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Watchface: M2

markdotai
over 4 years ago

This is the support thread for the M2 watchface:

 has created a Facebook group for designs here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/423319952037948

And this PDF files contains a quick visual index to the designs posted in this thread: >>>    ForumProfiles1.pdf    <<<

To create your own design or modify one, install & use the M2 Designer app on your watch. These are the steps you would go through:

  • Optionally paste a text code into the "Profile Text" setting of M2 Designer & save the settings, or load one of your previously saved designs (either via the settings or the in-app menu).
  • Run the M2 Designer app (found underneath your activities list) and create your design.
  • Once you've finished, open the Garmin settings for M2 Designer.
  • The text code in "Profile Text" will now represent whatever your design looks like, so copy the text code from "Profile Text" - and be careful to select the whole text.
  • Close the settings for M2 Designer.
  • Open the Garmin settings for M2 (watchface) instead.
  • Delete any text that was already in "Profile Text" - this step helps to avoid potential problems
  • Paste the text code into "Profile Text".
  • Save the settings.
  • Now when you view the M2 watchface it will show your changes.

A guide for accessing the Garmin settings is here: https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/w/wiki/14/changing-your-app-settings-in-garmin-express-gcm-ciq-mobile-store.

Profile text for the default display = 01Ys2525111WDPO1011WwWO020Vc121VZ11WwXw03X7C11WwVd035C13NC13XDC19010000

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Notes on 12-hour and 24-hour display options - see 4 posts down (with Oldest first) ...

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  • over 4 years ago in reply to HE spoke

    - aha we spoke on email on some of these Slight smile

    The body weight should be a simple change, so I'll try to add that this weekend.

    For other number fonts, I can't add any more to M2 itself, but I'm still thinking about other versions with different font styles. If I can find some nice looking fonts that are free Slight smile They're actually harder to find than you would think, especially when looking for fixed width number fonts.

    Adding Open Weather Map is very very unlikely - but Garmin have recently added their own Weather API to CIQ (I don't know which forecast system it uses ...) and I'm looking to see what I can fit in using that.

  • over 4 years ago in reply to JohnEvansDesign

    - good thoughts on weather too Slight smile But I'm most likely to add whatever values come from Garmins weather API as it is all built in to CIQ now (rather than OWM or Accuweather). I don't know how good Garmins weather forecast is though Slight smile

    For myself I've used DarkSky for weather the last few years, but since they got bought by Apple I've had to stop using them as no iPhone. Still looking for someone else as reliable for my location ...

  • over 4 years ago in reply to markdotai

    Markdotai - Thanks for the reply, and again all the time you have put into this. We look forward to whatever you can dig up about Garmin's weather API.

  • over 4 years ago

    I'm trying to create a ring on the homescreen that tracks my training load kind of like the built in garmin one (I'm using forerunner 245 music).  I'm having some trouble though because I can't figure out how to scale it right.  I can get the start and end points of the ring right (8 o'clock and 4 o'clock) but the ring is filling too far.  I'm not trying to create the blue/green/red sections, just fill the home screen ring up to where the black arrow points to on the built in display function

  • over 4 years ago in reply to 9419549

    - unfortunately Garmin don't make the official training load value available to CIQ watchfaces, so the value I calculate and display is a custom one and may not (well definitely won't match Slight smile) the Garmin one. So that might explain what you are seeing ...

    The one calculated for M2 is based on active calories, a daily average for the last week, compared to your average over the last few months. If you burn your average number of calories the value is 100, of if you burn more then it's above 100 (so your training load is increasing) or below 100 then decreasing.

    So it is kind of like a percentage value. If you burn twice as many active calories as normal then it should be 200. (But you would have to do it several days in a row).

    When you display as a ring or bar then it always displays values from 0 at the start to 200 at the end. So an "average" value of 100 will be in the middle. (Which should be at your 12 o'clock the way you are setting it up like the Garmin one).

    So maybe this matches what you are seeing? Slight smile

    It would be cool if Garmin ever do add the training load to what is available in CIQ. Maybe it is more likely now that they have bought Firstbeat.

  • over 4 years ago in reply to markdotai

    Thanks for the explanation! That's unfortunate they won't make it available

  • over 4 years ago

    Did anybody else experience higher battery usage after the update? Recently my Vivoactive 4 software got an update and ever since I have an increased battery usage of over 1%/hour.

    (Usually it's around 0,3-0,5%/h with just the Watchface in use)

    I thought that maybe the new update and the M2 Watchface have a problem that could cause this.

  • over 4 years ago in reply to nullundnada

    I don't think this battery drain is related to the M2 Designer.

    Is it quite a known issue for the SW 11.10 upgrade, see forums.garmin.com/.../11-10-battery-drain---support-is-not-support

  • over 4 years ago in reply to PeterN

    Different watch but maybe similar problems. The only "solution" I found so far was a factory reset. But tbh I'm sick of it. Had to do it three times already since I bought the watch a few months ago and it's just annoying setting up everything from scratch again.

  • over 4 years ago in reply to nullundnada

    You may also check some alternatives explained in that thread - like erasing some xml file etc.

    But the comprehensive solution for this is on the Garmin's side, IMHO