Yes, exported TCX files will contain power data, which can be imported into Power Center.
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Great! Thanks!
A very nice feature would be to get Auto Export to iCloud and/or Dropbox. So one could build a synchronization automation with RunGap or HealthFit.
RunGap does support Stryd Powercenter import but no export yet. Maybe we can convince the author to also support exporting workouts to Stryd Powercenter. Then we would have a perfect procedure with almost no manual intervention required.
Yes, I know about Strava export in WOD but I do not want to use this platform as my main distribution hub for workouts.
Unfortunately I don't think that Apple's Health system supports power data, so HealthFit and RunGap would not be able to do anything automatically. The only way to export power would be from WOD in a TCX file.
My plan is to roll it out to testers and see how it goes before deciding if there is a good way to automate the exporting of power data. It will be possible manually via TCX files but automatic exporting is another matter.
One possibility is that I store the power data in some unofficial way in Apple's Health system (possibly as metadata on other samples) and then HealthFit and RunGap can retrieve it if they want. I am not sure if that would go against Apple's rules though.
Definitely not. Sorry. If it wasn't for Christmas then I would probably release the beta now, but to be honest that means I will be getting loads of feedback over the Christmas period, which is usually massively busy anyway with lots of queries from new watch owners.
If it's any consolation I have already used the extra time to add new features (I really don't learn!). I got real-time HRV metrics working today if the external HRM supplies it, so that will now be in the next version.
Apologies for taking so long but hopefully it will be worth the wait!
Maybe I did not write clearly enough: I thought about auto exporting the TCX files including power data to iCloud or Dropbox as files. RunGap can pick files from there and distribute them further. Do not know in particular about HealthFit.
I know Apple Health can not process the power data.
I wasn't planning to add any new exporting possibilities in the short term because there are other apps that are much better at that. The standard iOS "share sheet" offers many different manual export options and HealthFit and RunGap offer automatic exporting. So I would prefer to stick with that rather than start adding other ways to export. I only added automatic exporting to Strava because it was more requested than all the other systems combined.
As I say I may make an exception for power data if HealthFit and RunGap cannot export it automaticallly. But I won't decide how to do that until I have feedback from Stryd users. It may involve adding power data to Apple's health system in some unofficial way, or it may involve some way of automatically exporting TCX files. I will see what people want.
I have been meaning to include iCloud functionality, but not in this release. It is too much work to include it just to speed up power data exports, but it is in my plans for the future. I have never investigated Dropbox, so I don't know how much work that will be.
If you have already asked for the beta then I should have a record and will let you know when it is ready.
When I go for a really long bike ride >10 hours, I turn off cellular on the watch and turn off raise to wake. With the screen and cellular off I use only 50% or so battery. Would it be possible to add options to do this automatically in the sport profiles and to turn back on at the end of the ride?
Unfortunately I don't think that watchOS allows third party apps to disable cellular or raise to wake. I have looked in the documentation and can't see any way to do either. It may be because Apple have security concerns about allowing that sort of thing, especially for disabling cellular.
It's great to hear that you get such good battery life though - only using 50% for a 10 hour ride is very impressive!
Most probably, you can write a shortcut that switches off cellular, turns off raise to wake and then starts WOD.
If you are not familiar with that, give me a shoutout and I try to do one for you.
i didn’t know that was possible. I might try it today, but haven’t really created a shortcut from scratch before. If I get stuck I will let you know. Thank you.
No problem. Tried it and it was quite easy. Could post it here but it is in German language.
I did search while clicking it together and it was straightforward. Only thing that cost time was to get the shortcut to display on my AW. There is a setting in the shortcut for that that is off by default.
Ah, switching iPhone language settings also translate Shortcuts.
Here is what I did:
You can then create a second Shortcut to switch Mobile Data and Wake On Write Raise back to On, when you are finished biking.
Here is what I did:
You can then create a second Shortcut to switch Mobile Data and Wake On Write Raise back to On, when you are finished biking.
Shurtcuts is SOOO underrated. I have no idea why Apple is not promoting it more. It's very powerful tool.
EDIT: Just add BT off to that formula above and you have also GPS from the watch (but in that case, to save battery it's better to piggyback from the iPhone). FYI with the iP mounted on my bike I have very, VERY accurate results, when it comes to GPS accuracy.
EDIT: Just add BT off to that formula above and you have also GPS from the watch (but in that case, to save battery it's better to piggyback from the iPhone). FYI with the iP mounted on my bike I have very, VERY accurate results, when it comes to GPS accuracy.
Thankyou so much. This works perfectly. Added Turn Wi-Fi off too.
No problem. Great that it worked.
Guess you could even do more with automation (switching everything back on, when you are home or so), but I am not familiar with that.
At least Siri should be able to trigger the shortcuts. If one prefers talking to a Watch ;-).
Unfortunately this isn't possible. There were many posts about it on this thread a month or so ago, and the conclusion was that Strava do not read the device name from the files that are sent to them, so there is nothing the app can do about it. Sorry about that.
Hello, couple more thoughts for the new year. I’d like to add my +1 for structured workout import. I know it’s on the list but wanted to add my support. Also for creating schedules is there any chance you could add pace zones similar to how you have heart rate zones? It would make programming schedules easier if I could just designate a zone. Then as I get more fit and change the zone parameters all my pre made workouts would adjust automatically.
One thing that I have been thinking of asking for several years: the workouts are typically titled "Saturday Morning Cycle" or similar, which is fine, as the date and time of each is shown below the title.
However, when exporting the track to a GPX file, the default GPX file name is just "Saturday Morning Cycle.gpx" which results in many GPX files with the same name which are difficult to tell which GPX file is which workout date (as opposed to the GPX file creation date). Is is possible to add the workout date/time to the GPX filename?
I realize one can manually change the Workout title, but that is an extra (and unreliable) step.
For example, GPX files exported from GAIA GPS app have the following typical default filename (which is not the best format, but gives the idea):
Track_12-13-21-41403PM.gpx
Something like this would be great:
Saturday Morning Cycle 2021-12-25_1405.gpx
Thanks for the app!
However, when exporting the track to a GPX file, the default GPX file name is just "Saturday Morning Cycle.gpx" which results in many GPX files with the same name which are difficult to tell which GPX file is which workout date (as opposed to the GPX file creation date). Is is possible to add the workout date/time to the GPX filename?
I realize one can manually change the Workout title, but that is an extra (and unreliable) step.
For example, GPX files exported from GAIA GPS app have the following typical default filename (which is not the best format, but gives the idea):
Track_12-13-21-41403PM.gpx
Something like this would be great:
Saturday Morning Cycle 2021-12-25_1405.gpx
Thanks for the app!
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