BMW IBus control for Centrafuse?

**Hark** · 08-18-2005, 12:45 PM

Have any BMW Centrafuse users been able to control Centrafuse using the IBus adapter/steering wheel controls yet? I have it working for Frodoplayer, but for some reason I'm stuck on getting it to work with CF. I'm thinking I have the wrong application window defined in the Ibuscom.ini file - I assumed it would be "centrafuse" since that's what is listed in the task bar and in the task manager.

**inniss777** · 08-18-2005, 09:00 PM

What adapter are you using to connect the ibus controller to the pc?

**Hark** · 08-19-2005, 07:50 AM

Ressler's interface - see my work log in my sig. It's just a serial cable.

**inniss777** · 08-19-2005, 10:17 PM

Is your ibus on your steering wheel or in the center console like the newer models? How does yours differ from the newer 05 6 & 7 series controllers? I would like to use the newer 6 & 7 series controller on a pc. Any suggestions?

Also are you using girder? That should work with your controller.

**Hark** · 11-07-2005, 11:15 AM

Still looking for an answer to this - no BMW ibus users are using Centrafuse?

**RPM_VR4** · 11-12-2005, 03:03 AM

I don't see what iBus has to do with CF. If you have a PC iBus interface, you should be able to use Girder to make it control CF through its hot-keys. I am working on a Pioneer IP-Bus to PC interface that will have a Girder plugin.

**Hark** · 11-12-2005, 09:58 AM

I have a device that converts IBUS information into keystrokes - so when I press a button on the steering wheel, it sends a keystroke to specific applications. I'm asking how to do this for Centrafuse, since I haven't had any luck programming it with the hot keys that are listed in the Centrafuse settings. This all worked fine with Frodoplayer.

**RPM_VR4** · 11-12-2005, 06:34 PM

It should work fine. All of CF's hot-keys are Ctrl+Alt+HotKey (besides up/down and enter).

**coucouillu** · 11-13-2005, 10:30 AM

I have got remote control for the original head unit. It is very simple:
up
down
left
and right

There isn't any electronics in it.
Just 5 wired : 1 commun wire and 4 wires (one for each command).

I would ask you if you have got a simple systrem to use it via USB or RS232 to remote Centrafuse.
I know you are trying to do it for BMW IPBUS but what I ask is simple and perhaps someone could help me.

Have you got a little source code of plugin for next track-fast forward, previous track -fast rewind, volume and volume down.

Or if you know a link on a project like this

Thank you for your help.

**RPM_VR4** · 11-13-2005, 06:25 PM

You could interface it directly to the PCs Parallel Port, or you get get a micro-controller board that interfaces over serial or USB. Then you need to write a program that receives the hardware data and issues Key-Stroke-Macros.

A better idea would be just use Girder with a Parallel Port plugin, or write your own Girder-Plugin for a serial/USB input device. There is a ton of source code for Girder-Plugins including a generic-serial-port plugin.

FYI: I am currently using Girder with just an IR-Man and I found a device that converts my Steering-Wheel-Controls to IR. I also use my Pioneer hand-held remote control for controlling the PC as well as adjusting the volume of my head-unit (and the steering-wheel controls can adjust head-set volume too since they send IR).

...some day I would like to finish my SiLabs C8051F064EK board project ($25 on DigiKey). I have made it talk to my Pioneer head-unit as a CD-Changer, my On-Star Mirror buttons, my steering wheel controls, and receive/transmit IR. I need to write the Girder plugin for it, but I never got around to it since I can still use everything but the On-Star mirror buttons via an IR-Man, the Pioneer remote, and the steering-wheel-controls-to-IR device.