Hi. I have a BKool SmartPro and am having trouble pairing with Zwift - specially in relation to the Controllable option. Has anyone else had that problem and can share a solution ?
Hi @Mat_Fearon
See if this thread is helpful Problems pair bkool Go / Pro2 Zwift ant+ FE-C app Bkool indoor - #83 by Fateh_Jailani
Yes it is…
The link Gerrie posted is for ant+ which doesn’t work with iPad, in the link it claims that Bluetooth (what iPad uses) will not allow your specific trainer to be a controllable device.
Another post that says this can be found here BKOOL smart pro trainer 2 - #2 by David_Kolibaba
Ben.
Thanks for taking the time to respond and help me on this.
Mat.
Hi @Mat_Fearon,
If you have a PC or Mac then you should be able to use those to operate the Bkool as a controllable trainer, but it often requires a bit of a fiddle to enable a specific Ant+ FE-C mode. I put some instructions together to do this in the link Gerrie gave, but the specific post is here:
If you are stuck with the iPad then @Iker_Arri seems to have got the North Pole CABLE bridge to work correctly with an update, but this is more money to spend:
Hi Sandy,
Thanks for the help on this.
But when I access the “Gofile” site there is nothing to download for a Mac.
Am I doing something wrong - or is it no longer working?
Mat.
Hi @Mat_Fearon,
I think it is still working, or it is for me at least. Here is the direct link to the Mac file:
https://srv-file9.gofile.io/download/aLQb37/BkoolIndoorInstaller.pkg
Let me know if it still doesn’t work and we can find an alternative method
Thanks Sandy,
That works. How do I open up the dat file in “editor”? On a Mac ?
Thanks.
(Getting there slowly).
No problem, I’m not a big Mac user so i ended up deleting the version.dat file that was installed and replacing it with a new file. Here’s one I made earlier: