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Free your data from Polar FlowSync
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Q: Polar Websync #41

Closed BerndGit closed 9 years ago

BerndGit commented 9 years ago

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

pcolby commented 9 years ago

Hi @BerndGit,

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)

The last version of WebSync I used was version 2.8.1 build 2019. That version still allowed export of HRM + GPX.

Any idea on, where to get an older version?

I just noticed that WebSync 2.8.0 (from 2012) is still available for download from the Polar Australia site - http://www.polar.com/au-en/support/downloads/Polar_WebSync_Software

I have a few older installers (2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.5.0, and 2.7.0) laying around, which I'm happy to give you, but I'd recommend you try 2.8.x first.

Do you think I could directly aplly bipolar to websync?

I doubt it would work without additional development. The current Bipolar hook is based on Qt 5.2 (same as FlowSync), which, according to the Qt versioning scheme should be backward ABI compatible with Qt 4.6 (as used by WebSync). However, I expect that the WebSync protocol is complete different to FlowSync's.

You could, if you're keen, install the latest hook, which will at least log the remote service URLs it sees (I might try that this weekend, just for interest). But as I suggested above, I think the current (2.8.1) WebSync probably does still allow export to HRM + GPX - it did for me the last time I tried that version.

Cheers.

BerndGit commented 9 years ago

Thank you pcolby, for your clarification!