Glad to see you got it working. I remember when I first got mine - I naively thought I could do it all with Bluetooth, and then discovered that if you are using Windows, you really need to use ANT instead. And my first ANT dongle was a dud and I had to send it back.
Another little tip - if you have the ANT dongle on the floor to get a good signal, you might want to put a little plastic bag (like a small baggie) around the ANT dongle. If you sweat enough and the dongle gets wet, the thing stops working

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