Added method InitializeContinuousScanMode.

Author: StephenHidem

Examples/AntMulticastServer/Program.cs

@@ -32,13 +32,7 @@
 // create and configure ANT radio
 Console.WriteLine("Configuring ANT radio (uses the first USB stick found).");
 AntRadio antRadio = (AntRadio)host.Services.GetRequiredService<IAntRadio>();
-IAntChannel channel = antRadio.GetChannel(0);
-antRadio.SetNetworkKey(0, new byte[] { 0xB9, 0xA5, 0x21, 0xFB, 0xBD, 0x72, 0xC3, 0x45 });
-antRadio.EnableRxExtendedMessages(true);
-channel.AssignChannel(ChannelType.BaseSlaveReceive, 0, 500);
-channel.SetChannelID(new ChannelId(0), 500);
-channel.SetChannelFreq(57, 500);
-antRadio.OpenRxScanMode();
+IAntChannel channel = antRadio.InitializeContinuousScanMode();
 channel.ChannelResponse += Channel_ChannelResponse;
 
 // create background task to receive UDP directed to this server from any clients

Examples/AntUsbStick/AntRadio.cs

@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ private void AntDevice_deviceResponse(ANT_Response response)
             RadioResponse?.Invoke(this, new UsbAntResponse(response));
         }
 
+        /// <summary>Initializes the ANT radio for continuous scan mode.</summary>
+        /// <returns>Returns the ANT channel used for continuous scan mode. Typically used to receive broadcast messages from ANT master devices.</returns>
+        public IAntChannel InitializeContinuousScanMode()
+        {
+            SetNetworkKey(0, new byte[] { 0xB9, 0xA5, 0x21, 0xFB, 0xBD, 0x72, 0xC3, 0x45 });
+            EnableRxExtendedMessages(true);
+            IAntChannel antChannel = GetChannel(0);
+            antChannel.AssignChannel(ChannelType.BaseSlaveReceive, 0, 500);
+            antChannel.SetChannelID(new ChannelId(0), 500);
+            antChannel.SetChannelFreq(57, 500);
+            OpenRxScanMode();
+            return antChannel;
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Dispose()
         {

Examples/AntUsbStick/AntUsbStick.csproj

@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="ANT_NET">
-      <HintPath>..\..\ANT-SDK_PC.3.5\ANT-SDK_PC.3.5\Release\ANT_NET.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>ANT_NET.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
 		<None Update="ANT_NET.dll">
-			<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+			<CopyToOutputDirectory>Never</CopyToOutputDirectory>
 		</None>
 		<None Update="ANT_WrappedLib.dll">
 			<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>

Examples/WpfUsbStickApp/MainWindowViewModel.cs

@@ -50,13 +50,8 @@ public MainWindowViewModel()
             AntResponse rsp = UsbAntRadio.RequestMessageAndResponse(RequestMessageID.Version, 500);
             HostVersion = Encoding.Default.GetString(rsp.Payload).TrimEnd('\0');
 
-            UsbAntRadio.SetNetworkKey(0, new byte[] { 0xB9, 0xA5, 0x21, 0xFB, 0xBD, 0x72, 0xC3, 0x45 });
-            UsbAntRadio.EnableRxExtendedMessages(true);
-            IAntChannel antChannel = UsbAntRadio.GetChannel(0);
-            antChannel.AssignChannel(ChannelType.BaseSlaveReceive, 0, 500);
-            antChannel.SetChannelID(new ChannelId(0), 500);
-            antChannel.SetChannelFreq(57, 500);
-            UsbAntRadio.OpenRxScanMode();
+            // initialize continuous scan mode
+            _ = UsbAntRadio.InitializeContinuousScanMode();
 
             // log app info
             var antAssemblies = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetReferencedAssemblies().Where(asm => asm.Name!.StartsWith("Ant"));