ANTUSB-m and Development Kit Dongle

[DazzaNL]

Hi,

I recently completed a project that acquired data from an ANT+ sensor via the ANTUSB-m device. In order to develop the application further I purchased the nRF51 Dongle however I am having trouble with getting this to work.

From the documentation regarding the Softdevices I thought that using the S210 on the Dongle would effectively create the ANTUSB-m device, however it does not appear that this is the case.

Ultimately I want to be able to send the same HEX message strings (A4 04 42...) as I used with the ANTUSB-m to assign channels, set frequencies etc. but without being restricted to the existing profiles in terms of data communication.

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance,

Darren.

[Kenneth]

The nRF51 and ANTUSB-m is intended for different target applications, while the ANTUSB-m has a USB interface and driver that allow serial ANT commands, the nRF51 does not. This means that if you want to interface any ANT device from a a PC, then you will need to use ANTUSB-m.

You are not limited to ANT+ when using ANTUSB-m, you can find driver and software examples on www.thisisant.com to build any kind of ANT application as you see fit: www.thisisant.com/.../

Look for:

• ANT MacOSX Library Package with source code
• ANT Windows Library Package with source code