VisualCommander
, angle of attack and side-slip angle. The telemetry page can be easily customized, even when the simulation is running.)
 can be adjusted by changing the center of gravity and/or buoyancy of the glider.)
VisualCommander is a revolutionary new application for Mac OS X Leopard for data acquisition, hardware control, simulation and visualization. It provides a flexible, open environment that allows you to integrate all of your software tools and heritage code into a consistent easy-to-use environment.
The screenshots shown above are taken from 2 different example applications: an Aircraft Control Simulation, and an Underwater Glider Simulation. In each case, VisualCommander uses a powerful, built-in simulation engine to simulate the dynamic system. The simulation generates telemetry that is displayed in the visual interface using a variety of "display plugins".
The key idea is flexibility. The "display plugins" can be dragged onto your interface window and customized to suit your application. New simulations can be developed and run within VisualCommander, or they can run externally. Data can come from anywhere. VisualCommander provides you with the ability to integrate multiple systems into a single interface, and allows you the freedom to design that interface however you like.
Joe Mueller
Senior Technical Staff
jmueller at psatellite.com
