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svenmeier / coxswain

Your rowing servant
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=svenmeier.coxswain
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Feature suggestion: record Bluetooth LE heart rate data #22

Closed Jo11n closed 8 years ago

Jo11n commented 8 years ago

Waterrower S4 supports heart rate data. However, it requires a pricey ANT+ kit. It would be extremely cool if coxswain could independently support the bluetooth LE (/"smart") heart rate protocol. This would allow to use inexpensive, run of the mill third party sensors. Thanks for considering this.

svenmeier commented 8 years ago

Yes, Waterrower's ANT+ kit is pricey - I know it because I bought it :P.

Reading this data directly from a bluetooth device sounds like a nice alternative. I'll investigate.

svenmeier commented 8 years ago

Actually with Google Fit we might be able to read the heart rate from any input (including BLE devices) with DataType.TYPE_HEART_RATE_BPM:

https://developers.google.com/fit/android/sensors
svenmeier commented 8 years ago

I decided against using Google Fit sensors for this.

Starting with the next version you'll be able to choose bluetooth or device sensors to record heart rate.

claes commented 5 years ago

I am looking to buy a heart rate sensor for using with this app. But I have no experience in them and not sure what I best should look for, if there is something that is reliable and preferably inexpensive. What does "device sensor" mean.. ? Is it some kind of native sensor to Android? I have tried to pair my Android Wear (Huawei Watch which has a hearth sensor) with the app and failed.

svenmeier commented 5 years ago

Hi Cleas,

with "device sensor" Coxswain will read the heart rate directly from sensors built into your device. I would expect this to work with connected android wear devices too, but I never actually tried it because I have none. Please open a new issue if you can't get it to work with your Huawei Watch.

Bluetooth is an alternative: any Bluetooth heart rate monitor that your are able to use with your Android device should work with Coxswain too. I had good results with "BerryKing Heartbeat Bluetooth & Ant+".