I am new to Zwift and I just bought a Garmin USB ANT stick as well as an official USB adapter to my iPad. I thought I just had to plug everything in and start pedaling but when Zwift tells me to start pedal so it can notice my sensors it does not do this.
Is there some kind of step that I might’ve missed? Based on the instruction video on Zwift it is basically just plug and play. Is it not possible with an iPad?
Gonna try it tomorrow. Thanks! Hopefully it will work. The problem is that I am an amputee using an armbike and only a certain amount of devices works with it.
In my mind I thought I only had to plug the ANT+ USB stick into my iPad and then it would notice my sensors and work without a problem with Zwift. Apparently not…
iPad doesn’t support the full USB protocol nor does it support all classes of devices. That adapter you linked provides connectivity for USB storage devices only and from what I can see, potentially photos/videos only and one way only (i.e., transferring to the iPad and not the other way). Unfortunately, there’s a lot that has to happen at the software/firmware level beyond simply matching the plugs.
Yes, you can. USB Ant+ works on every device. Problem is Zwift iOS, which doesn’t load any driver for ant+ devices.
I only can imagine that Apple doesn’t allow it. however, there was a dock ant+ dongle from Wahoo. However, it only works with wahoo fitness app. Same with Garmin Connect, which doesn’t recognise ant+ devices, instead of bluetooth.
Therefore, you can use an ant+ usb dongle on Windows and MacOS with Zwift. No prob.