philipp Posted October 11, 2011 Report Posted October 11, 2011 Hello, all,this is some hot news from the development headquarter:I have been asked numerous times if it was possible to have the CDU (the "FMS console") on a separate screen, like vasFMC. While many of you like the 3D cockpit with 2D FMS popup, there are people who would like to utilize a second monitor for the CDU.I usually have my notebook at hand when flying, to display charts and checklists in the browser (printing charts is so last century!). It always bothered me I couldn't have my CRJ FMS on it.Until today.Today I want to unveil the new remote CDU for the CRJ, that allows you to operate the CRJ FMS from outside X-Plane, on another screen or networked computer.A networked computer is perfect for driving a touchscreen if you build your homecockpit.But, wouldn't it be great if you could use the most amazing touchscreen in the world as your CDU?With CRJ remote CDU, you can: The remote CDU is written in HTML5, and it works on iPad!(or any Android Tablet. Or Blackberry Playbook. Or Kindle Fire. Or HP Touchpad. Just anything that has a decent HTML5 capable browser). Here it is on a Android Honeycomb tablet:Remote CDU will be shown in a hands-on demo at FSWeekend.Remote CDU will be available as an upgrade to the CRJ for a small fee of $499, and it comes with a free iPad included.No, just kidding It will be available as a free update for all CRJ customers, and if it makes you want to buy an iPad, well, go ahead...Philipp 2 Quote
OlaHaldor Posted October 12, 2011 Report Posted October 12, 2011 Awesome! Been missing such a tool for the iPad since AirTrack doesn't work with the CRJ. Quote
Kieran Posted October 12, 2011 Report Posted October 12, 2011 Thanks Philipp.Any chance that other displays will be able to be viewed on a separate monitor? Quote
Rexxxy77 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Posted October 12, 2011 I just got a Motorola Xoom Tablet last month, great news Philipp Quote
franjimenez Posted October 12, 2011 Report Posted October 12, 2011 Wow¡¡¡ Now I only need a tablet. Thanks. Quote
bokepacha Posted October 13, 2011 Report Posted October 13, 2011 Congrats for this awesome work guys!!!. Quote
Nik Posted October 20, 2011 Report Posted October 20, 2011 ok this is definately cool!just a question: is the CDU texture scalable and adjustable in order to fit it on any of those tablet available? (in the way you don't need to scroll up and down or left and right? Quote
Japo32 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Posted October 20, 2011 At the moment is not scaleable, but the proportiohs are good for almoas every tablet or phone.. and you can just pinch and zoom to fit in all screen. Demonstrations in Lelystad. Quote
Nik Posted October 20, 2011 Report Posted October 20, 2011 and you can just pinch and zoom to fit in all screen.ok, this way is good enough to make it usable in any case thanks Quote
philipp Posted October 20, 2011 Author Report Posted October 20, 2011 The CDU can be zoomed in and out, preserving the aspect ratio. It's a website. You can zoom like you can zoom any website on the tablet browser. Quote
Kyle Sanders Posted October 23, 2011 Report Posted October 23, 2011 ok GREAT! now how do i get this? I have my JROLLON CRJ2 on my iMac and a iPhone 3GS and an iPad2. Quote
philipp Posted October 23, 2011 Author Report Posted October 23, 2011 ok GREAT! now how do i get this? I have my JROLLON CRJ2 on my iMac and a iPhone 3GS and an iPad2.Remote CDU will be shown in a hands-on demo at FSWeekend.It will be available as a free update for all CRJ customersNote the future tense in the announcement.Philipp Quote
Dozer Posted October 24, 2011 Report Posted October 24, 2011 Well this is awesome.What would be even better would be if I could use this to dial into other people's CRJs without their knowing, and send them on amusing diversions. Is this possible? Quote
philipp Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Posted October 24, 2011 Well this is awesome.What would be even better would be if I could use this to dial into other people's CRJs without their knowing, and send them on amusing diversions. Is this possible?Only on the same subnet. To mess with other people's CDUs over the internet, you need their WAN IP (or a dyndns account), they must have set port forwarding on their router, and they must allow connections from the "outside" (WAN) to the port the CRJ remote CDU server runs on. Philipp Quote
Dozer Posted October 25, 2011 Report Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) Only on the same subnet. To mess with other people's CDUs over the internet, you need their WAN IP (or a dyndns account), they must have set port forwarding on their router, and they must allow connections from the "outside" (WAN) to the port the CRJ remote CDU server runs on.PhilippHmm. That seems likely to be beyond the scope of the CRJ's installer to set up automatically. What a shame; I won't be making any subtle virtual hijackings then!This HTML-based gauge is a great achievement, Philipp! I've not seen this technique used before. Do you think there's scope to use HTML5 for cockpit instruments that aren't visually a computer system? (I'm thinking here of systems like weather radar.) Edited October 25, 2011 by Dozer Quote
Ben Russell Posted October 26, 2011 Report Posted October 26, 2011 Six years ago: http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showtopic=15876 Quote
philipp Posted November 26, 2011 Author Report Posted November 26, 2011 While everyone is crazy trying X-Plane 10, I ironed out the last bugs of the update and did the (hopefully!) last compile. Expect to see a rollout soon 1 Quote
Japo32 Posted November 26, 2011 Report Posted November 26, 2011 Not only Android!! Any phone.. or screen.. or whatever you have a webbroser and a wifi connection you will be able to use the new remote FMS. Quote
woweezowee Posted November 26, 2011 Report Posted November 26, 2011 great news, philipp, thank you! Quote
dirkhh Posted November 30, 2011 Report Posted November 30, 2011 One simple question? How do I use it? There is no Readme 1.3 - nothing else that I could find that would tell me what URL to use in my mobile web browser.I must be missing something... Quote
rosariomanzo Posted November 30, 2011 Report Posted November 30, 2011 A big thank you to the developers, can't wait for the weekend to try the new version out.Have a nice day! Quote
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