Motion Simulation Software SimTools SimTools v2.6.1

It doesn't solve the 127 limit in the output.
My settings for output are:


And with a simple c# code to retrieve the bytes from the string:
If value at maximum (sway):


Medium:


Minimum:


When simtools writes the binary output to a string, it's using basic ASCII, only 7 bits, so we only get values up to 127.
We need extended ASCII.

I might be completely wrong...

Yes I reboot.
Thank's for taking a look.

Good sleep

@yobuddy

Any news?

I tried, but now with 16 bit and binary, I get from 2 to 4 bytes for the value.
83 and 126 are the start of info.
58 and 127 separators.
You can see bellow, that we get up to 4 bytes:

OK,

@yobuddy, I solved the problem.
I didn't noticed that this was a plugin.



So I modified the code to send UShort values and now it's working, but only for binary and 16 bits:
The changed code for the plugin:

Code:

    'My Output data Structure
    Private MyMMFData As New MMFData
    Private Structure MMFData
        Public _Axis1a As UShort
        Public _Axis2a As UShort
        Public _Axis3a As UShort
        Public _Axis4a As UShort
        Public _Axis5a As UShort
        Public _Axis6a As UShort
        Public _Axis1b As UShort
        Public _Axis2b As UShort
        Public _Axis3b As UShort
        Public _Axis4b As UShort
        Public _Axis5b As UShort
        Public _Axis6b As UShort
    End Structure

    'write MMF to memory
    Private Sub SendMMF(MyData As MMFData)
        Dim accessor As System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles.MemoryMappedViewAccessor = Interface_MMF.CreateViewAccessor()
        accessor.Write(0, MyMMFData._Axis1a)
        accessor.Write(2, MyMMFData._Axis2a)
        accessor.Write(4, MyMMFData._Axis3a)
        accessor.Write(6, MyMMFData._Axis4a)
        accessor.Write(8, MyMMFData._Axis5a)
        accessor.Write(10, MyMMFData._Axis6a)
        accessor.Write(12, MyMMFData._Axis1b)
        accessor.Write(14, MyMMFData._Axis2b)
        accessor.Write(16, MyMMFData._Axis3b)
        accessor.Write(18, MyMMFData._Axis4b)
        accessor.Write(20, MyMMFData._Axis5b)
        accessor.Write(22, MyMMFData._Axis6b)
        accessor.Dispose()
    End Sub

    'Returns the final output scaled to BitsNeeded and with Type
    Private Function GetOutPut(ByVal InputPercent As Double, ByVal BitsNeeded As String, ByVal Type As String) As UShort
        Dim OutPut As UShort = 0
        'ONLY FOR 16 BITS AND BINARY
        If InputPercent >= 0 Then
            OutPut = CUShort((InputPercent * 32768) + 32767)
        Else
            OutPut = CUShort(32767 - (InputPercent * -32767))
        End If
        Return OutPut
    End Function

And the dll to test for download

In the plugin you are using ASCII encoding.

From Microsoft @ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.text.asciiencoding?view=netframework-4.7.2

With the serial interface and binary output, I have no problems.
The sample code for memory mapped file:

Code:

    Private Sub SendMMF(MyData As MMFData)
        Dim Buffer As Byte() = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(MyMMFData._Axis1a & "," & MyMMFData._Axis2a & "," & MyMMFData._Axis3a & "," & MyMMFData._Axis4a & "," & MyMMFData._Axis5a & "," & MyMMFData._Axis6a & "," & MyMMFData._Axis1b & "," & MyMMFData._Axis2b & "," & MyMMFData._Axis3b & "," & MyMMFData._Axis4b & "," & MyMMFData._Axis5b & "," & MyMMFData._Axis6b & ",")
        Dim accessor As System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles.MemoryMappedViewAccessor = Interface_MMF.CreateViewAccessor()
        accessor.Write(0, CUShort(Buffer.Length))
        accessor.WriteArray(0, Buffer, 0, Buffer.Length)
        accessor.Dispose()
    End Sub

Replaced with:

Code:

    Private Sub SendMMF(MyData As MMFData)
        Dim accessor As System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles.MemoryMappedViewAccessor = Interface_MMF.CreateViewAccessor()
        Dim x As String = MyMMFData._Axis1a & "," & MyMMFData._Axis2a & "," & MyMMFData._Axis3a & "," & MyMMFData._Axis4a & "," & MyMMFData._Axis5a & "," & MyMMFData._Axis6a & "," & MyMMFData._Axis1b & "," & MyMMFData._Axis2b & "," & MyMMFData._Axis3b & "," & MyMMFData._Axis4b & "," & MyMMFData._Axis5b & "," & MyMMFData._Axis6b & ","
        For n As Int32 = 0 To x.Length - 1
            accessor.Write(n, CByte(Asc(x(n))))
        Next
        accessor.Dispose()
    End Sub

works.

I had this problem of internet connection yesterday with registration because I changed my SSD that I cloned, I had version 2.3 and I had to re-register my license. I downloaded version 2.3.1 and it worked perfectly.
Thank you for your work.

Ps: a pity for me, because before that I tried to reinstall simtools and I lost all my settings ...

of course, that's what I did at first but as nothing worked because I reinstalled the version 2.3, I finally uninstall everything and delete all the files related to simtools and then I reinstalled everything again and there , always nothing.
that's when I decided to search the internet and found that version 2.3.1 fixed this problem.
it's not a big deal, today I should finish putting all my settings right. ;-)

going to update, just a few questions


will it automatically see that i already have a licence key installed ?
-if not where do i find it to write it down?

after deleting all old settings do i have to set up again from scratch ?

i have to re-do the game plug in ?


big thanks in advance

My Simtools was installed a couple of years ago so it must be an old version

I’ll try re-fresh my memory & re-do from scratch

Big thanks for the help all