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FSX Java Solari Board using simconnect?

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Forgive my noobieness as it's very early days for me, but I saw a Solari Board project page at http://dev.basdesign.com/split-flap/ and was thinking of how to create a GUI in java perhaps that would mimic a Solari board that reads AI Traffic data.

In the above example, this display apparantly calls data off a webpage whichs sends data out to it in JSON Format here:

http://dev.basdesign.com/split-flap/data/airport_schedule.php?data=departures

I have absolutley no knowledge of programming, Java or C. Basically I
would like to learn the required skills to enable AI aircraft
movements in FSX to be displayed on an arrivals and departures board,
similar to this one or one written in another language that looks and sounds like a Solari Board.

From what I understand, the proposed (Java?) solari board would need to interact with simconnect.

There is a similar program called Super Traffic Board, http://www.supertrafficboard.com/ which I
have bought, but this only has updating static fonts (Not flip style).

I understand also that there is a program called jconnect and Java
Swing that may be able to be used. There is also a similar inbuilt
module in FSX called Traffic Toolbox SDK, which displays similar
information. (flight no's, airlines to/from etc), but in static fonts only like SuperTrafficBoard.

As you can no doubt tell, I am a total newby to all this, but thought
I would ask for advice on whether this would be possible, (Hooking
Java written program up with Simconnect).


Cheers Chris
 
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