Expand ANT+ light features
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Today's release includes the ANT+ light support, great! It works great, so great job HH!
However, it seems we can now only turn on the lights when we start a ride, and turn them off when we finish the ride. However, I often leave my light on my bike, and I wouldn't want to have it turned on during the day. So maybe that can be a setting?
I was expecting to have a new type of page and have controls like Garmin has, so we can set it to a specific mode with buttons, off/on/high/med/low/flash/flash-daytime, etc. Even at night I never ride with the same light mode. In the city I drive with lowest setting, but in the middle of nowhere where I can't blind people, I tend to have my light at a brighter setting, and when I'm waiting somewhere at an intersection, I would turn it to a low brightness with flash.
It would also be cool if you could set the mode to something else when you stop biking (when the karoo pauses the ride). If I could set it to mode x when I pause, and then continue to mode y when I bike again, that would be epic.
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Hi All,
This issue has been addressed in today's release. Thank you for bringing this to our notice!
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My thanks to the team for rolling out ANT+ control!
I currently have ANT+ lights that I use in flash mode for city rides but it is really cumbersome to either get my phone out of my bag or to stop, get off the bike and manually change the setting if I move from the city into somewhere darker. A new page on the profile or access to settings by swiping down from the top and then a new app would be amazing. As smart bike lights become more common, this would be a real bonus for the K2.
Thanks
Peer.
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Thrilled with the new lights on/off being connected to ride start/ride stop.
For those times when you want to change them mid ride, I think it's a good use case.
Perhaps on the top pull-down, where wifi / battery save and such are located, One icon for Headlight and second icon for Taillight. Pressing the button would cycle the available modes for the light.
So when time for lights on or off, you could just swipe down and jab the icon once or twice. -
Hey all,
Thanks for sharing your experience and observation on the implementation of the smart lights. We will strive to excel in our product and see what most of our users want us to bring in on our unit.
@Gerban, I really appreciate you for sharing your feedback and suggestion on the features. Certainly, we will improve the functionality but, as of now, I can not commit on when!! I have made note of your points and would let you know that these are in our pirpeline. Until then, I am sure you would be enjoying your rides with the ANT+ light support.
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Agree with everything Gerben suggested. My only build would be on this:
It would also be cool if you could set the mode to something else when you stop biking (when the karoo pauses the ride). If I could set it to mode x when I pause, and then continue to mode y when I bike again, that would be epic.
I'd like the option to choose to switch the lights off when I manually pause (e.g. for a coffee and cake) but not when it auto-pauses (because I don't want the lights to go off when I'm waiting at traffic lights - I still want cars behind me to see me).
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Patrick, if it's of help - I had emailed See.Sense as I was considering purchasing the Icon, but they said as it stands only the rear light can be connected by ANT+ and not the front one. They say they're working on it - but I went for Bontrager instead for that reason.
ANT+ lighting networks work by connecting to one light. This light then conencts to the next and so forth and so on, as opposed to the master unit connecting to each light individually. The problem we have is that the second light is causing the entire network to fail, so we can only allow one rear light to be connected at one time. But we are working hard to resolve this. My apologies for the inconvenience.
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Implemented enough to get a “supported features checkmark” — But for me, it’s unusable.
- I need a high viz tail light setting while getting to the group ride (solo, high traffic roads)
- I need a LOW (steady low) while in the group ride
- I need it back on high viz to getting home
(Same behavior on the Garmin Varia, BTW)
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New to K2 and ANT+ light support wasn't on my wishlist, so this is all a bonus, especially wakeup and start on starting a ride :)
Some feedback and status all with up-to-date firmware as date of this message...
Varia RTL510:- Works as features would suggest, light status updated
- Turns on automatically when starting a ride
- Light mode controlled through K2 unit nicely
- Turns off light at end of a ride but UNIT remains in standby (purple flashing light)
Cycliq FLY12:- Adds as a sensor well
- Turns on automatically when starting a ride
- Light remains OFF at all times
- No control through K2 and updating light mode on unit doesn't update on K2 screen
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Yesterday I got a notification in my screen that battery of rear light was low. A very visible red bar: Perfect
The issue is: couldn't remove it
Not by swiping, tapping on screen anythingSomething I did wrong or not possible?
After the notification I want to be able remove it
Thnx
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Hello all!
It appears there was some question about the low battery notifications and dismissing them by swiping up. When a low battery alert (red bar) for a connected accessory appears at the top, you can swipe up to dismiss it. This would be the same action as dismissing alerts on most smartphones.
I have confirmed today that the swipe up to dismiss behavior is still performing as expected. Thanks!
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There really needs to be a dedicated 'Lights page' to allow for easier control / switching rather than digging into the Sensors page, scrolling to the light, selecting it, and changing the option there. The Lights page should also have a quick settings shortcut button in the top status bar.
Honestly, the lights control as it exists now is so basic as to be barely usable.
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