GPS on Epix

Has anyone been able to get GPS working on a ConnectIQ app for the Epix? I'm not doing anything fancy in https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?259957-App-Heavenward as far as GPS positioning is concerned (simple one-shot fix on launch), but there was a report that GPS wouldn't fix on the Epix for this app. Works fine on Vivoactive HW.

Relevant code is basically as follows:

function onLayout(dc) {

        Position.enableLocationEvents(Position.LOCATION_ONE_SHOT, method(:onPosition));

    ...

    }



    ...



    function onPosition(info)

    {

        latLon = info.position.toRadians();

    }

Brandon.ConnectIQ over 10 years ago

I just tested this on Epix v2.20 and v2.21 firmware, and I was able to get both a ONE_SHOT and CONTINUOUS location with the PositionSample app (which does basically what you describe).

It's possible that this wasn't working properly on earlier firmware releases, but 2.20 was made available sometime around the middle of May so folks should have that version by now.

Sforzando over 10 years ago

Thanks for trying this out, Brandon. Any chance you could try the version of Heavenward at https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bw5WtrpNqKbPfndKTGNlMU1ZVXNpdGVCN0FWdXFIVWVYR2tWVFppX0ZxUy1rNFMtVUNLNGs&usp=sharing and let me know what the log says when running on Epix? I suspect it may be "Out of Memory", but I have no way to tell for sure.

Brandon.ConnectIQ over 10 years ago

This app crashes on Epix (the device itself does not crash), but since we don't have CIQ logging integrated on Epix yet, I can't provide you with much additional info to help troubleshoot the crash. The app starts and says it's waiting for GPS, then crashes a few seconds later. I have a GPS repeater about a foot away, so I'm assuming it's able to acquire in those few seconds and the crash occurs once it has a position.