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I'm trying to use the Python OpenANT library (https://github.com/Tigge/openant) to access my ANT dongle which is plugged into the USB port (WINDOWS 10 PRO). My goal is to access my Garmin through it and get some data from it. However, I'm stuck at the very beginning trying to establish a contact with the ANT Node. My code is this:

Now I get this error line printed out for ever:

When my Garmin Agent is active, I get the error "ANT resource already in use" instead of the timeout, so I'm certain that my code is accessing the ANT dongle.. However, now (having closed the Garmin Agent) I have no idea about how to get rid of the timeout and how to establish a simple handshake with my Garmin device (Forerunner 310XT)..
     

haighi - 18 January 2021 12:01 PM

The Forerunner 310XT does not support acting as a data source. Instead it is a display for each of the profiles listed at https://www.thisisant.com/directory/forerunner-310xt

Thanks for the reply! But hmm, if this model of Garmin cannot be a data source, how can the Garmin Agent extract data from it? I'd like to do the same with my program that the Garmin Agent does. Can I query the Garmin from a Python code and extract some information from it this way? Have anyone done something like that?      

Thanks a lot! I tried this ANT-FS example and after some error correction I finally made a connection to my Garmin. This is huge! Now, I just have to figure out how it works exactly Thanks again!