Sharing an ANT channel with multiple datafields.

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I have a specialized cycling logger and sensor array that is capable of producing a custom ANT (not ANT+) data stream with more than one channel in.

I have a working connect IQ based datafield project that when side loaded onto a VivoActive HR use's the ANT data stream to populate a single value of the data field.

I have read the API and it isn't clear how many ANT connection the hardware supports or if the ANT connection can be shared.
I would like to know if it is possible to reuse the ANT channel (maybe as a listen only) in a second data field to extract another piece of data?

If you can use only one ANT channel once in a data field is it possible to write sensor values anywhere that the data field can get to (something like a global data structure)....

Thank you in advance for any help.

Regards

Jamie Lowrie
  • It's a pity that Garmin is pushing the usage of ANT vs BT with one of the selling points that 1 ANT sensor can broadcast the data and multiple displays can receive it but inside the watch only 1 app can connect to a GenericChannel and there's no way to open 2 different GenericChannels from 2 apps at the same time