camera connection kit on iphone!? (with midi keyboard)

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hey ;-)
i saw a video on youtube with someone having an iphone 4 connected to a midi keyboard via the usb cammera conection kit.
he could play the synth oh the iphone.
Imagine you conect the small nanokey keyboard to the iphone while on the go.

Has anyone tested to connect the connection kit to an iphone instead of an ipad?
please post your results.. E.g. Which device you tested and which IOS version you have.

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HI,
You should not only watch videos but also read text ;)

"UPDATE: this feature has been disabled in iOS 5.0 beta since beta 7, including the final released version."

CCK-compatibility for anything else than iPad has been deliberately disabled by Apple. That iOS 5 BETA-Version is the only known instance it was enabled.

Curses, Apple!

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[quote="mindnoise"]HI,
You should not only watch videos but also read text ;)

"UPDATE: this feature has been disabled in iOS 5.0 beta since beta 7, including the final released version."

I am on ios 4.2.1 with my iphone 3g and maybe things are different?Thats why i am asking!I heard that usb generic midi supoort first appeared on ios 4.2?

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lq_sunshine wrote: I am on ios 4.2.1 with my iphone 3g and maybe things are different?Thats why i am asking!I heard that usb generic midi supoort first appeared on ios 4.2?
I see, yes CoreMIDI and CoreAudio where introduced with 4.2, but you need a dedicated MIDI interface for that. Right now the iRig MIDI is the best MIDI-DIN bang for the buck.

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mindnoise wrote:
lq_sunshine wrote: .. see, yes CoreMIDI and CoreAudio where introduced with 4.2, but you need a dedicated MIDI interface for that. Right now the iRig MIDI is the best MIDI-DIN bang for the buck.
thank you for the advise, but usb midi solution would be cool for nanokey... Maybe i have to get in iphone 4 and install the ios5 beta to get the cck working. Arent there any hacks to get cck activated again in the regular ios 5 release?

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good news!
a cck hack is being developed!


Last edited by lq_sunshine on Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Great!

I'm wondering if an asynchronous USB DAC can be connected to an iDevice thru the cck.

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As far as I understand, the camera connection kit should include an Apple authentication coprocessor which should request an iDevice to allow access.

http://www.xmos.com/products/development-kits/ipod-dock


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"Method and system for authenticating an accessory":
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2007/0234420.html

"...Numerous third-parties have developed accessories for use with media players. An accessory may be used with the media player as long as a compatible connector or port is utilized. Accessories interact with the media player using an accessory protocol. One example of an accessory protocol is referred to as iPod Accessory Protocol (iAP), which is available from Apple Computer, Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. The accessory protocol includes commands which have been typically been made freely accessible to accessory developers. A problem with the commands being freely accessible is that they can be used by unauthorized or counterfeit accessory devices.
One solution is to perform authentication operations on an accessory device. Accordingly, the accessory devices would not have any access to the media player until after the authentication process is complete..."

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And the Camera Connection Kit should allow an iDevice to switch into the USB host mode.

A USB DAC, like the Cypher Labs AlgoRhythm Solo, which is directly compliant with an iPod/iPhone/iPad, acts as a USB host, while the iPod/iPhone/iPad acts as a USB device.

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lq_sunshine wrote:good news!
a cck hack is being developed!

Bad news! It's gone! :cry:

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Breeze wrote:
lq_sunshine wrote:good news!
a cck hack is being developed!

Bad news! It's gone! :cry:

its gone :( but i found their twitter account : iConnectionKit
there you can get the latest news..
they gut sd cards and usb keyboard working, too.

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lq_sunshine wrote:its gone :( but i found their twitter account : iConnectionKit
there you can get the latest news..
they gut sd cards and usb keyboard working, too.
FYI: Jailbreak required. :(

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Breeze wrote:
lq_sunshine wrote:its gone :( but i found their twitter account : iConnectionKit
there you can get the latest news..
they gut sd cards and usb keyboard working, too.
FYI: Jailbreak required. :(

as i said... its a hack





however: this link should work now

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Any news about this? As far as I could find out the CCK still only works on the iPad...
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