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

I've made two open source CIQ applications to control ANT+ lights:

- Smart Bike Lights (data field): https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/0d9fd828-c932-4470-9c37-fd2828881888

Configurator: https://maca88.github.io/SmartBikeLights/

- Bike Lights Control (widget): https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/fa3c2332-76e3-4ba1-8528-32a0fd617ab1

Configurator: https://maca88.github.io/BikeLightsControl/

Smart Bike Lights features:
- Automatic light control (Smart mode) based on the configured filters (sunset, sunlight, speed, ...)
- Manual light control (only for Edge devices with a touch screen or devices with CIQ 3.2 and more than 32KB memory)
- Records lights modes that are displayed in Garmin Connect

Bike Lights Control features:
- Manual light control (available to all devices)

Both applications can be installed on the same device, which can be useful for low end devices (e.g. Edge 520) where "Bike Lights Control" can be used to change light modes manually and "Smart Bike Lights" for automatic light control.

Currently registered ANT+ lights:
- Bontrager Ion Pro RT
- Bontrager Ion 200 RT
- Bontrager Flare RT
- Garmin Varia RTL500
- Garmin Varia RTL510
- Garmin Varia RTL515
- Garmin Varia HL500
- Garmin Varia UT800

in case your ANT+ light is not on the list you can help by doing the following:

1. Install Bike Lights Control
2. Pair your bike light with your Garmin device
3. Open the widget:
- Edge with a touch screen: post which numbers are displayed on the buttons and what mode each button represents when pressed
- Other devices: Select the "Light modes" menu and post which numbers are displayed in the menu and what mode each menu item represents when selected

Example for Bontrager Ion Pro RT:

1 -> High steady beam
2 -> Medium steady beam
5 -> Low steady beam
63 -> Day flash
62 -> Night flash

There are some features that could be possible to add in the future, but would require Garmin to add them to the CIQ api. In case you are interested in any of the below features, consider upvoting their feature request thread:

1. Control lights based on the ambient light sensor available on some devices:
https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/i/bug-reports/ambient-light-sensor-api-access

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maca88 over 3 years ago in reply to Prozorowicz +4

> Yes, I'd still rather have it as a widget

Ok, I will look into that and report when it will be published.

> using the Ion Pro lamp in auto mode and in parallel with your field does not remove…
maca88 over 3 years ago in reply to oo0M0oo +4

Hi oo0M0oo,

This is the configuration for the desired behavior:

###0,73535488#2,2|RADAR:1:7:1I]-1]0|:1:0:1D=1##5,4:Varia 510|2,:-1,Off:0|1,Solid:4|1,Day Flash:7|1,Night Flash:6#B3122##3#0#0

but make sure…
maca88 over 3 years ago in reply to Prozorowicz +2

Prozorowicz said:
Add the ability to save several configuration files, one of which would of course be selectable for the currently used field

That is what I plan to do, but with such feature it will still…

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GeorgeMakrypoulias over 3 years ago in reply to maca88

Thank you! I will change the setting and report if any issues

MartinB0 over 3 years ago

Hi, is it possible to add filter type Bike radar for Edge 1000? Or Edge 1000 does not support this?

Thank you.

maca88 over 3 years ago in reply to MartinB0

Hi, unfortunately it is not possible because Edge 1000 does not support CIQ 3, which is required for the bike radar. Here you can find the supported devices: https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/api-docs/Toybox/AntPlus/BikeRadar.html

MartinB0 over 3 years ago in reply to maca88

thank you. but these apps are awesome anyway!

Paul_Sz over 3 years ago in reply to MartinB0

Dear maca88

At 1^st I would like to thank you very much for your great affords and excellent job you have done for all community in order to increase our safety and visibility on the road!

I like very much your software and honestly that is exactly what should be done by Garmin as standard software for all Varia devices.

I wish to have better programing skills but… anyhow I am trying to set-up my system according to my needs but still something is not working properly. Of course it is only my fault not the system bug.

Is it possible for you to assist with it? I guess for you it can take a few minutes but I will fight with it for an hour…

My hardware configuration is simple: Edge 830 (Units: metrics, time format: 24h), UT 800 + RTL 510 and I would like to have the following functionality:

lights are starting to light if I am riding (speed >5km) and if stopped it goes off
default mode for day usage (after sunrise) for both devices (UT + RTL) is “Day Flash”
default mode for night usage (after sunset) for both devices (UT + RTL) is “Night Flash”
rear light flashes as a warning when cars are approaching me and also when I brake rapidly
all the defaults names of buttons suits me well, this is no needs to change it

Is it possible to set-up the system like that? It seems to be simple but I am still getting difficulties with it.

Thank you in advance for your kind help and the assistance!

Kind Regards
Paul

tjj1664 over 3 years ago in reply to Paul_Sz

Paul_Sz over 3 years ago in reply to tjj1664

Thank you so much for your kind help and prompt replay, I appreciate it very much!!!

maca88 over 3 years ago in reply to Paul_Sz

Hi Paul,

here is the configuration for the mentioned requirements:

because RTL510 has only two types of flashing, when you will rapidly break or a car will approach you in the day, only the text on your Garmin will change from "DAY" to either "CAR" or "BRAKE". For braking you can change the light mode to "Solid" if desired and also feel free to adjust the "Acceleration" filter to suits your needs.

Paul_Sz over 3 years ago in reply to maca88

Thanks a lot maca88 this is really great job you are doing for us :)

Prozorowicz over 3 years ago

I see a new version of the configurator - removed the ability to load configuration? Why? Now, even when I want to improve something, I have to configure everything from scratch. In the case of simple configurations, this may be a small problem, with more complicated ones, it is a lot of work and the possibility of mistakes.
Please restore the ability to load the configuration!