FSRewire-client

This application serves as a discovery service for identifying Microsoft Flight Simulator host.

Features

It facilitates unattended connection setup with the SimConnect server from remote devices.

• SimConnect Configuration 📝: Updates the SimConnect configuration to enable remote communication.
• Discovery Service 📢: Utilizes UDP broadcasting for disseminating connection information.
• User Interface 📇: Offers a minimalistic user interface for monitoring the application's status.
• System Tray Integration 📥: Integrates with the system tray, allowing users to access essential functions conveniently.

Usage

1. Execute the compiled binary to launch the FSRewire-client application.
2. Run Microsoft Flight Simulator alongside.
3. UDP packets with connection details will be emitted through your local network.
   • The IP address of the host can be retrieved from the packet itself.
   • Datagram content format: FSR_SMC:{SimConnectPort} (for example: FSR_SMC:500).

How it works?

   FSRewire-client                                       External Software
   +-----------------------+                             +-----------------------+
   |                       |                             |                       |
   | 1. Discovery Service  |                             | 4. Connect to Host    |
   |                       |                             |                       |
   +-----------+-----------+                             +-----------+-----------+
               |                                                     ^
               |                                                     |
               v                                                     |
   +-----------+-----------+                             +-----------+-----------+
   |                       |                             |                       |
   | 2. Broadcast Host     |                             | 3. Receive Host Data  |
   |    Information        |                             |                       |
   |                       |                             |                       |
   +-----------------------+                             +-----------------------+

Legend:

FSRewire-client (Left Side):

1. Discovery Service:
   • FSRewire-client acts as a Discovery Service within the local network.
2. Broadcast Host Information:
   • FSRewire-client periodically broadcasts packets containing host information (IP address, SimConnect port) to the local network.

External Software (Right Side):

3. Receive Host Data:
   • External software listens for broadcasted packets and retrieves the host information (IP address, port) sent by FSRewire-client.
4. Connect to Host:
   • External software running on another device within the local network attempts to connect to the host announced by FSRewire-client.