Venu 2 on-device settings view

Does anyone know whether Venu 2 supports on-device settings view that was introduced with CIQ 3.2 and if it does, how can it be accessed? On a forerunner it can be accessed by holding the "Up" button, but Venu 2 does not have one. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

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Cordyceps over 2 years ago in reply to FlowState +1

Yes, in fact I tested it with 3 different data fields which should have settings.

maca88 already did post a bug report about it.
maca88 over 2 years ago in reply to FlowState +1

Thanks for the detailed explanation. Thanks to Cordyceps we found out that for Venu 2 the "ConnectIQ Fields" does not display when a data field supports the on-device settings. Here is the bug report:…
FlowState over 2 years ago in reply to maca88 +1

maca88 said:
Thanks for the detailed explanation.

Sorry to tell you a bunch of stuff you already knew haha. Hopefully the bug will be squashed ASAP (I upvoted it)

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0 jim_m_58 over 2 years ago

long press the bottom button and select watch face. up/down to move to the one you want, and if it has on device settings, you see a pencil at the bottom. Tap that.

0 Cordyceps over 2 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Doing this in the normal watch mode an no activity recording at the moment is correct - holding the B (Menu/Back) button long will enter the settings menu of the Venu 2.

But in an activity data field doing this will open a submenu showing "Stop Live Tracking", "Navigation" and "Bike Settings" and the settings wheel at the bottom to get main watch settings.

0 maca88 over 2 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thanks for the quick reply. I forgot to mention that the CIQ application that supports on-device settings view is a data field. Should it work the same also for data field applications?

0 FlowState over 2 years ago in reply to maca88

I have a 945 LTE, but I assume the UI/UX for Venu 2 is similar:

1) Open the activity of your choice (e.g. Run), which I assume already has a CIQ app installed that has on-device settings

2) Open settings.

e.g. On Venu 2, hold the Back/Menu button (bottom button, on the right). On 945 LTE and other 5 button watches, hold the UP button (middle button on the left).

3) "ConnectIQ Fields" should be the 2nd item in the displayed menu (*), under "[Activity Name] Settings". Select this item. (* At least that's where it is on 945 LTE)

4) You will now be presented with a menu of all CIQ fields for the current activity which have on-device settings

As you can imagine, that's a lot of button presses/taps to get to the settings for a CIQ data field, but that's par for the course.

TL;DR the whole process gets kicked off by opening the activity settings menu -- once you're there, you should see an additional "ConnectIQ Fields" option.

Hopefully most users know how to open settings in general for their watch (although for sure I've talked to people who don't). Unfortunately, as efficient and reliable as buttons are, they're not intuitive.

0 Cordyceps over 2 years ago in reply to FlowState

FlowState said:
3) "ConnectIQ Fields" should be the 2nd item in the displayed menu, under "[Activity Name] Settings". Select this item

It should be there but in fact opening the settings in an active acitivty on the Venu 2 will only show:

- Stop Live Tracking,
- Navigation and
- Bike Settings

and underneath the settings wheel to get to the main watch setup.

0 FlowState over 2 years ago in reply to Cordyceps

Just to double-check: you're sure that you've added a CIQ data field which has on-device settings to that activity?

If so, that seems like a bug to me.

0 Cordyceps over 2 years ago in reply to FlowState

Yes, in fact I tested it with 3 different data fields which should have settings.

maca88 already did post a bug report about it.

0 maca88 over 2 years ago in reply to FlowState

Thanks for the detailed explanation. Thanks to Cordyceps we found out that for Venu 2 the "ConnectIQ Fields" does not display when a data field supports the on-device settings. Here is the bug report:
https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/i/bug-reports/appbase-getsettingsview-does-not-work-for-venu-2

0 FlowState over 2 years ago in reply to maca88

maca88 said:
Thanks for the detailed explanation.

Sorry to tell you a bunch of stuff you already knew haha. Hopefully the bug will be squashed ASAP (I upvoted it)