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Readiband 3: ANT+ Driver Installation with Windows Update
Readiband 3: ANT+ Driver Installation with Windows Update
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Written by Robert Higdon
Updated over a week ago

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The ANT dongle, connected into a USB port, is used to communicate with and transfer data from the Readiband. Under most of circumstances, the ANT driver can be automatically installed with Windows Update:
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 Insert the ANT USB dongle to one of your computer's USB ports. The Taskbar Notification Area will show a message.


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 In the Device Manager, the ANT USB dongle will be recognized as ANT USB-m Stick.


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​ Step 2
 Windows will automatically search for and install the driver. When the driver is installed, you'll see the following message:


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 In the Device Manager, the ANT will be listed under libusb-win32 devices as ANT USB-m.

If the driver isn't installed automatically...

you may receive this message:


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 Click the balloon message to bring up this dialog window:
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 Click Change setting...
 It will ask you "Do you want Windows to download driver software and realistic icon for your devices?"
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 Choose button "Yes, do this automatically (recommended)". Then click Save Changes to continue.
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 Windows will search online the driver for the ANT USB dongle:
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 If it downloaded and installed the driver successfully, your ANT USB dongle is ready to use:
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 If you are still unable to install the driver successfully, please refer to "Manually install the ANT driver" article.

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