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Instinct Solar - 11.76 Public Beta

Garmin_ODQA
over 4 years ago

Hello Instinct Solar users,

We have new beta software ready for your upcoming adventures! 

Please read the 'notes' and 'installation instructions' in the 'Updates and Downloads' page found in the link below. We look forward to your feedback!

Instinct Solar: https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=15394

Note: Please allow for the updates to propagate across all servers. There is no need to post that the link does not work. It will after a bit of patience.

11.76 Change Log Notes:

  • Made improvements to Pulse Ox widget.
  • Fixed InReach display verification
  • Fixed issue where Recovery HR was displayed when there was no heart rate source.
  • Fixed rare issue where elevation would jump after starting an activity.
  • Improved the accuracy and reliability of elevation data during activities.
  • [Surf] Fixed potential issue where watch face tide chart would be blank.

For any issues that you encounter, please send an email to [email protected]. In your email please include the software version, and a detailed description of your issue, along with any steps to reproduce. Please note that you may not get a response to the email unless we need more information on the issue you report.

**Update 11-16** We've added a GPS update to the download link above. The 4.80 update includes the following fixes:

  • Fix bug to improve GPS reliability.
  • Fix bug to improve time to first fix in certain conditions.
  • +1 over 4 years ago

    Visual feedback on progress on PulseOX widget is very nice, much more user friendly now.

    Garmin_ODQA said:
    [Surf] Fixed potential issue where watch face tide chart would be blank


    ^Truly hope this puts and end to the numerous times of showing up at the beach with the tide data blanking out and the phone still in the car...

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    Yay! PulseOX works. And the progress bar on the widget looks good. I'll test overnight PulseOX and report back. So far so good.

    Many thanks

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    Pulse Ox works. Altimeter does not!

    I live at 600m altitude. I installed the update 2 days ago.

    When I got home from work it showed 447m, pretty far off. I rinsed the watch and went outside to 'calibrate' - 603m perfect. 

    Woke up this morning at 387 m, it just keep getting worse. 

    What did the calibration do? Only seems to last a couple of hours... 

  • +1 over 4 years ago in reply to henzim
    henzim said:
    What did the calibration do? Only seems to last a couple of hours..

    That's due to the atmospheric pressure change. If you do not change the location, and do not climb floors, you can change the ABC setting to the "barometer" mode. It will then fix the elevation, and consider any changes for atmospheric changes of the pressure. Set the mode back to "auto" or "altimeter" when going out. Or just calibrate the watch every time you know you'll need the altimeter (or the barometer). That's what pilots do all the time too.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to henzim

    Research about barometric altimeters. That's how they work. You meant to calibrate it at the beginning of your hike so get an idea of your altitude as you climb. But because the atmospheric pressure is not stable through the day it will affect your reading. Live with it.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to trux

    Thanks for clearing that up for me. 

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    Instict Solar v11.76 update worked but version still shows 10.00 in systems menu

    Hello there, I downloaded and updated watch with 11.76 beta, it got updated successfully. however not showing this version number in systems menu. Is this normal or watch is not updated? My watch is bought in China, its' Asian version.  How has anyone came across this issue? 

  • +1 over 4 years ago in reply to 7510643

    Firmware for the standard mode will not work on an APAC model that you own. There are no beta releases for the APAC versions, as far as I know. You have to wait for the official release of the public APAC version, which typically arrives a few weeks after the regular (non-APAC) version.

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    I noticed that my Sensor Hub downgraded to 4.0 using the various update files from this package. I had to connect to Garmin Explorer to update back to 5.0. Did this happen to anyone else?