Air Player Desktop Release Notes

V4.1

• ADD: Support for TM1637 and TM1638 character display chips
• IMP: Sound on windows now in stereo instead mono and is using both channels
• IMP: Sound API now also supports MP3 files (sound_add)
• IMP: On windows, the application and setup files are now digitally signed and recognized my Microsoft
• FIX: Fixed bug in rotate animation function
• FIX: Game controllers API will now expose rudder pedal axis correctly
• FIX: It is now possible again to set a custom panel background for Air Player panels
• FIX: User properties are now initialized correctly when adding a panel to Air Player
• FIX: Fixed issue where messages message port messages would get duplicated when connected from multiple instruments

V4.0

• ADD: Support for FS2020
• ADD: Support for hardware functions (Add hardware without lua coding. Same as instruments, solely aimed at hardware)
• ADD: Support for Raspberry Pico
• ADD: New navigation system (see nav_get, nav_get_nearest and nav_get_radius)
• ADD: Game controller API (see game_controller_list and game_controller_add)
• IMP: COM ports are not continuously opened and closed, previously connected Arduino's are stored between sessions
• IMP: Improved windows to add instruments and panels (All available instruments and panels are now visible, you don't have to download the instrument/panel anymore before hand)
• IMP: Animation features are added to move, rotate and opacity functions.
• FIX: Named message port now works

V3.7

• ADD: Support for Flight Illusion gauges
• ADD: Support for ESP32 microcontroller boards
• ADD: New interpolate_linear function
• ADD: Two new user property types (user_prop_add_percentage and user_prop_add_table)
• ADD: Added log function to write messages to Air Manager or Air Player log file
• ADD: Support for Raspberry Pi 4 (only first HDMI port, no mouse support)
• FIX: Using touch in combination with the slider now works (Boeing overhead panel)
• FIX: Fixed issue with hw_switch_get_position not returning the correct value
• FIX: Uninstaller now removes exactly the files it created, instead of wiping the complete installation folder (Windows)
• FIX: Various smaller issues and crashes resolved

V3.6

• ADD: Additional functions checking if the flight simulator is connected (xpl_connected, fsx_connected, p3d_connected and fs2_connected).
• ADD: event_subscribe function that fires when a flight simulator connected changes, or when the instrument or panel is about to be closed
• IMP: Persistence API now accept any lua type, including tables and arrays.
• IMP: Support for CSV files without a header
• IMP: You can now daisy chain up to 8 MAX7219 devices instead of 4
• FIX: Cursor was not showing up when using Metal on a mac

V3.5

• ADD: DirectX rendering
• ADD: Metal rendering
• ADD: _fill_img, _txt and _rotate functions to canvas
• ADD: Static data function static_data_load (static data from JSON, CSV or Text files)
• ADD: Add layers to panels with layer_add
• ADD: Ability to remove images from an instrument during execution
• ADD: Window click thru (only on Windows with DirectX rendering enabled)
• ADD: Support for Arduino Leonardo and Micro
• ADD: Support for named hardware
• ADD: Style argument to img_add
• ADD: Hardware stepper motor support (hw_stepper_motor_add)
• ADD: Support for HD44780 and direct character driving. (hw_chr_display_add)
• ADD: New function has_feature to check if AM/AP has a certain feature implemented.
• ADD: hw_connected function where it is possible if a hw_id or hw_node is connected to hardware.
• ADD: Addition of a headless mode, where a panel can be started without a window
• ADD: Ability to change input mode for panels
• ADD: Optional pressed and released callbacks for dial, slider, scroll wheel and switch
• IMP: Dynamic scan of monitors
• IMP: Additional PWM pins for Arduino devices
• IMP: Timer has been improved (count argument in callback, and the ability to run a limited number of times, see timer_start)
• IMP: Debouncing on hardware switches
• IMP: More reliable connection with flight simulator (can better recover from UDP packet drop)
• IMP: valign style added to text nodes (txt_add)
• FIX: Issue where panel shimmers through to desktop
• FIX: Aircraft switching would crash when enabled
• FIX: Button click spot now moves with button (when issuing move)
• FIX: Mouse cursor is now applied when starting scroll wheel grab
• FIX: hw_adc_input_read would return raw value instead in 0.0-1.0 range

V3.4

• ADD: Now also runs on the Mac!
• ADD: Now also runs on Linux (as BETA)!
• ADD: Support for the Knobster
• ADD: switch_get_position and hw_switch_get_position functions
• ADD: Support for downloading log files from connected Air Player's
• ADD: Air Player version information can now be seen in Air Manager
• IMP: move function now also works on the map
• IMP: NAV data can now be fetched by multiple threads at once (making the map load faster on multi core systems)
• IMP: Both running_txt_add_cir and running_img_add_cir now have an option to specify different horizontal and vertical radii
• Fix: Mouse events not working when running with multiple panels on different monitors

V3.3

• ADD: Canvas added to instrument API, making it possible to draw lines, rectangles, circles etc. within your instrument.
• ADD: With the new opacity function in the instrument API, you can make text, image etc. transparent
• ADD: xpl_command_subscribe makes it possible to subscribe to X-plane commands
• IMP: Text can now be rotated
• IMP: rotate function now also accepts a custom anchor point to rotate around
• IMP: Less CPU time is required because of optimisation in lua handling
• IMP: Multiple smaller improvements and bug fixes

V3.2

• ADD: Compatibility with Arduino Nano
• IMP: Improved shader compatibility across video cards

V3.1

• ADD: Way to send messages between Air Manager/Air Player and custom Arduino Sketch
• IMP: Compatibility with openGL 2.0 graphics cards
• FIX: Issue when user name has non-ASCII signs
• FIX: Online user name and password are now stored correctly
• FIX: Many other smaller improvements and bug fixes

V1.0

• Initial release