on the old app I used to have the option of connecting a sensor via bluetooth or ANT+ as they appeared as separate devices. On the latest app I cant find a way of selecting between them.
I find ANT+ better in my environment (the dongle is on a long extension cable) how can I force it to connect over ANT+ as it seems to default to bluetooth ?
the latest app combines both ant+ and bluetooth into one device - different from the old app. It defaults to bluetooth and you canât select which you wantâŚas far as I can tell.
I havenât upgraded yet, so not sure this would work, but try turning off the bluetooth and see if it defaults to ANT+. Iâm interested in this as well. I havenât upgraded to the new desktop app. My current set-up is similar with a long cord with an ANT+ dongle. This has been super solid for me and not looking to change it.
Just checked with support - this option has gone. It will connect Bluetooth if it sees it and will only fall back to ANT+ if it has problems (whatever that might be)
Obviously they want to simplify the pairing process âŚbut at the expense of usability IMO
I though it would have been straightforward enough to add a preference somewhere.
if you disable bluetooth then obviously it will connect on ant+ but as soon as you switch it back on (to use the keyboard and mouse !) then it will reconnect
on PC you could just unplug the bluetooth dongle - not so straightforward on a mac
I run TR on a Mac⌠I wish I could select ANT+ vs Bluetooth as well. My current workaround is to shut BT off from the menu bar (I have the Bluetooth icon shown up there), but that only works when I remember.
That would probably work as well, though itâs a lot of workaround to deal with a situation where we used to just be able to select the ârightâ option directly in the app
Agreed plus if the 2nd connection drops then TR is gonna grab the connection back.
Also wonât work for those devices (and there are a couple) that are able to pair over 2 BLE channels
Basically TR has decided it is going to decide what it thinks is best and use that - support tells me that it will even stitch mid ride if it decides to.
Iâm guessing some people do TR at the same time as Zwift. For those on AppleTV this is potentially going to add another layer of complication if you boot up in the incorrect order.
If I canât select ANT+ Iâm not going to upgrade. When I open on TR on my Mac the bluetooth Kickr selection is there, but it drops in and out quite frequently, so the solution per TR support was to connect using ANT+. Once I did and ran a USB cord close to the base of the Kickr I havenât had any issues.
Right now, only certain Wahoo devices that support âdual-bandâ wireless protocols are subject to the Bluetooth prioritization. We made this decision because typically (by âtypicallyâ I really mean âsignificantlyâ - as far as the data show) Bluetooth is much more reliable when it comes to interference/dropouts.
That said, there are obviously cases where ANT+ may be more reliable (like the one described in the OP).
Itâs got a little bit of weirdness as it is right now. If you pair via ANT+ then Bluetooth becomes available, a KICKR will swap to Bluetooth. It wonât swap back to ANT+ from Bluetooth, though. Right now this is âby designâ because of some development roadblocks. Swapping device profiles isnât as simple as it sounds, it seems.
This is going to go through some internal discussion. I canât guarantee anything as of right now.
Note that dual-band is currently only on Mac and mobile apps. If youâre on Windows, the dual-band merging isnât implemented. So you should still see both separate profiles with a Windows computer.
Plus the new app also has the (acknowledged) bug that it doesnât keep the pairing to wahoo (?) dual band devices on app restart so this decision has possibly caused as many problems as it has solved (although Iâm not totally clear exactly what it has solved ?)
Anybody with a Mac who has bought an ANT+ dongle probably expects to be given the option. I understand you are looking to limit your support overhead but you can still give more tech savvy users the option.
Never had drops with ANT+ but now have to re-pair my cadence sensor everytime