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Well, if it feels petty, it's because it is. The "data" You're talking about is basically just battery level and which gear are You in. Just for context, SRAM
by MezzoDelCammin 4y ago
Well, if it feels petty, it's because it is.
The "data" You're talking about is basically just battery level and which gear are You in.
Just for context, SRAM (the second biggest component producer and the new owner of Hammerhead) publishes the same data in plain ANT+ format. It's basically an open standard over which sensors broadcast their data. Anyone who is interested can read it, no license agreements necessary.
AFAIK Shimano has decided to encrypt their packages and the license is for the encryption keys / algorithms.
- dachryn 4y agoso one of the future firmware updates will just be to rotate the encryption keys out of spite to make sure it doesn't work anymore. What a time to be alive /s
- nradov 4y agoThat would be difficult given the very limited compute power on the sensor devices involved.
- nradov 4y agoTechnically you do have to agree to the ANT+ adopter license agreement in order to access the specifications. But it's free and available to everyone. https://www.thisisant.com/business/go-ant/levels-and-benefits https://www.thisisant.com/business/go-ant/levels-and-benefit...