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Data from paired external HRM does not show. How do I fix?

Former Member over 5 years ago

I have paired my Garmin strap external HRM with my newly purchased 945. Prior to exercising, I confirm that it is connected. But it does not show up in the appropriate location in the display.

If the wrist HRM is active, the ORHM measurements are displayed. If the ORHM is turned off, the strap external HRM data is displayed for several seconds, but then display goes blank ('--').

What is stopping the watch from displaying the strap HRM and how do I fix it?

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dizle over 5 years ago +1 verified

I believe it’s only going to maintain a connection and display HR when in an activity.
Garmin-Blake over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member +1 verified

dizle is correct. You will not be able to use an external HR strap for your all-day heart rate data. These sensors will only be searched for/paired to when in an activity.

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0 Dr Phil over 5 years ago

Are you in an activity?

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

0 dizle over 5 years ago

I believe it’s only going to maintain a connection and display HR when in an activity.

0 Garmin-Blake over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

dizle is correct. You will not be able to use an external HR strap for your all-day heart rate data. These sensors will only be searched for/paired to when in an activity.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Garmin-Blake

Thanks everyone. That's unfortunate (but not overly so).

I have a medical reason to track my pulse while skiing this coming weekend and do not need to track the activity; just want to make sure my pulse doesn't go crazy high for a 55 yo. The regular OHRM is useless to me when doing cardio (goes down to 75 instead of up to 120-130).

I presume that the battery will be eaten up more quickly in the activity tracking mode, but even if I use the gps tracking it should last the whole day and can charge it in the evening.

0 Dr Phil over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

it'll easily track a day of skiing. Just make sure you start with a fully charged watch.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

I did a llttle searching on Connect IQ and found another ski app ("Skiing App Professional"). I dowloaded that one. It appears to do the trick (saves the time history, it addition to the other ski data). There's also the Cardio app, too, if I want to keep it pretty basic.