# How to use Trainerroad with Tacx Desktop App (TDA) or FulGaz and let Trainerroad control the smart-trainer via bluetooth? **URL:** \ **Category:** Equipment\ **Created:** [June 20, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/how-to-use-trainerroad-with-tacx-desktop-app-tda-or-fulgaz-and-let-trainerroad-control-the-smart-trainer-via-bluetooth/94161 "2024-06-20T11:37:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FlorianMuc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/florianmuc/32/132399_2.png) [@FlorianMuc](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/FlorianMuc)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/how-to-use-trainerroad-with-tacx-desktop-app-tda-or-fulgaz-and-let-trainerroad-control-the-smart-trainer-via-bluetooth/94161/1 "2024-06-20T11:37:51Z")
Or in other words: How to use Trainerroad for structured training and at the same time drive through realistic landscapes? 1. Insert two (!) Ant+ USB-Sticks into your device. 2. Open Trainerroad first. Click on “devices”. You should see two possible options for connecting your device to the smart-trainer - one via Bluetooth and one via Ant+. Let Trainerroad establish a connection via Bluetooth. Depending on whether you are using TDA (3a.) oder FulGaz (3b.): 3a. Open TDA. Click on “connect devices”. TDA should display the option to connect via Ant+. Choose it. You do not need to do anything else. 3b. Open FulGaz. Click on “connect devices”. Wait for some time - it may well take a moment longer. FulGaz should only display one (!) possible connection to the smart-trainer via Ant+. Don’t connect to “Trainer Resistance Control”, but connect to “Power” and “Cadence”. This ensures that Trainerroad controls the trainer, but not FulGaz. 1. Further Remarks: My impression is that Trainerroad on the one hand and TDA / FulGaz on the other hand block the Bluetooth connection **and** one Ant-Stick each. However, if a second Ant-Stick is used, the apps do not access this one additionally. This means that one app can use the Bluetooth connection and the other app can use the Ant+ connection. If you use Trainerroad with Swift or Rouvy, you don’t need a second Ant+ stick. My setup: Tacx Neo 2t Smart-Trainer Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Microsoft Win 11 Trainerroad desktop app with TDA and Fulgaz desktop app ---
**Author:** ![PWeber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/pweber/32/54442_2.png) [@PWeber](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/PWeber)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/how-to-use-trainerroad-with-tacx-desktop-app-tda-or-fulgaz-and-let-trainerroad-control-the-smart-trainer-via-bluetooth/94161/2 "2024-06-20T18:27:06Z")
I have previously used TR with TDA this way and it worked well. I can’t remember if i had two Ant+ sticks in the PC at the time or not, but I’ll have another try now you have mentioned the need. ---
**Author:** ![kevistraining](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/kevistraining/32/171237_2.png) [@kevistraining](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/kevistraining)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 8:26am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/how-to-use-trainerroad-with-tacx-desktop-app-tda-or-fulgaz-and-let-trainerroad-control-the-smart-trainer-via-bluetooth/94161/3 "2024-06-21T08:26:47Z")
> [@FlorianMuc](#): > > My impression is that Trainerroad on the one hand and TDA / FulGaz on the other hand block the Bluetooth connection **and** one Ant-Stick each. It could be that TDA and/or Fulgaz block the ant+ stick even if it doesnt use it - but Trainerroad and Zwift do not do this. I routinely use TR and Zwift together on a PC with just the one ant+ stick with the other program using bluetooth.