dcspanel.mp4
Operate DCS from your a web browser, which lets you do things like have CDUs on a tablet. This is just the very basics, and does not yet include all the controls or imagery required to be good.
- Install DCS-BIOS. I have been using the fork, as it seems lighter weight and more up to date.
git clone https://github.com/glenmurphy/dcspanel/cd dcspanelcargo run- You probably need to grant both private and public firewall access
- Run DCS, start something like the A10C "Takeoff" instant action mission
- Right-click on the new icon in your tray and select 'Show'
- Access the webserver on port 8217 (e.g. http://localhost:8217/)
- You should see the CDU fill out
- If you want to add your own controls, edit or create a file in
panels/, and reference it in index.html. The IDs are from the referenced 'schema' JSON files. - If you want to add controls from other aircraft, you'll also need to import the appropriate JSON from the DCS BIOS Ctrl-REF
- This contains a small webserver that serves up the panel as HTML, and routes DCS-BIOS messages to and from it via websocket
rsbiosis the module that handles the DCS-BIOS communicationpanelis the module that handles the web server and the systray- the 'dist' folder contains all the HTML+JS that handles the frontend
- The Rust modules use the pattern of "every module is in its own thread, communicating with channels". You can see how this is all routed together in src/main.rs
- Design
- More control types; currently only supports momentary buttons, 3-way momentary rockers, and text displays (all the things the A-10C CDU needs). There are many other controls needed (e.g. rotaries and toggles)
- The remaining 98% of the work