No touchscreen - suitable skin?

**Biggles** · 12-09-2008, 05:16 PM

Hi all,

I am working on integrating a CarPC with my OEM nav system so I don't have a touchscreen. Is there possibly a RR skin that is can be controlled only by buttons?

Thanks,

/Erik

**Konrad** · 12-09-2008, 05:26 PM

You can achieve this through keytbl.ini. You have to make sure that the keys of the oem nav system represent keyboard keys (for example: wire the keys to the serial port of your carpc and use assign keys to them with Girder). You can then assign actions for every button in the keytbl.ini.

**guino** · 12-09-2008, 05:47 PM

As konrad said, any skin can be used without a touchscreen. There's a "generic" solution in which RR can be fully controlled using up/down/left/right/enter (5 buttons) and you can also assign keys to specific functions in two ways: globally -- same function in all screens, or per screen -- the same key having different functions on each screen. A remote control with girder generally is a good option to make this work too.

**Enforcer** · 12-09-2008, 06:01 PM

I think there are a few people who use iDrive without using a touchscreen, using a wheel type thing that simulate the pressing of arrow keys.

**Maheriano** · 12-09-2008, 06:11 PM

Yes, there's the Space Navigator as an alternative to a touchscreen. There's even a skin built specifically for it.

**Biggles** · 12-09-2008, 06:56 PM

Thanks for all the replies. It is actually a BMW nav system that I am using. I already found the iDrive skin which looks business and iBusRR which might provide the glue to the car.

Looks promising...