Wi-Fly Remote for X-Plane

Wi-Fly Remote is an iPhone and iPod Touch app that lets you use it as a remote-control joystick for X-Plane, a realistic and stunning flight simulator by Laminar Research for Mac and Windows.

There is a mailing list for news and feedback. I'll also be posting beta builds there for those willing to brave the cutting edge!

iPhone / iPod Touch App

Available on the iPhone App Store

$3.99 USD - requires iPhone or iPod Touch OS 3.0 or higher

X-Plane Plugin

Download Plugin

Version 1.0.3 released December 24, 2009. Requires X-Plane 8.50+ on Mac OS X or Windows.

Free download. Please install this first before buying the iPhone app to verify compatibility with your system.

Installation

  1. Quit X-Plane if it is already running.
  2. Unzip the archive from above.
  3. Copy the plugin file for your OS to your X-Plane plugins folder:
    <X-Plane>/Resources/plugins/
  4. Start X-Plane.

Your iPhone or iPod touch must be connected via wifi to the same local area network as your computer. If you have a firewall on your computer, you must allow X-Plane to accept incoming connections on UDP port 56244.

If you have any trouble, feel free to email me at for help.

Also check out this video by beta tester John Pugh.

Wi-Fly Remote is developed by Daniel Dickison. The icon was designed by Lemon, and Sandy Barbour helped get the plugin working on Windows.

Code

The source code for the Wi-Fly Plugin is available under the GPL license via a darcs repository:
http://patch-tag.com/r/danieldickison/wi-fly-plugin

Once you have darcs installed, the command to check out the source code is:
darcs get http://patch-tag.com/r/danieldickison/wi-fly-plugin/pullrepo wi-fly-plugin

The iPhone app is currently closed source.

Beta

Join the mailing list to be part of the beta test. In particular, please see this post for instructions. Beta builds of Wi-Fly will not run on your iPhone or iPod Touch until you have followed those instructions and sent me your UDID. All comments, questions, and bug reports should be directed to the mailing list.

Plugin Builds

Install the .xpl file for your OS in your X-Plane plugins folder. This should work with X-Plane 8.5+ or 9+.

Are there any volunteers who could build a Linux version, or teach me how to cross-compile for Linux on a Mac?

Wi-Fly-plugin-1.0.3-rc1.zip (Mac OS X 10.4+ and Windows XP+)
See the included Read Me.pdf file for changes.

iPhone App Builds

To install, unzip and drag both the .mobileprovision and .app files to your iTunes library, then sync your device. Again, this will only work for people whose UDIDs I have received!

To run it, you must be on the same local network (via WiFi) as your Mac or PC, which will be referred to as the "host". Once you open Wi-Fly, tap the (i) button and enter the host's IP address. You should keep the default port number of 56244.

Wi-Fly-app-1.1-b2.zip (iPhone / iPod Touch OS 3.0+)
New trackpad auto-center x and y.
Nicer toggle buttons for auto-center and tilt hold.
1.1-b2
New calibration method.
New auto-hold mode.
Calibration, hold state, and trackpad position are now saved between launches.