MSP - Bluetooth Watch Development System €37.50 Delivered [Texas Instruments]

niallb wrote: »

Mine arrived this morning :-)
Plug it in and forget about it until I get home!

as there a customs charge?

Killed mine yesterday after setting up the development environment

Installed a few widgets through community edition and then lost both displays and eventually the hand stopped moving.

Pebble on the way though, same though as the Analogue Meta watch is the classiest looking smartwatch of the lot.

kellsred wrote: »

I'm having issues with the actual watch. Have all the notifications working as I want, but the time is incorrect; the watch loses 3-4 mins an hour.
Anyone else? Any suggestions on how to fix?
It's fully charged and set up using the instructions in post #122

Reflash 3.1 & reset

Wisesmurf wrote: »

The analog part of the watch is separate from the lcd. If the analog watch is losing time it could need a new battery - These watches were developed in 2011 and have probably sitting in a box since.

One possibility. However I have noticed that if the watch loses connection with the phone for extended periods, it can hang briefly before resetting. This can cause time loss too.
My most recent reflash has eliminated this behaviour though.

Wisesmurf wrote: »

You're talking about the LCD time so? I cant see how the pairing to a phone could have any influence on the hands.

Nope... Hands too. It's not the pairing that causes the problem, but the software on the watch hanging briefly.

Phibsboro wrote: »

Did you try the reset from the flashing software?

Yep tried resetting and everything.

Phibsboro wrote: »

Whats interesting is that the software can have control over the analog arms - one of the test suite uses this in couple of tests. Though tbh I can't quite follow what the tests are designed to do, I'd expect it to have one test that says reset arms to digital time but it doesn't. It looks like maybe the software doesn't inherently know the current position of the arms and so you need to reset to a known position before the fact it can move the arms becomes useful.

I take what I said earlier back.

I had to take the watch apart this evening to fix the bottom button. The clip that retains it had come off and it was falling out.

The battery in the watch is a rechargeable LiPo battery. There is no separate battery for the analog dials. It seems that if the LiPo drains completely your analog arms have nowhere to draw energy from.

The winder is connected to the main board but I couldn't see any way for it to turn the winder.

Lots of tiny components and even smaller screws...

Stokolan wrote: »

Go mine today. Started to mess around with it this evening. Have a few issues someone might be able to help with

1. When running the firmware flash I get this error "All memory Blank checking............. failed" but the flash finishes out fine. using on a windows 8 machine. will try a windows 7 or xp later

2. In the phone app if I run the test "Calibrate hands to 12:00 (OLED)" the hands do about 1 revolution then stop and the watch seems to reboot

Has anyone seen these issues ?

1. When running the flashing software, untick the "Blank Check" on the right hand side.

2. No idea!

bidiots wrote: »

Mine started to work all of a sudden, the led's didn't work at all when I got it. But now they are gone again. I've put new firmware on it and had it working fine so I reckon it will be fine once you have the time and patience to play with it.
I've no android phone anymore though so if anyone wants it, you can have it for €15(this is just to cover postage-provided it covers it obviously)

Yes please

Pique wrote: »

There's also settings for some things called RST,
NMI and SSP(Beta) which I have no idea about.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23413552&postcount=51

ozmo wrote: »

Just got it \o/ - cheers bidiots - lot of catching up to do on you guys now...

First off - both screens are indeed all dark... there is something there but unreadable - what do you normally do to get the backlight?

Is it supposed to come on when you press a button - or is it always on?

ta.

There isn't a back light as such, the two screens are oled. There is a brightness setting for the top and bottom, you access this by pulling out the middle button like you were setting a watch (and indeed this is how you also set the hands manually).

It is designed to come on when you press a button. As I said in an earlier post, my inclination is to forget about the middle button functionality (widgets etc.) and instead just use it as a notification at a glance device - it is really good at that and a great bargain at 38e.

ozmo wrote: »

Just got it \o/ - cheers bidiots - lot of catching up to do on you guys now...

First off - both screens are indeed all dark... there is something there but unreadable - what do you normally do to get the backlight?

Is it supposed to come on when you press a button - or is it always on?

ta.

It was like that when I got it first, then I charged if for a while, flashed it, left it on the desk for awhile because I couldn't get it to work, then came back the following day and the lights were showing. Whether its a case of choosing a different firmware or whipping it against the desk, im not sure....

I've had the watch for a few weeks now, and in general, I really like it.
BUT!!!
It's just stopped charging in the last few days.
The green light is on on the clip and seems fine, but battery level continues to drop.
I've tried changing cable just in case, but voltage is dropping and it's about to go permanently, so I thought I'd check and see if anyone had any suggestions.

One of the pins on the back, the 4th one counting away from the Metawatch logo is beginning to look discolored, and I'm wondering if there's a problem with the internal battery.

I haven't tried a reflash yet. I don't normally keep a windows machine around, so it's a bit of a journey to run the flasher.
Have you noticed the same kind of discolouration I'm seeing on the charging pins?

The kind of discoloration I'm seeing after a few weeks would mean a terrible design and choice of materials.
I'm still thinking it might be some chemical issue from inside.
Update though, a clean with some (non metallic) scrubbing pad, and it's charged again,
so I might just need to add checking for the charging icon to the process of plugging it in.
Thanks for the feedback, and good luck with your own watch!

Anyone one is bored with his? I might buy it off you. Thanks