Comments on: How to use a $10 Bluetooth Media Button as a handlebar-mounted Zwift game-controller

By: SAMDestroy

SAMDestroy — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:59:53 +0000

i reply to my own question 🙂
Im using powertoys to deaktivate this special media keystrokes in Windows.
An other way would be to completely deactivate the HID Service (in this case Windows dont respond to any Media Controls) but i dont want this.

Also im using Eventghost instead of Autohotkey because i found a way to get around detach/attach problems from the Bluetooth Media Control (the Button Remote is going to standby to save battery life)

By: SAMDestroy

SAMDestroy — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 15:24:23 +0000

how can i prevent windows from listening to this keystrokes ? because this bluetooth button device will act like a media control remote (pressing pause will pause music, pressing back and forward will skip music tracks and so on).
autohotkey/eventghost should have exclusive keyinput from this device. so i need to make windows stop listing to it.
please help

By: Korneel Wever

Korneel Wever — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:32:45 +0000

In reply to Christian Fox.

After I cam up with the exact same solution and digging around, I worked out how to achieve the same thing on a mac using Karabiner:
https://onemanengine.com/10-dollar-zwift-solution/
@Jarl, feel free to use my content/screenshots so mac users also get a working solution. Just give me mention and link back.

By: Allen Look

Allen Look — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:48:13 +0000

Any chance of using this for the new steering functionality?

By: Troy Kasper

Troy Kasper — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 21:32:25 +0000

Not swift related, but wonder if anyone has done something like this to control a smart trainers resistance remotely. The Wahoo app sucks when you’re sweaty and using an app not connected to the smart trainer, like Peloton or Fitness+

By: Andy Nichols

Andy Nichols — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 20:36:40 +0000

In reply to Jarl Petter Kvalsvik. Thanks I've mainly been wanting to set it up a bit like a sprint shifter button for power ups so I dont have to take my hands off the shifter.

By: Jarl Petter Kvalsvik

Jarl Petter Kvalsvik — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 13:20:37 +0000

In reply to Andy Nichols. This piece of software was created before Zwift launched the companion app. I would recommend that you install the companion app on your mobile and mount your mobile on your handlebar instead. The Zwift companian app will give you much better control over the game, than what you can achieve with the bluetooth button. If you still want to try the bluetooth button, I can take a look at it and see if anything in the game has changed and caused it to not work anymore.

By: Andy Nichols

Andy Nichols — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 11:03:02 +0000

Really impressed with this idea but i’m having a few issues with getting it to work. pressing play/pause opens the menu (but doesn’t close it) and nothing else seems to do anything – are there any troubleshooting suggestions?

By: Jesper

Jesper — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:41:34 +0000

In reply to Christian Fox. The software/scripts are only Windows compatible, unfortunately.

By: Christian Fox

Christian Fox — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:14:40 +0000

Is this windows specific or compatible with Mac