Running power on other platforms - Garmin’s native overrides own solution

doubleoseven1986 over 2 years ago

Hello all,

my CIQ data field is a running power meter, and the resulting power values are also saved to the FIT file in the way that they are usually properly read by other platforms (strava, TrainingPeaks etc.). Now I’ve already gotten the feedback from a user who upgraded to a Forerunner 955 which now has Garmin’s own power calculation activated by default, and it “overrides” the output of my app for the other platforms (probably because CIQ-written FIT fields have lower priority than native Garmin ones) - the user would however prefer having the output of my data field in TrainingPeaks, just as before the watch upgrade.

Do you see any possibility for me to solve this problem myself, or do I have to wait until Garmin might allow the FR255/955 users to deactivate the native running-power calculation as part of a future software update?

Thank you very much in advance!

Cheers,

Markus

0 jim_m_58 over 2 years ago

CIQ fit contrib fields can not over ride any field written by the FW when Garmin Connect is used. All you can do is have a second graph.

You won't see Garmin allow deactivation of things like the native RunPower on the 255/955 (and it's likely coming on other devices like the f7 and epix2.)

0 FlowState over 2 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

jim_m_58 said:
You won't see Garmin allow deactivation of things like the native RunPower on the 255/955 (and it's likely coming on other devices like the f7 and epix2.)

Except a related problem here is that people are running with Stryd and an HRM-RUN chest strap, so the native run power from the HRM-RUN overrides Stryd power.

Stryd has already fixed the problem on their end (by prioritizing their own data), but Strava has a similar problem (where it prioritizes Garmin's run power instead of Stryd's).

You might be right that Garmin won't ever allow native run power to be disabled, but other people are definitely complaining about this. Some users might consider this a step backwards, since at least with the previous CIQ solution, there was the ability to use the HRM-RUN without using Garmin running power.

forums.garmin.com/.../garmin-strap-power-stryd-power-doubled-power-values-in-activity

0 doubleoseven1986 over 2 years ago

Thanks a lot for the quick answers!

Okay it seems that there is not much I can do except wait and hope that Garmin will listen to those who are not happy with the current situation. I really hope they take them seriously.