Garmin Backup V1.1

V4.0 Beta 3 was released last week, and I’ve just realised that I never announced it here! Fixes included: Now imports and shows L/R Power Data on Data Graph HR and Power Zones now draw in the colours set in User Management Removed title from Distribution Graphs Removed ‘Gear’ button from Data Table Fixed Crash…

Interesting… Garmin acquires Dynastream Dynastream supplies the footpod technologies to both Polar and Nike for its Speed & Distance HRMs. Since these are a competitior to Garmin’s GPS based systems, it’ll be interesting to see how these products develop. Garmin has recently introduced a footpod for it’s Forerunner models, mainly for use on treadmills, where…

iSMARTtrain featured in the ‘Staff Choice’ section in the Jan/Feb ’06 issue of Bicycling magazine. Executive Editor Bill Strickland says “a full-function riding log (including heart rate and altitude) that flawlessly allows a Polar monitor to speak to Mac”. We sent the magazine a review copy in the middle of last year, and I noticed…

The first Beta for V4.1.2 is out – this is mainly a bug fix release. Fixed Bug showing data in Data Graph Better handling of SRM PC8 Lap Data Better display of map for sessions where GPS data is missing or corrupt Deleting section of a session now works better Improved importing of tcx sessions…

Beta 18 is out today – this release is a bit earlier than I’d planned because Beta 17 expires at the end of the month. This is pretty close to the final V3.0.6 release, which should be out in a week or two. Download from the usual place – http://www.ismarttrain.com/Beta/ As usual, any problems, etc.,…

Just a quick heads-up – for the moment, don’t upgrade from Garmin ANT Agent to Garmin Express. It looks like Garmin Express doesn’t keep a local copy of the files it downloads for your device, so there’s no data for iSMARTtrain to pick up. I’m investigating this further, and will hopefully have a solution soon.