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Is there a way to programmatically load simulated sensors in SimulANT+?

For example if I want to setup 20 Heart Rate Sensors and 20 Bike Power Sensors. Is there a way to do that such that I do not need to click the 'Add Simulator' 40 times, configure each one, load the script and turn it on every time I need to relaunch the app?      

Hi cbohne,

First off, to add more than 8 sensors, you would need multiple ANT USBs as ANT USBs support only up to 8 simulated devices running at once.

Secondly, do you need to use the SimulANT+ UI for your use-case? There is no way currently to programatically add sensors to SimulANT+. On the other hand, you can write your own .NET application pretty easily to accomplish the 20 HRM, 20 Sensor simulator. See "ANT AN Using the SimulANT+ Library for Simulating ANT+ Devices in C#" in the downloads page.      

Thanks for the suggestion BK. We do have multiple ANT+ sticks that we currently use (typically 4). Looks like we'll continue to use the SimulANT+ short term and investigate writing up another tool as you referenced.