Garmin ant dongle
rozzer32
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So I want to get an ant dongle so my laptop can pick up my power meter and I can use the golden cheetah train facility. Now as well as the dongle picking up my heart rate and power meter will I also be able to connect to my garmin 810 at the same time? Or is it one or the other?
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Yes, but just make sure that the Garmin Connect software doesnt hog the dongle in the background which will make it unavailable for other devices... I dont have mine running as a service.. not needed on the laptop. Yopu can check via Task Manager.0
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cycling oriented sensors are mostly transmit only, so you can 'pair' as many things as you like to them
power meters using the pwr profile can also receive calibration and auto-zero commands from a head unit, but it doesn't matter, you can still have multiple devices listening for packets with the power meter's device numbermy bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0 -
Just FYI the £6 ones from ebay work perfectly.Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
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So I want to get an ant dongle so my laptop can pick up my power meter and I can use the golden cheetah train facility. Now as well as the dongle picking up my heart rate and power meter will I also be able to connect to my garmin 810 at the same time? Or is it one or the other?
Yes with ANT+ you can transmit to as many different devices as you like. That's unlike Bluetooth where you can only pair one receiver with one device.0 -
Just FYI the £6 ones from ebay work perfectly.
ah - my sort of price .... which one?0 -
Or get the Suunto one of wiggle - as it doesnt stick out and won't get broken off. You may want to tape it to the laptop as its tiny and will stop the Mrs taking it out to do something else with, and then you can't find it when you need to.....0
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So I want to get an ant dongle so my laptop can pick up my power meter and I can use the golden cheetah train facility. Now as well as the dongle picking up my heart rate and power meter will I also be able to connect to my garmin 810 at the same time? Or is it one or the other?
Yes absolutely. Each type of device transmits packets of data at a different rate with a unique ID. It is the job of the head unit to listen and interpret for this data. Essentially, the dongle and your 810 are both head units, and can listen to the devices. This is why when you are out riding sometimes and you pass another cyclist, you may be alerted of a new device found i.e. theirs.0 -
Just FYI the £6 ones from ebay work perfectly.
ah - my sort of price .... which one?
Any of the unbranded sticks of eBay are fine. They do stick out though so aren't as slick as the suunto ones but you know, £6.Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
Vitus Sentier VRS - 20170 -
ok - ta
They all say for the forerunner though ... seemed a bit odd - £6 though - worth a splash!0 -
Well now I've run into issues.
I bought the Suunto Movestick Mini after reading it's compatible with garmin devices and it was also a fair bit cheaper then the garmin one.
So I've tried to use it in train mode in GC but it won't pick anything up. It finds the dongle as it allows me to search for devices but then when it tries to pair devices it just gets stuck at searching and won't find either my HR strap or my pwoermeter. So I'm thinking the movestick mini might not be compatible after all. Anyone got any ideas? Running on a Mac on El Capitan 10.11 if that's any use.***** Pro Tour Pundit Champion 2020, 2018, 2017 & 2011 *****0 -
Well now I've run into issues.
I bought the Suunto Movestick Mini after reading it's compatible with garmin devices and it was also a fair bit cheaper then the garmin one.
So I've tried to use it in train mode in GC but it won't pick anything up. It finds the dongle as it allows me to search for devices but then when it tries to pair devices it just gets stuck at searching and won't find either my HR strap or my pwoermeter. So I'm thinking the movestick mini might not be compatible after all. Anyone got any ideas? Running on a Mac on El Capitan 10.11 if that's any use.
Like I said before (but obviously not taken notice of) .. if you have software like the Garmin suite running as a service on the laptop unbeknown to you, it will hog the ant+ stick and not allow it to be used by another appilication.0 -
Well now I've run into issues.
I bought the Suunto Movestick Mini after reading it's compatible with garmin devices and it was also a fair bit cheaper then the garmin one.
So I've tried to use it in train mode in GC but it won't pick anything up. It finds the dongle as it allows me to search for devices but then when it tries to pair devices it just gets stuck at searching and won't find either my HR strap or my pwoermeter. So I'm thinking the movestick mini might not be compatible after all. Anyone got any ideas? Running on a Mac on El Capitan 10.11 if that's any use.
Like I said before (but obviously not taken notice of) .. if you have software like the Garmin suite running as a service on the laptop unbeknown to you, it will hog the ant+ stick and not allow it to be used by another appilication.
Give that man a biscuit!!! Had Garmin express running in the background. Found them now, cheers!***** Pro Tour Pundit Champion 2020, 2018, 2017 & 2011 *****0 -
Well now I've run into issues.
I bought the Suunto Movestick Mini after reading it's compatible with garmin devices and it was also a fair bit cheaper then the garmin one.
So I've tried to use it in train mode in GC but it won't pick anything up. It finds the dongle as it allows me to search for devices but then when it tries to pair devices it just gets stuck at searching and won't find either my HR strap or my pwoermeter. So I'm thinking the movestick mini might not be compatible after all. Anyone got any ideas? Running on a Mac on El Capitan 10.11 if that's any use.
Like I said before (but obviously not taken notice of) .. if you have software like the Garmin suite running as a service on the laptop unbeknown to you, it will hog the ant+ stick and not allow it to be used by another appilication.
Give that man a biscuit!!! Had Garmin express running in the background. Found them now, cheers!
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