Using cheap smart band to display Locus data while hiking: elevation, distance..

[Denny]

Hi community,
I just want to share the procedure to use a simple smart band as a display for some locus data while hiking (ex: current elevation, hiking distance, distance from target and so on...)
Smart bands cost few dollars and are lot more confortable to wear respect to a wear-OS watch.
I was interested in displaying on a smart watch some locus data while hiking, to avoid each time taking phone from a pocket, but I do not want spend hundred of dollars in a dedicated equipment or Wear OS watch.
I finally accomplished this task with a combination of apps, few dollars of cost each and a cheap Xiaomi smart band.
The key app is "Notify for Mi band", but this procedure could potentially work with all xiaomi, huawei or amazfit bands with dedicated app of same author.
Then you require Tasker and its Locus plugin (Locus Map Tasker Plugin by Falco Schaffrath).
A basic knowledge of tasker is required to create a profile with the relative task.
The final process would be:
On smart band do a swipe, then press a button of music player, this would send a intent via bluetooth to the phone intercepted by tasker, tasker fires a task that retrieves some of locus data via plugin, then the same action could create and send a notification on smart band with data requested.
I use a very cheap Xiaomi Band 8 active, 15-20$ cost, and its display could show at least 8-10 parameters from locus. I use this procedure to show current elevation (not GPS/baro but precise altimetric data of locus), traveled distance of recorded path, elevation traveled up and down and so on...
The cost of the 3 apps required is inferior than 10$ total.
Setting up all would be a few minutes if you know a bit tasker, you have to use "integrations" panel of Notify app, activating tasker slide, then use "button actions" to assign a numbered slot for tasker intent.
In tasker you have to make a profile triggered with the specific received intent corrisponding to number selected in buttons actions, then associate a task that retrieves all the data of interest from locus, there are at least 50-60 parameters to choose, and finally make a notification via Notify Plugin to the smartband that contain all the retrieved data.

Please let me know if I have to detail better any of these steps, I can post tasker code also.

[Neoaliphant]

Excellent

I did something similar with amazfit trex
using the tasker/amazfit ap to configure single, double and tripple presses of action button
to launch locus compass, a specific dashboard
but i hadnt thought to send info back to watch....

especially usefull if phone mounted on bike mount

The tasker locus plugin is simply awesome!