If you use the data field full screen or upper half screen on a (semi-)round device, it shows a heart rate gauge.
You can choose to show heart rate as bpm, %HRR or HR %Max.
You can set up to 5 heart rate zones and you can set them however you want them (same way to set up as in Garmin Connect).
Some screen prints:
You can set your zones in the User Settings section of Garmin Connect Mobile or Garmin Express.The setup is the same as setting your zones in Garmin Connect, based on %HRR. Unfortunately the order in which the settings appear might be different.
If personal zones are not set, default will be set based on your age. Currently it's technically impossible to retreive your zones directly from the device or Garmin Connect
To be able to set your zones, your device must run at least Connect IQ version 1.2 (you can check this in the About section of the System settings on your device). If you have any problem setting the values, please leave a comment on this forum and I'll try to answer all your questions.
You can get this data field here.
To determine your resting heart rate, you can use my Resting Heart Rate data field.
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v3.0:
- Added gauge when displayed big (full width, at least 89 pix height);
- Support for French, Italian and Spanish;
- Dropped support for Connect IQ 1.1.x (in favor of the gauge)
v2.0:
- Added user settings to allow user to set heart rate zones;
- Text color is now based upon the background color, to maximize readability;
- Added support for Fenix3, D2Bravo, Forerunner 230, Forerunner 235 and Forerunner 630
v1.0: Initial version
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Setting up the zones in Garmin Express (recommended)
- Go to "Manage Apps", a list of all your apps is shown;
- Look for the Heart Rate with Zone data field and press the "..." besides the data field name, a page is shown where you can change the settings;
- Change the settings to the appropriate values:
- Resting Heart Rate: fill in your resting heart rate. If set to the default of -1, it will get the value from your connect profile
- Zone 1 %HRR: lower bound of zone 1 as % heart rate reserve (HRR). HRR is the difference between your maximum and resting heart rate
- Zone 2 t/m 5 %HRR: same as zone 1. Make sure that the values are incremental, because the data field will show the first zone that fits and if they are not incremental, you'll get unexpected results. If you want to use less that 5 zones, set the values of the zones that you don't use to 100. More than 5 zones is currently not supported. If you do want more, please leave a comment and I might be persueded to add more.
- Max Heart Rate: fill in your maximum heart rate. If set to the default of -1, your maximum heart rate will be estimated based on your age
- Resting Heart Rate: fill in your resting heart rate. If set to the default of -1, it will get the value from your connect profile
- Press "Save" to save the changes. The new values will automatically be send to your device.
I you want to check whether the new values are saved to your device, you can simply go to the settings page again. Garmin Express will always load the settings directly from the device.
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Setting up the zones in Garmin Connect Mobile
It's possible to set up the zones in Garmin Connect Mobile (GCM), but in the current version the settings might be displayed out of order. Therefore using Garmin Express is recommended.
The following explanation is based on GCM for Android. GCM for iPhone should be (almost) the same.
- In the menu go to "Garmin Devices";
- Select your device from the list;
- Select "Connect IQ Apps";
- Select "Data Fields";
- Select the Heart Rate with Zone data field;
- Select "Settings" (if your device does not have Connect IQ 1.2 installed, you'll get a message "An error has occured");
- Change the values (as described in the Setting up the zones in Garmin Express section above);
- Select "Done" to save the values to your device
Same as with Garmin Express, you can check the settings by going to the Settings page again.
