MyRoute-app & BarButtons - control our app using a bluetooth keyboard

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Dae-0 Wunderlinq is definitely planned. We aim to support multiple keymappings eventually.

[Jure Sirena 0]

I drive same bike as you as you know Corjan, it is always challenging to find place on the wheel for everything, and this bike is bad at this. My feeling (will take survey) is not positive as I personaly dont like this items on bike - simple reason - more you have, more will be distractive. There's phones, Gopros, etc etc.
It is going into direction of BMW wheel / jogger which I tried also.

You are listing here tons of functionalities to play during ride, as I like myself I will say no to it

There are always positives and negatives for sure, but my oppinion spending lot of time on bike is navigation should be managed only at stop, so set it up, click GO and it should work till next point you want (stop, destination or similar). Its why I also like very much the Carplay, its just a screen navigating you, with limited options - the most necessary
Also when riding in all conditions or long journeys phone does not come in handy - in cold, rain, hot, they tent to have problems, or you need ponchos etc etc, so dedicated moto navigation device is still prefered.
I guess this combination is very good for daily or short ride

I guess what would be interesting is a very very minimal device with 2 buttons only, maybe 3 - +/- for zoom in / out (this is most used while navigating) and third one to maybe toggle between sound / screen the rest just +/-. that would be interesting

challenging question: Almost all bikes support BT connectivity with on board commands, is it so different from bike to bike to have it integrated in app?

[Con Hennekens]

@Jure-Sirena-0 said in MyRoute-app & BarButtons - control our app using a bluetooth keyboard:

what would be interesting is a very very minimal device with 2 buttons only, maybe 3 - +/- for zoom in / out (this is most used while navigating) and third one to maybe toggle between sound / screen

The beauty of BarButtons is that if you get the DIY pack (free!) you can built whatever you like for yourself, for just a few bucks on some cheap parts. Just design a case with less buttons if you like that.
I agree that playing with buttons on your bike is unsafe, but I still think it is safer then what you often see happening: playing without buttons, on the screen, to attempt to get things done. Especially while riding in groups, you don't want to pull over for each waypoint to skip, or to up/down the volume. Having a button for that is A LOT safer than trying that on screen.
Besides1: The buttons are also very handy to use while standing still WITHOUT the need to take off gloves.
Besides2: it is not obligatory to use

[Corjan Meijerink]

BarButtons also experimented with a minimal version!

It's all work in progress and a ongoing process!
We are excited to share the current progress and look forward to the community input.

[Jure Sirena 0]

@Corjan-Meijerink That seems a very good concept

[Con Hennekens]

This post is deleted!

[Con Hennekens]

To reply to myself: I found it...
Button one in keymap 3 seems to send a "=" not a "+"
I'll notify Joost.

[Steve Lynch]

@Corjan-Meijerink

You can count me in for the Branded MRA Version.

[Con Hennekens]

To reply again on myself
Joost informed me that BarButtons needs the preview of V3 firmware to work with MRA. After upgrading the firmware I can completely work along with @Corjan-Meijerink's great demo.

I found 2 problems though:

• Through the buttons I can open the drawer and navigate to the routes menu. from there buttons don't work, so you cannot select a route.
• The new menu's that are introduced in this last beta update, can also not be navigated by buttons.

I deleted my previous post with the keymaps, because they will only bring confusion.

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Con-Hennekens I believe our BarButtons run the preview version! https://jaxeadv.com/barbuttons/barbuttons-user-guide-preview/

[Con Hennekens]

@Corjan-Meijerink, yes, that must be so. But exactly the points I made, you left them out of the review It doesn't work on my side, I assume it will not work on yours.

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Con-Hennekens good point!

[Jack van Tilburg]

Relive the good old times

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Jack-van-Tilburg Wow! That's a nice relic

[Con Hennekens]

@Corjan-Meijerink, take a look at the SPEAK button. It repeats the last voice instruction I knew i did not think that up myself, when suggesting a similar feature

[Maicro]

When I saw the video yesterday: https://youtu.be/YH_JCfabwI0

The first thing I said: Oh my god!

This is what I have always longed to have to control MRA and not have to touch the screen.

I was actually going to purchase it but, after reading this thread, I have my doubts. The minimalist version looks wonderful.

Must-haves for me:
-Skip next Waypoint
-Zoom.

@Corjan-Meijerink, please what do you advise, wait for your version or buy it now?

Thank you very much for your excellent work.

[Jörgen]

Same for me, I would like to get it asap, but not sure to buy now or to wait? What is the recommendation?

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Maicro Happy to hear your enthusiasm! This is exactly why we are looking into these integrations.

To answer your questions (and @Jörgen), given the price I’d buy it now if you are enthusiastic. The product might be redesigned or get a custom branding but feature wise it won’t change a lot!

@Maicro skipping waypoint is possible already! See demo video. It’s a long press on a button. Zooming works too! However when navigating the camera stops following you when you changed the zoom. This is however a feature that will be added in the app!

[Ronni]

@Corjan-Meijerink said in MyRoute-app & BarButtons - control our app using a bluetooth keyboard:

The product might be redesigned...

I have seen the pics with the smaller versions, which i would prefer. Did you get any Informations about an Release date? I definitely want to use this keyboard this season.

greetings
Ronni

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Ronni we don’t have any information about this. It’s all about prototyping and brainstorming now
However, if there would be a MRA branded version, I’d guess that will be available around the release of the the app.