Windsurf Slalom
· v3.7
About
Designed specially for windsurfing/foiling/wing slalom or course racing and practicing.
Timer view provide a standart Start timer functionality like
- countdown loopable timer
- start and pause timer left middle button
- reset time (sets back to default minutes from setup) left bottom button
- sync timer (zero seconds) right upper button
Also provide a prediction on start line crossing (check the Pins menu). If you saved 2 or more pins of start line and started a timer, then at 30 seconds (by default, can change it in settings) the prediction timer start. The app automatically calculate closest distance to the start line defined by 2 nearest pins, takes your current speed and shows predicted time to start line, disrepance to the timer and a hint on should you speed up or slowdown.
If timer started in no loop mode (usually for racing mode) 5 seconds after timer zero appwill switch to practice view automatically if your current speed is high enough (set it in setup menu, 30km/h by default).
Practice view shows
- current speed
- session distance travelled
- current heart rate
- current time
- maximum 2seconds average for a previous tack speed. Tacks are detected automatically.
Up/down buttons to step through tacks history and right upper to get back to current tack.
If timer started and you were switched to practice automatically and speed is low (set it in setup menu, 10km/h by default) app switches back to timer. This allow you get back to the flag boat to start next race, or check the time on a course if you fall :)
Arrows are for entertaining and debugging purposes only, shows current heading and average heading. I use it to control tack detection.
To use start line prediction save the up and down mark(or pins as you call it) of start line using Save pin in Pins menu. Automatic filtering is happend and only pins more than 10 meters apart will be added. So it shows overall/filtered pins added. Only 2 nearest pins wil be chosen as start line.
Setup menu for speed/distance units (km/h, knots, kilometers and sea miles), color theme (black/white), timer program (from 1 up 12 minutes countdown), looping timer (usefull for training sessions), timer and tracker (practice view) threshold speeds, timer prediction interval (seconds to start to prediction info appear)
GPS status shows current gps quality and accurance.
Gear menu let you set you gear used for the session, wind and your impressions like how much powered you were and ride comfort.
Activity recording is started at application start automatically and saved on exit.
Finaly the summary for the session shown.
What's new
3.7 Added beeper and vibration for start timer inspired by Optimum Time Series watches.
Added Setup menu item to turn on/off beeper and vibration.
Increased Seconds font size in Timer vuew for round 260x260 devices by request (Forerunner 955 and similar).
3.6 Uploaded old image by error in previous release.
Improved GPS Status sensor readings.
3.5 Added "home" feature. Now you can set home location in pins menu.
Once home is set practice view shows the direction to home with the arrow and
GPS Status view shows distance to home.
3.4 Use compas heading if no GPS or not moving in GPS Status and fit heading to 0-359 range (was 1-360).
3.3 Improved GPS Status view, so it shows accuracy, speed, heading and altitude. Just for fun.
3.2 Show session summary on Enter key in tracker
Add 100m best speed calculations
Minor code refactor
3.1 added two options
- Start Zone size in seconds, so you can set values lower than default 30 seconds
- Jybe duration in seconds so you can set your preffered value
Both options used to calculate hints for start procedure
3.0 Updated gear database
2.10 increase prediction accuracy
2.9 Adding more one pin can now increase pin coordinates accuracy as it averages the coordinates. GPS has a 3 meter dispertion so if you start at lower speeds (for course racing and yachts) it may result to 1 or 2 seconds of error in predictions.
2.8 Fixed broken (in 2.7) start line detection
2.7 Some code cleanups and improved geo calculations for higher latitudes
2.6 improved start line detection
2.4 Minor bugfixes
2.3 Minor bugfixes
2.2 Testing jybe suggestion vibration
2.1 Added two options to save your impressions of the session - wind match and ride comfort
2.0 Added windspeed to gear menu
1.9 Improved gear data rendering for Connect IQ app
1.8 Added gear database under Gear menu item. Specify your board sail and fin, that info is stored in activity summary for review. The database is generated using AI and certanly incomplete so please report missing records.
1.7 Added session summary exit screen
1.6 Fixed possible race condition causing Array out bounds error and app crash
1.5 Added save/discard activity exit dialog
refactored drawing to reduce battery and cpu usage
improved timer accuracy by utilizing milliseconds instead of seconds, thus no error on multiple time syncs.
1.4 Added support for fenix 6 family devices and fixed gps quality indication
1.3 Added support for round 240, 260, 280 x 240, 260, 280 screens
1.2 Added support for round 454x454 screens added modern api level support (fenix 8 amoled and similar)