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xplane-cockpit/server/bridge.js
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karim ebc33a78b7 Initial commit: X-Plane G1000 web cockpit + bridge + Tauri desktop app
- server/: Node bridge (datarefs/commands, navdata, CIFP procedures, flight plan)
- web/: React cockpit (PFD/MFD/Map, VFR six-pack, AFCS, FMS CDU), PWA, collapsible sidebar
- desktop/: Tauri 2 launcher (Bun sidecar, system tray, updater) + Linux build via Docker
- scripts/: prep-desktop, build-linux, Gitea release + latest.json

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-01 15:07:03 +02:00

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JavaScript

// X-Plane Glass Cockpit — Bridge
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Connects to X-Plane 12's built-in web API (localhost only), resolves
// dataref/command names to per-session IDs, subscribes to live values, and
// fans them out over a LAN-facing WebSocket to any number of tablets/laptops.
// Also serves the built React UI.
import express from 'express';
import { WebSocketServer, WebSocket as WsClient } from 'ws';
import http from 'node:http';
import path from 'node:path';
import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
import { CONFIG, DATAREFS, WRITABLE_DATAREFS, COMMANDS } from './config.js';
import { loadNavData, search as navSearch, navStatus, nearest as navNearest, bbox as navBbox, runwaysNear as navRunways } from './navdata.js';
import { parseProcedures, procedureLegs as procLegs } from './procedures.js';
import * as fp from './flightplan.js';
const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
// WEB_DIST can be overridden (e.g. the desktop app points it at the cockpit
// files it bundles as a resource); otherwise default to ../web/dist.
const WEB_DIST = process.env.WEB_DIST || path.join(__dirname, '..', 'web', 'dist');
const REST = `http://${CONFIG.xplaneHost}:${CONFIG.xplanePort}${CONFIG.xplaneApiBase}`;
const WS_URL = `ws://${CONFIG.xplaneHost}:${CONFIG.xplanePort}${CONFIG.xplaneApiBase}`;
const log = (...a) => console.log(new Date().toISOString().slice(11, 19), ...a);
// ---- shared state ---------------------------------------------------------
const state = {
xpConnected: false,
values: {}, // alias -> latest value
drefIdToAlias: new Map(), // X-Plane dataref id -> our alias
drefNameToId: new Map(), // sim/... -> id
cmdNameToId: new Map(), // sim/... -> id
xpSocket: null,
reqId: 1,
};
const clients = new Set(); // connected browser sockets
// ---- helpers --------------------------------------------------------------
function broadcast(obj) {
const msg = JSON.stringify(obj);
for (const c of clients) {
if (c.readyState === WsClient.OPEN) c.send(msg);
}
}
function broadcastPlan() {
broadcast({ type: 'flightplan', data: fp.getPlan() });
}
async function fetchAllByName(resource, names) {
// X-Plane's list endpoints can be filtered by name. We query each name so we
// don't pull the full ~15k dataref catalogue.
const map = new Map();
await Promise.all(
[...new Set(names)].map(async (name) => {
try {
const url = `${REST}/${resource}?filter[name]=${encodeURIComponent(name)}`;
const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { Accept: 'application/json' } });
if (!res.ok) return;
const body = await res.json();
const item = (body.data || []).find((d) => d.name === name);
if (item) map.set(name, item.id);
else log(`! ${resource} not found: ${name}`);
} catch (e) {
log(`! lookup failed for ${name}: ${e.message}`);
}
})
);
return map;
}
// ---- X-Plane connection ---------------------------------------------------
async function resolveIds() {
const drefNames = Object.values(DATAREFS);
const cmdNames = Object.values(COMMANDS);
state.drefNameToId = await fetchAllByName('datarefs', [
...drefNames,
...Object.values(WRITABLE_DATAREFS),
]);
state.cmdNameToId = await fetchAllByName('commands', cmdNames);
// build reverse map id -> alias for incoming updates
state.drefIdToAlias.clear();
for (const [alias, name] of Object.entries(DATAREFS)) {
const id = state.drefNameToId.get(name);
if (id != null) state.drefIdToAlias.set(id, alias);
}
log(`resolved ${state.drefNameToId.size} datarefs, ${state.cmdNameToId.size} commands`);
}
function subscribeValues() {
const datarefs = [];
for (const id of state.drefIdToAlias.keys()) datarefs.push({ id });
if (!datarefs.length) return;
state.xpSocket.send(
JSON.stringify({
req_id: state.reqId++,
type: 'dataref_subscribe_values',
params: { datarefs },
})
);
log(`subscribed to ${datarefs.length} datarefs`);
}
function connectXPlane() {
log(`connecting to X-Plane @ ${WS_URL} ...`);
let sock;
try {
sock = new WsClient(WS_URL);
} catch (e) {
log('X-Plane connect threw, retrying in 3s:', e.message);
return setTimeout(connectXPlane, 3000);
}
state.xpSocket = sock;
sock.on('open', async () => {
try {
await resolveIds();
subscribeValues();
state.xpConnected = true;
broadcast({ type: 'status', xpConnected: true });
log('X-Plane connected ✓');
} catch (e) {
log('setup after connect failed:', e.message);
}
});
sock.on('message', (raw) => {
let msg;
try { msg = JSON.parse(raw); } catch { return; }
if (msg.type === 'dataref_update_values' && msg.data) {
const patch = {};
for (const [id, value] of Object.entries(msg.data)) {
const alias = state.drefIdToAlias.get(Number(id));
if (alias) { state.values[alias] = value; patch[alias] = value; }
}
if (Object.keys(patch).length) broadcast({ type: 'values', data: patch });
}
});
const onDown = (why) => {
if (state.xpConnected) log(`X-Plane disconnected (${why})`);
state.xpConnected = false;
broadcast({ type: 'status', xpConnected: false });
if (state.xpSocket === sock) state.xpSocket = null;
setTimeout(connectXPlane, 3000);
};
sock.on('close', () => onDown('close'));
sock.on('error', (e) => onDown(e.message));
}
// ---- commands coming FROM the browser ------------------------------------
function handleClientMessage(msg) {
// --- flight plan (works even without a sim connection) ---
if (msg.type === 'fp_set') { fp.setPlan(msg.plan); return broadcastPlan(); }
if (msg.type === 'fp_add') {
const r = fp.addWaypoint(msg.ident);
if (!r.ok) return; // silently ignore unknown idents
return broadcastPlan();
}
if (msg.type === 'fp_remove') { fp.removeWaypoint(msg.index); return broadcastPlan(); }
if (msg.type === 'fp_active') { fp.setActiveLeg(msg.index); return broadcastPlan(); }
if (msg.type === 'fp_clear') { fp.setPlan({ waypoints: [] }); return broadcastPlan(); }
if (msg.type === 'fp_export') {
const r = fp.exportFms(msg.name || 'WEBFPL');
broadcast({ type: 'fp_export_result', ...r });
return;
}
// --- everything below talks to X-Plane; needs a live sim socket ---
if (!state.xpSocket || state.xpSocket.readyState !== WsClient.OPEN) return;
if (msg.type === 'command') {
const name = COMMANDS[msg.name];
const id = name && state.cmdNameToId.get(name);
if (id == null) return log(`! unknown command alias: ${msg.name}`);
state.xpSocket.send(
JSON.stringify({
req_id: state.reqId++,
type: 'command_set_is_active',
params: { commands: [{ id, is_active: true, duration: msg.duration ?? 0 }] },
})
);
} else if (msg.type === 'setDataref') {
const name = WRITABLE_DATAREFS[msg.name];
const id = name && state.drefNameToId.get(name);
if (id == null) return log(`! unknown writable dataref alias: ${msg.name}`);
state.xpSocket.send(
JSON.stringify({
req_id: state.reqId++,
type: 'dataref_set_values',
params: { datarefs: [{ id, value: Number(msg.value) }] },
})
);
}
}
// ---- HTTP + LAN WebSocket server -----------------------------------------
const app = express();
// Allow the desktop launcher (a different origin) to read the JSON API. LAN-only
// by design, so a wildcard here is harmless and keeps tablets/the app simple.
app.use('/api', (_req, res, next) => { res.set('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*'); next(); });
app.get('/api/health', (_req, res) =>
res.json({ xpConnected: state.xpConnected, datarefs: state.drefIdToAlias.size, clients: clients.size, nav: navStatus() })
);
// Waypoint / navaid / airport search from X-Plane's own nav database.
app.get('/api/nav/search', (req, res) => res.json(navSearch(req.query.q || '', 25)));
// NEAREST airports/navaids to a point (NRST page).
app.get('/api/nav/nearest', (req, res) =>
res.json(navNearest(+req.query.lat, +req.query.lon, { count: +req.query.count || 15, type: req.query.type || 'apt' }))
);
// Features inside a map window (airports/navaids/fixes) for the moving map.
app.get('/api/nav/bbox', (req, res) =>
res.json(navBbox(+req.query.s, +req.query.w, +req.query.n, +req.query.e,
(req.query.types || 'apt,vor,ndb').split(','), +req.query.limit || 800))
);
// Runways near a point — drawn in the PFD synthetic-vision view.
app.get('/api/nav/runways', (req, res) =>
res.json(navRunways(+req.query.lat, +req.query.lon, +req.query.radius || 12))
);
// PROC: an airport's procedures (SIDs/STARs/approaches) and the resolved leg
// fixes for a chosen procedure+transition (from X-Plane's CIFP data).
app.get('/api/nav/procs', (req, res) => {
const p = parseProcedures(String(req.query.icao || ''));
if (!p) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'no procedures for ' + req.query.icao });
res.json({ icao: p.icao, runways: p.runways, sids: p.sids, stars: p.stars, approaches: p.approaches });
});
app.get('/api/nav/proc', (req, res) =>
res.json(procLegs(String(req.query.icao || ''), req.query.type, req.query.name, req.query.trans))
);
app.use(express.static(WEB_DIST));
// SPA fallback so client-side routes work.
app.get('*', (_req, res) => res.sendFile(path.join(WEB_DIST, 'index.html')));
const server = http.createServer(app);
const wss = new WebSocketServer({ server, path: '/ws' });
wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
clients.add(ws);
log(`browser connected (${clients.size} total)`);
// send current snapshot immediately so the UI isn't blank
ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'status', xpConnected: state.xpConnected }));
ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'values', data: state.values }));
ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'flightplan', data: fp.getPlan() }));
ws.on('message', (raw) => {
try { handleClientMessage(JSON.parse(raw)); } catch { /* ignore */ }
});
ws.on('close', () => { clients.delete(ws); log(`browser left (${clients.size} total)`); });
ws.on('error', () => clients.delete(ws));
});
// ---- demo mode: synthetic values when there's no X-Plane (for previews) ---
function startDemo() {
log('DEMO mode — emitting synthetic values, not connecting to X-Plane');
state.xpConnected = true;
Object.assign(state.values, {
airspeed: 124, altitude: 5500, vspeed: 320, pitch: 4.5, roll: -12,
heading: 87, slip: 0.3, gForce: 1.04, oat: 9,
apState: (1 << 0) | (1 << 1) | (1 << 14), // FD + HDG + ALT
apEngaged: 1, apHdgBug: 90, apAltBug: 6000, apVsBug: 500, apSpdBug: 120,
lat: 47.45, lon: -122.31, track: 90, groundspeed: 64, gpsDistNm: 18.4, gpsBearing: 92,
// radios (XP freq units: nav/com in 10 kHz, e.g. 11030 = 110.30)
nav1: 11030, nav1Sb: 11150, nav2: 11380, nav2Sb: 10890,
com1: 12190, com1Sb: 13000, com2: 12475, com2Sb: 12180,
// HSI / data fields
obsCrs: 175, hsiDef: -0.6, hsiToFrom: 1, navBearing: 168, gsDef: 0.7,
baro: 29.92, tas: 131, windSpd: 14, windDir: 240,
xpdrCode: 1200, xpdrMode: 2, fdPitch: 5, fdRoll: -10,
// engine strip (arrays, like the sim)
engRpm: [2410], fuelFlow: [0.0072], oilTemp: [88], oilPress: [52], egt: [720],
fuelQty: [60, 58], volts: [28.0], amps: [12],
});
// a sample plan so the map/FMS show something in demo mode
fp.setPlan({ name: 'DEMO', waypoints: [
{ id: 'KSEA', lat: 47.449, lon: -122.309, type: 'APT' },
{ id: 'SEA', lat: 47.435, lon: -122.310, type: 'VOR', alt: 4000 },
{ id: 'KPDX', lat: 45.589, lon: -122.597, type: 'APT', alt: 1200 },
]});
let t = 0;
setInterval(() => {
t += 0.1;
state.values.roll = -12 + Math.sin(t) * 4;
state.values.pitch = 4.5 + Math.cos(t * 0.7) * 1.5;
state.values.heading = (87 + Math.sin(t * 0.3) * 3 + 360) % 360;
state.values.track = state.values.heading;
state.values.altitude = 5500 + Math.sin(t * 0.5) * 40;
state.values.airspeed = 124 + Math.sin(t * 0.4) * 3;
// creep south-east so the aircraft visibly moves on the map
state.values.lat -= 0.0006;
state.values.lon -= 0.0009;
broadcast({ type: 'status', xpConnected: true });
broadcast({ type: 'values', data: state.values });
}, 100);
}
server.listen(CONFIG.bridgePort, CONFIG.bridgeHost, () => {
log(`Bridge UI: http://${CONFIG.bridgeHost}:${CONFIG.bridgePort}`);
log(`On tablets: http://<this-PC-LAN-IP>:${CONFIG.bridgePort}`);
loadNavData(); // async; FMS resolves idents once ready
if (process.env.DEMO) startDemo();
else connectXPlane();
});