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Apps » IpBike » Controling Power of ANT+ Erg-mode trainers like Wahoo Kickr

Started by bikefella Mar 19 2013, 16:59

bikefella Posts: 3	Mar 19 2013, 16:59 Bike Trainers like the Computrainer and Wahoo Kickr offer "Ergo mode", where the rider selects the power that the trainer demands. The Kickr does this through Bluetooth LE and will imminently offer the capability via ANT+ (forecast is this week). Is there any plan for IPBike to exploit this capability, and thus to be able to control the Kickr's power, and indeed no doubt other trainers in the future? Many thanks
Ifor Moderator Posts: 939	Mar 19 2013, 22:57 I have no immediate plans to do this. There look to be a number of big complex software sweats in this space that I would expect to add support for the protocol once it is sorted out. There is no way IpBike will be able to aproach the level of stuff they are doing, it's a one man project in my spair time and I don't personaly use a trainer so have little interest in this side of things. The only thing in IpBike that is related is the workout system where you may want to do efforts at a given wattage. I don't belive you need any sophostication for this though just a standard gets harder as you go faster setup with the trainer is all you need. The thing that complicats things slightly is the fact that the curent ANT Android Api only allows a single app to access the ANT system at a time hence my IpSensorMan app so I can have multiple apps. There is meant to be a new Android api which will allow multiple app support soon. I will try and switch to this as soon as possible so as not to do anything to stop some other app controlling the trainer at the same time as IpBike is logging the ride. What sort of support were you looking for?
bikefella Posts: 3	Mar 20 2013, 22:00 Thanks for the verbose reply. Control of the Erg-Mode power is the thing I'm looking for in an ANT+ Application. IpBike is still a good solution for all of the other aspects indoor training though, and works well with my Wahoo Kickr. Keep up the good work.