ANT USB Service

The ANT USB Service permits ANT wi-fi communication over a supported* ANT USB stick linked to your cellphone along with the ANT Radio Service. Amongst different use circumstances, ANT wi-fi know-how permits communication with thousands and thousands of ANT+ gadgets in existence, together with among the hottest sport, health and private well being functions equivalent to a coronary heart charge straps, operating foot pods, biking energy meters, weight scales, blood stress screens and extra.

Word: For those who imagine your system can help USB OTG, however the Play Retailer is not going to can help you obtain this utility then you may attempt manually putting in the apk from our GitHub: github.com/ant-wireless/ANT-Android-SDKs/tree/grasp/ANT_Android_SDK/Providers

Extra info on ANT and ANT+ know-how is accessible on the ANT Radio Service obtain web page: play.google.com/retailer/apps/particulars?id=com.dsi.ant.service.socket and on our web site: www.thisisant.com/client/ant-101/ant-in-phones/

ANT+ enabled functions usually additionally require downloading the ANT+ Plugins play.google.com/retailer/apps/particulars?id=com.dsi.ant.plugins.antplus.

*Recognized Limitations:
-Not appropriate with "USB1" ANT sticks (sorry, we all know a number of you prefer to this however the USB1 makes use of a distinct USB controller which isn’t appropriate with our newer variations)
-Connection of ANT USB sticks requires your cellphone to have USB Host help, if the Play Retailer permits you to set up this ANT USB Service in your cellphone, your cellphone ought to help USB Host, and all that’s required is a USB OTG cable and an ANT USB Stick. For detailed necessities please go to www.thisisant.com/client/ant-101/ant-in-phones/.
-Some gadgets (eg Motorola XOOM, Gateway TP-A60/Acer Iconia A500) will droop the USB when the display turns off, which is able to kill any ANT connections. This can be a {hardware} limitation and a workaround should be added by particular person apps.
-Functions utilizing very previous variations of our interfaces could solely work with built-in ANT help and never help ANT gadgets hooked up by way of this USB Service. On this case your solely possibility is to encourage the builders of that utility to replace their app to make use of a more moderen model. (In case your utility just isn’t detecting the USB stick, please take a look at if certainly one of our pattern apps can detect it, for instance you may set up and take a look at the ANT+ Plugins and the ANT+ Plugin Sampler. For those who can connect with the persist with some apps, however not others, it in all probability signifies that the issue apps are utilizing the very previous legacy interfaces.)