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Put yourself on the FortiusANT map! #14
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I plan to use it as soon as the tacx imagic is supported by FortiusANT. Thanks again for all the energy you have put in this project! |
Thank you @WouterJD and others for great work and the opportunity to give a second life to the old Tacx trainer. Using FortiusANT the next winter season I will be able to train with more efficiency and interest. My profile in Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/4806561 |
Thank you Wouter for your excel·lent Job and even a better support to have FortiusAnt up and running. I'm currently using it under Zwift and Rouvy. |
Hello. |
I'm from France! We cannot go out or cycle so I got an old Tacx and were frustrated of its program. Thank you for this information, I understand now |
I have an old Fortius, and run WIndows 7. I'll certainly be trying this when Aliexpress send me the two ANT+ dongles I ordered this evening! Country has just locked down so lots of indoors training for a while :) |
Keep me informed, I'm curious what USBid those dongles will use |
Hello, due to this situation about Corona I was also checking my old trainner. I just relaised that Tacx Trainner Software isn't supported anymore. I've try fortiusAnt and I get working parcially as I have some issues.
Any hit why ZWIFT can't detect trainner? |
I tested it this week and it works well with .exe on win10! Thank you! |
Buon jour, Vincent The exe unzipped itself into a temp folder and then executes; try his causes a slower start. The python version has a quicker start No GUI is the default, -g flag provides GUI. For more info check wiki. Succes with your moUnt Ventoux training; when do you go? Please meet on Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/2885978 |
hi, I own a Tacx i-vortex (the non-smart one). Would this work with it? I might give it a try :) |
Hi Wouter, |
Please check #30 where @yegorvin has done the meassurements for iMagic, if you have a powermeter then you could do the tests for iFlow. As soon as you have your iFlow working and you start with calibration, start a new issue please. |
Just tried out FortiusANT on Windows this morning. I have a Fortius T1941 motor brake w/ blue T1932 head unit. Looking forward to using it more and having a play with source. Good work! |
Great and welcome in the FortiusANT community; show the results on strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/4806561 |
@WouterJD my Strava link is |
Thanks for adjusting; the list of users is longer than I can maintain and even know of; shortly I may limit to the first two people in a country or so - and then add a pin on each country on the map :-) Funny; I looked for your name and the Cambridge-athlete is a (reasonable, quick) look alike based upon the foto. This is better though! |
Hi, this is a great facility for us who don't have or can't get smart trainers. (Cost!) Thank you for you efforts. I've connected my Fortius (0x1932) and can see output data for all parameters, however in 'Run mode' the Target stays fixed at 100W. I'm using GoldenCheetah (GC) as the trainer app, and it seems that either GC is not sending data to Fortius, or Fortius is not accepting. Even if I use manual ERG mode and increase or decrease load, there is no change on the trainer.
Thanks again for this utility. B. |
Let's do follow-up through #446 |
Hi @WouterJD, I'm planning to use FortiusAnt with an Tacx Fortius in combination with Windows 11. I'm from the Netherlands. I already installed FortiusAnt, but I still need to buy an ANT+ of BLE dongle (or do I need two? Is there a preference for Ant or BLE?), I just want to check if FortiusAnt will run correctly before I buy a dongle. I installed the USB drivers and copied the repo. When I click FortiusAnt.exe, it opens up the GUI. It seems connected (Connected to Tacx Trainer T1932) and a blinking Tacx Led. But when I drive, I don't see any change in speed, cadence and Power. Do I need either ANT or BLE to run before those sensors will show something? |
Welcome to the FortiusANT community I'm always curious to know who I communicate with, where FortiusANT is used and what configuration is used. So you have a USB-connected trainer on Windows and FortiusAnt finds your trainer. You're on the right way! I always use ANT, especially because that's the first interface that was developed. You can also use BLE and run Zwift on your smartphone. So question 1: do you want to use a CTP on PC or smartphone? (I chose PC) |
Hi, My name is Mike. I'm using a T1941 brake, T1932 head unit and T1905 steering frame. I bought it on "Marktplaats". I didn't manage to get the old software running on my laptop, so I did a search and found FortiusAnt, which looks promising. And thanks, the -m flag was what I was looking for. Now I see the sensors move so I know FortiusAnt reacts on my movements. |
Nice @Mikebeem; Marktplaats provides lots of good trainers, I'm still using my Fortius :-) |
Hi @WouterJD, got two ant+ dongles and I managed to get them running. Just one thing I can't figure out. If I run the FortiusAnt tool, it calibrates. After that, I can do some normal strokes for about 5 seconds, then I get a lot of resistance. And after that, its like that for every 5 seconds. I can bike for 5 seconds, a lot of resistance, 5 seconds normal, etc. It makes no difference if I run with or without Zwift. I already tried some different settings, but none of them make a difference. Is there some setting I'm missing, or something you can think of for me to try? |
It looks like you have not installed the cadence sensor. Fortius increases resistance when cadence is not detected. This is meant as a safety feature to prevent someone putting a hand into spinning rear spokes of a bike without a rider. |
Agree |
Thanks! That indeed was the problem. I thought I installed it all, but the "magnet" on the crank was missing a magnet, so I only had an empty plastic magnet holder. Never would have thought about that. |
@Mikebeem Welcome to the FortiusANT community I'm always curious to know who I communicate with, where FortiusANT is used and what configuration is used. |
-->Another happy camper !
Cheers jean
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@WouterJD I'm still trying to find out how it all should work. I'm able to do a ride in Zwift for example, but I don't notice any difference in resistance going up or going down a mountain. The only difference is the virtual speed that I'm driving in Zwift. Is that how it should work, or should I notice that I'm driving up a hill or going down a hill? So to illustrate, if I close my eyes, I can't tell if I'm driving up or down, because it always feels the same. |
It depends on how you have set the "CTP program". From the trainer's (the "brake")'s point of view there are 2 modes
Many virtual-cycling program (such as Zwift) tries to control the controllable ("smart") trainers, for this these porgrams usually wish to switch the trainer in "ERG" mode:
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@firux88 Do you link your Zwift to Strava? |
Hi, i'm Paulo from Portugal, |
Hi @Paulospg99 nice to hear from you! I recall that you joined early '21; now I know you're from Portugal! |
Hi I am Dag from Stockholm Sweden. I was happy when I found this project. Amazing work reverse engineering the protocol to the trainer and implementing it. Thanks a lot for the effort. I am currently using a Raspberry Pi 4 which is connected to the Trainer.
It seems my I have problem pairing with another computer using bluetooth on the raspberry and bluetooth on the laptop. Laptop is running ubuntu. A dialogbox in FortiusAnt is shown after the pairing with the text: What is expected here? Any pointers what I should look at? |
Hi @zapiens Welcome @ FortiusAnt; always curious to know what Tacx you use....
The Bluetooth connectivity appears to be quite platform / version dependant. |
Hi @WouterJD I am trying to bring an old Fortius from 2008 back into life. It has the motor brake (T1941), a steering sensor and the head unit (T1932) It seems the T1932 is a little broken as the up button does not work. :) I was about to throw away the Fortius as there is no support any longer but then I found this project. It's fun to get it setup on an Raspberry. My expectation is to get into better shape ha ha. I agree it seems to be platform/bluetooth issue. By writing it here I thought that maybe someone else has been through the debugging and found a solution. |
Hi @WouterJD, |
Welcome to the FortiusANT community I'm always curious to know who I communicate with, where FortiusANT is used and what configuration is used.
Hey, good to hear! I really hope you will enjoy; the machine is better than it's maker (''s software). 😉 |
Of cources I'm curious what athletes actually use the software and a post is appreciated, perhaps with picture and/or reference to strava or else...
The list of FortiusANT users is growing:
My strava experiences can be found on: https://www.strava.com/athletes/2885978
Riding, using Trainer Road and Zwift interfacing to FortiusANT simultaneously:
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