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over 1 year ago

Running Power Bug

Over a dozen Garmin Watches now support "native" Running Power. You don't need a special CIQ app or an external sensor. You can display native Garmin fields to show your Current Running Power. This FAQ lists the watches that support native Running Power. https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=C8eynCstM95kcVf50iAmp6

However, CIQ is broken. currentPower does display in the Simulator, but on a real Garmin Watch, it always/only returns NULL. At least on my Forerunner 955 with the latest firmware. But I imagine this same bug exists on all the watches.

  • Activity.info.averagePower() works
  • Avtivity.info.currentPower() always and only returns NULL (which is the more important metric)

Note: You can replicate this bug by writing a very simple CIQ Data Field that displays averagePower() and currentPower(), running on a Forerunner 955.

You can also just run my Data Field called "Run Power Test": https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/2705322d-42a5-4c1d-8323-c1c7ad258baa

This might be considered a device bug, but it works perfectly on the device... the native fields display current Power. The only bug is that CIQ apps don't get currentPower. But they do get averagePower.

DaveBrillhart
  • 6 months ago in reply to johanwiren

    Agree... this is really a glaring bug. Can't imagine it is an intentional omission. Native Power data is a fundamental performance metric. And they do supply current Avg Power, but that doesn't help. We can't even derive current power since Avg Power is an integer. If that was a Floating Point we could at least come close using the change in Avg Power.

  • 6 months ago

    I recently updated data field I have developed and was really disappointed when I tried it out on the real device and got no data.

    That was a good few hours of my life totally wasted it seems since this has been open for a year now.

    Please, please, please Garmin. Fix this.

  • 7 months ago

    Posted this about 1 year ago. Such a disappointing bug. Native Running Power is a major feature in many of Garmin's watches. They pass Average Power to CIQ but forgot to pass Current Power. Should be an extremely simple fix.

  • 10 months ago

    This is a really glaring bug and renders an important feature of the watch (native running power) impotant (lacking power). pardon the pun, but seriously - no excuse guys.