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Gesture detection not working when wearing watch over clothes

Dric
over 2 years ago

Hello,

I previously owned a Fenix 6 which firmware I was thinking having a bug since backlight didn't turn on using gesture during my winter night workouts...

Just bought a fr965 and I was thinking this morning that the new watch has same bug. (which is way more annoying since amoled display is "normaly" totally off)...

....before I understood that gesture control only work when the watch detects heart-rate using the built-in sensor....

... but during cold session I use an external heat-rate sensor and put the watch over my warm clothes.... Too bad :-(

Is there a workaround for enabling gesture detection over clothes ?

If not, if you read these lines, people at Garmin, please either add an option to allow gesture detection without heart-rate detection during activities.... Or just allow gesture detection when an external heart-rate sensor is connected. I think people having activities during cold nights like me will really appreciate !

Thanks,

Cédric

 

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    Hello,

    Since yesterday I am not able to reproduce the bug anymore !

    This morning, I had a night run with the configuration I describled before (Fr965 (AOD off, Livetrack on) + Stryd + Polar OH1). I put my watch over my rain jacket and did not disable wirst HR sensor.... Everything was working like a charm, gesture were perfectly detected during the whole session.

    Here are the difference between this session and the one I had saturday : 

    • Saturday was a Trail activity, today was a "basic" Run activity.... But I tried starting a Trail activity and gesture was also working
    • Saturday was with navigation, today not... I will try this configuration again next time I go for a run

    Have a nice day !

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 2 years ago in reply to Dric
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  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Former Member

    I'll see this week-end if I can extract such file from Garmn connect out of runs I previously had with my Fenix 6 .

    I just tested FitFileRepairTool on my latest run when everything was ok. It shows both my OH1 and my Stryd connected  using ANT+ and also 5 local devices : 

    • ANTFS version 3.58, manfuacturer Garmin
    • <no type> version 2.42 manufacturer Garmin
    • "Type ID 3 " without any additionnal information
    • "Type ID 8 " without any additionnal information
    • Environnement sensor, version 23.1 manufacturer Garmin
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 2 years ago in reply to Dric
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  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Thanks OnlyTwo for these explanations.

    So I explored my Garmin connect in order to donwload previous run I had with my Fenix 6 with temperature arround 0° (at such a temperature I'm sure I was wearing my winter jacket with my watch above its sleeve).

    In every file I explored, the only and constant source for HR is the OH1, the watch did not swtich to wirst.... The bug probably have its origin elsewhere.

    Also, I did new tests with the Forerunner 965 : 

    • use navigation
    • also connect my bluetooth headset (I forget to mention it previously)

    The bug did not appear.... I am no more able to reproduce it ! This is somehow good news but this does not help to captur it Joy

    As a result, I think we should stop investigations. If the bug re-appear, I'll record a fit file in order to explore the records folowing your explanations.

    Thanks a lot for your help !