A plugin for X-Plane 11 that retrieves METAR's from ActiveSky.
This plugin requests the METAR information from a running ActiveSky instance through it's HTTP port, note that ActiveSky should use it's default HTTP port (19285). The command "FlyWithLua/ActiveSkyMetar/show_toggle" is available to support a keyboard/button shortcut. (see screenshot above)
This plugin requires the FlyWithLua plugin to function properly.
- Copy metar_asxp.lua file to <X-Plane 11 Folder>\Resources\plugins\FlyWithLua\Scripts
- Copy metar_asxp.ini file to <X-Plane 11 Folder>\Resources\plugins\FlyWithLua\Scripts
- In case you do not have SImbrief-Helper installed copy the content of modules folder into <X-Plane 11 Folder>\Resources\plugins\FlyWithLua\Modules
The ActiveSky network port should be set to the default value (19285):
In case your ActiveSky runs on specific IP and/or Port, the network parameters can be adjusted in metar_asxp.ini file. Please, make use of "localhost" instead of 127.0.0.1 for local machine communication. The standard configuration is:
[activesky] host=localhost port=19285
- dechilders
V0.2.0
- get METAR automatically when type the ICAO code
V0.1.0
- Improve airport input validation
V0.0.8
- Add a checkbox to set bigger font
V 0.0.7
- Fix negative temparatures alignment in Wind Layers
- Improve detection of AcviveSky communication failure
- Add configuration file for ActiveSky IP/hostname and Port
V 0.0.6 - 12/Nov/2021
- Display wind layers
V 0.0.5 - 12/Nov/2021 (Thank you @dechilders)
- Fixes several typos
- keyboard shortcut changed to "FlyWithLua/ActiveSkyMetar/show_toggle"
V 0.0.4 - 12/Nov/2021
- Enhanced warning message when ActiveSky is not running
V 0.0.3 - 11/Nov/2021
- Fix freeze issue that happen when ActiveSky is not running
- Add feature to display Zulu time of last update/query
- Refresh time is displayed in blue in case of chage in Metar
V 0.0.2 - 10/Nov/2021
- Includes dependency modules (originally used by simbrief)
- New repository structure
- New package structure