Hi Pete,
I was directed here by a coworker, so I'm not sure if I'm in the right place or not, but let me start here and maybe you can help, or at least point me in the right direction.
First, let me describe what I want to do: I would like to find some reasonably cost effect (yet reasonably complete) Garmin G1000 simulation and interface it to FlightGear based flight training device.
I'm a FlightGear guy and have not run MSFS since the mid-90's so I don't know much about what is offered and available in the world of Microsoft these days. I was led to believe that MSFS includes some sort of G1000 simulation, or at least it is available as an inexpensive plugin? It also appears that project magenta has something look looks G1000-ish.
I'm trying to get my head wrapped around how the basic structure might work. Can I buy a copy of MSFS, get the G1000 simulation plugin or whatever I need to do there, and then set this up so the G1000 consumes the entire display? Then I would like to slave this to the existing FlightGear based simulator. FlightGear is handling the flight dynamics, the out-the-window display, the other instrument graphics, etc. That's already setup and running, I just need to find a G1000 to graft into to the system. Could I then buy and install a copy of FSUIPC and would that allow me to configure my copy of MSFS so it is driven by some external source? From the FlightGear side I can setup any custom UDP packet I want, so I assume there'd need to be some agreement between what I send FSUIPC from FlightGear. And I believe I would need to extract some data back out of the G1000 simulation to hand back to the FlightGear based simulator. (Apologies if my terminology and understanding of the MSFS world is a bit off!) :-)
Is this sort of thing doable? Is there a better way to approach the task? Can you or anyone else offer me some advice to get me pointed in the right direction?
Thanks in advance,
Curt.