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Hi! I am learning to work with ANT+, and so I am creating my own PC app for reading the data from various devices.

For a few days already I am trying to somehow connect/read data from Tacx BlackTrack steering frame, but with no success. Eventhough there is an ANT+ Logo on the product, I cant find it in the list of licensed devices ( https://www.thisisant.com/directory ), and therefore I cant figure out, what device profile it uses. I also tried to connect to my BlackTrack using all the possible profiles in SimulANT+... no success.

I also own Tacx Genius Smart, and I have no problem with reading its data (S&C, Bike Power, and FE-C). I simply follow all the necessary steps, and I got the connection, but this unfortunately doesnt work with this steering frame.

So my question is following: there is an ANT+ logo on the product, so I suppose it has to use some Device Profile in a way, that it should be interoperable with other devices. Do you please know which Device profile it might be?

Best regards, Tom.      

Hi Tom,
I am also fairly new to ANT+, and so I am not 100% about this, however, I believe the BlackTrack is meant to communicate only with the trainer. I worked with the Wahoo KickR (smart trainer) and the Wahoo Climb (simulates in-game slope) and it was the same story.

There should be a way to pair the Genius Smart and the BlackTrack together and then keep an eye out for the datapages the FE-C profile returns, the steering data should be somewhere there, perhaps in a datapage that isn't defined in the Device Profile since it's manufacturer specific. Good luck!

Best regards,
Radoslav
     

Ok so, I did some digging around and it turns out I was wrong, sorry.

The BlackTrack doesn't send data to the FE device, it implements some sort of a legacy profile. I found the info here: https://github.com/totalreverse/ttyT1941/wiki#Protocol-of-smart-tacx-trainers-with-wireless-ant-fe-c

To summarize here are the channel settings to connect to it:
Network key: The public one (https://www.thisisant.com/developer/ant-plus/ant-plus-basics/network-keys)
Device type: 84
Channel period: 2048 (16Hz)
Radio Frequency: 60 (2460)      

Thank you very much for valuable info!