ANT+ Confusion

[Paul Ruinaard]

Okay - so I have a Suunto Ambit and a Garmin 800. So now I want to use one HR strap for both. Both say they are ANT+ compatible but they don't seem to be able to see each others strap.

 

Am i missing something?

 

is there possibly a third party strap that both will recognise?

 

Anyone else solved this problem?

[Baaisikilist]

I'm assuming you've tried pairing them properly with the garmin...?

It should work. I use a Cycleops Powercal band with my 800 and they paired perfectly.

[Paul Ruinaard]

how do you do the pairing - looked at the setup but cant see an option.

 

Is there an external third party chest strap that is better than the manufacturers?

[Newboy]

I use a Suunto Ambit 2 as well as a Edge 810. I use the Garmin belt with both and it works perfectly. I have never tried to use the Suunto belt for the Garmin.

[Sepia]

I have the very same problem. The 800 says "multiple HR monitors detected" Yes or no? Still cannot work it out.

[Newboy]

A suggestion is to check if you have the latest version of the firmware.

[davem]

Suunto uses ANT (Suunto proprietary). Garmin will not read the Suunto belt.

 

Garmin uses an ANT+, an industry standard.

 

Suunto will, however, read ANT+ from any manufacturer.

 

One of Suunto's stupidest ideas. Otherwise brilliant technology.

 

Note that the older T series do not read ANT+

[Sepia]

A suggestion is to check if you have the latest version of the firmware.

Yip, update is three days old. Done by Garmin.

[Dirtbreath]

Suunto uses ANT (Suunto proprietary). Garmin will not read the Suunto belt.

 

Garmin uses an ANT+, an industry standard.

 

Suunto will, however, read ANT+ from any manufacturer.

 

One of Suunto's stupidest ideas. Otherwise brilliant technology.

 

Note that the older T series do not read ANT+

 

What he says.

 

Ambit was not ANT+ compatible on release. Check your Ambit firmware.

[Tankman]

Yip, update is three days old. Done by Garmin.

 

Go to your HR setting

Choose - Hear Rate Monitor > No

Switch unit off

Switch unit back on

HR Settings again

Choose - Heart Rate Monitor > Yes > Search (HR strap on chest)

 

That should pair it again and clear all previous errors