There’s been a few approaches to moving the gear indicator on the Kickr Bike from the, sort of, hidden spot on the bike, to an external display.
I’ve already done one that runs on a smal development board with an oled display, and the community took it way further than my skills.
Inspired by another project, that would create a display overlay on macOS, but also required some python/cli skills, I have made a one file app for macOS that does the same.
It’s free, so if anyone wants to give it a try, feel free to download it from the download folders on Github.:
Read the readme.md and help.md for further details.
Also, I’ve only tested with the Kickr Bike V1, it would be interessting to know if it works with the Shift, V2 and Pro bikes ?
I have it on my MacMini M2 with the KICKR SHIFT.
It won’t go past “Scanning…”
I can’t open the Settings menu.
I can unlock position, but not move the window.
I don’t know if it has something to do with the way Wahoo changed how it advertises, as posted here -
I had to make that change in the external display code to make my SHIFT be able to connect to the S3.
I’ve uploaded a version that will(should) look for both V1 and SHIFT bikes, please have a look in the download→testing_donotuse folder.
Please notice that it usually take a short while of riding and shifting on the V1, before it gets recognized.
I can move the window now - I could not with the first version.
However, it still won’t get past “scanning” after more than a minute of riding the SHIFT.
Bluetooth is enabled in System Settings for the app.
Thanks for the update.
Any chance that you can have a look at the settings→debug window to see if there’s anything indicating what the SHIFT announces ?
If we don’t get anything useful, I’ll create a version with a more verbose debug log ( or purchase a SHIFT )
There’s now a DEBUG version in the testing_donotuse folder.
Can I have you run it and send me the output from the settings->debug window, either as a gist or dm ?
Notice it only does 500 lines, so pressing clear and grabbing another 500 lines might be helpful.
The KickrGears 2.app works.
I can move it around the screen.
I cannot open Settings for some reason. A Settings window never appears.
But, bottom line - I get the gear display and it functions.
v1.0 works on the KICKR SHIFT.
The Settings window works.
One point on the Settings Menu - When you click on About, the other 2 tab options go away, and you’d have to close Settings and reopen to get the other 2 tabs.
Thank you for confirming that v1.0 is working with the SHIFT, and spotting the settings window behavior - I didn’t spot that myself, but the issue is also on my system.
I’ll ping you when there’s a new version available.
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