open-dis-python

A Python 3 implementation of the Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) 7 standard. Initially generated by xmlpg.

Library installation

From source:

pip install .

For developers of this library (This installs a symlink to the sources so they can be edited and referenced in tests and examples without a reinstall):

pip install -e .

Run examples

Run a receiver:

cd examples
python3 dis_receiver.py

In another terminal, run the sender:

python3 dis_sender.py

You should also see the traffic on the net in Wireshark on your localhost interface.

Press Ctrl+\ to stop the process.

Documentation

You can auto generate API docs from the project source code:

pip install pdoc
pdoc --html --html-dir docs opendis

The docs will be generated in the docs/opendis folder.

Poetry setup

1. poetry install or poetry update
2. poetry run python examples/dis_receiver.py or poetry shell && python examples/dis_receiver.py

AFSIM twin connector example

A basic moving-entity simulation is included to feed an AFSIM DIS listener:

python3 examples/afsim_twin_connector.py --destination <afsim_ip> --port 3001

Useful knobs:

• --rate-hz: packet transmit rate
• --speed-mps: linear speed of the simulated entity
• --turn-rate-dps: heading change rate for a curved path
• --entity-number, --site, --application: DIS entity identifiers