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SimpleOps

Standalone .NET Framework 4.8 Windows desktop app for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020/2024 with GSX Remote Control integration.

It polls http://127.0.0.1:4789/telemetry, keeps the onGround safety gate intact, listens for ramp phrases, and drives GSX through SimConnect Remote Control mode plus live GSX menu matching.

Highlights

• Real desktop UI with live status, logs, parser diagnostics, and in-app settings
• Persisted settings in %AppData%\SimpleOps\settings.json
  • If %AppData% is unavailable, the app falls back to a local appdata folder beside the executable
• OpenAI ramp voice playback with the API key stored in Windows Credential Manager
• Selectable microphone and speaker devices
• Radio-style output controls
  • volume
  • left / right / both channel
  • pan
• Built-in deterministic phrase coverage plus user-editable aliases in %AppData%\SimpleOps\phrases.json
• GSX safety checks for unknown, weak, blocked, missing-menu, and ambiguous-menu cases

Main files

• SimpleOps.exe
• SimpleOps.csproj
• RampControlForm.cs
• RampController.cs
• OpenAiVoiceOutputService.cs
• LocalSpeechInputService.cs

Run

Launch the desktop app directly:

C:\Users\Alex\SimpleOPS\SimpleOps.exe

Helpful flags

Dry-run without live GSX actions:

C:\Users\Alex\SimpleOPS\SimpleOps.exe --dry-run

Dry-run one phrase:

C:\Users\Alex\SimpleOPS\SimpleOps.exe --dry-run --no-speech --no-voice --test-phrase "request catering"

Run the built-in parser and safety harness:

C:\Users\Alex\SimpleOPS\SimpleOps.exe --run-parser-tests

Notes

• GSX must already be installed and running.
• The app keeps the onGround == true gate exactly intact before GSX actions are allowed.
• OpenAI is used for ramp voice output only in this version. Speech recognition remains local.
• The project now uses repo-local SimConnect and NAudio dependencies so the GitHub desktop build can run off-machine.