Simple job?

Former Member over 8 years ago

Hi Everyone,

I am a avid cyclist and has been for the last +10 years. I love numbers and the data my garmin provides me, however I sometimes just wanna be me and the road. Therefore I am looking for someone to do a rather simple job for me;

Provide the ability to go "black-screen" on my garmin while still recording data. I was thinking of a page that just says "Road to Nowhere". A simple and meaningful state of mind for me.

If anyone would be interested in working on such a small project for me I would gladly pay.

Please feel free to get in touch with me below.

Thanks,

Kasper Anker
[email][email protected][/email]
Copenhagen, Denmark

Former Member over 8 years ago

I'm not sure what kind of experience you have with software but I think you could accomplish this pretty easily with a simple data field (there's a template for one in the SDK) that shows your message and have a full screen data field setup to just show your simple data field.

Even without any experience writing software I'd encourage you to give it a shot; 95% of the work will just be following instructions in the Programmer's Guide and if you run into questions you can post them in this forum. There are several helpful forum members that will answer them.

peterdedecker over 8 years ago

The Simple Datafield approach Ken proposes should indeed give you what you want.

In addition I also have made a set of tutorials here that you might find useful if you want to learn more: http://starttorun.info/garmin-connec...rial-overview/

r.485 over 8 years ago

I programmed a data field called "Nine", on which you can place up to nine fields wherever you want on the screen using a companion app (Android/iOS).

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/5...7-7453c7d7b318

"Up to nine" includes zero, so you can actually use it to get a blank screen. You just have to download the companion app and generate a "configuration code" without adding any field. Please check the download page to understand how it works. The companion app is free on Android, but paid on iOS.

Kind regards

Former Member over 8 years ago

Thanks for your replies. This is mostly for the Garmin cycling computers as it should be visible as you ride. Will definitely give it a go at developing

Former Member over 8 years ago

Hi guys, I still havent been able to make this work in desired way. Therefore I am kindly asking for further help. Will be compenested. If anybody is interested please let me know. Thank you!

Bests, Kasper

flowstate over 8 years ago

You can use the Training Notes data field, which displays whatever (fixed) text you want:
https://apps.garmin.com/en-GB/apps/e...9-fe49891d7e76

1) Configure Training Notes (in Garmin Connect Mobile phone app) to display the text "Road to Nowhere"
2) On your device, open your activity (e.g. cycling), add a new data page, and set the layout to 1 field
3) Set Training Notes as that field