nmap.org/ncat/ and ran

ncat -l -u 445 > output.txt

@value1 @yobuddy - many thanks guys for your feedback. The perfect team! I'm doing this to try and disentangle why my platform doesn't feel right, isolating Aerofly FS2 plugin, Washout algorithms and Platform mechanics. I'm leaning towards the washout behaviour appearing strange. I used the above logging to capture data from:

1) The Extra2 (roll/sec) DOF with washout applied, which I've been using to control my platform roll
2) Raw bank angle @100%
3) Extra2 @100%

I then turned off other DOFs, so my platform was only responding to the Extra2. The other DOFs were just for logging and I put them on Axis4 and Axis5. Then I went flying. Rolling to the right, holding it as best I could, then levelling, then rolling to the left. Initially modest 20 degree type turns, then some stronger ones. I captured at 10ms intervals then sampled that data at 50ms and plotted it in Excel and made the following JPEG. Maybe I have washout wrong, but it doesn't do what I think it should. I'm using:
Smoothing: 100%
Washout Gain: 55%
Washout Return: 75%

Here's what i got with some comments on the jpeg.

If you're able to look at the washout code @yobuddy, here's the raw hex output in case its useful.
A=Smoothed & washed out roll/sec
B=Bank angle 100% = Roll
C=Raw 100% roll/sec

I'm on holiday for a few weeks from Monday but happy to do any more tests that might be helpful before then.

Thanks. Yes I can see the delays on the graph, but they were not bothering me when flying. Or I should say that the overall feeling was better with max smoothing. Perhaps with tweaks to washout I could run with less smoothing.