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Any 3rd Shift/Overnight workers out there?

Curious if anyone else works the overnight shift and what they have their sleep schedule set to. I currently have it set for my working sleep schedule but on my days off it will only record any sleep before midnight, so my sleep average is a lot lower than I think it should be. Is the only way to compensate for alternating sleep schedules is to manually active sleep mode or change it within the settings every time I need to do so?

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trux over 5 years ago in reply to DarthJakesum +2

DarthJakesum said:
I had considered trying 00:00 as Normal Wake Time to 23:59 as Normal Bed

Not a good idea, I would do it exactly oppositely. If you go to bed at 23:59 and wake up at 00:00, you have slept…
nhsummitmommy over 9 years ago +1

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DPSK over 5 years ago +1

Sorry to bump this thread.

Garmin should allow user to enter the sleep schedule for the benefit of rotating workers.

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0 trux over 5 years ago in reply to DarthJakesum

Just make sure the change propagates to both sides (the watch and Garmin Connect User Settings in Device Settings). It happened to me already once, that I changed it on one side, and it got ovewritten back from the other side when syncing. I just do not remember which side I used.

0 DPSK over 5 years ago in reply to trux

Good suggestion. It does work when I slept in the day.

But but 1 problem.

The pulse OX was not triggered. No Spo2 data recorded.

0 trux over 5 years ago in reply to DPSK

DPSK said:
The pulse OX was not triggered. No Spo2 data recorded.

Check out your settings - I do not know what model you use, but there should be options for Sleep Tracking and All-Day Tracking. Possibly you need to change the setting. Please note that it may increase the power consumption. On some models, you can perhaps set up a hot-key for enabling/disabling the pulse oximetry manually, to control the power consumption better.

Have a look at the Pulse Oximetry FAQ for some more details.

0 DPSK over 5 years ago in reply to trux

I am using Vivosmart 4 now. sigh I have to change the sleeping time once in a while so that my sleep and Spo2 can be recorded.