Application - Minutes

Now available in the Garmin Connect IQ store .. Minutes and Minutes Gym

***** For the Vivoactive HR *****

See how your Intensity Minutes are given out.

Minutes (GPS Version) ... https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/2...d-7b8d517f7767
Minutes Gym (No GPS Version) ... https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/92d03cc6-20c8-4d47-b0a4-1cca93cf79ff

See your Moderate, Vigorous (worth 2x) and Total intensity minutes for your activity and for the day.

VivoactiveHRGuy

Note .. screen shots are subject to change, see full change log below for updated details. Screen shots may be simulated to show application operation.

Full Version Log

[Version 3.00] October 24 / 2016

- Improved vibration alert when you start to receive intensity minutes. It should now be quite evident.

[Version 2.90] September 25 / 2016

- Improved vibration alert when you start to receive intensity minutes.

[Version 2.80] September 16 / 2016

- Added 10 Minute Warmup Notice to activity side of application which will display before you have earned any Intensity Minutes. This is on the activity side and will not effect the display of the daily minutes.

- Added a single vibration when you start to get intensity minutes after the warmup period is over.

- Improved application startup display.

[Version 2.70] September 15 / 2016

- improved error handling to help prevent application crashes[Version 2.60] September 11 / 2016

- reverting back to version 2.30, but due to Garmin rules I need a new version number.
This is to fix a bug with the last version.
[Version 2.30] September 9 / 2016

- Added 2 items to data logging. See post 15 for details.[Version 2.20] September 7 / 2016

- Improved Data logging (see post 15 for details)
- Synchronized Minutes and Minutes Gym versions. [Version 2.17 (Minutes) / 1.11 (Minutes Gym)] September 6 / 2016

- Added Weekly Moderate, Weekly Vigorous and Weekly Total display. Just press and hold on screen and set Alternate Week Data in Garmin Connect Mobile / Garmin Express to enabled. To go back to time / max HR display just press and hold screen again. If you just want to see weekly total on screen press .. do not set Alternate Week Data to enabled.

- Added ability to see intensity minutes for the previous minute on the screen (top left corner). Enable Display Added Min setting in Garmin Connect / Garmin Express to view.

- Changed data log time to 0 second mark right after update of intensity minutes.

[Version 2.16 (Minutes) / 1.10 (Minutes Gym)] - September 4 / 2016

- Maintenance for my use only. No changes from previous version.

[Version 2.15 (Minutes) /1.09 (Minutes Gym)] - September 3 /2016
- Tap and Hold screen to see your Weekly Intensity Minutes Total. Hold again to get back to Time or max HR display.
[Version 2.14 (Minutes)/1.08 (Minutes Gym)] - September 2/2016

- added percentage of max HR to data logging. (rounded up or down as needed to nearest 1%)

[Initial Version] - September 2/2016

- Heart Rate Display
- Zone display for Zones 1-5 (50-100% of your Maximum HR)
- Maximum HR value can be set in Garmin Connect Mobile / Garmin Express. Default 180 bpm.
- Moderate, Vigorous and Total intensity minutes for your activity and all day are displayed.
- FIT file recording.
- Tap to turn on back light.
- Data logging if desired. See below for configuration details. You need to ensure that Data Log is checked in Garmin Connect Mobile / Garmin Express settings for it to work as well at doing the configuration described below. It will retain your selection.
- Toggle time display or max HR display with setting in Garmin Connect Mobile or Garmin Express.

Requirements ..

Minutes .. HR reading and GPS
Minutes Gym .. HR reading only. No GPS needed.

Ronomy over 8 years ago

There's likely something screwy going on with the app store or maybe GE or the FW (I've only heard of this with the va-hr). But the way it works is you should not do a new download to get an update. Garmin Express will do the update (if you're set for auto update). If you use GCM/iOS, there is an "update Available" button when you look at the app. On GCM/Android (and you can't use Garmin Express), the best is to uninstall and reinstall.

In fact, downloading something that's already installed may be why this happens. GE knows it's got an update for something on the watch, and also thinks it's got something new.

If you use GE, the updates should come through fine on their own. GCM, it's manual.

I decided to uninstall the apps and watch faces that kept asking for updates in express. Then had to unplug the watch from my pc to let it update. Plugged it back in and the requests were gone. Reinstalled the apps and now they are updated and no issues when syncing in express. Including simple heart and hike2 were among the apps I had to uninstall and reinstall.

Thanks for the tip Jim!

Also I have auto update apps set in express but it does not update them. Only notifies you that some need updating. You have to tell it to do the update. I actually prefer that.

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

Also I have auto update apps set in express but it does not update them. Only notifies you that some need updating. You have to tell it to do the update. I actually prefer that.

With GE, it does seem to vary if you look at the details of what needs an update before you plug in your watch. If you don't, it just does it.

Ronomy over 8 years ago

With GE, it does seem to vary if you look at the details of what needs an update before you plug in your watch. If you don't, it just does it.

My watch apps used to update on Garmin connect modile but it doesn't now and on express it doesn't unless I tell it too. I have data field i don't want updated right now and it will not update when I sync on both express and GCM Android.

Ronomy over 8 years ago

Is there a way to know what version I have loaded? I know I had 2.2 when I deleted and reinstalled. If I press download in the store will it be updated? Will the file name change?

VivoactiveHRGuy over 8 years ago

I just noticed that in Garmin Connect they give you a breakdown of your Intensity Minutes for the week. Just click the info in your Intensity Minutes item.

Now if only they would fix their bug .. so that Minutes would work. :p (see below re this issue)

This is interesting .. and I shall see how it updates after my activity today.

Edit .. it does update after your activity and is accurate. I just wonder why Garmin hides it .. it should be this way on the device and a lot more visible on GC.

VivoactiveHRGuy over 8 years ago

I sent Garmin an email .. and the Intensity Minutes issue (re Week Moderate and Vigorous Minutes) is in their queue.
They will investigate it and respond as appropriate.

Edit .. got a reply from Garmin, they were able to reproduce this problem themselves. So .. hope it should be fixed soon.
I will update Minutes and Minutes Gym when that time comes.

VivoactiveHRGuy

VivoactiveHRGuy over 8 years ago

New Minutes and Minutes Gym version now available ... added in more robust error handling. I should have done it a long time ago, bad me. :rolleyes:
Sorry for the inconvenience to those that use the data log feature. Be sure to check your data log file names.

But I am done with any upgrades for a long time now. It is solid .. unless someone says it has an issue, I am not touching it
as it does what it was designed to do quite well now. Re the quest to find the mystery of the Intensity Minutes .. that may be something
that we will never really know 100% about.

If it is not broken, time to just leave it alone. Oh .. it will get one more update when Garmin fixes the Weekly minutes bug. :cool:

VivoactiveHRGuy

Ronomy over 8 years ago

Measuring every minute I don't think we can find the exact HR that triggers it. Seems to be triggering about where it should tho at least for me it is.

VivoactiveHRGuy over 8 years ago

I just know that after looking at hundreds of data records .. I could not see a pattern as every rule I came up with, there was at least one record that threw it out the window.

I think that intensity minutes could be based on more than a minute time frame .. as that is the frequency of the HR readings on the VAHR taking into account that Intensity Minutes are a 24/7 thing and the VAHR does not get your HR every second like in my app.

VivoactiveHRGuy over 8 years ago

A new Minutes / Minutes Gym version today .. just to help avoid any confusion.

It will now display the requirement to do a '10 minute warmup' before getting any Intensity Minutes on the activity (left) side of the screen. This is a Garmin thing .. and hopefully this should make it more evident that this is needed.

VivoactiveHRGuy