Help with Tempe Sensor & Fenix 5XP

Added a Tempe sensor this week.  My primary use for the sensor and the watch as backcountry backpacking and I want to have details overnight temps and accurate hiking temps.

I had not problem adding the Temperature widget and pairing the sensor 

If I understand correctly, the sensor will disconnect once the temp widget closes after the two minute widget window.  When it is connected it will update the temp every minute.  If any of this is incorrect, please feel free to chime in.

I've also added a temperature app.. not sure I need it, but it stays connected to the sensor as long as the app is running, and doesn't have the two minute issue of the widget.  

My question are focused on connectivity between sensor and watch.

Once the sensor disconnects, it seems I need to go through all the reconnect steps to pair the two.  That's a lot of button presses just to see the temp.  It was my expectation that once I launch the widget with the sensor within range the two would pair.  If it that is correct, it seems to take a long time for this to happen and s far I haven't had it happen.  If I do have to actively pair them, I am hoping I can shortcut it somehow.  I hoped I could use a Hot Key but that doesn't work.  

Is there a way to speed up the process required to get temperature info using the Tempe?

  • I'm 99% sure the Tempe doesn't support it.  The ANT+ profile supports the concept, but it's optional.  There's zero documentation on the Tempe that states it's supported (nor that it supports anything more than 24 hour min/max), and the only claim I can find that it does is the one you've link to which is 9 years old and from when the Tempe was first released so I'm going to guess DC got it wrong.