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.

coucouillu · 11-14-2005, 07:04 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

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).

These look as good ideas

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

...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.

Do you mean CD Changer emulation?? If yaes, that would be great
_________________________________________
_Pioneer_| <--4--- |______|<---3----|
Head Unit|________|SiLabs|________|PCCAR
________|---1--->|______|----2--->|
__________________________________________
1 & 2 : when press/long press buttons left,right,up,down from Pioneer HU, it commands CF for Previous/Next/FF/FR track & Up/down Folder
3 & 4 : PCCAR send via Silabs CD text informations like Artist, Album, Song

RPM_VR4 · 11-14-2005, 01:43 PM

Yep. You've drawn it out exactly. The SiLabs board is great for that be cause it connects to the PC and is full powered by USB.

That project is a bit down the road though. My IR solution works well enough that I'm not gonna mess with it until I have a lot of free time.

coucouillu · 11-15-2005, 06:37 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

Yep. You've drawn it out exactly. The SiLabs board is great for that be cause it connects to the PC and is full powered by USB.

That project is a bit down the road though. My IR solution works well enough that I'm not gonna mess with it until I have a lot of free time.

I told you that because we are many people waiting for a guy names JBORS wich manufacture some HU to PC adaptators. He has done for alpine and other but not for Pioneer
look here
M-Bus CD changer adapter for car pc integration

For Pioneer IPBUS, I have tried to do it with PICs but they are not fast enough...Obliged to use ATMEL chips but don't know them

Hark · 11-15-2005, 11:52 AM

I appreciate all the discussion, but none of this is relevant to the thread topic

Anyone with a BMW that uses the IBUS controller module to send steering wheel commands to Centrafuse, and if so, can they post what's in their Ibuscomm.ini file?

RPM_VR4 · 11-15-2005, 01:33 PM

I still don't see what the trouble is. I assume your I-Bus to PC adapter thing can map iBus signals to key-strokes right? Just look in hotkeys.xml for all the CF key-strokes and you should be set. Maybe you could post a link to your device so I understand how it all works?

coucouillu: To decode Pioneer best, you need an LVDS chip that converts Bus+/Bus- to TX/RX. The bus is 40us a bit. 1=50%/50% 0=75%/25%.

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