The f6-split-tool is a little helper tool to extract the exercise data in RAW data files from Polar F6 and F11 heartrate monitors on Linux. The RAW data can be captured by using the F6's SonicLink and the rs200-decoder tool by Jani Hursti. The split tool is neccessary to make the gathered data usable for SportsTracker / PolarViewer by Stefan Saring.
The tool has no dependencies. The installation follows the standard installation procedure. The program is free software and licensed under the GNU GPL v2. Download the tarball below.
Current version:
Older versions:
Unpack the tarball and compile the code:
$ tar xf f6-split-tool-x.y.z.tar.gz
$ cd f6-split-tool-x.y.z/
$ ./configure
$ make
# make install
First you need to transmit the data from your Polar F6 heartrate monitor to your computer using rs200-decode:
$ rs200_decode -m -b -o dump.bin
After that, use the f6-split-tool to extract the exercises from the previously gathered dump:
$ f6-split-tool **watch** dump.bin
where watch is either --f6 or --f11.
This will generate up to 12 individual files for each exercise. The files are called exercise_X.frd where X is a number between 0 and 11. 0 is the most recent exercise whereas exercise 11 is the oldest in the watch's memory. The exercise files will also contain the total cumulative exercise duration as well as the cumulative calories burned (this is added by the f6-split-tool). The frd-files can then be imported into SportsTracker/PolarViewer.
There are no known bugs. But please contact me if you have comments or suggestions.
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2012-01-10, Version 0.1.0:
Improved the naming scheme of output files, these are now named according to the exercise date.
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2008-09-16, Version 0.0.3:
Support for Polar F11 watches (thanks to Dominik Schmidt).