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HRM Pro Plus without wearing watch - Cadence/Steps in timed activity?

jsl
7 months ago

I have a couple questions regarding the HRM Pro Plus capabilities when starting a timed activity with the watch (FR955 in my case), but not wearing the watch.

  1. In a timed activity without wearing the watch, is it possible to capture any step/cadence data with the HRM Pro Plus when:
    1. the watch is out of ANT+ range?
    2. the watch is in ANT+ range?

One of the primary reason I bought the HRM Pro Plus to go with my new FR955 was because I thought I could capture steps in addition to HR when wearing the HRM by itself (in a timed activity - playing basketball). But, it looks like I was mistaken as the Garmin webpage says the "The Store and Forward feature will only provide heart rate data."

I tried it for the first time today using the Basketball activity and see that I got speed/pace data, but I'm not sure if that was because the watch was in ANT+ range or not (need to experiment more). I haven't had any success getting steps/cadence with other activities. Any thoughts?

From what I've read the standalone HRM will capture step/HR data in an untimed activity, so it seems the hardware capabilities are there...