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Though, once you click to add it, you’ll see it’ll show the correct ‘Fitness Equipment’ designator.Īt this point, you can control your CompuTrainer just like any other ANT+ FE-C trainer. In the case of the Wahoo BOLT, it shows all ‘ANT+ Trainers’ initially as a ‘KICKR’: I’d go and search for the sensors like normal. So, let’s say I take a device like the Garmin Edge or Wahoo BOLT which supports controlling ANT+ FE-C trainers (allowing you to do structured workouts or re-riding older rides). See that number ‘20019’? That’s my new ANT+ ID for this newly christened ANT+ FE-C trainer. That’s where things start to get slightly more interesting. The CT Smart app can connect to multiple CompuTrainers, so if you’ve got a small gaggle of them, you can do that all supported by a single computer. If you do really really need that other app to have an ANT+ USB stick too, you’ll need to get another ANT+ USB stick so that CT Smart can have its own. Same goes for Zwift or TrainerRoad (there’s really no point in running either of those apps on this computer, since they could directly access the CompuTrainer anyway). So if you’ve got something like Garmin Express on your computer, be sure to close that. Note that only a single app can access the ANT+ USB stick. Next, if you click the little ‘?’ in the upper right corner, you’ll see an option for “ANT+ Stick Info”, this is where you can validate it sees your ANT+ USB stick. In my case, it’s 19, in yours, it may be something else. If it doesn’t show up right away, it might say ‘No Port’, click that, which in turn allows you to choose the port of your CompuTrainer. If you’ve got all your cables connected, you’ll actually see the trainer right away in the left side: Then simply click next/next/next through the installation bits.
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Once that’s all set up, go to the PerfPro download page and grab the app: I eventually stole one off my audio gear table. In my case, I spent 90 minutes looking for that this morning. I’ll let you go now and figure out where that 3.5mm cable is. – An ANT+ USB stick (if you need an extra one, you can get generic ones on Amazon for $15) – The 3.5mm cable that connects the handlebar controller to the USB adapter – The thick cable that runs between the CompuTrainer and handlebar unit So that means you’ll need to ensure you’ve got: And of course, you’ll need all the cables and junk of your old CompuTrainer.
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Installing the app requires either a PC, or a Mac running Parallels with Windows. Not likely an issue for most, but just an FYI.
Just be aware that a given session is limited to 90 minutes before you need to restart the app.
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If you’re not sure if the CT Smart app will work for you, fear not – there’s a 14-day free trial you can use. With that, onto the more textual version. Here’s a super quick video I put together showing how it all works: Though, that’s sorta misleading in the sense that some wires still need to be involved.
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This $39 app emulates a full ANT+ FE-C trainer, enabling virtually any app that supports ANT+ FE-C trainers to interactively control your CompuTrainer, even if no wires are involved. However, for those diehards we’ve got a new solution on the (old) block: PerfPro’s CT Smart Wireless Bridge But for the remainder of the 20+ trainer apps and numerous head units that support ANT+ FE-C wirelessly, there’s not really a good option for interactive control (there was also CTANT, but that was only for broadcasting power). As have a few others like Golden Cheetah and Kinomap.
Sure, the biggies like Zwift and TrainerRoad have long since worked out ways to control the CompuTrainer.
The bigger challenge for CompuTrainer users is actually using modern apps. And aside from a handful connected with the once available Kinomap water bottle solution, all the remainder are connected by a Christmas Tree’s worth of cables. While the company is no longer in business (and still, nobody seems to know who purchased the CompuTrainer assets specifically from RacerMate), there are undoubtedly many CompuTrainers left in service out there.
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