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

maca88

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 

Known issues:

1. Unable to use Tempe Visualizer or TyreWiz Data Field alongside Smart Bike Lights:
https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/i/bug-reports/lightnetworklistener-onbikelightupdate-not-called-when-certain-data-fields-are-installed

  • Hello, I just purchased the new RearVue 820 from Garmin, do you plan on adding that to the configuration? (Is there the need for it or can I use another light for the config?)

  • in reply to claudehuguet

    Here is the configuration:
    ###0,73404416::1:#2,2!CAR:1:7:0:0I]-1]0!:1:0:0:0D=1##5,4:Varia 510:0:16777215:-1!2,:-1,Off:0!1,Solid:4!1,Day Flash:7!1,Night Flash:6#0::#0:0#123!:123!#0#0#B3570##2#0#0

  • in reply to 4688023

    I would need the light mode mappings in order to add the light in the Lights Configurator.
    If you have a touchscreen Edge device you can provide the mappings by:

    1. Install Smart Bike Lights data field
    2. Put the data field to a 1 Field Layout data screen
    3. Make sure that the light is paired
    4. Tap on each button with a number and write down which mode each number represents

    Example:

    1 -> High
    2 -> Medium
    ...

  • in reply to maca88

    So I just checked and, also according to page 8 of the RearVue820 user manual, the light modes provided by default are actually the same to the ones in the RTL515 (which I had previously): Solid (solid high brightness), Pelotong (solid low brightness), Night Flash, Day Flash, Off.

    By using my configuration that was made for the RTL515, all the control works, so I guess the mappings are the same, which also means a short-notice update is definitely not needed to use the new light.

    BTW, if I make a configuration with "Taillight: unknown" and try to create the various buttons, i get "Error 3" on the screen.