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HenkKalkwater / fitmetersync

Utitilty program that aims to sync your steps of the wii fit meter to your 3DS
GNU General Public License v3.0
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[DISCUSSION] Project still in progress? #16

Open Commenter25 opened 4 years ago

Commenter25 commented 4 years ago

I dug out my old Fit Meter today wondering if it still works... and then I began wondering "what if someone's done some crazy reverse engineering/homebrew for this thing and i can play doom on my wii fit u fit meter". Obviously and unfortunately, I found nothing like that. But I found this, which makes me happy enough to see people tinkering with obscurely specific stuff like this. That's more than I found when I got curious if anyone's made some sort of homebrew for any Fitbit watches. Not even anyone asking if that's a thing. Is it just a me thing that it feels like a missed opportunity if portable devices with screens and buttons (like a fitbit or wii fit u fit meter for example) doesn't have some sort of very simple time wasting game?

...Back on topic, I wanted to ask, is there still plans to work on this? There hasn't been many commits this year, but there's been a small bit of active discussion recently, so I figured I'd ask directly what the plan is. If it's still going to be going, I'm willing to help in any way I can, this is the kinda stuff I love to nerd about! Got a fully functional Wii U w/ Wii Fit U, Fit Meter (i might have a second around somewhere?), and 2DS XL; along with a somewhat functioning technological nerd brain. I'm likely gonna start wearing my meter regularly again too, both in case I can use it for scientific research and because after i dug it out i spent a continuous hour playing wii fit for the first time since like 2016 and i really want to do more

HenkKalkwater commented 4 years ago

I haven't got much time to work on it right now. I got stuck at one point trying to figure out how to make the Wii Fit Meter to respond back to your 3ds and the "edit code -> compile -> deploy" cycle, so I tried making the process less tedious to make the 3Ds receive the signals, passing it on to a computer running a script, which generates a response and sends it back to the 3DS, which sends it back towards the Fit Meter, but I never got around to finish it.

Maybe in or after the holidays I'll have some extra time to work on it.

lwpinion commented 1 year ago

Here here!

I just stumbled across this and am excited to see someone trying to reverse-engineer something so niche! What got me looking into this idea is that I'd love to be able to send step data to Wii Fit U from a different device (i.e. my phone) instead of having to carry that goofy meter around with me. I don't know how that would ever be possible, but it was just something that popped into my head!

Anyway, we still have a couple Wii Fit Meters around the house, so maybe I could submit their info later if you're still actively trying to develop this. I don't have a lot of spare time on my hands, but if there is any other data like that I could submit to help out let me know.

HenkKalkwater commented 1 year ago

Hello! Thanks for your interest in my project. Currently, I am not working on this project much because other things happening in my life and due to hitting a simple roadblock: I am a bit stuck in figuring out the inner protocol and have no clear plan on how to proceed.

Perhaps I can continue working on it later, but for now, I am a few weeks without a Wii U to test with.