Feature request: Control ant+ lights
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Hi,
I recently got a Bontrager Ion Pro RT and a Flare RT and while it's firmly "nice to have" I quite like the idea of having the lights automatically switch on as soon as I start a ride. Is it planned to add that ANT+ protocol?
Thanks in advance!
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@all: I see that this request is what has a higher number of users who can be benefited. I will certainly take this to our Product team to see how they prioritize it. Nonetheless, I can not commit to the timeline when this will be available but hoping it to be sometime early in the Q1 of 2021. However, when it does we will certainly announce on our blogs, forums and social media channels.
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I have pre-ordered the Karoo 2 (October batch!). I too have the Bontrager BT lights, and would love the integration as mentioned above. I run them with the BT turned off, but if the K2 can control them like a Garmin does, I will definitely turn on the BT.
Really looking forward to October!
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Okay, so apparently today's release includes the ANT+ light support, great!
However, it seems we can now only turn on the lights when we start a ride, and turn them off when we finish the ride? I don't think this is ideal, because I often leave my light on my bike, and I wouldn't want to have it turned on during the day.
I was expecting to have a new type of page and have controls like Garmin has, so we can set it to a specific mode with buttons, off/on/high/med/low/flash/flash-daytime, etc. I'm rebooting my device after the update so I'm not sure yet, but from the changelog it sounds like it doesn't do this. Is that a feature we can request? Even at night I never ride with the same light mode. In the city I drive with lowest setting, but in the middle of nowhere where I can't blind people, I tend to have my light at a brighter setting, and when I'm waiting somewhere at an intersection, I would turn it to a low brightness with flash.
Edit, yep that's right. You can select the mode the light starts in, and that's it. You can't change it afterwards during your right via the Karoo.
Let's all get the attention for this feature! It's a nice start, but still lacking the fundamental controls.
It would also be cool if you could set the mode to something else when you stop biking (when the karoo pauses the ride). If I could set it to mode x when I pause, and then continue to mode y when I bike again, that would be epic.
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Hi All, this was our first implementation of the smart lights, and there is a lot of scopes for us to take this forward. Some of the changes you will see in the next updates.
@Pawel - yes, we have tested it on the Bontrager ANT+ lights and it works fine. Could you please try and reboot the unit once?
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Yup, also an incredibly important feature to me. Love how my Varia radar light is able to adjust brightness + pattern based on time of day / light sensor from my Edge. Sorely missing it on the Karoo 2 after only 1 or 2 rides. Silly as it may sounds its something which is making me consider returning the Karoo inside the 45 days and going back to the Edge despite the lovely screen and navigation. If we could get a timeline on this feature that would certainly help @Ashish Kuttappa.
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yes, as I stated I would like to CONTROL the light. I'm not even bothered about the lack of automatic adjustment due to no sensor but to be able to control light levels and flash/constant manually, as I can on my Edge. To be clear, i had already figured out how to connect the light as a radar (didn't really need instructions fortunately, i just connected everything as sensors like my power meter, speed sensor etc.)
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now scheduled for the release on March 11th
Well, March 11th came and went with no software update and - worse than that - no communication to the Community on why there was no expected software update this week.
I'm not bothered about turning my Karoo 2 into a £350 Ant+ lightswitch; I just want a reliable cycle computer that doesn't crash.
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