Is "storm alert" working on your 5x?

Since fw 5.8x (also with 6.00 and 6.71beta) the "storm alert" seems not to work on my 5x. I have set to the lowest value (2 mb/3 hours) and alarm tone and vibtration are also enabled. The value of 2 mb/3 hours was exceeded for several times without an alarm (sound / vibration + pop up).

Is this working on your 5x?

0 ikim1967 over 7 years ago

It alerts randomly for me now but never before a storm or when there is one. I can see the barometric change - guess I just need to play with the rate to get it to do it properly.

0 Tisztul_A_Visztula over 7 years ago

Do Not Disturb should not prevent storm alerts unless they occur during your sleep window. Personally, I have received storm alerts during the day while my Do Not Disturb setting was configured to automatically enable during my sleep window. However, if you believe you are still missing storm alerts after configuring your Barometer settings, please feel free to email us and we can investigate this further. [email][email protected][/email]

Thanks,
Mel
Garmin Outdoor SW Quality Team

Disclaimer: my question is about FENIX 3 HR and Fenix5.

Should F3HR work in the same way?

My watch having always the latest firmware gives me a Storm Alert with a sound even during the night, during the Sleep window set.

I am quite sure that DND is properly switched on automatically when the time is at the start of the Sleep window, since I get no move alerts during this period. Really no sound, just the Storm Alert, which nearly gets me a sort of heart attack with its sudden noise.

So is it OK, or it shouldnt happen and should be reported as a bug?

Köszönöm

0 Tisztul_A_Visztula over 7 years ago

Withdrawn.

I realized that even if the backed up files of my original watch were copied to the replacement one, the sleep time setting was OFF.

0 Tisztul_A_Visztula over 7 years ago

Sorry, but I have to re-correct myself and revert to my original report. I have the sleep time set on my replacement watch since my last post, so for more than 2 weeks.

And in the weekend I got a storm alert on my watch around 2 am, while the sleep time is from 21.01 till 6.59. When I woke up due to the vibration and sound of the storm alert, I check the DND function and it was ON.

Hence is it a malfunction, isnt it?