This architecture uses 5 PC networked together on a private Ethernet LAN. The 3 separate
panels are run on their respective PCs, whilst a copy of Google Earth is run on its
PC. The main A330-200 PC simulation is one on the 5th PC.
The Google Earth interface is run on the same computer running the main A330-200
PC simulation and communicates withe Google Earth PC via the Ethernet LAN on an assigned
socket.
The panel PCs all communicate with the main A330-200 PC simulation on the LAN using
the Transceiver program. Each Panel simulation component communicates via a windows
shared memory data block. The structure of this data block must be the same on every
computer used in the simulation. The Transceiver program is run on each of the
computers used in the simulation, to copy in/out the appropriate parts of the windows
shared memory data block. The Transceiver program works by reading its corresponding
ini file to determine what data it will send/receive and to which computer.
On the Main A330-200 PC simulation, the Options dialog must be accessed to set the
main program panels to Cockpit Repeat mode, so that they will not overwrite the
main A330 PC Simulation data area for the cockpit I/O., which is now coming in via
the Ethernet LAN.
