Software update 2.11.38 for S5/S9

isazi

@nseslija well I may try and get some GPS fix from the garden until Saturday.

Brad_Olwin

I know for @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos that Beidou greatly improves GPS, for me here in the US I don’t see much difference. But, GPS is definitely improved for me.

tomahawk5000

I have a stupid question related to SuuntoPlus. I am not sure how it exctly works - are those additional KPIs visible after training once I go to SuuntoApp? Do I have to turn on it during training? I see that during training I can turn on only one options.

isazi

@tomahawk5000 turn it on before training.

tomahawk5000

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Software update 2.11.38 for S5/S9:

TrainingPeaks – Heartrate
TrainingPeaks – Running pace (Grade adjusted pace)

which one is better for runners

isazi

@tomahawk5000 if you have your running pace zones set in your watch and TP the running pace should be better, otherwise the one based on heart rate zones is the baseline.

ink357

[Edit]Didn’t say anything. I let suuntolink opened on my mac and there was an update 2.28.1

Don’t have any S9b update when i link my watch on suuntolink
Mac Os 10.14.4, suuntolink 2.27.1

sartoric

@ink357
The last SL version is 2.28.1, maybe that’s why you’re not receiving the update or maybe it’s a staged one.

General_Witt

Ho Dimitrios,
I’m very confused by the new GPS menu in S9. Why do I have to use QZSS in Europe, isn’t it a waste of battery life?
Can you write a small guide on which satellite combination do you reccomend to use?

sartoric

@General_Witt
As far as I remember someone already did a sort of combos test.
Try to search for it.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@General_Witt QZSS can be seen in EU on some occasions. It’s on by default this system as it only adds available satelites since it’s compatible with the GPS. Think about it like GPS+ that works mainly in Japan/Australia but from time to time 1-2 sats can be seen from here.

Now on top of that you can select for BEIDOU, Glonass, Galileo to add to the pool of satelites the watch will be using.

Depending on the SNR and V/HError the watch will pick the best satelites to use that will ensure a great GNSS accuracy.

surfboomerang

Update went well, but I encountered an old problem:
https://forum.suunto.com/topic/2700/2-8-24-update/79?_=1585161929980

My default snowboarding profile is corrupt again after the firmware update.Recreating it solved the problem.

freeheeler

@surfboomerang
…still no such simple thing like a manual lockbutton…

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@surfboomerang that is correct. This version that you got has the fix for future updates. Aka wont happen again.

A Former User

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos Anything on HR front? I think HR performance in late 2018-early 2019 was better than with the last several firmware versions from mid-2019 and on. Kind of want to go for a run and leave OH1 at home to keep my borgness down to a manageable level.

surfboomerang

@TELE-HO Unfortunately not
I really have no clue why some (imo) simple features are not implemented.

Are they harder to implement then I think? Or does Suunto have other priorities…?

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@NickK not yet. I wish yes but not sure. I am peronally pushing for this.

Not trying to mud the waters here , but a lot of my trainings in SA are OHR based. I use the velcro / nylon and have solved “most” of my problems.

Historical note:

We had a great OHR FW that consumed ~10% battery more (or even more) on FT channel.

I would not mind for that

freeheeler

@surfboomerang
I did some simple programming during a further education and my opinion is: no, it should not be hard to implement.

It is really annoying when the watch gets unlocked by a button press or gets the mad cow disease with water drops… I once ended up in DND and only noticed by coincidence. I’ve made my point many many times about simple stuff that would make S9 a very great watch but I will not continue and I will stop repeating myself over and over again. Suunto knows the weaknesses and my assumption is that S9 is the test environment for another, better watch, together with all the suggestions a lot of great people in here mentioned. maybe an S11 or however you’ll call it will have a simple thing like a lock button… like any other watch does have.

Michał Rudzki

@TELE-HO I am using Spartan, Suunto many, many times fail me… also, in my opinion, they don’t have QA process at all. All tests are made by developers on desk nothing more. Why do I think that? it’s pretty simple when software getting so simple bugs it obvious that no one test that. Scend is I would not count that you will get your update soon or ever… look on Spartan line and read some comments about issues, bugs, and feature updates…

freeheeler

@Michał-Rudzki
yes, I assume you’re right. The disappointment of Spartan users proofs that all improvements are taken onto a new watch generation. An already sold watch does not print any money