Darren Hague is an excellent programmer and former brain scientist. So for a windows solution, it should be possible to run vpower in a Linux virtual box running in Windows and integrate it in a Linux version of Matlab or Python.
#53 Reply Posted byPeter Gammaon 01 May, 2020 09:30
I think it is worth having a closer look at Darren Hagues Virtual Power project:
#55 Reply Posted byPeter Gammaon 05 May, 2020 18:58
In theory, it should be possible to have live stream of ANT sensor data from a Garmin watch to a Rasperri PI to a smartphone to a server to Matlab or Python.
But this raises questions about the stability of this mqqt path.
More easy to get a stable stream would be a stream as directly as possible from a sensor to Matlab or Python via Bluetooth smart to a mini PC stick with Matlab or Python
But my post was not published. I received the following message from Garmin:
Dear Peter Gamma:
Your forum reply, RE: Sending sensors data to PC, in Discussion was flagged by other users as inappropriate and doesn't appear on the site right now.
Reason: The forum reply was determined to be SPAM.
Please help us keep the community content safe and enjoyable for everyone. If you feel your content shouldn't be hidden from the site, please let us know. You can use this form to appeal the finding before May 17, 2020 11:34 AM, and we'll promptly review it.
I filled out the form. I did not receive an answer yet from Garmin. Why should my post be spam? Is Garmin not interested in an instruction how to stream Ant+ sensor data live to a PC? Is it spam, when I use the word "Matlab" . I cannot see another reason.
So I post my instruction, which I posted also in the THIS IS ANT forum also here. In a community, it is easier to develop a new path":
#62 Reply Posted byPeter Gammaon 10 May, 2020 17:33
My post was flagged b y o t h e r u s e r s as inappropriate.
One user had a problem with me in the Garmin forum. He complained, I should exlain the problem in simple words, without posting so many links.
Since then, many of my posts where not published, I received a message from Garmin, that they where marked as inappropriate. I filled out a form. Some came back. But several posts dissappeared forever. Reason unknown.
#63 Reply Posted byPeter Gammaon 10 May, 2020 20:03
17 month ago, Garmin migrated to a new forum software. During the migration, posts where lost. I miss a thread in the Garmin forum about foot pods, which was lost during the migration. Someone in the forum proposed I could complain about the lost posts, and that they could bring back the posts I complain about.
I will not start a fight with Garmin about every single post to bring it back .
#64 Reply Posted byPeter Gammaon 11 May, 2020 08:46
DC Rainmaker anwered in his blog, when I complained about my problem with the Garmin forum. Here his anwer:
DC Rainmaker May 11, 2020 at 3:06 am #169 The reason you’re probably getting automated spam request is simple unfortunately: Most platforms consider numerous links to have a high confidence of SPAM. So they put them in a queue. In fact, your message here went into my ‘requires approval’ bucket for exactly that reason. Anything over two links automatically gets placed into that queue. It’s not a perfect system, but it helps. In my case, I get between 2,000-4,000 pieces of SPAM daily. Yet only 1-2 usually slip through. Every little bit helps. Cheers! Reply
I love the system of the MATLAB community, which is better. Potential spam is marked immediately as potential spam, but stays published. You can write a message to the MATLAB support team, and then they remove the flag.
#65 Reply Posted byPeter Gammaon 11 May, 2020 18:36
I tried again and again to find a version to publish Max Candocias tool in the Garmin forum. Unfortunately, I always failed. Is this censorship? Here is my original post which was not accepted in the Garmin Forum:
Title: FIT to CSV Python script (high quality)
Max is a data scientist who the developed a python script which converts Garmin FIT Files to CSV:
The resulting data structure is very clear. Unfortunately, it is not as easy to handle as the official THIS IS ANT .FIT to CSV tool. Is it not in the interest of Garmin and the Garmin users to develop this tool further in the community?
#66 Reply Posted byPeter Gammaon 11 May, 2020 20:18
I started a new Thread in the THIS IS ANT FORUM:
Python script to Convert Garmin FIT Files to CSV (Max Candocia)
#70 Reply Posted byPeter Gammaon 14 May, 2020 07:12
Other posts I wrote in the Garmin forum where first deleted, then restored
Message from Garmin
Dear Peter Gamma,
We’ve reviewed your appeal and content, and have restored the content to the site. We appreciate your help in keeping the community experience safe and enjoyable for everyone, creating posts that are appropriate and consistent with our culture. The content is available here.
no conversion from intransparent Garmin .fit file format to csv, which is so complicated, that to my knowledge, nobody has demonstrated to do it by an automatic script procedure to this date.