SkyCharts

You can now fly X-Plane and have SkyCharts track along!

In order to do so, check the following screen shots and note the circles where you need to change or check the settings.

The cockpit screen shot is for reference only - if you have the 4th check box set in the Settings, X-Plane will tell you what its sending to SkyCharts.

Settings->Data Input & Output
Select the first check box (internet) on 20: lat,lon,altitude. You can also set the 4th box (cockpit display) to verify.
In right corner set UDP rate to 1.0/sec. Faster will not improve speed, in fact the opposite will happen since SkyCharts has to process the received data.

Settings->Net Connections
Click on Inet 3, and type in IP=224.0.0.0 Port=49100. NOTE: The port is different from default.

If multicast (224.0.0.0) does NOT work (your router may not support multicast) then try using YOUR IP in the box above, or change the router setting. Here is how to find YOUR IP (find the blurred number in the image, and replace with it is in your case).

Now fly!
SkyCharts should just pick up the coordinate from X-Plane, nothing needs to be done in SkyCharts. When you are done, quit X-Plane and SkyCharts will revert to the internal GPS after 20 seconds.
Hint: Press the gps lock button and SkyCharts will always keep the location centered.

If you don’t have X-Plane, try the demo version:
http://www.x-plane.com/demo.html

Just remember, SkyCharts ONLY has charts for the continental USA,Alaska&Hawaii (so far). The X-Plane demo places you in Austria so you either get charts in SkyCharts or scenery in X-Plane but not both when using the demo. Sorry.