Sneak preview of new WinGUI (Screenshots)

EOSBandi · Post by **EOSBandi** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:20 pm

Hi All,
I've been busy in the last couple of days, and even it's not finised yet (not ready to be released as Beta) I decided to share a preview of what I'm working on. Expected to enter into beta in early March (Source code will be available at the same time). Stay tuned.

Updated screenshots are here : viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1172&p=8765#p8765

UndCon · Post by **UndCon** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:26 pm

Looks really good!
//UndCon

refractions · Post by **refractions** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:14 pm

Wow - that looks sweet. Keep up the good work. Cant wait for beta.

PatrikE · Post by **PatrikE** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:34 pm

Sweet!
Just add a tab with live videocapture and it will be perfect!

/Patrik

copterrichie · Post by **copterrichie** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:42 pm

Wow!!!

tovrin · Post by **tovrin** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:35 am

looks awesome

Alexinparis · Post by **Alexinparis** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:24 am

looks brilliant !

davidaux · Post by **davidaux** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:38 am

good job!

timecop · Post by **timecop** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:06 am

Looks great, and it's .NET.
Double win.

Bledi · Post by **Bledi** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:12 am

Great job !!! It's my futur GUI.
Just a question can you had, on the graph, the value of the TX pictch, roll ... By this way it's easiest to analyse PID factors

NikTheGreek · Post by **NikTheGreek** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:28 am

Just.....WoW !!!! :shock:

shikra · Post by **shikra** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:25 pm

Looking good!

mgros · Post by **mgros** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:36 pm

Fantastic. Very cool!

rct · Post by **rct** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:55 pm

out standing job well done sofar this will go along way on the windows platform and handheld windows devices (i hope).
RCT

Gartenflieger · Post by **Gartenflieger** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:23 pm

Wow, I have never seen such a vast resonance to a single post!
Looks like you hit a sweet spot here!

jimnaz · Post by **jimnaz** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:40 pm

Great Job.

Way back when Alex first brought us the WiiConf GUI, I had asked him if he could add the guages or at least the Artificial Horizon, but never got an answer.

This looks to be a wonderful App. Next will be to get it to run wirelessly on telemetry so we have a GCS something like the ArduCopter people do.

Keep it up!!!!!!

flyman777 · Post by **flyman777** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:44 pm

Standing ovation for You !!
Here is a program at the height of the work of Alex
I'm impatient to try your soft.
Thanks
Best regards
flyman777

jevermeister · Post by **jevermeister** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:41 pm

Very cool GUI,
but I think using the Copter Icon Alex uses in the old GUI is a better Idea, so we can directly see which configuration of copter is selected, and the movements are easy to see without being a pilot.

What do you guys think. If I am alone with my opinion I will be silent ;-)

Is a function to save and restore Parameter sets!?

Would be sooo cool.

And beeing compatible to older Multiwii versions would be a charm (Like the android tool)

Nils

ps.: Nevertheless: FANTASTIC WORK MAN!! :mrgreen:

Waldmensch · Post by **Waldmensch** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:57 pm

looks great! If you make it open source I can help with coding. Is it WPF or win Forms?

copterrichie · Post by **copterrichie** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:15 am

jevermeister wrote:
What do you guys think. If I am alone with my opinion I will be silent

No disrespect but I like the new and can read the copter configuration is a small, tiny little box.

I also like the old, so please don't take this wrongly, but The new is really nice. Just what I dreamt about.

captaingeek · Post by **captaingeek** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:11 pm

nice! lets hope its more stable then the processing GUI. I've had a heck of a time with the config GUI since like 1.2. Have tried on about 3 or 4 different Windows PC's and it will crash if you look at the FC the wrong way.

KeesvR · Post by **KeesvR** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:56 pm

Very nice, I like it.
MultiWii is getting better and better with people like you.

tovrin · Post by **tovrin** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:01 pm

this is why open source should be the standard!

refractions · Post by **refractions** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:23 pm

Just been looking at the new aeroquad config package, it would be great if you could implement the bit where they can upload the code to the quad using the same package - saves swapping between the two.

Iain

miniquad · Post by **miniquad** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:41 pm

Looks really good. Great job! Waiting for the beta release.

EOSBandi · Post by **EOSBandi** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:28 pm

Hi Guys!
Thank you all the encouraging words, this really energizes me and gives me the good feeling that needed for my work. I’m working on this GUI as much as I can.
When the program reaches a level of completion where it runs outside of the dev environment with at least the same functionality that the current MultiWiiConf has, I’ll release it to beta alongside with the source code.
Answering the questions:
It’s coded in C# and using Forms.
All indicators are implemented as user controls, so it’s easy to rearrange or reuse.
The initial release will be 100% compatible with current MultiWii dev version. (Except the inflight data logging, which needs dataflash hardware and modified MW code, this will be released at the same time.)
FlightDeck tab with HUD will be there for telemetry.
Thanks,
EOSBandi

copterrichie · Post by **copterrichie** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:36 am

Question, I have all three platforms, Windows, MAC and Linux, so it is not a problem for me, but will this version be available on all three?

timecop · Post by **timecop** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:01 am

The GUI is developed on Windows using .NET. If you want to screw around on other less relevant platforms to get it running under emulators or similar, feel free. .NET/C# is Windows-only unless you count aborted attempts at imitation such as Mono etc.

copterrichie · Post by **copterrichie** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:31 am

Thanks Dongs, I knew keeping a few window machines was a good idea.

Waldmensch · Post by **Waldmensch** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:47 am

Because it's NET it should run under Linux with MONO. Maybe for Mac a Mono framework exists?!

copterrichie · Post by **copterrichie** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:25 pm

there are ways to run Windows programs on Linux or a MAC using VirtualBox.

warthox · Post by **warthox** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:39 pm

looks pretty good.

i miss the rc_rate & rc_expo function.
is it possible to arrange the pid boxes in the same way as with the genuine gui?
it would look more clear in my opinion. what do u think about?
a copter symbol would also be nice to see which config is loaded.

example.

EOSBandi · Post by **EOSBandi** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:40 pm

Quick Update:
I'm progressing better that expected. GUI design is pretty much freezed now, but still hunting some bugs.
To keep you updated (and excited

) I'm attaching some new screenshots.

All controls are in place now and functioning. Settings Load and Save also working and uses a human readable xml format.
At RC Control Settings tab you can set and test your aux options with live rc input before saving it to the FC.
Also added (as requested by some of you) a video capture tab, where you can select any VfW compatibile video source and capture it using ffmpeg codecs.
VideoCaptue could have a simple OSD if needed, but I don't really see any use it (however, if someone can convince me, then I can put it there).
Again, Thanks for the feedback and support. I hope you can test it within two weeks.

copterrichie · Post by **copterrichie** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:46 pm

Amazing!

Magnetron · Post by **Magnetron** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:53 pm

When it will be available for us?

EOSBandi · Post by **EOSBandi** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:56 pm

Magnetron wrote:When it will be available for us?

Within two weeks.

refractions · Post by **refractions** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:03 pm

My xmas pressie got lost in the post - looks like you are going to deliver it

Looks fantastic mate.

Magnetron · Post by **Magnetron** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:48 pm

EOSBandi wrote:
Magnetron wrote:When it will be available for us?

Within two weeks.

Very GOOD!

jevermeister · Post by **jevermeister** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:07 pm

Awesome!!!

I especcially like the engine gauges over copter layout - a very very VERY good idea mate!!

I am sooo looking forward testing this!

iontours · Post by **iontours** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:22 pm

Fantastic job, creative design!!!

Can't wait to get my hands on it

howardhb · Post by **howardhb** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:36 am

Fantastic!

msev · Post by **msev** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:39 pm

I would love an OSD, for fpv it could be nice to have

...

This looks amazing.

bob4432 · Post by **bob4432** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:03 am

Thank you so much, I think I will finally be able to use my laptop and not steal my wifes as this is what mine does in processing:

penpen77 · Post by **penpen77** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:12 pm

Font issue ?

timecop · Post by **timecop** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:47 pm

Please release a beta of this already I absolutely hate java.

bob4432 · Post by **bob4432** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:16 pm

penpen77 wrote:Font issue ?

when I first tried to deal w/ this machine and mwc a long time ago, I went through everything including fonts and the font used in the gui is installed on the system having the issue. I posted on processing w/ no response

bob4432 · Post by **bob4432** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:16 pm

dongs wrote:Please release a beta of this already I absolutely hate java.

+1

HappySundays · Post by **HappySundays** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:00 am

Hi, I can't wait to see the .NET GUI.
I use a modified MultiWii GUI for my open source NeXtcopter and OpenAero projects but many people have trouble getting it going and Processing is a huge pain to work with.
I will definitely migrate those projects to this as soon as the source is available. Amazing work!

zarkon · Post by **zarkon** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:30 am

bob4432 wrote:
dongs wrote:Please release a beta of this already I absolutely hate java.

+1

+2

jevermeister · Post by **jevermeister** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:24 am

Hi,
I found one issue:

When I am connected to the FC and try to open the GUI settings page i got a message that this is not possible - OK.
But when I am not connected, and open that page and then hit connect, I can change the settings there.

Is this OKAY?

I did not find anything else.
The look and feel is brilliant!

I will test some more tonight.

ps.: like the parasaving into file ;-)

Nils