Custom alerts for ELEMNT ACE, BOLT 3, and ROAM 3

In addition to a variety of other alerts and notifications, ELEMNT ACE, BOLT 3, and ROAM 3 computer offer the option for custom text alerts accompanied with a beep.  Custom alerts can be created to play a predetermined set of information values or custom text, triggered by different status changes. Custom alerts are within a given workout profile (Cycling, Indoor Cycling, whatever other custom workout profile you create) and apply only to that workout profile.

For more information about the workout profiles concept, see Customize workout profiles and pages for ELEMNT ACE, BOLT 3, or ROAM 3

For details on other alerts and notifications, see Alerts and Notifications on ELEMNT ACE, BOLT 3, or ROAM 3.

Custom alert components

Triggers

A custom alert with your preferred information value can be triggered by any of the following status changes:

• Workout Start
  • When the workout is started, played only once.
• Workout Pause
  • Whenever the workout is paused, either according to auto-pause or manually selecting the Pause button in workout.
• Workout Resume
  • Whenever  the workout is resumed, either from auto-pause or manually selecting the Resume button in workout.
• Lap
  • Whenever a lap is recorded, either according to preset auto-lap settings or manually selecting the Lap button in workout.
• Duration (active time)
  • At a fixed repeating interval of active time, set to the nearest second.
• Distance (active distance)
  • At a fixed, repeating interval of active distance, set the to the nearest hundredth of your chosen distance unit (mile or kilometer).

Intervals

Alerts tied to Duration and Distance are set to repeat at a fixed, repeating interval by default, but can also be set to be one time at an initial interval.

• Duration (active time)
  • The interval for active time can be set to the nearest second value. (ex. 1:13, every 1 minute and 13 seconds)
• Distance (active distance)
  • The interval for active distance can be set to the nearest hundredth of your chosen distance unit (ex. every .42 miles or .57 kilometers).

Placing repeating triggers in a shorter interval than the selected information values can be played will result in errors or some truncation of values.

Information categories / value labels

You can choose any single information value (or multiple values) to be played at a given trigger. The

• Example: Present lap average pace and lap average heart rate when triggered by 1 mile auto-lap intervals.

When an information value is presented, it will be presented as information label + information category + information value. 

• Example: Lap average heart rate 147

If a information value does not have a fixed unit (i.e. distance could be miles or kilometers), the unit will also be played.

• Example: Lap total distance 3.2 miles
   

Available Information Categories/Values

• Custom text
  • 0-50 characters of your choice
• Distance
  • Workout total
  • Lap total
• Duration
  • Workout active
  • Workout total (includes paused time)
  • Lap active
• Calories
  • Workout total
• Speed / pace
  • Current
  • Workout average
  • Lap average
• Heart rate
  • Current
  • Workout average
  • Lap average
  • Current zone
• Power
  • Current
  • Workout average
  • Workout normalized
  • Lap average
  • Lap normalized
• Cadence (Cycling) / Stride Rate (Running)
  • Current
  • Workout average
  • Lap average

Set up a custom alert 

1. Navigate to Wahoo app > Devices > computer name > Workout Profiles > workout profile name > Alerts
2. Select Add a custom alert.

1. Select your trigger.
2. Select your interval and One time or Repeat
3. Select your desired custom text or information value.
4. Select Create.

Use alerts

Once a custom alert has been set up for a workout profile and a ride has been started on that workout profile, alerts will appear as defined by the triggers and intervals that have been set up.

When an alert appears, it will remain until manually dismissed by using the Dismiss button. This will dismiss the current alert event. If a recurring alert has been set up, it will reappear when the next trigger condition is met.

To mute (temporarily disable) custom alerts for the remainder of that ride, you can select the Mute button. You can undo the muting by navigating on the computer to the Device Settings page and select Custom Alerts under Sounds.

Note: You cannot mute individual custom alerts. Muting custom alerts for the remainder of a ride will mute all custom alerts for that ride.

Disable an existing alert

1. Within the Alerts submenu, select the toggle to the right of the alert you wish to disable.

Edit an existing alert

1. Within the Alerts submenu, select the  [Edit] button.
2. Select the right facing arrow to the right of the alert you wish to edit.
3. Select your trigger.
4. Continue as if setting up the alert for the first time.

Delete an alert

1. Within the Alerts submenu, select the [Edit] button.
2. Select the [Delete] button to the right of the alert you wish to edit.
3. Select Done in the upper right hand corner.