Comments on: Holiday Weekend Wrapup http://velohacker.com/lj/holiday-weekend-wrapup/ Ramblings of a Cyclist Hacker Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:39:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ext_96975 http://velohacker.com/lj/holiday-weekend-wrapup/comment-page-1/#comment-2753 ext_96975 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:11:11 +0000 http://velohacker.com/2008/09/holiday-weekend-wrapup/#comment-2753 I had heard about the power off issue with the Edge 305's. I need to do some more internet reading on that issue to see folks have been coming up with. That is good to hear that I will be able to pull the data off the device with Fedora. That had been another one of my concerns. As for spare time, I'm not sure how you find time to get all things done that you get done! Thanks for the response! I had heard about the power off issue with the Edge 305’s. I need to do some more internet reading on that issue to see folks have been coming up with.

That is good to hear that I will be able to pull the data off the device with Fedora. That had been another one of my concerns.

As for spare time, I’m not sure how you find time to get all things done that you get done! Thanks for the response!

]]> By: katzj http://velohacker.com/lj/holiday-weekend-wrapup/comment-page-1/#comment-2752 katzj Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:33:51 +0000 http://velohacker.com/2008/09/holiday-weekend-wrapup/#comment-2752 Yep, it's the Edge 305. And for the 95% of the time, I'm pretty happy with it -- unfortunately there's also a 5% of the time where it starts randomly turning itself off due to a short. Which is apparently a design defect. There are some ways of minimizing it and I actually may have made it almost entirely a non-issue now (fingers crossed) As far as grabbing the data off in Linux, there's garmin-sync which I've packaged up and is available in Fedora. It works fine for grabbing off the files and then uploading to MotionBased. Putting a route on is a little more complex and I have had mixed amounts of success with it. Once the MotionBased to Garmin Connect transition happens, I'm actually considering sitting down and writing the browser plugin so that the upload can happen directly from the device in the browser as occurs on other OS's; I've mostly held off because I figured it was worth waiting for the new site and any new syncing mechanisms they add. As far as just locally analyzing the data, pytrainer in theory should work but it's unfortunately a bit rough. Another thing for me to work on in my copious spare time. But if the Farmer's Almanac is correct about this winter, well, I might have more spare time on my hands ;-) Yep, it’s the Edge 305. And for the 95% of the time, I’m pretty happy with it — unfortunately there’s also a 5% of the time where it starts randomly turning itself off due to a short. Which is apparently a design defect. There are some ways of minimizing it and I actually may have made it almost entirely a non-issue now (fingers crossed)

As far as grabbing the data off in Linux, there’s garmin-sync which I’ve packaged up and is available in Fedora. It works fine for grabbing off the files and then uploading to MotionBased. Putting a route on is a little more complex and I have had mixed amounts of success with it.

Once the MotionBased to Garmin Connect transition happens, I’m actually considering sitting down and writing the browser plugin so that the upload can happen directly from the device in the browser as occurs on other OS’s; I’ve mostly held off because I figured it was worth waiting for the new site and any new syncing mechanisms they add.

As far as just locally analyzing the data, pytrainer in theory should work but it’s unfortunately a bit rough. Another thing for me to work on in my copious spare time. But if the Farmer’s Almanac is correct about this winter, well, I might have more spare time on my hands ;-)

]]> By: ext_96975 http://velohacker.com/lj/holiday-weekend-wrapup/comment-page-1/#comment-2751 ext_96975 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:12:13 +0000 http://velohacker.com/2008/09/holiday-weekend-wrapup/#comment-2751 It looks like you are using a Garmin Edge 305 for your stats? I have been considering getting one of those to help with training - do you like it? Are you able to retrieve the data off of it with a Linux app? It looks like you are using a Garmin Edge 305 for your stats? I have been considering getting one of those to help with training – do you like it? Are you able to retrieve the data off of it with a Linux app?

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