How can I pair Garmin 530 to my Gain?

[Mattiboy]

Hi - new to forum and ebikes - I have a question that may have been covered before but would appreciate an answer so I Know exactly what to do -
I recently purchased a Gain M20i 2nd hand (only covered about 200km and in pristine condition.
I want to connect the bike to my garmin so I can easily read battery power and level etc. I’ve tried searching for sensors but dosent pick any up so I’m thinking the bike is 2019 rather than 2020 which I thought it was - the frame no is 01180088019 so I’m guessing the 19 at the end may give it away?
If this is the case can anyone tell me what I need to buy and how do I install .
Many thanks
Matt

 

[MikeC89]

You'd need to add this dongle to add ANT+ so your Garmin can see it, https://www.orbea.com/us-en/gear/accessories/cat/dongle-ant. It's an easy install, there's an installation link there as well and it looks easy. I have a 2020 M20i so it's already built in so can't share experience on installing it.

I also have a 530 and works well with the Gain, only thing I don't think it can do is change assistance level, the 830 with touchscreen can though.

 

[Mattiboy]

Thanks Mike - I’ve ordered a dongle and watched a few videos now and seems a really easy install so should all be good.
I do have Di2 which is Ant+ enabled so the Garmin currently reads all the Di2 data - my levers have the hidden buttons on top of the hoods and have these programmed to page up and down on the garmin - I wonder if these could be programmed to change the assistance levels?

 

[MikeC89]

Yes, I also have the hood buttons controlling the Garmin, but I haven't figured out if there's any way to control the assistance levels, would be so nice if it could. Right now I have it set up to page my screens, and for long press to start/stop the timer. I have a question, what does your Garmin show for the Gain's assistance level? when I'm at lowest level, it shows a "2", for medium assistance it shows a "4", and for highest it shows a "7". I have no idea why it doesn't show 1-2-3, curious if you show the same thing.

 

[MikeC89]

Mattiboy, also would suggest when you install the dongle, think about some kind of light insulation to wrap the Ant+ transmitter (hopefully doesn't interfere with its transmitting) and/or the rest of the dongle because they'll likely tap against the frame when going over bumps. After getting my new bike, I kept hearing a tapping sound on the top tube when going over bumps and it bothered me every time, I removed the IWOC controller and wrapped some of its cabling and the sound went away. Just something to think about.

 

[StevenC56]

Anybody figure out if it's possible to configure the Di2 hood buttons to control the X35 assist levels?

 

[Monaro]

You'd need to add this dongle to add ANT+ so your Garmin can see it, https://www.orbea.com/us-en/gear/accessories/cat/dongle-ant. It's an easy install, there's an installation link there as well and it looks easy. I have a 2020 M20i so it's already built in so can't share experience on installing it.

I also have a 530 and works well with the Gain, only thing I don't think it can do is change assistance level, the 830 with touchscreen can though.

Hi. I just bought a new Orbea gain m20i and a Garmin 530. When I go to sensors, search all, the 530 picks up the e-bike sensor and I select it and a tick appears in the box but then nothing happens. It’s as if a pairing request needs to be accepted? I tried pressing the power button on the gain but to no avail. At the top right of the 530 there is a dotted circle that just keeps spinning. Like the windows wait logo. Can anyone help? Regards kev