Smart Bike Lights (Data Field) / Bike Lights Control (Widget)

That is great to hear! In order to prevent wasting future users time, I've documented how to change control modes for various Garmin devices github.com/.../SmartBikeLights

Great
I tested ut 800 and rtl 510 at the same time in the two days. If I select "auto" for ut 800 in garmin light mode, and then go back to smart bike light and select "S" mode, after changing between DAY FLASH and HIGH, smart bike light will return "M" mode, after that I select "off" for headlight and taillight in garmin light mode, then smart bike light can stay at "S" steadily.
Working correctly, so happy

thank you for your help

If I understand correctly, in your case when the Garmin light mode is set to "Auto", the "S" can switch to "M" by itself? If this is the case, can you please explain what are the steps needed to reproduce the issue?

I wasn't able to reproduce the issue by doing following steps:
1. Set Garmin Light mode to "Auto"
2. Start the activity
3. On the data field light panel press the "N" button to go into the Smart mode
4. The "N" button is changed to "S" and it does not change to "M"

> after changing between DAY FLASH and HIGH, smart bike light will return "M" mode

What triggers this change, the Garmin "Auto" light mode or a press of the button on the data field panel?

maca88 said:

when the Garmin light mode is set to "Auto", the "S" can switch to "M" by itself?

Yes

maca88 said:

What triggers this change, the Garmin "Auto" light mode or a press of the button on the data field panel?

Is Garmin "Auto" light mode

Sorry because my english is not good

At first, wait for the device to connect with the radar (rtl 510) and light network (rtl510 + ut 800). At this time, the headlight mode is "Auto"

I put SMART BIKE LIGHT in "S" mode and started riding. If the headlight beam automatically changes to "High" or "Medium" at this time, SMART BIKE LIGHT will also automatically change back to "M" mode.

As long as I set the Override Light mode to "OFF", SMART BIKE LIGHT can stay "S" without changing (Because "SMART BIKE LIGHT" is installed, it is fully automatic, so I uninstalled GARMIN LIGHT MODE), This is perfect

No problem now

Thanks again

During the day and night, the light beam is changed according to the speed, the tunnel lights are automatically turned on, and the room is automatically turned off. The brake lights and radar can detect flashes at various distances, thereby extending battery life

My code

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Thanks for the detailed explanation!

tjj1664 said:

I put SMART BIKE LIGHT in "S" mode and started riding. If the headlight beam automatically changes to "High" or "Medium" at this time, SMART BIKE LIGHT will also automatically change back to "M" mode.

This is really strange, when you put the light in "S" mode the data field will override the Garmin "Auto" light mode so the change to "High" or "Medium" should only happen by the defined filters from "Lights Configurator". It seems like that your UT800 works a bit different than my Bontrager Ion Pro RT, as I am not able to reproduce this issue. As you found a workaround for it, I will not try to fix the issue as I am not able to reproduce it.

Regarding your lights configuration I am really surprised how many filters you've set, I didn't expected such complex configurations :)

After analyzing your configuration I notice some minor issues and one bigger issue that you need to fix. With your current configuration when the lights will reach a "Low" battery in the night, they will be turned OFF with the current filters! To fix this you need to either fix filter with "Light Battery > Low" to "Light Battery > Bad" so that the Low in included with those filters or change filters with "Light Battery < Low" to "Light Battery < Ok".

Other minor issues with the configuration:
- Filter group NIGHT1 has an invalid Light mode
- Filter groups RADAR3, RADAR4, RADAR7 and RADAR8 will never be activated because of filter groups NIGHT1, NIGHT2 and NIGHT3. These radar filter groups need to be moved before the NIGHT1 filter group in order them to be activated.

some optimization that can be made:
- The filter "Speed < 35" inside filter group S25H can be removed as it is addressed in S35H
- Filter group RADAR9 can be removed, as the "Default mode" for the light is also "Off
- NIGHT2 and NIGHT3 can be merged into one filter group

I made two optimizations for the "Lights Configuration" in order to easier edit complex configurations:
- Added up and down arrow buttons for filters and groups that can be used to move them higher or lower in the stack
- When parsing a configuration, filters and groups will be collapsed to achieve faster rendering and better readability

Also with the new "Lights Configuration" version, your configuration won't be parsed anymore as it has an invalid light mode. To fix your configuration replace "NIGHT1:3:5" with "NIGHT1:3:4" or use the following version that addresses the mentioned issues/optimizations:

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I released a new version of the data field 0.9.3 that fixes the light mode validation so that now you will get an "Error 4" for your configuration. Also in case you experienced random crashes of the data field, I was able to reproduce and fix the issue.

First of all thank you for your review and help

maca88 said:

I will not try to fix the issue as I am not able to reproduce it.

As long as I turn off "Auto" in "GARMIN LIGHT MODE", there will be no problem

After your explanation, I have roughly understood the logic of the data field. For example, I misunderstood that "Battery state" is linear from 0 to 100, and I will re-modify the lights configuration.

maca88 said:

new "Lights Configuration" version

The new "Lights Configurator" version is very easy to use

There is a cycling challenge in Taiwan that is to ride 520 kilometers in 24 hours. Maybe one day I can participate. I hope that my taillight can extend the battery life from 15 hours to 24 hours, and also enhance the performance.

Thanks again for your help

tjj1664 said:

I have roughly understood the logic of the data field. For example, I misunderstood that "Battery state" is linear from 0 to 100, and I will re-modify the lights configuration.

I will add a note so that it will be more clear.

Benefit everyone
Thanks again

ksmigrod said:

How do I turn-off lights for indoor-cycling?

Currently there is no such filter available, but I did some testing on my Edge 1000 and found out that this could be achieved by adding a filter that checks startLocation value. For indoor activities the "startLocation" should always be empty as the device normally cannot acquire the gps location when indoor.

ksmigrod said:

Preferably without relying on GPS signal availability (sometimes I cross a tunnel on my commute)

With the "startLocation" filter you could be able to achieve both scenarios, for indoor using a filter group with "startLocation" = "Empty" and for tunnels you would need to add an additional condition "startLocation" != "Empty". Would this work for you or your device is able to acquire the gps location even when indoor?