Garmin Ant Agent 2.3.2
I am unable to get Golden Cheetah 3 to run real time with my GarminUSB stick and Cyclops power tap Elite+.NOTE: If I don’t have the stick in place when I hit the run button anerror pops up and says “Cannot open ANT + device”. After I insertthe stick, the elapsed time clock starts running but no statisticsshow up.I hope all relevant information is given below.
Please let me knowwhat to check. I’m very new to this software, so I guess that my questions must be sostupid they don’t warrant a reply. Anyway for other NEWBIES, here iswhat I learned about GC3 on Windows 7 Professional.1) When the drivers for the Garmin ANT+ stick are installed the ANTagent software is also installed. You must exit this program beforerunning GC3.
This was fundamentally my problem which led me down manyerroneous paths. Here are a few of the Red Herrings that I chased:a. When you are starting to add a new ANT+ device manager“ToolsOptionsDevices” do NOT enter a profile, I mistakenly tookthis field to mean the ANT+ device number than can be found in yourGarmin Edge 500 set up menus. (LEAVE THIS field blank, I think thatis noted in the WIKI instructions)b.
Garmin Ant Agent Stick
Even though the install instructions stated “A note for allOperating System - Pairing with ANT+. Please note that under ANT+there is at this time no concept of Pairing. If you hit the Pairbutton it will fail. Please just start your training session inGoldenCheetah and start pedaling. GoldenCheetah will find yourdevices and display the data.” I was just compelled to try and pair!DON’T TRY AND PAIR.
The instructions in WIKI are correct!c. Lastly I thought maybe ctANT+ was required to set up virtual COMports. This is absolutely NOT the case! You don’t need ctANT+.2) I have found the program to be a little “glitchley” detectingdevices, sometimes after the program starts but certainly after aworkout ends or a workout is stopped by the stop button.
Thesoftware will not find my Cadence/speed detector, Heart Rate Monitoror Power Meter (Powertap Elite+) I found that if I remove andreinsert the USB ANT+ stick that GC3 will find it every time withoutissue. I’m not sure if the developers would like me to open anofficial bug or not?Mark Liversedge14.01.12 12:04.