F18 Example

The f18 program simulates a simple HLA or DIS vehicle.

By default, that vehicle is n F/A18 flying in a circle, just off the coast of California, USA, but you can control the entity type, location and route.

The f18 generates predictable HLA entity update messages (or DIS entity state PDUs), so it is a useful tool for debugging applications that receive and interpret these messages. It can also fire munitions and react to detonations.

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The F18 is composed of two major classes:

• DtF18Initializer
• DtVehicleSim

The F18 example is contained in several major files:

• The vehicle simulation class.
• The application initialization class.
• Advanced configuration for a modified FOM.

The main application:

/****************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2014 VT MAK
 * All rights reserved.
 ****************************************************************************/


#include <vl/exerciseConn.h>
#include <vl/entityPublisher.h>
#include <vl/reflectedEntityList.h>
#include "multiVehicleFed.h"
#include "multiF18Init.h"
#include <vlutil/vlProcessControl.h>
#include <matrix/geodeticCoord.h>
#include <vlutil/vlRtiMismatchException.h>
#include <vlutil/vlMiniDumper.h>

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream>

#ifndef _WIN32
#include <sys/socket.h>
#endif

// *****************************************************************
// *************************** GLOBALS *****************************
// *****************************************************************
DtTime timeOutInterval        = 12.0;              // seconds
DtTime timeThreshold          =  5.0;              // seconds
double translationThreshold   = 1.0;               // meters
double rotationThreshold      = DtDeg2Rad( 3.0 );  // radians

#if VXWORKS
#define main realMain
DT_VXWORKS_APP(f18)
#endif

// *****************************************************************
// ***************************  MAIN *******************************
// *****************************************************************
int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
{
   // Used for error handling
   DtINIT_MINIDUMPER( "Parallel-F18" );

   try
   {
      // get the PID so we can run multiple F18's
      int pid = DtGetPid();
      DtString pidStr( pid );

      // get the Application name
      DtString appName = "VR-Link F18 " + pidStr;
      DtF18Initializer initializer( argc, argv, appName );

      initializer.setApplicationNumber( pid );
      DtString defaultF18Name( initializer.f18Name() );
      defaultF18Name += " " + pidStr;
      initializer.setF18Name( defaultF18Name );
#ifdef DtHLA
      initializer.setFederateType( defaultF18Name );
#endif
      initializer.parseCmdLine();

      // Create an instance of our simulator
      DtMultiVehicleFed simulator;

      // Set up default static values
      DtEntityPublisher::setDfltRotationThreshold( rotationThreshold );
      DtEntityPublisher::setDfltTranslationThreshold( translationThreshold );

      // This is the only DIS specific code in this file.
#if DtDIS
      DtEntityPublisher::setDfltTimeThreshold( timeThreshold );

      // MUST use async I/O in parallel mode for thread saftey
      // Sync I/O in DIS not yet thread safe
      initializer.setUseAsynchIO(true);
#endif

      // Connect to the exercise or RTI
      simulator.initializeExConn(DtTime(timeThreshold), &initializer);

      // initialize the fleet
      simulator.initializeFleet(0, initializer.count(), &initializer);

      // Simulation loop
      int forever = 1;
      while( forever ) // to keep cfront quiet
      {
         // process incoming data
         simulator.drainInput(initializer.deltaTime());

         // Perform simulation for the current time frame
         simulator.simulate();

         // Publish simulation changes
         simulator.publish();

         // wait for real time to catch up to simulated time
         simulator.sleep(initializer.deltaTime());
      }

      simulator.dismantleFleet();   // Dismantle the fleet of vehicles
      simulator.dismantleExConn();  // Dismantle exercise connection
   }
   DtCATCH_AND_WARN(std::cout);

   return 0;
}