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OpenTracks is a sport tracking application that completely respects your privacy.
https://OpenTracksApp.com
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Please re-add support for ANT+ and Classic Bluetooth, #73

Closed pes4murai closed 4 years ago

pes4murai commented 5 years ago

I have a KALENJI DUAL ANT+ / BLUETOOTH SMART RUNNER'S HEART RATE MONITOR BELT (https://www.decathlon.co.uk/ant-bluetooth-smart-hrm-id_8334795.html). It uses Bluetooth Smart (4.0) et ANT+ communication technology and I cannot pair with the app.

Please could you re-add the support for ANT+ and Classic Bluetooth?

Thank you for your amazing work, your app is great.

Regards,

dennisguse commented 5 years ago

This tracker should actually work as it supports Bluetooth low energy (BLE) aka Bluetooth Smart. I have the feeling that BLE is supported almost always if ANT+ is supported (my Polar OH1 has also dual support). In the upcoming release v3.2.6, a proper Bluetooth scan is implemented. For the time being, can you check with an app like BLExplorer (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.ligi.blexplorer/) if your heart rate monitor supports BLE?

Anyhow, readding ANT+ is (at the moment) not an option as it requires introducing an additional library (got also requested in #63). From my perspective making OpenTracks maintainable is more important than adding ANT+. If someone wants to take the effort (incl. maintenance), please do.