Fixed scale for heart rate [Data Lover on Fenix 5X+]

You really need to post in the thread about the specific watch face you are using.  You posted in the overall showcase forum.

Sorry, I just followed the link from the developer's page. There was no visible option from there (I am on mobile). Beside, this probably applies to most Garmin watches.

You might start by mentioning the developer and/or the app you're using.

Good point. Since the link was in the app's help file, it did not occur to me that I would not be directed to a forum for that app. I have edited the original post.

Fenix31234 said:

Not sure what it's going to do to the battery life (this is on a Fenix 5 X Plus) but I am more than willing to try

I've been optimizing the code for several years. While the watch face displays a lot of data it should also get you decent battery life

Fenix31234 said:

I wish there was a way to have a fixed scale for heart rate. I am not really interested to know when my heart rate changes from 50 to 70 and it is distracting to see wild variations on the plot when the heart rate actually changes little. I would prefer a fixed scale (user adjustable in the settings), defaulting to 50-150 for instance. Then I could tell at a glance when I my heart rate is getting high (I am older)

It has been suggested before but this brings several challenges and issues:

- the pixel height of the graph is very low (less than 20 pixels), so with a fixed scale of 50-150 it would nearly always be a flat line in the middle of the chart especially for the active heart rate chart which only spans ~2 minutes of real time.

- adding 2 extra configuration settings requires more memory (and I have almost none left)

- when the data is outside of the fixed scale I would also need to add special handling (leave empty sections or extend the fixed scale) which would also further push on the memory requirement.

As you're more interested in the general heart rate trend than in immediate heartrate feedback of a small 2 minute window it may work better if you switch to the non-active heart rate chart. You change this in the application settings of data lover. Change the chart type to " Line Chart - Hr" and change the Line Chart duration to the time frame you prefer feedback about (30 minutes - 4 hours). The longer the feedback period the wider the scale will be and the closer this will be to the feeling of the fixed scale you prefer.