SW update 2.37.34 Q3

isazi

@Miloush and we have you posting in every possible thread very useful feedback, what a joy!

Miloush

Namely 3 threads:

This thread (sorry my Vertical oximeter realy does not work well)
Swimming: Updates are passed but the bug remains.
An my own TAG activity based on custom sport mode automatically

Negative feedback is not useful?

isazi

@Miloush feedback is not the same as “I am a developer, Suunto developers are bad, they should have done this and that, look battery drain, battery drain, battery drain (once per thread)”.

This forum is first and foremost a community, a we ask everyone to behave as they are part of it, and care about it.

Mff73

@Jordi-C
what happens if you change the GYM activity in the app to something like hiking or trailrunning ? Does some ascent/altitude appear is the summary ?

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

I tried the Gymnastics mode (not gym) and didn’t have any issues. Is she washing her hands or taking a shower with that mode on ?

Miloush

@isazi

Sorry, my bad…

What a wonderful watch faces we have now!

Btw I would never say Suunto developers bad! They deliver great stuff. I’m just bit disappointed in their priorities (which is probably matter of management)

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@Miloush lol

Todd Danielczyk

@Jordi-C @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos

I am wondering if there could possibly be water or sweat in the barometer sensor. I know that can severely impact the altitude numbers. Might be an area to inspect or blow light air in the sensor port to check.

Just thinking out loud on this

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@Todd-Danielczyk yeah something like that I would assume. Changing the sport mode in the app (editing the activity) will show the ascent recorded if that is the case as gymnastics can have ascent (debatable).

Todd Danielczyk

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos good call!

gerstlauer

Does anyone know if there is any meaningful battery difference when having the raise to wake feature set as ‘Display Only’ vs ‘Full Wake’?

Jordi C

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in SW update 2.37.34 Q3:

I tried the Gymnastics mode (not gym) and didn’t have any issues. Is she washing her hands or taking a shower with that mode on ?

She swims in the pool with gymnastics mode on, could it be the culprit?

But, I always take a shower (mine is a RACE, not a RACE S) with my watch after each activity and I’ve never detected an ascent issue like that…

isazi

@Jordi-C well, yes

Todd Danielczyk

@Jordi-C found it! Water in the barometer sensor.
Water on the sensor will cause wild pressure swings (like water in the ear after swimming).

I’m confident this is where the wild altitude numbers are coming from. She can use pool swimming while in the pool, then shake the watch and give it a light breath of air in the sensor if she plans on doing any further exercising outside of the water and wants to measure altitude.

Jordi C

But, why combined training doesn’t show also this strange ascent behavior?
She started swiming with this mode on after the gymnastics issue.

isazi

@Jordi-C if she swims, she should use the swimming mode and not the gymnastics mode, because gymnastics does not filter ascent off.

Jordi C

@isazi Got it!, Thanks a lot folks
And now just waiting for the coming update to solve the high battery drain issue in her watch.

Efejota

@Jordi-C An addition. I had very very abnormal elevation gains last summer in trekking by the mere fact of sitting with water up to my chest in a mountain river with little current. It seems that water has a strong effect on the sensor. @Brad_Olwin and others pointed out this effect in my post.

J

Jordi C

I forgot to comment that my wife’s watch problem with the pause/resume was related to her, walking too slowly to trigger the motion threshold warning.

I tested it today walking at over 6 km/h and it worked as expected.

Stefano M64

@Jordi-C said in SW update 2.37.34 Q3:

I tested it today walking at over 6 km/h and it worked as expected.

I my opinion, that threshold is rather high at least for walking activities (walking, hiking, trekking…) 5 or even 4 km/h would be more reliable, it’s not that easy to reach 6 km/h on a mountain path, especially when walking uphill. Would be better to differentiate the threshold depending on the sport mode.