Clara BW Wired page turners?

[brothmage]

Is there any way to connect a keyboard or similar device via USB-C (not bluetooth) to a Kobo (Clara BW in my case)? I'm experiencing the issue in these threads:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=147083

https://www.reddit.com/r/kobo/comments/1i8y0iu

And have not found any way to resolve it, including talking to Kobo support. I see that some people have had success getting around it with bluetooth page turners, but I'm not a fan of having to reconnect every time, even with NickelMenu shortcuts, or with the decreased battery life (however insignificant) of having bluetooth on.

I know that KOReader is an option and may help solve it but I'm really not a fan of the interface, especially the menu that you can open while reading. I love the simplicity of Nickel.

Since the USB-C port supports data transfer, not just power, I'm hoping this is feasible, but I'm not sure how.

Would love to hear from others who have attempted this and maybe succeeded...

[wherahiko]

The Kobowriter project (https://github.com/olup/kobowriter) seems to provide a way to do this. I haven't tried it, but have been intrigued by the project for a while. (Apparently it only supports the French azerty layout at the moment, though if you only want page up and down buttons that might not matter.) The documentation seems to assume a micro-USB Kobo, but surely it would also work a USB-C model?

[brothmage]

Originally Posted by wherahiko

The Kobowriter project (https://github.com/olup/kobowriter) seems to provide a way to do this. I haven't tried it, but have been intrigued by the project for a while. (Apparently it only supports the French azerty layout at the moment, though if you only want page up and down buttons that might not matter.) The documentation seems to assume a micro-USB Kobo, but surely it would also work a USB-C model?

Very nearly bricked it really should've checked before just moving the file over.
https://github.com/XCSoar/XCSoar/discussions/1433
Manual reset brought it back to life.

[wherahiko]

Originally Posted by brothmage

Very nearly bricked it really should've checked before just moving the file over.
https://github.com/XCSoar/XCSoar/discussions/1433
Manual reset brought it back to life.

Yikes! I'm glad you managed to bring it back to life.