Instinct - 6.51 Beta Release

Does this fix the extreme "floors climed" issue that some of us are experiencing since updating to 6.10? See: https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/instinct/213240/instinct-6-10-floor-climbing-is-showing-the-wrong-data

Garmin_ODQA is there a known fix for this? or is it being worked on?

Works fine on my side. Perhaps the unusual reporting of number of floors was triggered by the change of the version. I would try calibrating the altimeter, and wait another day or two, before jumping to conclusions.

Hello,

No problem for me.

New posting on here, have had the instinct for right at a year. Gotta say if this update is an indication of a pivot on Garmin's part to "unify the feature set" across product lines, I'm THRILLED!! Installed the beta 6.51 this morning, and the addition of the Body Battery widget is already working awesome, although as noted the data isn't showing in the GC app as of yet. The DEM "downloading" procedures outlined by other commenters here are holding true for me as well, with the notable caveats that 1. I have to actually open the GC app on my iPhone for the download to start, and 2. I'm getting an error that "DEM Elevation is not available" after the retrieving process. That could be due to being in the backwoods of NC though, so we'll see if they get the bugs worked out. Here's hoping more features like these are coming down the pike soon for all of us!

Any hints how I can get Garmin Connect to show me that Bodybattery data?

austria1982 said:

Any hints how I can get Garmin Connect to show me that Bodybattery data?

Apparently you cannot. Perhaps later with the official release. It is not too bad, though, you can always check directly the watch.

FLWXGeek said:

1. I have to actually open the GC app on my iPhone for the download to start, and 2. I'm getting an error that "DEM Elevation is not available" after the retrieving process.

The DEM model needs to know your exact location, so make sure you do not try calibrating manually indoors. I do not know whether you have to acquire the position from GPS manually before the manual DEM calibration, or whether it happens implicitely, but if you want to be sure, turn the GPS on just before the DEM calibration.  During an outdoor activity, with auto-claibration over DEM, it happens automatically.

And when calibrating outodoors, it is safer to be on a flat terrain, because the accuracy of GPS is limited, so if you are on a slope, near a building, or similar, the elevation data coming from the DEM database can easily lead to a wrong calibration.

Good thoughts overall—I can confirm your general points about gps accuracy are true from my experience using high-precision technology for land surveying for many years. As for the specific details of this DEM calibration, bearing in mind that this is a 3-day-old beta release thus far, I’m not too alarmed by what I’m seeing yet. When I hit “Calibrate with DEM,” GPS acquisition begins automatically, and after that is complete (a satisfactory fix), DEM retrieving commences, but returns no value. I have a feeling it’s likely either a network timeout issue from a slow cellular connection, or a server-side problem with no data available in my area yet...either of which are certainly understandable right now. For the specifics too, I’m a trained GIS (mapping) analyst, and I’ve dealt with actual DEMs in the line of work. Depending on the resolution Garmin is using (perhaps we could get some tech specs...please moderators?), a very basic fix of +/- 30m horizontal should suffice to accurately utilize most DEM data, although +/- 10m would certainly be better if the resolution for the cells (grid squares) is there. In more complex terrain, the differences in horizontal (and resolution) accuracy would of course be exaggerated though. I’m curious to see how things iron out—and definitely excited to see this tech coming to the Instinct!