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Associating sensors with profiles

Klaus_Bin
over 2 years ago

Can someone confirm that I’m right in thinking you can’t associate a sensor or group of sensors with an activity profile?

For example, my MTB has no power meter or Di2 but it does have a cadence sensor. My road bike has Di2 and a power sensor. So if I switched from my Road profile to my MTB profile, the Edge would stop searching for Di2 and my power meter and start searching for the cadence sensor. A HRM could be associated with both profiles.

I suppose I’m bothered that sensor searching draws power (but probably a tiny amount).

Hardly something to die in a ditch over. Just interested. Not planning to start a ‘petition’. :-)

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    You can't, but edge searches for sensors only for 5mins, I think.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to JanneSeppala

    Thanks for that. I've learnt something!

    Having experimented the cut-off seems to be somewhere between 1-2 mins and its once an activity has started. My Edge 1040 keeps on searching for sensors if an activity hasn't started. Seems sensible.

    I can still think of a good use for associating sensors with profiles though, for my own circumstances. That would be where I use a bike on a smart trainer and the bike has a power meter. I might want to always connect to a specific sensor in my Indoor profile rather than let the Edge decide which power meter sensor (smart trainer v on-bike) to connect to. Hardly a deal breaker though.

    Cheers

  • 0 over 1 year ago

    I was coming here to request exactly that, either create 'bike profiles' or have per-activity sensor list (which can repeat between bikes/activity, ie: HRM sensor is not a per-bike thing ;D).

    The advantage of being able to tag this 'per bike' is that you could then have the concept of a 'bike' in the Connect app, which means we could categorise our rides much easier (and compare performance/riding styles). This would also automate most of the 'ride type' selection and, who knows, this information could also be used in Strava to auto-select the same kind of information.

    As for power consumption, I've got an 820 that won't last long unless I disable the sensors that are not in use, so I do think there is some gain here.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to ET123454321

    This request has been made for over 7 years (Searched the forums) and no response from Garmin.  Strava only recently added this change and I don't have to go adjust my Strava rides any longer. However, there are other apps that now show "unknown bike" because Garmin doesn't have a per-profile bike and "default" doesn't work for me.

    PLEASE Garmin, look into this.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to Called2RideMTB

    +9999999  Evident, logical, smart

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to DavidKroter

    I can't confirm any cutoff of the sensor search. I often forget to activate my body temperature sensor by shaking it but I can rectify that at any point during the ride. The 1040 has this much battery runtime that I don't think it matters when every sensor will be searched for indefinitely.

  • 0 over 1 year ago

    Beyond knowing what to do with the GPS sensors (Indoor vs Outdoor), why else would you have profiles? It's really weird that profiles can't have certain sensors associated with them. For example power meter on outdoor rides but smart trainer for indoor rides. I wonder if Garmin ever user tests their products.

  • 0 10 months ago

    Here for exact same. June 2024. C'mon. Let's get activity profiles to select specific sensors.

    Road: Di2, Rally XC200, HRM, Lights, Varia

    Gravel: HRM, Lights, Varia

    Indoor: HRM, Smart Trainer

    I rode my Gravel the other day with blank screens of data spots for Di2 gearing and Power Pedal info.....

    I should be able to customize the above sensors to profile type instead of just changing all my rolling screens.