Watchface: Digital for TactixD and Digital for TactixD v2 Beta

This is forum to streamline questions processing, feature requests, bug reporting and general discussion regarding
Digital for TactixD face: https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/d4fbcc93-5e5e-4030-8278-2bd8463921db
Digital for TactixD v2 Beta: apps.garmin.com/.../15c35159-bae3-4c12-8539-5305ccd1b933

Idea behind this face is that the best face is the one which is set exactly as i want it.

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Q&A:

Why there are so many settings available? It is hard to navigate through them:
Sending watchface user defined parameters such as color, font and screen placement through app settings seems to be the only available option at this moment. Amount of settings is a tax for having many objects available. During time i've found out there are also problems and limitations coming with amount of settings, therefore version 2 is being in development where at least some of the fields configuration will be simplified.

Why are my settings changes not reflected on WatchFace ?
It seems this issue is tied to Garmin CIQ app which is not able handle huge amount of settings properly. When settings are done through Android/iOS Garmin Mobile app all should work as expected.

Will be there Weather details available ?
Yes, weather is in progress and will be included in v2 version. Currently testing various weather providers APIs and fighting with best details visualization on the screen.

Why is my language not supported i see only squares instead of characters ?
During short life time of this face 26 custom fonts have been already requested and implemented. Fonts consume a lot of available resources, therefore characters are limited to the absolute minimum => english characters and numbers only. Languages with 'special' characters such as czech, russian, japanese etc. cannot be supported until more resources will be available to watch faces. Toggle button "Force English Day/Month Name" to force most exposed fields to english has been implemented instead.

Will more features be implemented ?
Yes, i am adding more features based on incoming requests. Priority is usually set by amount of requests.

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Howl_Huxley over 4 years ago in reply to 5690448

That was so quick - thank you!

6916884 over 4 years ago

Hey OP, amazing job with the face.

Is there an option to prep kind of export or current watch face settings? Would be useful even to share other users' great solutions with each other. It would be also kind of backup copy.

evanprobin over 4 years ago

When i have distance instead of steps it shows distance for last 7 days instead of current day

tomulli over 4 years ago in reply to 6916884

Currently it is not available, i have idea how to do it but not able get over available memory limitation imposed by Garmin at the moment.

tomulli over 4 years ago in reply to evanprobin

In that case it needs to be Garmin error, based on their API description value i am using is distance in centimeters from midnight in current day. I m calculating kilometers or miles per watch units settings. Works ok on mine and cannot replicate it in simulator either.

4999260 over 4 years ago

Sunrise and sunset are not correct even though weather is amazingly accurate, gps is current and reinstalled/restarted the device. Also the continuous hear rate monitoring and lack of ability to control weather update kills the battery. Other wise this watch face is incredibly and literally THE watch face I've been waiting on.

tomulli over 4 years ago in reply to 4999260

That is expected, weather uses Garmin Weather API, which is basically using your phone GPS position. While your watch does not know where you are.

There are three fields which you can use and are displayed by default: "Sunrise", "Sunset" and "Till Next Sun Event". First two are clear, the last one depending on what settings you will use it will display either duration till next sun event or time of next sun event (some users prefer only this single field to be displayed with event time).

Regarding having proper times for your location, it is same like with other watch faces. You need to tell to the watch what is your location first so it can calculate proper times. Best is to get valid GPS fix of your current location (start any activity with GPS and wait till GPS fix is received), or configure your preferred location (default points to Central Europe).
However valid fix is usually available in watch for short period of time. Therefore further behavior depends on how do you have set "Use default position if Activity GPS not available"

"Use default position if Activity GPS not available" = OFF
- Watchface will store last valid fix to the memory and will use it in case there is currently no valid fix available in GPS. What coordinates are being used for calculation you can check by temporarily enabling Latitude and Longitude fields. ( my Tactix Delta from time to time provides valid GPS fix on coordinates Lat=0 and Lon=0, i assume it is a Garmin bug, getting new valid fix by starting outdoor activity usually solves it).

"Use default position if Activity GPS not available" = ON
- Watchface will forget last GPS fix at the same moment as watch and will use pre-configured default coordinates from settings instead. When you install this face, default location points to Brno, Czech Republic (Lat=49.195061, Lon=16.606836). You can change it to your preferred one using Default Latitude and Default Longitude settings.

Until you switch on "Remove +1 . : in Sun Events" settings, there will also be an indicator showing what coordinates are used.
Indicators are as follows:
no indicator - available valid fix from GPS is used
'.' - Coordinates stored in watchface memory from last valid fix used
':' - Coordinates from default Lat/Lon settings are used
'+1' - Sun event is next day
'-1' - Sun event was yesterday

Hope this helps.

3033908 over 4 years ago

Hi Tomulli. Love the watch face.

How do i change the current weather from Fahrenheit to Celsius?

tomulli over 4 years ago in reply to 3033908

Change your watch units from metric to statue or vice versa, it will switch automatically.

3033908 over 4 years ago in reply to tomulli

Hi Tomulli,

Thanks for getting back to me. Just for your information it is around the wrong way. If you change the units to Fahrenheit you get Celsius and visa versa.

Cheers