Race Countdown

App:Sailing Race Countdown timer with a display of Current Speed/Direction and TOD/Duration/Distance/Max Speed after countdown finishes.
*** Please use with latest version of the firmware for your watch ***
Supports:
Fenix3, Fenix3 HR, 920xt, Epix
Can only test on a Fenix 3, all other models are tested on the Simulator - if there is a problem with these please post in this thread.
Features:
- 0/1/2/3/4/5/10/20/30/40/50/60 minutes Countdown times can be selected
- Set default Display after countdown and Units
- Minute, Display and Units settings are saved for next time the app is started
- Sync Countdown to nearest minute or round down (except last min)
- Stop Countdown and Reset
- Distance and Time to Startline
- After the Countdown completes two displays can be toggled
- Display 1 - TOD/Race Duration/Total Distance (NM/System Default) and Max Speed (Knots/System Default)
- Display 2 - Current Speed (Knts/System Default) and Bearing (Degs)
- When Display 1/2 are shown - Min Jibe Speed & Max reach Speed can be set to display.
- Can Save or Discard activity data on exit
Usage:
- Press Menu (LONG PRESS +2sec) to change Countdown time/Default Display/Units/Enable-Disable Jibespeed & Startline etc
- If timer is counting down the Down button will sync to the nearest minute
- If timer is stopped the Down button will reset the timer
- If Distance to StartLine is enabled go to StartLine settings in Main Menu and set position of StartLine Marks. Mark positions are saved for next time the app is started. Mark positions can be cleared or reset.
- After the Countdown completes use the UP button to toggle between the two displays
- After the Countdown completes press Stop and then the Down button to reset Countdown
- If JibeSpeed is enabled a display of min jibe speed & max rerach speed (for last reach) will display for 10sec. If no jibe is detected or if stop moving the max reach speed will only display. NOTE: The Alert sound can be disabled.
- Long press the Down button to access main watchface/widgets
- Press Back to exit and save/discard
Changelog:
1.62 3/Oct/2016
- Sync options added nearest/Round Down (60sec-30sec rounds to 60sec even for Round Down)
- D2 Bravo/FR235/FR230/Fenix Chronos support added
- Adjusted Layout
1.61 25/April/2016
- Epix support added
1.6 22/April/2016
- Distance and Time to Startline
1.5 07/April/2016
- 10/20/30/40/50/60min countdown added
- Min Jibe Speed & Max reach Speed
1.4 04/April/2016
- 0min countdown added so app can be used without countdown
- Vibration & Backlight enable/disable settings
- modified Main & Exit menu
1.3 12/Feb/2016
- Seconds display added to current time
1.2 13/Jan/2016
- 1 and 2 minute timer added
- After the Countdown completes use the UP button to toggle between the two displays (was the DOWN Key). Can toggle now when timer is stopped
- Set which Display defaults after countdown completes
- Set weather to display distance and speed in Knots or System Default
- Added current time to Countdown screen before Start is pressed
1.1 23/Oct/2015
- 10min countdown
- Second display with Current Speed (Knts) and Bearing (Degs). After the countdown completes use the down button to toggle between the two screens

gigs67 over 7 years ago

Hi Hannes. I uninstalled the app and uninstalled Garmin Express and then reinstalled both and it seems to have done the trick. Many thanks for your help, it's a great app and I look forward to using it many times this summer in South Africa.
Best, Gareth

HannesLF over 7 years ago

Glad it worked and that you find it useful - note some of the settings have moved to the "Garmin Connect" phone app under device/Connect IQ Apps/Applications/Race Countdown and go into settings. H

HannesLF over 7 years ago

I have stepped back the version to 1.64 as some users were getting an IQ error on startup after installing version 2. Anyone getting the IQ error please install this version. I will leave this up for 1 week and then be updating again. Sorry for the inconvenience but I can't reproduce the error even after downgrading and upgrading the App on my own watch with different setting set. Thanks H

HannesLF over 7 years ago

- Added TOD to CountDown Screen while counting down
- Added Rolling count to CountDown Screen
- Hopefully fixed the IQ error some people were getting on startup after updating.

The reason for the IQ error after upgrading was I had the setting/properties stored in an enum and when I edited this to add properties for the next version the setting a user had from a previous version were still pointing to the old order, thus giving wrong some setting values/types.

carlosdemones over 7 years ago

Hi, here is my feedback: I have the fenix5. I installed the app this evening. It was OK as I was able to start and stop the countdown. I updated it because I changed one setting (name of activity) and it then displayed the IQ error logo. After deletion and reinstall it works now and I won't update it as the default settings are fine for me.

HannesLF over 7 years ago

There are reports that the app does not work on the forerunner 230 and Vivoactive 3. When I test on the simulator it will work just fine. Has anyone with these models installed the app and does it work? Let us know thanks.

HannesLF over 7 years ago

I updated the App to 2.12 - it should now work on Vivoactive 3. A user reported that they made an hard reset (hold the button for 15' until the watch went off). Let us know if it is working.
Thanks,

Former Member over 7 years ago

Hello.

With Vivoactive HR works ok the time and one screen, but the second one with the Display 2 (Current Speed (Knts/System Default) and Bearing (Degs) or Best Speed over 500m)

doesnt work. You can not change the page. (And if possible should be with the buttons, when you are sailing is wet and usually doesnt work.)

This could be the perfect app for sailing

Former Member over 7 years ago

I have installed your app on my Vivoactive3 and like it very much. There is a strange thing however with the distance to line calculation. It seems that the app calculates the distance to the starboard mark if my position is to the right from this mark and calculates the distance to the port mark if my position is to the left from it. This is one usual way to do the calculation, so it is ok. If I'm anywhere between the the two marks however the perpendicular distance to the line should be calculated (positive if below and negative if above the line) . Unfortunately the app in this case shows zero (and sometimes some random positive) distance.

carlosdemones over 7 years ago

I have the same issue as bonagabor has got with the distance to the line.