External Input Device: Support for BMW Connected Ride Cradle + Multi Controller

[HerrDings]

🚀 feature request

Description

I use OsmAnd on my Adventure Motorbike. It is equipped with a BMW Multicontroller (link to german description) and a BMW Connected Ride Cradle.

Currently the Cradle and the Multicontroller only seem to work with the BMW Connected Ride App. I would like to use the Multi Controller in OsmAnd, at least to change the map zoom level.

An implementation similar to the one for WunderLinq would be nice.

[Axel85T]

Hi! Are there any updates on this feature? I am sure the riders of BMW motorcycles would buy Osmand+ just to upgrade from the old navigations offered by BMW. Those navigations cost a fortune and are on the low end of versatility and specs. I would buy the plus version just not to loose the Wonder Wheel support when riding my motorcycle especially the zoom in/out function and getting all the good stuff Osmand offers.

[vshcherb]

That's quite interesting though most of the efforts are now focused to have a proper keyboard support. We've added extra combinations of buttons like '-','+', 'C' - center.

Also we plan to add customized key binding support and after that we will consider other devices. We believe that proper communication between app and joysticks should be an Android API of external keyboard, that way is easy for everybody

[xenoeng]

Are the CAN messages of the BMW Wonder Wheel publicly available? They could be read and translated into keycodes by something like an ESP32 acting as a BT keyboard.

[Axel85T]

I think so. These guys did it: https://blackboxembedded.com/products/wunderlinq-commuter-edition And Osmand supports their device but not the bmw made Connected cradle.

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Are the CAN messages of the BMW Wonder Wheel publicly available? They could be read and translated into keycodes by something like an ESP32 acting as a BT keyboard.

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[leemind]

I would absolutely love this feature. I tried decoding the BT messages from the Cradle to the phone, but didn't have much success. I did see OSMand has the ability for external inputs so if we could decode the Bluetooth it wouldn't be hard after that. I'm willing to do both, but maybe above my pay grade

[leemind]

Are the CAN messages of the BMW Wonder Wheel publicly available? They could be read and translated into keycodes by something like an ESP32 acting as a BT keyboard.<

That was my first thought, but I think that bit has already been done by the cradle as that talks Bluetooth to the phone.