MovingMapMaster       (freeware)
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       Introduction 
       ============

       "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


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       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)





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   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)


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       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)

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       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)


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       ToDo
       ====
       - now only a single NMEA-sentence is supported (GPRMC)
       - make code better... 
       - test it with FS98



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       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!



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       Thanks
       ====== 
 
       Thanks to the authors of fs6ipc, elecom11 and IPCclass :


       Adam Szofran                                   [fs6ipc]

       Maarten Bekers                                 [elecom11]

       Jason Grooms and Alessandro Antonini           [IPCclass]






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