[clug] Heart rate monitors and GNU/Linux

[Steven Hanley]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:58:00AM +1000, BAXTER,Adam wrote:
> Yikes!
> That's not cheap.
> https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=349&ra=true

It is actually rather cheap. Considering it has a pretty good HRM and a GPS
in it. The Polar 710 HRM costs over AUD $500 and does not have a GPS and
does not work with linux. Polar does have somewhat better trainingn software
than Gamrin, but as non of  the software from either mob works with linux I
got the linux compatible device.

I also tend to buy GPS stuff in Australia from Johnny Appleseed GPS who are
prtetty well priced http://www.ja-gps.com.au/garmin_forerunner305.aspx

> I'm guessing the GPS part is easy to do in Linux - coincidentally if
> anyone has a GPS enabled Symbian phone I use Symarctic extGPS to expose
> the GPS device to Linux.  Notice:

Indeed it is all just data so long as you can get the data off the device.

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