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[bowermandw]

First of all @arpanghosh8453, thank you for this amazing repo, and tool you made.
I'm using a Garmin Fenix 7X. 2 weeks ago I got a RowErg and SkiErg from Concept2 to commit to my cardio work because I'm unhealthy.
Last week I had downloaded the FIT SDK from Garmin to work on the inspecting data from Concept2 and Garmin. I was going to attempt a True Up between the 2 activities, and use a postgresql database for analysis and graphing. The Physio TrueUp is supposed to be working, but I still end up with 2 activities. I guess I don't understand what Garmin is really supposed to do with the 2 activities. I imagined it would "combine" them in connect somehow.
I am also still in the Connect+ Trial phase. I am using that to get all the pretty graphs of my data.
Sunday I saw your posts on Reddit. I read all about this project, and how you haven't been sleeping and skipping meals, and I had to try this out. Your passion comes across.
Monday I created a docker lxc in proxmox and followed your manual instructions. Now I'm just leaving the dashboard open all day. My watch seems to sync with connect multiple times throughout the day. These graphs are enough that I don't think it matters if I true up the data. It may skew results, but I haven't investigated this fully. I may have to turn off the concept2 sync in the future, not sure yet.
Today I ran a docker for the withings-sync: https://github.com/jaroslawhartman/withings-sync, so I can get my weight and blood pressure into Garmin. On run it only pulled data for today, which I haven't logged yet, so I have nothing yet. But, not sure if that weight and blood pressure will end up being downloadable for this garmin-grafana dashboard or not. All the companies seem to have their own ecosystem going on, and they might be considered manual measurements, I'm not sure.

Regards,
Doug

[bowermandw]

Let me know if you need any more information @arpanghosh8453.
-------------------- api.get_blood_pressure('2025-04-23, 2025-04-30') --------------------

{
    "from": "2025-04-23",
    "until": "2025-04-30",
    "measurementSummaries": [
        {
            "startDate": "2025-04-29",
            "endDate": "2025-04-29",
            "highSystolic": 123,
            "highDiastolic": 70,
            "lowSystolic": 123,
            "lowDiastolic": 70,
            "numOfMeasurements": 1,
            "category": "ELEVATED",
            "categoryName": "ELEVATED",
            "measurements": [
                {
                    "version": 1745958293319,
                    "systolic": 123,
                    "diastolic": 70,
                    "pulse": 59,
                    "multiMeasurement": false,
                    "notes": null,
                    "sourceType": "DEVICE",
                    "measurementTimestampLocal": "2025-04-29T16:06:45.0",
                    "measurementTimestampGMT": "2025-04-29T20:06:45.0",
                    "category": "ELEVATED",
                    "categoryName": "ELEVATED"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "categoryStats": {
        "from": "2025-04-23",
        "until": "2025-04-30",
        "noOfDaysNormal": 0,
        "noOfDaysElevated": 1,
        "noOfDaysStage1": 0,
        "noOfDaysStage2": 0,
        "noOfDaysCritical": 0,
        "categoryCounts": {
            "HYPERTENSIVE_CRISIS": 0,
            "STAGE_2_HIGH": 0,
            "STAGE_1_HIGH": 0,
            "ELEVATED": 1,
            "NORMAL": 0
        }
    }
}

[arpanghosh8453]

@bowermandw Thank you

We always run it for the same date, so can you please post the JSON for api.get_blood_pressure('2025-04-29, 2025-04-29') and a data where you have no measurements like api.get_blood_pressure('2025-04-27, 2025-04-27')

[bowermandw]

-------------------- api.get_blood_pressure('2025-04-29, 2025-04-29') --------------------

{
    "from": "2025-04-29",
    "until": "2025-04-29",
    "measurementSummaries": [
        {
            "startDate": "2025-04-29",
            "endDate": "2025-04-29",
            "highSystolic": 123,
            "highDiastolic": 70,
            "lowSystolic": 123,
            "lowDiastolic": 70,
            "numOfMeasurements": 1,
            "category": "ELEVATED",
            "categoryName": "ELEVATED",
            "measurements": [
                {
                    "version": 1745958293319,
                    "systolic": 123,
                    "diastolic": 70,
                    "pulse": 59,
                    "multiMeasurement": false,
                    "notes": null,
                    "sourceType": "DEVICE",
                    "measurementTimestampLocal": "2025-04-29T16:06:45.0",
                    "measurementTimestampGMT": "2025-04-29T20:06:45.0",
                    "category": "ELEVATED",
                    "categoryName": "ELEVATED"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "categoryStats": {
        "from": "2025-04-29",
        "until": "2025-04-29",
        "noOfDaysNormal": 0,
        "noOfDaysElevated": 1,
        "noOfDaysStage1": 0,
        "noOfDaysStage2": 0,
        "noOfDaysCritical": 0,
        "categoryCounts": {
            "HYPERTENSIVE_CRISIS": 0,
            "STAGE_2_HIGH": 0,
            "STAGE_1_HIGH": 0,
            "ELEVATED": 1,
            "NORMAL": 0
        }
    }
}

-------------------- api.get_blood_pressure('2025-04-27, 2025-04-27') --------------------

{
    "from": "2025-04-27",
    "until": "2025-04-27",
    "measurementSummaries": [],
    "categoryStats": null
}

Do you need one with 2 measurements in it? I don't usually take my BP 2 times a day unless it's higher than I expected the first time.

[arpanghosh8453]

Thank you @bowermandw, That would be great, but it will be more appropriate to open this as an issue like fetch Blood pressure data, so that I can address the issue and keep track of it in one place.

[arpanghosh8453]

@bowermandw Please check the latest commit 31e1fa0 and the response on Issue #72

You need to make the ENV variable changes in the compose file and redeploy the latest container build.

[suskozaver]

@bowermandw Doug, if you need any advice/help regarding how to best combine Concept2 and Garmin, do let me know.
I've owned a Rowerg for 5 years, a SkiErg for 3 years, and an Echo Bike now for 1.5 years.
For quite a while, I had Concept2 sync to Garmin, but the data received is not a full-blown data set, like you get from Zwift, for example. And if you do cross-functional workouts, like I do each day, like this one, I'm about to do, when the coffee kicks in and I'm actually 100% awake:

_FOR TIME
1km Row Erg

AMRAP | 20m
400m Run
12 Box Jump / 12 air squats
9 DB Deadlifts / 30 sec Echo Bike
6 Dual DB Devils Press / 6 burpees

FOR TIME
1km Ski Erg_

I have started tracking this with Cardio and/or HIIT activities on my Garmin 8 (with an HR belt as it tracks HR much better for interval sessions).

Btw, Physio TrueUp won't ever combine two activities, Physio TrueUp is basically a multi-Garmin device sync, so all your data is on all your devices, example: your Garmin Fenix watch and your Garmin Bike Monitor. Or if you had multiple watches.

[bowermandw]

Wow, that is an amazing workout!
I had seen this project: https://github.com/JaapvanEkris/openrowingmonitor, which I would have to build a voltage step down, but I could get the metrics straight off the PM5. They explain that concept2 doesn’t give you all the metrics, and they calculate a lot of metrics from the data. Then I could just capture the results in realtime on my server and do whatever. But, it all comes down to time and ambition. I’m just getting exercise and not sure what all the extra data really gets me. It looks like a cool project though.

[suskozaver]

I'm familiar with the project, I know Jaap, who's the author. We used to row together on EXR (exrgame.com) + chat on EXR's Discord Server.

I use RoxFit App (it's free) and just pick the ideas there... or build my own workouts (with the equipment available I have). I used to do a lot of SkiErg or RowErg only exercises... i got my SkiErg time for 1000m down to 3:11 and my RowErg to 3:14 at age of 46.
But then decided I have way more fun and diversity if I start combining the exercises and equipment and that's also where the huge jump in conditioning and form happened, once I did that.

[bowermandw]

There is so much I don’t know about. Thanks for mentioning RoxApp. I will be 50 in July, and am not really into cardio. I have been lifting weights since I was 20ish. I did get a polar HR around 2000 and started stairmaster and treadmills watching those stats. Then tracked my stats with Nike fuel band. I got into Garmin like 10 years ago, but I would still consider myself a cardio newb. I got some lectures from my doctors about blood pressure and my blood results. So I am shifting my focus, at least for now, to cardio. Finding these projects kinda keep me motivated. I am highly motivated by stats and graphs and progression.

[suskozaver]

i feel u, i'm the same way when it comes to data, graphs, stats :)
my motivation (as a single parent) is my 10 year old son with special needs (autism, non-verbal), he is very active, loves to run, we do trail runs together.

if you need any ideas how to get more into cardio, with skierg, rowerg, with some combinations, etc, feel free to contact me I got ton of training recommendations (added a screenshot from my Google Keep).

[bowermandw]

Congratulations on the huge shoutout during the GrafanaCON 2025 keynote “one of the most beautiful dashboards I’ve ever seen”! WOW!

[arpanghosh8453]

@bowermandw I did not know about this! Can you refer me to the video (timestamp) or blog? That's definitely BIG! I had a interview with the Grafana team yesterday!

Found it : https://youtu.be/JYVf-Z320Y0?t=604

OMG! I am so happy!

[RT2204]

Hi everyone,
Thank you @arpanghosh8453 for this beautiful work. Do you know if there is a possibilty to use the automatic install script to install garmin-grafana directly on a Synology NAS using container manager (docker) ?

[arpanghosh8453]

You are welcome @RT2204

It should work for everything, except for the docker compose commands used inside the easy-install.sh script. I think you should be able to use that by replacing the docker compose with docker-compose (Synology uses super old docker versions which essentially do not have the updated features). Attached example how it should be edited (last part of the code)

echo "🐳Terminating any previous running containers from this stack"
docker-compose down

echo "🐳 Running garmin-fetch-data in initialization mode...setting up authentication"
docker-compose run --rm garmin-fetch-data || { echo "Unable to run garmin-fetch-data container. Exiting."; exit 1; }

echo "Starting all services using Docker Compose..."
docker-compose up -d || { echo "Docker Compose failed. Do you have docker compose installed? Exiting."; exit 1; }

echo "Following logs. Press Ctrl+C to exit."
docker-compose logs --follow

[RT2204]

thank you ! I'll give it a try

[SylvainD75]

Hello,
The project look so great. But I'm trying to install it on my Synology NAS and it doesn't works. I'm stuck with the 'Garmin-fetch-data' quitting and relaunching all time...
Could you help me?

[arpanghosh8453]

Check the compose file. There is some instruction how to enable user: root section.

un-comment that line

and change the tokens mount path as suggested there (from /home/appuser/.garminconnect to /root/.garminconnect). that will help you to get rid of the permission error

[SylvainD75]

Done... Same issue

[arpanghosh8453]

@SylvainD75 Did you do just docker compose restart? that will have no effect.

You should do docker compose run garmin-fetch-data again or do a docker compose down && docker compose up -d. If you still have the same issue, i am afraid I can't help with synology anymore because I don't use it myself.

[SylvainD75]

I'm trying to reinstall everything to see if change do something...

[SylvainD75]

No change 😭 I'm sure it's almost nothing...

[kizzap]

Thank you so much for this project, it all looks awesome!

Just wanted to share, if you were looking for a guide how to set this up on a Synology NAS, a user on Reddit made the following guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/GarminWatches/comments/1jz9sba/visualize_your_garmin_data_and_health_trends_in_a/

[arpanghosh8453]

Thank you @kizzap for pointing to thread. I have replied with some additional pointers. I think at this point, we should open a new discussion thread for synology users here and document this steps on Github itself in a clear way, so other people can follow step by step. I think someone with a Synology would be able to do the step by step documentation better. @RT2204 The above guide might help you as well with the setup.

[brianbgarber]

Hello! I tried to run on a Raspberry Pi 4, but I don't think it will work with that CPU. So, I was wondering since there is a Synology NAS solution, could I also run on an Unraid server w/ an AMD Ryzen 5? Thanks!

[RT2204]

Works perfectly on a RPi4 if you want to try (this is what i've done before trying on my NAS). Once you have installed Docker (https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/raspberry-pi-os/) you can use the automatic install script by @arpanghosh8453 to install garmin-grafana.

[arpanghosh8453]

Thank you @RT2204 for the confirmation. @brianbgarber I think it must be some sort of misconfiguration on your end - I do not see any reason for this to not work on a ARM as the docker build supports both architecture.

[brianbgarber]

@arpanghosh8453 here is my script. The odd thing is that when I inspect the environment variables in Portainer I see that the influxdb_password and usernames are still the default values. I didn't find a .env file so I'm not quite sure why those values would still be there.

docker-compose.yml.txt

[brianbgarber]

@brianbgarber Yes, sure you can. You need to use the Docker Compose Manager Plugin and follow the setup guide - maybe the automated setup with the easy-install script will also work, but can't say for sure!

@arpanghosh8453 Inspired by @RT2204, I tried running the automated install script in my Unraid docker container directory and it worked perfectly! Thanks all!

[arpanghosh8453]

@brianbgarber First of all, thank you for the support on Ko-Fi, really appreciate it. Yes, the easy install script is convenient as well as takes care of setup mistakes, which was probably causing all the troubles you were having!

Glad to know you made it to work!

[pdurys]

I am lazy (most of the time) but really cannot find information if it is possible and then how to achieve to have Pace in min/km instead of km/h. Usually this conversion use formula pace = 60 / speed * 3.6 (in those UoM). And how to get this over workout time starting at 0:00 min instead of "clock time"

[pdurys]

One more thing is just different than we used to see in Garmin dashboards.
Pace Y-Axis is "inverted"
There is pace of let say 1h00m00s at the bottom and 0h0m0s at the top
Usually when someone runs this could be narrowed to let say minimum (bottom) 30 min/km and maximum (top) 0 min/km. I know this is impossible then let say 1/60 min/km (this is 1 sec/km) Marathon world record is just about 3 min/km

[arpanghosh8453]

@pdurys It makes sense because for min/km measurement, lower is better! I think you can invert the values by adding a - in front of the formula and limit the Y axis from say -30 to 0

Will that solve your problem?

[pdurys]

Sorry for having another noob question, but do you mean formula like this:
SELECT (-1000/("Speed" * 60)) FROM "ActivityGPS" WHERE ("ActivitySelector"::tag =~ /^$ActivityGPS$/) AND $timeFilter
Then this will not work as Pace values will be -5 ; -10 min/km when should be obviously +5 ; +10 min/km

And by limit Y axis you mean Min / Max in Standard options?
If yes then I receive "inverted" bar chart like this

while green should be "below" top line not like "a sky"

And one more thing, thank you for your patience.
Pace is measured in min/km. But it should be presented like 5:14 min/km
5 minutes and 14 seconds per km
Currently calculation uses speed value as numerical not time.

Hope that make sense.

[arpanghosh8453]

@pdurys I am not sure if there is any other way of inverting the values the way you want to see it in Grafana, there might be, but it's not not in my head right now.

I think convert the values to seconds per km with appropriate calculations (multiply current calculation with 60 will get you there). Then you can set the unit as duration (hh:mm:ss) and you will have what you want here.

SELECT (60000/("Speed" * 60)) FROM "ActivityGPS" WHERE ("ActivitySelector"::tag =~ /^$ActivityGPS$/) AND $timeFilter

You can invert it as well and adjust the colors, but you need to ignore the ''ago' part in the y-axis.

[arpanghosh8453]

@pdurys Check out this thread : grafana/grafana#38202

I believe there is a way to use the inverted Y axis without getting the actual values negative. Let me know if you can't figure it out and I will have a second look.

You can add it like this after you add the * (-1) in the calculation

[nuntie]

I was trying to pull out power, only to find out that (of course) the power data when using a STRYD pod are not in the Garmin standard data structure in the FIT-file. Any chance someone has tinkered a working solution to fetch STRYD power data into this?

[mtengmo]

min/km, is it possible to add it as default for pace?

[arpanghosh8453]

@mtengmo I believe in the latest JSON for the dashboard, min/km is the default unit for pace.

[justasGarmin]

Hi, maybe someone has encountered similar issues and could give some tips to resolve it. Thanks a lot in advance.

1. Sum versus Mean in ActivitySummary if more than 1 Activity per day:

Most days, I do one activity, but on some days, I do two activities. I want to display the sum of time I spend in each zone for all activities during that day, so I tried changing "mean" to "sum". However, now I get the sum multiplied by 2, i. e. true value x2.

True values for May 30th (similar issues with the May 23rd two activities):

cycling:

• hr1 5
• hr2 32
• hr3 20

cardio:

• hr1 26
• hr2 19
• hr3 16

Both activities, if the sum is used:

• hr1 63
• hr2 103
• hr3 72

2. Aerobic_Training & Anaerobic_Training: differs from the Garmin site or watch

Do these metrics differ from the ones displayed on the watch after each completed session?

On June 1st, I did a swim session and got the following stats on the watch:

• Training effect: Base
• Aerobic 2.9
• Anaerobic 0.0

On the graph, I got nothing.

The other example, on May 26th, I had an Anaerobic session, but no value is displayed on the graph.

The graph code is from brunothesatellite

[pjanelson]

Hey ya'll,
I'm a bit of a noob but capable if to follow instructs.
I cannot for the life of me work out how to get this all up and running on Home Assistant.
I have INfluxDB & Grafana Installed.
I am now trying to figure out how to link it to my garmin connect account as well as import the historical data I have downloaded from Garmin directly (I have my entire Garmin history of 10 or so years).

Google searching / chat GPT all direct me to using the easy install docker but I dont know how to do this with HA.

If someone can please direct me to a how to already posted or something that would be greatly apprecaited.

Thanks

[arpanghosh8453]

Hey @pjanelson Welcome to the project!

There is no direct plugin, but the main script is just a python script which can run independently of this project with external influxdb/grafana setup and correct ENV variables setup for the running influxdb database. So it can be turned into an HA addon with some tweaks.

For example @Jasonthefirst kindly contributed this setup to my Fitbit-Grafana project with that approach!