Hello,

I'm a new user of the Polar V800 and would indeed like to autosync the PolarFlow entries to Strava but it seems I'm not completely getting how to enable this via the Bipolar tool. I'm using Windows 7 and would like to know if there is an .exe install file or MSI install file. Also I've read that at some point a hook needs to be set by replacing a Qt5Network.dll file which sits into the PolarFlow install directory but the file it needs to be replaced by is not within the downloaded zip file.

Am I missing something?

Thanks,
Kris

See http://forum.polar.fi/showthread.php?p=85839#post85839

One problem is that the split times are not correct. If you have three laps with 5 minutes below the tag "[IntTimes]" should have 5:00, 10:00 and 15:00. Curently it is saved as 5:00, 5:00 and 5:00. This also
affects the average pace calculation and so on.

I have been using the V800 downloader for a couple of days now and would like to ask if you have any plans to include power data in those file formats . Currently only cadence seems to be exported .

Polar Flows TCX export is the same - only cadence but no power curve . Power data from the V800 / Keo power bluetooth smart is there in full in Polar Flow webservice though .

Want to work out the exercises/*/route data format, and document the results at [Polar API V2](../wiki/Polar API V2).

See https://github.com/pcolby/bipolar/wiki/TCX

Does anyone have any "phases" data? Presumably files ending is *-phases?

(The following is all based on assumptions)

1. Have the Bipolar (or at least the hook) installed.
2. log nto flow.polar.com website
3. go to "Diary"
4. click "ADD"
5. select "Training target"
6. click "PHASED"
7. fill out the rest of the page to setup a "phased" training target.
8. sync the training target(s) to the V800 (via FlowSync, as usual).
9. carry out the training session.
10. sync the training results.
11. look for a generated *-phases file.

I'd like a copy of the such a *-phases file if you can get one (I haven't tried yet - focusing on OSX at the moment).

Ideally (assuming the route data is not somewhere sensitive for you), and I'd like all of the data files for that training session, but only the *-phases file would still be very helpful.

Thanks,

pc.

Some people have expressed interest in exporting session data to Polar's HRM format too.

Should be possible.

Figure out how to parse / extract it from the protobuf data.

Not a priority.

TCX files must specify the "Sport" for each activity, where the "Sport" value can be one of: Running, Biking, or Other.

Currently, Bipolar uses "Other" for all activities.

Ideally, Bipolar should be able to either detect the sport type (eg from the training-sessions-create request's "sport" field), or infer it (eg from the presence of certain types of cadence / footpod data).

Hi,

just to start I want to thank you for your exceptional job!
To upload my data to Garmin Connect which is my main repository (other than SportTracks), I compared the TCX resulting from the export from FlowExport and your tool.
In particular, the data coming out from your TCX miss the following information: Max Speed and Average FC. This data is, instead, in the FlowExport TCX (there is missing the Calories data, but this is another story).

Is it right? this data is coming from the watch or calculated? I have the two TCX to look at.

Best regards

Luca

Hi Paul,

I've been using bipolar to get HRM files of my trainings for PPT5.
While processing the sessions bipolar throws a warning "Unknown polar sport value 103".
Seems Polar has extended their Sports list: sports[103] = "Pool swimming";

The resulting HRM file lacks the pace data. I'm not sure if the unkown sport is the reason for that!?
I wonder if you could update the known sports in bipolar, please:)

When I open any HRM file from bipolar in PPT5 the summarized data is missing or wrong.
Like Heart Rate avg/max, Speed avg/max, Cadence avg/max.

Kind Regards,
Thorsten

Hi - I have just installed Bipolar as I have recently purchased a Polar V800 and have set-up my Flow Sync Account. I was previously using a Garmin product and have all my previous data on Garmin Connect. I would like to be able to upload by v800 sessions and data to my garmin connect and strava accounts.

I use a Mac so downloaded Bipolar for OS X and have also run the hook command. I am now stuck at actually converting the files. I have run the Bipolar programme and it asks me for an output location - I chose the folder where I have downloaded the Polar TCX file which I would like to convert. When I ask it to convert - the output window - it says it can not find any files to convert. I am obviously doing this incorrectly. Please can you explain to me what I need to do - to convert the file and then upload it to my chosen platform. Many thanks, Michelle

I can't find the exe file that needs downloading.

From http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/06/polar-v800-depth-review.html#comment-713639

In TP, Strange things occured in the graphs when laps are included, creating a new tcx using hrm and gpx solve this issue but the map is no longer available.

I have problem with export R-R data from Polar FlowSync (V800, wer. 2.3.8). Bipolar (0.3.1.520) still created file HRM but no R-R data recorded.

Anyone have any thoughts / ideas?

Upgrade the release to Qt 5.3.1 (currently Qt 5.3.0).

You write:
"The same hook process as used above will probably work for WebSync, but as WebSync has built-in support for exporting HRM/GPX files, its a lower priority."

I have test installed Polar WebSync 2.8.1 today. (from [1]) It looks like that the feature for direct data export has been removed. :-) (Since I have bought no clock now I couldn't test it completly)

Any idea on, where to get an older version?
Do you think I could directly aplly bipolar to websync?

Greetings, BerndGit

[1] http://www.polar.com/at-de/support/websync_software_download

Sorry I'm not a programmer but have the V800, RS800, RCX5, CS600, CS500 for testing. Would be great if you find a way for transfer.

Write it!

From http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/06/polar-v800-depth-review.html#comment-713639

I just have some issues when importing the tcx files in Garmin Connect (files not recognized)

Just getting started digging into protocol buffers (new to me...) but here are the .proto files I could pull out of the FlowSync software. They were in polar20.dll.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/w7b9dasbsh5fr2n/polar_proto.tar.gz

Hopefully this helps some!

See https://github.com/pcolby/bipolar/wiki/GPX

The application is already structured for i18n - just need to add support for L10n files, which is pretty easy to do (with Qt).

Hi,

is it possible to add the temperature data in the tcx files? :-)

Regards.

Hi,

i was wondering if it was possible to integrate automatic uploading of the .tcx file to strava?

I once suggested this to an app called TcxCreator (jmelhus.com), and that works well by monitoring the output folder, the send the file by email to upload [AT] strava.com

Regards. :)

This bug was introduced in 0.2.1, as part of the lap data support adding in that release.

Hi,

i want to signal a possible bug related to the distance how it is reported in Flow and how it is reported i other tools (eg SportTracks).
Today I've done a manual calibration of the Polar Stride Sensot through 3 round on a track. The watch reported 1.1km but when I exported and imported in SportTracks, it report 800m....
How it can be possible? I've the file to share with you.

Best regards

Luca

I have a Polar M400 arriving tomorrow. It would be cool to get this software working with bipolar too, as I understand it is built on a similar platform as the V800. Anything special I need to know to start playing with this?

Bipolar contains a few branches of code that only get executed if we have lap data with power data. Currently, we have a number of test data sets for lap data, and one test data set for power data, but no sets with both lap and power data.

I, personally, don't have any power sensors, so if someone could provide such a test data set sometime, that would be brilliant!! 😄

Note, the data set would not need to be large - eg just a couple of minutes on a spin bike would suffice, so long as it include a few short laps (and uses a power sensor, of course).

PPT5 allows the use of separate HRM files for general activity data and R-R data. We already export the former. Exporting the latter should be easy too.

See https://github.com/pcolby/bipolar/wiki/GPX

Would it be possible to add support for parsing activity data?

Write one.

Qt 5.4 is out. We should upgrade, just to keep up with the current release.

Figure out how to parse / extract it from the protobuf data.

Bipolar 0.1.0 theoretically already supports cadence data (both foot and bike), however, I don't yet have any cadence data (nor any cadence devices).

So if someone is willing to install Bipolar 0.1.0 (or later) and test TCX generation with cadence info, that would be really appreciated 😄

PS I do have both the bike sensors, and footpod on their way... just haven't received them yet.

See https://github.com/pcolby/bipolar/wiki/TCX

As per the v1.4 spec - http://www.polar.com/files/Polar_HRM_file%20format.pdf

Also update / report at http://forum.polar.fi/showthread.php?p=85836#post85836

fixnum.cpp:54 has a small error in the 'sizeof(type == 8)))'. I believe it should be sizeof(Type)

See https://github.com/pcolby/bipolar/wiki/GPX