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Indoor walking calibration

After recent sensor update indoor walking is not estimating distance accurately. A 4km walk today was logged as 0.7km. There was no option to calibrate at the end of the walk.

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Kaaroj over 4 years ago in reply to Garmin-Isabella +1

I also tried to set the custom stride length, did not help.
Kaaroj over 4 years ago in reply to Garmin-Isabella +1

Sure, no problem. But after discussing with Garmin support we probably found the issue. I was told to try the same activity with exaggerated arm movement, since this is an issue already logged and it clearly…

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0 ovekvam over 4 years ago

How was your cadence?

0 3400046 over 4 years ago in reply to ovekvam

Cadence was normal whenever I checked, and the step count total for the day is in line with what I would expect for my overall distance. However, checking the graphs in the connect app I can see that it is basically showing zero speed for 75% of the walk, with only a few spikes up to normal pace levels (which probably matches the distance covered).

0 ovekvam over 4 years ago in reply to 3400046

And the cadence graph is normal where the speed is zero? Could it be a pause setting?

0 3400046 over 4 years ago in reply to ovekvam

Thinking on it, the cadence may have been zero when the pace was zero. There's no cadence graph showing in the app so I can't tell for sure what was happening with cadence.

0 ovekvam over 4 years ago in reply to 3400046

I haven't used the phone app for a while, but it used to have a cadence graph. I see the web application still has it.

0 3400046 over 4 years ago in reply to ovekvam

No graph but it did report average 60 cadence and maximum 135. Walking my average would be circa 124 so cadence measurement was definitely an issue

0 Kaaroj over 4 years ago

Hi, did you resolve this issue? I have exactly the same one, over 6000 steps and only 0,46km. Thanks.

0 3400046 over 4 years ago in reply to Kaaroj

No, nothing from Garmin, and I don't have a workaround for you I'm afraid. I have also noticed if i walk outside with GPS off then it periodically auto-stops then auto-starts even when I have not stopped walking (I have auto pause turned on) which also suggests an issue with walk/cadence tracking has appeared in the latest update (2.60 for me).

0 Kaaroj over 4 years ago in reply to 3400046

Thanks. I have autostop off, so this should not be the issue. Lets wait if Garmin answers.

0 Garmin-Isabella over 4 years ago

3400046 said:
After recent sensor update indoor walking is not estimating distance accurately. A 4km walk today was logged as 0.7km. There was no option to calibrate at the end of the walk.

Kaaroj said:
Hi, did you resolve this issue? I have exactly the same one, over 6000 steps and only 0,46km. Thanks.

Hello! Have you also recorded outdoor walks using GPS? When walking with GPS turned off, speed, distance, and cadence are calculated using the accelerometer in the device which is self-calibrating. Usually after a few outdoor walks with GPS it should help the accuracy of the indoor walking profile.