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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maca88 4 months ago in reply to bizilento

Hi, Trek CarBack was already added and it is present in the Lights Configurator. Try refresh the configurator page in case you don't see it in the list.

APangers 4 months ago

Hi maca! I noticed my day/night settings aren't coming on lately. Can you check my config in case I've done something wrong? Just want to make sure there's no bug with Garmin reported sunrise sunset hours!

Headlight should be on day flash between sunrise to sunset, unless there's no GPS signal. (Then at night it'll change brightness depending on speed)

Rear light should be on night flash or night peleton depending on threat detection between sunset to sunrise, unless if braking. (Then during the day it'll be off/day flash)

1,1!ON:1H]1#4587520,196641::1#6,6!TUNNEL:1:62:0:0G[4!DAY:1:63:0:0Er0,s0!LOBATT:1:62:0:0B}5!SSONIC:1:1:0:0C]13.88889!CRUISN:1:2:0:0C]6.94444!:1:62:0:0D=1#0,73535488::1#8,5!EBRAKE:1:4:1:0A[-10!NCAR:3:6:0:0B[4Es0,r0I]-1]0!NIGHT:2:5:0:0B[4Es0,r0!DCAR:1:7:0:0I]-1]0!:1:0:0:0D=1#7,6:Ion 200 RT:0:16777215!2,:-1,Off:0!1,High:1!1,Medium:2!1,Low:5!1,Day Flash:63!1,Night Flash:62#6,5:Varia 515:0:16777215!2,:-1,Off:0!1,Solid:4!1,Peloton:5!1,Day Flash:7!1,Night Flash:6#0::#0:0#13!0:13!0#-1#0#B3843#1#3#0#0

tjj1664 4 months ago in reply to APangers

You can check if the battery level indicator is low

maca88 4 months ago in reply to APangers

Hi,

The configuration looks fine, the only thing that is odd to me is the headlight configuration for the night, where the Night Flash mode is used under 25km/h. If that is what you want then it is all fine.

APangers said:
I noticed my day/night settings aren't coming on lately

Can you elaborate which filters are not picked up (e.g. NCAR)?

APangers 4 months ago

Yeah the night flash mode was deliberate. 0-25 it'll be night flash, 25-50 it'll be on medium and over 50 it'll be on high (full send!)

It was on day flash after sunset when I tested it. Will try again later this week.

poyo 4 months ago

Please add for edge 1050

maca88 4 months ago in reply to poyo

Hi,

I am planning to add support for Edge 1050 sometime this week. It requires a bit more time due to the higher resolution (480x800) in comparison to Edge 1040 (282 x 470), which may require to increase all icon sizes. I will let you know when it will be supported.

poyo 4 months ago in reply to maca88

thanks

maca88 3 months ago in reply to poyo

The support for Edge 1050 was added to the latest Smart Bike Lights version 0.26.7. Most likely, the text inside the light panel buttons will not be properly vertically aligned. If you own an Edge 1050 and would like to help align the text, you can do the following:

1. Download FontPaddings widget (use the "Download raw file" icon on the right): https://github.com/maca88/E-Bike-Edge-MultiField/blob/master/Source/FontPaddings/build/edge1050/FontPaddings.prg
2. Follow the steps on GitHub: https://github.com/maca88/E-Bike-Edge-MultiField/tree/master/Source/FontPaddings#how-to-use

Ni_Knight 3 months ago in reply to maca88

Font paddings from my edge 1050 EN 0, 0, 1, 1, 12, 15, 19, 23