node-simconnect

node-simconnect

Wrapper for the SimConnect SDK for FSX and Prepar3D (Windows only!)

This project is at a very early stage and only covers a few SimConnect function calls. Feel free to join the development :)

Build

Requirements

• Node.js (32-bit version)
• Visual Studio 2013 (32-bit version)
• FSX or P3D SimConnect SDK files (.lib and .h).

NOTE: If your app need to work with both FSX and P3D you must use the FSX SDK.

Manual build

Due to the licensing of the Flight Simulator / Prepar3D SDK, those libraries are not included in this repository, so automatic build is not possible at the moment.

To build the native node module you must provide your own SDK files. For FSX:SE, these can be found under FSX\SDK\Core Utilities Kit\SimConnect SDK. Follow these steps carefully:

• Clone this repository (or use npm install --save node-simconnect).
• Inside the new node-simconnect directory (or node-modules/node-simconnect), create a folder named SimConnect and copy the two folders inc and lib from the SimConnect SDK installation over to the new directory. These should include SimConnect.h and SimConnect.lib, respectively.
• From the node-simconnect directory:
  • if you cloned this repo with git, run npm install,
  • or if you installed the package with npm, run node-gyp configure rebuild --msvs_version=2013 --arch=ia32.
• If everything went well you should be able to run the simple example program: node examples/nodejs/example.js.

Using the wrapper in a Electron or NW.JS project

To use native node packages with Electron or NW.JS, the package must be built specifically for these frameworks. Read more here: Electron, NW.JS

• To build native Electron addon: node-gyp rebuild --target=1.6.11 --arch=ia32 --msvs_version=2013 (where --target is the version of Electron).
• To build native NW.JS addon: nw-gyp rebuild --target=0.20.3 --arch=ia32 --msvs_version=2013 (where --target is the version of NW.JS).