So you wanna play video games and get fit, but you want to play real video games because fitness video games get old too fast? Well if you have a supported smart trainer, now you can!
"Motivation" is Stationary Bike "Smart" trainer gaming motivator. It connects to Bluetooth Low-Energy (LE) smart trainers and disables your game controller if you drop below a configured power output.
- Python 3.7+
- A supported smart trainer (see below)
- A Windows PC
- Controller "disabling" is hacky right now and only implemented for Windows
Currently only support 1 smart trainer. Will need contributions and testing from community to add support for others. (I can't afford to buy them all)
- Wahoo Kickr SNAP
- Halo Reach from the Master Chief Collection
- XBox 360 Controller connected to PC with the USB XBox 360 Wireless dongle thing.
- Clone repo
- Run
pip install -r requirements.txt - Run
python -m motivation.cli -h
usage: Fit Gaming Motivation! [-h] [-t TIMEOUT] [-w WRITE_OUT] [-d] [-v]
(-p POWER_THRESHOLD | -a AVERAGE_POWER)
Keeps you motivated while gaming or you can't game.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t TIMEOUT, --timeout TIMEOUT
Connection timeout
-w WRITE_OUT, --write-out WRITE_OUT
Record raw data in this directory
-d, --debug Enable debug logging to stdout
-v, --verbose More output. This will include Bleak library output.
-p POWER_THRESHOLD, --power-threshold POWER_THRESHOLD
Under this value you can't play games
-a AVERAGE_POWER, --average-power AVERAGE_POWER
Under this average power or you can't play
python -m motivation.cli -t 10 -p 150- Wait 10 seconds for pairing and only enable controller at or above 150 Watt power output.
- Press
cntrl-cto quit. Make sure to only hit it once so it can cleanup the notification handlers.
Output
Looking for compatible devices...
Found device: KICKR SNAP 84AA
Address: D5:E3:1D:29:6F:55
Details: Windows.Devices.Bluetooth.Advertisement.BluetoothLEAdvertisementReceivedEventArgs
Metadata: {'uuids': ['00001818-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb'], 'manufacturer_data': {}}
Found device: Unknown
Address: AC:9E:17:F2:15:5C
Details: Windows.Devices.Bluetooth.Advertisement.BluetoothLEAdvertisementReceivedEventArgs
Metadata: {'uuids': ['cbbfe0e1-f7f3-4206-84e0-84cbb3d09dfc'], 'manufacturer_data': {}}
Choose your device:
0. Rescan
1. KICKR SNAP 84AA
2. Unknown
Which device? 1
Choice: KICKR SNAP 84AA
Connecting...
Connected! Parsing services...
[Service] 00001800-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: Generic Access Profile
[Char] 00002a00-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (read,write) | Name: , Value: b'KICKR SNAP 84AA'
[Char] 00002a01-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (read) | Name: , Value: b'\x84\x04'
[Char] 00002a04-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (read) | Name: , Value: b'P\x00\xa0\x00\x00\x00X\x02'
[Char] 00002aa6-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (read) | Name: , Value: b'\x01'
[Service] 00001801-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: Generic Attribute Profile
[Char] 00002a05-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (indicate) | Name: , Value: None
[Descriptor] 00002902-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (Handle: 13) | Value: b'\x02\x00'
[Service] 0000180f-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: Battery Service
[Char] 00002a19-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (read,notify) | Name: , Value: b'd'
[Descriptor] 00002902-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (Handle: 17) | Value: b'\x00\x00'
[Service] 0000180a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: Device Information
[Char] 00002a29-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (read) | Name: , Value: b'Wahoo Fitness'
[Char] 00002a25-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (read) | Name: , Value: b'18TR30330962'
[Char] 00002a27-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (read) | Name: , Value: b'4'
[Char] 00002a26-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (read) | Name: , Value: b'2.3.63'
[Service] a026ee01-0a7d-4ab3-97fa-f1500f9feb8b: Unknown
[Char] a026e002-0a7d-4ab3-97fa-f1500f9feb8b: (write-without-response,notify) | Name: , Value: None
[Descriptor] 00002902-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (Handle: 30) | Value: b'\x00\x00'
[Char] a026e004-0a7d-4ab3-97fa-f1500f9feb8b: (notify) | Name: , Value: None
[Descriptor] 00002902-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (Handle: 33) | Value: b'\x00\x00'
[Service] a026ee03-0a7d-4ab3-97fa-f1500f9feb8b: Unknown
[Char] a026e00a-0a7d-4ab3-97fa-f1500f9feb8b: (write-without-response,notify) | Name: , Value: None
[Descriptor] 00002902-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (Handle: 37) | Value: b'\x00\x00'
[Service] 00001818-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: Cycling Power
[Char] 00002a63-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (notify) | Name: , Value: None
[Descriptor] 00002902-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (Handle: 41) | Value: b'\x00\x00'
[Char] 00002a65-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (read) | Name: , Value: b'\x06\x12'
[Char] 00002a5d-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (read) | Name: , Value: b'\x00'
[Char] a026e005-0a7d-4ab3-97fa-f1500f9feb8b: (write,indicate) | Name: , Value: None
[Descriptor] 00002902-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (Handle: 48) | Value: b'\x00\x00'
[Char] 00002a66-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (write,indicate) | Name: , Value: None
[Descriptor] 00002902-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (Handle: 51) | Value: b'\x00\x00'
[Service] a026ee0b-0a7d-4ab3-97fa-f1500f9feb8b: Unknown
[Char] a026e037-0a7d-4ab3-97fa-f1500f9feb8b: (read,write-without-response,notify) | Name: , Value: b''
[Descriptor] 00002902-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (Handle: 55) | Value: b'\x00\x00'
[Service] a026ee06-0a7d-4ab3-97fa-f1500f9feb8b: Unknown
[Char] a026e023-0a7d-4ab3-97fa-f1500f9feb8b: (write-without-response,notify) | Name: , Value: None
[Descriptor] 00002902-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb: (Handle: 59) | Value: b'\x00\x00'
Enabling notifications for service Battery Service
Enabling notifications for service Unknown
Enabling notifications for service Unknown
Enabling notifications for service Cycling Power
Enabling notifications for service Unknown
Cycling Power: 14 00 00 00 18 E5 8D 0A 00 00 3A F0
Power: 0w
Enabling notifications for service Unknown
Cycling Power: 14 00 00 00 18 E5 8D 0A 00 00 3A F0
Listening for notifications. Cntrl-C to exit...
Power: 0w
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
Cycling Power: 14 00 00 00 18 E5 8D 0A 00 00 3A F0
Power: 0w
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
Cycling Power: 14 00 00 00 18 E5 8D 0A 00 00 3A F0
Power: 0w
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
Cycling Power: 14 00 00 00 18 E5 8D 0A 00 00 3A F0
Power: 0w
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
YOU'RE DOING BAD!!
Clean exit...
Stopping notifications. Please wait (don't hit cntrl-c again dummy, we're working on it)...
Cycling Power: 14 00 00 00 18 E5 8D 0A 00 00 3A F0
Power: 0w
Cycling Power: 14 00 00 00 18 E5 8D 0A 00 00 3A F0
Power: 0w
Done!
Video
Below is a crapy video of it working. The controller disabling is super lame right now. It just sends a "space-bar" keypress to the current active window ever 0.1 seconds if you're not producing enough power. THe effect of this is the controller becomes unusable for a second or two then you can usually fight it to get controll back. But then it goes away again. So it's not really "disabling" the controller so much as it's making the input unreliable and impossible to play. I have no idea how this approach will work in other games. See the "Tested Games" section above.
Happy peddling.