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VirtualFlight.Online Transmitter

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What is "Virtual Flight Online Transmitter" ?

It is a small Windows application that transmits your position in Microsoft Flight Simulator to an online database. Anybody running Transmitter can then be plotted live in LittleNavMap, and on a map at https://virtualflight.online/who.

Why?

If you and your friends want to see each other on mapping software such as LittleNavMap to run your own air traffic control sessions for group flights, you will no doubt have discovered that Microsoft Flight Simulator only communicates AI aircraft to external mapping applications such as LittleNavMap - not users. The VirtualFlight.Online Transmitter application addresses that.

How It Works

The desktop application connects to a running copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator via the SimConnect interface, and reads your aircraft's type, latitude, longitude, altitude, and airspeed. It combines the data with your keyed callsign and name, and sends it to a server on the internet.

The server then provides access to data that has updated in the last 5 minutes in "whazzup" format - a data format commonly used with the likes of VATSIM and IVAO - and crucially LittleNavMap. The URL of the server can be used to configure LittleNavMap to show you and your friends aircraft on the map.

Running the Program

  • Launch Microsoft Flight Simulator.
  • Run "VirtualFlight.Online Transmitter".
  • Fill out the text boxes for your callsign, aircraft type, name, group name, and server URL.
  • Click Connect

After clicking connect, the application will broadcast your location within the simulator to the internet once a second.

My Antivirus says Transmitter is unsafe!

Your antivirus is wrong. It's a "false positive". Depending on your antivirus solution, you might need to white-list Transmitter. In Windows defender you can do this by:

1. Visiting "Virus and Threat Protection" in Windows

2. Click on "Protection History"

3. Look in "Recent Threats", and allow Transmitter (or the installer) to run.

Configuring LittleNavMap

If you would like to see everybody broadcasting their position with Virtual Flight Online Transmitter, follow these steps in LittleNavMap:

  • Click on the Tools menu
  • Click on Options
  • Select the Online Flying section within the Options panel
  • Choose the radio button for "Custom" within the Online Flying section
  • Fill the URL https://virtualflight.online/whazzup_ivao into the URL field (and make sure you have no spaces in the URL)
  • Set the update rate to something sensible (e.g. 5 seconds)
  • Make sure IVAO is chosen in the format drop-down
  • Click Apply, and OK 

Who is online?

You can find out who is online at any time by visiting the following URL:

  • https://virtualflight.online/who

Help Support Transmitter

If you are able to assist with the operating costs and continued development of Transmitter, please consider joining the patreon - for the price of a cup of coffee each month, you'll be helping the entire community.

  • https://patreon.com/virtualflightonline
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TOP Tool. Thanks for that.

3 days ago

TN3101

SuperGreat App! A Must Have in group flights!!
Thanks Jonathan!

18 days ago

ErnieBall

Absolutely clear instructions. Well done. and thanks for your software.

4 months ago

padster8543

Just updated to latest version (1.0.1.13) and its's removed all the callsign information, not sure if it affected previous versions. Can this somehow be retained between upgrades?

The settings appear to be stored in transmitter.exe.config, perhaps have a "local" config file separate to the other system settings (e.g. SQLite stuff) would make this easier as it wouldn't be replaced each time an upgrade happens.

5 months ago

TOPGB

Just installed this and love it! One very minor suggestion: As-is, you either have to disable LittleNavMap's user aircraft overlay or you get a ghost of your own plane and its variables on the map, and you also have to reduce your plane's update rate to the same as that used for other aircraft.

It would be really nice if you could disable display of your own plane's position in the map while retaining everyone else so that you could have the best of both worlds: Your own aircraft update quickly by LittleNavMap, and everyone else's online aircraft at a reduced rate using VirtualFlight Online Transmitter.

I get that the whazzup_ivao map is shared between everyone and there's no possibility to filter out a specific user from it in LittleNavMap. A suggestion, though: Could you please consider adding an environment variable option to the URL and allow users to pass their own ID to it, eg: https://virtualflight.online/whazzup_ivao?mycallsignhere and then do the filtering of that user on the server side instead?

Many thanks both for the extremely useful addon and for taking the time to read and consider this request!

7 months ago

tiltedracer

Thats great! Thank you very much!

Now I need a Mod to bring LNM to the Toolbar, because its easier for VR.

1 years ago

fussvolk

Hi, I cannot start installer of the new update (2000-09-23). Windows tell me that i have to be logged as admin...

EDIT : problem fixed by a new download version.

1 years ago

jpfil

Hello,

Good soft, just 2 questions

Why transponder is always 1234 ?

Is your soft is now open source ?

Thanks

2 years ago

Didierma34

Thank You so much for this littlew piece of software!

Our Group used JoinFS, because JoinFS showed up the Partners as AI, so that they are visible in LNM. But since update 6 JoinFS has problems to show the orientation of the other Airplanes. It look als if they fly sideways - in MSFS and in LNM - this of course looks very strange.

With Your transmitter we can use the native Multiplayer-System if the MSFS without missing an option to control the gang...

2 years ago

GAF5006

Nice app and feature that MS doesn't bother to implement. Enjoy the group flight more. Hopefully setting LNM to poll every 2 second will not overload the server.

2 years ago

KennyPDY

set up as described in the above instructions... boom.. on the map... using the default settings it seems to work as described on the box. look forward to see if anyone ealse shows up as i was the only one flying using the transponder... great job.. look forward to improvements etc

2 years ago

Caspy1Uk

Wow, a very interessting app ! Thanks.

Is it possible to create our own server?

If yes, how ?

2 years ago

frenchsimmer

Comments

TOP Tool. Thanks for that.

3 days ago

TN3101

SuperGreat App! A Must Have in group flights!!
Thanks Jonathan!

18 days ago

ErnieBall

Just want to find out is this compatible with P3D, Xplane FSX & MSFS? Will we be able to see each other if they all join this transmitter?

1 months ago

abie

Absolutely clear instructions. Well done. and thanks for your software.

4 months ago

padster8543

Just updated to latest version (1.0.1.13) and its's removed all the callsign information, not sure if it affected previous versions. Can this somehow be retained between upgrades?

The settings appear to be stored in transmitter.exe.config, perhaps have a "local" config file separate to the other system settings (e.g. SQLite stuff) would make this easier as it wouldn't be replaced each time an upgrade happens.

5 months ago

I'll look at it for the next update - thank you for the feedback :)

5 months ago

jonbeckett

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TOPGB

Just installed this and love it! One very minor suggestion: As-is, you either have to disable LittleNavMap's user aircraft overlay or you get a ghost of your own plane and its variables on the map, and you also have to reduce your plane's update rate to the same as that used for other aircraft.

It would be really nice if you could disable display of your own plane's position in the map while retaining everyone else so that you could have the best of both worlds: Your own aircraft update quickly by LittleNavMap, and everyone else's online aircraft at a reduced rate using VirtualFlight Online Transmitter.

I get that the whazzup_ivao map is shared between everyone and there's no possibility to filter out a specific user from it in LittleNavMap. A suggestion, though: Could you please consider adding an environment variable option to the URL and allow users to pass their own ID to it, eg: https://virtualflight.online/whazzup_ivao?mycallsignhere and then do the filtering of that user on the server side instead?

Many thanks both for the extremely useful addon and for taking the time to read and consider this request!

7 months ago

There is a group filter built in. If you add ?group=foo and align that with the group name you're transmitting on, you can do the same thing.

5 months ago

jonbeckett

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tiltedracer

Just installed the latest version and can't see anybody nor my own red plane on Navmap ?

7 months ago

In recent versions of LNM you have to change the multiplayer settings to NOT hide duplicates. Also - double check the online settings - make sure the URL is correct, with no spaces on the end of it, and the format is set as per the instructions.

5 months ago

jonbeckett

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AVCORP

PLEASE READ - ANTIVIRUS FALSE POSITIVES

If your antivirus software says Transmitter is a virus, it is wrong. It's a "false positive". Depending on your antivirus solution, you might need to white-list Transmitter.

In Windows defender you can do this by:

1. Visiting "Virus and Threat Protection" in Windows

2. Click on "Protection History"

3. Look in "Recent Threats", and allow Transmitter (or the installer) to run.

8 months ago

jonbeckett

Sorry I didn't see coments below

8 months ago

blb

hello, my anti-virus find a virus in this update

8 months ago

Same

8 months ago

FractalSystems

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blb

hello, since few days, VFT does not function ???

11 months ago

Did you read any of the news over the last couple of months both in the app, and on the virtualflight.online website and discord server about the URL changing?

In littlenavmap the URL needs to be:

https://virtualflight.online/whazzup_ivao

10 months ago

jonbeckett

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blb

NEW LNM URL (Effective Jan. 4, 2023 >> Whazzup File URL must read: https://virtualflight.online/whazzup_ivao

11 months ago

nbrich1

My antivirus is saying that this contains a Trojan?

11 months ago

It's a false positive then :)

10 months ago

jonbeckett

Grimbo

Looks like a perfect program. But.. it will not connect to the MSFS. Is there another setting within MSFS that I am not aware of. ?

12 months ago

It should just connect?! I suppose you might have antivirus software that is blocking it? It just reads simconnect data.

10 months ago

jonbeckett

wiersma.mc

Hi, I have been using online transmitter for sometime now and wonder if there is a problem since SU11 as I have had several times when LNM loses simconnect connection. And today after it happend again on the second leg of a flight. I shut down the sim and restarted the flight I had been doing without using online transmitter and so far there has been no problem with LNM. Has anyone else reported the same experiance?

1 years ago

No other reports like this - it may have coincided with me upgrading the servers.

10 months ago

jonbeckett

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