Karoo OS - Data Field States

Karoo’s data fields allow you to monitor your sensors’ connection states while riding. 

For most data fields, there are 3 possible states:

• Connected:
  • When everything is working properly, the values will be displayed in White/Black(Dark/Light Mode). See the Speed field below for an example.
• Searching:
  • When a data field says “Searching…” in Red, Karoo is ready to connect to a sensor that provides the data for that field. See the Heart Rate field below for an example.
  • Karoo will search for sensors for 2 minutes. If one is found, the data field will return to the Connected state described above. If not, Karoo will stop searching to save battery and show No Sensor, described below.
• No Sensor:
  • When a data field says “No Sensor” in Red, Karoo is not searching for any sensor which provides the data for that field. See the Power field below for an example.

There are three possible reasons for a data field to show No Sensor:

• If the data field requires a sensor that you haven’t paired to Karoo, go to the Sensors app and pair the required sensor. In this scenario, you would never see the “Searching…” state for this data field.
• If the data field requires a sensor that you have disabled in Sensors, go to the Sensors app and enable the required sensor. In this scenario, you would never see the “Searching…” state for this data field.
• If Karoo loses connection to a sensor, the data fields for that sensor’s data will go from Connected to Searching for 2 minutes, as described above. If the sensor is not found in that time, Karoo will stop searching to save battery and show No Sensor.
  • This will happen when a sensor’s battery dies mid-ride, if its signal to Karoo is disrupted, or if it goes to sleep due to inactivity. 

You can trigger a 2-minute search for all disconnected sensors from Control Center’s Device Controls page. Click here for more information about this.

Karoo will also automatically trigger a 2-minute search for all sensors on the following conditions:

• When you power it on
• When you open a profile (even if you don’t begin recording)
• When you begin riding (even if you don’t begin recording)
• When you start recording a ride, or resume recording after a pause or auto-pause
• When you open the Sensors app

There are a few data fields that have more than just the states described above.

Heading:

• This field relies on deriving your current direction of travel via GPS. See below for the possible error states. 

Normalized Power fields:

• By definition, these fields require a minimum of 30 seconds of power data before they can display any value.
  

Last Lap fields:

• By definition, these fields require at least one lap to be marked in a ride before they can display any value. See below.