Heart Rate and Accelerometer data for the VIVOactive HR

Former Member over 8 years ago

Could some one point me in the direction of the sensor info for Heart Rate and Accelerometer data for the VIVOactive HR.
I need to know how frequently I can programmatically get access to Heart Rate and Accelerometer data from within an app. Can I poll the data every 1 second?
I have looked at the API Documentation and https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/compatible-devices/ and https://buy.garmin.com/en-GB/GB/prod538374.html
Thanks

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

Have a look at the AccelMag sample in the SDK samples directory. This shows how to access both the Accelerometer and Magnetic Compass. It uses a timer to grab the data, and IIRC it's something like 10 times a second, but you can do it change that interval if you want.

As far as heart rate, you can get the 24/7 history (last 4 hours) using ActivityMonitor.getHeartRateHistory(), but if you want a constant reading, you use "Sensors", and enable "SENSOR_HEARTRATE". See the "Sensor" sample, again in the SDK samples directory.