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    • freeheelerF Offline
      freeheeler @zzmike76
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      @zzmike76
      hmm, ok… this doesn’t look like fused alti was able to do its job 🙄
      do you have a time and distance scale for this altigraph? I assume the descent was recorded properly, but during the long horizontal the watch was paused. I’m not sure if pausing does affect fused alti.
      What if you do a simple and short (20min) activity around your house even with minor ascents. It would be helpful to see how the watch reacts on the alti change etc 👍

      living sideways

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      • Gábor TóthG Offline
        Gábor Tóth Bronze Member @freeheeler
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        @freeheeler

        Hi Guys, unfortunately I joined the club as well. The watch worked well until the weekend kicked in, where I noticed several weird stuff.
        I have been cycling in the city, and the altitude profile went totally out of the box, and calculated 2939m ascent in 10km, where the altitude profile was from 0 to 3009.

        1.jpg, 2.jpg.

        I thought the the barometer holes were clogged, it happend to me before. I cleared it. Checked the settings, it was on barometric altitude only. After that I turned on fused alti and went for a run and did some hill repetitions to test the altitude measuring. The results: totally flat altitude with -43C celsius 3.jpg
        4.jpg

        Went home. Restarted the watch, cleaned the holes more. Synchronized the GPS settings, activated the Fused Alti. The next day I went for a run to a well known track (altitude +423m/-423m, with the highest point around 350m ), with the following results:

        5.jpg 6.jpg

        At the first activity I thought the suunto guys want to boost up a little bit my not so famous stats for the vertical week, but it seems like it not the case. Do You have any other tips/ tricks how should i proceed? Thanks in advance.

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        • freeheelerF Offline
          freeheeler @Gábor Tóth
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          @gábor-tóth
          😵

          living sideways

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          • Mff73M Offline
            Mff73 @Gábor Tóth
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            @gábor-tóth
            Temperature = -49°C ?
            Looks like your baro sensor is faulty.
            Eventually soft reset, check the same information directly on the watch to confirm, but …

            Suunto Spartan Ultra (since 2016) FW: 2.8.24 (retired)
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            • zzmike76Z Offline
              zzmike76 @freeheeler
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              @freeheeler that applies for other tours as well, I constantly get +200 meters, which are always added at the beginning when moving to cozy warm car environment to the ugly cold winter time outside 🙂
              when in the car the altitude is fine, it drops very quickly when going outside. I would expect it to get fixed in 30 minutes, but that does not work

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              • freeheelerF Offline
                freeheeler @zzmike76
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                @zzmike76
                maybe you can try to wait before you start the activity and let the watch get settled with the temperature while you put on shoes and the skins on the skis?
                but I am close to repeat what @Mff73 mentioned to @gábor-tóth just before 🤔

                living sideways

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                • Mff73M Offline
                  Mff73 @zzmike76
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                  @zzmike76 said in Ambit3 Peak elevation gain:

                  @freeheeler that applies for other tours as well, I constantly get +200 meters, which are always added at the beginning when moving to cozy warm car environment to the ugly cold winter time outside 🙂
                  when in the car the altitude is fine, it drops very quickly when going outside. I would expect it to get fixed in 30 minutes, but that does not work

                  it looks REALLY like a baro sensor HS 😞 Search for “fridge” test , and try it, if altitude change from inside to outside …

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                  • Gábor TóthG Offline
                    Gábor Tóth Bronze Member @Mff73
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                    @mff73 said in Ambit3 Peak elevation gain:

                    ALLY like a baro sensor HS Search for “fridge” test , and try it, if altitude change from inside to outside …

                    Hi! thanks for the responses. I will give it a try, to use the automatic or the altimeter way of altitude measurement not just the barometric. if it continue to fail, i will search for an authorized service… : /

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                    • zzmike76Z Offline
                      zzmike76
                      last edited by zzmike76

                      me again…did a 3 days skitour, and this time the elevation difference was huge, something like additional 600 meters per day. The peaks altitude was recorded properly, but the starting point never got fixed by fused. Also this time I was starting from a hut, so there should have been no variance (only inside/outside temperature was different). I think I will switch back to my ssswhr, cannot get such big discrepancies

                      PS: I did the fridge test and the variance was ok

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                      • freeheelerF Offline
                        freeheeler @zzmike76
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                        @zzmike76
                        the total of 3 days is 600m off? 200m per day? Or was it 600m each day of the total ascent that was wrong? And by how much is the start altitude wrong?
                        Because I can see on my S9B frequently that the start alti is about 10m too low… it looks weird on the graph for roundtrips but is well within tolerance for me

                        living sideways

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                        • zzmike76Z Offline
                          zzmike76 @freeheeler
                          last edited by zzmike76

                          @freeheeler second day : 600 meters more, third day : 500 more. Starting altitude was always 150-200 meters less

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                          • freeheelerF Offline
                            freeheeler @zzmike76
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                            @zzmike76
                            do you like to share once more your recordings with us after the upload to QS?
                            I know it might not help, but I would still like to understand it a bit more.
                            Maybe you should get in touch with support and check what their opinion is about that.

                            living sideways

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                            • zzmike76Z Offline
                              zzmike76 @freeheeler
                              last edited by zzmike76

                              @freeheeler sure, am attaching the 2 tours.

                              PS: the watch already did a trip to Finland and returned back, Suunto said there was no issue 😞

                              Starting point was in both tours at 2694 meters

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                              • freeheelerF Offline
                                freeheeler @zzmike76
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                                @zzmike76
                                do you have a link, too?
                                is the descent at the beginning correct?
                                strange that the watch obviously does not have an issue in the laboratory but in reality…

                                living sideways

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                                • zzmike76Z Offline
                                  zzmike76 @freeheeler
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                                  @freeheeler yes initial descent are correct, but altitude is wrong

                                  here the links
                                  https://beta.quantified-self.io/user/6Zbk7BtjszLaVMlkXIrr0dPV9Yk2/event/893b7829e4e21d8995648a1ce4b0dd7d3c13762395b834f14600ff4e34d6e035
                                  https://beta.quantified-self.io/user/6Zbk7BtjszLaVMlkXIrr0dPV9Yk2/event/e19003f7bbd0625118cf809489b8b7dba2c7839a221d2671596149462ae3ab25

                                  thanks!

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                                  • K Offline
                                    Klunzinger Bronze Member
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                                    If the absolute altitude is correct (determined by satellite), but the altitude sum and the temperature are incorrect, the pressure sensor is defective.

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                                    • freeheelerF Offline
                                      freeheeler @zzmike76
                                      last edited by freeheeler

                                      @zzmike76
                                      the peak alti is correct, the end alti is correct but the start alti is wrong, also the graph is wrong and the summary is wrong, too…
                                      have you been charged for the watches trip to Vantaa?
                                      Or is it still under warranty?
                                      a few meters off is within tolerance in my opinion (start, absolute and total…). But what you present here is not acceptable and I would have my watch checked again from the customer service. Try to attach this information and describe your observation.

                                      PLUS, halfway between Cabane Bertol and the Glacier next to Arolla there’s an unrealistic track with 2 straight lines…
                                      By the way: great tour. 👍 I was at the Cabane Bertol in summer… many summers ago 😉

                                      living sideways

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                                      • zzmike76Z Offline
                                        zzmike76 @freeheeler
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                                        @freeheeler thanks ! indeed it was a great tour 🙂

                                        yes am still under warranty, I will try to send it again

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                                        • zzmike76Z Offline
                                          zzmike76 @zzmike76
                                          last edited by

                                          @zzmike76 small update: sent the watch back home to Vantaa , this time they replaced the pressure sensor! I did not test it yet, but have a skitouring week ahead 😉

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                                          • freeheelerF Offline
                                            freeheeler @zzmike76
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                                            @zzmike76
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                                            conditions are great at the moment! enjoy it!

                                            living sideways

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