Varia Radar/Tail light question

I can turn the light off on my Varia Radar rtl 516 and use only the radar functionality, but I can’t turn off the radar and use only the light. Tried it with my Fenix 6xPS (no edge here). But I don’t know, if it might work with an edge.

Thanks for the reply. It probably works the same way on Edge. Kind of silly because it feels like the radar will "see" cyclists on the bike path

It safely detects anything that approaching you from rear and this is exactly what it supposed to do. You just need to be quicker than other cyclists :)

Actually, the radar will only detect and show on your Edge/Forerunner/Fenix all vehicles incoming to you at a faster speed than yours. It wont display vehicles not moving or not moving towards your direction at a speed that might pose a threat.

If any cyclist, by error or accident, approaches your position from behind (the direction being monitored by the radar) posing a threat (from a speed/direction standpoint), you will receive an alert and will be able to act upon. 

In most cases the RTL510 won't detect other cyclists even if they're overtaking you. It depends on radar cross section. Sometimes it triggers on e-bikes because they're larger and contain more metal. Or if there are multiple cyclists close together in a peleton.

Same question…but I see no solution!

there are some app to do that but not my case since I have another light other than the varia

In meantime it was some development with Varia series. There is a vidget also a datascreen for Connect IQ compatible devices.

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/showcase/248492/smart-bike-lights-data-field-bike-lights-control-widget

I have discovered that thread about in June, and setup my Edge1030, the lights (front and rear) new smart features works awesome.

I have the UT800 and 510 rear radar.

In my setup the rear radar counts the number of vehicles, shows/records those speeds and many other things, but the most important the rear light is off until a new vehicle approaches.

I would recommend to visit that thread.

Can you link the part where I can set up the counting cars but mostly the light off until it detects a car?

thanks.

I use tha t app smart bike light from a very long time ! Awesome 

Uhm, that was some time ago, I set it and forget it. For the light-off I asked for the code from the developer in the link above.

I tried also a code but didn't keep it it was conflicting with my other setup... when I brake = change my speed in minus to turn on the breake lights, but didn't worked out well when I stopped aside of a road for a rest, the radar didn't blink to incoming cars, so I removed that one.

The next data field that counts the vehicles is called "My Bike Radar Traffic", it is a smaller datafield with 4 lines I insert it into one of the screens on my Edge 1030. This one shows the number of vehicles and theire speeds also I am exporting from PC Garmin Connect and inserting into online maps called "mybiketraffic.com".

I created a coding for the bontrager light that changes light when I stop, when I ride normally and when I ride aver a certain speed...I can help you to check your coding