The Garmin Forerunner 110 isn’t listed in the download dialog as a supported device. However, the device appears as a USB drive when it’s connected to the Mac, containing its activities as .FIT files. Since this is the same as the Garmin Edge 500, the FR110 can be used by selecting ‘USB’ from the ‘Ports’ popup menu and ‘Garmin Edge 500′ from the ‘Device’ menu.
If there’s any problems using it, let me know or post in our forums.
The final release of V3.0.7 is now out. This release contains a couple of bug fixes for Garmin Edge 500/.FIT file downloading, and some improvements in Polar PPP and Suunto STE file importing. It also fixes a problem using Soniclink with a non-admin user account.
You should be prompted to download the latest version when iSMARTtrain starts, or you can download it from http://www.ismarttrain.com/downloads.php.
Beta 2 of V3.0.7 is out. I released V3.0.6 last week, but found a couple of bugs that affected new users and then importing of .FIT & .STE files. These are now fixed.
Download the latest beta from: http://www.ismarttrain.com/Beta/
Barring any other major bugs, V3.0.7 will be out as a final release after the weekend.
Beta 23 of V3.0.6 is out now. This release contains some improvements to the code for downloading from polar, SRM & Ergomo devices.
It will also now will happily co-exist with Polar Websync software. In previous releases, downloadng from a Flowlink device would fail if Polar’s ‘polard’ daemon was running in the background. The software now stops the daemon from running before downloading and restarts it once the download has completed. It is still necessary to quit the Websync software that’s running in the menubar, though – simply section quit from the menu. You will be asked for your system password when the daemon is stopped and started.
Download from the usual place - http://www.ismarttrain.com/Beta/
As usual, any problems/questions, etc., please email me or post in our forums.
Beta 21 of V3.0.6 is out now. Most of the changes are bug fixes including a fix for locating your database file in a location other than ~/Library/Application Support/iSMARTtrain/ – handy for Dropbox users who want to sync their database file between two Macs.
Download from the usual place - http://www.ismarttrain.com/Beta/
As usual, any problems/questions, etc., please email me or post in our forums.
Beta 20 of V3.0.6 is out now. Most of the changes are bug fixes, and the introduction of support for Garmin/ANT .FIT files.
Downloading directly from the Garmin Edge 500 has also been added – however, I don’t have a unit to test with, so I’ve based to code on a description of the directory structure I found in the Garmin support forums. If there’s any problems, with this, you’ll be able to import the .fit files by dragging them directly from the unit’s directory into iSMARTtrain.
If there’s any problems with the .FIT importing, please send me a copy of the file in question, and i’ll hopefully be able to reproduce the problem and fix it.
Download from the usual place - http://www.ismarttrain.com/Beta/
As usual, any problems/questions, etc., please email me or post in our forums.
Many of you have been asking for an iPhone version of iSMARTtrain. We’re currently working on that, and here’s a couple of screen-shots of the project…
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been using a Polar FT80 during my run training instead of my usual RS800cx. The reason for this was to gather some data for introducing the FT80 into iSMARTtrain’s stable of supported devices.
The FT80 is Polar’s top-of-the-range “Fitness” watch, positioned above the FT40 & FT60. Like the other models in the range, it uses Polar’s FlowLink interface to download its data.
First, the good points: The watch is fairly easy to use, even if you’ve never used one of Polar’s devices before, following their fairly standard layout of menus and options. It’s got a nice clear white-on-black display. The FlowLink interface works very well, even if the technology seems like a step back to Polar’s interfaces of the late ‘90s. It’s also got some training features such as the STAR training program which guides you to weekly targets, and strength training guidance which tells you when your body is ready for the next set.
Now the bad: This is the only model in the FT range that records continuous heart rate data, and I was surprised to find that it doesn’t record continuous speed data, only a max & average speed, plus the distance. The S1 footpod is quite big (it dates back to the release of the S625x in 2005), compared with the competition from Suunto and Garmin, and Polar’s own S3. The FT80 also works with the G1 GPS unit, but this only records speed and distance data, not positional data. Another surprising omission was that there’s no laps function – the cheaper RS300x has both manual and auto lap functions (although not continuous recording of HR data).
Downloading the data using the FlowLink interface is a pleasure to do working well on both Windows, using Polar’s WebSync software and iSMARTtrain on the Mac. Given the hassles we’ve had trying to make IrDA work on the Mac, I hope Polar move more of their CS & RS models to this interface. I noted that the new CS500 will use something called ‘Datalink’ which I can only hope will be as easy to support on the Mac as Flowlink.
Overall, the FT80 is a nice HRM, but considering its limited features (no continuous speed recording, no laps) and its price, it’s quite expensive. In the UK costs £234, while the top-of-the-range RS800cs is only £50 more at £285 (prices from http://www.heartratemonitor.co.uk/).
Beta 19 is out today – this release includes support for the Polar FT80 using the Flowlink interface. We’re still working towards the final V3.0.6 release, which should be out soon.
Download from the usual place – http://www.ismarttrain.com/Beta/
As usual, any problems, etc., email me or post in our forums.
Beta 18 is out today – this release is a bit earlier than I’d planned because Beta 17 expires at the end of the month. This is pretty close to the final V3.0.6 release, which should be out in a week or two.
Download from the usual place – http://www.ismarttrain.com/Beta/
As usual, any problems, etc., email me or post in our forums.