Clarification - can I use external control gizmos when I have Rockbox on my iPod

[uOpt]

A first test says no, but can somebody confirm?

When I have Rockbox on my iPod (80 GB video), then I cannot control it with all these little docking port gizmos have have external play/pause/forward buttons, right?

I tested with my wife's alarm clock that has buttons and they don't work.

What I would need is a decent solution to control the sucker in the car. The scrollwheel drives me nuts and there are too many problems when there water or snow or when I have gloves on. Any solutions for this?

What would be involved in making the serial port control in the docking port work?

[soap]

Start here.
Any follow up questions I'll be happy to answer.

[uOpt]

Thanks, that answers the question.

Do you have an overview about where it's blocked? Do we lack documentation to program the serial port? Do we lack documentation about the protocol?

What do you recommend for a 40+ GB player with Jogdial and Rockbox?

[soap]

I must not have been clear.  I was trying to point out accessory support is a work in progress and there is a procedure and place for helping the developers make your accessories work.

If you strike up a conversation with rpress - and report the requested debug strings there is a good chance we can get your accessory working.

[woyciesjes]

Also, add details about your iPod & the perticular accessories that don't work here:
http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/9951

Just curious, have you tried the current version? Apparently Stable v3.1 doesn't have the iPod Accessory Protocol in it....

[uOpt]

I don't have the accessory I want to use yet.

What I did is before I buy the accessory I actually need I tried it with a random alarm clock ipod thing that my wife has to see whether Rockbox maybe does all the serial stuff anyway.

What I want to use in the end is the Apple Store car set that has charger, line out and a wireless little round thingy that you can strap to the steering wheel (I'll use the hand brake, thank you).

http://store.apple.com/us/product/TR824LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA4NA&mco=MzEzODI5Nw

[woyciesjes]

     Ahh, I see now. Well, I have the Kensington FM/RDS transmitter for mine. The only external controls for mine are selecting the FM transmission frequesncy, which gets displayed on the iPod sceen (only in iPod mode).
    When I tried stable v3.1, only charging worked. But once I upgraded Rockbox to current (r20102-090225), it is functional. The only features that still don't work is displaying the FM transmitting frequency on the iPod display (no surprise, no big deal, since I have 3 presets saved in the transmitter anyway), and displaying track name and track artist on the radio, via RDS.
   If you get the device and test, posting the details about what exactly doesn't work with it would be the place to start. I suppose....

[Hillshum]

I don't think Rockbox supports Video-in to the iPod yet

[soap]

I don't think Rockbox supports Video-in to the iPod yet

correct

[woyciesjes]

    But would that be Video In? I suppose it could be, but IIRC somewhere it was mentioned that it was a software program that got 'loaded into the iPod whenever the transmitter was connected & turned on....
    Is there a way I can find out?