Multi-Timer on Vivoactive 3 Music

Former Member over 5 years ago

The V3M is a great training tool, but its built-in Timer app is surprisingly weak.

We should be able to set multiple timers. According to the developer docs, the # is hardware limited, but even having 3 (the default value) would be a massive improvement. We could use the watch for cooking, for example.

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Travis.ConnectIQ over 5 years ago +1

You only need 1 timer to be able to do what you want.

You just need to keep a collection (say an Array) of the times when you want the alarm to go off, then set the timer to go off at the alarm time closest…

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Travis.ConnectIQ over 5 years ago

You only need 1 timer to be able to do what you want.

You just need to keep a collection (say an Array) of the times when you want the alarm to go off, then set the timer to go off at the alarm time closest to the current time. When that alarm triggers, remove it, and find the next closest alarm time. Re-use the timer to go off at the new time.

HerrRiebmann over 5 years ago in reply to Travis.ConnectIQ

Additionaly to Travis, search for a "state-maschine". This describes exactly the approach to have a single timer and several actions. Without blocking the thread!

jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to Travis.ConnectIQ

And many times you'll have a time already running to do "housekeeping" such as updating the display on a regular basis, displaying a message for X seconds, etc, and this can be part of the same timer.