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Heart Rate, Cadence - v3.22 Beta
« on: February 14, 2008, 07:51:46 PM »
Version 3.22 is now out:



There's a screenshot of a track with "Heart Rate Shading" turned on.  Also the profile is graphing Heart Rate.  

Quite a bit new in this version.  From the revision list:

3.22 - [2/14/08]

Fixed error connecting to Canadian Topo Server
Added Heart Rate/Cadence downloading for Edge/Forerunner units
Added Garmin .CRS/.TCX import (necessary to store HR/Cadence data)
Added ability to upload tracks as "Courses" to Edge/Forerunner units
Added new track shading options: Heart Rate, Cadence and Power
  - faster access to shading type in the "Map->Track Shading" menu
Added new statistics and "y-axis" options to profile window
  - including moving time, HR, Cadence, Power
  - Climbing/Descending stats now match main TF window
Added "Moving intervals" analysis type to Lap Analysis dialog
  - Use to place waypoints at each "stop" on a GPS track
Added "Export to Raceday" button to Run Analysis - exports running power
    data to Physfarm's Raceday software
Added "Place Waypoint" button to Goto Coordinate dialog
Forced waypoint dialog to stay open after invalid coordinate entry
Fixed bug with zero elevation in NMEA live tracking
Fixed bug when exporting 3D screenshots with "add profile" checked
Improved clipping/drawing speed for photo icons
Added warning message when uploading tracks that are too large
Fixed GPS dialog to keep file choice when choosing between options
Fixed problem with highlighted track point from file props not showing up
Fixed bug causing waypoints to disappear after editing

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As usual, it's available here for registered users:

http://topofusion.com/beta.php


It looks like we'll have a quick turn-around to a full release due to the (just discovered) problem downloading Canadian Topo maps.  So, if you can, give it a bit of testing.

There's quite a bit to explain, but a few notes:

* If you download data from an Edge or Forerunner (and it has HR or Cadence data) TF will prompt you to save in .TCX rather than .GPX.  This is because there is no standard way to store that data in GPX.  TCX is very similar, and used by Training Center, Sporttracks, Motionbased, etc.

* There's not much difference betweent CRS and TCX files, so either are fine and both can store HR/Cadence.  The only difference, really, will be in how Training Center stores them once you upload.

* CRS and TCX files get different icons (rather than the standard globe that GPX files get) so you can tell which files are stored in those formats and can contain HR and Cadence data.

* Shading by power and also plotting (running) power in the profile window can only be done once you've done a "run analysis" on a run.  Then each point has power and these functions become available.  We're going to be developing this more in the future, esp. when Garmin units store power themselves.

* Finally the climbing numbers in the profile window match the main window!  This is because the profiler now won't count elevation that is gained when not "moving."  The addition of moving and stopped time is a great feature, too.  With larger files you should notice a speed up in the display of stats while you move the mouse over.

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Heart Rate, Cadence - v3.22 Beta
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2008, 03:30:34 PM »
Krein, no problems so far, but I have not checked any of the new HR, etc features.

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Heart Rate, Cadence - v3.22 Beta
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2008, 05:04:29 PM »
Thanks Larry.  Always good to know.