Using TR and Zwift Concurrently

TrainerRoad Software
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Yup, super nice to have a clear view of the ride, and camera 3 is all I use unless I and riding an actual Z event.

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Hi all, I just saw this today, tried it, and worked flawlessly.
Ipad (2017, maybe 2018 version)
Kick Core bought in 2020
Finally what i was looking for, without even having to worry about dongles and stuff.

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How did you do this? My TR power drops out constantly while using Zwift. So very annoying.

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Yeah thatā€™s been my setup for months, it works pretty well. I just make sure to load TR first, get all the connections linked. Then open Zwift and make sure it doesnā€™t link the ā€œcontrollableā€ part. Havenā€™t had any issues so far.

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Thatā€™s interesting cos I have to do the opposite. Load Zwift, get it all running (minus the controllable part) and then load TR. Works perfectly for me (using two ANT+ dongles).

*Should note that this is on a laptop.

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I kick off TR first, then Zwift, and then pull up TR again and put it to the side. Lately Iā€™ve just used TR on phone, and then non-controllable Zwift setup on iPad and itā€™s worked a charm.

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Hey guys with Tech advancing quickly wondering peoples experience with this using TR on the phone with Bluetooth power meter, and wahoo kickr. Keen to use the workouts of TR and clock up some miles on Zwift at the same time.

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After +2 years on Zwift & a 6 year absence from TR, I have returned to TR. Whilst I enjoyed the visual & riding with friends aspect of Zwift, I found that the novelty wore off. Iā€™m not into racing on Zwift & the workouts werenā€™t appealing. I found myself just riding around the various courses aimlessly.
For my first 6 years on TR (2013-2019), I used it with a dumb trainer & no Power Meter (I purchased my Smart trainer in Mid-2019). I found the workouts engaging enough, therefore I donā€™t really need the ā€œgameyā€ interface to keep me interested in indoor riding.
I missed the structure of TR & the specific purpose (to make one a better/faster rider) of it. I also felt that I should put my money where my mouth is, as I use the TR Forums regularly. Iā€™m happy to be back & have started my first ever training plan.

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I do this every dayā€¦

Vector3, Kickr and Polar H10 paired to TR on iPhone 11.
Vector3 and Polar H10 paired to Zwift via AppleTV.

Very few issues, generally stable setup.

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Switch off controllable off in Zwift. Otherwise terrain simulation interferes with the TR erg mode. Hence the changing of resistance.:facepunch:t3:

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I have also used TR ERG with ZWIFT for scenery for years but this winter I grew tired of ZWIFT, so I found these high quality Bike ride videos to watch instead: https://www.youtube.com/c/BiketheWorld and they are fantastic!

This morning I rode " GroƟer Ahornboden from the Sylvenstein Lake" in Germany, and I saw this sign:
2022-01-24 14_53_14-Window
then:
2022-01-24 14_45_11-Window

:rofl:

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Exactly - the Zwift pairing comes and goes really fast so you often have to go back to to it from the Zwift menu to make sure controllable is switched off in Zwift.

My setup is TR connected to power meter and trainer via bluetooth on my phone, with an Ant+ connection on my laptop just receiving data from the power meter for Zwift.

Confuses the hell out of people who just see me surging all the time, not knowing Iā€™m following a TR workout in the background :rofl:

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About this here goes my experience.
I was following the advice to set TR workout 1st by resistance and then open zwift conencting it by power only. That worked but only using TR connected by ant+ and Z by bt because setting TR first somehow disabled ant+ option on Z (even connecting TR only by bt).
Also using TR on ant+ I was having some minor drops (a couple of times each workout).
Yesterday launched Z first and connected power cadence and HR by ant+ and after all set and the watopia road was loaded I went to TR and set the devices by BT. Not only the connections worked for both apps but had not a single drop on my TR workout.

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That all makes senses and can depend a bit on the specific devices used for each app. But for TR, Bluetooth is typically more stable and resistant to drops. So that is the best to start with if itā€™s channel is not required by Z on the alternate device connection.

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I also found that even systm works better on bt. It seems some sudden power changes on erg mode are not properly handled by ant+ that has some delay.

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