Watch App : HRV

Neat idea! Sorry, I just didn't understand what it was since it was a new feature. And maybe it shouldn't default to :01 seconds - although I seem to be the only one who had that challenge so maybe I'm just slow. :-P

I rushed the alpha (current) release, in sense that the beta versions pretty much all contained memory leaks, so I really wanted to provide a stable version. I suspected there might be a slight problem with the Green timer, as I was writing over a previously used setting. I probably should have just used a new location for the setting, but I didn't want to leave redundant data behind. I didn't go through a thorough process of coding to calculate for every eventuality if the user was updating, and which data I needed to save, and which to reset, etc, because I wanted to keep the code as svelt as I could, and I wanted to release as soon as I could. I am taking more time over the next release to try and remove any of these hiccups from future versions.

My green timer defaulted to 4 minutes rather than 1 second so I did not see this issue. I had to remove the app and re-install to work around a different issue when I upgraded and did not save the old data so probably did not have the issue of a clash with a previously used setting.

I apologize for the fact there were any issues at all.

Regardless of any hiccups, thanks for the work you are doing; this app is one of my most used features of my new 920XT!

This is just the sort of thing the auto test is designed for. I don't know much about sleep patterns, but a quick look indicates to me the following.

I think you're probably best to set the schedule to around 45-55 minutes after you think you will fall asleep, and set the interval to about 10 minutes.

Looks to me like that's the best chance of catching your deepest sleep. It may take a few nights to hit the cycle at its lowest. I'm thinking 10 minutes because you don't want to go to long and span the cycles, but you want to increase the time the app has to take samples in case you're lying funny and the strap has bad contact. I have designed the app to filter out the bad data related to bad contact, so the results should accurately reflect your state even if the data is intermittent. I have yet to record the lowest readings in the result, but think it likely this will make it into a future release.

The reason the app hasn't already seen another release already is that I'm working on a website etc so you can upload, save, and review your data. I have already coded in a few new features to the app despite not releasing them yet. You will be able to customize the breathing cycle, and choose what result to add to the graph instead of having to add the last saved result to the graph, and probably more....

p.s I'm also working on the manual. It will be part of the site, and available as a pdf.

This is just the sort of thing the auto test is designed for. I don't know much about sleep patterns, but a quick look indicates to me the following.

I think you're probably best to set the schedule to around 45-55 minutes after you think you will fall asleep, and set the interval to about 10 minutes.

Looks to me like that's the best chance of catching your deepest sleep. It may take a few nights to hit the cycle at its lowest. I'm thinking 10 minutes because you don't want to go to long and span the cycles, but you want to increase the time the app has to take samples in case you're lying funny and the strap has bad contact. I have designed the app to filter out the bad data related to bad contact, so the results should accurately reflect your state even if the data is intermittent. I have yet to record the lowest readings in the result, but think it likely this will make it into a future release.

The reason the app hasn't already seen another release already is that I'm working on a website etc so you can upload, save, and review your data. I have already coded in a few new features to the app despite not releasing them yet. You will be able to customize the breathing cycle, and choose what result to add to the graph instead of having to add the last saved result to the graph, and probably more....

Got it. OK- I'll take a look at the settings and try to set it up in this manner tonight.
Sounds like this will not get SAVED to the Fenix3 but rather ......... when / if I awake in the morning, I will take a look at the watch and see what it tells me.
I'm assuming if I were to exit the app screen before taking a look at this data, it would not be saved.

Cheers!

Auto test will always save the result when it finishes the test (so long as it has at least 20 samples). The result will stay on screen until you reset it. Once any test has enough data you are unable to inadvertently exit without saving, it will prompt you to save.