Features
This section describes the most important features of the CyclingDF4 1 in more detail. Here a short summary:
Session features
This section describes the workout session features which are very similar among all of our Garmin Connect IQ™ data fields. The current workout session status is indicated by a specific sign. Following table provides an overview about all possible states of a workout session.
| Session status | Visualization | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NOT STARTED | Blinking red border | Workout session (recording) was not started so far. This is the state after starting the app. Press the "START" button to start workout. |
| RUNNING | Constant grey header/footer | Workout session (recording) is running. This is the case after you manually pressed the "START" button. If the Auto-Stop feature is enabled, the speed must be above the specified limit, otherwise the app automatically enters AUTO-STOP mode. |
| AUTO-STOP | Blinking yellow pause sign | Workout session is in Auto-Stop mode which means that the speed is below the user-defined limit. Please be aware that no session recording takes place in this state. |
| PAUSED | Blinking red stop sign | Workout session (recording) was manually paused in the menu by selection of "Pause Session". It can be resumed at any point in time by entering the menu again and selecting "Resume Session". Please be aware that no session recording takes place in this state. |
Start a workout session (NOT STARTED)
After starting the app the workout session status is "NOT STARTED" as the session has to be manually started by the user. This can be done by pressing the "START" button. This state is visualized by showing a blinking red boarder every two seconds as illustrates in following picture:
Workout session running (RUNNING)
After pressing the "START" button the first time after app start, the session status changes from "NOT STARTED" to "RUNNING". This is illustrated by a constant grey header/footer as shown in the following picture:
Auto-stop mode (AUTO-STOP)
Whenever the speed goes below the user-specific limit the app automatically enters the "AUTO-STOP" mode. When the speed goes above this limit, the app enters "RUNNING" mode again. This state is visualized by showing a blinking yellow boarder with a pause sign in the middle every two seconds as shown in following picture:
Manually paused session (PAUSED)
The user can manually pause the workout session at any time if the session status is in "RUNNING" or "AUTO-STOP" mode. This can be done by pressing the "START" button. A menu is shown where the user can select among following choices by either pressing the touch screen or by up/down or left/right buttons:
| User selection | Description |
|---|---|
| Resume | Start or resume workout session |
| Pause | Pause workout session. This allows the user to navigate through the data pages. The workout session can be resumed again at any time by pressing "START" button and select "Resume". |
| Save and Exit | Save workout data and close the application. After synchronization with your watch or via Garmin Express Software the workout data will be uploaded to the Garmin cloud and will be visible via Garmin Connect. |
| Discard and Exit | Discard session data and close the application. Please note that all the collected workout data is lost! |
A stopped session is indicated by a blinking red boarder and pause sign in the middle of the screen as shown in following figure:
Heart rate gauge
Depending on the app settings, the number in the heart rate gauge is either the current heart rate value or the percentage of the maximum heart rate. Additionally the background is shown in the color of the current heart rate zone for better visibility.
Following table describes the heart rate color coding:
| HR zone | Color | Percentage of maximum heart rate |
|---|---|---|
| Zone 0 | NONE | M HR % < 50 |
| Zone 1 | GREY | 50 <= M HR % < 59 |
| Zone 2 | BLUE | 60 <= M HR % < 69 |
| Zone 3 | GREEN | 70 <= M HR % < 79 |
| Zone 4 | ORANGE | 80 <= M HR % < 89 |
| Zone 5 | RED | 90 <= M HR % < 99 |
| Zone 6 | DARK RED | M HR % >= 100 |
Following figure illustrates how it looks on a D2™ Delta:
ANT+ power sensor support
This data field supports the ANT+ power sensor profile even on Garmin devices where this is not offered by Garmin itself.
This includes following watches:
- Approach® S50
- Approach® S60 and S62
- Approach® S70 42mm and 47mm
- Captain Marvel
- D2™ Air X10
- Darth Vader™
- First Avenger
- Forerunner® 55, 165, 165 Music, 245, 245 Music, 645 and 645 Music
- Rey™
- Venu™
- Venu™ SQ, Venu™ SQ Music
- Venu™ SQ 2, Venu™ SQ 2 Music
- Venu™ 2, Venu™ 2 Plus and Venu™ 2s
- Vivoactive® HR
- Vivoactive® 3, Vivoactive® 3 Music, Vivoactive® 3 Music LTE, Vivoactive® 3 Mercedes-Benz® Collection
- Vivoactive® 4s/4
- Vivoactive® 5
and following Edge devices:
- Edge® Explore
The pairing with the ANT+ power sensor is done automatically by the data field, based on the
user settings.
During the workout following information can be shown on the data pages:
- PWR (current power value in watt)
- A PWR (average power value in watt)
- M PWR (maximum power value in watt)
In case the ANT+ power sensor supports cadence this information is derived from there as well. Following information is available during the workout:
- CAD (current cadence value in revolutions per minute)
- A CAD (average cadence value revolutions per minute)
- M CAD (maximum cadence value revolutions per minute)
If a workout is executed with a present ANT+ power sensor then following information is captured and later stored on Garmin Connect:
- Chart about current power values for the whole workout.
- Average power value for whole workout.
- Average cadence value for whole workout.