Thank you, FYI, with the Garmin 7x solar, after you finish the setup in Garmin Connect IQ, go to your watch, don’t press menu, just press Down button, locate your park run barcode and press edit to move it up the list.
Hi, thanks for the extra tip 😁 I run with a 955 solar now and with it being touch screen I can switch between a barcode and qr code with a swip across. Sometimes if the sun if causing too much reflection on the screen the qr works much better for the scanners.
It's a very helpful video, thanks, but this doesn't work for me. When I have installed it the widget click on "Settings" (1:56 in the video), I do not then get the option to enter my Athlete Number etc. I am faced with a blank screen instead. Do you have any idea why this might be?
Hi Chris. Which watch is it that you have? Also is the widget picture exactly the same as the one on the video? Those could be the only things I could think of that wouldn’t allow you to input your details (ie your watch wasn’t compatible or the widget may have been a different one). I’ve just had a look at the widget again and it seems the same although there have been a couple of little updates since I installed mine (although that shouldn’t make any difference). I think it allows you to have a qr code on a different screen as well.
Thank you for the video, it was extremely helpful. My Garmin forerunner arrives next week and I was looking for how to add the parkrun barcode. Now I know now lol plus the extra apps I've added as well. Thanks
Hi Aaron. Hope it all goes well with the set up of your new watch. I’m still using my watch barcode when I parkrun and there’s now an addition of a qr code. I didn’t need to do anything different, it just appeared one day. That’s worked well when it’s sunny or if it’s been raining 🙂
Great little tutorial Rachel. I did that on Wednesday I think. Should come in handy at some point. Not planning on doing any parkruns soon but looking forward to seeing if it works when I do. 😎🤘🏻
Thanks Ben. I think it’s good to just have the ICE details there at the touch of a button, even for none parkrun days. Most people wear their watches all the time so it’s just one extra safety net to keep us safe 👍
My Garmin watch isn't in the compatible devices list, and no parkruns where i live! Could you make a video to resolve these two issues? Would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Ali B - that’s a shame. One could possibly be solved by trying one of the other widgets and as for no parkrun, I couldn’t imagine what that’s like. It’s my regular Saturday training 👍
It just looked all through my editing app (InShot) but can’t seem to find it. Not sure why I never added it in the description 🤔 Sorry that I can’t remember 😊
@@racheld1844 The forerunner 45 does not support any widgets. This is why I made the watch face version. The widget is supported on every Garmin device which supports widgets.
Hi Rachel Just watched your video, made a mistake by putting barcode right across my watch face, do you have any idea how I can remove it so I can try again. Just found your channel really like it. Regards John
Hi John, I think to uninstall the widget just go to the Garmin IQ store, click on your device, scroll down to widgets (that are installed on your device) and click on the watch face that you’ve installed. There should be an option to uninstall. Hope that makes sense/ works 😀 Thanks for watching 👍
I downloaded it. The image is very small on my Garmin 45. I guess we’ll see if it works at the next parkrun. They always say at the start that they cannot read a scanned digital image. I forgot my card a few weeks back so didn’t register a time. This will be a nice backup for emergencies if it does work. Thanks.
I also took my usual printed barcode just in case but my watch worked no problem at all. If you wanted to give it a try before you went, if you download the parkrun volunteer app to your phone, open it and click on the barcode section of the app and hold it over your watch, you should be able to see if it reads your watch. Good luck either way 👍
That’s great to hear. I sometimes barcode scan at parkrun and so many runners have it on their watch now. Depending on what model your watch is, it may also mean you’ve downloaded a qr barcode at the same time. That works really well on wet/ bright sunny days when it’s hard to get a reading from the barcode 👍
Hi, when you search through your widgets via the edit button (where you did a long press and then scroll for widget edit) it will only be the widget logo and not your real barcode. To find it you only need to do a single down press to see it and it should open up. If it still appears as the widget logo and not your barcode it may mean your watch doesn’t support the download. Which watch is it that you have?
That's so cool. I've not done parkrun in years. I don't even know how to revive mine or my son's barcode. The technology has advanced so much. Rachel, can you please, advise how I find my barcode.
Hi Olga, I’ve had a little look on google as to how to find your barcode and hopefully you can use this page to help you support.parkrun.com/hc/en-us/articles/205632182-How-do-I-find-my-barcode- I think as long as you know the email address you registered with when you signed up, you should be able to retrieve it. Good luck 🤞
I have downloaded the barcode now so hopefully no issues like last week when I forgot my printed barcode🤦♂. Thank you for making this video, it was very helpful.
Hopefully it should work ok. Quite a lot of runners last week were using their watches and the scanners picked it up fine. As long as you have your watch you’ll never forget 😀
Hi Emma, I going to say yes (99% sure) because I think when I barcode scanned as a volunteer a few weeks ago someone had the qr code version and it worked (might have been on their phone). I think to be certain you could try downloading the parkrun volunteer app and try scanning your own qr code within the barcode section of the app. Hopefully it’ll work first time 🤞
My forerunner 45 isn't on the compatibility list. I've never done a parkrun yet but this sounds like a great excuse to buy a new watch! 😁 Excellent tutorial 👍🏻🏃♂️
Rather than moving the widget to the top of the list, and using the down button, you could have left it at the default position when added which places it at the bottom, and use the up button to access it.
Hi, 2 friends used this successfully with their watches last weekend and I used the volunteer app on the video to see if it worked. Not sure on other parkruns, but ours only use the volunteer app (on individual’s mobile phone) and not the older barcode scanners that were provided. I’ll be giving my watch barcode it’s first try tomorrow 🤞
@@racheld1844 Thanks Rachel. All on my Fenix 6 now although the barcode looks different to what it does on the standard tag. I'll try it out tomorrow but with tag as a back up 🤞
@@racheld1844 hi ya. I stuck with the plastic tab as I was too out of breath to fiddle with the watch. Glad it worked. A very windy Glossop Park run for us
@@Ecoroof1986 There are different ways to encode something in a barcode. The widgets uses the most compact method so the barcode has the best chance of being scaled up in size making scanning easier. You may notice that the paper printed bar codes use a slightly different encoding than the plastic tags. So, what you see on a watch may be different to what you see elsewhere. It will be correct assuming you entered the number correctly though. :-)
Thank you, FYI, with the Garmin 7x solar, after you finish the setup in Garmin Connect IQ, go to your watch, don’t press menu, just press Down button, locate your park run
barcode and press edit to move it up the list.
Hi, thanks for the extra tip 😁 I run with a 955 solar now and with it being touch screen I can switch between a barcode and qr code with a swip across. Sometimes if the sun if causing too much reflection on the screen the qr works much better for the scanners.
It's a very helpful video, thanks, but this doesn't work for me. When I have installed it the widget click on "Settings" (1:56 in the video), I do not then get the option to enter my Athlete Number etc. I am faced with a blank screen instead. Do you have any idea why this might be?
Hi Chris. Which watch is it that you have? Also is the widget picture exactly the same as the one on the video? Those could be the only things I could think of that wouldn’t allow you to input your details (ie your watch wasn’t compatible or the widget may have been a different one).
I’ve just had a look at the widget again and it seems the same although there have been a couple of little updates since I installed mine (although that shouldn’t make any difference). I think it allows you to have a qr code on a different screen as well.
Thank you for the video, it was extremely helpful. My Garmin forerunner arrives next week and I was looking for how to add the parkrun barcode. Now I know now lol plus the extra apps I've added as well. Thanks
Hi Aaron. Hope it all goes well with the set up of your new watch. I’m still using my watch barcode when I parkrun and there’s now an addition of a qr code. I didn’t need to do anything different, it just appeared one day. That’s worked well when it’s sunny or if it’s been raining 🙂
@@racheld1844 Hi Rachel, thanks to you. I got my parkrun code loaded. I will see if the qr code updates?
Great little tutorial Rachel. I did that on Wednesday I think. Should come in handy at some point. Not planning on doing any parkruns soon but looking forward to seeing if it works when I do. 😎🤘🏻
Thanks Ben. I think it’s good to just have the ICE details there at the touch of a button, even for none parkrun days. Most people wear their watches all the time so it’s just one extra safety net to keep us safe 👍
My Garmin watch isn't in the compatible devices list, and no parkruns where i live! Could you make a video to resolve these two issues? Would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Ali B - that’s a shame. One could possibly be solved by trying one of the other widgets and as for no parkrun, I couldn’t imagine what that’s like. It’s my regular Saturday training 👍
@@racheld1844 Thanks Rachel, no pbs. I very much like your vids, keep up the good work 👍
@@Ab-qp2yu - thank you 😊
do you know the name of the music, its very calming
It just looked all through my editing app (InShot) but can’t seem to find it. Not sure why I never added it in the description 🤔 Sorry that I can’t remember 😊
@@racheld1844 no worries at all, great video though
I have the 45 in connect iq I can only get the barcode watch face that goes over tour time. Any idea how to get the widget option to show up .
Hi Karen, I’ve just been through the list of compatible devices and it doesn’t look like this widget supports the watch.
@@racheld1844 thanks for looking.
@@racheld1844 The forerunner 45 does not support any widgets. This is why I made the watch face version. The widget is supported on every Garmin device which supports widgets.
@@JohnBigg - thanks for clearing that up John. I had some comments elsewhere and wasn’t exactly sure 🙂
Hi Rachel
Just watched your video, made a mistake by putting barcode right across my watch face, do you have any idea how I can remove it so I can try again.
Just found your channel really like it.
Regards John
Hi John, I think to uninstall the widget just go to the Garmin IQ store, click on your device, scroll down to widgets (that are installed on your device) and click on the watch face that you’ve installed. There should be an option to uninstall. Hope that makes sense/ works 😀
Thanks for watching 👍
I downloaded it. The image is very small on my Garmin 45. I guess we’ll see if it works at the next parkrun. They always say at the start that they cannot read a scanned digital image. I forgot my card a few weeks back so didn’t register a time. This will be a nice backup for emergencies if it does work. Thanks.
I also took my usual printed barcode just in case but my watch worked no problem at all. If you wanted to give it a try before you went, if you download the parkrun volunteer app to your phone, open it and click on the barcode section of the app and hold it over your watch, you should be able to see if it reads your watch. Good luck either way 👍
@@racheld1844 certainly I will take both
Thank you, easy to follow video, I now have my barcode on my watch.
Thank you 🙏
That’s great to hear. I sometimes barcode scan at parkrun and so many runners have it on their watch now. Depending on what model your watch is, it may also mean you’ve downloaded a qr barcode at the same time. That works really well on wet/ bright sunny days when it’s hard to get a reading from the barcode 👍
Thanks for this. I have it as top of my widgets but can’t find how to open it to view my barcode?
Hi, when you search through your widgets via the edit button (where you did a long press and then scroll for widget edit) it will only be the widget logo and not your real barcode. To find it you only need to do a single down press to see it and it should open up. If it still appears as the widget logo and not your barcode it may mean your watch doesn’t support the download. Which watch is it that you have?
That's so cool. I've not done parkrun in years. I don't even know how to revive mine or my son's barcode. The technology has advanced so much. Rachel, can you please, advise how I find my barcode.
Hi Olga, I’ve had a little look on google as to how to find your barcode and hopefully you can use this page to help you
support.parkrun.com/hc/en-us/articles/205632182-How-do-I-find-my-barcode-
I think as long as you know the email address you registered with when you signed up, you should be able to retrieve it.
Good luck 🤞
Tried it today and it worked no problem 😊
Great news! Glad it worked 😀
I have downloaded the barcode now so hopefully no issues like last week when I forgot my printed barcode🤦♂. Thank you for making this video, it was very helpful.
Hopefully it should work ok. Quite a lot of runners last week were using their watches and the scanners picked it up fine. As long as you have your watch you’ll never forget 😀
Does it work on forerunner 35
Hi, I’ve just checked and unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be compatible.
Worked a treat. Thank you.
Great news. Glad it worked 👍
Late to your video Rachel. Thank you sharing!
Thanks Michael. I’m just the same trying to squeeze everything in 😊
MIND. BLOWN. 🤯 👍🏻
Excellent tutorial, posted your video onto my run club, Facebook and RDs page 👍
Thanks Kevin I’m glad it’s proved useful and thanks for sharing too 😀
Can the parkrun app scan the QR code?
Hi Emma, I going to say yes (99% sure) because I think when I barcode scanned as a volunteer a few weeks ago someone had the qr code version and it worked (might have been on their phone). I think to be certain you could try downloading the parkrun volunteer app and try scanning your own qr code within the barcode section of the app. Hopefully it’ll work first time 🤞
My forerunner 45 isn't on the compatibility list. I've never done a parkrun yet but this sounds like a great excuse to buy a new watch! 😁 Excellent tutorial 👍🏻🏃♂️
I’ve heard Santa’s on his way so there is always a chance 😉
45S is on the list and I can confirm that I have downloaded onto my Forerunner 45.
@@TurneyUK good news then, thanks 👍🏻
The forerunner 45 does not support any widgets. That is why I created the watch face version.
Having my barcode on my Vivoactive 4 has saved my bacon on multiple occasions when I forgot my printed barcode. It has never failed to scan
Hi Richard. Glad it’s been useful. I haven’t used my wristband barcode in over a year now 🙂
Rather than moving the widget to the top of the list, and using the down button, you could have left it at the default position when added which places it at the bottom, and use the up button to access it.
Hi John, a few days after I made the video I realised that I could have just left it and scrolled up 🤦🏻♀️
Brilliant, thanks Rachel!
You’re welcome Paul 😊
This is such a good tip!
Thank you 👍
happy xmas Rachel 😊
Thanks Roy. Merry Christmas to you too 😊
Mega helpful
Glad it helped 🙂
Nice! actually Peters phone number would be quite hard to remember!
John wouldn’t let me put his number down so it had to be Peter’s 😂
Nice one!
Thanks Hugo 😊
Very useful!
Thanks Dan. I’m keen to try it first hand hopefully next week 👍
Bit long winded but works thanks
Glad it worked 🙂
Cheers.
Has anyone actually tried this with a park run barcode scanner?
Hi, 2 friends used this successfully with their watches last weekend and I used the volunteer app on the video to see if it worked. Not sure on other parkruns, but ours only use the volunteer app (on individual’s mobile phone) and not the older barcode scanners that were provided. I’ll be giving my watch barcode it’s first try tomorrow 🤞
@@racheld1844 Thanks Rachel. All on my Fenix 6 now although the barcode looks different to what it does on the standard tag. I'll try it out tomorrow but with tag as a back up 🤞
@@Ecoroof1986 - did you manage to get your watch scanned? Mine worked a great so no more wrist band for me 😀
@@racheld1844 hi ya. I stuck with the plastic tab as I was too out of breath to fiddle with the watch. Glad it worked. A very windy Glossop Park run for us
@@Ecoroof1986 There are different ways to encode something in a barcode. The widgets uses the most compact method so the barcode has the best chance of being scaled up in size making scanning easier. You may notice that the paper printed bar codes use a slightly different encoding than the plastic tags. So, what you see on a watch may be different to what you see elsewhere. It will be correct assuming you entered the number correctly though. :-)