Re: [certi-dev] HLA Plugin for XPlane / interoperability

[Eric Noulard]

2008/5/30 Gotthard,Petr <address@hidden>:
> Hi Eric, JMMathé and all,
> I also find the HLA Plugin for XPlane very interesting. Thanks to Christian 
> for discovering it. ;-)
>
> One comment: would you consider using a standartized SOM and defined 
> endianess? (The only SOM standard I found is the one defined by SISO and used 
> in my FlightGear HLA plug-in.)

You are talking of RPR-FOM right?
http://www.sisostds.org/index.php?tg=fileman&idx=get&id=5&gr=Y&path=SISO+Products%2FSISO+Standards&file=RPR-FOMV1.0_Final.pdf

Yes using RPR-FOM is a good option, we did begin with an handcrafted
fed file but we may
switch to a standard FOM.

In both case we "just" need a map file which map simulation tool
specific name (FlightGear, XPlane) to
the chosen HLA SOM.


> It would be great to see both X-Plane and FlightGear interoperable via HLA.

Yep I agree.
We could imagine a nice multi-site demo :=)

> There are some issuses that needs to be solved (and perhaps this mailing list 
> is not the right discussion platform),

The certi mailing list is low-level so I think it can stand some
loosely off-topic discussion.
If we need more interested stakeholder may send private e-mail.

We may even arrange phone conference call.

> but a standartized SOM would solve half of the interperability problems.

Yes, I agree.

-- 
Erk