Garmin incident detection on 520

seanorawe
seanorawe Posts: 950
edited February 2017 in Road general
So I got the Garmin Edge 520, and of course I had to turn every feature on that I could find. The incident detection didnt go too well, I was commuting to work and it went off twice for no real reason. Does anyone else find it overly sensitive? There was a very strong cross wind this morning so im not sure if that was enough to give the unit a little jerk.

If its an ongoing problem, Ill just turn it off until I'm going on a longer run.
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  • benjamess
    benjamess Posts: 159
    what is it meant to detect?
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Incidents.

    Such as letting you know you've just been hit by a bus or something.

    I suppose.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    cooldad wrote:
    Incidents.

    Such as letting you know you've just been hit by a bus or something.

    I suppose.

    You can set up so it warns your relatives that you have been run over by a bus and the location it occurred (I assume)

    We used to have a similar system at my old company on the work blackberries. Someone dropped their phone on the floor of a taxi in India or somewhere and the security company we were using rushed to their aid - not very convenient, big waste of money!
  • denkfaul
    denkfaul Posts: 39
    DCRainmaker complained about the sensitivity when incident detection was first released on the older devices, I guess things haven't changed since.
  • seanorawe
    seanorawe Posts: 950
    Yeah, the device has an accelerometer built in to it, so if it senses movement that may be deemed to be an accident, it sends a message to up to 3 people o my emergency list, with a location. Unfortunatly its very sensitive.

    Or maybe my aluminium frame has more road buzz than I thought?
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  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    Surely it should be smart enough to realise that if you're still moving after the bump - then you're not deaded ?
  • dannbodge
    dannbodge Posts: 1,152
    Mine detected an "incident" when I put my bottle into the cage

    Turned that feature off straight away after
  • seanorawe
    seanorawe Posts: 950
    Dannbodge wrote:
    Mine detected an "incident" when I put my bottle into the cage

    Turned that feature off straight away after

    Were you running low on water?
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  • dannbodge
    dannbodge Posts: 1,152
    seanorawe wrote:
    Dannbodge wrote:
    Mine detected an "incident" when I put my bottle into the cage

    Turned that feature off straight away after

    Were you running low on water?

    Nope

    Wasn't even out on the bike yet. It was leaning against the wall in my hallway
  • dee4life2005
    dee4life2005 Posts: 773
    Maybe it detected that some of the water had dripped on your bike. :lol:
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