[LAU] hardware midi control--footswitch? or Jack audio transport

[Rusty Perez]

Hi folks,
If this seems like a stupid question, it's because I'm very new at this.
Is there a way to control the jack transport system start/stop with a
hardware controller or footpedal? I want to control jack, thereby
controlling other jack aware applications which do not have
implementations of start/stop via midi.

Thanks so much!
Rusty