Development around the Varia Radar

Hi,

I have a Varia Radar paired with a Fenix5S and a Varia Vision and my concern is i can't feel the vibration on both F5S and Vision when i'm over 25kph. It would be really interesting to have a loud sound when a car is detected, i don't understand why Garmin didn't implement this fonctionnality by default ... In my opinion, there is no point in detecting a car if the user is not aware and even with the Vision i miss this decisive information.

I'm a business dev but i never used the connect IQ API before so yesterday i decided to have a look.

I made the "easy" part by getting all the info from the radar :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=676KHLb9Rus

Now the hard part, i'm trying to see if i can communicate with my phone to play a sound whena car is detected.
I found this :https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/programmers-guide/communication/

But it seem only widgets and apps can communicate with a phone, someone can confirm me it's impossible with a datafield ?

Med974 over 5 years ago

Added vibration on the watch as long as a car is behind. I would test it after work to see if i feel it.

Med974 over 5 years ago in reply to Med974

same, don't feel it over 20kph

kartoone over 5 years ago

I am working on a radar app as well. I think you do need a full fledged app to do phone communication. It may not help your situation, but the Garmin Edge cycling devices do display a loud beep when a car is approaching. I agree they should have done this on the Fenix as well. Are you sure your Fenix isn't in "silent mode"? I don't have a Fenix so I'm just guessing.

Med974 over 5 years ago in reply to kartoone

I had an Edge 520 before the Vision and the beep was inaudible, this is the main complaint that all Edge/Radar users make :/

I'm sure the Fenix is not in silent mode yes.

I can dev a full phone app but it seem communication is only possible with widgets and apps on the watch according to the dev guide

Nikeow over 5 years ago in reply to kartoone

on the fenix, there is a beep and vibration as well (beep and vibration are based on system settings I believe. if you put it on silent, then no beeps etc)