A class that provides information about the AI aircraft in Flight Simulator. This reads the TCAS tables from FSUIPC and presents the information in a .NET friendly collection of AIPlaneInfo classes. More...

Public Member Functions
AIPlaneInfo	GetPlaneInfoByID (int ID)
	Retrieves a specific AIPlaneInfo object with the specified ID. More...

void	UpdateExtendedPlaneIndentifiers (bool TailNumber, bool AirlineAndFlightNumber, bool AircraftTypeAndModel, bool AircraftTitle)

void	RefreshAITrafficInformation ()
	Refreshes the information for ground and air AI traffic More...

void	RefreshAITrafficInformation (FsAirportCollection Airports, AirportComponents Components)
	Refreshes the information for ground and air AI traffic More...

void	RefreshAITrafficInformation (FsAirport Airport, AirportComponents Components)
	Refreshes the information for ground and air AI traffic More...

void	RefreshAITrafficInformation (bool UpdateGroundTraffic, bool UpdateAirborneTraffic)
	Refreshes the information for ground and air AI traffic as specified More...

void	RefreshAITrafficInformation (bool UpdateGroundTraffic, bool UpdateAirborneTraffic, FsAirport Airport, AirportComponents Components)
	Refreshes the information for ground and air AI traffic as specified More...

void	RefreshAITrafficInformation (bool UpdateGroundTraffic, bool UpdateAirborneTraffic, FsAirportCollection Airports, AirportComponents Components)
	Refreshes the information for ground and air AI traffic as specified More...

void	ApplyFilter (bool ApplyToGroundTraffic, bool ApplyToAirborneTraffic, double StartBearing, double EndBearing, double? MinAltitude, double? MaxAltitude, double? WithinDistance)
	Applies a filter to the ground and/or airborne traffic lists. All traffic falling outside of the specified criteria is deleted from the traffic lists. More...

List< FsRunwayID >	GetArrivalRunwaysInUse (string AirportICAOCode)

Dictionary< string, List< FsRunwayID > >	GetArrivalRunwaysInUse ()

List< FsRunwayID >	GetDepartureRunwaysInUse (string AirportICAOCode)

Dictionary< string, List< FsRunwayID > >	GetDepartureRunwaysInUse ()

void	OverrideAirborneTrafficINISettings (ATCIdentifier? ATCId, byte? RangeInNM)

void	OverrideGroundTrafficINISettings (ATCIdentifier? ATCId, bool? PreferActive, byte? RangeInAirInNM, byte? RangeOnGroundInNM)

void	AddTCASTarget (int ID, string ATCIdentifier, AITrafficStatus State, FsLatitude Latitude, FsLongitude Longitude, double AltitudeFeet, double HeadingDegreesTrue, short GroundSpeedKnots, short VerticalSpeedFeet, short Com1)
	Adds a TCAS Target to the internal FSUIPC AI Traffic Tables. This does not add AI planes to Flight Sim. Add as many targets as you like and send them to FSUIPC with SendTCASTargets(). To erase an aircraft provide the specific id for that entry, and set the ATCIdentifier parameter to a zero-length string. In any case, FSUIPC will automatically erase any externally supplied aircraft after about 8�12 seconds if it receives no further updates in that time. Even if the aircraft is static you'll need to supply updates for it regularly. For FSX this feature REQUIRES FSUIPC4 version 4.536 or above. More...

void	SendTCASTargets ()
	Sends the TCAS targets added with AddTCASTarget() to FSUIPC. For FSX this feature REQUIRES FSUIPC4 version 4.536 or above. More...

Properties
AIPlaneInfoCollection	GroundTraffic `[get]`
	A .NET List of AIPlaneInfo objects representing AI traffic on the ground in order of distance from the player. The closest AI plane is the first in the list. More...

AIPlaneInfoCollection	AirborneTraffic `[get]`
	A .NET List of AIPlaneInfo objects representing AI traffic in the air in order of distance from the player. The closest AI plane is the first in the list. More...

AIPlaneInfoCollection	AllTraffic `[get]`
	A .NET List of AIPlaneInfo objects representing all AI traffic in order of distance from the player. The closest AI plane is the first in the list. More...

Detailed Description

A class that provides information about the AI aircraft in Flight Simulator. This reads the TCAS tables from FSUIPC and presents the information in a .NET friendly collection of AIPlaneInfo classes.

This class cannot be instantiated, you must obtain a reference to the active instance via the property on the FSUIPCConnection class.

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddTCASTarget()

void AddTCASTarget	(	int	ID,
		string	ATCIdentifier,
		AITrafficStatus	State,
		FsLatitude	Latitude,
		FsLongitude	Longitude,
		double	AltitudeFeet,
		double	HeadingDegreesTrue,
		short	GroundSpeedKnots,
		short	VerticalSpeedFeet,
		short	Com1
	)

inline

Adds a TCAS Target to the internal FSUIPC AI Traffic Tables. This does not add AI planes to Flight Sim. Add as many targets as you like and send them to FSUIPC with SendTCASTargets(). To erase an aircraft provide the specific id for that entry, and set the ATCIdentifier parameter to a zero-length string. In any case, FSUIPC will automatically erase any externally supplied aircraft after about 8�12 seconds if it receives no further updates in that time. Even if the aircraft is static you'll need to supply updates for it regularly. For FSX this feature REQUIRES FSUIPC4 version 4.536 or above.

Parameters

ID	Your own ID
ATCIdentifier	The ATC Identifier string (e.g. flight no or call sign etc...). Set to a zero-length string to erase the TCAS target from FSUIPC.
State	The state of the plane
Latitude	The Latitude of the plane
Longitude	The Longitude of the plane
AltitudeFeet	The Altitude of the plane in Feet
HeadingDegreesTrue	The True heading (not magnetic) of the plane in degrees.
GroundSpeedKnots	The ground speed of the plane in knots
VerticalSpeedFeet	The vortical speed of the plane in Feet per Second
Com1	COM1 frequency, 4 digits in BCD format. A frequency of 123.45 is represented by 0x2345. The leading 1 is assumed

◆ ApplyFilter()

void ApplyFilter	(	bool	ApplyToGroundTraffic,
		bool	ApplyToAirborneTraffic,
		double	StartBearing,
		double	EndBearing,
		double?	MinAltitude,
		double?	MaxAltitude,
		double?	WithinDistance
	)

inline

Applies a filter to the ground and/or airborne traffic lists. All traffic falling outside of the specified criteria is deleted from the traffic lists.

Parameters

ApplyToGroundTraffic	Apply the filter to the ground traffic list
ApplyToAirborneTraffic	Apply the filter to the airborne traffic list
StartBearing	Specifies the start of a bearing arc. Only AI Traffic within this bearing arc in relation to the player is kept. This is TRUE bearing in degrees.

For no bearing restriction set this to 0 and the EndBearing to 360

Parameters

EndBearing Specifies the end of a bearing arc. Only AI Traffic within this bearing arc in relation to the player is kept. This is TRUE bearing in degrees.

For no bearing restriction set this to 360 and the StartBearing to 0

Parameters

MinAltitude	Only AI Traffic above this altitude is kept. This is in Feet. Set to null (Nothing in VB) for no minimum limit.
MaxAltitude	Only AI Traffic below this altitude is kept. This is in Feet. Set to null (Nothing in VB) for no maximum limit.
WithinDistance	Only AI Traffic within this distance is kept. This is in Nautical Miles. Set to null (Nothing in VB) for no distance limit.

◆ GetArrivalRunwaysInUse() [1/2]

List<FsRunwayID> GetArrivalRunwaysInUse ( string AirportICAOCode )

inline

Gets a list of the runways in use for arriving aircraft for the given airport code.

Note that this information is derived from the AI traffic information and is therefore only as current as the last RefreshAITrfficInformation() call. Airports will only show active runways if they have AI planes currently assigned to a runway . This information is not harmed by filtering the AI traffic.

Note also that this is NOT using the FSUIPC facilities at D000. FSUIPC takes ages to give this information back whereas this DLL can return it instantly.

Parameters

AirportICAOCode The ICAO code for the airport you want active arrival runways for.

Returns: A List of FSRunway objects representing the runways in use.

◆ GetArrivalRunwaysInUse() [2/2]

Dictionary<string, List<FsRunwayID> > GetArrivalRunwaysInUse ( )

inline

Gets a list of the runways in use for arriving aircraft for the given airport code.

Note that this information is derived from the AI traffic information and is therefore only as current as the last RefreshAITrfficInformation() call. Airports will only show active runways if they have AI planes currently assigned to a runway . This information is not harmed by filtering the AI traffic.

Note also that this is NOT using the FSUIPC facilities at D000. FSUIPC takes ages to give this information back whereas this DLL can return it instantly.

Returns: A dictionary of Lists of FSRunway objects representing the runways in use. The key is the ICAO code of the airport.

◆ GetDepartureRunwaysInUse() [1/2]

List<FsRunwayID> GetDepartureRunwaysInUse ( string AirportICAOCode )

inline

Gets a list of the runways in use for departing aircraft for the given airport code.

Note that this information is derived from the AI traffic information and is therefore only as current as the last RefreshAITrfficInformation() call. Airports will only show active runways if they have AI planes currently assigned to a runway. This information is not harmed by filtering the AI traffic.

Note also that this is NOT using the FSUIPC facilities at D000. FSUIPC takes ages to give this information back whereas this DLL can return it instantly.

Parameters

AirportICAOCode The ICAO code for the airport you want active arrival runways for.

Returns: A List of FSRunway objects representing the runways in use.

◆ GetDepartureRunwaysInUse() [2/2]

Dictionary<string, List<FsRunwayID> > GetDepartureRunwaysInUse ( )

inline

Gets a list of the runways in use for departing aircraft for the given airport code.

Note that this information is derived from the AI traffic information and is therefore only as current as the last RefreshAITrfficInformation() call. Airports will only show active runways if they have AI planes currently assigned to a runway. This information is not harmed by filtering the AI traffic.

Note also that this is NOT using the FSUIPC facilities at D000. FSUIPC takes ages to give this information back whereas this DLL can return it instantly.

Returns: A dictionary of Lists of FSRunway objects representing the runways in use. The key is the ICAO code of the airport.

◆ GetPlaneInfoByID()

AIPlaneInfo GetPlaneInfoByID ( int ID )

inline

Retrieves a specific AIPlaneInfo object with the specified ID.

Parameters

ID	The ID of the plane to bring back

Returns: The requested AIPlaneInfo or null (Nothing in VB) is the ID was not found.

◆ OverrideAirborneTrafficINISettings()

void OverrideAirborneTrafficINISettings	(	ATCIdentifier?	ATCId,
		byte?	RangeInNM
	)

inline

This method allows you to override the setting in the user's FSUIPC.INI file.

Note that because of the internal workings of FSUIPC, your override will be cancelled after 20 seconds. Therefore you need to call this method on a regular basis. The FSUIPC documentation recommends every 5 seconds.

Parameters

ATCId	The format you want for the ATCIdentifier property. Set to null (Nothing in VB) to use the setting in the FSUIPC.INI file. This ATCIdentifier is only 15 characters long. If the info you request won't fit it will be truncated. Consider using the extended plane identifiers feature instead to get this information. See AITrafficTools.UpdateExtendedPlaneIdentifiers()
RangeInNM	The range around the player's aircraft in which AI traffic will be detected. In Nautical Miles. 0=Unlimited. Null (Nothing in VB)=Use setting in FSUIPC.INI file.

◆ OverrideGroundTrafficINISettings()

void OverrideGroundTrafficINISettings	(	ATCIdentifier?	ATCId,
		bool?	PreferActive,
		byte?	RangeInAirInNM,
		byte?	RangeOnGroundInNM
	)

inline

This method allows you to override the setting in the user's FSUIPC.INI file.

Note that because of the internal workings of FSUIPC, your override will be cancelled after 20 seconds. Therefore you need to call this method on a regular basis. The FSUIPC documentation recommends every 5 seconds.

Parameters

ATCId	The format you want for the ATCIdentifier property. This ATCIdentifier is only 15 characters long. If the info you request won't fit it will be truncated. Consider using the extended plane identifiers feature instead to get this information. See AITrafficTools.UpdateExtendedPlaneIdentifiers()
PreferActive	Set to True to prioritise active aircraft (not sleeping or initialising) when the FSUIPC Traffic Tables get full. Set to False to prioritise closest aircraft regardless of state.
RangeInAirInNM	The range around the player's aircraft in which ground AI traffic will be detected while the Player is in the AIR. In Nautical Miles. 0=Unlimited. Null (Nothing in VB)=Use setting in FSUIPC.INI file.
RangeOnGroundInNM	The range around the player's aircraft in which ground AI traffic will be detected while the player is on the GROUND. In Nautical Miles. 0=Unlimited. Null (Nothing in VB)=Use setting in FSUIPC.INI file.

◆ RefreshAITrafficInformation() [1/6]

void RefreshAITrafficInformation ( )

inline

Refreshes the information for ground and air AI traffic

◆ RefreshAITrafficInformation() [2/6]

void RefreshAITrafficInformation	(	FsAirportCollection	Airports,
		AirportComponents	Components
	)

inline

Refreshes the information for ground and air AI traffic

Parameters

Airports	Pass an optional collection of airports. They will be updated with AI Traffic positions, and the AI Traffic will have links to the relevant Airport Database objects
Components	Specifies which airport components to process. E.g. To know if AI Traffic is on a runway pass the Runways component. If no components are passed only the Airport itself will be tested.

Note that this method will automatically load missing components for relevant airports.

◆ RefreshAITrafficInformation() [3/6]

void RefreshAITrafficInformation	(	FsAirport	Airport,
		AirportComponents	Components
	)

inline

Refreshes the information for ground and air AI traffic

Parameters

Airport	Pass an optional Airports. It will be updated with AI Traffic positions, and the AI Traffic will have links to the relevant Airport Database objects
Components	Specifies which airport components to process. E.g. To know if AI Traffic is on a runway pass the Runways component. If no components are passed only the Airport itself will be tested.

Note that this method will automatically load missing components for relevant airports.

◆ RefreshAITrafficInformation() [4/6]

void RefreshAITrafficInformation	(	bool	UpdateGroundTraffic,
		bool	UpdateAirborneTraffic
	)

inline

Refreshes the information for ground and air AI traffic as specified

Parameters

UpdateGroundTraffic	Set to true to update the information for traffic on the ground
UpdateAirborneTraffic	Set to true to update the information for traffic in the air

◆ RefreshAITrafficInformation() [5/6]

void RefreshAITrafficInformation	(	bool	UpdateGroundTraffic,
		bool	UpdateAirborneTraffic,
		FsAirport	Airport,
		AirportComponents	Components
	)

inline

Refreshes the information for ground and air AI traffic as specified

Parameters

UpdateGroundTraffic	Set to true to update the information for traffic on the ground
UpdateAirborneTraffic	Set to true to update the information for traffic in the air
Airport	Pass an optional Airports. It will be updated with AI Traffic positions, and the AI Traffic will have links to the relevant Airport Database objects
Components	Specifies which airport components to process. E.g. To know if AI Traffic is on a runway pass the Runways component. If no components are passed only the Airport itself will be tested.

Note that this method will automatically load missing components for relevant airports.

◆ RefreshAITrafficInformation() [6/6]

void RefreshAITrafficInformation	(	bool	UpdateGroundTraffic,
		bool	UpdateAirborneTraffic,
		FsAirportCollection	Airports,
		AirportComponents	Components
	)

inline

Refreshes the information for ground and air AI traffic as specified

Parameters

UpdateGroundTraffic	Set to true to update the information for traffic on the ground
UpdateAirborneTraffic	Set to true to update the information for traffic in the air
Airports	Pass an optional collection of airports. They will be updated with AI Traffic positions, and the AI Traffic will have links to the relevant Airport Database objects
Components	Specifies which airport components to process. E.g. To know if AI Traffic is on a runway pass the Runways component. If no components are passed only the Airport itself will be tested.

Note that this method will automatically load missing components for relevant airports.

◆ SendTCASTargets()

void SendTCASTargets ( )

inline

Sends the TCAS targets added with AddTCASTarget() to FSUIPC. For FSX this feature REQUIRES FSUIPC4 version 4.536 or above.

◆ UpdateExtendedPlaneIndentifiers()

void UpdateExtendedPlaneIndentifiers	(	bool	TailNumber,
		bool	AirlineAndFlightNumber,
		bool	AircraftTypeAndModel,
		bool	AircraftTitle
	)

inline

Tells the AITrafficServices to retrieve the specified extended plane identifier properties for all planes when updating the AI Traffic Information.

Getting this data from FSUIPC is very inefficient. Setting these option could cause long delays when calling RefreshAITrafficInformation() for the first time (possibly over 1 second per plane over WideFS)

However, subsequent calls will be very fast as this information is only ever retrieved once per plane. Only new AI traffic entering the system will cause a very slight delay.

The more extended information you request the longer any delays will be.

Parameters

TailNumber	Set to true to update the TailNumber property for all planes
AirlineAndFlightNumber	Set to true to update the Airline and FlightNumber properties for all planes
AircraftTypeAndModel	Set to true to update the AircraftType and AircraftModel properties for all planes
AircraftTitle	Set to true to update the AircraftTitle property for all planes

Property Documentation

◆ AirborneTraffic

AIPlaneInfoCollection AirborneTraffic

get

A .NET List of AIPlaneInfo objects representing AI traffic in the air in order of distance from the player. The closest AI plane is the first in the list.

◆ AllTraffic

AIPlaneInfoCollection AllTraffic

get

A .NET List of AIPlaneInfo objects representing all AI traffic in order of distance from the player. The closest AI plane is the first in the list.

◆ GroundTraffic

AIPlaneInfoCollection GroundTraffic

get

A .NET List of AIPlaneInfo objects representing AI traffic on the ground in order of distance from the player. The closest AI plane is the first in the list.

Public Member Functions

Properties

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddTCASTarget()

◆ ApplyFilter()

◆ GetArrivalRunwaysInUse() [1/2]

◆ GetArrivalRunwaysInUse() [2/2]

◆ GetDepartureRunwaysInUse() [1/2]

◆ GetDepartureRunwaysInUse() [2/2]

◆ GetPlaneInfoByID()

◆ OverrideAirborneTrafficINISettings()

◆ OverrideGroundTrafficINISettings()

◆ RefreshAITrafficInformation() [1/6]

◆ RefreshAITrafficInformation() [2/6]

◆ RefreshAITrafficInformation() [3/6]

◆ RefreshAITrafficInformation() [4/6]

◆ RefreshAITrafficInformation() [5/6]

◆ RefreshAITrafficInformation() [6/6]

◆ SendTCASTargets()

◆ UpdateExtendedPlaneIndentifiers()

Property Documentation

◆ AirborneTraffic

◆ AllTraffic

◆ GroundTraffic