No distance on Fazua Ride60
I recently bought an E-Bike with Fazua Ride60 motor. It pairs with my Karoo2 with no problems, it does see the battery level, cadence, speed and power OK. However when using e-bike as a speed source it doesn't record any distance. When I disable e-bike speed source then the distance is shown OK. I'd rather have speed from the bike's sensor rather than GPS, I often ride in urban settings or forests where GPS can be wobbly.
Also, on my old bike with CAD/SPD sensor I could set the wheel circumference for speed sensor, but no such option for the ebike.
Is it a bug with Fazua motor integration?
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I d like to know how you did that ? pairing the Fazua with the Karoo and be able to see the speed/cadence/uphill ?
When I paired it the speed was wrong, and it recorded 1.86km for 680m uphill :Dso right now i would just unpair it and use it in standalone
too bad I thought I could see my battery level, and other usefull intel
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I paired it without problems via Ant+ and it displays speed (from the sensor on the rear brake disc), cadence (from the cadence sensor in the motor), battery level, assistance level (though it shows as 0, 1, 4 and 7 for whatever reason), power and power distribution (rider vs. motor). It doesn't show estimated range, but I don't mind this that much. My main problem is that when it's set to take the speed source from the bike, it doesn't record any distance but it does record a GPS line. In the FIT file I have incremental time and GPS coordinates, but the distance is 0.
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Hey all, Thanks for posting!
The Karoo 2 and the Karoo are compatible with motors that broadcast via ANT+LEV (Light Electric Vehicle) protocol. As per my understanding, the Ride 60 motor is ANT+ compatible; however, it does not broadcast in ANT+LEV, and therefore a lot of the e-bike datasets might not be streamed and read properly on the Karoo OS.
I hope this clarifies!
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I don't think I understand. If the motor is reporting speed, that it calculates internally, why the K2 can't turn speed x time into distance?
Additionally, best to my knowledge (based on information on Fazua website and information on other bike computers, Sigma for example), the Ride60 motor is ANT+ LEV compatible.
For me this looks like a bug on the K2's side.
And just for clarity, both the motor and my K2 are running latest firmware available.
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Hi Krysztof,
Thanks for the clarification! My apologies—the Ride 60 is indeed ANT+LEV compatible. Sorry for the incorrect response earlier. We would love to investigate your issue a bit further. Could you please drop a ticket to us with your observations at support@hammerhead.io so we can assist you further?
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Not really. I've updated the Fazua firmware and it didn't help. I've noticed however if you connect the bike via Bluetooth instead of ant+ it does record distance, but the speed reading and therefore distance is inconsistent. Like the sensor would drop every 2 or 3 seconds. With constant speed I'd get for example 20kmh then 0kmh then 20kmh and 0kmh again. Don't knowing it's the bike or Karoo fault. Haven't tested it thoroughly yet.
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