Open WouterJD opened 4 years ago
@aegisdesign That is a good point. I've bought several used ANT dongles for cheap myself.
As a general guide (whether buying new or used):
GOOD:
PROBLEMATIC:
@switchabl thanks; linked in the header message
To put some more nails on the Anself/Cycplus coffin: I recently tried to purchase an Anself dongle, but got shipped a Cycplus one. Having seen reports that Cycplus did not work at all using continuous scanning mode, I was surprised that this Cycplus dongle did recognize my devices and could receive all messages. However, my software was unable to send any messages using this dongle. It looks like ANT Extended messages might not be supported on it. I then tried using the same dongle with "normal" ANT point-to-point connections, which does work.
My conclusion for now is that Cycplus has updated their dongles to make continuous scanning "kind of" work because they can now receive messages. They're still broken though. From the reports that I have been getting, the newer Anself dongles behave in the same way as these newer Cyclus dongles.
@ibooij thanks for this explanation; Welcome to the FortiusANT community
I'm always curious to know who I communicate with, where FortiusANT is used and what configuration is used. Please tell me what bundle did you buy, and what brake and what head unit do you use? I would therefore appreciate that you introduce yourself; perhaps leave a comment under issue #14.
It is a shame that I didn't read this carefully enough: now I bought a Garmin USB1 model that doesn't work. I can succesfully install the driver with the libusb inf_wizard, but it is still not found.
@leovanr1 That is unfortunate. In theory we could try to add support for the USB1 but it only has 4 channels so we would need to turn some features off. I think it is also pretty rare now so I am not sure it is worth it. Zwift, Rouvy, Trainerroad and RGT don't support it anymore either.
I could have known if I had read your information more carefully. So don't worry about it.
Hi, can anyone confirm if the Garmin USB ANT+ Stick 010-01058-00 will work ok with FortiusAnt?
Thanks
Hi, can anyone confirm if the Garmin USB ANT+ Stick 010-01058-00 will work ok with FortiusAnt?
Thanks
If original it works
Hopefully they are and about to buy as they are wanted to replace my CYCPLUS USB ones as I'm having alot of dropped comms...
Mine works without problem
Thanks.. Just out of interest, whats the photo of, is that a SFF pc in a box?
Thanks.. Just out of interest, whats the photo of, is that a SFF pc in a box?
It's a Raspberry PI 4 B
Hello Wouter, I'm very impressed about what you've had build together with friends. I am very curious if I get my old Tacx fortius working with Zwift (because I'm not at all an IT pro). First step: I've ordered today 2 ANT+ LIVL0V V5 dongles on Amazon.nl (https://www.amazon.nl/gp/product/B08L3KF918/). I'll hope they will work. Have you, or other FortiusANT users, any experience with these dongles?
Welcome to the FortiusANT community
I'm always curious to know who I communicate with, where FortiusANT is used and what configuration is used. Please tell me what bundle did you buy, and what brake and what head unit do you use? I would therefore appreciate that you introduce yourself; perhaps leave a comment under issue #14. You could also consider to visit the sponsor page
Welcome! Well --- never heard of LIVLOV before; but generally spoken all dongles work with exception of the mentioned ones. Curious to hear your experience
ANT dongles
FortiusANT supports USB dongles with the ID's 4104 (Suunto), 4105 (Garmin) or 4100 (Older).
USB-dongles can be bought on miscellaneous shops, Google for "usb ant+ dongle"...
Currently (April 2020...Jan 2021) it appears there is a high demand and therefore some links to suppliers to give you suggestions - sorry for suggestions in the Dutch area and that some reference appear to be out-of-stock.
Read this post for general information.
Warning (CYCPLUS, Amazon, Aliexpress) , read this first. Dongles from
manufacturer=CYCPLUS
(also advertised as Antself, sold by Amazon) are reported not working well with FortiusANT (#45 #65). See also tacxfaqx.com. Some recovery from errors is implemented in FortiusANT 3.0 but behavior remains poor. Refer to this post from Ilja for some explanation.Because of the worldwide audience it's impossible to give a clear direction where to buy and we can only provide suggestions - use this page to post questions and others may help you. Please understand these are only references to ANT+ dongles and please understand that this does not imply any guarantee from our side!
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Dongles
Onboard Windows Bluetooth is not supported; a separate BLE-dongle is required.
When using - b (node.js) supported dongles are (see documentation) and node-bluetooth-hci-socket:
Known good models:
Other suppliers
USB-hubs
You use a USB-hub AND have connection problems? Read this