Originally Posted by
Iride01
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.
???
You definitely are not following some basic stuff.
We aren’t talking about supporting ANT+. We are talking about supporting a little-used protocol created by a defunct company with (I guess) not many users.
ANT+ is a good standard.
But you need some sort of head unit to use it. (There are/were a few phones that support it but it’s not common.)
The Farina lights used the phone you already owned (no extra head unit was required).
While “fancy” lights don’t (shouldn’t!) need a phone/head-unit to work, the OP wants to be able to use his phone.
Originally Posted by
Iride01
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.
???
The issue is that whatever the hell the Farina lights are using,
it isn’t ANT+.
ANT+ is a reasonable standard
for programmers.
But
users still need a head unit that supports it (they won’t generally be able to use the phone they already have).
Originally Posted by
Iride01
No big motivation. But some do provide it. And sometimes you have to dig for it. I'm surprised at the ones that do.
So what? In this case,
they haven’t published the API. It’s very unlikely they are going to.
Originally Posted by
Iride01
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 cheaper nothing one would do for monetary gain.
You don’t program. I do. I’ve written Garnin IQ apps.
It’s a lot of work.
It appears supporting the Farina lights would be
a waste of time.
For personal use, it would be much cheaper (in terms of time) to chuck them and buy new lights (and, maybe, program for ANT+). For supporting other users, there probably aren’t that many users and, since the company no longer exists,
it’s a dead end.