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Hi There,

I'm new to ANT+ development.
I'm trying to create a desktop application to receive live data from ANT+ devices (Heartrate, Speed, Cadance, Power).

I prefer Java as language but python is also an option.

I found some API on github but those are outdated.
Can anyone help me with an example project or something like that?

Thank you,      

Hi,

Most of the latest tools we offer directly for desktop development are written in "C" languages (C, C++, C#).

SimulANT+ uses IronPython to interface Python Scripts with the C# based Simulation Library. There's an application note on using the library in C# here.

There are a few open source projects out there, though the most active one, Golden Cheetah, is also written in C++.

While this library may be older, the ANT API doesn't really fundamentally change between versions, new features are just added.
https://github.com/jovial/JFormica

Mark Rages from Quarq also has a number of Python projects he's released over the years.

Cheers      

Thx for your reply @Harrison, most Java code is written for android, do they work on desktop as well?      

Those API's only work on Android based platforms.      

Following up on this topic, I'm particularly interested in a python library that i can use with ubuntu to read live data off my ANT+ device (specifically a Garmin vivofit)

Are there any officially supported packages?      

I used a fork of python-ant for my project, which is designed for a Raspberry Pi but works equally well on any Linux PC - source code is here if you're interested: https://github.com/dhague/vpower