Virtual Pacer

VA

Thanks for your answer, this means that I can't see on VA estimated finish time as a circular watch?
If I add both connect IQ field I see the same parameter on each field?

Thank you very much

On the Vivoactive you can see the following information:

• Required pace/speed: The pace or speed required to finish in your target time
  
• Ahead/behind in distance ((kilo)meters or yards/miles) or time
  
• An orange bar indicating the percentage of target distance completed
  

The upper screen "pacer" value is a proyected average for the hole race?

The pacer value shows the pace required to finish the race in the target time. If you fall behind, the required pace will increase (the value will decrease), if you're ahead the required pace will decrease.

For instance at the start of your half marathon with 2 hour goal, the pace will read 5:41 min/km
If you manage to cover 11.1 km in the first hour, the value will read 6:00 min/km, because that's the pace required for the last 10 km to reach the target in exactly 2 hours.

Thanks for your answer, this means that I can't see on VA estimated finish time as a circular watch?
If I add both connect IQ field I see the same parameter on each field?

That's correct.

The virtual partner that's build into some of the devices is not accessible from connect IQ. What you're asking is therefore not possible.



It's not possible to do this in a data field without adding a lot of settings, making it difficult to use. Also because of memory restriction I don't think it's possible to combine this with what's already in this data field. So making this would require an other watch app.

Thank you for your answers.

Ran another 10k today except in training so had more time to look at VP and Garmin's "Finish Time" I had also enabled this time. Good news, no crash this time, so that would have been due to something that got messed up on my watch the other day (deleted everything in \APP and reinstalled since).

Like the other day the estimated time was not valid for the first couple of minutes, must be an FR230/235/630 issue as we've already discussed, but then it settled down. The ahead/behind seemed fine though from the beginning so not a big problem. The Garmin "Finish Time" appears to be using "Average Pace" (or a dynamic metric based on "Average Pace") so ETA was ok from the beginning. It only has ETA/DTG and Average Pace though so not as useful as VP ;-)

Again I'll suggest to display "Instant Pace over 1 minute" (or "Lap Pace" as an option) at the top with a different color if you're over or under the required pace to meet your target. Even better, show both paces at the same time, since it's only 3 digits it might be possible at the top? That would make it perfect as you could know instantly how you're doing and adjust as needed.

Got another crash today, sent you the log via PM

After the crash I switched to another field and then back to VP and it picked up where it had stopped, distance to go, pace, etc...

Would it be possible to create a "data field" just displaying the "time ahead / behind" computed par the Virtual Partner of the watch ?

The virtual partner that's build into some of the devices is not accessible from connect IQ. What you're asking is therefore not possible.

When we use workouts, the “time ahead / behind” is reset to zero at each new step.
Would it be possible, with a solution or an other, not to reset “ahead / behind time” when changing step in a workout ?
So it would be easy, for example, to plan a race (marathon) with different speed (so different steps) : slow at the beginning, faster in middle, an so on; and have access to a summed “ahead / behind” time.

It's not possible to do this in a data field without adding a lot of settings, making it difficult to use. Also because of memory restriction I don't think it's possible to combine this with what's already in this data field. So making this would require an other watch app.

I found a list of variables accessible in Connect IQ SDK on link http://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/programmers-guide/dynamic-data-fields/ .
Is that the good list ?

If yes, I see why the "ahead - behind time" of Virtual Partner is not usable.
In this case, could we ask MR GARMIN to add this data ?

module Activity
{
class Info
{
var startLocation; // Starting location of the activity, a Location object
var startTime; // Starting time of activity, a Moment object
var elapsedTime; // Elapsed time of the activity in ms
var timerTime; // Timer time in milliseconds
var elapsedDistance; // Distance in meters
var currentLocationAccuracy; // GPS Accuracy - See location constant
var currentLocation; // Current location, a Location object
var calories; // Calories in kcal
var currentSpeed; // Speed in meters per second
var averageSpeed; // Average speed in meters per second
var maxSpeed; // Maximum speed in meters per second
var currentPace; // Current pace in meters per second
var currentPower; // Current power in watts
var averagePower; // Average power in watts
var maxPower; // Maximum power in watts
var totalAscent; // Total ascent in meters
var totalDescent; // Total descent in meters
var currentHeartRate; // Current heart rate in beats per minute
var averageHeartRate; // Average heart rate in beats per minute
var maxHeartRate; // Maximum heart rate in beats per minute
var currentCadence; // Current cadence in revolutions per minute
var averageCadence; // Average cadence in revolutions per minute
var maximumCadence; // Maximum cadence in revolutions per minute
var swimStrokeType; // Swim stroke type
var swimSwolf; // Swim SWOLF
var swimEfficency; // Swim efficence
var averageDistance; // Swim stroke average distance
var currentHeading; // Current heading in radians
}
}

Activity.Info is indeed the main source of information of the current activity that's available for a developer in a data field.

Predefined run

Still to make a run with my 235 and I would like to know if the app automatically takes distance and desired finish time from predefined Garmin run or is it necessary to set it up via garmin connect and/or express every time.

Sound like promising app! Good work!

Still to make a run with my 235 and I would like to know if the app automatically takes distance and desired finish time from predefined Garmin run or is it necessary to set it up via garmin connect and/or express every time.

Sound like promising app! Good work!

This data field uses app settings for time and distance. If you want to change the target time or target distance, you can use Garmin Connect Mobile or Garmin Express to do so.
This is a Connect IQ app and currently Connect IQ does not have access to build in courses, trainings etc. This means that the only way to change the settings is as described above.