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Page turner pedal on iPad isn't turning the pages
I have used a Cicada Page Flip pedal for many years to turn pages on song lyrics in Dropbox files on my iPad. Suddenly the pedal does not turn the pages, even though it instantly connects via Bluetoo...
I contacted AirTurn (who make Bluetooth page turners) asking them about compatibility and this is their response…
“It's not recommended that people use that program. Dropbox is a file storing, and file sharing program. That is what it was built for. Not for people to use pedals, or controllers to trigger it. So they don't always have the needed protocol that makes it work. I'm surprised you were able to use it for an extended period of time.”
Pity, as it was convenient to store files and then read them an control them with a page turner.
“It's not recommended that people use that program. Dropbox is a file storing, and file sharing program. That is what it was built for. Not for people to use pedals, or controllers to trigger it. So they don't always have the needed protocol that makes it work. I'm surprised you were able to use it for an extended period of time.”
Pity, as it was convenient to store files and then read them an control them with a page turner.
I got the same "avoid Dropbox at all costs" answer from Airturn when my Dropbox suddenly stopped responding after the iOS update. I frankly jumped on their response telling them that it was a poor attitude to say that, when a little effort to work with Dropbox to solve incompatibilities would go a long way with many of us who have relied on the combination for a long time. Now, from reading this thread, I might have to amend my response to include Apple in that equation of problem solving.
