Getting real time data for custom motion simulator

Thanks for that help.
New problem. I've been working on the plugin and testing it using one computer which isn't the computer used for the actual simulator and now that I'm trying the plugin on the simulator computer it doesn't load into rFactor 2? I start rF2 as I did on the other computer with the plugin in the plugin folder but when I start a race I don't get the plugin icon in the corner... Help!
The only difference I can think of is that the data folder is on a different drive to the core, but that shouldn't affect it, surely?

Try this UDPClient to see if you receive any data via udp. NB: as mentioned before, rFactor2 only starts sending data about 5 sec after the race has started!
UDPClient.zip

I already have Wireshark installed for checking packets but used UDPClient anyway. I got nothing. It just doesn't seem to load the plugin at all :S

Double-check if the dll, that you have copied to your control PC really works on your programming PC.
Check, if there are other, unnecessary plugins/dll's in C:\Games\rFactor2\Plugins (or wherever you have installed rFactor2) and remove them. They might interfere with your dll.

I just checked and it works on my programming PC. I have a motec plugin in the original install location, but I removed that and also did a fresh install of rF2 to move it to the SSD (uninstall off HDD, reinstall on SSD) so there should be no additional DLLs. I thought it might have been one of the other programs we use while running the simulator interfering (MATLAB/Simulink and Sol7) but I restarted the computer and didn't start them and still nothing. Any other suggestions are welcome! This is annoying.

Fontys, even though I cannot afford to build a hydraulic platform I would very much like to have more details on how your built yours. What parts did you use off the shelf, and what did you fabricate? How is it plumbed? What is the electrical scheme? Wonderful project, thanks again for sharing.

IT WORKS! I have no idea what changed to make the UDP plugin work, but it does now. So yay. I'll send more updates etc. if people are interested.

Hi Historiker. Our platform is a research project that was started before I started here, but nonetheless I know what they did.
Hydraulics platform is from Bosch Rexroth: www.boschrexroth.nl/country_units/europe/netherlands/subwebsites/applications_motion_new/micromotion/index.jsp
Force feedback previously used the power steering motor from the Mitsubishi Colt, but I am currently upgrading so it uses a better motor and controller to increase the fidelity of the Force Feedback.
The information that this dll gets out of rF2 is sent over UDP and received by a PC/104 which runs a Simulink model. This model unpacks the UDP packet and uses the information to do several things:
- send the correct information to the computer that controls the hydraulics so that it can move it properly
- uses Pacejka's magic formula to calculate force feedback forces and sends them to the FFB controller
- outputs relevant info over CAN so that the original dials in the car work as expected
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j4w612awg26rpdz/Outline.png

That's essentially it. There's a input and output hydraulics line for the motion platform which goes to a hydraulics cabinet, but it's fairly basic as it's pre-made mostly.