Powertap SL+ hub question
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Powertap SL+ hub question
This has languished in electronics section, so trying it here...
I'm looking at setting up a PM for 2nd bike, & to check values of the crank-based on main bike.
Running 10 speed, tubular.
So does the SL+ hub work with Garmin/ Wahoo or not?
Ebay seller: "The CycleOps Powertap SL+ hub is an great solution for those craving more metrics on their rides and training plans. The PowerTap SL 2.4+ is completely wrieless, and displays power, torque, speed, cadence and heart rate to an external head unit. Is not compatible with Garmin or Wahoo GPS computers. WIll only work with the CycleOps PowerTap Head Unit."
ANT+ site seems to say yes.
Wiggle: With the flexibility of ANT+Sport, all Plus-series PowerTaps can be paired with any ANT+Sport device. So, either use the PowerTap CPU or other ANT+Sport compatible device.
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I'm looking at setting up a PM for 2nd bike, & to check values of the crank-based on main bike.
Running 10 speed, tubular.
So does the SL+ hub work with Garmin/ Wahoo or not?
Online store: "With the flexibility of ANT+ Sport, all Plus-series PowerTaps can be paired with any ANT+Sport device. ANT+ guarantees seamless digital wireless communication, long battery life and communication reliability."
Ebay seller: "The CycleOps Powertap SL+ hub is an great solution for those craving more metrics on their rides and training plans. The PowerTap SL 2.4+ is completely wrieless, and displays power, torque, speed, cadence and heart rate to an external head unit. Is not compatible with Garmin or Wahoo GPS computers. WIll only work with the CycleOps PowerTap Head Unit."
ANT+ site seems to say yes.
Wiggle: With the flexibility of ANT+Sport, all Plus-series PowerTaps can be paired with any ANT+Sport device. So, either use the PowerTap CPU or other ANT+Sport compatible device.
Thanks
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The PT SL+ hub was the revision to make sure it worked with standard ANT+ devices. The "+" is essential: the non-plus SL model would work ONLY with Power Tap's own head unit. Make sure it's a "+" model.
The SL+ was a 2nd generation model. The current PT hubs are 3rd gen, and have better bearings than the G2. You can often find used G3 models pretty cheap--in January, a guy I know bought a used G3 hub mounted in a 28-spoke rim (okay but not great, and needed a little truing) with a still usable tire for $225. It was local so we were able to check it out to verify that it was working.
The SL+ was a 2nd generation model. The current PT hubs are 3rd gen, and have better bearings than the G2. You can often find used G3 models pretty cheap--in January, a guy I know bought a used G3 hub mounted in a 28-spoke rim (okay but not great, and needed a little truing) with a still usable tire for $225. It was local so we were able to check it out to verify that it was working.
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The PT SL+ hub was the revision to make sure it worked with standard ANT+ devices. The "+" is essential: the non-plus SL model would work ONLY with Power Tap's own head unit. Make sure it's a "+" model.
The SL+ was a 2nd generation model. The current PT hubs are 3rd gen, and have better bearings than the G2. You can often find used G3 models pretty cheap--in January, a guy I know bought a used G3 hub mounted in a 28-spoke rim (okay but not great, and needed a little truing) with a still usable tire for $225. It was local so we were able to check it out to verify that it was working.
The SL+ was a 2nd generation model. The current PT hubs are 3rd gen, and have better bearings than the G2. You can often find used G3 models pretty cheap--in January, a guy I know bought a used G3 hub mounted in a 28-spoke rim (okay but not great, and needed a little truing) with a still usable tire for $225. It was local so we were able to check it out to verify that it was working.
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I've had a PowerTap G3 hub since 2015, and it now has about 16,000 miles on it. It's always been used in all types of weather and conditions. It connects to my Garmin 520 via BlueTooth flawlessly, as well as my previous Garmin 800, and it still gets about 1,500 miles per coin cell battery. Highly recommend.
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I know this is oooooooooooold but the SL+ had to be updated to support ANT+. If it was never updated, I believe you now no longer have the option to update it because the update tools are now all gone/off the market. Is this correct?
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the + in SL+ (or Pro+ or SLC+) specifically was for ANT+. The update was if you wanted Bluetooth (more recent update) or if you had an SL (or SLC or 2.4 or Pro) that you wanted to use ANT+ with (older update). I have an SL+ hub that wasn't updated that I used with my garmin 800, garmin 1000 and ANT+ antenna on Zwift for year (until I was hit by a car in May and it finally got killed).
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the + in SL+ (or Pro+ or SLC+) specifically was for ANT+. The update was if you wanted Bluetooth (more recent update) or if you had an SL (or SLC or 2.4 or Pro) that you wanted to use ANT+ with (older update). I have an SL+ hub that wasn't updated that I used with my garmin 800, garmin 1000 and ANT+ antenna on Zwift for year (until I was hit by a car in May and it finally got killed).
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I don't think you have any options at this point other than using the yellow computer or finding a "+" hub and swapping it in your wheel. I ended up deciding to make the expensive switch to pedal-based when I saw that I have few options now with my broken hub and will have fewer and fewer options as time goes buy if I bought a new one and it failed down the road. Expensive bummer because it means 2 purchases - new wheel AND new powermeter. You, at least, can continue to ride your powertap wheel as a regular wheel if you want to buy a new ANT+ or bluetooth compatible powermeter. Or you could go with a used powertap wheel - that's still the cheapest way to get into power.
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Yellow CPU not detecting hub
I'm getting crazy... My Garmin Edge can detect the hub but my yellow powertap head unit cannot... It is a wireless version, it searches for the hub and cannot find.... Any hint?
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It has been awhile so I’m not sure if it was all Powertap Cervo— the yellow computer head unit— but certainly most Cervos were not ANT+ compatible, as Powertap had their own comm protocol. I think ANT+ came to Powertap head units with the Joule, the grayish-brown unit with yellow button pad. You’ve obviously got an ANT+ Powertap hub if Edge sees it, so it’s just that your Cervo is incompatible.
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I think there were a few of the yellow ones a the very end of the run that could detect Ant+ (could be wrong, it might be that they were just mislabeled by the sellers or I misread the advertisements), but almost all of them could only detect the wireless hubs labeled 2.4 or Comp, Pro, SL, or SLC without the + after it.
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I think it should be compatible - it should communicate using Powertap protocol instead of ANT+.. The hub is SL+ while the yellow unit does not have the "WIRED" stamp on its side and it clearly searches for something, its version is 6. I found something about "Learn" in setup menu #5, I'lll try this. I tried to manually enter the device id but in vain..
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Anyway, good luck.
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Hi! I solved it! In Setup Section #5 of the yellow unit there is the "Learn" function. It is used to detect new hubs and other new peripherals, I mean: the unit stores the ID of peripherals and, if you use a new hub, its ID does not match the stored ID and the "autodetect" at start may not find it. With the "Learn" function the new ID is detected and stored. Or, at least, this is what I understood. Anyway, it worked :-)
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