Forerunner 945, would love metr integration
Fenix 3 HR for me.
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Get the watch app here:
When you launch it, it should display a welcome message and wait for connection from the mobile app:
Make sure app on your phone is updated to the latest version (v4.17.0 on iOS and v4.17.1 on Android).
Then on your phone go to metr app, Settings â Miscellaneous.
Make sure you have âApple Watchâ or âAndroid Wearâ enabled, doesnât matter if you donât have those watches, this is temporary, was just easier for me to do it this way, I will make it prettier later.
Click on âPair with Garminâ
Navigate to Realtime tab, select what data youâd like to see (click on small watch icons, you can select up to 4 values):
Hopefully on your watch you will see something like this:
I get an incompatible message when I try to download. My watch lists as a vivoactive 4S. Guessing the 4 and 4S have different requirements
My bad, I somehow missed to add 4S to the list of supported devices, I will fix it!
Awesome. It installed that time. Now I have to wait until I get home from my trip to give it a go. Thanks!
First of all thank you so much. This is amazing, and the fact that you jumped into an entirely new ecosystem and created a watch app for a small amount of people certainly doesnât go unnoticed!
I was so excited to test it that I went for a 30 minute ride on my lunch break today. Your setup instructions worked and it connected to my 945. Itâs really cool to be able to see all that data right on my watch in real time. I changed some of the data fields it displayed and they all worked.
After about 20 minutes the watch screen went black and when I reloaded the Garmin metr app it wouldnât connect.
Also a minor bug fix: the time doesnât display correctly when the minutes have a leading zero
A suggestion on usability. It displays the metr data well, but since itâs a stand alone activity app it doesnât currently have all of the watch functionality like recording the route, viewing GPS/heart/altitude data or syncing the route on the garmin connect site. I think if it was released as a data field it could simply be inserted into any of the stock activity apps like âTrack Meâ. That way you retain all the watch functionality and route recording while still being able to view the metr data.
Either way this is awesome, and Iâll definitely continue to use it!
Unfortunately the module I am using (Toybox.Communications) is only supported in Widget/App/Audio Content Provider.
Maybe Widget type would be better? Can you see widgets while still recording the route?
I just fixed it a few hours ago, get the update v0.0.2!
Widgets are mostly reference type apps like weather, barcodes or sunset times. I think the app has more functionality.
I wonder if the regular activity recording and Garmin data fields could be added to the Garmin metr app? Usually you can hold the up button in an app and it gives you options to adjust screens and whatnot. Maybe the Garmin metr app code could be inserted into the regular âTrack meâ app/activity then saved as a new app?
App v4.17.5 and firmware v5.52 adds Manual Sync mode to Metr Pro CAN with SD card.
This option allows constant recording to SD card, even when Metr app is opened and realtime data is streaming over BLE.
To enable it, long press on status area or click on blue gear in Settings, find the switch Manual Sync:
When Manual Sync is ON you wonât be able to manually start records. Records will start and stop automatically based on Settings â Records â Start/Pause/Stop delay. When you navigate to Records tab, you will see âSyncâ button. When clicked, active record (if any) on SD card will be stopped and all records synced over BLE.
Just gave this a try and itâs a blessing. My phoneâs bluetooth is, for some reason, spotty garbage and so Iâd lose entire rides or get snippets of rides because of routine reconnecting. This ensures that my rides are fully captured. Awesome!
Just finish a 37km ride and now everything looks good with the records. Thanks for the quick fix, great support as always
Latest Update/s wonât let me remove things from the modes
log_2022-06-01.7z (28.1 KB)
App version 4.17.6
Thanks, there is a bug. Iâll fix it. For now please have some patience and wait 10 seconds until âUndoâ button disappears. This way things should be removed.
Works
Oh and while we are at it, Iâve lately been getting some âtimeoutsâ while applying modes.
Usually stuck at this state
Takes a while until the Red timeout banner appears. If i âcancelâ it [?] By swiping in the opposite direction then no mode can be applied, after letting go the bar jumps back to the beginning. Restarting the app solves it.
Iâll see if i can get it on video.
Edit: red banner doesnât appear. Seems like that was a different timeout.
Hereâs the video.
Video 1 showing it getting stuck in this loop (continuous forever?) I recorded for 1:33 and it didnât stop.
Video 2 shows me âcanceling itâ then not being able to apply a different one until i restarted the app.
latest_log_2022-06-01.7z (4.2 MB)
Just fixed âcancelingâ mode, will no longer be possible.
The stuck thing⌠I can see that something is not working properly with Metr LTE, if you remove it, the problem will most likely will go away. In the meantime I will try to understand whatâs wrong.