Originally Posted by
njkayaker
It makes some sense to not require having to buy a Garmin (or similar) unit.
But, in hindsight, that would have been better than how things ended up.
In general I agree with all you said. But maybe differ a tad on a few things.
I don't think any requirement to buy Garmin was stated or implied. Though Garmin does have the Ant+ standard that is well defined. And it allows for the monitoring and control of many things we use as cyclist or other sporting activities. And if things haven't changed since I last ever looked at the Ant+ programming toolkit, it's free for those that are only writing their own apps and sharing them on a non-commercial level.
There is no motivation for releasing the API beyond being nice.
No big motivation. But some do provide it. And sometimes you have to dig for it. I'm surprised at the ones that do.
Writing the code to use the API would likely be a lot of work. It’s not likely this would be worth doing for a proprietary API for not-commmon lights produced by a dead company.
Not really for someone that is use to programming. If it's for oneself, then it doesn't have to be pretty or coded to prevent crashes from the foolish things users do. But it's definitely something the average person wouldn't be doing. Most that could would probably just get a new light from a current manufacturer. It's certainly nothing one would do for monetary gain.
Unless the OP is wanting to pay a few thousand dollars for it. <grin>