I unfortunately own a vivoactive 3 (without music) which is not compatible…
If anybody likes to sponsor development and the dongle, a compatible garmin device and a Nuki smart lock (cannot remove our Nuki lock from the main door and take it into the office for programming experiments) - feel free to contact me and let’s get started.
Dear Jörg, I appreciate your offer to look into developping a Garmin CIQ app! From what I can see the Nordic BLE development dongle is roundabout 10€. I think NUKI should show some interest in the topic as integrations in the Garmin Eco System is for their own benefit. Maybe this interest can result in sponsorship of a proof of concept. I believe a PoC can be accomplished without the watch, just using the simulator.
Did you contact NUKI to ask for support in developping such App?
I have a compatible watch and would support you as beta tester.
Cheers, Tom
just a short status update:
Thanks to @palarec I have now got a vivoactive 4, the NRF dongle and finally a working development environment.
I’ll keep you all updated about further developments. I’m currently also working on an academic thesis, so I’d like to ask you for a little bit of patience. Anyway, I am trying to deliver a PoC asap!
Hi guys, I released a Nuki Bridge Opener.
This app need a Bridge and smartphone. For now, when I go out for a run**, I leave my phone near door for open.
I started developing the bluetooth application.
However, it will be a different application
**It’s a joke because I live in Italy and any outdoor activities are blocked.
the smart lock could make our home more secure, or it could be an IT trojan.
if all it takes to open the door with a device is touch a button, then we arguably are at the same level as turning the key, for a thief that may control that device.
but if touching the button involves providing an ever updating password, or at least identifying to the device (say, biometrically), then the new method would be much more secure than our rusty keys.
i don’t know how happy a garmin watch would be to pair both to our phone and the lock, especially if we leave the phone by the door (but inside).
but most garmin watches could communicate with other bluetooth devices in ant+ mode, so that garmin themselves would probably be glad to cooperate to such effort.
i will happily buy you the dongle. you could achieve much more.
direct communication of the lock with garmin watches will give great security improvement, especially if you’ll implement a password or other challenge.
the problem could be, whether the watch will talk with the lock, especially when the phone might be around.
but most garmin would happily communicate ant+ way, and i’m sure you’ll get good support both from nuki and garmin.
i would anyway give you the dongle.
This depends not only on us, but also Garmin releasing powerful enough Smart Watches and APIs to make it happen. In general we do not comment about planned features or our roadmap here in this forum.
I have tested with the Beta a bit. It worked in the beginning, but after a few successful lock operations, I only get „Nuki device error“ in watch App. Re-installed and paired again. Same behaviour. Works first couple of times, then infinite waiting Loop or „Nuki device error“.
Watch: MARQ Captain. Iphone 12 mini .
Functionality is sufficient, but needs stability. My use case requires the direct connection between watch and Nuki, as I want to leave my phone at home. Also I would prefer a watch widget instead of a device App.
Looking at the list of compatible Garmin devices for this App, it looks like you support devices down to CIQ Version 1.0. I would recommend to focus on CIQ 3 compatible devices only. This will probably help you with the „powerful enough Smart Watches and APIs“.
Looking forward to test next beta version!
Thanks
Tom
because I live in Italy and any outdoor activities are blocked.