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Fitbit dongle query

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‎03-03-2019 15:06

‎03-03-2019 15:06

Hi there, hope someone can advise. I have an Ionic and am keen to run on a treadmill using Zwift. I need to buy a footpod and the Garmin footpod seems like a good fit. As it is an ANT+ and not Bluetooth my understanding is that I need a bridge connection to my PC, I.E a dongle. Does anyone know if the footpod will communicate/connect to my Fitbit dongle?

Any help would be much appreciated  thanks in advance. 

 

Neil  

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‎03-04-2019 02:48

‎03-04-2019 02:48

@m00nman1972 It does not appear that will work for you. From an older community post, the Fitbit dongle does not support ANT+:

Is the Fitbit Dongle Ant+?

 

Which doesn't seem a surprise since I'm not aware of any Fitbit devices that support ANT+.

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‎03-03-2019 17:25

‎03-03-2019 17:25

Why don't you ask Garmin?

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‎03-03-2019 21:08

‎03-03-2019 21:08

You need to do more research to answer your question.

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‎03-04-2019 02:48

‎03-04-2019 02:48

@m00nman1972 It does not appear that will work for you. From an older community post, the Fitbit dongle does not support ANT+:

Is the Fitbit Dongle Ant+?

 

Which doesn't seem a surprise since I'm not aware of any Fitbit devices that support ANT+.

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‎03-04-2019 02:52

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‎03-04-2019 02:52

Many thanks sfringer 

 

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‎03-04-2019 03:09

‎03-04-2019 03:09

@m00nman1972 There are some footpods supporting BTLE ( sometimes called Bluetooth Smart ) Stryd, Polar or even Zwift. Not sure whether Fitbit dongle supports the right kind of Bluetooth protocol. If you need to establish a connection between PC and footpod using Fitbit dongle then you may be the first person trying to do that 😄

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