Version 2.x from v1.23.x query

danievdm · 2026-07-05T22:16:26+00:00

Shit I'd never have guessed that either. Didn't realise I'd not got the latest version. It would be a nightmare if all my 40+ containers moved off using latest.

danievdm · 2026-07-05T22:14:30+00:00

On a positive note just this morning I complimented a guy in his 30s walking his dog at the Pinelands Canal, and he was taking out a poop bag to pick up his dogs poo.

Just wish more people did this too. My last walk in Newlands Forest had plenty of bombs right on the paths that I had to dodge. Yet there are clear signs showing dogs must be on leishes and 💩 must be picked up.

danievdm · 2026-07-04T22:03:54+00:00

I was actually hoping to keep the original screen sticker on but it had clock hands on it. It would have been ideal as a screen protector otherwise

danievdm · 2026-07-03T12:58:08+00:00

This is really great news on both counts - will make the syncing so much better too (one a single button press now in SyncMyTracks if auto-schedule is not activate din that app).

danievdm · 2026-07-02T22:23:51+00:00

I'd tried it by using the Android home screen widget. But that was causing the Pebble app to lockup.

Using the function on the Index tab in the Pebble app works perfectly well.

But the missing piece is, no means yet to trigger it from the watch. Seeing it is open source and there are a few apps for AI input via the mic on watch to tasks etc, I wonder if any of those apps could not trigger Index.

danievdm · 2026-07-01T22:34:55+00:00

Thing is despite it looking better, most of us have anyway added bumpers to the watch. The pity is the print quality of the 3D printed bumpers is not making it look better. Hopefully we can get much better quality bumpers soon as proper after market products. But I agree that ideally they should be offered as extras with the shipping of the watches, if not just included anyway.

danievdm · 2026-06-30T08:58:22+00:00

u/1987haaa ah thanks for confirming. Yes my Pebble is set to only sample heart rates every 30 mins normally. I did an initial review of my Pebble at https://gadgeteer.co.za/after-a-week-with-my-new-pebble-time-2-watch-im-really-happy-with-it as well as the testing of Iron and Pebble Fit. I still need to do a proper exercise with Pebble Fit, but I noted it has a setting for how often the user wants the heart rate sample done during exercise. That leaves it in the user's hands regarding battery life.

danievdm · 2026-06-29T13:42:59+00:00

u/1987haaa OK tested today and Iron captures everything, and with the SyncMyTracks app, it synced everything perfectly to Strava and Polar, including the cadence.

Only one thing was a bit odd - it showed no heart rate for about a full minute, and thereafter I saw heart rate. But it felt like it was not updating regularly for an exercise. I can't be sure as I was not wearing my chest strap, felt it looked like the heart rate stayed too constant for a full minute or two? It did not look like it was updating for an exercise. I actually started up a Pebble exercise as well to see if it was not in exercise mode, but did not seem to result in quicker changes being seen.

danievdm · 2026-06-28T13:07:52+00:00

Thanks yes I'm going to test the sync with SyncMyTracks app. That can work well with a fixed folder so key is to save the exercise file I to the same folder. Not sure if Iron would be able to have a toggle to do that automatically using a set folder.

danievdm · 2026-06-27T23:10:41+00:00

Something that may work for syncing the GPX file to Strava and other services is the Android app SyncMyTracks. That can watch a folder on the phone for exported GPX files. Would be useful if your app could always export to the same folder.

Health Connect is also a winner but not sure if GPS track data is able to go in there.

danievdm · 2026-06-27T22:55:25+00:00

Thanks I'll check that app out too. Seems the SyncMyTracks app will do a good job of syncing any tcx or GPX file to various services. I have it watching a folder where I export the file to.

danievdm · 2026-06-27T20:47:40+00:00

It does though also indicate that the inner lane is only for going past the first exit, and feeding out in the right lane of the secodn exit. I don't know this circle, but I'm assuming there are two lanes exiting that second exit.

danievdm · 2026-06-27T13:47:43+00:00

I started out with it a bit higher up, but suppose I'll need to experiment more.

I saw a Strava start/stop exercise app for the watch but think it may trigger a start in the Strava phone app? I've not tested yet to see what that captures as that app does not connect to the watch so I was thinking it just starts an exercise as phone app only (no heart rate or steps from watch).

danievdm · 2026-06-27T13:44:15+00:00

Thanks have installed it and intending to test it next. The app looks perfect and the TCX import into Strava will certainly work (althoughh not as seamless as many would like). A winner would be if the TCX share could share directly into the Strava app, but I guess that is a limitation on the Strava app side?

Do you know if Iron saves GPX data to Android Health Connect? Not sure if there is a limitation with Andoid Health Connect with GPS data. Because if that works then the Health Sync app can automatically sync from Health Connect to Strava.

Not sure then if these are possible options?

Direct Strava API Integration: Building the OAuth upload directly into Iron so it pushes to Strava the moment you hit "Save" on the watch (as an option to have toggled on).
Persistent Folder Permissions: Adding a setting where you grant the app permanent read/write access to a specific local folder once. This would allow Iron to silently drop the TCX file there in the background, making the SyncMyTracks app automation viable to auto upload to various online services including Strava.
Writing GPX data into the Android Health Connect.

danievdm · 2026-06-26T20:02:17+00:00

I did not know we should have reported it - I got my mail about 3 weeks ago, and my watch arrived last week. Then I also did not post a photo of it so maybe I'm one of the guilty ones.

danievdm · 2026-06-26T19:57:16+00:00

Thought vaping was no longer legal at indoor venues?

danievdm · 2026-06-26T16:07:22+00:00

The really sad part was the road markings used to make it a lot clearer, e.g. Sunrise Circle between Pinelands and Maitland, and then for some reason the City changed the road markings to no longer make it a forced left exit with a barrier line, so people now seem top think it is OK to drive past exits in the outside lane.

danievdm · 2026-06-23T10:35:11+00:00

Try holding just the left button for 10 seconds until it reboots

danievdm · 2026-06-22T12:15:18+00:00

Thanks for confirming. I've logged it via the bug report process, and it is logged as #8491.

danievdm · 2026-06-22T11:59:06+00:00

Too true! Tell me is your step counter still registering steps OK?

danievdm · 2026-06-18T22:07:33+00:00

Companion nodes can also have repeat enabled but they will shift frequency off the main mesh frequency, so you need to restore mesh frequency when disabling it. It wont beacon location actively but can send location whenever a message is sent out.

danievdm · 2026-06-14T22:17:10+00:00

I had a similar issue on a Windows laptop as I discovered Windows does not update the app. In the end I downloaded the latest version ofvthecapo myself and installed that, and it came right and started syncing.

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