Watt bike Pro connection with I pad

SYSTM Software
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Hi
Thanks for reading.
Just come back to Suffer after Zwift.
I can connect my Watt bike Pro with my Mac book Air but cannot connect my I pad.
The Watt bike is a A monitor and connects via a Ant dongle via the USB on the Mac book.
Then I put an Ant dongle in the firewire port on the I pad it will not pick up the Watt bike.
It allowed my to use I pad this way on Zwift.
What am I missing please as I don’t want to balance my Mac book on the bars of the Watt bike?
Thanks
Steve

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I don’t know enough about Ant+ and iOS to know if there’s a technical solution. There might be a cheap mechanical solution: buy a music stand. Here’s mine with a MacAir on it.

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I got mine from Guitar Center (in the US), but I’m sure you could find one anywhere. Here’s the model.

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Does the Watt bike not natively transmit Bluetooth?

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AkaPete
Love the music standouts a technical solution i had not thought about!
Thanks

Titanicus
Early watt bike monitors do not have bluetooth just Ant
For some reason the i pad is not picking up the ant via the firewire connection

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iPads have either Lightning or USB-C ports but not firewire. As far as I now the only ANT+ dongles supported by iPads/iPhones had the long time ago abondoned 30Pin connector.
The only workaround I know is using an ANT+ Bluetooth bridge as described here: How do I connect my ANT+ to Zwift on iPhone/iPad

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Sorry kah
You are rightly meant lightening port.
The connection would work with Zwift but SYSTEM Is not connecting.
I will read through your information
many thanks
Steve

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The app stopped supporting ANT+ for iOS quite some time back. Found a link to an old support article that explains more https://support.thesufferfest.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015060099-ANT-Sensors-and-Devices. There may be something more up to date on the SYSTM support site.

I also use a pre-Bluetooth Wattbike Pro and ANT+… but I don’t use iOS. Still works fine on Windows with a dongle in case that’s an option for you.

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I have the CABLE device mentioned in @JamesT’s link. I think you need an iPad to configure it. It works for the very old cadence sensor attached to my bike.