How to connect antplus sensor to the simulator?

Subject says it all.

I am working on a Datafield that makes use of Varia radar properties.

However I am struggling because I need to have the Varia connected to the simulator and I just can't find out how to do that. I have found messages on this forum which seem to say you can connect a sensor to the simulator with the use of an ANTplus dongle, but I can't get that to work.

Working on a Mac with macOS Catalina which supports BLE; ECLIPSE IDE 2203; ConnectIQ SDK 4.1.5

I have an ANT+ dongle and it is recognised and activated on the Mac. I also have a Varia. I tried to connect the Varia as well as a HRM strap but no matter what I do the 'Manage ANT+' window in the simulator shows nothing. Obviously I am missing something.

I'd appreciate pointers on:

- How to connect a Varia (or HRM or any) ANT+device to the ConnectIQ simulator.

- How to access the device in a ConnectIQ app (source code snippets are appreciated).

- Documentation on the Simulator. Is there any?

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Bram

jim_m_58 over 2 years ago

With a tempe on windows, I don't see anything in manage ANT+ sensors, but my app connects to the tempe just fine using Ant calls. How are you expecting to connect to the Varia? Does your app see it on a real device?

bram.d over 2 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Code to connect:

class RadarPowerView extends WatchUi.SimpleDataField {

	private var _value;
	private var _myRadar;

    function initialize() {
        SimpleDataField.initialize();

    	label = "My Label";
        
    	_myRadar = new AntPlus.BikeRadar(null);
    	_value = "X";
    	
    }

    function compute(info as Activity.Info) as Numeric or Duration or String or Null {
    
    	var battStatus = _myRadar.getBatteryStatus(null);
    	
    	_value = ( battStatus == null ) ? _value : battStatus.batteryVoltage ;

        return _value;
    }

}

In the simulator it only shows 'X', which implies getBatteryStatus() returns null values. When an active Varia is connected I would not expect null values as a result. Code compiles fine and there are no run-time errors.

On the Edge you connect to the ant+ sensors in the System menu. I expected the simulator to work the same way as the real device, but I can't find the System menu on the simulator. I assumed the 'Manage ant+' menu on the sensor would be the equivalent. But it does nothing. So I have no clue how to proceed.

I have not tried the app on the Edge.

bram.d over 2 years ago in reply to bram.d

I quickly tried the App on my Edge and it gives a reading! So the code is correct, apparently. However I still would prefer to have it working on the simulator too. The app is supposed to be more complex and I am not looking forward to debugging on the physical device.

tidydev 3 months ago in reply to bram.d

Have you ever figured out a solution? I'm facing the same problem.

bram.d 3 months ago in reply to tidydev

No I could not make it work on the simulator but the app works fine.

flocsy🤠 3 months ago in reply to bram.d

There was a post a few days ago that explained:

1. Start simulator

2. Kill the running app

3. Wait for 1-2 minutes

4. Look in the ant manager

BUT! I didn't know this for 2 years and I regularly work with ant HRM in the simulator. Not as AntPlus, just General channel. I read all the messages, works like on real device.