Feature request for Garmin Edge Remote Control
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Now that we have the possibility to pair DI2 head buttons, is it possible to implement support for Garmin Edge Remote Control to easily scroll between pages and mark laps. As far as I know it uses the same method as the DI2 hood buttons.
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Hi Eric,
Garmin Edge Remote control was specifically designed to interface wirelessly with the Garmin Edge series. Currently, we do not have immediate plans to implement this feature. That being said, we will consider exploring a feature like this in Karoo as per the number of feedback and feature requests that we are getting.
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Just want to chime in here that getting support for a good remote (Garmin Edge remote would be convenient since that's what I have mounted to my bikes) is really important to me to make the Karoo a competitive alternative to Garmin.
A good remote makes it easy and convenient to aggressively use multiple screens of a feature-rich cyclecomputer. If I have to take my hands off the bars for every screen switch, I'm more likely to leave the basic data screen up almost all the time and I'll just receive less benefit/value from the computer. It's in everyone's best interest to make screen switching as easy as shifting gears.
Think of it this way - retro-aesthetic crowd aside, nobody wants to buy bikes with downtube shifters. Modern cyclecomputers should be the same way.
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The karoo may have the most sensitive touch screen, in winter with thick gloves, in summer or HT with sweaty fingers it is more than usefull having a remote close to the handlebars. On a safety point of view it is a must have too. Still for a couple of weeks sticking with garmin edge (and their remote control). I understand it might be complicate/impossible to adapt the garmin remote so i would be ready buying any new remote compatible with the Karoo.
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I will add my vote to this. I have a Di2 road bike and an MTB on which I use the Garmin remote. I would be happy to purchase a dedicated remote and even happier if my Garmin remote worked with the Hammerhead 2. On MTB I do not want to be reaching to the computer to change screens etc.
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Have a look on titan lab : https://titan-lab-inc.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/kommander
i have been using it for few weeks. It does the job as a di2 button emulator. I use the specific mount that came with on my mtb flat bars, or simply an o ring to fix keep it in between the two buttons on the hoods for gravel/road bike.
it won’t get any award for its actual design but it is convenient with gloves and let your hands on safety position
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@Emanuele - there is Di2 integration that does that already on the Karoo
https://support.hammerhead.io/hc/en-us/articles/360051706614-Shimano-Di2-integration
I haven't got a Garmin (much less a remote control), but the current Karoo integration seems to cover all the functions of the Garmin remote except for the programmable 'soft key', through the Di2 shifter top buttons.
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@Davide Levi But not for non Di2 remote use.
Yep, looks like the features could be there, but the ANT+ standards (from BigG) fallout into proprietary programming ( look at the light control issue =:-( ).
The Garmin Remote is $50. The Di2 , somewhat more, though I have seen it as low as $1600.
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This has been implementented by Enderthor. KRemote an extension that makes the Garmin remote work for Karoo:
https://support.hammerhead.io/hc/en-us/community/posts/32080947835675-Kremote-extension
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