fixgateway

fixgateway

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sudo snap install fixgateway

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makerplane FIX gateway server

A service that collects and distributes avionics data. FiX is short for "Flight information eXchange" and is a CAN-Aerospace derived protocol specific to experimental aviation needs.

This snap requires enabling experimental.user-daemons features: sudo snap set system experimental.user-daemons=true

Release Notes:

  • Drop support for armhf
  • Enabled client GUI using fixgateway.client --gui The GUI is not stable but usable

Many new plugins that need your help testing:

  • rtl_433, collect data from wirelss sensors such as TPMS
  • dynon, collects AHRS data from Dynon D10/D100
  • gpsd, obtains GPS data from gpsd network daemon
  • mgl_serial RS-232 protocol, currently lacks custom configuration
  • shadin protocol, only supports fuel related messagse from FC-10 fuel computr
  • strom_pi UPS monitoring
  • Flight Data Recoder
  • Replay FDR data from point in time
  • Mavlink plugin for AHRS/GPS data
  • Megasquirt ECU Plugin
  • iFLY plugin, collects waypoints sent by iFLY EFB
  • quorum plugin, negotiate a leader when running multiple gateways
  • improvements to canfix plugin
  • new functions added to compute plugin
  • MGL plugin, import data from an RDAC or export data as an emulated RDAC

Planned enhancements for future release:

  • Add support for MGL V16 COM radio

Details for fixgateway

License
  • GPL-2.0+

Last updated
  • 24 February 2025 - latest/stable
  • 19 May 2025 - latest/beta

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