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Beta - Forerunner 945 5.09 now available!

Garmin-Blake
over 4 years ago

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Notes:

  • For any issues that you encounter please fill out the form included in the download and attach it to an email to [email protected]. Please note that you may not get a response to the email unless we need more information on the issue you report.
  • Although this software is believed to be reliable, it has not yet been released for production and should be used at your own risk.

Changes made from version 5.00 to 5.09:

  • Added support for Daily Suggested Workouts, which are recommended based on previous activities. You can disable this from activity settings. (Run/Bike > Menu > Training > Workouts > Today's Suggestion.)
  • Added support for the Track Run activity, which allows you to record outdoor track data, including lap splits and distance in meters, on a standard shape 400m track.
  • Added support for Improved Recovery Time, which takes your stress, sleep, relaxation, and physical activity into consideration.
  • Added support for Bouldering and Indoor Climb activity profiles.
  • Added support for Grit and Flow features for mountain biking activities. Grit measures the overall difficulty of a ride, and Flow measures how well you maintain your speed throughout the ride.
  • Improved optical heart rate performance.
  • Updated the look of the Alarm screen.
  • Updated the main workout data screen to indicate High, Low, or In Range for the current target.
  • Various other improvements and bug fixes.

Installation Instructions

  1. Connect your Forerunner 945 to your computer using the USB cable.
  2. Download and unzip Forerunner945_509Beta.zip. Place the GUPDATE.GCD file in the \GARMIN folder of your device's internal storage drive.
  3. From the RemoteSW folder in the unzipped download, copy the GUP3114.GCD and 006B310705.GCD into the \GARMIN\RemoteSW folder on your device.
  4. Disconnect your device from the computer, approve the update on the watch, and wait for the update to finish.
  5. If you would like to revert to the last public release software, place the GUPDATE-500.GCD file in the \GARMIN folder. Rename GUPDATE-500.GCD to GUPDATE.GCD before disconnecting your device. NOTE: If you revert to an older version of software, all of your settings will be reset to defaults.
  6. To downgrade your peripheral software, place the GUP3114-604.GCD and the 006B310705-440.GCD from the RemoteSW\Downgrades folder into your device's \GARMIN\RemoteSW folder.
  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to BeneGi

    Sorry if I understood you wrongly, but stryd is broadcasting with both Bluetooth and ant+. Garmin is supporting all stryd metrics but power. That is exactly what we are asking for. Sorry if I misunderstand you, not an English speaker. 

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to KGB_NIST

    Can confirmg - today''s non serious activity (sport with kids) OHR showed values 160-175. After watches restart values were ok (100-120 bpm). 

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to RemiM
    RemiM said:
    Got you. I dont use Training Peaks. I use the Stryd plans and use the CIQ app. It works just fine. The only thing that I am missing from the CIQ app, which to me is a big deal, is that you cannot plan on distance. Just time. I asked the Stryd team a couple weeks ago and they said that there was no solution and they were not planing to get one in the close future.

    I'm a long time Stryd user too but because it's not native you have to use their CIQ app for workouts that alert you regarding your zone (in vs out).  But you lose some of the Garmin stuff (like datafields) when you use the Stryd app.

    There are workarounds but it's not nearly as easy to run with power on Garmin like it is with cycling power.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to MikeDozer

    No e-bike Profile in Garmin connect is nowadays really a "problem". It looks like some people did oversee one of the biggest trends in cycling in 2020, the other one is Gravel (wich is also not available).

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to BeneGi

    I have a basic ANT+ pod (it's Timex, but made by the same company who made the Garmin one), but was hoping they would have come up with something better in the last decade this thing's come out.  And they aren't still making it - try to buy a new one online.  Regardless, it does help, but isn't perfect.  Thanks for the info BTW!  

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to rtperna

    didn't know they dont sell it anymore.
    im also not a native English speaker.
    I know Stryd is broadcasting power via ANT+, but its their own protocol and not an ANT standard. 

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to 101101

    That's what I wondered?

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    Thanks Garmin crew! Some pretty exciting new features, good that recovery time takes sleep into account, does that mean I should wear the watch sleeping now because I thought the sleep isn't that accurate so won't the recovery time not be so accurate. I would love if you guys took hills into the recovery/performance condition.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to RemiM

    I would hope full integration would free up a CIQ field having to be used just to get power metrics as we only have 2 to work with in each profile.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to babraham76

    That’s a good point.