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Hi,
I want to set up multiple channels on multiple Ant+ dongles on a raspberry pi (e.g. to receive data from 12 heart rate monitors). When I set up an Antnode per usb dongle, I need to pass the serial (address of the dongle) and a network key. I saw, that everywhere the network key *** is used to set up an Antnode.

On https://www.thisisant.com/developer/ant-plus/ant-plus-basics/network-keys it is written:

"The ANT+ network key is 8 hex values and is shown below:
***"

Does this mean, that I have to set up multiple antnodes with the same network key?

Best regards
     

Hi all,
found the answer myself. If I want to use the ANT+ network I have to use the corresponding ANT+ network key. This is not an identification but rather a security messure and access control.


I found the following description in the document ANT Message Protocol and Usage the following paragraph:
5.2.5.2 Network Key
The network key is an 8-byte number that uniquely identifies a network and can provide a measure of security and access control. (...) Only channels with identical valid network keys may communicate with each other. (...)
     

sorry for the inconvenience and thx for redacting the network key.