Only asset ID to be included in the FIT file

Hi,

I am working on a sensor (powered by solar energy) that would work with Garmin cyclecomputers and the aim is to transmit a small amount of information (very small) every time the sensor has enough energy to do so in order to include this info in a FIT file with the rest of the standard info collected after an activity.

With the purpose of interoperability, I would like to use an ant+ asset tracker profile where only the asset ID would be relevant for the FIT file, so the geolocation data would be static as it would be irrelevant. Is it possible to tell Garmin device what info is important to be included in the FIT file?

Thanks!!

0 Ben FIT 11 months ago

If you are building your own sensor that can speak ANT, ANT+, or Bluetooth then you want to take a look at creating a Connect IQ data-field. Using a data-field you can connect to sensors and contribute data to the FIT Activity file.

The under the Core Topics area of the documentation look at the sections on "ANT and ANT Plus" and "Bluetooth".
https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/core-topics/

Once you have a Data Field that is communicating with your hardware, you can use FIT Contributions to add data to the FIT Activity file that is being written.
https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/api-docs/Toybox/FitContributor.html

There is a dedicated CIQ forum if you have CIQ specific questions.
https://forums.garmin.com/developer/