Remote MCDU Display
Overview
Development/Experimental Only
This feature is only available on experimental and development versions, if you wish to use the MCDU Server please revert back to the stable release version.
For a guide to using the MCDU Server with the stable version please see the Web MCDU Feature Guide.
The MCDU Remote display allows you to display and control the MCDU on a browser including browsers on mobile devices like phones or tablets.
See list of compatible and tested browsers: Compatible Browsers
MCDU Web Interface
It also allows you to use your real printer as a cockpit printer for the MCDU.
Opening the MCDU Remote Display
Notice
Ensure SimBridge has started
- Tray Icon
- Open the MCDU remote display via the tray-icon
- Web browser
- Open your browser of choice and navigate to http://{IP Address}:{Port}/interfaces/mcdu
- for example:
http://192.168.1.21:8380/interfaces/mcdu
How to Use the MCDU Remote Display
The MCDU Remote Display can be used by mouse or touch depending on your device.
It is also possible to click on the MCDU screen items themselves to actually click the corresponding LSK (Line Select Key).
You can hold the CLR key for >1.5sec to clear all of the scratchpad's content as it is possible in the cockpit itself.
Changes done in the MCDU Web Interface will be reflected immediately in the cockpit and vice versa. Any change in the cockpit will be immediately shown in the MCDU Web Interface.
Notice
You can combine several display options, described below, to get combined effects. For example ?fullscreen&sound will enable sound and fullscreen modes.
Fullscreen Display
If you only want the MCDU display to be shown then tap on the top-most part of the MCDU display. To return to the full MCDU view tap anywhere on the display.
If you want to start with only the MCDU display visible then add ?fullscreen to the url.
Sound
You can enable click sounds when pressing buttons on the MCDU by adding ?sound to the url.
Day and Night Mode
It is possible to switch between a day and night mode MCDU visualization be clicking/touching the BRT/DIM button in the Web MCDU.
4:3 Aspect Ratio Compatibility Mode
If you are using MCDU hardware with a 4:3 display, you can use the 4:3 aspect ratio compatibility mode to improve the formatting so that the lines align better with your hardware.
To use this mode, add ?43 to the url.
Compatible Browsers
With hundreds of different browsers available today it is not possible to test and support all browsers and their different versions.
In general we expect this feature to work with the common modern standard browsers on Windows, iOS, Android.
However, there will be browsers where this will not work. In this case we recommend to use a standard browser.
We have tested these browsers (current versions) during the development and these should therefore work ok:
- Windows: Edge, Firefox, Chrome
- iOS: Safari, Firefox, Edge, Chrome, duckduckgo, Brave, Bing
- Android: Chrome, Edge
- Mac OS: Safari, Firefox, Edge, Chrome
- Samsung phone: Chrome, Firefox, duckduckgo
- Linux: Firefox
- Amazon Kindle Fire HD 10 : Silk
(App Version 94.2.2.4606.119.10 Android 5.1.1, Fire OS 5.6.9.0)
Always use the latest versions of the operating system and the browser.
We have not tested older operating systems or browsers and can't support them. They might or might not work.
Known unsupported operating systems or browsers:
- Samsung Internet Browser
- iOS 9.x, iOS 10.x
- Very old browsers not supporting Web Sockets. See Can I use Web Sockets
Configuration
Refer here for further configuration.