{ Copyright 2005-2012 Sandy Barbour and Ben Supnik All rights reserved. See license.txt for usage. X-Plane SDK Version: 2.1.1 } UNIT XPLMNavigation; INTERFACE { XPLMNavigation - THEORY OF OPERATION The XPLM Navigation APIs give you some access to the navigation databases inside X-Plane. X-Plane stores all navigation information in RAM, so by using these APIs you can gain access to most information without having to go to disk or parse the files yourself. You can also use this API to program the FMS. You must use the navigation APIs to find the nav-aids you want to program into the FMS, since the FMS is powered internally by x-plane's navigation database. } USES XPLMDefs; {$A4} {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS} {$DEFINE DELPHI} {$ENDIF} {___________________________________________________________________________ * NAVIGATION DATABASE ACCESS ___________________________________________________________________________} { } { XPLMNavType These enumerations define the different types of navaids. They are each defined with a separate bit so that they may be bit-wise added together to form sets of nav-aid types. NOTE: xplm_Nav_LatLon is a specific lat-lon coordinate entered into the FMS. It will not exist in the database, and cannot be programmed into the FMS. Querying the FMS for navaids will return it. Use XPLMSetFMSEntryLatLon to set a lat/lon waypoint. } TYPE XPLMNavType = ( xplm_Nav_Unknown = 0 ,xplm_Nav_Airport = 1 ,xplm_Nav_NDB = 2 ,xplm_Nav_VOR = 4 ,xplm_Nav_ILS = 8 ,xplm_Nav_Localizer = 16 ,xplm_Nav_GlideSlope = 32 ,xplm_Nav_OuterMarker = 64 ,xplm_Nav_MiddleMarker = 128 ,xplm_Nav_InnerMarker = 256 ,xplm_Nav_Fix = 512 ,xplm_Nav_DME = 1024 ,xplm_Nav_LatLon = 2048 ); PXPLMNavType = ^XPLMNavType; { XPLMNavRef XPLMNavRef is an iterator into the navigation database. The navigation database is essentially an array, but it is not necessarily densely populated. The only assumption you can safely make is that like-typed nav-aids are grouped together. Use XPLMNavRef to refer to a nav-aid. XPLM_NAV_NOT_FOUND is returned by functions that return an XPLMNavRef when the iterator must be invalid. } XPLMNavRef = integer; PXPLMNavRef = ^XPLMNavRef; CONST XPLM_NAV_NOT_FOUND = -1; { XPLMGetFirstNavAid This returns the very first navaid in the database. Use this to traverse the entire database. Returns XPLM_NAV_NOT_FOUND if the nav database is empty. } FUNCTION XPLMGetFirstNavAid: XPLMNavRef; {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMGetNextNavAid Given a nav aid ref, this routine returns the next navaid. It returns XPLM_NAV_NOT_FOUND if the nav aid passed in was invalid or if the navaid passed in was the last one in the database. Use this routine to iterate across all like-typed navaids or the entire database. WARNING: due to a bug in the SDK, when fix loading is disabled in the rendering settings screen, calling this routine with the last airport returns a bogus nav aid. Using this nav aid can crash x-plane. } FUNCTION XPLMGetNextNavAid( inNavAidRef : XPLMNavRef) : XPLMNavRef; {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMFindFirstNavAidOfType This routine returns the ref of the first navaid of the given type in the database or XPLM_NAV_NOT_FOUND if there are no navaids of that type in the database. You must pass exactly one nav aid type to this routine. WARNING: due to a bug in the SDK, when fix loading is disabled in the rendering settings screen, calling this routine with fixes returns a bogus nav aid. Using this nav aid can crash x-plane. } FUNCTION XPLMFindFirstNavAidOfType( inType : XPLMNavType) : XPLMNavRef; {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMFindLastNavAidOfType This routine returns the ref of the last navaid of the given type in the database or XPLM_NAV_NOT_FOUND if there are no navaids of that type in the database. You must pass exactly one nav aid type to this routine. WARNING: due to a bug in the SDK, when fix loading is disabled in the rendering settings screen, calling this routine with fixes returns a bogus nav aid. Using this nav aid can crash x-plane. } FUNCTION XPLMFindLastNavAidOfType( inType : XPLMNavType) : XPLMNavRef; {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMFindNavAid This routine provides a number of searching capabilities for the nav database. XPLMFindNavAid will search through every nav aid whose type is within inType (multiple types may be added together) and return any nav-aids found based on the following rules: If inLat and inLon are not NULL, the navaid nearest to that lat/lon will be returned, otherwise the last navaid found will be returned. If inFrequency is not NULL, then any navaids considered must match this frequency. Note that this will screen out radio beacons that do not have frequency data published (like inner markers) but not fixes and airports. If inNameFragment is not NULL, only navaids that contain the fragment in their name will be returned. If inIDFragment is not NULL, only navaids that contain the fragment in their IDs will be returned. This routine provides a simple way to do a number of useful searches: Find the nearest navaid on this frequency. Find the nearest airport. Find the VOR whose ID is "KBOS". Find the nearest airport whose name contains "Chicago". } FUNCTION XPLMFindNavAid( inNameFragment : Pchar; { Can be nil } inIDFragment : Pchar; { Can be nil } inLat : Psingle; { Can be nil } inLon : Psingle; { Can be nil } inFrequency : Pinteger; { Can be nil } inType : XPLMNavType) : XPLMNavRef; {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMGetNavAidInfo This routine returns information about a navaid. Any non-null field is filled out with information if it is available. Frequencies are in the nav.dat convention as described in the X-Plane nav database FAQ: NDB frequencies are exact, all others are multiplied by 100. The buffer for IDs should be at least 6 chars and the buffer for names should be at least 41 chars, but since these values are likely to go up, I recommend passing at least 32 chars for IDs and 256 chars for names when possible. The outReg parameter tells if the navaid is within the local "region" of loaded DSFs. (This information may not be particularly useful to plugins.) The parameter is a single byte value 1 for true or 0 for false, not a C string. } PROCEDURE XPLMGetNavAidInfo( inRef : XPLMNavRef; outType : PXPLMNavType; { Can be nil } outLatitude : Psingle; { Can be nil } outLongitude : Psingle; { Can be nil } outHeight : Psingle; { Can be nil } outFrequency : Pinteger; { Can be nil } outHeading : Psingle; { Can be nil } outID : Pchar; { Can be nil } outName : Pchar; { Can be nil } outReg : Pchar); { Can be nil } {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} {___________________________________________________________________________ * FLIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPUTER ___________________________________________________________________________} { Note: the FMS works based on an array of entries. Indices into the array are zero-based. Each entry is a nav-aid plus an altitude. The FMS tracks the currently displayed entry and the entry that it is flying to. The FMS must be programmed with contiguous entries, so clearing an entry at the end shortens the effective flight plan. There is a max of 100 waypoints in the flight plan. } { XPLMCountFMSEntries This routine returns the number of entries in the FMS. } FUNCTION XPLMCountFMSEntries: integer; {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMGetDisplayedFMSEntry This routine returns the index of the entry the pilot is viewing. } FUNCTION XPLMGetDisplayedFMSEntry: integer; {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMGetDestinationFMSEntry This routine returns the index of the entry the FMS is flying to. } FUNCTION XPLMGetDestinationFMSEntry: integer; {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMSetDisplayedFMSEntry This routine changes which entry the FMS is showing to the index specified. } PROCEDURE XPLMSetDisplayedFMSEntry( inIndex : integer); {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMSetDestinationFMSEntry This routine changes which entry the FMS is flying the aircraft toward. } PROCEDURE XPLMSetDestinationFMSEntry( inIndex : integer); {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMGetFMSEntryInfo This routine returns information about a given FMS entry. A reference to a navaid can be returned allowing you to find additional information (such as a frequency, ILS heading, name, etc.). Some information is available immediately. For a lat/lon entry, the lat/lon is returned by this routine but the navaid cannot be looked up (and the reference will be XPLM_NAV_NOT_FOUND. FMS name entry buffers should be at least 256 chars in length. } PROCEDURE XPLMGetFMSEntryInfo( inIndex : integer; outType : PXPLMNavType; { Can be nil } outID : Pchar; { Can be nil } outRef : PXPLMNavRef; { Can be nil } outAltitude : Pinteger; { Can be nil } outLat : Psingle; { Can be nil } outLon : Psingle); { Can be nil } {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMSetFMSEntryInfo This routine changes an entry in the FMS to have the destination navaid passed in and the altitude specified. Use this only for airports, fixes, and radio-beacon navaids. Currently of radio beacons, the FMS can only support VORs and NDBs. Use the routines below to clear or fly to a lat/lon. } PROCEDURE XPLMSetFMSEntryInfo( inIndex : integer; inRef : XPLMNavRef; inAltitude : integer); {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMSetFMSEntryLatLon This routine changes the entry in the FMS to a lat/lon entry with the given coordinates. } PROCEDURE XPLMSetFMSEntryLatLon( inIndex : integer; inLat : single; inLon : single; inAltitude : integer); {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMClearFMSEntry This routine clears the given entry, potentially shortening the flight plan. } PROCEDURE XPLMClearFMSEntry( inIndex : integer); {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} {___________________________________________________________________________ * GPS RECEIVER ___________________________________________________________________________} { These APIs let you read data from the GPS unit. } { XPLMGetGPSDestinationType This routine returns the type of the currently selected GPS destination, one of fix, airport, VOR or NDB. } FUNCTION XPLMGetGPSDestinationType: XPLMNavType; {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} { XPLMGetGPSDestination This routine returns the current GPS destination. } FUNCTION XPLMGetGPSDestination: XPLMNavRef; {$IFDEF DELPHI} cdecl; external 'XPLM.DLL'; {$ELSE} cdecl; external ''; {$ENDIF} IMPLEMENTATION END.